Upcoming Events

Name: Teen Canvas Swap
Start: 2024-04-25T15:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-04-25T16:00:00-04:00
Location: Main Library

Featured Events

Teen Canvas Swap

Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm

2nd Floor Program Room at Main Library

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Think you have what it takes to finish someone else's work of art? Every 5 minutes, your piece will be swapped! Use the time to try and add to a friends painting. Please b

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Library Branch: Main Library

Room: 2nd Floor Program Room

Age Group: Teens, Tweens

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 15

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Think you have what it takes to finish someone else's work of art? Every 5 minutes, your piece will be swapped! Use the time to try and add to a friends painting. Please be advised this program is for tweens & teens ages 10-17. ...

Teen Vinyl Party

Friday, April 26, 2024 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Vinyl Listening Lounge (full room) at Main Library

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Come by for a teens only Vinyl Spinning Party, after hours at the library! Spin a fav record, chill-out, and enjoy some music with friends. Please be advised this program

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Library Branch: Main Library

Room: Vinyl Listening Lounge (full room)

Age Group: Teens, Tweens

Program Type: Music & Entertainment

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 24

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Come by for a teens only Vinyl Spinning Party, after hours at the library! Spin a fav record, chill-out, and enjoy some music with friends. Please be advised this program is for ages 10-18. ...

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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.

Meditative Dance

Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Auditorium at Main Library

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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: Main Library

Room: Auditorium

Age Group: Adults, Seniors

Program Type: Exercise

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 0

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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! As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a lifelong ...

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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.

Candy Sushi

Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm

Youth Services Program Space at Main Library

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Using sweet ingredients, we'll be making candy to make sushi! Test your skills by creating a delicious platter of Rice Krispy sushi rolls. This program is for ages 8-16. Please

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Library Branch: Main Library

Room: Youth Services Program Space

Age Group: Elementary School, Teens, Tweens

Program Type: Food & Cooking

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 11

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Using sweet ingredients, we'll be making candy to make sushi! Test your skills by creating a delicious platter of Rice Krispy sushi rolls. This program is for ages 8-16. Please register each child individually to ensure there is enough materials.&...

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LBPL card required

A Long Beach Public Library card is required to register for this event.

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.

Tween Meetup

Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Teen Area at Main Library

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Calling all tweens ages 9-12! Looking for a place to hang after school? We've got the snacks, activities, and space for you! Swing by the YS Teen Space every Thursday from 3:30-4:3

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Library Branch: Main Library

Room: Teen Area

Age Group: Tweens

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 10

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Calling all tweens ages 9-12! Looking for a place to hang after school? We've got the snacks, activities, and space for you! Swing by the YS Teen Space every Thursday from 3:30-4:30pm. Please be advised this program is for tweens ages 9-12.&...

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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.

Chopra Meditation Program (Point Lookout)

Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 7:00pm - 7:45pm

Point Lookout Meeting Space at Point Lookout Branch

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Gary Jansen is a Deepak Chopra Certified Meditation and Health Instructor and will help you achieve positive lifelong change through meditation. Each class will include valuable in

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Library Branch: Point Lookout Branch

Room: Point Lookout Meeting Space

Age Group: Adults, Seniors

Program Type: Health & Wellness

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 20

Event Details:

Gary Jansen is a Deepak Chopra Certified Meditation and Health Instructor and will help you achieve positive lifelong change through meditation. Each class will include valuable information on mediation for stress relief, emotional well-being and bet...

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LBPL card required

A Long Beach Public Library card is required to register for this event.

No library card waitlist

Registration for this program opens first to Long Beach Public Library cardholders. 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 :)

Tween Meetup

Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Teen Area at Main Library

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Calling all tweens ages 9-12! Looking for a place to hang after school? We've got the snacks, activities, and space for you! Swing by the YS Teen Space every Thursday from 3:30-4:3

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Library Branch: Main Library

Room: Teen Area

Age Group: Tweens

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 10

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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.

Journaling Workshop

Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm

1st Floor Program Room at Main Library

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Discover the power of self-connection through the transformative practice of journaling. Led by poet and librarian Nicole, this workshop invites you to explore the depths of your i

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Library Branch: Main Library

Room: 1st Floor Program Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Lifelong Learning

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 15

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Discover the power of self-connection through the transformative practice of journaling. Led by poet and librarian Nicole, this workshop invites you to explore the depths of your inner world through a series of thought-provoking prompts. Unleash your...

