Upcoming Events

Join us for an afternoon of stories and crafts every week. Craft listed in the title. 

Register once for the series - use the "notes" field to let us known of any sessions you know you cannot attend. 

Can't make our crafts in person? Register for a TAKE AND MAKE Kit and do your craft at home on your own time. We'll call you when your kit is ready. Register once for the series. 

Think you can outsmart NPL’s very own librarians? Come out and try to beat Ms. Sam and Ms. Lauren in our fourth annual Are You Smarter than a Librarian trivia challenge! This competition is open to those entering grades 7-12.

Join us for stories and songs, and stay for a simple art or sensory activity. Activity listed in the title!

Sign up once for the whole series, use the "notes" field to let us know of any classes you know you can't attend. 

Our Summer Teen Volunteers will be here to listen (and help) younger readers with their summer reading goals.  Buddies can help struggling readers gain confidence in a fun, low pressure environment.

Learn the basics in this introductory class.  Presented by Little Ivy Academy.

This class is for kids entering 5th and 6th grade this fall - select the grade your child will be entering in September the drop down menu. 

Come to Trivia Night!  

Learn how to play Canasta OR Mah Jongg! Watch others playing and see how it is done. Open play AND How to Learn classes are coinciding.  

You are required to buy a 2025 National Mah Jongg card for the Mah Jongg class.

The Hawaiian island of Kauai is seen as a paradise of leisure and pristine natural beauty, but these escapist fantasies obscure the colonial displacement, hyper-exploitation of workers and destructive environmental extraction that have actually sh

Come shop and discover some thrifty finds and treasures! There will be $1 clothing!  A $2 table. Craft Vendors and more!

Want to be a vendor? Email kward@rcls.org

Our Summer Teen Volunteers will be here to listen (and help) younger readers with their summer reading goals.  Buddies can help struggling readers gain confidence in a fun, low pressure environment.

Back in the mid-nineteenth century, due to its poor supply of fresh and plentiful water, New York City was besieged with epidemics claiming thousands of lives as well as massive fires resulting in great financial loss.

Back in the mid-nineteenth century, due to its poor supply of fresh and plentiful water, New York City was besieged with epidemics claiming thousands of lives as well as

Join us for a one-of-a-kind, interactive, tabletop puppet show, followed by a simple puppet making workshop.

Ages 3-6.  Older siblings welcome.

Sing and dance the morning away - class instructors vary and are listed in the title! All ages not yet in kindergarten. 

Sign up once for the series - use the "notes" field to let us know of any classes you can't attend. 

Our Summer Teen Volunteers will be here to listen (and help) younger readers with their summer reading goals.  Buddies can help struggling readers gain confidence in a fun, low pressure environment.

Come play your game of choice in the Community Room!  Mah Jongg, Canasta, Scrabble, etc. Join others as they play their favorite games too! Please bring your own sets, cards and games.

Walk-ins are welcome.

A Real Pain   R   1 hour 30 minutes

Pick a book and practice your reading with our friendly tortoise, Gilbert!

Join us for an afternoon of stories and crafts every week. Register once for the series - use the "notes" field to let us known of any sessions you know you cannot attend. 

NY Times-bestselling cartoonist Gale Galligan will lead this hands-on workshop. Gale is the creator of: The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novel adaptations (books 5-8), Freestyle, and Fresh Start.