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Cards for Hospitalized Kids (Community Service Opportunity)

All Day 4/1 - 4/30
Teens
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tweens/Teens
Event Details:
Grades 5-12.  Tweens and teens will have the opportunity to make cards, both holiday and all season, for children and teens receiving treatment in hospitals.  Please read the card making guidelines below before you begin.  The su...

Color a Smile (Community Service Opportunity)

All Day 4/1 - 4/30
Teens
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tweens/Teens
Event Details:
Grades 5-12.  Tweens and teens will have the opportunity to earn community service credit by coloring for Color A Smile.  As described on the organizations website, "Color A Smile is a nonprofit organization that distributes cheer...

Helping Hands - Travel Size Toiletries for the INN (Community Service Opportunity)

All Day 4/1 - 4/30
Teens
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tweens/Teens
Event Details:
Grades 5-12.  Tweens and teens will have the opportunity to assist the guests of the Interfaith Nutrition Network (The INN) in Hempstead through our new travel size toiletry program. Each participant who brings in a minimum of 3, new and unopene...

Recycling Rocks (Community Service Opportunity)

All Day 4/1 - 4/30
Teens
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tweens/Teens
Event Details:
Grades 5-12.  Turn cans and bottles into community service hours by returning deposit bottles to a local supermarket.  Simply return the cans and bottles and then email a photo of the bottle return receipt to familycenter@poblib.org.  ...

Troopons (Community Service Opportunity)

All Day 4/1 - 4/30
Teens
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tweens/Teens
Event Details:
Grades 5-12.  Cut and clip for a good cause.  Help military families overseas by clipping grocery coupons.  Stores on overseas military bases accept manufacturer coupons from the United States.  To assist the Troopons program, ple...

Advanced Guitar Lessons with Ben (Benoir) Metzger - Zoom Classes

9:00am - 10:00am
Adults
Cancelled
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult Program
Event Details:
Benjamin “Benoir” Metzger will teach in this series the physical aspects of the guitar,  warm up exercises, fingerstyle guitar, flat pick style, and chords. Although the beginning of the lessons will include a brief tuni...

Beginner Guitar Lessons with Ben (Benoir) Metzger - Zoom Classes

10:00am - 11:00am
Adults
Cancelled
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult Program
Event Details:
Benjamin “Benoir” Metzger will teach in this series the physical aspects of the guitar, how to hold the instrument, warm up exercises, fingerstyle guitar, flat pick style, and basic chords. Although the beginning of the lessons&nb...

L I PEIR Program

10:00am - 11:15am
Adults
Cancelled
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community Group Meeting
Event Details:
to meet  ...

ENGLISH CONVERSATION GROUP

10:30am - 12:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Room E
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community Group Meeting
Event Details:
The course is designed to provide students with the necessary English skills to function in an English speaking country. The course content includes instruction in conversation, writing and reading.  This course is given by Sue Rachelle and Barb...

Vinyasa Yoga Flow with Karin Fuscaldo - Via Zoom

11:30am - 12:30pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Exercise
Registration Required
Event Details:
Vinyasa Flow Yoga Karin Fuscaldo will lead you seamlessly through a string of poses. Registration is Required POB Residents may register using their POB Library Card beginning 2/21/24. Non-residents may register beginning 2/28/24, space ...

LI PEIR Program

12:15pm - 1:30pm
Adults
Cancelled
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community Group Meeting
Event Details:
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The Greater Long Island Running Club

6:30pm - 8:45pm
Adults
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Room A
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community Group Meeting
Event Details:
GLIRC Board Meeting - Continuation from 4/16 meeting ...

Lighthouse Repertory Theatre Company

6:30pm - 9:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community Group Meeting
Event Details:
Theatre play rehearsals ...

AL-ANON OPEN DOOR FAMILY GROUP

7:30pm - 8:45pm
Adults
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Room E
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community Group Meeting
Event Details:
Support for Al-Anon ...

Pilates Exercise Classes with Debra Tassone - Via Zoom

10:00am - 11:00am
Adults
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Exercise
Registration Required
Event Details:
Pilates with Debra Tassone Pilates is a flowing sequence of exercises designed to stretch and strengthen muscles without adding bulk. Registration is Required POB Residents may register using their POB Library Card beginning 2/21/24. Non...

