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Family Center Movie - Moana 2

2:00pm–3:00pm
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. “Moana 2” reunites Moana and Maui three years later for an expansive new voyage alongside a crew of unlikely seafarers.

Color Craze Coloring Journal (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:

Grades 5-12.  Celebrate National Journal Writing Month!  Express yourself by writing and coloring in this fun journal. 

Macrame Leaf

4:00pm–5:00pm
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:

Grades 5-12.  Learn the art of macrame while creating this beautiful hanging leaf.

Lego Creations

4:15pm–5:15pm
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:

Grades 2 and up. We'll supply the Lego pieces and you supply the creativity. Join us to freely imagine and build to your heart's content! 

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.*

Mini Labubu Character Painting

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:

Grades 5-12.  Rescheduled from December 27, 2025.  Create a unique painting, on a mini canvas, in the likeness of the popular Labubu characters.  

Summer Reading Posters (Community Service Opportunity)

4:15pm–5:15pm
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:

Grades 5-12. Calling all artists! Help us design posters for this year's Summer Reading Program that will hang in the Family Center. You will receive 1 hour of community service credit.

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.*

Regents Review Course Registration - (In Person Registration Only)

All Day
Tweens/Teens
Teens
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Room B
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tweens/Teens
Event Details:

Grades 8-12.  In person registration begins for the Regents Review Courses.  Please bring a check made out to the Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library.  

Pretzel Charcuterie

4:00pm–5:00pm
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:

Grades 5-12.  Celebrate National Pretzel Day at the library.  Tweens and teens will use a soft warm pretzel as a base for a fun take on a charcuterie board.

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
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
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

Jumping Fish and Dragonfly (Craft to Go)

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

Grades 5-12.  Create a unique work of art featuring a fish and a dragonfly.

Caribbean Soft Chicken Tacos with Street Corn Slaw

3:30pm–4:30pm
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:

Grades 5-12.  Learn how to make this tasty dish.

Lego Creations

4:15pm–5:15pm
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:

Grades 2 and up. We'll supply the Lego pieces and you supply the creativity. Join us to freely imagine and build to your heart's content! 

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.*

Surprise Ceramic Workshop

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:

Grades 5-12.  Rescheduled from December 14th.   Join us for the first ever "Surprise Ceramic" event.  There will be an assortment of ceramic pieces and paints to select from.

Memorial Day - Library Closed

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Description:

The Library will be closed all day.

Regents Review Course

6:45pm–8:45pm
Tweens/Teens
Teens
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Combined Room A & B
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tweens/Teens
Event Details:

Grades 8-12.

Life Science Biology: Regents Review Course - Class B

6:45pm–8:45pm
Tweens/Teens
Teens
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Room B
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tweens/Teens
Event Details:

Grades 8-12.  This Living Environment Regents review course is being taught by Dr.

Life Science: Biology Regents Review Course - Class A

6:45pm–8:45pm
Tweens/Teens
Teens
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Combined Room A & B
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tweens/Teens
Event Details:

Grades 8-12.  This Living Environment Regents review course is being taught by Dr.

Algebra II Regents Review Course - Class B

10:00am–12:00pm
Tweens/Teens
Teens
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Combined Room A & B
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tweens/Teens
Event Details:

Grades 8-12.  This Algebra II Regents review course is being taught by Dr.

Geometry Regents Review Course - Class B

12:30pm–2:30pm
Tweens/Teens
Teens
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Combined Room A & B
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tweens/Teens
Event Details:

Grades 8-12.  This Geometry Regents review course is being taught by Dr.

Algebra I Regents Review Course - Class B

3:00pm–5:00pm
Tweens/Teens
Teens
Library Branch: Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library
Room: Combined Room A & B
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tweens/Teens
Event Details:

Grades 8 & up.  This Algebra I Regents review course is being taught by Dr.