Baby Paint & Play

10:00am - 10:30am
Required
Library Branch: Pungo-Blackwater Library
Room: Pungo-Blackwater Storytime Room
Age Group: Babies (3-12 months), Onesies (12-24 months)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Details:

Bring your babies to explore different artistic styles. Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting messy! Ages 3-24 months with caregiver. Registration is required.

Baby Open Play

10:00am - 11:30am
Library Branch: Great Neck Area Library
Room: Great Neck Storytime Room
Age Group: Babies (3-12 months), Onesies (12-24 months)
Program Type: Storytimes & Early Learning
Details:

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.

Baby Open Play

10:00am - 11:30am
Library Branch: Kempsville Area Library
Room: Kempsville Storytime Room
Age Group: Babies (3-12 months), Onesies (12-24 months)
Program Type: Storytimes & Early Learning
Details:

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.

Bricks at the Beach

10:00am - 11:30am
Library Branch: TCC/City Joint-Use Library
Room: Joint-Use Living Room
Age Group: Grades K-2, Grades 3-5
Program Type: Hobbies
Details:

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

Fire Safety Storytime and Craft

10:30am - 11:30am
Required
Library Branch: Bayside Area Library
Room: Bayside Library Meeting Room
Age Group: Preschool (3-5 years), Grades K-2
Program Type: Storytimes & Early Learning
Required
Seats Remaining: 16
Details:

Do you know what to do in case of a fire?  Join us for a fire safety storytime and craft presented by the Virginia Beach Fire Department. PreK - 2nd Grade. Registration is required. 

Teeny Tiny Farm: Baby Petting Zoo

10:30am - 12:00pm
Library Branch: Princess Anne Area Library
Room: Princess Anne Outside
Age Group: Toddlers (2-3 years), Preschool (3-5 years), Grades K-2, Grades 3-5
Program Type: STEAM
Details:

Shells, scales, feathers, and fur! Visit with baby farm animals at the library! All ages.

Registration is not required.

Tabletop Games Day

1:30pm - 4:30pm
Library Branch: Kempsville Area Library
Room: Kempsville Meeting Room
Age Group: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Program Type: Hobbies
Details:

Do you love tabletop gaming? Need a new place to show off your latest miniature, or want to challenge your friends to an epic game of Risk? Look no further! Come hang out at the library and enjoy all manner of tabletop games. 

Indoor Gardening: Succulents

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Required
Library Branch: Oceanfront Area Library
Room: Oceanfront Area Library Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults 18+
Program Type: Hobbies, Workshops & Lectures
Required
Seats Remaining: 14
Details:

Let's grow succulents indoors! Join us at the Oceanfront Area Library to learn everything you need to successfully maintain and propagate echeveria, one of the most popular varieties of succulents.

Kindness Drop-In Storytime

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Library Branch: TCC/City Joint-Use Library
Room: Joint-Use Storytime Room
Age Group: Preschool (3-5 years), Grades K-2, Grades 3-5
Program Type: Storytimes & Early Learning
Details:

Kindness is the best gift to give and receive! Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word or a listening ear. Let's help change our world one kind act at a time! We will sing, read, dance, and play.

Chinese Mahjong

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Required
Library Branch: TCC/City Joint-Use Library
Room: Joint-Use Marketplace North
Age Group: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Adults 18+
Program Type: Hobbies
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Details:

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

Teen Pokémon Club: Diamond Art

2:30pm - 4:30pm
Required
Library Branch: Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library
Room: Central Teen Area
Age Group: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Hobbies, Movies & Entertainment
Required
Seats Remaining: 14
Details:

Join fellow Pokémon players and fans to enjoy all things Pokémon. Catch a movie or video game, trade on your Switch, do a Pokémon themed craft, talk with fellow players, and just hang out. This month’s activity is diamond painting.

Teen STEAM

3:00pm - 4:30pm
Required
Library Branch: Bayside Area Library
Room: Bayside Library Meeting Room
Age Group: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Program Type: STEAM
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Details:

Join us for teen-only STEAM activities. Enjoy science, technology, engineering, art or math related activities, with different selections each month.

This month’s activity: Mason Jar Suncatchers