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Marble

Messy Art - Marble Painting

Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
2nd Floor Program Room at Main Library

Event Details:

Join Miss Tanya for more Messy Art!We'll be using paint, glass marbles and trays to create our own works of unique art on canvas. So remember to dress for a mess!SPACE IS LIMITED. ...

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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Program Room
Age Group: Kids, Elementary School, Tweens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join Miss Tanya for more Messy Art!

We'll be using paint, glass marbles and trays to create our own works of unique art on canvas. So remember to dress for a mess!

community legal help

Community Legal Help

Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
1st Floor Program Room at Main Library

Event Details:

Do you need help with a legal problem? The Community Legal Help Project will be offering free legal services for low income residents of Nassau County.Free limited legal advic...

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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 1st Floor Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Discussions, Lifelong Learning, Community Help
Registration Required
Event Details:

Do you need help with a legal problem? The Community Legal Help Project will be offering free legal services for low income residents of Nassau County.

3 babies signing the words "Love", "Book", and "Happy"

Point Lookout Baby Sign Language

Friday, June 6, 2025 at 10:45am - 11:15am
Point Lookout Meeting Space at Point Lookout Branch

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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Library Branch: Point Lookout Branch
Room: Point Lookout Meeting Space
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, Parents
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
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!

Downton Abbey

MOVIES AT WEST: Downton Abbey: A New Era (West End)

Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
West End Meeting Space at West End Branch

Event Details:

Catch up with the Crawley Family before the new movie hits theaters in September.  In A New Era the Crawleys go on a grand journey to the south of France to uncover the myster...

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

Catch up with the Crawley Family before the new movie hits theaters in September.  In A New Era the Crawleys go on a grand journey to the south of France to uncover the mystery of the Dowager Countess' newly inherited villa.

Shell Wind Chime

Maker Monday: Drift Wood & Shell Wind Chime

Monday, June 9, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
2nd Floor Program Room at Main Library

Event Details:

Join us for Maker Monday! This Monday, we'll be making shell lighthouse magnets.All materials supplied by the Library free of charge. Space is limited. Register below to secure you...

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

Join us for Maker Monday! This Monday, we'll be making shell lighthouse magnets.

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Story Crafter for Tots: Little Blue Truck

Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 12:30pm - 1:30pm
2nd Floor Program Room at Main Library

Event Details:

Beep Beep Beep! It's everybody's favorite little farm truck, hard at work again! Join us to read the series' original Little Blue Truck and then craft a sweet little version of our...

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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Program Room
Age Group: Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Storycrafter
Registration Required
Event Details:

Beep Beep Beep! It's everybody's favorite little farm truck, hard at work again! Join us to read the series' original Little Blue Truck and then craft a sweet little version of our famous friend!

beach yoga

Beach Yoga and Meditation

Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Off Site

Event Details:

Join librarian Nicole and Deepak Chopra Certified Meditation and Health Instructor Gary Jansen for a yoga and meditation session at scenic Lafayette Boulevard Beach.  Let the ...

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Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Exercise, Summer Reading
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join librarian Nicole and Deepak Chopra Certified Meditation and Health Instructor Gary Jansen for a yoga and meditation session at scenic Lafayette Boulevard Beach.  Let the sounds of the ocean wash over you as you follow this guided practic

dance

Meditative Dance on the Beach

Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Off Site

Event Details:

This meditative movement class with Marissa Moser promotes profound somatic healing. If you've ever tried to sit still to meditate and struggled to stop the thoughts in your head, ...

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Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Exercise, Summer Reading
Registration Required
Event Details:

This meditative movement class with Marissa Moser promotes profound somatic healing. If you've ever tried to sit still to meditate and struggled to stop the thoughts in your head, this is for you!

Club Bebe

Club Bébé

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 1:00pm - 1:45pm
Auditorium at Main Library

Event Details:

Long Beach's hottest club is Club Bébé... Located in the Long Beach Public Library auditorium...This place has everything; a giant teddy bear DJ, black lights, books, libraria...

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Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Babies
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Long Beach's hottest club is Club Bébé... 

Located in the Long Beach Public Library auditorium...

This place has everything; a giant teddy bear DJ, black lights, books, librarians in disguise, music, Channels Jr. and more!

beach yoga

Beach Yoga and Meditation

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Off Site

Event Details:

Join librarian Nicole and Deepak Chopra Certified Meditation and Health Instructor Gary Jansen for a yoga and meditation session at scenic Lafayette Boulevard Beach.  Let the ...

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Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Exercise, Summer Reading
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join librarian Nicole and Deepak Chopra Certified Meditation and Health Instructor Gary Jansen for a yoga and meditation session at scenic Lafayette Boulevard Beach.  Let the sounds of the ocean wash over you as you follow this guided practic

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ESL with the Adult Learning Center

9:15am - 12:15pm
Adults
Main Library
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 1st Floor Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lifelong Learning
Registration Required
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 morning. 

