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.

Build confidence and independence with an increased focus on more complex books, emphasizing alphabet and letter recognition, shapes, and hands-on activities. Age 3 with caregiver. Registration is required. 

Help prepare your child to enter school ready to read!  This storytime includes books, rhymes, and literacy activities that emphasize alphabet and letter recognition plus activities that support independence and confidence building.

Bond with your infant and build early language skills through rhymes, repetition, and music. Your child will enjoy quality board books and one-on-one book sharing. Ages 3-12 months with caregiver. Registration is required.

Kindness and Thanksgiving go hand-in-hand! Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word or a listening ear. Let's help change our world one kind act at a time! We will sing, read, dance, and play. Ages 3-8 with caregiver.

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

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

Use creative robotics to learn and play! Take Cubetto trick or treating and navigate Cubetto through the neighborhood to collect candy! Grades K-2. Registration 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. 

Physical therapists will lead moms and babies as they learn stretching exercises, movements, and tummy positions to help with development.

Bring your babies to explore different artistic styles. Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting messy! Ages 6 months- 24 months with caregiver. Registration is required.

Join us to explore these nocturnal animals and what makes them unique!  Bring your preschooler to learn about Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math in this interactive program. Age 3-5 with caregiver.

Calling all ghouls and goblins! Join us to celebrate the season with some not so scary stories, songs and a craft this Halloween. Costumes are welcome! Ages 2-5 with a caregiver. Registration Required.

For little preschool boos and ghouls! Come enjoy this (not so) spooky storytime on Halloween! We’ll have a lineup of themed songs, books, and a craft in time for the season. Costumes are welcome and encouraged! Be there or be scared!

Build confidence and independence with an increased focus on more complex books, emphasizing alphabet and letter recognition, shapes, and hands-on activities. Age 3 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 is a social event for both caregiver and child, as opposed to a traditionally structured program.

Calling all creative writers—those who find joy in expressing themselves with the written word. Here is a challenge for you!

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. Age 2 with a caregiver.

Come and enjoy a craft that you and your child can participate in between storytimes. Each Make & Take Craft will be based off of something that was learned in storytime and further enrich your child's knowledge. Ages 2-3 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. 

Help prepare your child to enter school ready to read!  This storytime includes books, rhymes, and literacy activities that emphasize alphabet and letter recognition plus activities that support independence and confidence building.

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.

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

Jim Thorpe fought many obstacles on his way to becoming one of the 20th century's greatest athletes.

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.

It's time to prepare for the Battle of the Books: 5th Grade Edition & Battle of the Books: Middle School Editions! Are you looking to learn more about BOB and put together a team for these fun and exciting competitions?

Enjoy the magic of the season with a gnome made of greenery. These greenery gnomes will greet guests as the winter rolls in. All skill levels welcome, and all supplies will be provided. Registration is required.

Adults.

Calling all homeschool tweens! Here's your chance to meet other tweens, make new friends, and enjoy fun activities. This month's activity is celebrating Halloween! Costumes encouraged.

Grades 4-8. Registration is required.

Happy Halloween! Come and enjoy a story with a fun craft. Ages 2-5 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.

Bring your babies to explore different artistic styles. Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting messy! Ages 6 months- 24 months with caregiver. Registration is required.

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. Age 2 with a caregiver.

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

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

Homeschoolers! Join us Wednesday for teen only activities. Drop-in this week and create a seismograph out of household items. Grades 6-12. 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.

Visit the Oceanfront Area Library's Gallery to meet this month's artist in residence, Tamara Vogrin Tara.

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 for an afternoon of conversation as we get to know one another and explore personal experiences around navigating election season and the anxieties it may bring. Adults. Registration is 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.

Perform, create, and have fun! Join us to explore various art forms. Each class features a new skill, artist, artistic movement or technique. Preschool - 5th grade. 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.

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.

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

Calling all teen gamers! Challenge your friends to a Super Smash Brothers tournament - may the best player win!

Grades 6-12.  Registration is 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.

Come learn how to use wood burning tools and create your own custom bookmark. All materials will be provided. Adults. Registration is required.

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

Come have a photo taken in front of our green screen. We will have Fall backgrounds to choose from.  Costumes are welcome. All ages. Registration 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

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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Come and celebrate Halloween with other teens! There will be activities and crafts, plus candy.  You are welcome to come in your favorite Halloween costume.

Grades 6-12. Registration is required.

Learn all about native reptiles and their habitats from a Chief Ranger with False Cape State Park. No live animal ambassadors will be present, but tangible artifacts will be used as learning tools during the program. Grades K-5.

Explore Science, Engineering, Technology, Arts and Math in this interactive program. Grades K-2. Registration is required. 

 E-I-E-I-O! Come and enjoy a story with a fun craft. Ages 3-5 and grades K-2 with caregiver. Registration is not required. 

There’s fungus among us! Come join us as we learn about different types of mushrooms and create a fun craft to take home. Grades K-2. Registration is required. 

Celebrate Halloween with a Spooky Paint Party! Follow along to the instructions or create your own unique masterpiece!

Grades 6-12. Registration is 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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Use your imagination to build creations out of stackable bricks and other materials. Grades 3-5. Registration is not required.

Hang out at the library, try something new, and have fun! Watch anime with fellow fans on the first Thursday of the month. Showings change monthly and may be rated up to TV-14/PG-13. Grades 6-12. Registration is not required, drop in anytime!

Love all things scary? Share your spine tingling stories in this program! Grades 6-12. Registration is required.