Week Calendar

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.

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. 

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. 

Engage your body and your mind! Join us for a monthly walk around beautiful Munden Point Park while enjoying a casual chat about popular books. Talk about titles you like and hear what others enjoy. Walks will last 30-45 minutes.

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.

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.

Meet to discuss this month's selected title:  Things I Wish I Told My Mother  by Susan Patterson. Book copies are available for check-out at the Kempsville Area Library information desk. 

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.

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.

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.

Make a spring wreath to decorate your room or door.  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. 

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.

 “There’s no crying in baseball”, women want to play baseball. WWII is underway, and because the men are getting drafted, there is no regular baseball. Will the fans come out to see women play?

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.

Join us in a discussion of James by Percival Everett. It is the story of Mark Twains’ Huckleberry Finn told from his ‘friend’ Jim’s point of view.

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.

Take a step inside Ukraine at this exhibition and meet the artist, Fulbright Scholar, Ivanka Svitliar. Discover Ukraine’s hidden gems through captivating photographs showcasing its rich cultural and natural heritage.

Join us in a casual social gathering for people with dementia and their care partners. Enjoy conversation, activities, snacks as we get to know others experiencing similar memory changes. Adults. 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. 

This in-person workshop is for English Language Learners who are new to using email or want to build more confidence using email. The email training will be using Gmail, one of the most common email platforms.

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

Generative AI is huge in the news right now, but how can we use it in the workforce and our daily lives both effectively and responsibly?

Broaden your horizons with us as we watch a documentary together and discuss the challenges it depicts. This quarter’s film is Tokyo Uber Blues by Taku Aoyagi & Kazuo Osawa. Adults. Registration is required.

Get ready for spring with us as we learn how to make a crocheted leaf garland. Some prior crochet experience is recommended. All materials will be provided. Adults. Registration is required.

Do you love romance books? Do love fantasy? Or are you addicted to both? Join us to talk about all the books you are loving (or hating) in the Romance, Fantasy, or Romantasy genre. All book lovers welcome.

Join us to make your own custom bookcase to display handcrafted mini books. This program is a two-part program. The program days are as follows:

March 13th: Select and prepare your bookcase material.

Learn to fly our indoor Tello drones and put your skills to the test in our drone obstacle course! Teens and their parents/guardians will race against each other through the library to beat our expanded obstacle course.

Join in on Hampton Roads NEA Big Read programming and discuss Rebekah Taussig’s powerful memoir "Sitting Pretty: The View From My Ordinary R

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. 

Join us at Vibrant Shore Brewing Co. to create a whimsical 3D animal portrait. All supplies provided.

Adults. Registration is required.