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Rise & Shine

Rise and Shine Storytime!

Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 9:15am - 9:45am
Auditorium at Main Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Kids, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool
Event Details:

Get ready for the day with Miss Sarah & Miss Eileen at Rise and Shine Storytime! Come on down to the Funny Friends Farm and join us with our puppet friends Moolia & Rock...

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Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Kids, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Get ready for the day with Miss Sarah & Miss Eileen at Rise and Shine Storytime!

Disclaimer(s)

Caregivers must stay

Caregivers must stay for the duration of the program. 

ESL with the Adult Learning Center

Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 9:15am - 12:15pm
1st Floor Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Lifelong Learning
Age Group:
Adults
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:...

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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 9:30-12:30pm. 

Play Hooray

Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 10:00am - 10:45am
Auditorium at Main Library
Program Type:
Music & Entertainment, Other
Age Group:
Kids, Toddlers, Preschool, Parents
Event Details:

Your 2 to 5 year old will have lots of fun in this music & movement program using puppets, instruments, finger play and dancing to encourage socialization and healthy expelling...

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Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Kids, Toddlers, Preschool, Parents
Program Type: Music & Entertainment, Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Your 2 to 5 year old will have lots of fun in this music & movement program using puppets, instruments, finger play and dancing to encourage socialization and healthy expelling of energy.

Disclaimer(s)

LBPL card required

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

Caregivers must participate

This is a family program. Caregivers stay and participate. 

Adult Craft - Fall Glass Cutting Board

Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 11:30am - 1:00pm
2nd Floor Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Join us to decorate a small glass cutting board with Thanksgiving or Fall images.  Registration Required.This class is held at multiple branches, please register for only...

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Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Program Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Join us to decorate a small glass cutting board with Thanksgiving or Fall images.  

Registration Required.

This class is held at multiple branches, please register for only ONE class.

Tutor.com

Tutor.com Overview (Zoom)

Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Zoom (Adult)
Program Type:
Technology
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join librarian Ron Carroll for an overview of Tutor.com Meeting Link Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87072904970?pwd=a1h4V0I3QnVLU0tmNGVhNXpwWTlNUT09    Meetin...

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Zoom (Adult)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Technology
Event Details:

Join librarian Ron Carroll for an overview of Tutor.com

STEAM

STEAM Club Teaser & Sign Ups

Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 4:00pm - 4:45pm
2nd Floor Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Elementary School
Event Details:

Are you a lover of science and experimentation?  Then Join Miss Eileen for LBPL's STEAM Club!*** This is a teaser session and a chance to sign up for early registration in our...

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Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Program Room
Age Group: Elementary School
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 11
Event Details:

Are you a lover of science and experimentation?  Then Join Miss Eileen for LBPL's STEAM Club!

*** This is a teaser session and a chance to sign up for early registration in our Winter STEAM Club!

Disclaimer(s)

LBPL card required

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

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Animation Afternoons: Inside Out 2

Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Auditorium at Main Library
Program Type:
Movies
Age Group:
Kids, Teens, Tweens, Adults, Parents
Event Details:

Animation Afternoons is a new monthly movie series celebrating the art of animation!  Animation lovers young and old welcome, families encouraged. This Month: Inside Out...

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

Animation Afternoons is a new monthly movie series celebrating the art of animation!  Animation lovers young and old welcome, families encouraged.

This Month:

Chess Club

Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
2nd Floor Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Games
Age Group:
Kids, Elementary School, Teens, Tweens
Event Details:

Love chess? Want to learn how to play?  Come join our Chess Club for children in the 2nd grade and above.  Play against each other and instructor Chess Master Joel Salman...

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Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Program Room
Age Group: Kids, Elementary School, Teens, Tweens
Program Type: Games
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Event Details:

Love chess? Want to learn how to play?  Come join our Chess Club for children in the 2nd grade and above.  Play against each other and instructor Chess Master Joel Salman.

