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CANCELLED — Chancellor's Day PL for Educators: A Coastal History of Brooklyn
Oyster beds, salt marshes, and tidal inlets. Casinos, roller-coasters, and brothels. Factories, ferries, and bridges.The eclectic history of Brooklyn’s waterfront doesn’t just reflect the borough’s diverse and hard-nosed history; it has shaped it...
Midwood Presents: Watercolor for Beginners and Beyond
Registration required. Please visit Midwood Library to register in-person.
This 8-week program focuses on social engagement and learning how to use watercolor paints. After the program, there will be a final celebration where...
Cancelled: Summer Reading Kickoff Cancelled
Cancelled due to Air Quality. Reschedule date TBA. It's the start of Summer Reading, so come celebrate with us at the Carroll Gardens branch!Head to the branch to pick up your Summer Reading game board, book giveaways, and more. There...
Drop in Scrabble for Adults
Stop by the library to play Scrabble with members of the community.
Total Body Fitness Cancelled
Join Shape Up NYC for a free fitness class at Park Slope Library every Thursday morning from 10:30 to 11:30 am.
This fun, low-impact, full-body workout includes cardio, strength and balance exercises to improve your...
Story Play
Join us for a morning of books and songs as your baby or toddler acquires early literacy, fine motor, and language developmental skills!
First Five Years: Story & Play
Come enjoy stories, songs, and rhymes with a different theme every week! This is a 50-minute Storytime & Play program geared for ages 0 through 5 years (with a caregiver).
One ticket per person. Tickets will be distributed at the info...
Adult Gaming
Stop by the library to play video games and board games with other adults.
Stomp, Clap & Sing with Silly Jazz and Camille! Cancelled
Due to the dangerous air quality, this event has been postponed. Please check back for the new date.
Come dance along to “silly jazz” with comedian and jazz singer, Camille Harris. Popular songs include: “The Monster Under My Bed...
Cancelled-Summer Reading Storytime! Cancelled
Bring your preschoolers for this exciting storytime. We will read, sing!
Recommended for children birth - age 5.
Funikijam Music
“City of Hope” is the story of how music from African Roots developed into beloved forms of artistic expression around the world, told by the Agents of Jam - FunikiJam’s multicultural band of contemporary artists.
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Library Lanes
Join us for a fun virtual bowling experience at the New Lots Library. It is a fun program, where we use the XBOX console and KINECT.
Library Lanes (Virtual Bowling)
We have so much fun at this program every Thursday! Join us in New Lots Branch basement auditorium for some virtual bowling.
Hip Hop Party for Kids Cancelled
10:30 am to 12:00 pm
Watch Shark Tales and paint a 3D hip hop Lenny.
12:15 pm to 1:30 pm
Join us for some video gaming Hip Hop fun and make awesome Hip Hop buttons.
2:00 to 3:00 pm
Join us for some more...
Summer at BPL Kickoff Celebration Cancelled
Due to poor air quality conditions both outdoors and inside our branches, we are postponing our Summer at Brooklyn Public Library kickoff celebrations until a later date. We will continue to monitor the situation and will share an update as soon...
[email protected] Kickoff - Windsor Terrace Cancelled
Due to the dangerous air quality, this event has been postponed. Check back for the new date.
Join us as we celebrate the first day of [email protected]!
10:30 AM Silly Jazz & Camille 1 PM Chalk Obstacle...
Storytime!
Join us for songs, stories, rhymes, and more, that get your little one's body and brain moving!
Storytime
Kids aged 0-5 years and their caregivers can join us for books, songs, rhymes, and play! Build your little one’s early literacy skills while having fun together.
FunikiJam Music World Tour
Come rock out with Gerritsen Beach Library and Funikijam to celebrate this year's summer reading kick-off!
FunikiJam was founded by Brian Barrentine in 1999 to meet a growing demand for quality education and entertainment programs for...
Story Play: Garden Storytime
Join us for a morning of silly stories and sillier songs. Storytime will take place in our meeting room on days when the weather is rainy or too hot or cold. Otherwise, on nice days we will be out in the garden.
Space is limited...
Brainy Babies Virtual
Join us for our Thursday morning program on Zoom for children 0-3 years and their parents or caregivers. It includes storytimes, early literacy tips, songs with our wonderful music therapist Sofia, show and tell,...
Story Play
Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes, and more! For children aged 18 months – to 5 years (with a caregiver). Please come early so you have time to settle in and to minimize disruptions. We will start promptly at 11:00 AM. Stay after the...
Email Basics
Email Basics will teach new users the basics of email, as well as understanding its uses, services and properties. This lesson will cover:
What is email and why use it?
The various types of email providers available...
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?
Join our Ask a Tech program for personalized assistance.
Email Basics
Please join us for Email Basics, where we assist new computer users with creating and navigating their email accounts.
SOA Presents Creative Aging: Acrylics Made Easy
Join us for this 9 sessions workshop to learn about acrylics painting with Leonid Filitsyan. This workshop will end with a culminating event in which participants will exhibit their best pieces of art to share with family and friends....
