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.

Join Miss Jennifer for a class for Parents where we will discuss parenting tips and tricks, all while learning about how important tummy time is for your New Baby’s development.

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:

Paint and decorate a wooden snowman and bring home some wintery magic with this craft!  For kids ages 3 and up. 

Unleash Your Inner Writer with Dana Monti!

Join Long Beach School Teacher Dana Monti for an inspiring, creative series of evening writing workshops at the library!

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

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!

Start communicating with your preverbal baby or toddler by learning some American Sign Language. Your baby has A LOT to say!

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.

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.

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

Join Miss Tanya for Messy Art for Tots!

We will be using toy cars, paint and canvas to create beautiful pieces of art. Remember to dress for a mess!

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.

Design a zipper pouch using stencils, rhinestones, ribbons and more.  Use it to stash school supplies, make-up or your favorite treasures.