JUN
2
Computers For First Timers
Learn how to navigate computers and crush the digital divide.
Sing and Play...the Ukulele! with Conroy Warren
Lean to play the Ukulele this spring! This 6-part class is intended for adults, adults with child, or teens. Participants will be provided with a Donner brand soprano ukulele. Space is limited to 7 students. Register to participate.
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Kids Create: STEAM Pop-Up
Join us as we wheel out the yellow craft cart for a different, sometimes-messy, sometimes-explosive STEAM activity every Friday afternoon! Get creative, and learn a little something new with the help of your children’s librarian and some crazy...
YA TechConnect English/Haitian Creole
If you have a tech problem, question, or would just like some individualized tutorials, this is your time to work with a librarian and receive personal attention and instruction. Assistance can include: Internet browsing, email, and typing....
JUN
3
Sensory-Friendly Open Playroom
Pop by our children's area to tinker with our lightboard, practice shaping your letters, or experiment with kinetic sand. Older readers are welcome to play with toys, build towering Lego structures, or create their next artistic masterpiece....
BPL Outdoors - Flatbush Region Event
Calling all East Flatbush residents! Get ready to experience the ultimate hip hop event of the year! Come join us for a day of music, good vibes, and civic engagement! Make your vote count for The People's Money ballot projects and...
Saturday Storytime
Join us for Paerdegat's Saturday Storytime, designed to spark curiosity and inspire imagination in readers aged four to eight. Each week, we'll dive into a new picture book and chat about all things kid-lit! See you there!
JUN
5
Grab & Go: Crafts
Pick up a grab-and-go kit to create at-home crafts.
Kids Create
Join Miss Anna for a fun arts & crafts project! Kids Create is open for children of all ages, but children 5 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Please arrive promptly to the community room. Stroller parking and restrooms...
JUN
6
Acrylic Painting Series
In these FREE in-person classes, Teaching Artist Edward Oluokun will instruct you in the fundamentals of acrylic painting on canvas through a four-week intensive series. Learn how to transform an idea into a painting! These skills can help you...
Grab and Go Tuesday
Head into Paerdegat Library every Tuesday afternoon to nab your very own Grab and Go activity kit! Each week, mystery packs will contain instructions and supplies for an art, craft, or science experiment, an opportunity for discovery and...
Kids Create: Fun with Fiber Arts
Calling all pint-sized knitters, sewers, and aspiring fiber artists! Join Paerdegat's children's librarian each month to learn kid-friendly techniques for turning yarn and string into supercool artpieces.
JUN
7
Babies & Toddler Time
Sing, read, and play with Miss Anna at the Walt Whitman library! Have fun hearing great picture books read aloud and playing with other children during this program dedicated to babies and active toddlers. Open to families and caregivers of...
Ask A Tech
Do you have a specific question about how to use computers or find your way around the Internet? Want to explore your phone and its features? Join us for one-on-one assistance with your device.
Live Music! Hot Toast Music Company
Visiting all the way from Tulsa, Hot Toast Music Company presents an exciting and highly interactive musical experience for kids! Each of their all original songs incorporate elements of peace education and make use of DIY instruments, big body...
Teen Tech Time @ Walt Whitman
Teens and Young Adults ages 12-18, join us for a bit of video-game fun!
We have Switch, PS4 and X-box gaming available.
A few of our popular games are: NBA 2K, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Mario Kart, and Marvel vs Capcom. ...
After School Homework Help
Need help with homework? We can help! Homework Help is back at Walt Whitman Library
Our volunteer tutors:
Work with students in grades, K-8 Assist students in the subjects: math, reading, and writing. Help in other subjects...
JUN
8
Multi-Event Summer @ BPL Kickoff Celebration
Join Walt Whitman Library as we celebrate the kickoff of Summer @ BPL with special events and book giveaways!
11:00 AM – 12 Noon
HANDMADE FLOWER MAKING
with Artist Pamela Isaac
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Picnic with a Picture Book
Venture outside the branch, into our garden, and onto our picnic blankets to read your favorite books with new friends (weather permitting). Watch our vegetable garden bloom as you read your way through the spring! Light refreshments will be...
Teen Tech Time (Walt Whitman)
Please join us as we play games on the Nintendo Switch and compete with gamers across the world.
[email protected] Kickoff Event: Bit Bots with Christie Hodgkins
Help us kick off [email protected] right! Take a look below to find out more about this very special program with a very special community partner:
KOKO combines Open Source’s mission of supporting socially engaged art and environmental...
JUN
9
Email Basics
Please join us for Email Basics, where we assist new computer users with creating and navigating their email accounts.
Computers For First Timers
Learn how to navigate computers and crush the digital divide.
Sing and Play...the Ukulele! with Conroy Warren
Lean to play the Ukulele this spring! This 6-part class is intended for adults, adults with child, or teens. Participants will be provided with a Donner brand soprano ukulele. Space is limited to 7 students. Register to participate.
...
Film Program: Strange World
Strange World (2022)
PG, 1hr 42min
A journey deep into an uncharted and treacherous land, where fantastical creatures await the legendary Clades—a family of explorers whose differences threaten to topple their latest, and by far...
Teen DIY Friday: Pride Buttons!
Drop in and get creative with a variety of DIY and creative projects.
