Week Calendar

Join us for this fun family lapsit program featuring the Molly Mouse puppet, music, movement, and books.

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 9:30-12:30pm. 

Dance your way to fitness with instructor Barbara Prince in this high energy exercise class. 

Registration required.

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

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 9:30-12:30pm. 

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

Your baby has A LOT to say! Toddlers too!

With just a few easy-to-learn American Sign Language signs, start communicating with your preverbal baby or toddler today!

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 accessible yoga for every body with Miriam Abrahams. Using a combination of seated and standing positions, you’ll learn balance, breathing, and focus.

Join us for this fun family lapsit program featuring the Molly Mouse puppet, music, movement, and books.

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.

Stories, games, and other activities help kids develop their fine and gross motor skills. They also learn social skills and preschool readiness skills including sharing, listening, focusing, and participating.

Join us for this fun 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! 

Mommies (or Daddies, Nannies & Grannies) of children 18 months & under, come join Moms/Librarians Eileen & Nicole for our new Monthly Mommy Mixer! 

Lori is live in the Auditorium!

Come hang out while squishing, smooshing, rolling and flattening homemade play dough! When a child uses play dough, they build strength in their hands and increase fine motor skills.

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 us to decorate a small glass cutting board with Thanksgiving or Fall images.  

Registration Required.

This class is held at multiple branches, please register for only ONE class.

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!

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.

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 Jennifer for a class for Parents where we will discuss parenting tips and tricks, all while learning about how important tummy time is for your New Baby’s development.

When a woman's first love suddenly reenters her life, her relationship with a charming, but abusive neurosurgeon is upended and she realizes she must learn to rely on her own strength to make an impossible choice for her future.

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.

Written and directed by M. Knight Shyamalan, a father and his teen daughter attend a pop concert only to realize they've entered the center of a dark and sinister event.

Thriller, 2024, PG-13, 1hr 45min

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

Do you love true crime?

Join Tanya and Eddie to discuss a specific case each month. We will focus on a different true crime case with theories, suspects and coverage being discussed.

Paula Curci, Nassau County Poet Laureate, Emeritus 2022-2024, and Journal to the Self ™ Certified Instructor, will guide participants through several writing prompts to create free verse poetry.  No experience in

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 Tutor.com

In the spirit of Friendsgiving (Thanksgiving with friends) join us for a speed dating style social mixer for adults looking to make new friends.

More details to follow.

Join us to craft a cornucopia wreath full of abundance this harvest season! We will be making cornucopia wreaths for some cozy Thanksgiving decor!

Are you a lover of science and experimentation?  Then Join Miss Eileen for LBPL's STEAM Club!

*** This is a teaser session and a chance to sign up for early registration in our Winter STEAM Club!

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

This Month:

Meet other kid Pokémon card collectors and trade cards.

Trading rules

• The Library is not responsible for trades made during this program

• Leave cards you don’t want to trade at home

Discover the power of gratitude through journaling. Join us for mindful writing exercises that inspire reflection and positivity in everyday life.

Journals and snacks supplied!

The LBPL Board of Trustees will meet at 6pm to convene into Executive Session to discuss individual employee matters. The open meeting (Public Session) will commence at 7pm. 

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

Teen gamers of Long Beach, come on down!

Test your skills amongst friends, enjoy snacks, and hang out. 

This program is for ages 12+.

Get ready for bedtime with Miss Janet! Enjoy a few themed stories and take home an activity to do before bed.  

Love chess? 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.

Please join LBPL's Board of Trustees and Library Administration for the monthly Board meeting. 

Spruce up your holiday table with these bohemian inspired beaded napkin rings.

Join us for a new community oral history panel discussion honoring the strong and colorful Irish community of Long Beach presented in partnership with the Long Beach Historical Society!

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

You’re invited to join us as Mona Susan Power chats about her newest novel A Council of Dolls.

Fire Exit by Morgan Talty

Digital copies are available on Libby and physical books are available at the circulation desk.

Help the Library Director get through her million-page TBR (To Be Read) list! Each month, we'll read one and come together to discuss.

The Long Beach Women's Empowerment Series seeks to encourage women to pursue emotional, physical, financial, and spiritual health.

Attention all comedians new or old looking to sharpen their skills: Join us for our Comedy Open Mic Night hosted by our very own Jewels! Come test out some new material and watch others do the same!