MAY
28
Brooklyn Poets Reading Series: Jose Olivarez, Aria Aber, and Rick Barot
BPL Presents and Brooklyn Poets Reading Series present a live Zoom poetry reading by Jose Olivarez, Aria Aber, and Rick Barot.
José Olivarez is the son of Mexican immigrants. His debut book of poems, Citizen Illegal, was a finalist for...
MAY
29
Spanish Song and Story Time
Time to dive into the Spanish language! Through songs, dancing, body percussion, and fun cultural facts, our facilitator will introduce new Spanish words and phrases. You and your toddler will sing, rhyme, and clap along, all while expanding your...
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.
Knit Together
We can all sit in our homes and knit by ourselves, or we can knit together! Join us for a Zoom knitting/crocheting hangout and share your projects and your morning coffee.
**Registration required!
We will be using Zoom to...
Chair Yoga for Everyone
There are many benefits of yoga: improved strength, flexibility and mental clarity, as well as improved posture and reduced stress. Chair Yoga is a non-intimidating way to start practicing yoga…and you don’t have to worry about getting up and...
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 NY State Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus
Please join us for Virtual Storytime with special guest reader NY State Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus! We will be sharing stories, songs, and rhymes to encourage families to fill out their 2020 Census forms together! View the broadcast...
Teens Take the Met
Join on Instagram for the first-ever Virtual Teens Take The Met! Follow along on the @metteens account and across partners' social media platforms for art-making activities, performances, music, and more. Discover what you can...
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...
Dyker Singers Virtual Vocal Workshop
Please join Dyker Singers Vocal Group every Friday afternoon on Zoom. You'll learn all kinds of songs led by our piano teacher Carolyn Clark. If you're interested, please send your email to [email protected]
Kids Create: Emoji Paper Folding
Join us on the Macon Library Facebook page at 3:30 to make a fun paper craft! Have markers, crayons, pencils, and paper at the ready, and we'll go from there ;)
Teens, Tell Yr Story! Comics 101
Do you love comics and wish you could get started writing and/or drawing your own? In this workshop, JB Brager will take participants through the end-to-end process of making a comic using tools you have at home! No art experience necessary, all...
MAY
30
Virtual Spanish HSE Class
Finish your HSE diploma in Spanish! In an effort to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, we have transitioned all our in person classes to an online format. The Spanish HSE class is fully online with live virtual class sessions on...
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 Ready Set Kindergarten
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
Join us for virtual Ready Set Kindergarten! Explore early literacy practices...
Virtual Social Justice 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 Laurie Davidson of the Cortelyou Library...
American Sign Language {ASL}
“Due to our diverse city, we should learn to communicate with everyone.” You might be able to save a life by just knowing the basics.
Join us in this American Sign Language workshop series with Nancy Simmons where you will learn basic...
Read With A Therapy Dog
Sign up for a virtual slot to read with Angel the therapy dog. Registration is required for a slot. Participants will be emailed the day of the program with the Zoom meeting information. Each child will have ten minutes to read with the dog...
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...
Best Buy Teen Tech Center Presents: Virtual Open Mic
Teens are invited to show off their talents in a virtual open mic via Zoom! These can include musical performances, dance, poetry, comedy, and storytelling.
If you would like to perform, use this link to sign up: https://form.jotform...
Book Adventures: Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems
Join us this afternoon for as we will be reading Mo Willems--Leonardo the Terrible Monster. Come and create your own "monster" with everyday household materials.
Supplies: Glue stick, scissors, pencil, ruler, paper/construction paper,...
Jacqueline Woodson Discusses Red at the Bone with Glory Edim
An extraordinary novel about the influence of history on a contemporary family, from the New York Times-bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of Another Brooklyn and Brown Girl Dreaming.
Two families from different social...
Sunrise Movement NYC Book Club: A Planet to Win
Join youth climate organizers from Sunrise Movement NYC, as well as authors Daniel Aldana Cohen and Thea Riofrancos, to discuss the book "A Planet to Win" and the importance of a Green New Deal.
While participants are encouraged to read...
MAY
31
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...
This Might Help: A Poetry Class
Classes are currently full. This page will update when space opens.
In this weekly workshop on Sunday afternoons, we will study poets who find comfort in the midst of difficulty.
We will examine comfort in all of its forms: love,...
Music for Autism Presents: Jade Simmons
Jade is a one-of-a-kind artist who has built a one-of-a-kind career garnering diverse recognition from unlikely places. She’s played renowned halls, including the hallowed ones of the White House and the US Supreme Court, and her genre-bending...
JUN
1
ESOL--Business English Classes
Learn English!