Join us, every other week, at the Teen Table on the main floor of the Walt Whitman Library.
This week we’re making PRIDE flag pinback buttons....
YA TechConnect English/Haitian Creole
If you have a tech problem, question, or would just like some individualized tutorials, this is your time to work with a librarian and receive personal attention and instruction. Assistance can include: Internet browsing, email, and typing....
JUN
10
Sensory-Friendly Open Playroom
Pop by our children's area to tinker with our lightboard, practice shaping your letters, or experiment with kinetic sand. Older readers are welcome to play with toys, build towering Lego structures, or create their next artistic masterpiece....
Saturday Storytime
Join us for Paerdegat's Saturday Storytime, designed to spark curiosity and inspire imagination in readers aged four to eight. Each week, we'll dive into a new picture book and chat about all things kid-lit! See you there!
JUN
12
Kids Create
Join Miss Anna for a fun arts & crafts project! Kids Create is open for children of all ages, but children 5 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Please arrive promptly to the community room. Stroller parking and restrooms...
JUN
13
Acrylic Painting Series
In these FREE in-person classes, Teaching Artist Edward Oluokun will instruct you in the fundamentals of acrylic painting on canvas through a four-week intensive series. Learn how to transform an idea into a painting! These skills can help you...
Grab and Go Tuesday
Head into Paerdegat Library every Tuesday afternoon to nab your very own Grab and Go activity kit! Each week, mystery packs will contain instructions and supplies for an art, craft, or science experiment, an opportunity for discovery and...
JUN
14
Babies & Toddler Time
Sing, read, and play with Miss Anna at the Walt Whitman library! Have fun hearing great picture books read aloud and playing with other children during this program dedicated to babies and active toddlers. Open to families and caregivers of...
Ask A Tech
Do you have a specific question about how to use computers or find your way around the Internet? Want to explore your phone and its features? Join us for one-on-one assistance with your device.
Kids Create: Artists' Workshop
From Magritte to Munch and Kahlo to Kusama, we’re getting acquainted with a new artist, medium, and visual style each month and turning our children’s section into a kid-created art exhibition! Explore the artistic process, learn a little...
Teen Tech Time @ Walt Whitman
Teens and Young Adults ages 12-18, join us for a bit of video-game fun!
We have Switch, PS4 and X-box gaming available.
A few of our popular games are: NBA 2K, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Mario Kart, and Marvel vs Capcom. ...
After School Homework Help
Need help with homework? We can help! Homework Help is back at Walt Whitman Library
Our volunteer tutors:
Work with students in grades, K-8 Assist students in the subjects: math, reading, and writing. Help in other subjects...
JUN
15
Picnic with a Picture Book
Venture outside the branch, into our garden, and onto our picnic blankets to read your favorite books with new friends (weather permitting). Watch our vegetable garden bloom as you read your way through the spring! Light refreshments will be...
Teen Tech Time (Walt Whitman)
Please join us as we play games on the Nintendo Switch and compete with gamers across the world.
Storytime
Sing, read, and play with Miss Anna at the Walt Whitman library! Have fun hearing great picture books read aloud and playing with other children during this program dedicated to young childen. Open to families and caregivers of children age...
Bored? Games!
Bored? Come play board games! Bring your own or play some of ours. We have the classics, including chess, Monopoly, Life, and Connect Four plus new faves like King of Tokyo, Spaceteam and Chicken vs. Hot Dog. Come alone or bring a friend!...
JUN
16
Email Basics
Please join us for Email Basics, where we assist new computer users with creating and navigating their email accounts.
Computers For First Timers
Learn how to navigate computers and crush the digital divide.
Sing and Play...the Ukulele! with Conroy Warren
Lean to play the Ukulele this spring! This 6-part class is intended for adults, adults with child, or teens. Participants will be provided with a Donner brand soprano ukulele. Space is limited to 7 students. Register to participate.
...
Kids Create: STEAM Pop-Up
Join us as we wheel out the yellow craft cart for a different, sometimes-messy, sometimes-explosive STEAM activity every Friday afternoon! Get creative, and learn a little something new with the help of your children’s librarian and some crazy...
JUN
17
Sensory-Friendly Open Playroom
Pop by our children's area to tinker with our lightboard, practice shaping your letters, or experiment with kinetic sand. Older readers are welcome to play with toys, build towering Lego structures, or create their next artistic masterpiece....
Saturday Storytime
Join us for Paerdegat's Saturday Storytime, designed to spark curiosity and inspire imagination in readers aged four to eight. Each week, we'll dive into a new picture book and chat about all things kid-lit! See you there!
Blink and Sweat with Us: An Introductory and Educational Fitness Class
June 17th, 2023
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
at Walt Whitman Library
Are you looking to work towards a healthy life change? Join us and learn the basics in this fun, engaging, and educational fitness program.
Meet us at 2pm at...
JUN
20
Acrylic Painting Series
In these FREE in-person classes, Teaching Artist Edward Oluokun will instruct you in the fundamentals of acrylic painting on canvas through a four-week intensive series. Learn how to transform an idea into a painting! These skills can help you...
Grab and Go Tuesday
Head into Paerdegat Library every Tuesday afternoon to nab your very own Grab and Go activity kit! Each week, mystery packs will contain instructions and supplies for an art, craft, or science experiment, an opportunity for discovery and...