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T-Rex Twilight Painting

7:00pm–8:00pm
Tweens/Teens
Teens
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Room A
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tweens/Teens
Registration Required
Event Details:

Entering grades 5-12.  Learn how to draw and paint this fun and ferocious dinosaur work of art.

Video Game Tournament

6:30pm–8:00pm
Children, Tweens/Teens
Children, Teens
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Children, Tweens/Teens
Registration Required
Event Details:

Entering Grades 4 and up. 

Race against your friends in Mario Kart tournament. 


 

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.*

Chess for Kids

7:00pm–8:00pm
Children, Tweens/Teens
Children, Teens
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Combined Room A & B
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Children, Tweens/Teens
Registration Required
Event Details:

Entering Grades 3 and up. Don't miss out on learning and improving your chess skills with Long Island Chess Nuts!  The instructor will teach the fundamentals, basic strategies, and even the more advanced skills of the game, f

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.*

Dipped Fruit

7:00pm–8:00pm
Tweens/Teens
Teens
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Room A
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tweens/Teens
Registration Required
Event Details:

Entering grades 5-12.  Learn how to dip and decorate an assortment of fresh fruit including strawberries, bananas, pineapple, and apples.  

Chess for Kids

7:00pm–8:00pm
Children, Tweens/Teens
Children, Teens
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Combined Room A & B
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Children, Tweens/Teens
Registration Required
Event Details:

Entering Grades 3 and up. Don't miss out on learning and improving your chess skills with Long Island Chess Nuts!  The instructor will teach the fundamentals, basic strategies, and even the more advanced skills of the game, f

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.*

Sea Glass Crabs on Wood

7:00pm–8:00pm
Tweens/Teens
Teens
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Room A
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tweens/Teens
Registration Required
Event Details:

Entering grades 5-12.  Create a shoreline scene using paint and beach glass.

Chess for Kids

7:00pm–8:00pm
Children, Tweens/Teens
Children, Teens
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Combined Room A & B
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Children, Tweens/Teens
Registration Required
Event Details:

Entering Grades 3 and up. Don't miss out on learning and improving your chess skills with Long Island Chess Nuts!  The instructor will teach the fundamentals, basic strategies, and even the more advanced skills of the game, f

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 - The Good Dinosaur

10:30am–12:30pm
Children, Tweens/Teens
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. In a world where the dinosaurs never went extinct, a young Apatosaurus is swept away by a vicious river current and ends up far from home.

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.*

Colorful Hiking Hats - Teen Edition

3:30pm–4:30pm
Tweens/Teens
Teens
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Room A
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tweens/Teens
Registration Required
Event Details:

Entering grades 5-12.  Design your own hiking hat to wear on your favorite adventures. 

Amber Slime

7:00pm–8:00pm
Tweens/Teens
Teens
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Room A
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tweens/Teens
Registration Required
Event Details:

Entering grades 5-12.  Have fun and learn how to make this fun slime.

Card Magic Show with Ari Bisk

7:00pm–8:00pm
Children, Tweens/Teens
Children, Teens
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Room A
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Children, Tweens/Teens
Registration Required
Event Details:

Entering Grades 2 and up.

Join professional magician Ari Bisk and learn beginner magic tricks to perform for your friends and family!  After each trick Ari will teach the s

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.*

Chess for Kids

7:00pm–8:00pm
Children, Tweens/Teens
Children, Teens
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Combined Room A & B
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Children, Tweens/Teens
Registration Required
Event Details:

Entering Grades 3 and up. Don't miss out on learning and improving your chess skills with Long Island Chess Nuts!  The instructor will teach the fundamentals, basic strategies, and even the more advanced skills of the game, f

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.*

Bookmark It! (Community Service Opportunity) (Craft to Go)

All Day
Crafts to Go, Tweens/Teens
Teens
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Crafts to Go, Tweens/Teens
Event Details:

Grades 5-12.  Color and create fun bookmarks that will be displayed and given out to children who visit the Family Center.  All registered participants are asked to pick up a craft kit, in the Family Center, containing three&nb

Cards for Hospitalized Kids (Community Service Opportunity)

All Day
Tweens/Teens
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. 

Color a Smile (Community Service Opportunity)

All Day
Tweens/Teens
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&

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

All Day
Tweens/Teens
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.

Recycling Rocks (Community Service Opportunity)

All Day
Tweens/Teens
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.&nbs

One Last Read-a-Loud

3:00pm–4:00pm
Tweens/Teens
Teens
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Room A
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tweens/Teens
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grade 12

Disclaimer(s)

Family Center - Teen Program

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.
*Please call to cancel if you cannot attend the program. Failure to do so will lead you to be placed on the waiting list for future programs.*

Bag Charms (Kit to Go)

11:15am–7:00pm
Tweens/Teens
Teens
Upcoming
Registration Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tweens/Teens
Registration Required
Event Details:

Entering grades 5-12.  Pick up a craft-to-go and create your own keychain, perfect for the start of a new school year!

 

Disclaimer(s)

Family Center - Teen Program

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.
*Please call to cancel if you cannot attend the program. Failure to do so will lead you to be placed on the waiting list for future programs.*

Hibiscus Totes - Teen Edition

3:30pm–4:30pm
Tweens/Teens
Teens
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Room A
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tweens/Teens
Registration Required
Event Details:

Entering grades 5-12.  Create a beautiful hibiscus themed tote bag.  Students may also choose from lots of other beach themed stencils too. 

3-D Cactus Artwork on Canvas

7:00pm–8:00pm
Tweens/Teens
Teens
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Room A
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tweens/Teens
Registration Required
Event Details:

Entering grades 5-12.  Learn how to make a fun canvas picture featuring a 3-D cactus.

Hydrangea Painting

7:00pm–8:00pm
Tweens/Teens
Teens
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Room A
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tweens/Teens
Registration Required
Event Details:

Entering grades 5-12.  Learn how to paint and shade a beautiful floral arrangement.

Escape from Dinosaur Park

4:30pm–5:30pm
Tweens/Teens
Teens
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Combined Room A & B
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tweens/Teens
Registration Required
Event Details:

Entering Grades 5 and up. 

Use your detective skills to figure out which dinosaur has escaped and who let it out, and all while trying to escape from a T-Rex.

Disclaimer(s)

Family Center - Teen Program

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.
*Please call to cancel if you cannot attend the program. Failure to do so will lead you to be placed on the waiting list for future programs.*

Edible Terrarium

7:00pm–8:00pm
Tweens/Teens
Teens
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Room A
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tweens/Teens
Registration Required
Event Details:

Entering grades 5-12.  Tweens and teens will create a delicious edible terrarium using pudding, Oreos, Tootsie Rolls, and other yummy treats.