Upcoming Events

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. 

Learn to navigate your smartphone with these accessibility features! Bring your own device and learn about speaking text, audio descriptions, magnifiers, detecting surroundings, voice controls, captions, and more.

Grace Sherwood is a foundational part of Virginia Beach’s/Princess Anne County’s folklore.  For generations people have shared legends about her to fill in the gaps missing from historical records.  Using dozens of written stories and or

Bring your blankets, chairs, snacks, and join us to watch a movie inside the library!  Featured movie is 1993's movie "The Nightmare Before Christmas." Total playtime is 1 hr. 16 min.

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. 

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. 

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.

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. 

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

Create your own jack-o'-lantern painting while learning about the history behind this spooky tradition. We'll provide all the supplies and easy-to-follow instructions.

Join our Fall Fitness Walking Groups for a themed weekly walk.

10/22: Art Walk - Meet at the Oceanfront Area Library to explore several public murals in the surrounding area.

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.

Come join us for coffee, cookies and conversation as we discuss the role of public health and how to prioritize the needs of communities while honoring individuals' beliefs and the freedom to make our own health choices.

Get in the fall spirit with us as we make mini pumpkins through needle felting. No prior experience is necessary, and all materials will be provided. Adults. Registration is required.

Meet at Commonwealth Brewery to discuss this month’s selected title, "Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingsolver.

Play board games with other adults, like backgammon, 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. Adult. 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.

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.

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 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 McBride's Heaven and Earth Grocery Store. This is the story of Chicken Hill, PA a dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows.