Façade and Roof Construction Continues
Please pardon the noise and our appearance as we work to improve the library.
Winter Book Bingo
Port Washington kids, teens and adults are invited to play book bingo! Pick up a card and a sign-up prize at any service desk beginning February 1st. Click HERE to register!
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
Music Advisory Council Concert
The Music Advisory Council Presents: Aristo Sham, Pianist in Concert
The Music Advisory council presents Aristo Sham for a special performance at the Library. Hailed by the Washington Post as a young artist with "boundless potential" who can "already hold his own with the best" pianist Aristo Sham has dazzled audiences on five continents in countries ranging from Singapore and Argentina to Slovenia, Morocco, and throughout the United States.
3:00pm - 4:30pm View Details
Books for Dessert
Books for Dessert is a book club for adults over 21 with intellectual disabilities, who live or work in and around Port Washington. Read about Books for Dessert in American Libraries Magazine.
For more information about our book club, please contact Kate Monsour at 516-883-4400, ext. 1302 or monsour@pwpl.org.
10:00am - 12:00pm View Details
Exercise Class
Join us for an 8-session exercise class incorporating yoga, pilates and stretching. Marlene Kirsh, athletic trainer and certified pilates instructor, will lead the classes. Sessions are from 5 - 6 pm on 8 Mondays: January 23; January 30; February 6; February 13; March 6; March 13; March 20; March 27.
Open to Port Washington residents free of charge. Registration begins January 3, 2023.
5:00pm - 6:00pm View Details
Film: "The Duke" (2020-95 min.).
In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60-year-old taxi driver, steals Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. This was the first -- and remains the only -- theft in the gallery's history. Richard Bean and Clive Coleman scripted this docudrama for director Roger Michell. Helen Mirren co-stars as Kempton's wife Dorothy.
7:00pm - 9:00pm View Details
Creative Readers
Creative Readers is an arts and literacy inclusion program where children in kindergarten to second grade will use theater, art, movement, and music to bring books to life. Facilitated by Program Director Elise May. Professional behavior support will be at all sessions. For program information and high school volunteer opportunities please email creativereaders@optimum.net or visit the Creative Readers page at https://pwpl.org/children/childrens-programs/cr/. Limited capacity. Application to register is required. For children in Kindergarten to 2nd grade.
Registration is closed.
10:00am - 11:00am View Details
Creative Readers
Creative Readers is an arts and literacy inclusion program where children in kindergarten to second grade will use theater, art, movement, and music to bring books to life. Facilitated by Program Director Elise May. Professional behavior support will be at all sessions. For program information and high school volunteer opportunities please email creativereaders@optimum.net or visit the Creative Readers page at https://pwpl.org/children/childrens-programs/cr/. Limited capacity. Application to register is required. For children in 3rd to 5th grade.
Registration is closed.
11:15am - 12:15pm View Details
A Time For Kids-Baby Start
Come join A Time for Kids, Inc. as we introduce our littlest learners to the wonderful world of library programs. Activities include music, movement, fine and gross motor development and circle time. Focus is on early literacy, early language development and socialization. For children ages 3 months to 17 months. Registration required.
10:00am - 10:30am View Details
A Time For Kids
Ms. Karen presents educational activities, movement, music and a craft. For children ages 18 months to 5 years with an adult. Registration required.
10:45am - 11:45am View Details
Teen SAT Prep Series on Zoom
January 21, Math (no calculator), January 28, Math (calculator), February 4, Verbal/Reading, February 11, Verbal/Writing
Port Washington teens in grades 9-12 can register at PWPL.org/Teens beginning January 7. Teens are encouraged to attend all sessions.This series is made possible by the Friends of the Library.
10:00am - 12:30pm View Details
Teen SAT Prep Series on Zoom
January 21, Math (no calculator), January 28, Math (calculator), February 4, Verbal/Reading, February 11, Verbal/Writing
Port Washington teens in grades 9-12 can register at PWPL.org/Teens beginning January 7. Teens are encouraged to attend all sessions.This series is made possible by the Friends of the Library.
10:00am - 12:30pm View Details
Teen Gaming
Teens in grades 7-12 are invited to come play Nintendo Switch games with other teens after school. No registration required.
3:30pm - 5:00pm View Details
Open 1-5 PM: President's Day
The Library will be open from 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm in observance of the holiday.
9:00am - 1:00pm View Details
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