Upcoming Events

Celebrate Black History Month and show off your pop culture knowledge! Challenge yourself with trivia, name that tune, and puzzles all themed around black pop culture icons including artists, musicians, authors, athletes, and many more.

Join the library in crafting unique faux stained-glass bookmarks on acrylic. 

Adults. Registration is required. 

Join us for our Adults with Disabilities Social Group game day. Build friendships, offer support, and share accomplishments. An assortment of board games will be available. Adults. Registration is required. 

If you are a non-native English speaker, join us to practice your conversational English in a friendly setting. Each week we discuss a different topic and do fun activities!

Adults. Registration is not required.

Bring your craft, your supplies and your passion! Meet other crafters and creators, share your ideas and get new ones! Adults. Registration is not required.

Broaden your horizons with us as we watch a documentary together and discuss the challenges it depicts. This month’s film is After Sherman by Jon-Sesrie Goff, blair dorosh-walther, and Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich. Adults.

Bring your craft, your supplies and your passion! Meet other crafters and creators, share your ideas and get new ones! Adults. Registration is not required.

Is this a KISSING movie?! Go on a fantastic adventure with sword fights, epic speeches, and yes, some kissing! Join us for "The Princess Bride", some snacks, and a craft!

Adults. Registration is not required.

Join us for an inspiring session where adults can create personalized gratitude boards using magazines and craft supplies. Reflect on the positive aspects of your life as you design a visual representation of what you’re thankful for.

Enjoy 10 hours of tabletop board games to play! Lots of games to choose from, or bring a game to share. Drop in and out throughout the day. Adults. Registration is not required.

Master Gardeners will be available to answer questions about seeds for your home garden and how to get the best results with the seeds you receive from our seed library. Visit with the Master Gardeners anytime during their drop-in hours. 

Master Gardeners will be available to answer questions about your home garden and how to get the best results with the seeds you receive from our seed library.

Visit with the master gardeners anytime during their drop-in hours.

Master Gardeners will be available to answer questions about your home garden and how to get the best results with the seeds you receive from our seed library. Visit with the master gardeners anytime during their drop-in hours. 

Come join us as we repurpose a wine bottle into a beautiful piece of art!  All program supplies provided.

Adults.  Registration is required. 

Looking for your not so average Valentine's Day activities, and love to read Romance Novels? Join us for our Romance Readers Day! Adults. Registration is not required.

Start your week off with Mahjong! Come learn the rules of this traditional Chinese game and play with others. No experience necessary. Adults. Registration is required.

Bayside Library and Westminster Canterbury are providing a brain-fitness program for older adults designed to maximize physical, mental, and social well-being through fun, stimulating activities. 

If you are a non-native English speaker, join us to practice your conversational English in a friendly setting. Each week we discuss a different topic and do fun activities!

Adults. Teens 16+   Registration is not required.

Bring your craft, your supplies and your passion! Meet other crafters and creators, share your ideas and get new ones! Adults. Registration is not required. 

Join us in a casual social gathering for people with dementia and their care partners. Enjoy conversation, activities, snacks as we get to know others experiencing similar memory changes. Adults. Registration is not required. 

Rotating competition is organized by the club coordinator.  Knowledge of chess rules is required; limited instruction may be provided for beginners.  Chess equipment has been generously donated by Virginia Chess Federation, private donor

If you are a non-native English speaker, join us to practice your conversational English in a friendly setting. Each week we discuss a different topic and do fun activities! Adults. Registration is not required.

Meet to discuss this month's selected title: The Book of Hope by Jane Goodall. Book copies are available for check-out at the Kempsville Area Library information desk.   

Join us each Tuesday in February to learn about African American Heritage. On 2/18 we will view Buffalo Soldiers which depicts African American men who fought in the Civil war and also helped "settle the west".