Week Calendar

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.

Enjoy a casual chat about popular books. Talk about titles you like and hear what others enjoy. Swap favorites old and new or spread the word about your favorite reads. 

Bring your preschooler to explore different artistic styles. Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting messy! Ages 3-5 with a caregiver. Registration is required. 

Take tabletop role-playing to the next level with this Ancient Egyptian themed campaign! Test your survival skills, critical thinking and teamwork to navigate the harsh desert and pass through an ancient and mysterious temple. 

Sign in with your preschooler in to learn all about Dinosaurs!  What did they eat?

Join us as we learn about Artic Animals and make our own Artic animal craft. Ages 3-7 with caregiver. Registration is required. 

You are your child’s teacher! In this 45 minute virtual session, parents and caregivers will learn techniques to support early literacy at home through daily routines as they sing, talk, read, write, and play together.

Enjoy a small-group virtual storytime designed to allow children to explore a variety of sensory experiences.

With the advent of Roots, and PBS shows Kenyatta Berry’s Genealogy Roadshow, and  Finding Your Roots, many of us have become interested in searching for our ancestors, but are not sure where to start.

Join us for stories and songs about Love & Kindness.  Watch with someone special and learn different ways to show your appreciation for them.  Please pick up your craft kit at Kempsville Library between February 21st and 25th.&n

Join us! Good time is at hand as we learn and celebrate dragons with tales from the east and west of this earth. Ages 5-10. Registration is required.

Interested in coding? Join us at the library for this fun program. We will learn through play and creativity to program Dash the robot using Puzzlets! Grades K-2. Registration required. 

Explore basic math concepts while developing fine motor skills. Ages 3-5. Online registration is required.

Join us for a virtual program as we tour one African country with Tidewater African Cultural Alliance's Executive Director Rita Addico Cohen, a native of Ghana!

Get ready to take off! Join us while we learn about flight, and make some of our own planes and see how they FLY! Ages 3-7 with caregiver. Registration is required. 

Come hangout and learn what makes colors "GLOW" and paint Glow In The Dark Monster Rocks. Use your creativity to paint rocks that will glow in the dark! Ages 3-7 with caregiver. Registration is required. 

On the Netflix show “Nailed It,” amateur bakers try to replicate professionally made desserts, often with hilarious results. In this program, we’ll try to recreate a masterpiece of art.

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.

Explore the many wonders of Ancient Egypt in this interactive 4-week series. Grades 3-5. Registration is required. 

This online group is an informal space to build confidence and practice speaking skills for anyone who is learning English.

Join us to connect with other community members and with the Virginia Beach Public Library.

Join Battle of the Books spotlight author Amanda Abler for an author talk followed by Q&A.

Bring your Spirit of Springer questions and discussion to share.

Grades 3-8.

Registration is required. 

Create wonderous works of animated-inspired art on a glass picture frame in a few simple steps. Based on the popular Tik Tok trend. Adults. Registration required. 

Discover the basics of weaving! Learn how to build a basic loom and make a plain weave stitch. Participants will take home both the loom and their weaving work. All supplies provided. Grades 6-12. Registration required.

It’s a paint party!  Create a unique painting through paint pouring.  All supplies provided. 

Grades 6-12.  

Registration is required.

Learn to fly our new indoor Tello drones and put your skills to the test in our drone obstacle course! Funding for this drone program provided by The Friends of the Virginia Beach Public Library. Grades 6-12. Registration required.

Come for some movie trivia, stay for a movie! Unwind for the weekend with a film after testing your knowledge. This month’s movie is Moonlight. 

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.

Adventure awaits! Join a new online Dungeons & Dragons campaign with other interested teens under the direction of an experienced Library Game Master.

It’s a paint party!  Create a unique painting through paint pouring.  All supplies provided. 

Grades 6-12.  

Registration is required.

Come and experience how you can learn to code with robots at your library. Open up the world of computer programming and robotics in a fun and exciting way using a Sphero, your own personal robot. Grades 3-5. Registration required.

Join us Tuesday nights for teen-only activities. Enjoy movies, games, crafts, and more, with different selections each week.

Grades 6-12. Registration is not required, drop in any time!

Weekly Themes:

Upcycle a piece of tech history into a cool keepsake. Supplies will be provided. Adults 18+. Registration is required.

Come in for an hour of video games on the Nintendo Switch.

Grades 9-12.

No registration required.  Just drop in!

Read a book selected last month by your peers, then join in a virtual meeting with other readers your own age to discuss your thoughts on the book or just to visit. Grades 6-8. Registration is required.

Learn how to promote your new or existing business using this online data tool. Find business locations, competitors, suppliers, consumer contacts, credit ratings, and more. Adults 18+. Registration required. 

Paint along with us online. All materials for this project will be provided, and registrants will receive an email once their supplies are available for pickup. Adults 18+. Registration is required.

We will be meeting inside. We will be discussing the February selection, The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. The title for March is The Palace of the Drowned by Christine Mangan. 

Meet to discuss this month’s selected title: Monogamy: A Novel by Sue Miller. Book club copies are available for check-out at the GREAT NECK information desk. Adults. Registration is not required.