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LBPL Presents: Comedy Open Mic Night

Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Auditorium at Main Library
Program Type:
Music & Entertainment
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Attention all comedians new or old looking to sharpen their skills: Join us for our Comedy Open Mic Night hosted by our very own Jewels! Come test out some new material and watch o...

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Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Music & Entertainment
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 80
Event Details:

Attention all comedians new or old looking to sharpen their skills: Join us for our Comedy Open Mic Night hosted by our very own Jewels! Come test out some new material and watch others do the same!

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Chair Yoga (Hybrid)

Friday, November 22, 2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Auditorium at Main Library
Program Type:
Exercise
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
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 t...

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Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Exercise
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 18
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 longe

Disclaimer(s)

LBPL card required

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

No library card waitlist

LBPL cardholders are prioritized for registration in this program. 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 :)

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Baby Sign Language

Friday, November 22, 2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am
2nd Floor Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Babies
Event Details:

Your baby has A LOT to say! Toddlers too!With just a few easy-to-learn American Sign Language signs, start communicating with your preverbal baby or toddler today!Is your toddler s...

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Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Program Room
Age Group: Babies
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Your baby has A LOT to say! Toddlers too!

With just a few easy-to-learn American Sign Language signs, start communicating with your preverbal baby or toddler today!

Disclaimer(s)

Caregivers must participate

This is a family program. Caregivers stay and participate. 

Preschool Readiness

Friday, November 22, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:15am
Auditorium at Main Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Kids, Toddlers, Preschool, Parents
Event Details:

Stories, games, and other activities help kids develop their fine and gross motor skills. They also learn social skills and preschool readiness skills including sharing, listening,...

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Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Kids, Toddlers, Preschool, Parents
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Stories, games, and other activities help kids develop their fine and gross motor skills. They also learn social skills and preschool readiness skills including sharing, listening, focusing, and participating.

Disclaimer(s)

LBPL card required

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

Caregivers must participate

This is a family program. Caregivers stay and participate. 

Library Board - Special Meeting

Friday, November 22, 2024 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
2nd Floor Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
News & Current Events
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

LBPL Board of Trustees Special Meeting --- Executive Session to Discuss Personnel, then Public Session to Consider Personnel Resolution.

Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: News & Current Events
Event Details:

LBPL Board of Trustees Special Meeting --- Executive Session to Discuss Personnel, then Public Session to Consider Personnel Resolution.

It Ends With Us

Film Friday: It Ends With Us

Friday, November 22, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Auditorium at Main Library
Program Type:
Movies
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

When a woman's first love suddenly reenters her life, her relationship with a charming, but abusive neurosurgeon is upended and she realizes she must learn to rely on her own stren...

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

When a woman's first love suddenly reenters her life, her relationship with a charming, but abusive neurosurgeon is upended and she realizes she must learn to rely on her own strength to make an impossible choice for her future.

Pokémon Trading Card Club

Friday, November 22, 2024 at 4:00pm - 4:45pm
2nd Floor Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Kids, Elementary School, Teens, Tweens
Event Details:

Meet other kid Pokémon card collectors and trade cards. Trading rules • The Library is not responsible for trades made during this program • Leave cards you don’t want to ...

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Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Program Room
Age Group: Kids, Elementary School, Teens, Tweens
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 18
Event Details:

Meet other kid Pokémon card collectors and trade cards.

Trading rules

• The Library is not responsible for trades made during this program

• Leave cards you don’t want to trade at home

Yoga

Yoga for Health & Peace (Hybrid)

Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 9:45am - 10:45am
Auditorium at Main Library
Program Type:
Exercise
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
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 fo...

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Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Exercise
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
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.

The Monster of Florence

True Crime Book Club: The Monster of Florence

Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
1st Floor Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Do you love true crime? Join Tanya and Eddie to discuss a specific case each month. We will focus on a different true crime case with theories, suspects and coverage being discu...

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Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 1st Floor Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 17
Event Details:

Do you love true crime?

