Event List

Turn paper and paste into masterpieces—unleash your creativity with our fun and messy paper-mâché program!

Come play board games or cards at West!

We have several games including Monopoly, Scrabble, Pictionary, Backgammon, and Connect 4.

We had so much fun in 2024 that Beach Blanket Bingo is back for its second summer! Join Library staff for several rounds of bingo on the beach. Bring a blanket or chair and your beverage of choice.

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

During the summer solstice, the sun reaches its highest point in the sky and gives us our longest day of the year. Reminding us to celebrate the nourishing light of the sun and the light within each of us.

Restorative yoga is a gentle and deeply relaxing style of yoga designed to calm the nervous system and promote healing on a physical, mental, and emotional level.

Join us as award-winning author and summer reading champion Katherine Applegate talks to viewers about her enthusiastically heartwarming novel in verse, Odder. 

Join staff member Jake for a discussion of The Great When by Alan Moore. 

Henna is a plant-based dye that safely stains the skin for 1 to 2 weeks. After a basic overview in the art of henna, each participant will be given a henna design.

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.

Join Miss Tanya to draw and/or color in this hands-on, free-form class.

Whether you have nostalgia for classic video games or are wanting to tryout retro video games you've heard about on the internet this all-ages gaming club is for you!

Summer Reading Club has begun! Come decorate reusable water bottles for the summer! 

Water bottles, stickers, and snacks supplied.

Kids can show off their baking skills (with help from their grown-ups) to enter their ultimate dessert into the Color our World with Food baking competition.

Join author Hayley Krischer as she discusses her new book, You Belong To Me.

Roll the dice for your chance to grab your favorite candy bar – and then hope no one steals it before the time is up! 

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 Emeritus 2022-2024, Paula Curci, and

Our monthly series highlighting LGBTQ+ films.

Our monthly film series, led by resident film expert, Jake Cohen, will feature a variety of international film styles, themes, and directors. Discussion will follow each film.

Teens of Long Beach, do you have what it takes to reign supreme in Super Smash Bros.?

Face off with fellow gamers and test your skills. 

Please be advised this program is for teens ages 12-18.

Join college expert Debbie Gershow Lindell for a college essay writing workshop.

Create personalized miniature ecosystems, complete with plants, soil, and decorative elements.

Supplies and snacks provided. 

We had so much fun in 2024 that Beach Blanket Bingo is back for its second summer! Join Library staff for several rounds of bingo on the beach. Bring a blanket or chair and your beverage of choice.