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.

Join teachers from the Adult Learning Center for this English as a Second Language series. 

This beginner/intermediate class meets every Wednesday and Thursday mornings from 9-12pm from February 7th through May 30th. 

Join teachers from the Adult Learning Center for this English as a Second Language series. 

This beginner/intermediate class meets every Wednesday and Thursday mornings from 9-12pm from February 7th through May 30th. 

Get ready for the day with Miss Sarah & Miss Eileen at Rise and Shine Storytime!

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

Join instructor Yoanna Da Vinci (in lineage of the Wudang, WuGulun and Vietnamese Vovinam Schools)on the healing and delightful journey of QIGONG as Dance, with elements of TaiJi.

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 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.

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.

A preschool readiness class for kids aged 18 months to 4 years

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.

Lori is live in the Auditorium!

This program is aimed at low to moderate income taxpayers with simple tax returns that can be prepared in less than one hour.  Taxpayers with complicated tax returns (more than 12 documents) will be advised to seek professional tax preparatio

Explore an arrangement of sensory stations with your little ones! Stack stones, smoosh playdough, and more!

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

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

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.

Join the Long Beach Art League (LBAL) for this new discussion program for local visual artists to network, inspire, and learn from each other by sharing ideas, experiences, and techniques so that they can find support and continue to grow.

If you've ever tried to meditate and struggled to stop the thoughts in your head, this practice is for you! As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a life-long dancer, Marissa is inspired by the connection between mind + body + soul.

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.

Join Miss Tanya for Messy Art for Tots!

We'll be using foil, markers, paper and water to make art prints. So remember to dress for a mess!

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.

Animation Afternoons is a new monthly movie series celebrating the art of animation!  Animation lovers young and old welcome, families encouraged.

This Month:

Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse (2023)

In 1912 London, a young working mother is galvanized into radical political activism supporting the right for women to vote, and is willing to meet violence with violence to achieve this end.
 

Join us for a fun art class where pop artist Michael Albert will guide us through the process of  collaging! Fun and engaging for ALL AGES, collaging is the process of cutting words.

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.

Having failed to defeat Aquaman the first time, Black Manta, still driven by the need to avenge his father’s death, will stop at nothing to take Aquaman down once and for all. 

Action, 2023, PG-13, 2hr 4min

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

Meditation session with Lisa Wisel, MS, BC-DMT, LCAT

Meditation will:
- EASE your mind
- SOOTHE your emotions HEAL your body

Bring the whole family to this series featuring animated and live action family friendly films from new releases to beloved classics.

This Month: Disney's "Wish."

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 for an overview of Long Beach Library's Nuwav Legal Documents database.

Join Miss Eileen and Miss Tanya for Meet The Artist Storycrafters! We will be reading a book about Spanish artist Salvador Dalí and make a craft in the style of his 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!

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. 

Make your own homemade sugar body scrub! Supplies will be supplied.

For Children in Grades 1 thru 7th grade

Come and build your amazing creations with a group
of like minded children and tweens.

Each builder gets a shoe box of Legos to build with.

Our monthly series highlighting LGBTQ+ voices and stories. This month, Derek Jarman's classic, Edward II (1991, R, 1h 30m) starring Steven Waddington and Tilda Swinton.

Need some time to relax? Check out LBPL's Tween/Teen Gamer Club!

Unwind after a long day of school at the library. Come play some Nintendo Switch and enjoy yummy snacks with friends!

This is not a library sponsored event.

PURPOSE OF MEETING

Monthly Meeting

Love chess or want to learn how to play?  Come join our Chess Club for children in the 2nd grade and above.  Play against each other and instructor Chess Master Joel Salman.

This month we'll be reading the novel, When We Were Sisters by Fatimah Asghar. Digital copies are available on Libby an

Join Tanya to make your own abstract squeegee painting.

Duplicate registrations are not valid.

Join Long Beach Library's Tech Guy for this informative presentation.