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LBPL Presents: Comedy After Dark

7:30pm - 9:00pm
Main Library
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Music & Entertainment
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 100
Event Details:
Join us for a night of big laughs with two legendary Long Island comedians: Rich Walker and Peter Bales, co-founders of Stand Up University ...

If it's May, it's Cabaret Festival

All Day 5/17 - 5/19
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Festival
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Music & Entertainment
Event Details:
Friday 5/17 from 8 to 9:30pm - Jason Henderson: Getting to Noël You  Saturday 5/18 from 8 to 9:30pm - Margaret Curry Sunday 5/19 from 2 to 4pm - Hannah Jane ...

Chair Yoga (Hybrid)

9:00am - 10:00am
Main Library
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Exercise
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:
This popular Chair Yoga class focuses on a full-body practice and will help strengthen your nervous system and reduce stress and stiffness. Kathleen Regan has been teaching yoga since 1993, and she has been practicing for even longer. ...

Disclaimer(s)

LBPL card required

A Long Beach Public Library card is required to register for this event. 

No library card waitlist

Registration for this program opens first to Long Beach Public Library cardholders. If you do not have an LBPL card, you can still register and be put on a "pending waitlist". If there are seats available 72 hours before the program, you will receive an email notifying you that your registration is confirmed. So please make sure you enter your email address :)

Qi Gong (West End)

9:00am - 10:00am
West End Branch
Registration
Library Branch: West End Branch
Room: West End Meeting Space
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Exercise
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 14
Event Details:
Join instructor Yoanna Da Vinci (in lineage of the Wudang, WuGulun and Vietnamese Vovinam Schools)on the healing and delightful journey of QIGONG as Dance, with elements of TaiJi. Experience natural and relaxing physical therapy with mindful breathin...

Baby Sign Language

9:30am - 10:00am
Main Library
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Program Room
Age Group: Babies
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 18
Event Details:
Your baby has A LOT to say! Toddlers too! With just a few easy-to-learn American Sign Language signs, you can start communicating with your preverbal baby or toddler today! Your toddler is speaking already? Great! Signing has been shown to...

Disclaimer(s)

Adults (YS In-Person Programs)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Preschool Readiness

10:30am - 11:15am
Main Library
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Games, Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:
A preschool readiness class for kids aged 18 months to 4 years Through stories, games, and other activities, kids develop their fine and gross motor skills. They also learn social skills and preschool readiness skills including sharing, listening,...

Disclaimer(s)

LBPL card required

A Long Beach Public Library card is required to register for this event. 

No library card waitlist

Registration for this program opens first to Long Beach Public Library cardholders. If you do not have an LBPL card, you can still register and be put on a "pending waitlist". If there are seats available 72 hours before the program, you will receive an email notifying you that your registration is confirmed. So please make sure you enter your email address :)

Adults (YS In-Person Programs)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Baby and Me (West End)

11:30am - 12:15pm
West End Branch
Open
Registration
Library Branch: West End Branch
Room: West End Meeting Space
Age Group: Babies
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:
Join us at the West End Branch for a silly story time and movement class. Designed for children 4-24 months of age and their caregivers. ...

Disclaimer(s)

Adults (YS In-Person Programs)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

LB Gardening Club

11:30am - 12:30pm
Main Library
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lifelong Learning
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 25
Event Details:
Do you love gardening and want to meet others in your community who love gardening too? Join our LB Gardening Club to discuss all things gardening! Promoting the love of gardening one seed at a time. Whether you're experienced, a beginner, or just...

Libby Help

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 1st Floor Program Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Technology
Event Details:
Need some help reading or listening to digital books? Drop in for one-on-one assistance from Library Director Tara on using Libby, your Kindle, or another device for reading and listening to digital books. Bring whatever device(s) you use to ac...

Film Friday: Fanny: The Right to Rock

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Movies
Event Details:
The untold story of a Filipina American garage band that morphed into the ferocious rock group Fanny, who almost became the female Beatles. Documentary, 2021, NR, 1hr 36min *Movies may be subject to change. Please check the Motion Picture ...

Historical Fiction Book Club: Homegoing

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Main Library
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Program Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 11
Event Details:
We are pleased to present the LBPL's Historical Fiction Book Club, led by librarian Jakea Williamson. This is an in-person program taking place on the 2nd floor of the Library. This month's book is Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. Homegoing follo...

Drawing Club

4:00pm - 4:45pm
Main Library
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Teen Area
Age Group: Elementary School, Teens, Tweens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:
Those in second grade and up, join Miss Tanya to draw and/or color in this hands-on free-form class. Those who register to join in person will be given their very our pencil case with colored pencils, a pencil, pencil sharpener and eraser to bring...