Free English Class
The library offers free ESOL classes for beginners learning English.
Classes meet every week Improve your English Practice with other adults learning EnglishThis class is first-come, first-served until classroom hits capacity....
Drop In Resume & Career Help (Bushwick)
Get free one-on-one resume help, education and career advice, interviewing prep, LinkedIn profile tips, and more with help from a Job Information Resource Librarian.
Please call the branch to confirm the times above, as they are subject...
Pop Up Library at Here BK
Here BK
26 Bushwick Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Thursday March 9th and 23rd, 11:00am - 4:00pm
Join Leonard Library staff every other Thursday at Here BK for a pop up library!
Check out and request books...
$1 Book Sale: Sponsored By Friends of Sheepshead Bay Library
All sales benefit Sheepshead Bay Library programs and services.
NEW HOURS:
Monday 11-4
Tuesday 1-4
Wed/Thurs/Fri 11-4
Saturday 11-3
We have hundreds of books, pre-used DVDs, graphic novels, children...
Borough Park Kicks off Summer @BPL
Looking for something to do when the public schools are closed? The answer is Summer @ BPL. Your library will be open all summer and we have some fun things to share with you. We have a room set up especially for First Five Year kids...
CANCELLED: Multi-Event Summer @ BPL Kickoff Celebration Cancelled
**Cancelled due to Air Quality. Reschedule date TBA.***
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Join Walt Whitman Library as we celebrate the kickoff of Summer @ BPL with special events and book giveaways!
11:00 AM – 12 Noon
...
Summer @BPL Kick Off Cancelled
Join us for the [email protected] Kick Off with new books, incentives and activities. Everyone is invited: for ages birth - adults.
iPhone/Android iPad Help
Anything grinding your gears about your cell phone? Can’t quite figure out something. The objective of this class is to tend to patrons’ questions & concerns about their iPhone/Android smartphones.
No need to register....
Fun Storytime
Join our chldren's librarian for a storytime filled with silly books, songs, and rhymes!
Celebrate Summer @ BPL: Slime Time with Rob Diaz
Join us on Thursday, June 8th at 12pm for our Summer @ BPL celebration with Slime Tiem with Rob Diaz!
Ooze into a gooey hour of sliming around! Create slime using the Mad Science recipe, and then enter the Slime Olympics! Take home your...
Sharing Reflections
Sharing Reflections
A program that engages Older Adults in thinking about life experiences in a cheerful and edifying way.
A great opportunity to travel back in time, share, reflect, and connect with others community members....
Zumbatomic Cancelled
Celebrate the beginning of Summer @ BPL with an exercise extravaganza! "Zumba Kids, classes are rockin', high-energy dance parties packed with kid-friendly routines. We break down steps, add games, activities and...
Summer @ BPL Kickoff: Parallel Exit Cancelled
Come and kick off Summer @ BPL at the McKinley Park library! We'll be welcoming special guests Mark Lonergan and Parallel Exit for a fun, family friendly performance. This interactive program is perfect for families and guests of all ages. There...
Chess Free Play for Kids
Come practice your chess skills with other kids! This is a free play, meaning there will be no instructor present.
Teen and Tween Button Making
Join us at Saratoga Library for our [email protected] kickoff event! Tweens and teens can make buttons (pins) with our button maker. Choose from pre-printed designs or create your own!
Supplies are limited and on a first-come, first-served...
SUMMER @ BPL KICK OFF EVENT Cancelled
Get ready to have fun—it's time for Summer Reading at Brooklyn Public Library. This year we will kick it off at the Dekalb Branch. Join us as we celebrate the 50th anniversay of Hip Hop & come dressed in your favorite Hip Hop gear...
[email protected] Kick-off Cancelled
**postponed to a date coming soon, due to air quality conditions.
Come have some fun at Saratoga for our [email protected] kick-off party. We'll have a button-making program, a slime-making program, and an interactive musical...
Yoga
YogaAre you ready to achieve your fitness goals?
Come Strengthen, Stretch & Balance your Soul, Mind & Body!
All Fitness levels are welcome.
[email protected] Bottle Cap Mural! Cancelled
Collaborate & create a mural made out of recycled bottle caps to green your hood! The mural will be displayed at the library throughout the summer!
Chinese Lantern Making with Xun Ye - CANCELLED
EVENT CANCELLED
***Due to the poor air quality in New York City, Brooklyn Public Library has postponed all Summer @ BPL kickoff events on Thursday, June 8*** Please check back for updates.
Summer @ BPL kicks off with a very...
Teen Time DIY Sand Art Key Chains Cancelled
Come in and decorate a key chain with sand art. Do it here, or bring home a Grab & Go kit while supplies last.
Cancelled-Cypress Hills Knitting and Crochet group Cancelled
Knitting and Crochet group meet weekly at Cypress Hills Library , the classs is led by volunteer instructor.
ASK-A-TECH Cancelled
Do you have a specific question about how to use computers or find your way around the internet without the time to attend a formal class?
Come in to Windsor and Ask-A-Tech for personalized assistance.
If you need additional help...
