Week Calendar

Just 2s storytime incorporates writing activities, basic concepts (i.e. colors, shapes, letters, etc.), large muscle movement, and social emotional learning opportunities focus on the whole child to aid in development of independenc

Just 2s storytime incorporates writing activities, basic concepts (i.e. colors, shapes, letters, etc.), large muscle movement, and social emotional learning opportunities focus on the whole child to aid in development of independenc

Bond with your infant and build early language skills through rhymes, repetition, and music. Your child will enjoy quality board books and one-on-one book sharing. Ages 3-12 months with caregiver. Registration is required.

Boost independence and develop social skills using writing activities, basic concepts (i.e., colors, shapes, letters, etc.), large muscle movement, and social-emotional learning opportunities focusing on the whole child. Age 2 with a caregiver.

Build early language and large motor skills through rhyme, songs, book sharing, and hands-on activities with your child. Ages 3-24 months with caregiver. Registration is required.

Build early language and large motor skills through rhyme, songs, book sharing and hands-on activities with your child. Ages 6-24 months 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.

Join us for a StoryWalk® featuring Following Papa's Song by Gianna Marino. Engage in fun activities while you read the story, learn more about humpback whales, and explore outdoors! 

Boost independence and develop social skills using writing activities, basic concepts (i.e., colors, shapes, letters, etc.), large muscle movement, and social-emotional learning opportunities focusing on the whole child. Age 2 with a caregiver.

Help prepare your child to enter school ready to read!  This storytime includes books, rhymes, and literacy activities that emphasize alphabet and letter recognition plus activities that support independence and confidence building.

Bayside Library and Westminster Canterbury are providing a brain-fitness program for older adults designed to maximize physical, mental, and social well-being through fun, stimulating activities. 

Boost independence and develop social skills using writing activities, basic concepts (i.e., colors, shapes, letters, etc.), large muscle movement, and social-emotional learning opportunities focusing on the whole child. Age 2 with a caregiver.

Did you miss one of our recent Make & Take Crafts?  Join us for a morning of crafting, as we use up our leftover materials. Ages 3-11 years old. Registration is not 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.

Join us for a StoryWalk® featuring Following Papa's Song by Gianna Marino. Engage in fun activities while you read the story, learn more about humpback whales, and explore outdoors! 

Bring your preschooler to learn about Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math in this interactive program. Age 3-5 with caregiver. Registration is required.

Come burn off some Spring Break energy while dancing your socks off. We will break to read a story or two. Ages 2-8. Registration required. 

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Help prepare your child to enter school ready to read!  This storytime includes books, rhymes, and literacy activities that emphasize alphabet and letter recognition plus activities that support independence and confidence building.

Join us for a StoryWalk® featuring Following Papa's Song by Gianna Marino. Engage in fun activities while you read the story, learn more about humpback whales, and explore outdoors! 

Build early language and large motor skills through rhyme, songs, book sharing and hands-on activities with your child. Ages 6-24 months with caregiver. Registration is not required, seating is limited due to room capacity.

Make a sock puppet using household materials, then bring it to life in this workshop by learning basic puppetry hand skills. Grades 3-5. Registration is 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. 

Build confidence and independence with an increased focus on more complex books, emphasizing alphabet and letter recognition, shapes, and hands-on activities. Age 3 with caregiver. Registration is required.

Join us for a StoryWalk® featuring Following Papa's Song by Gianna Marino. Engage in fun activities while you read the story, learn more about humpback whales, and explore outdoors! 

Build early language and large motor skills through rhyme, songs, book sharing and hands-on activities with your child. Ages 6-24 months with caregiver. Registration is not required.

Join us for our quarterly Adults with Disabilities Social Group game day. Build friendships, offer support, and share accomplishments. An assortment of board games will be available. Adults. Registration is required. 

Bring your preschooler to learn about Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math in this interactive program. Age 3-5 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 program is for both caregiver and child, and is not 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 program is for both caregiver and child, and is not a structured program. Ages 3 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 is a social event for both caregiver and child, as opposed to a traditionally structured program.

