Week Calendar

How do you protect yourself and your information when you go online? Join us for a discussion during Cybersecurity Awareness Month on ways you can keep your online presence secure and what to watch out for when browsing the Internet. Adults.

We emphasize alphabet and letter recognition and activities that support independence and confidence building. This storytime includes books, rhymes and literacy activities to help children enter school ready to learn to read.

Learn the basics of using a computer through hands-on activities. Adults. Registration required.

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.

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. 

Try out the library’s newest coding toy! Cubetto is a cube-shaped robot. Your child will learn to guide Cubetto over a fun map to help tell a story. Learn computer coding basics and STEAM skills. Ages 3-5.

Bond with your infant in a face-to-face rhyme time and build early language skills through rhymes, repetition, music and baby sign. Children are introduced to quality board books and one-on-one book sharing. Ages 3-12 months with caregiver.

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.

Build early language and large motor skills through rhyme, songs, baby sign, and hands-on activities. Ages 3-24 months with caregiver. Registration is not required. Please dress comfortably for the weather.

We emphasize alphabet and letter recognition and activities that support independence and confidence building. This storytime includes books, rhymes and literacy activities to help children enter school ready to learn to read.

Enjoy a warm and inviting space where you and your child can play and socialize with others in the community. Please note: This program is for both caregiver and child, and is not a structured program. Ages 6 to 24 months with caregiver.

Enjoy a warm and inviting space where you and your child can play and socialize with others in the community. Please note: This program is for both caregiver and child, and is not a structured program. Ages 6 to 24 months with caregiver.

Become a zombie researcher and save the world from the undead menace! Solve puzzles, decipher clues, and save the world working as a team!  Are you up to the challenge? Costumes are optional. Adults. Registration is required.

Join us in celebrating the season with stories, songs and crafts all about Fall! Ages 3-7 with caregiver. Registration is required.

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.

Bring your preschooler to learn about Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math in this interactive program. Just in time for Halloween, learn all about these creepy-crawlers. Age 3-5 with caregiver. Registration  is required.

How do simple machines work? Join us as we use the scientific method to test out different inclined planes! Grades K-2. Registration is required.

Discover the various photography resources offered through Virginia Beach Public Library. Learn about exciting new additions to our available technologies and share ideas, questions and techniques with fellow photographers and photophiles.

Bring your craft, your supplies and your passion! Meet other crafters and creators, share your ideas and get new ones! Adults 18+. 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 18+. Registration is not required.

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! Meets weekly. 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.

Come join us as we create these spooky books for a fun Halloween decoration!   All program supplies provided!  Adults. Registration is required.

Welcome, adventurers! In this semi-spooky standalone adventure, we’ll be playing Vampire Block Party- an adaptation of Honey Heist written by Christine Prevas wherein a group of vampires tries to blend in at their local neighborhood party.

It's TeenTober!  Adventure awaits! Join an in-person Dungeons & Dragons campaign with other interested teens under the direction an experienced Library Game Master. No prior experience required.

It's TeenTober!  Join us Mondays for special teen-only activities. Enjoy movies, games, crafts, and more, with different selections each week. Have an idea for Teen Time? Let us know; we love trying new things! Grades 6-12.

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

It's TeenTober!  Join us Tuesday nights for teen-only activities. Enjoy movies, games, crafts, and more, with different selections each week.

Grades 6-12. Registration is not required, drop in any time!

Weekly Themes:

Come dressed as your favorite spooky character and prepare to get messy. We will read some fun books with cryptid characters before learning how to create some icky slime to take home. Ages 5 to 8 yrs old. Registration is required.

It's TeenTober!  Come in for an hour of board games and video games. Grades 9-12. Registration is not required; just drop in!

Get those fingers working! Build eye/hand coordination and muscles in your child's hand. Practice skills like cutting with scissors, writing, and drawing with fun learning activities. Ages 3 - 8. Registration is required. 

It's TeenTober!  Prepare for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)! Discuss writing strategies for NaNoWriMo and beyond, work on writing prompts, create character sheets, and more!

It's TeenTober!  Come prepared to learn how to make different magical potions using household items!  Grades 3 – 7.  Registration is required.

Come get in the spirit while you create a spooky (or not) terrarium, an indoor miniature garden confined within a glass or plastic container. Adults. Registration required.

Every magic-user needs a wand! Come learn how to make your own customized wands for a costume or cosplay. All materials will be provided. Adults. Registration is required.

Celebrate this spooky time of year by creating Hauntingly Terrific Crafts! Grades 6-12. 

All Supplies provided.  Registration is required.

OCTOBER BOOK: Ghost Girl by Ally Malinenko

Available physically as a book and audiobook, and available on Hoopla as an ebook and e-audiobook.

Become a zombie researcher and save the world from the undead menace! Solve puzzles, decipher clues, and save the world working as a team!  Are you up to the challenge? Costumes are optional. Adults. Registration is required.

Registration is now Full.

How do you protect yourself and your information when you go online? Join us for a discussion during Cybersecurity Awareness Month on ways you can keep your online presence secure and what to watch out for when browsing the Internet. Adults.

Come out to the library and join us for an evening movie.  Movies will be held inside the library or outside on the lawn (weather/wind dependent).  Bring your blankets, snacks, family and friends! 

Come meet with us at the Virginia Commonwealth Brewery in the Corduroy Room and talk about this month's book selection! October's book selection is The Sentence.

Meet to discuss this month’s selected title: The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

Book club copies are available for check-out at the Great Neck Library information desk. Adults. Registration is not required.

Teens, come one, come all!  Join us for the TeenTober carnival!  Step right up and test your luck on games of skill, show your bravery at the Cart of Curiosities, sample tasty snacks, and spend time with friends and meet new ones.