Day Calendar

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.

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.

Enjoy 10 hours of tabletop board games to play! Lots of games to choose from, or bring a game to share. Drop in and out throughout the day. Adults. Registration is not required.

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.

Get those fingers working! Build hand/eye coordination and muscles in your child's hand.  Practice skills like cutting with scissors, writing, and drawing with fun learning activities.  Ages 3-7 with a caregiver.

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

Visit the bookmobile, checkout library materials, and learn about Virginia Beach Public Library programs and resources available to you. All ages welcome. 

This is part two of the 10/5 class, no separate registration allowed. Bring your own pixel art characters to life in this game design class.

Meet us at the Central Library Seed Library to make a bird's nest craft along with a zine (small pamphlet like book) for your seed stories.

Adults. Registration is not required. Supplies are limited.

Master Gardeners will be available to answer questions about your home garden and how to get the best results with the seeds you receive from our seed library.

Visit with the master gardeners anytime during their drop-in hours.

Master Gardeners will be available to answer questions about seeds for your home garden and how to get the best results with the seeds you receive from our seed library. Visit with the Master Gardeners anytime during their drop-in hours. 

Master Gardeners will be available to answer questions about your home garden and how to get the best results with the seeds you receive from our seed library. Visit with the master gardeners anytime during their drop-in hours. 

Join us for a fun and crafty Halloween activity! Decorate your own spooky Trick-or-Treat bag with all the necessary supplies provided.

Learn to navigate your smartphone with these accessibility features! Bring your own device and learn about speaking text, audio descriptions, magnifiers, detecting surroundings, voice controls, captions, and more.

Practice your reading skills by sharing stories with a therapy dog. Bring your own book or choose one from our selection!  Grades K-2.  Registration is required.

Grace Sherwood is a foundational part of Virginia Beach’s/Princess Anne County’s folklore.  For generations people have shared legends about her to fill in the gaps missing from historical records.  Using dozens of written stories and or

Make a unique steampunk themed resin coaster, decorating with colors and add-ins. All supplies provided.  Resin needs time to set, so coasters will be picked up at a later date. Grades 6-12. Registration is required.

Come celebrate frightful nights with a Spooky Escape the Room. Costumes welcome.

Teens, grades 6-12. Registration is required.

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: Creepy Crafts

Make a unique steampunk themed resin coaster, decorating with colors and add-ins. All supplies provided.  Resin needs time to set, so coasters will be picked up at a later date. Grades 6-12. Registration is required.

Come celebrate frightful nights with a Spooky Escape the Room. Costumes welcome.

Teens, grades 6-12. Registration is required.

Bring your blankets, chairs, snacks, and join us to watch a movie inside the library!  Featured movie is 1993's movie "The Nightmare Before Christmas." Total playtime is 1 hr. 16 min.