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AARP Tax-Aide (In Person)

11:00am - 3:00pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 1st Floor Program Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Other
Event Details:
This program is aimed at low to moderate income taxpayers with simple tax returns that can be prepared in less than one hour.  Taxpayers with complicated tax returns (more than 12 documents) will be advised to seek professional tax preparation a...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Zoom (Adult)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk
Event Details:
Join us for a one-of-a-kind conversation with National Book Award-winner Colum McCann as he is joined by Diane Foley, the inspiration behind the heartrending book American Mother. About the Authors:  Colum McCann is the author of...
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Zoom (Adult)
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Discussions
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:
Do you love baseball & basketball? Then join Warren Perlman on Zoom for an extensive discussion about anything and everything baseball and basketball! Just bring your knowledge and passion about sports to this fun discussion.  All...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Lifelong Learning
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 28
Event Details:
Empire Safety Council is offering a 2-day, 6-hour defensive driving course in person at Long Beach Public Library on Tuesday, 4/9 from 6-9pm and Tuesday, 4/23 from 6-9pm. *Participants must attend both classes to complete the cour...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Adult Craft: Spring Pom Pom Petal Bouquet

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Main Library
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:
Banish the grey and rainy days of April and create a whimsical spring branch bouquet bursting with colorful pom-pom blooms! ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Books & Brews: Say Nothing (Off-Site)

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Off Site
Open
Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Discussions
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 1
Event Details:
 Join Librarian Natasha at Bright Eye Beer Co., for a lively discussion of the true crime book, Say Nothing, by Patrick Radden Keefe. Copies will be available at the Circulation desk or via Libby with your library card. Documents th...

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Off-Site

As a participant in an off-site event held by Long Beach Public Library, you agree to indemnify, release and hold harmless the Long Beach Public Library, all of the elected and appointed officers, directors, employees, volunteers, and/or agents, from and against any and all liability, loss, damages, claims, or actions (including costs and attorney fees) for any harm, bodily injury including economic, physical, or mental, including death, or property damage incurred by me, to the fullest extent permissible by law, arising out of my participation in an event that is held off Library property.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

ESL with the Adult Learning Center

9:00am - 12:00pm
Main Library
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 1st Floor Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lifelong Learning
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:
Join teachers from the Adult Learning Center for this English as a Second Language series.  This beginner/intermediate class meets every Wednesday and Thursday mornings from 9-12pm from February 7th through May 30th.  Registration occ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.

Canasta Club! (In Person)

11:00am - 12:30pm
Main Library
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium (back half)
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Games
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 24
Event Details:
Do you play Canasta and want to meet other community members who play? Join us on Wednesdays at 11:00am in the Library Auditorium! Practice your skills and have fun while you do it. Bring your cards and we'll provide the space for open play.  ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.

Mah-Jongg Club! (In Person)

11:00am - 12:30pm
Main Library
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium (front half)
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Games
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 24
Event Details:
Do you play Mah Jongg and want to meet other community members who play? Join us on Wednesdays at 11:00am in the Library Auditorium! Practice your skills and have fun while you do it. Bring your own Mah Jongg tiles, and we'll provide the space for op...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.

Learn to Play Canasta (In Person)

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Main Library
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Games
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 28
Event Details:
Learn to play canasta with instructor Donna Miller Small.   Registration is required for this event, and you are registering for 3 consecutive classes on 4/10, 4/17 and 5/1. If you cannot attend all three sessions PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.

Resume Help (Hybrid)

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Main Library
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Adult Reference Desk
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Jobs & Careers
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:
Looking for a job and need some help with your resume? Book a 30-minute appointment with Lenora, a LBPL reference librarian with training on job search help and resume assistance. Reservations must be made a week in advance, and you need to select a ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.

Ask the Tech Guy (In Person)

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Lobby
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Technology
Event Details:
Do you have questions about your computer or laptop? Want to learn more about Zoom, streaming movies, or downloading ebooks to your device? Then join Long Beach Library's Tech Guy every Wednesday afternoon to get answers to your pressing tech questio...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.

Chair Yoga (West End - In Person)

3:00pm - 4:00pm
West End Branch
Registration
Library Branch: West End Branch
Room: West End Meeting Space
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Exercise, Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:
Join us at the West End Branch of the Long Beach Library for this beginner-friendly Chair Yoga class. With gentle instruction by Librarian Nicole, together we will build strength, flexibility and mental well-being. Nicole is a certified Yoga instruct...

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 :)

This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Tweens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.

Poetry Open Mic Night! (In Person)

6:30pm - 8:30pm
Main Library
Closed
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Teens, Tweens, Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Music & Entertainment
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 50
Event Details:
Calling all poets, spoken word artists, lyricists, and songwriters!  Welcome to Long Beach Library's Unplugged Open Mic Night, hosted by Nassau County Poet Laureate Paula Curci and Peter Dugan. Bring your poems, prose, spoken word, lyrics, and s...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.

Chopra Meditation Program (Point Lookout - In Person)

7:00pm - 7:45pm
Point Lookout Branch
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Point Lookout Branch
Room: Point Lookout Meeting Space
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 21
Event Details:
Gary Jansen is a Deepak Chopra Certified Meditation and Health Instructor and will help you achieve positive lifelong change through meditation. Each class will include valuable information on mediation for stress relief, emotional well-being and bet...

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 :)

This event is in the "Adults" group.

ESL with the Adult Learning Center

9:00am - 12:00pm
Main Library
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 1st Floor Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lifelong Learning
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:
Join teachers from the Adult Learning Center for this English as a Second Language series.  This beginner/intermediate class meets every Wednesday and Thursday mornings from 9-12pm from February 7th through May 30th.  Registration occ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Botanical Drawing for Beginners (In Person)

11:15am - 12:45pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
Botanical drawing for beginners using live plant and flower specimens. There is $5 per class fee for the botanical specimens. Please note this program is presented as a 4-part series. You are registering for 4 classes: April 4th, 11th, 25th, and May ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Program Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Event Details:
TBD This program will be held twice. Please register for only ONE session: Thursday, April 11 (register below) OR Saturday, April 20.  Duplicate registrations are not valid. All materials supplied by the Library free of cha...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.

Vinyl Collectors Club (In Person)

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Main Library
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Discussions, Music & Entertainment
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:
Share your love of vinyl with fellow collectors! We will chat about our favorite local record shops, care and maintenance of our collections, our most treasured finds, and the ones that got away.  Bring in an album or two to spin ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.

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 :)

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Qi gong (In Person- 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: 11
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...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Movies
Event Details:
A crazed homicidal mobster with a mother fixation engineers a prison break and leads his old gang on a chemical-plant payroll heist, but the job soon takes an unexpected turn.  Enjoy an entertaining film history presentation and audience discuss...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Poetry Festival

All Day 4/13 - 4/14
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Festival
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Music & Entertainment
Event Details:
Join us for the first annual Poetry Festival on Saturday April 13th and Sunday April 14th.  ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.

Yoga for Health & Peace (ZOOM ONLY)

9:45am - 10:45am
Zoom (Adult)
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Zoom (Adult)
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Exercise
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 50
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...