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Resist Censorship Make Zines

Read for Your Rights Zine-Making for Free Expression

Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 10:30am - 5:30pm
2nd Floor Lobby at Main Library

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To keep celebrating Banned Book Week let's grab scissors, glue, and your voice. Zines are a rebellion you can hold in your hands! Since the 1960s, zines have been a way to spread c...

Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Lobby
Age Group: Kids, Elementary School, Teens, Tweens, Adults, Seniors, Parents
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
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To keep celebrating Banned Book Week let's grab scissors, glue, and your voice. Zines are a rebellion you can hold in your hands! Since the 1960s, zines have been a way to spread counterculture, activism, and creative resistance.

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Books & Brews: Sonny Boy (Off-Site)

Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Off Site

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This October, we're discussing the bestselling memoir by Al Pacino, Sonny Boy. Copies can be picked up at the Circulation desk or via Libby with your library card.As funn...

Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Discussions
Registration Required
Event Details:

This October, we're discussing the bestselling memoir by Al Pacino, Sonny Boy.

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LB Garden Club: Plant in Fall, Bloom in Spring

Friday, October 17, 2025 at 11:30am - 12:30pm
2nd Floor Program Room at Main Library

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Tuck your garden in now, and let nature do the rest. Fall planting means strong roots and a head start on spring beauty.Join us to discuss, share, and plant it forward together!Do ...

Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Program Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Discussions, Lifelong Learning
Registration Required
Event Details:

Tuck your garden in now, and let nature do the rest. Fall planting means strong roots and a head start on spring beauty.
Join us to discuss, share, and plant it forward together!

Bridget Jones

MOVIES AT WEST: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (West End)

Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 3:30pm - 5:30pm
West End Meeting Space at West End Branch

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Renée Zellweger returns to the role that established a romantic-comedy heroine for the ages, as Bridget, now a widowed single mother, must juggle work, parenthood and romance. With...

Library Branch: West End Branch
Room: West End Meeting Space
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Movies
Event Details:

Renée Zellweger returns to the role that established a romantic-comedy heroine for the ages, as Bridget, now a widowed single mother, must juggle work, parenthood and romance.

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Tech Guy Talks: Cyber Security Tricks

Monday, October 20, 2025 at 8:00pm - 8:45pm
Auditorium at Main Library

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Join Long Beach Library's Tech Guy for this informative presentation.Learn tips and tricks on how to stay safe on the Internet. Learn basic cybersecurity like recognizing a secure ...

Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Lifelong Learning, Technology, Community Help
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join Long Beach Library's Tech Guy for this informative presentation.

Project Hail Mary

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Book Club: Project Hail Mary

Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Off Site

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Join staff member Jake for a discussion of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, hum...

Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join staff member Jake for a discussion of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. 

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4th Annual Halloween Pizza Party

Friday, October 24, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Auditorium at Main Library

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These monsters won't scare you....or will they? Find out at our 4th annual Halloween Pizza Party! Come in costume for pizza, treats, and enjoy the 2001 family favorite film, Monste...

Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Kids, Teens, Adults, Parents
Program Type: Movies
Registration Required
Event Details:

These monsters won't scare you....or will they? Find out at our 4th annual Halloween Pizza Party!

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Retro Gamers Club

Monday, October 27, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
2nd Floor Program Room at Main Library

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Whether you have nostalgia for classic video games or want to try out retro video games you've heard about on the internet, this all-ages gaming club is for you!  We will be u...

Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Program Room
Age Group: Elementary School, Teens, Tweens, Adults, Seniors, Parents
Program Type: Games
Registration Required
Event Details:

Whether you have nostalgia for classic video games or want to try out retro video games you've heard about on the internet, this all-ages gaming club is for you!

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Rocky Horror Picture Show Interactive Screening

Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Auditorium at Main Library

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Get ready to dress up and sing along at our interactive screening of the cult sensation, The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975, R, 1h 38m).A newly-engaged couple have a bre...

Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Movies
Registration Required
Event Details:

Get ready to dress up and sing along at our interactive screening of the cult sensation, The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975, R, 1h 38m).

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Books & Brews: Who is Government? (Off-Site)

Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Off Site

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Join us for this month's discussion of Michael Lewis' work, Who is Government?  Copies can be picked up at the Circulation desk or via Libby with your library card.M...

Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Discussions
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for this month's discussion of Michael Lewis' work, Who is Government?

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