Event List

Join us for a fun gaming session with other adults and teens to practice English. Selected games are easy to learn, so we can start playing quickly! This program is for non-native English speakers. Adults and Teens, grades 9-12.

Calling all avid readers! Create a reading journal to help you track and celebrate your 2024 reading journey. Journals and all materials provided. Adults. Registration is required.  

Join us at Vibrant Shore Brewing Co. to create wooden winter gnomes. All supplies included.

Adults. Registration is required.

Do your little ones make big noises? No problem! Bring them along for this judgment-free book club for adults. Talk about books while your kids play. Registration is not required but preferred.

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. 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. Adults. 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.

Play board games with other adults, like Scrabble, Pinochle, Mahjong, Hedbanz, Boggle, Uno, Phase 10 and more. You'll have loads of fun and your brain will love you for it! We will have an assortment of games and puzzles. Adults.

Broaden your horizons with us as we watch a documentary together and discuss the challenges it depicts. This month’s film is Between Earth & Sky by Andrew Nadkarni, Swetha Regunathan, and Katie Schiller. Adults.

Take your English skills to another level. Join us for an English language learners' book club where we read aloud together and discuss the book. 

Connect and share with other blind and visually impaired persons. Open to all, this program is presented during our Seeing Beyond Low-Vision series. Segments of the program may describe the details of visual elements. Adults.

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.

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.

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. 

Learn how to embroider a paper bookmark with beginner friendly stitches like the running stitch and the backstitch. You will use a piercing tool to punch the stitch holes into the canvas.

Have you ever wanted to learn a new hobby but found yourself with a collection of unfinished supplies from past projects? This month try your hand at bookbinding by crafting a small journal. All supplies provided.

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. Registration is not required.

Meet to discuss this month's selected title: Diva by Daisy Goodwin. Book copies are available for check-out at the Kempsville Area Library information desk.   

Join us as we revisit Martin Luther King's most famous speeches. 

Adults. 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 lively evening of creativity and fun with Blank Slate! In this easy to learn interactive game, players respond to prompts and try to match their answers with others, all while thinking outside the box.

Join us at the Oceanfront Area Library to create your own miniature fairy garden. The finished garden will be contained in a plastic bulb ornament ready for display in your home. All supplies included.

Adults. Registration required.