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.

Do your little ones make big noises? No problem! Talk about books in this judgement-free zone while your kids play and socialize with others in the community.

This award-winning free program is designed to reduce the fear of falling and encourage activity.  

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 not required. 

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.

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. 

Come for the yoga, stay for the play. This creative movement storytime will feature simple, child friendly yoga poses and engaging stories with free play time afterwards. Age 3-5 with caregiver. Registration is required.

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.

How do you protect yourself when online and telephone scammers are lurking behind every corner and firewall? Join us for a discussion on current scamming techniques and ways to keep yourself safe in this ever-changing digital age. Adults.

Use your imagination to build creations out of stackable bricks and other materials. Ages 3-8. Registration is required.

During this storytime and craft, Ivy Rehab Kids staff will help caregivers foster a love of reading while working on fine motor, sensory and speech developmental skills and educate caregivers on developmentally appropriate milestones.

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 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.

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.

Connect and share with other blind and visually impaired persons. Open to all. Segments of the program may describe the details of visual elements.

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

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.

Do you love Halloween? Come join us for a Just 2s Halloween-themed storytime! Feel free to come in your costume! We will sing, read, dance, and play. 2 year olds with caregiver. Registration is required.

WHRO's Environmental Van will visit the library to teach kids about the importance of recycling and how they can help make the planet a healthier place. Afterwards, participants will tour the WHRO Environmental Van. Grades K-2.

Come join for this creative and collaborative program! This program is to enlighten and educate about anti-bullying, so take a positive and leave a positive note. All ages welcomed. Registration not 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.

Book Title:  What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline

Come join for this creative and collaborative program! This program is to enlighten and educate about anti-bullying, so take a positive and leave a positive note. All ages welcomed. Registration not required.

Come join for this creative and collaborative program! This program is to enlighten and educate about anti-bullying, so take a positive and leave a positive note. All ages welcomed. Registration not required.

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 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.

Come join for this creative and collaborative program! This program is to enlighten and educate about anti-bullying, so take a positive and leave a positive note. All ages welcomed. Registration not required.

Come join for this creative and collaborative program! This program is to enlighten and educate about anti-bullying, so take a positive and leave a positive note. All ages welcomed. Registration not required.

Come see the library out in your local park this fall! We will be providing fun and interactive science, technology, engineering, art, and math activities for preschool families to enjoy! No registration 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.

This interactive and informative session will help caregivers understand reading development, signs of reading problems, and how to improve their learners' reading skills.

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. 

Whales are big, but nature comes in many sizes! Explore living things in our own library wetlands environment as we observe and document what we see, hear, smell and touch, using a variety of tools and creating a nature journal.

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. 

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.

Learn how to make a braided necklace. If you've ever seen or made a friendship bracelet before, you will have an idea of the techniques that we will use to make our necklace or bracelet. You may bring charms to add to the necklace.

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.

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

Do you remember that game show?  Here is your chance to try random and wacky games, and see if you can win it in 60 seconds or less! Grades K-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.

This talk will spark your curiosity and light up your understanding of how the threads of energy efficiency have woven their way through the tapestry of human civilization and our very own bodies.

Adventure awaits! Join an in-person Dungeons & Dragons campaign with other interested teens under the guidance of an experienced local Game Master. No prior experience required. Grades 9-12.  Registration is required.

Hang out at the library, play games with fellow Nintendo Switch and board game lovers, and have fun!

Grades 6-12. Registration is required!

Looking for a fun, social game that involves zero skill but 100% luck? Join us for the ever-popular game of BUNKO and see how lucky you can be! Adults. Registration is required.

Play Nerf games in the library, and act like zombies are coming after you.

Grades 6-12.  Registration is required

Get together with other adults with disabilities for socializing and entertainment. Build friendships, offer support, and share accomplishments. This month we're making masquerade and superhero masks! Adults. Registration is required. 

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

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.

It's time to gear up for the Battle of the Books: Fifth Grade Edition! Are you a 5th grader looking to put together a team for this fun and exciting competition?

It's time to gear up for the Battle of the Books: Middle School Edition! Are you a middle schooler looking to put together a team for this fun and exciting competition?

Autumn/Fall is halfway through! Let’s celebrate what makes this season special with games, crafts, and stories! Preschool - 2nd Grade. Registration is required.   

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

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Bring your Pokémon cards and games to trade, battle, and more with other local players. Hang out, chat with other fans, and make a craft. This session will be Halloween-themed with a craft of making Pokémon masks!

Paint and decorate a pumpkin.  No carving required.

Grades 6-12. Registration is required.

Adventure awaits! Join a new Dungeons & Dragons campaign with other interested teens led by a Library Game Master. No prior experience required, new players welcome! All supplies and character sheets will be provided.

Create and renew pieces of thrift store art by making it your own!  Use your imagination as you add onto these different pieces to take home with you afterwards. Grades 6-12. Registration is required.

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

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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!

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Tonight join us as you dare to create and even possibly have fun making your very own Halloween themed creation! Please wear clothes that can get dirty. Grades K-5.  Registration is required. 

Visit the Oceanfront Area Library’s Gallery to meet visual artist Poetry Jackson. Her pieces invite viewers to explore the nuances of social, racial, and cultural issues through a visual language that speaks to the heart.

Are you a Kindergartener - 2^nd Grader who likes to use your imagination and be creative? Come to Tinker Time where you will have a variety of creative building manipulatives to bring your ideas to life.

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.

Visit the Oceanfront Area Library to create art inspired by local artist Poetry Jackson. The workshop is titled "Painted Meditations: Autumn by the Ocean." All supplies included.

Adults. Registration is required.

Join us at Vibrant Shore Brewing Co. to make a paper pumpkin garland perfect for this time of year. All supplies included.

Adults. Registration is required.