Brooklyn Public Library offers free advanced business English classes that will prepare you for success in the workplace and in business. Improve your business vocabulary, broaden your understanding of American...
Virtual Storytime
It is our Summer Reading Kickoff Day! This year's Theme is Imagine Your Story. Let your imagination run wild.**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**...
Summer Reading Kickoff: Cara Samantha
Clap, dance, sing, and party along with Cara Samantha and her magical musicians as they crawl their way into your hearts with a variety of pop, Motown, Disney, and family favorite songs.
View the broadcast on the Brooklyn Public Library...
Latin Dance: Cumbia & Bachata
Latin Dance is mainly derived from three styles: Native American, European, and African influences. Latin Dance is for Everyone! It doesn't matter what life throws at us or where we're from, once the tunes start playing and we start listening to...
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.
Summer Reading Kickoff: Storybook Castles by ArchForKids
Magnificent castles appear in many fairy tales. They house a royal family, guards and many others. They are defensive structures designed to keep enemies out. Castles can also be places of secrets, with rooms where people and things can be hidden...
Learn Latin Dance
Take an afternoon break and get moving to the rhythm and music of Latin dance. Instructor Leonardo Sardella from Friends of Argentine Tango will run through the steps of dances like the cha-cha, mamba, and salsa before turning up the music...
Virtual Movement Challenge
Seraphina is thrilled for the opportunity to join together over the next 6 weeks to grow as a community of movers and body enthusiasts! Our sessions together will act as a space to hold each other accountable to be consistent and to play. While...
Creative Aging: Our Oral Histories
Our Oral History workshop with Dave Johnson.
You can either connect through zoom video at Zoom Meeting https://NewSchool.zoom.us/j/969246783; Audio Only; please call: 1 646 558 8656 US (New York); Meeting ID: 969 246 783.
Virtual Dungeons and Dragons
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...
Creative Aging: Our Oral Histories
Our Oral History is the collection and study of historical information about individuals, families, important events or everyday life. Dave Johnson will make the sharing experience of your stories fun and exciting.
To register,...
Summer Reading Kickoff: Mexican Folk Traditional with Calpulli Youth Dance!
Join youth members of the Calpulli Mexican Dance group. Outfitted in traditional costumes, the talented dancers will perform selections from different regions of Mexico-Jalisco, set to the world famous music of the Mariachi.
View the...
Virtual Chess Workshop
Virtual Chess Workshop
Kids and teens, learn to play or improve your game, with instructor Reinaldo Duran from 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm. For beginners or advanced players. Please register for information on how and where to participate!...
Poetry with Zetta Elliott
Teens are invited to join author Zetta Elliott for a poetry workshop. Using examples from her own collection SAY HER NAME, Elliott will share warm-ups and prompts from her writing workbook FIND YOUR VOICE.
Participants must register and a...
JUN
2
Jack & Friends: Toddler Yoga with Kelly Brennan
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
Join Kelly Brennan for a fun yoga practice! Toddlers will explore yoga poses and breathing in...
Summer Reading: Stomp, Clap, and Sing with Michael Napolitano
Michael Napolitano of Michael & The Rockness Monsters presents an interactive, super galactic, funk inspired, rock-n-roll experience for families. The music is a exploration into the child’s subconscious that shines with creativity, catchy...
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.
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.
Virtual Census Storytime - Russian
**While our in-person events are on hold, we are offering virtual programming via Facebook Live broadcasts from our branches!**
Join us for virtual Russian storytime with books, songs, and tips in Russian for your...
Summer Reading: Mime Over Matter with Bill Bowers
Mime is the most ancient of the performing arts, and it is also something we use every day. Have you ever played Charades with your friends? That is mime. Do you like Hip Hop Dance? Mime is a huge part of it. Let’s explore all that we can say...
Book Adventures: Cracking the Code (Morse Code)
Join us on an adventure as we read JackRabbit McCabe & The Electric Telegraph. We are also going to learn about deciphering codes which relates to what we read.
https://www.education.com/download/worksheet/...
Virtual Board Games
Meet up online and play a really easy game using Tabletopia or BoardGameArena.
We will have a meeting in Zoom or Discord at first. I will send out a link at 3:15. Then we can decide on a game and I can walk you through joining...
Virtual Graffiti Artist Workshop
Learn about the history of hip-hop and practice your graffiti art style. Recommended materials: colored pencils or colored markers.
Space is limited.
Registration required.
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Digital Meditation for Teens
Brooklyn Public Library invites teens to come together to find a moment of peace in these stressful times. Instructor Lavender Suarez will guide participants through simple meditation techniques (breathing exercises, gentle movement, relaxing...
