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A Caregiver's Guide to Communication and Behavior Issues
Learn the best way to help someone with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. Gain insights into caregiver skills and coping with challenging behaviors of persons with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. Join CARE NYC for this Zoom...
Virtual English Conversation Group
Join other adults who are learning to speak English online on Zoom video.
Please register with your name and email to receive the information to join the group. The Zoom link will be emailed one (1) hour before the group...
Book Adventures: Summer Reading Edition
Book Adventures: Summer Reading Edition!
Calling kids ages 5-12! Have you signed up for Summer Reading on Beanstack? Would you like to see how other kids are rising to the weekly challenges? Are you excited to share what you've been...
Virtual Storytime
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
Join us for virtual storytime with books, songs, and tips for your child to acquire...
Virtual Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel Basics introduces new and returning spreadsheet users to the basics of storing, managing, and analyzing data in a spreadsheet document. This lesson covers the core features of Microsoft Excel.
Cell basics
...
Health & Wellness for Job Seekers: Stress Management
Queens Public Library’s Job and Business Academy and Brooklyn Public Library’s Business and Career Center Presents: Health & Wellness for Job Seekers Series.
The “Health & Wellness for Job Seekers” series provides a variety...
Retro Gaming Stream
If you enjoy retro video games, or have an interest in viewing a live stream of some classic games, then our Retro Gaming Stream is perfect for you. During this stream the commentator will give some historical insight about each game played, and...
Community Cooking Series
Join us on Instagram as we cook family recipes shared by members of the community. This week, we will be cooking Mom's Kısır. For a list of ingredients and tools needed visit bklynlib.org/cooking so you can cook along with us...
Everything LGBT: Mental Health and Support
Everyone of all ages, genders, and orientations are welcome to join us for this virtual panel. Please come in the spirit of learning and positivity. Topics of discussions are subject to change. Pre-registration is required.
Virtual Hebrew Conversation Group
Join us for a Hebrew conversation group for beginners. The group will focus on everyday situations and vocabulary for everyday life. All adults are welcome
Virtual Dungeons and Dragons with Bayleigh
Hey teens! Are you bummed about social distancing but still want to game with your friends? Join us for a Dungeons and Dragons online game! Our librarians are going to make some awesome adventures for you!
We are using...
DIY: Slime Time
Tutorial on how to create slime that not only is fun to create but also offers satisfying "asmr" sounds and qualities.
Social Games
Meet up online and play a really easy social game made by Jackbox.
We will meet in Zoom. I will send out a link at 3:15.
You will have to be able to keep one eye on the Zoom call and one on a browser with Jackbox....
Teen Virtual Art Challenge
Hey, teens! Like a challenge?
Join in each week for a Zoom meetup where we will listen to music while trying various art challenges.
Feel free to use a pencil/pen and paper or a smart device!
Registration is required....
Kids Create: Friendship Bracelets
Learn the basic knot used for making friendship braclets with the "diagonal candy stripe" pattern. Materials needed: embroidery thread, plastic lacing cord, heavy-weight yarn or similar material.
Be sure to register for a link...
Resume & Career Help Live!
Get assistance with your resume, cover letter, or career-related questions live with a librarian via Zoom. Participants will receive up to 30 minutes of feedback and guidance.
Please register here on our event page to reserve your spot....
Adult Book Club Book Discussion on Discord: Light and Fluffy
You MUST have discord downloaded to your device and an account created. It is free! This server is for ages 18 and up.
We will discuss the current book.
What are your likes or dislikes of it so far? If we’ve...
Coffee and Conversation - Zoom Chat
New Utrecht patrons meet for an informal virtual get-together over coffee or your favorite beverage.
NBA 2K Play with BPL
Looking for a fun way to kill time during quarantine? Missing Basketball? Got a PlayStation 4? Join us for NBA 2K with the Library!
Play with and against friends, family and the Library in various modes like “All Star Team Up, Pro-...
Insider Tips for Launching or Updating Your Website with Jennifer Shaheen
Your website is more than just pretty pictures and words. Make your web site work for your business. Join us as Jennifer Shaheen of Technology Therapy Group shares over twenty years of insider know how on launching your website online...
Do You Know Someone Who Would Like to Learn How to Read and Write?
Do you know someone who would like to learn to read and write? Brooklyn Public Library's Adult Learning Program is offering FREE small group literacy instruction virtually or via telephone. It's never too late to learn to read! We are here to...
Virtual Open Newsroom: THE CITY and Brooklyn Public Library
Have questions about rent, employment or food? Let’s get some answers.
The Virtual Open Newsroom is back, and this time we’ll bring in experts from organizations across the city to answer questions, share resources and shed some...
Sheepshead Bay Library presents Talents Without Borders
Sheepshead Bay Library is proud to present Virtual Talents without Borders.
Our virtual talent program will explore diversity through music, dance, art and theater. Our goal is to engage, educate, encourage, and inspire a variety of...
Fashion Tuesdays Presents: Coco Chanel
Fashion Tuesdays resume with a month long look at the life and work of French fashion designer, businesswoman and Nazi collaborator Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel. Join us on August 18, 25 and September 1 to learn more about her.
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Create and Tell: Watercolors 水彩画
Create and Tell is a series of online gatherings for anyone who wants to practice and hone art skills and gain feedback from others. Participants are encouraged to show their work and tell their stories. Starting from August 4th...
