MAY
28
Woman’s Support Group
Please join a group of ladies on Zoom at Dyker Heights to share everything virtually. Registration is required. Please send your email to [email protected] for invitation.
Virtual Storytime with NY City Council Member Robert Cornegy
Please join us for Virtual Storytime with special guest reader NY City Council Member Robert Cornegy! We will be sharing stories, songs, and rhymes to encourage families to fill out their 2020 Census forms together! View the broadcast...
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...
WE Master Resiliency: I Received My PPP Funds ... What's Next?
WE NYC, the SBA, and BOC Capital invite you to a WE Master Resiliency workshop where we will discuss and answer your questions about what you need to do to have your PPP loan forgiven.
As the SBA and Lenders deploy resources...
After School Homework Help for Guardians
The goal of After School Homework Help for Guardians is to provide caretakers with the skills and tools to best help the children in their lives with the challenges presented by tele-learning.
Expecting and New Parents Support Group
Facilitated by Jennette Selig, PD (DTI), CLEC, CCCE. Jennette is a neighborhood mom in North Brooklyn, childbirth educator, and lactation educator/counselor.
**Registration Required!
We will be using Zoom to host this...
Female Founder Fireside Chat with WENYC
Learn from Female Founders on how they are leading their companies.
Connect & reflect with female founders who are changing their industry and creating an impact on their communities in this virtual event from WENYC and Alley. ...
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 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...
Resume & Career Help Live!
Please note: Although this session has reached capacity, please feel free to sign up for future Thursday sessions or to email your questions to [email protected] Thank you!
Get assistance with your resume, cover letter, or...
New York International Children’s Film Festival – Short Takes
Mr. Night Has a Day Off
Recommended ages: All Ages
Lithuania
Animation, Ignas Meilunas, 2016, 2 min.
Why is the night changing the day? Well, when you don’t like something, you change it.
Talking Points:...
Book Adventures: A Letter to Amy by Ezra Jack Keats
Join us on an adventure as we read A Letter to Amy by Ezra Jack Keats. Create your very own mailbox, and post a letter too!
Materials :
A box, perhaps from delivery. A cereal box will work well.
Markers, crayons,...
Virtual Open Newsroom: THE CITY and Brooklyn Public Library
How are you doing? What do you need help with? What’s the most helpful thing you’ve experienced during this time?
We want to hear the answers to these questions.
The Open Newsroom is back, and this time we’re virtual. We’ll be...
Suicide Survivors Grief Support Group
The group is informal and completely free, it is a peer support group. This program is only for those who lost their loved ones to suicide.
No need to struggle alone. Come and share your story with other survivors for mutual support....
WE Master Resiliencia: Taller Sobre El Programa de Protección de Nómina
WE NYC te invita al taller de WE Master Resiliencia, donde hablaremos en detalle y contestaremos tus preguntas sobre el Programa de Protección de Nómina.
Únete a este taller para aprender más sobre el Programa de Protección de Nómina - en...
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...
