Week Calendar

Learn about the benefits of using Ancestry.com with your Virginia Beach Public Library card! We will cover the basics of getting started in your family research, building a family tree, and provide some searching tips. Adults.

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.

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.

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. 

Do your little ones make big noises? No problem! Bring them along for this judgment-free book club for adults. Talk about books while your kids play. Registration is not required but preferred.

Take your English skills to another level. Join us for an English language learners' book club where we read aloud together and discuss the book. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

Join us at Oceanfront Area Library to enjoy a casual chat over coffee about popular books. Talk about titles you like and hear what others enjoy.

Adults. Registration is not required.

View art together to get your creative juices flowing.

Experiment with a variety of materials to create your own art. 

This program is every 2nd Monday of the month. 

All materials provided.

A program for individuals with early-stage memory loss and their care partner or family member.

Every 2nd Tuesday of the month, join us as we look at art, respond to it and make art together. 

This month is the start of a new year and new beginnings. Today we show The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. 

All movies are rated PG. 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.

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. 

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. 

Roll in to Pungo-Blackwater Library and try your hand at a variety of fun and fast-paced dice and card games. All levels of players are welcome. Adults. 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.

Play board games with other adults, like Scrabble, Pinochle, Mahjong, Hedbanz, Boggle, Uno, Phase 10 and more. You'll have loads of fun and your brain will love you for it! We will have an assortment of games and puzzles. 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.

Learn how to embroider a paper bookmark with beginner friendly stitches like the running stitch and the backstitch. You will use a piercing tool to punch the stitch holes into the bookmark.

Have you ever wanted to learn a new hobby but found yourself with a collection of unfinished supplies from past projects? This month try your hand at bookbinding by crafting a small journal. All supplies provided.

Get together with other adults with disabilities for socializing and entertainment. Build friendships, offer support, and share accomplishments. Adults. 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 for a fun gaming session with other adults and teens to practice English. Selected games are easy to learn, so we can start playing quickly! This program is for non-native English speakers. Adults and Teens, grades 9-12.

Broaden your horizons with us as we watch a documentary together and discuss the challenges it depicts. This month’s film is Between Earth & Sky by Andrew Nadkarni, Swetha Regunathan, and Katie Schiller. Adults.

Calling all avid readers! Create a reading journal to help you track and celebrate your 2025 reading journey. Journals and all materials provided. Adults. Registration is required.  

For non-native speakers of English. This is a free beginning-level class for speaking, reading, and writing English.

Every Thursday.

Adults. Registration is required. 

Meet us at Pungo Shorebreak Pizza & Taphouse to discuss this month’s selected title: Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney. Book club copies are available for check-out at the Princess Anne information desk. Adults.

Join us at Vibrant Shore Brewing Co. to create wooden winter gnomes. All supplies included.

Adults. Registration is required.

Learn how to mix three perfect alcohol free drinks. The evening's menu will include instructions and samples for a Non-Alcoholic Hot Toddy, Non-Alcoholic Mojito, and a Non-Alcoholic Espresso Martini. Ages 21+. Registration is required.