Play Hooray

10:00am - 11:00am
Kids, Toddlers, Preschool
Main Library
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Kids, Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Exercise, Games, Music & Entertainment, Storytime, Other
Registration Required
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. 

Heritage Quest (Zoom)

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Adults
Zoom (Adult)
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Zoom (Adult)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Technology
Event Details:

Join librarian Ron Carroll for an overview of the Heritage Quest Genealogy Database!

Meeting Link Here:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83819622819?pwd=7eQbasblb9A0buCLpZt8agzJrIZX2y.1

Meeting ID

838 1962 2819

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Messy Art - Marble Painting

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Kids, Elementary School, Tweens
Main Library
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Program Room
Age Group: Kids, Elementary School, Tweens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join Miss Tanya for more Messy Art!

We'll be using paint, glass marbles and trays to create our own works of unique art on canvas. So remember to dress for a mess!

Chair Yoga (Hybrid)

9:15am - 10:15am
Adults, Seniors
Main Library
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Exercise
Registration Required
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)

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.

Baby Sign Language

9:30am - 10:00am
Babies
Main Library
Full
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Program Room
Age Group: Babies
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
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)

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. 

Preschool Readiness

10:45am - 11:30am
Kids, Toddlers, Preschool, Parents
Main Library
Full
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Kids, Toddlers, Preschool, Parents
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
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. 

Film Friday: I'm Still Here

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Adults
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Movies
Event Details:

A woman married to a former politician during the military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary act.

Jr. Gamers

3:45pm - 4:30pm
Elementary School
Main Library
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Youth Services Program Space
Age Group: Elementary School
Program Type: Games
Registration Required
Event Details:

Back by popular demand - LBPL Jr. Gamers!

This month, we'll be playing Mario Kart! Face off with friends, both old and new.

Drawing Club

4:00pm - 4:45pm
Kids, Elementary School, Teens, Tweens
Main Library
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Program Room
Age Group: Kids, Elementary School, Teens, Tweens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

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

Yoga for Health & Peace (Hybrid)

9:45am - 10:45am
Adults, Seniors
Main Library
Full
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Exercise
Registration Required
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.

Disclaimer(s)

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.

Crochet Club

10:30am - 12:00pm
Adults, Seniors
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 1st Floor Program Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Calling all crocheters and knitters! 🧶✨

Artful Salon

12:30pm - 2:00pm
Adults, Seniors
Main Library
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Program Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Lifelong Learning, Art Exhibit
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join Long Beach Art League at Artful Salon for an enjoyable get-together to allow visual artists to network, inspire and learn from each other by sharing ideas, experiences and techniques.

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.

Closed for Summer Sundays!

All Day
All Branches
Closing
Branches:
Main Library, Point Lookout Branch, West End Branch, Zoom (Adult), Zoom (Youth), Off Site
Description:

Long Beach Public Library is closed for Sundays during the summer from Mother's Day through Labor Day. Our normal Sunday hours of 1 to 5pm will resume on the Sunday after Labor Day Weekend.

LB Soup Kitchen Food Drive

All Day 6/2 - 6/30
Adults
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Circulation Desk
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community Help
Event Details:

Did you know that June is National Hunger Awareness month? Help us help our community by dropping off dry and canned goods at the Main Library Circulation Desk to replenish the Long Beach Soup Kitchen pantry.  

Molly Mouse

9:30am - 10:00am
Babies, Toddlers
Main Library
Full
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

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

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 :)

Accessible Yoga for Every Body (Hybrid)

10:00am - 11:00am
Adults, Seniors
Main Library
Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Program Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Exercise
Registration Required
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)

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.

Molly Mouse

10:15am - 10:45am
Babies, Toddlers
Main Library
Full
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

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

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 :)

Caregivers must stay

Caregivers must stay for the duration of the program. 

Molly Mouse

11:00am - 11:30am
Babies, Toddlers
Main Library
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

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

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 :)

Caregivers must stay

Caregivers must stay for the duration of the program. 

Writers' Circle (Zoom)

11:00am - 1:00pm
Adults, Seniors
Zoom (Adult)
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Zoom (Adult)
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Discussions
Event Details:

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! 

Resume Help (Hybrid)

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Adults, Seniors
Main Library
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 1st Floor Program Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Jobs & Careers
Registration Required
Event Details:

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.

Great Books Discussion Group

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Adults, Seniors
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Program Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Book Club, Discussions
Event Details:

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.

Monday Matinee: The Birdcage

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Adults, Seniors
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Movies
Event Details:

June is Pride Month!

Pilates

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Adults, Seniors
Main Library
Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Exercise
Registration Required
Event Details:

Increase strength, flexibility, and balance through an engaging Pilates class taught by Lori Rozell.

Disclaimer(s)

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.