Join us for a StoryWalk® featuring Following Papa's Song by Gianna Marino. Engage in fun activities while you read the story, learn more about humpback whales, and explore outdoors! 

Be a librarian for a day! Come practice your creative problem solving skills at the Central Pretend Library.

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.

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

Come create a Spring gnome. These fun gnome jars are great for spring treats! All skill levels are welcome, all supplies are provided. Adults. Registration is required.

Join us for a StoryWalk® featuring Following Papa's Song by Gianna Marino. Engage in fun activities while you read the story, learn more about humpback whales, and explore outdoors! 

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.

Get those fingers working! Build hand-eye coordination and strengthen the hand muscles. We will build fine motor skills through a variety of fun learning activities. Age 2 with a caregiver. Registration is required.

Come build with us!  Use your imagination to design and construct your project using many different types of building sets. Preschool-Grade 5. Registration is required.

Help prepare your child to enter school ready to read! This storytime includes books, rhymes, and literacy activities that emphasize alphabet and letter recognition plus activities that support independence and confidence building.

Boost independence and develop social skills using writing activities, basic concepts (i.e., colors, shapes, letters, etc.), large muscle movement, and social-emotional learning opportunities focusing on the whole child. Age 2 with a caregiver.

If you are a non-native English speaker, join us to practice your conversational English in a friendly setting. Adults. Registration is not required.

Help prepare your child to enter school ready to read!  This storytime includes books, rhymes, and literacy activities that emphasize alphabet and letter recognition plus activities that support independence and confidence building.

Get moving with Tanecia & Tamerah and learn some kid-friendly routines based on original Zumba® choreography, play games, do activities, and explore cultural elements of Zumba. PreK-5th Grade. Registration is required.

Bring your preschooler to learn about Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math in this interactive program. Age 3-5 with caregiver. Registration is required.

April is National Poetry Month! Poetry is one of the most fun types of creative writing. Come create with us! Grades 3-5. Registration is required.

Drop-in for a fun craft for your family to enjoy! All supplies are provided. Family. 

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. 

In this program we will celebrate the Month of the Military Child.  We will be creating a collaborative flag which will hang at JUL for all to admire and enjoy. Ages 3-5 with caregiver. Registration is required.

For the April book club meet us at the Virginia Beach Art Center, 532 Virginia Beach Blvd. Virginia Beach, 23451 to learn about the history of the Center and view their April exhibit, "Going Green."

Visit your local park this spring for fun and interactive science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) activities for preschool families! Ages 3-5 with caregiver. Registration is not required

Explore Science, Engineering, Technology, Arts and Math in this interactive program. Grades K-2. At the end of the program, attendees will receive a pair of complimentary eclipse glasses. Registration is required.

Get creative with Perler beads!  Come and create designs that can be transformed, into pictures, coasters, magnets, and more with just a household iron.  All materials will be provided. Grades K-5.  Registration is required

Homeschoolers! Join us Wednesday for teen only activities. Drop-in this week and learn how to create a balloon powered car! Grades 6-12. Registration is required. Grades 6-12. Registration is required. 

Vision boards let you visualize your success. By regularly looking at your vision board, you immerse yourself in a visual representation of what you want or hope to achieve.

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.

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. 

Robin Vivian uses stories, practical applications, and group participation to provide the audience with a fun and fresh new way to view life’s ups and downs. Sometimes we all feel a sense of imperfection, impermanence, and incompleteness.

Join us for an afternoon of family gaming! We will have a variety of Nintendo Switch games & board games to play with. Feel free to bring your own Nintendo Switch or board games!

Ages 8+. Registration is not required.

Learn how to make a glowing pin with Lilypad Sewable Circuits in this hand sewing program! Learn the basics and create your own glowing masterpiece that you can take home. Grades 6-12. Registration is required. 

Ever curious about new (or new to you) technology?  Join us in exploring Root Robot, Cubelets and 3D pens. Grades 4-6. Registration is required.

Celebrate poetry month by taking words from old books and making them into new poems. Grades 3-5. 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!

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 18+. Registration is not required.

Students travel back in time with Darci Tucker to become reporters interviewing Amelia Earhart. Set the day after she became the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by air, Earhart is still very much alive in this interactive program.

Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math in this interactive program. Grades K-2.  Registration is required. 

Step right up for the Kempsville Library Spring Carnival celebration!  Try your hand at juggling, using a hula hoop and other fun carnival games.  Grades K-5th.

Join us for a special LIVEArt where participants will explore how to use patterns and marker printmaking to create unique greeting cards! Grades 3-5. Registration 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.

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.

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.

Have some fun playing board games and make some friends.  Bring your own games or play some of ours.  Teens grades 6-12.  No registration required.

Adventure awaits! This one-shot Dungeons & Dragons adventure is perfect for middle schoolers who want to learn how to play or meet other adventurers. No prior experience required, new players welcome!

Adventure awaits! Join an in-person Dungeons & Dragons campaign with other interested teens under the guidance of an experienced local Game Master. No prior experience required. Grades 9-12.  Registration is required.

Decorate a pot fit for a bunny, and enjoy a mini egg hunt in the teen space.

Teens, grades 6-12. Registration is required.

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

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

Robin Vivian uses stories, practical applications, and group participation to provide the audience with a fun and fresh new way to view life’s ups and downs. Sometimes we all feel a sense of imperfection, impermanence, and incompleteness.

Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math in this interactive program. Grades 3-5.  Registration is required. 

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

Join us to learn about solar energy while creating a solar-powered bug that moves in the sun! Grades 3-5. Registration is required. 

Perform, create, and have fun! Join us to explore various art forms. Each class features a new skill, artist, artistic movement or technique. Preschool - 5th grade. Registration is required. 

Ever curious about new (or new to you) technology?  Join us in exploring a variety of devices. Grades 3-12, Adults. Registration is not required.

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

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

Come and join our Crafty Book Fridays where we will have a Storytime based on a popular book, book series, or author followed by a themed craft. Ages 2-12 with caregiver. Registration is required.

In this hands-on workshop, Asiko-oluwa Aderin will provide students an overview of what a graphic novel is and explore its various elements—storyline, characters, plot, dialogue, and drawing.

Learn to fly drones! Challenge yourself and friends with an obstacle course. Grades 6-12. Registration required. Funding for this drone program provided by The Friends of the Virginia Beach Public Library.

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

Come make beautiful cyanotype art using the power of the sun. Materials for the photographic prints will be provided, but participants are welcome to bring additional materials to use in their prints. No prior experience necessary. Adults.

Drop-in for a fun craft for your family to enjoy! All supplies are provided. Family. No registration 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

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:

Take this classic challenge solo or with a partner to design a container for your egg to keep it from breaking when it is dropped!

Teens, grades 6-12. Registration is required.

Explore Science, Engineering, Technology, Arts and Math in this interactive program. Grades 3-5.  Registration is required. 

Come join us as we learn and play some games with us!

IT'S SPRING BREAK! We have some easy DIY activities/games for you all to enjoy. So, come have some fun with us! Registration is not required.

Adventure awaits! Join a new Dungeons & Dragons campaign with other interested teens led by a Library Game Master. No prior experience required, new players welcome! All supplies and character sheets will be provided. 

Create a space themed paper luminary in anticipation of the upcoming eclipse. All materials will be provided. At the end of the program, attendees will receive complimentary eclipse glasses. Adults. Registration is required.

Join us to watch anime and hang out with other fans! Showings may be rated up to TV-14. Grades 6-12. Registration is not required. Just drop in!

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! 
 

Join us Wednesdays 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:

Use your imagination to build creations out of stackable bricks and other materials. Grades 3-5. Registration is not required.

Hang out at the library, try something new, and have fun! Watch anime with fellow fans on the first Thursday of the month. Showings change monthly and may be rated up to TV-14/PG-13. Grades 6-12. Registration is not required, drop in anytime!

Meet and greet artist Mary Lou Andrews whose watercolors and acrylics are on display in the Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library Art Gallery for the month of April.

Join us at Vibrant Shore Brewing Co. to paint a floral tiny canvas using acrylics. You may choose to follow the guided painting instructions or create your own design. All supplies included.

Adults. Registration is required.