Junior Gamers

4:00pm - 4:45pm
Main Library
Cancelled
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Program Room
Age Group: Kids, Elementary School
Program Type: Games, Music & Entertainment
Event Details:
Not quite old enough for the Teen Video Game Club? Don't worry! Junior Gamers of Long Beach, come on down! Join Miss Sarah at 4pm to race against friends in Mario Kart!  Please be advised this program is for children ages 5-10 years old....

Disclaimer(s)

Adults (YS In-Person Programs)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Cabaret Festival 2024: Jason Henderson presents Getting to Noël You!

7:30pm - 9:00pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:
Jason Henderson is an Actor, Singer and Cabaret Performer, Awarded the 2024 Bistro Award for Musical Comedy Performer.His cabaret show 'Getting To Noël You', created together with Director Barry Kleinbort and Musical Director Christoph...

Yoga for Health & Peace (Hybrid)

9:45am - 10:45am
Main Library
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Program Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Exercise
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 22
Event Details:
This Hatha yoga class is designed to strengthen and lengthen your muscles and free your mind. Instructor Stephanie Durso will guide you into each pose and provide alignment cues for holding the pose and breathing deeply. Most poses are performed on a...

Disclaimer(s)

Exercise

As a participant in any exercise class offered by Long Beach Public Library, you agree to indemnify the Library and the instructor from and against any losses, liabilities, claims, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) which may arise, for any reason whatsoever, as a consequence of any claim made in connection with the negligence or improper conduct of the Program Presenter or its agents or employees.

Here to Help: Police Officer Storytime

10:00am - 11:00am
Main Library
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Kids, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, Elementary School
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:
May is Law Enforcement Appreciation Month! Children of all ages are welcome to come and meet 2 Long Beach Police Officers, read stories together, and get to see a real police car outside the library! Please be advised that space is limited. Regist...

Disclaimer(s)

Adults (YS In-Person Programs)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

LBPL Scribblers Writing Workshop

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Main Library
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lifelong Learning
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 19
Event Details:
Join published author and creative writing teacher Marc DeSantis for this interactive writing circle. Bring works in progress and writing materials. Please register. ...

Family Book Club: Rereading Childhood Favorites

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Main Library
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Youth Services Program Space
Age Group: Kids, Teens, Adults, Seniors, Parents
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:
Join Library Director Tara to reread childhood favorites with a new generation. Whether you're a parent, grandparent or an honorary auntie or uncle, bring your favorite kid(s) to discuss the classics that shaped our childhoods.   This mo...

MOVIES AT WEST: My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (West End)

3:00pm - 5:00pm
West End Branch
Library Branch: West End Branch
Room: West End Meeting Space
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Movies
Event Details:
Following the death of the family patriarch, the Portokalos family decides to embark on a grand odyssey to his homeland in Greece for a no-holds-barred family reunion. Along the way, each member of the Portokalos clan experiences a host of mishaps an...

Cabaret Festival 2024: Margaret Curry presents The Space in-Between

8:00pm - 9:30pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Music & Entertainment
Event Details:
Through compositions by Johnny Mercer, Yip Harburg, Chaka Khan, Roy Orbison, Jimmy Webb, and more, MARGARET CURRY explores and delights in the universe between the present and the future, the good and the bad, hope and what’s-to-come, ...

Lag Baomer Storytime

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Main Library
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Program Room
Age Group: Kids, Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 25

Craft Clean Out!

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Main Library
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Youth Services Program Space
Age Group: Kids, Teens, Tweens, Adults, Seniors, Parents
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:
Have you missed any of our craft programs? Here is your chance to create crafts with our leftover supplies!  ...

Molly Mouse Lapsit

9:30am - 10:00am
Main Library
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, Parents
Program Type: Music & Entertainment, Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:
Join us for this fun IN PERSON family lapsit program featuring the Molly Mouse puppet, music, movement and books for children ages 5 months to 3 years.  YOU MUST SIGN UP FOR EACH WEEK'S CLASS INDIVIDUALLY. YOU MUST ATTEND THE ONE CLASS YO...

Disclaimer(s)

LBPL card required

A Long Beach Public Library card is required to register for this event. 

Adults (YS In-Person Programs)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Exercise

As a participant in any exercise class offered by Long Beach Public Library, you agree to indemnify the Library and the instructor from and against any losses, liabilities, claims, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) which may arise, for any reason whatsoever, as a consequence of any claim made in connection with the negligence or improper conduct of the Program Presenter or its agents or employees.