Tween Meetup

Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Teen Area at Main Library

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Calling all tweens ages 9-12! Looking for a place to hang after school? We've got the snacks, activities, and space for you! Swing by the YS Teen Space every Thursday from 3:30-4:3

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Library Branch: Main Library

Room: Teen Area

Age Group: Tweens

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 10

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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.

If it's May, it's Cabaret Festival

All Day 5/17 - 5/19

Festival at Main Library

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Friday 5/17 from 8 to 9:30pm - Jason Henderson: Getting to Noël You Saturday 5/18 from 8 to 9:30pm - Margaret Curry Sunday 5/19 from 2 to 4pm - Hannah Jane

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Library Branch: Main Library

Room: Festival

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Music & Entertainment

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Friday 5/17 from 8 to 9:30pm - Jason Henderson: Getting to Noël You Saturday 5/18 from 8 to 9:30pm - Margaret Curry Sunday 5/19 from 2 to 4pm - Hannah Jane ...

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Film Friday: Past Lives

1:00pm - 3:00pm

Main Library

Library Branch: Main Library

Room: Auditorium

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Movies

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Two childhood sweethearts, after decades apart, are reunited for one fateful week in New York as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life in this heartrending modern romance from filmmaker Celine Song. Drama, 2023, ...

Monday Matinee: You Hurt My Feelings

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Main Library

Library Branch: Main Library

Room: Auditorium

Age Group: Adults, Seniors

Program Type: Movies

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From acclaimed filmmaker Nicole Holofcener comes a sharply observed comedy about a novelist whose long standing marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband give his honest reaction to her latest book. A film about trust, lies, and the...

Film Friday: After Yang

1:00pm - 3:00pm

Main Library

Library Branch: Main Library

Room: Auditorium

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Movies

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Kicking off Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage month, After Yang takes place in the near future, where a family reckons with questions of love, connection, and loss after their A.I. helper unexpectedly breaks down. Drama/Sci-Fi, 2021, P...

Monday Matinee: Mommie Dearest

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Main Library

Library Branch: Main Library

Room: Auditorium

Age Group: Adults, Seniors

Program Type: Movies

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No wire hangers ever! Just in time for Mother's Day, Faye Dunaway dominates in this cult classic about the relationship between Joan Crawford and her adopted daughter. Biography, 1981, R, 2hr 9min *Movies may be subject to change. Please ...

LGBTQ+ Underground Movie Night: All of Us Strangers

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Main Library

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Registration

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Library Branch: Main Library

Room: Auditorium

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Movies

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 50

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Our monthly series highlighting LGBTQ+ voices. This month, Andrew Haigh's All of Us Strangers (2023, R, 1h 45m). A screenwriter drawn back to his childhood home enters into a fledgling relationship with his downstairs neighbor while disc...

Film Noir Film and Discussion: The Big Sleep

1:00pm - 3:30pm

Main Library

Library Branch: Main Library

Room: Auditorium

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Movies

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Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall ignite the screen in this classic film noir adaptation of Raymond Chandler's detective novel. When private investigator Philip Marlowe accepts the blackmail case of one of Los Angeles' wealthiest men, his probe leads...

Monday Matinee: The Boys in the Boat

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Main Library

Library Branch: Main Library

Room: Auditorium

Age Group: Adults, Seniors

Program Type: Movies

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This inspirational true story follows a group of underdogs at the height of the Great Depression as they are thrust into the spotlight, taking on elite rivals from around the world as part of the 1936 Berlin summer games. Drama, 2023, PG-13, 2hr 3...

Animation Afternoons: Turning Red

1:30pm - 3:30pm

Main Library

Library Branch: Main Library

Room: Auditorium

Age Group: Kids, Teens, Tweens, Adults, Parents

Program Type: Movies

Event Details:

Animation Afternoons is a monthly movie series celebrating the art of animation! Animation lovers of all ages are welcome at this family-friendly program. This Month: Turning Red (2022) Synopsis: Disney and Pixar’s “Turning Red” intr...

