Upcoming Events

Enjoy a warm and inviting space where you and your child can play and socialize with others in the community. Please note: This is a social event for both caregiver and child, as opposed to a traditionally structured program.

Use your imagination to build creations out of stackable bricks and other materials. Grades K-5. Registration is not required.

Join us for a StoryWalk® featuring Here We Go Digging for Dinosaur Bones by Susan Lendroth. Engage in fun activities while you read the story and explore the library!

Celebrate the end of summer at our Back to School Send-Off! Join us at our outdoor event featuring a Storywalk of What If, fun family activities, community resources, and VBPL's Bookmobile.

The bookmobile will be celebrating the end of summer at Kempsville Area Library's Back to School Send-Off!

Join us for an afternoon movie and craft. We will be watching the 2024 film It Ends With Us, based on the novel by Collen Hoover while making fun DIY book tote bags. Total play time is 2 hours and 15 minutes, this film is rated PG-13. 

Join us for a StoryWalk® featuring What If... by Samantha Berger. Engage in fun activities while you read the story and explore outdoors! While supplies last, take home a craft that goes along with the story.

Learn the rules of this traditional Chinese game and play some Mahjong. No experience necessary. Grades 6-12 and Adults. Registration is required.

Join us for Bayside Talks, a quarterly speaker series at the Bayside Library! The Department of Health joins us for a talk entitled: Taking the Fear Out of Falling: What You Can Do to Stay Safe and Independent

Make a mini bottle charm! You could write a secret message, and make your own unique message in a bottle, or make sand art, or have your own mini beach in a bottle.

Teens, grades 6-12.  Registration required.

Join us for an engaging workshop where you'll learn the basics of woodburning, using heat to create intricate designs on wood.

Make a mini bottle charm! You could write a secret message, and make your own unique message in a bottle, or make sand art, or have your own mini beach in a bottle.

Adults.  Registration required.

Do you want to use a 3D Printer at a Virginia Beach Public Library branch? Register for a required 3D printer orientation with a VBPL staff member to learn how to use the 3D Printer.  

Enjoy a warm and inviting space where you and your child can play and socialize with others in the community. Please note: This is a social event for both caregiver and child, as opposed to a traditionally structured program.

Come in and enjoy a Monday morning feature film. This month's showing: Paddington. Adults. Registration is not required.

Enjoy a casual chat about popular books. Talk about titles you like and hear what others enjoy. Swap favorites old and new or spread the word about your favorite reads. 

Do you want to use a 3D Printer at a Virginia Beach Public Library branch? Register for a required 3D printer orientation with a VBPL staff member to learn how to use the 3D Printer.  

Explore your creativity with a paper project each month. No experience is necessary; simply bring your curiosity and discover the art of papercrafting in a welcoming environment.

If you are a non-native English speaker, join us to practice your conversational English in a friendly setting. Each week we discuss a different topic and do fun activities!

Adults and teens 16+.  Registration is not required.

Bring your craft, your supplies and your passion! Meet other crafters and creators, share your ideas and get new ones! Adults. Registration is not required. 

Join us for a low stress beginner watercolor workshop. No prior watercolor experience needed! Together we will paint watercolor bouquets.

Adults. Registration is required.

Come enjoy a fun filled competitive evening playing different Board Games. Adults. Registration is required.

Rotating competition is organized by the club coordinator.  Knowledge of chess rules is required; limited instruction may be provided for beginners.  Chess equipment has been generously donated by Virginia Chess Federation, private donor

Do you want to use a 3D Printer at a Virginia Beach Public Library branch? Register for a required 3D printer orientation with a VBPL staff member to learn how to use the 3D Printer.