Week Calendar

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.

Hatha yoga focuses on posture and breathing techniques, to channel vital energy source. This beginner friendly class focuses on yoga poses, breathwork, intention setting, and self care.

Tai Chi Easy is a way of doing Tai Chi that makes it simple, fun & beneficial right away.

Join Nicole for this Toddler/Baby & Me Yoga class for parents, grandparents, caregivers and your child from birth to 3. This class is designed to be a low impact yoga instruction that is fun and interactive between you and your kid. 

Chair Yoga focuses on a full-body practice and will help strengthen your nervous system and reduce stress and stiffness. 

Baby sign language classes for age 6 months to 2 years.

Your baby has A LOT to say! Toddlers too!

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.

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 Style Lap-sit Program featuring Molly Mouse Puppet, Music and Movement and Books
for children ages 5 months to age 3

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

Join Miss Eileen and Miss Tanya for Play Dough Hour to squish, smoosh, roll and flatten homemade play dough!

For children twelve (12) months to four (4) years old.

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.

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! 

Lori is live in the Auditorium!

Do you play Canasta and want to meet other community members who play? Join us on Wednesdays at 11:00am in the Library Auditorium! Practice your skills and have fun while you do it.

Do you play Mah Jongg and want to meet other community members who play? Join us on Wednesdays at 11:00am in the Library Auditorium! Practice your skills and have fun while you do it.

Learn the basics of American Sign language and start communicating with those who are deaf or very hard of hearing in this new class for beginners featuring trained ASL instructor Rosemary Algios.

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.

We will read and discuss Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Lives by Father Richard Rohr.

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.

Tony Award winner Ben Platt and Molly Gordon star in the new original comedy Theater Camp as Amos and Rebecca-Diane – lifelong best friends and drama instructors at a rundown camp in upstate New York.

Instructor Joan Lazarus leads this class in creating a whimsical blue cat as Halloween is fast approaching! Be sure to register early for this always popular painting class.

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.

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this award winning documentary is an intimate portrait of love and loss – an ode to the healing power of storytelling.  Carol Wall's debut memoir – about cancer, friendship, and cultivating

Do you have questions about your computer or laptop? Want to learn more about Zoom, streaming movies, or downloading ebooks to your device?

Join us at the West End Branch of the Long Beach Library for this beginner-friendly Chair Yoga class. With gentle instruction by Librarian Nicole, together we will build strength, flexibility and mental well-being.

Join librarian Ron Carroll on Zoom for an overview of Long Beach Library's online services, including Hoopla, Kanopy, Consumer Reports, as well as accessing newspapers through our website.

Join Miss Eileen and Miss Tanya for our first session of our new Meet The Artist Storycrafters! We will be reading a book about Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama and make a craft in the style of her art.

Join Nicole for this fun children's yoga class for those 4 to 8 years old. Please bring a mat or towel for your child to practice on :)

PARENTS MUST STAY IN THE BRANCH

Can't wait to meet you...

Join us as we celebrate the release of the much anticipated movie Five Nights At Freddy's!

We will be packing treat bags for the upcoming Labyrinth Pizza Party! Community Service hour will be given as well as snacks!

Relax, unwind and join Nicole to create beautiful mandalas from old records! 

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! JOIN US FOR ROUND TWO OF NAILED IT! @ LBPL!

Join us for our second serving of Nailed It! with a special Spoopy Edition in honor of Halloween! 

Join instructor Pat Cappeto for this engaging Pilates class!

Starting September 1st, your Long Beach Public Library card will be required to register for our most popular programs.

Join us at the library for a fun Pajama Storytime!

Feel free to wear your PJs, bring your favorite lovey and your imagination! We will be enjoying a few themed stories together before bed! 

Join the Youth Services Librarians for Youth Advisory Board!

Join a champion chess master to learn the basics of chess play. Engage with other interested children in learning about the pieces, their capabilities, using strategy and planning in order to become a chess master yourself!

Bring your dance magic and come dressed to impress at our 2nd annual Halloween Pizza Party! This year's movie is Jim Henson's 1986 cinematic classic, Labyrinth (Rated PG, 1hr 41mins). 

Participants will choose, prepare and share a recipe from this month's selected cookbook: Half Baked Harvest: Super Simple by Teighan Gerrard. We will gather in person to sample one another's dishes, discuss cooking techniqu

Celebrate Indigenous authors this month with the horror debut Bad Cree, by Jessica Johns.

Get ready to dress up and sing along at our interactive screening of the cult sensation, The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975, R, 1h 38m).

Join us for an intimate conversation with John Irving about his most recent novel, The Last Chairlift, his self-proclaimed final long novel. We'll discuss Irving's prolific body of work and a lifetime spent writing.

Join in a discussion of Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano. This moving family saga was a NY Times bestseller, an Oprah Book Club and a Read with Jenna selection, and will soon be an Apple TV+ series.