Upcoming Events

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 month's book is Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.

Those in second grade and up, join Miss Tanya to draw and/or color in this hands-on free-form class.

Jason Henderson is an Actor, Singer and Cabaret Performer, awarded the 2024 Bistro Award for Musical Comedy Performer.

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.

May is Law Enforcement Appreciation Month! Children of all ages are welcome to come and meet 2 Long Beach Police Officers, read stories together, and get to see a real police car outside the library!

Join published author and creative writing teacher Marc DeSantis for this interactive writing circle. Bring works in progress and writing materials. Please register.

Join Library Director Tara to reread childhood favorites with a new generation. Whether you're a parent, grandparent or an honorary auntie or uncle, bring your favorite kid(s) to discuss the classics that shaped our childhoods.  

Following the death of the family patriarch, the Portokalos family decides to embark on a grand odyssey to his homeland in Greece for a no-holds-barred family reunion.

Through compositions by Johnny Mercer, Yip Harburg, Chaka Khan, Roy Orbison, Jimmy Webb, and more, MARGARET CURRY explores and delights in the universe between the present and the future, the good and the bad, hope and what’s-to-com

Have you missed any of our craft programs? Here is your chance to create crafts with our leftover supplies! 

Get nostalgic with Reba, Dolly, Shania and other Queens of Country Music from the 90s through today with Hannah Jane and her band.

Join us for this fun IN PERSON family lapsit program featuring the Molly Mouse puppet, music, movement and books
for children ages 5 months to 3 years. 

YOU MUST SIGN UP FOR EACH WEEK'S CLASS INDIVIDUALLY.

Build strength and flexibility along with a calmer mind in this gentle yoga class featuring certified RYT instructor Beverlee Bertinetti.

Join us for this fun IN PERSON family lapsit program featuring the Molly Mouse puppet, music, movement and books
for children ages 5 months to 3 years. 

YOU MUST SIGN UP FOR EACH WEEK'S CLASS INDIVIDUALLY.

Join us for this fun IN PERSON family lapsit program featuring the Molly Mouse puppet, music, movement and books
for children ages 5 months to 3 years. 

YOU MUST SIGN UP FOR EACH WEEK'S CLASS INDIVIDUALLY.

Mommies (or Daddies, Nannies & Grannies) of children 2 & under, come join Moms/Librarians Eileen & Nicole for our new Monthly Mommy Mixer! 

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.

The Great Books Discussion Group is an in-person program taking place on the 2nd floor of Long Beach Public Library. Below is the list of upcoming meeting dates as well as the titles up for discussion.

A frustrated novelist, fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes, uses a pen name to write his own outlandish "Black" book and is suddenly swept up in the madness he claims to disd

Need community service hours, but can't make a long term commitment?

Stop by the Teen Space on Mondays from 5:00pm-6:00pm for an hour of opportunities! Help the Long Beach Librarians and give back to your community. 

The LBPL Board of Trustees May meeting will begin at 6 PM with Executive Session. The public is welcome at 7 PM during the Public Session. 

Please join the Long Beach Public Library Board of Trustees for their monthly meeting. All are welcome!