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.

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

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. Kathleen Regan has been teaching yoga since 1993, and she has been practicing for even longe

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.

Join us for an interactive class as we discuss "Tummy Time" strategies and learn parenting tips about infant development. Please bring a towel or yoga mat for baby.

Join us at the West End Branch for a silly story time and movement class. Designed for children 4-24 months of age and their caregivers.

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 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.

Botanical drawing for beginners using live plant and flower specimens. There is $5 per class fee for the botanical specimens. Please note this program is presented as a 4-part series.

Kids ages 3-6 years of age are invited to join us for this elephant-themed storytime including a craft! Please register.

Join us for this global annual celebration held on the last Saturday in April. This free celebration begins at 11:30am local time in over 100 cities across 80 nations.

Join in this interactive art discussion led by Carolyn DeSoucey Please bring one or two pieces of your art o discuss with the groups. Registration is required.

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 monthly movie series celebrating the art of animation!  Animation lovers of all ages are welcome at this family-friendly program.

This Month: WALL-E (2008)

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.

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.

Among the trees, young women and men working the summer harvest develop new feelings, flirt, try to understand each other, find - and flee - deeper connections.  ARABIC WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

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

For over a decade, Long Island-based folk-rock/Americana/AAA trio Gathering Time (Stuart Markus, Gerry McKeveny, and since 2022 Christine Sweeney) has toured both in the US and internationally, mixing new interpretations

Already bored during Spring Break? Come down to the library and help make cards for our community's seniors! Help brighten someone's day and earn some community service hours in the process. 

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.

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. 

Join librarian Ron Carroll for an overview of the Data Axle database.

Looking for a cute and fun way to stay organized? Try out Bullet Journaling!

Join Sarah to decorate your own journals and get started journaling. 

Join Miss Eileen and Miss Tanya for Meet The Artist Storycrafters! We will be reading a book about French artist Claude Monet and make a craft in the style of his art.

Join Miss Tanya for more Messy Art!

We'll be using plastic containers and beans to make our own shake art. So remember to dress for a mess!

Are you ready for it? 

Join in the fun as we hear a story and plant a seed to care for and tend at home!

This storytime and activity are designed for kids 4-7 years of age. Please register.

Calling all children who are Pokémon card collectors and card enthusiasts!
Join us every other Friday to meet other Pokémon card collectors and trade Pokémon cards.

LIBRARY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY TRADES MADE DURING THIS PROGRAM

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. 

Create your own mini scrapbooks. Mini scrapbooks, stickers, and scrapbook materials will be supplied. Feel free to bring any stickers and photos! Snacks provided!

Make a terrarium in recognition of Earth Day with a master gardener from Clark Gardens. Plants provided. You may choose to bring your own container. 

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. 

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.

Increase strength, flexibility, and balance through an engaging Pilates class taught by Pat Cappetto.

Empire Safety Council is offering a 2-day, 6-hour defensive driving course in person at Long Beach Public Library on

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!

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.

Join staff members Jake and Zachary at Long Beach Coffee and Tee for a book discussion of Dune by Frank Herbert. 

This month we'll be reading the thriller, First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston.

The Long Beach Library brings the frights into 2024 with Lee Cronin's return to Sam Raimi's world in Evil Dead Rise (2023, R, 1hr 36m).