Coco Chanel Booklist
If you want to learn more about Coco Chanel here is a list of books about her owned by the Brooklyn Public Library.
Click or cut and paste the link below to access the Borough Park Libraruy's Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com...
Cinema Ephemera
A family friendly program featuring dance, illustrations and games. Calpulli Mexican Dance Company celebrates rich dance and music traditions from Mexico. Go inside the studios of children’s illustrators and watch Mika Song draw two...
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BCAP at Home with Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Flower Crowns
Greta Pemberton and her son, Mac, demonstrate how to create your own flower crowns.
In a place where so many people come from many different places, plants can show us how diverse Brooklyn really is. Join the Brooklyn Botanic Garden...
Virtual Babies and Books Storytime
Join the Central Youth Wing librarians for a weekly storytime for babies every Wednesday morning in July. Learn new ryhmes, songs, and favorite books that are appopriate for babies ages 0-18 months.
The program will...
"Virtual Family Tour" with Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Explore the museum from home with an interactive, family-friendly tour that includes creative, hands-on activities. Each tour is organized around a single theme and highlights artworks from the Guggenheim's collection and special exhibitions....
Summer Reading: The Jolly Lollies
Liz Corwin and Holly Johnson are both singer-songwriters who teamed up to create Liz, Holly, & The Jolly Lollies. Based in Charlotte, NC they are known around the Queen City for teaching early childhood music in preschools and for leading...
Virtual Storytime
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
Join us for virtual storytime with books, songs, and tips for your child to acquire...
Virtual Storytime
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
Join us for virtual storytime with books, songs, and tips for your child to acquire...
Virtual Storytime with Ms. Elizabeth
Please visit our branch's Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/StoneAvenueLibrary/) for storytime with Ms. Elizabeth!
Virtual Ask a Tech
Do you have a specific question about how to use computers or find your way around the Internet? No time to attend a formal class. Attend our “Ask A Tech” program for personalized assistance.
We will be using Zoom to host this program....
Virtual Coffee Break Coloring
Need to de-stress during your coffee break? Grab your favorite coloring book or a blank piece of paper and color along to some relaxing music as we demonstrate different adult coloring apps and artists. All ages welcome.
This...
Create a Memory Book with Photos and Life Stories
Make a beautiful collection of your life stories and family photos with Vita Story Club. Every week, we'll gather as a group on Zoom to share our photos and the stories behind them. We'll help you preserve them in a personal memory book to make a...
Virtual Kids Create
Spend a quick and crafty 30 minutes with the Saratoga's children's librarians drawing, coloring, cutting, or some combination of those.
This will be broadcast from the Saratoga Facebook page
Virtual English Conversation Group
Join other adults who are learning to speak English online on Zoom video.
Please register with your name and email to receive the information to join the group. The Zoom link will be emailed one (1) hour before the group...
Reflect & Restore through Writing
Sometimes it's hard to find the right words to tell the story we want to tell. Your experiences, your feelings, your thoughts, your struggles - it's all part of your story. Your story is unique to you, and writing it down can be a release, or...
The Known World: Mapping and Writing Intimate Geographies
Please join the Cypress Hills Library and our partners at Community Word Project for an interactive writing workshop for kids ages 6-12. Teaching artist Felipe Galindo will teach this writing workshop in both English and Spanish.
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Community-Word Project: Giu-Fa Gets Lost
In this Sicilian/Middle Eastern folktale about prejudice, a character is harshly judged by his appearance. How does his mother solve that problem? How can the landscape of story involve us?
This event will be held on Zoom. Registration is...
Virtual Spanish Conversation
Join other adults who are learning to speak Spanish online on Zoom video.
Please register with your name and email to receive the information to join the group. The Zoom link will be emailed one (1) hour before the group...
Cuentos virtuales para niños en español (Virtual Spanish Storytime)
Acompáñenos con cuentos y canciones en español para niños y sus padres o cuidadores en la página Brooklyn Public Library Family Facebook. (Join us for stories and songs in Spanish for children and their parents or caregivers on the Brooklyn...
Book Adventures : farmer duck by martin waddell
Join us for bookish fun as we read a book together and do a craft based on the book!
DUCK HAT CRAFT:
Materials:
Yellow, Orange, and White construction paper
A Marker
Scissors
Glue...
Create What You're Feeling
Calling all youth! Want to be given a chance to have your voice heard and express yourself creatively?
Please join us each month for a Zoom meetup where we will present a topic that has to do with current events and relevant issues. ...
Who We Are: The Census and Identity in New York City with the Museum of the City of New York
Join educators from the Museum of the City of New York for an exploration of the census in New York City and why this count is so important to the future of our city. During the session, we will also examine artworks that use data from the Census...
Search Jobs & Internships with ReferenceUSA
Learn how to easily navigate the combined power of the premier business reference and research tool, ReferenceUSA, with the world’s #1 job site, indeed.com. ReferenceUSA is available for free, from any Internet-enabled device, with a Brooklyn...
Virtual Kids Create
Spend a quick and crafty half hour with the Macon children's librarians drawing, coloring, cutting, tying, or some combination of those.
This will be broadcast from the Macon Library Facebook Page.
"Who We Are: The Census and Identity in New York City" with Museum of the City of New York
Join educators from the Museum of the City of New York for an exploration of the census in New York City and why this count is so important to the future of our city. During the session, we will also examine artworks that use data from the Census...