Event List

Start your morning with great stories and even better company! Books & Bagels is a relaxed, community-centered book club that pairs lively conversation with bagels and warm beverages.

Take the fear out of drawing in this class for beginners and returning artists who wish to brush-up on their skills.

What is your vision for the upcoming new year? Join us at the West End Branch to map out your manifestations on a vision board using an array of mixed media. All skill levels welcome.

Social workers from the Oceanside Friedberg JCC will be in the lobby to connect individuals and families to a wide range of free and confidential community based services, including:

Engage in family fun by playing bingo!

Prizes will be provided!

Please register for the event so that we can adequately plan.

Popular art historian Thomas Germano presents this visual lecture on the work of the baroque Italian painter, Artemisia Lomi Gentileschi.

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

Do you love gardening and want to meet others in your community who love gardening too? Join our LB Garden Club to discuss all things gardening! Promoting the love of gardening one seed at a time.

Once a promising young baseball star, Hank Thompson is now an alcoholic bartender washed up in New York City. Looking after his neighbor's cat, Hank is suddenly thrown into a world of dangerous criminality.

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 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.

Calling all crocheters and knitters! 🧶✨

Join instructor Joan Lazarus for this monthly painting tutorial.

A $10 materials fee is payable to the instructor in cash on the day of the class.

Participants will join published author and creative writing instructor Marc DeSantis for this interactive writing workshop. Of course, all writing is welcome. Please bring materials!

Do you love true crime?

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

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.

If you're a writer and want to join other local writers serious about the craft, then come join our Writers' Circle on Monday from 11am to 1pm! 

The Van Gogh Series continues as we explore the studies Van Gogh painted of his bedroom.

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.

Calling all writers! Join this group and build your writing skills. Here is an opportunity to connect with your inner-voice and express yourself in writing.  Write to prompts and share personal projects.

The Great Books Discussion Group is an in-person program taking place on the 2nd floor of Long Beach Public Library. Physical copies will be available at the front desk of the Library two weeks before each discussion.

“Selma,” as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B.

Increase strength, flexibility, and balance through an engaging Pilates class taught by Pat Cappeto.