Upcoming Events

Come and join our Crafty Book Fridays where we will have a Storytime based on a popular book, book series, or author followed by a themed craft. Ages 2-12 with caregiver. Registration is required.

Santa comes bearing gifts – and they’re all comics! At this drop-in program, participants can take home free comics provided by Comics for Christmas, a local non-profit.

Enjoy a warm and inviting space where you and your child can play and socialize with others in the community. Please note: This is a social event for both caregiver and child, as opposed to a traditionally structured program.

Enjoy a warm and inviting space where you and your child can play and socialize with others in the community. Please note: This is a social event for both caregiver and child, as opposed to a traditionally structured program.

Use your imagination to build creations out of stackable bricks and other materials. Grades K-5 with caregiver. Registration is not required.

Come use your creativity and engineering skills to create a whimsical gingerbread house! We’ll be using cardboard templates, frosting, sprinkles, and other assorted candies as our tools. Grades K-5 with caregiver. Registration is required.

Gift giving for you or a friend? Join us to craft fun giftable items at a variety of gift creation stations. Registration is not Required. 

It's Computer Science Education Week! Are you ready to put your coding skills to the test? Join us for Code Breakers, where you and your friends solve coding puzzles set by the infamous hacker, Webby!

Join us for Bayside Talks, a quarterly speaker series at the Bayside Library!

Our guest speaker this month is Wesleyan professor Sara Ryan with a talk on the power of poetry of witness in honor of Human Rights Day:

Are you ready to put your coding skills to the test? Join us for Code Breakers, where you and your friends solve coding puzzles set by the infamous hacker, Webby!

Build early language and large motor skills through rhyme, songs, book sharing and hands-on activities with your child. Ages 6-24 months with caregiver. Registration is required.

Enjoy a warm and inviting space where you and your child can play and socialize with others in the community. Please note: This is a social event for both caregiver and child, as opposed to a traditionally structured program.

Enjoy a warm and inviting space where you and your child can play and socialize with others in the community. Please note: This is a social event for both caregiver and child, as opposed to a traditionally structured program.

Help prepare your child to enter school ready to read!  This Storytime includes books, rhymes, and literacy activities that emphasize alphabet and letter recognition plus activities that support independence and confidence building.

Boost independence and develop social skills using writing activities, basic concepts (i.e., colors, shapes, letters, etc.), large muscle movement, and social-emotional learning opportunities focusing on the whole child.

Designed for newly independent preschoolers, this storytime features books, rhymes and literacy-based activities that will help prepare your child to enter school ready to read. Ages 4-5 without caregiver in storytime room.

Bring your preschooler to learn about Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math in this interactive Christmas themed program. Age 3-5 with caregiver. 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. 

We emphasize alphabet and letter recognition and activities that support independence and confidence building. This storytime includes books, rhymes, and literacy activities to help children enter school ready to learn to read.

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.

Help prepare your child to enter school ready to read!  This Storytime includes books, rhymes, and literacy activities that emphasize alphabet and letter recognition plus activities that support independence and confidence building.

Bring your preschooler to explore different artistic styles. This month we will be making a variety of winter holiday crafts. Please wear clothes you don't mind getting messy! Ages 3-5 with caregiver. Registration is 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.