Week Calendar

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

Let's dive into summer with a fun preschool pool party! Join us for stories, songs, and other outdoor fun. Feel free to dress your preschooler in their favorite summer outfit to cool off in one of our pools! Ages 2-5 with caregiver.

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. Adults. Registration is not required.

Shells, scales, feathers, and fur! Visit with baby farm animals at the library! All ages.

Enjoy a warm and inviting space full of science based materials and experiments where you and your budding scientist can play and explore science concepts with others in the community.

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

Get those fingers working! Build hand-eye coordination and strengthen the muscles in your child's hands and fingers. We will build fine motor skills through a variety of fun learning activities. Ages 2 with a caregiver.

Book Title:  Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

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.

Summer is in full swing, let's cool down indoors with a movie. Bring your family and young ones to watch Frozen II. Movie will start at 10:15 and light refreshments may be served. 

Enjoy an 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.

Join us for fun filled bash to close out the Summer Reading Challenge. Play games, make crafts and read stories with us to celebrate Summer. All ages. No registration required.

Enjoy a collection of fun crafts while you listen to a story or the first chapter of a book each week.

August 10th - Cootie catchers, paper airplanes and The Great Paper Caper by Oliver Jeffers 

Bring your preschooler to explore different artistic styles. Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting messy! Ages 3-5 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 program is for both caregiver and child, and is not a structured program. Ages 3 to 24 months with caregiver.

Enjoy a warm and inviting space where you and your child can play and socialize with others in the community. Please note: This program is for both caregiver and child, and is not 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.

This one-hour weekly class will focus on pronunciation problem areas for learners of English.

Connect and share with other blind and visually impaired persons. Open to all, this program is presented during our Seeing Beyond Low-Vision series. Segments of the program may describe the details of visual elements. Adults.

Join the LEGO Club! Use your imagination to build LEGO creations inspired by different themes each month. Come meet and work with fellow LEGO fans. Grades 3-5. No registration 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 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.

Join the LEGO Club! Use your imagination to build LEGO creations inspired by different themes each month. Come meet and work with fellow LEGO fans.  Ages 3-8. Registration is required.

Make a round planter out of moss. Kokedama are Japanese hanging moss planters. Adults. Registration is required.

Come and make a craft or participate in our weekly activities, as we bring this summer to a close. The following will be what is scheduled for each week:

Week 1: Summer Memories

Week 2: Library Bingo

Bring your babies to explore different artistic styles. Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting messy! Ages 3-24 months with caregiver. Registration is required.

If you are a non-native English speaker, join us to practice your conversational English in a friendly setting. Adults. Registration is not required.

Come and make a craft or participate in our weekly activities, as we bring this summer to a close. The following will be what is scheduled for each week:

Week 1: Summer Memories

Week 2: Library Bingo

Come and make a craft or participate in our weekly activities, as we bring this summer to a close. The following will be what is scheduled for each week:

Week 1: Summer Memories

Week 2: Library Bingo

Reading Buddies is a 4-week reading program that combines reading encouragement and group activities to foster a love of reading and build confidence.  Children will partner with teen mentors to read, play games and have fun!  Grade

Get those fingers working! Build hand/eye coordination and muscles in your child's hand. Practice skills like cutting with scissors, writing, and drawing with fun learning activities. Ages 3 - 7. Registration is required.

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. Adults. Registration is not required.

Great Neck Area Library's TAG Presents Water Balloon Tie Dye!

Get messy with a water balloon tie dye! Create a tie dye masterpiece and while you're waiting, participate in a sidewalk chalk art show! 

Come and make a craft or participate in our weekly activities, as we bring this summer to a close. The following will be what is scheduled for each week:

Week 1: Summer Memories

Week 2: Library Bingo

Come and make a craft or participate in our weekly activities, as we bring this summer to a close. The following will be what is scheduled for each week:

Week 1: Summer Memories

Week 2: Library Bingo

Come and make a craft or participate in our weekly activities, as we bring this summer to a close. The following will be what is scheduled for each week:

Week 1: Summer Memories

Week 2: Library Bingo

Summer is in full swing, join us to make a one-of-a-kind art masterpiece with ice painting! This may be messy, so please dress your child appropriately for the paint and water.