Film Friday: Fanny: The Right to Rock

1:00pm - 3:00pm

Main Library

Library Branch: Main Library

Room: Auditorium

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Movies

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The untold story of a Filipina American garage band that morphed into the ferocious rock group Fanny, who almost became the female Beatles. Documentary, 2021, NR, 1hr 36min *Movies may be subject to change. Please check the Motion Picture ...

MOVIES AT WEST: My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (West End)

3:00pm - 5:00pm

West End Branch

Library Branch: West End Branch

Room: West End Meeting Space

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Movies

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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. Along the way, each member of the Portokalos clan experiences a host of mishaps an...

Monday Matinee: American Fiction

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Main Library

Library Branch: Main Library

Room: Auditorium

Age Group: Adults, Seniors

Program Type: Movies

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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 disdain...

Documentary Screening - Harvey Weisenberg: The Voice for the Voiceless

7:30pm - 8:30pm

Main Library

Registration

Library Branch: Main Library

Room: Auditorium

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Local History, Movies

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 175

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Please join Harvey Weisenberg and the Saint James of Jerusalem Episcopal Church for a special screening of Harvey's documentary, The Voice for the Voiceless. Refreshments will be served. ...

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Outside organization event

This is a meeting or program held by an outside organization and in no way constitutes Library endorsement.

Film Friday: In Harm's Way

1:00pm - 3:00pm

Main Library

Library Branch: Main Library

Room: Auditorium

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Movies

Event Details:

A young WWII pilot, is saved by a young Chinese widow named Ying who risks her life to hide the injured American pilot in her house. Romance, 2017, NR, 1hr 37min *Movies may be subject to change. Please check the Motion Picture Association...

Studio Ghibli Mini Fest

1:00pm - 5:00pm

Main Library

Library Branch: Main Library

Room: Auditorium

Age Group: Kids, Teens, Tweens, Adults

Program Type: Movies

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Join us for a double feature films from acclaimed Japanese animation studio Studio Ghibli. -Kiki's Delivery Service -Howl's Moving Castle ...

Fright Night Feature: Carrie

7:00pm - 9:00pm

Main Library

Registration

Library Branch: Main Library

Room: Auditorium

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Movies

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 50

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The Long Beach Library invites you to prom with Brian De Palma's definitive adaptation of Stephen King's Carrie (1976, R, 1hr 38m). Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unlea...

Film Friday: Argylle

1:00pm - 3:00pm

Main Library

Library Branch: Main Library

Room: Auditorium

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Movies

Event Details:

A reclusive author who writes espionage novels about a secret agent and a global spy syndicate realizes the plot of the new book she's writing starts to mirror real-world events, in real time. Comedy/Thriller, 2024, PG-13, 2hr 19min *Movies may...

Fright Night Feature: Midsommar

6:00pm - 9:00pm

Main Library

Registration

Library Branch: Main Library

Room: Auditorium

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Movies

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 50

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It's summer, you know what that means - it's time to join a pagan cult with Ari Aster's Midsommar (2019, R, 2h 28m). A couple travel to Sweden to visit their friend's rural hometown for its fabled midsummer festival, but what begins as an idy...

Fright Night Feature: JAWS (1975)

7:00pm - 9:00pm

Main Library

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Registration

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Library Branch: Main Library

Room: Auditorium

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Movies

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 70

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It's a beach party of terror at The Long Beach Library with Spielberg's summer classic JAWS (1975, PG, 2h 10m). When a young woman is killed by a shark while skinny-dipping near the New England tourist town of Amity Island, police chief ...

LGBTQ+ Underground Presents "Funeral Parade of Roses" (1969)

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Main Library

Open

Registration

Open

Library Branch: Main Library

Room: Auditorium

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Movies

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 70

Event Details:

Our monthly series highlighting LGBTQ+ films. This month, the inspiration for Stanley Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange," Toshio Matsumoto's "Funeral Parade of Roses" (1969, NR, 1h 45m). “Funeral Parade of Roses” is a groundbreaking Japanese film dire...

Fright Night Feature: Alien (1979)

7:00pm - 9:00pm

Main Library

Registration

Library Branch: Main Library

Room: Auditorium

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Movies

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 50

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At the Library, no one can hear you scream. Join us for Ridley Scott's classic, ALIEN (1979, R, 1h 57m). The crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin. Plea...

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