Chair Yoga Exercise Classes (Gentle Yoga, Stretch, Strengthening with Chair as Prop) with Carol Leitner - Via Zoom

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Exercise
Registration Required
Event Details:
Chair Yoga Exercise Classes (Gentle Yoga, Stretch, Strengthening with Chair as Prop) with Carol Leitner  This class is for both beginners and those with some experience. We do a large range of postures and stretches which work to keep the spi...

FILM-Bye Bye Birdie-112 mins., TV-G, 1963

2:00pm - 4:30pm
Adults
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult Program
Event Details:
A rock singer travels to a small Ohio town to make his “farewell” television performance and kiss his biggest fan before he is drafted.  Starring Dick Van Dyke, Janet Leigh, and Ann-Margret. ...

Disclaimer(s)

Movies

Movies are shown in the Auditorium, are free and open to all. In the event of a large turnout, POB residents with photo ID will be admitted first, others as space permits. Please Note! Ten minutes before a film is scheduled to begin, the Library requires that saved seats be given to those who have arrived if no other seats are available.

Circus Sculpture

4:15pm - 5:15pm
Children
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Room A
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Children
Registration Required
Event Details:
Grades K-4. Kids will love creating this fun and imaginative circus, inspired by the artist Alexander Calder.  ...

Disclaimer(s)

Family Center Age Restrictions

  ALL PROGRAMS ARE AGE SPECIFIC. NO YOUNGER OR OLDER SIBLINGS UNLESS SPECIFIED. The library holds the right to remove a participant from a program if they do not meet the registration requirements.

*All programs start promptly and no one will be permitted after 10 minutes. Please call to cancel if your child cannot attend the program. Failure to do so will lead you to be placed on the waiting list for future programs.*

Long Island Reads Book Discussion

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Room E
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult Program
Event Details:
Join us for a discussion of this year's Long Island Reads book selection, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World. To Register please call the Library at 516-938-0077 and press 2 for the Reference Department or e...

Rest and Relaxation (In Person)

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Teens
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Room A
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tweens/Teens
Registration Required
Event Details:
Grades 5-12.  Learn how to make relaxing bath bombs.  Each participant will create a small tray of bath bombs to be taken home.  After creating the bath bombs participants can indulge in beautiful coloring sheets and colored penci...

Simply Stronger Exercise Classes with Mindy Vasta - Via Zoom

9:30am - 10:30am
Adults
Waitlist
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Exercise
Registration Required
Event Details:
Simply Stronger with Mindy Vasta Learn how to build muscular strength and endurance safely and effectively, improving posture and slowing bone loss.  Registration is Required POB Residents may register using their POB Library Card begi...

POBLIB's "Walk of Fame" Movie + Craft Day!

2:00pm - 2:30pm
Children
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Combined Room A & B
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Children
Registration Required
Event Details:
Ages 3 and up with accompany adult. Before the movie, come in and make your own walk of fame placemat, which will include a star and your own hand prints. After watching "Elemental", walk down the walk of fame and collect your art.  ...

Disclaimer(s)

Family Center Age Restrictions

  ALL PROGRAMS ARE AGE SPECIFIC. NO YOUNGER OR OLDER SIBLINGS UNLESS SPECIFIED. The library holds the right to remove a participant from a program if they do not meet the registration requirements.

*All programs start promptly and no one will be permitted after 10 minutes. Please call to cancel if your child cannot attend the program. Failure to do so will lead you to be placed on the waiting list for future programs.*

Family Center Movie - Elemental

2:45pm - 4:45pm
Children, Teens
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Children, Tweens/Teens
Event Details:
Ages 3 and up with accompanying adult. An all-new, original feature film set in Element City, where fire-, water-, land- and air residents live together. The story introduces Ember, a tough, quick-witted, and fiery young woman, whose friendship ...

Disclaimer(s)

Family Center Age Restrictions

  ALL PROGRAMS ARE AGE SPECIFIC. NO YOUNGER OR OLDER SIBLINGS UNLESS SPECIFIED. The library holds the right to remove a participant from a program if they do not meet the registration requirements.

*All programs start promptly and no one will be permitted after 10 minutes. Please call to cancel if your child cannot attend the program. Failure to do so will lead you to be placed on the waiting list for future programs.*

Sharing Your Memories

3:30pm - 5:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Room E
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community Group Meeting
Event Details:
To share memories in a discussion format ...