Join us here at the library and create something wonderful!  Make and take crafting will be occurring in the Princess Anne Area Library Youth Area from Noon -  4:30 p.m. Family. No registration required.  

For the August book club, read Surviving Savannah, a novel by Patti Callahan.

Join us for an afternoon of conversation as we get to know one another and share our experiences regarding changes in the field of education and how those changes impact the mental health of educators. Adults. Registration is required.

Do you find yourself wanting to meditate but don't think you have the time? Come and discover easy mindfulness exercises that you can incorporate into your daily activities, many of them under 5 minutes! No yoga mats or meditative music needed.

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. Adults.

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. Adults.

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.

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

Fellow teen knitters, come hang out, and work on your knitting!  

We will go over a simple project for all experience levels, including beginners.  Registration required only for the project.

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 babies to explore different artistic styles. Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting messy! Ages 3 months- 24 months with caregiver. Registration is required.

Threads of the World – Not your Grandma's embroidery. Gather as we stitch up a quick piece with a modern twist. Grades 6-12.

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.

Learn more about working with data using formatting, graphics and charts, and sorting/filtering. Prerequisites: Ability to create simple spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel or have taken Microsoft Excel for Beginners.

Have fun using the button maker to make your own buttons, plus key ring option.  Just in time for school starting!

Grades 6-12.  No registration required. Just drop in!

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.

Bring your Nintendo Switch and enjoy a fun, relaxing afternoon of hanging out and gaming! Meet fellow adult gamers and play together. You can even explore the games available for you to check out at the Library. Adults.

What do mangos and pineapples have in common?  Both can be grown from grocery store fruits.

Discover the seed inside a mango and prepare one for planting. Prepare your own pineapple top for planting.

Use your imagination to build LEGO creations. Grades K-5. Registration is not required.

Get together with other adults with disabilities for socializing and entertainment. Build friendships, offer support, and share accomplishments. Adults. Registration is required. 

Come join us for coffee, cookies and conversation as we discuss humor and how it can be used to heal - and to hurt!

Adults. Registration is required.

Make an abstract painting by adding small dollops or dots of paint on a canvas and then scrape it from top to bottom or from side to side! No painting skills needed! All supplies provided. Adults. Registration is required.

Gather with a group of summer readers as we chat about The City of Ember, by Jeanne Duprau, a book on our SRC list. Read it and earn an additional Celebration Tag! We will also have a related craft to take home!

Drop-in for a fun craft for your family to enjoy! All supplies are provided. Family. No registration required.

Perform, create, and have fun! Join us to explore various art forms. Each class features a new skill, artist, artistic movement or technique. Grades K-2. Registration is 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

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:

Perform, create, and have fun! Join us to explore various art forms. Each class features a new skill, artist, artistic movement or technique. Grades 3-5. Registration is required.

Bring your Pokemon cards and games to trade, battle, and more with other local players. Hang out, chat with other fans, and make a craft. This session we will be making a solar powered Bug Pokemon craft that shakes in the sun!

Bricks at the Beach meets KIBO, one of the library's robotic toys. Grades K-2. Registration required. Funding for these educational coding toys provided by a grant from the Virginia Beach Library Foundation.  

Come join us as we learn and play some games with us!

Learn the basics of using a computer and mouse through hands-on activities. Adults. Registration required.

Hang out at the library and watch anime! Snacks and activities will be provided. Grades 6-12. Registration is not required.

Join us Wednesdays 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:

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ICE CREAM! It's a Mo Willem's Puff Paint Ice Cream Party! So, come in and escape the heat. It's time for fun!

Join us to learn the basics of modern hand embroidery and complete a small project. All supplies provided! Adults. Registration is required. 

Want to have fun while earning community service hours? Join us Thursday nights for teen-only activities. Help with various library tasks every third Thursday; tasks will change monthly.

Create your personal world in a  faux terrarium with all supplies provided.  Grades 6 - 12. Registration is required.

Join Oceanfront Area Library’s graphic novel book club at Vibrant Shore Brewing Co. Discuss your favorite titles and hear what others enjoy. Adults. Registration preferred but not required.

Bring your blankets, chairs, snacks, and join us outside to watch a movie!  In case of inclement weather, movie will be moved inside the library.