Join Tanya and Eddie to discuss a specific case each month. We will focus on a different true crime case with theories, suspects and coverage being discussed.

Learn to Write Free Verse Poetry

Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
2nd Floor Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Lifelong Learning
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Paula Curci, Nassau County Poet Laureate, Emeritus 2022-2024, and Journal to the Self ™ Certified Instructor, will guide participants through several writi...

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Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lifelong Learning
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Paula Curci, Nassau County Poet Laureate, Emeritus 2022-2024, and Journal to the Self ™ Certified Instructor, will guide participants through several writing prompts to create free verse poetry.  No experience in

Friendsgiving Friend Speed Dating (West End)

Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 3:30pm - 5:30pm
West End Meeting Space at West End Branch
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

In the spirit of Friendsgiving (Thanksgiving with friends) join us for a speed dating style social mixer for adults looking to make new friends. More details to follow.

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Registration
Library Branch: West End Branch
Room: West End Meeting Space
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

In the spirit of Friendsgiving (Thanksgiving with friends) join us for a speed dating style social mixer for adults looking to make new friends.

More details to follow.

Disclaimer(s)

Food Allergies

Long Beach Public Library cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Family Holiday Photo Shoot! (In Person)

Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Auditorium at Main Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Kids, Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Capture a family photograph this year for the holidays.We've got a selection of beautiful backdrop and librarians Tanya & Natasha on hand to snap your photo! Bring your phone a...

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Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Kids, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Event Details:

Capture a family photograph this year for the holidays.

We've got a selection of beautiful backdrop and librarians Tanya & Natasha on hand to snap your photo! Bring your phone and we'll take digital pictures for your holiday needs.

Molly Mouse Lapsit

Monday, November 25, 2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Auditorium at Main Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Kids, Babies, Toddlers, Parents
Event Details:

Join us for this fun family lapsit program featuring the Molly Mouse puppet, music, movement, and books.  

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Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Kids, Babies, Toddlers, Parents
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Join us for this fun family lapsit program featuring the Molly Mouse puppet, music, movement, and books.

 

Disclaimer(s)

LBPL card required

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

Caregivers must participate

This is a family program. Caregivers stay and participate. 

yoga

Accessible Yoga for Every Body (Hybrid)

Monday, November 25, 2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
2nd Floor Program Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Exercise
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Build strength and flexibility along with a calmer mind in this accessible yoga for every body with Miriam Abrahams. Using a combination of seated and standing positions,...

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Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Program Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Exercise
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Build strength and flexibility along with a calmer mind in this accessible yoga for every body with Miriam Abrahams. Using a combination of seated and standing positions, you’ll learn balance, breathing, and focus.

Disclaimer(s)

LBPL card required

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

No library card waitlist

LBPL cardholders are prioritized for registration in this program. 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 :)

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.

Head Start Info & Registration

Monday, November 25, 2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
1st Floor Lobby at Main Library
Program Type:
Other
Event Details:

The Economic Opportunity Commission of Nassau County will be at the Long Beach Public Library to provide information and assist families in enrolling in the Head Start program. Thi...

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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 1st Floor Lobby
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

The Economic Opportunity Commission of Nassau County will be at the Long Beach Public Library to provide information and assist families in enrolling in the Head Start program.

Disclaimer(s)

Outside organization event

This is a meeting or program held by an outside organization and in no way constitutes Library endorsement.

Molly Mouse Lapsit

Monday, November 25, 2024 at 10:15am - 10:45am
Auditorium at Main Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Kids, Babies, Toddlers, Parents
Event Details:

Join us for this fun family lapsit program featuring the Molly Mouse puppet, music, movement, and books.  

Open
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Kids, Babies, Toddlers, Parents
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 5
Event Details:

Join us for this fun family lapsit program featuring the Molly Mouse puppet, music, movement, and books.

 

Disclaimer(s)

LBPL card required

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

Caregivers must participate

This is a family program. Caregivers stay and participate.