These are just some of our wonderful It’s Time for Kind programs!
Visit the QPL Calendar to see a complete list.
Friendship Bracelets (IN-PERSON)
Traditionally, friendship bracelets are traded between two best friends. In this case, you won’t know who made the bracelet you will take home. Make a bracelet, take a bracelet! It’s that simple!
Friday, December 1
3:30pm
Far Rockaway
1003 Beach 20th Street
Hand Drawn Cards (IN-PERSON)
Join us at the Woodside Library to create hand-drawn cards that can leave, make, take, and share with others using a variety of supplies, all provided to you!
Friday, December 1
3:30pm
Woodside
54-22 Skillman Avenue
Teen Club And The Homebound Project (IN-PERSON)
As part of the Older Adult Services/Mail-a-Book initiative, teens are invited to draw, paint or collage a greeting card or bookmark for a homebound senior citizen. Supplies will be provided but are limited.
Friday, December 1
4pm
Bellerose
250-06 Hillside Avenue
Create Your Own Mugs (IN-PERSON)
It’s the winter holiday season, which means it’s time to stay warm and get creative! What better way to do both than by making mugs? Sip hot chocolate out of a mug you made yourself - or give the mug to a friend or loved one! Please join us in creating your own mugs for the holidays.
Saturday, December 2
3:15pm
Briarwood
85-12 Main Street
Movie Screening (IN-PERSON)
Build up your “feel good” meter with these movies about kindness every Monday in December!
December 4th: Wonder
December 11th: The BFG
December: 14th: The Outfit
December 18th: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Mondays, December 4, 11, 14, 18
3pm
Far Rockaway
1003 Beach 20th Street
Community Quilt Decorating (IN-PERSON)
Join Ms. Ashley to decorate squares for an Auburndale Community quilt! This program is for everyone - children, teens, and adults.
Monday, December 4
3pm
Auburndale
25-55 Francis Lewis Boulevard, Flushing
Holiday Cards For New Neighbors Seeking Asylum & Shelter (IN-PERSON)
Join us in creating beautiful, uplifting holiday cards to welcome asylum seekers and new Queens residents to our city. Participants will decorate a card with words of warmth, kindness, and festive sayings in multiple languages. Cards will then be shared with neighbors throughout the holiday season!
Monday, December 4
3:30pm
Ridgewood
20-12 Madison Street
Monday, December 4
3:30pm
Baisley Park
117-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica
Thursday, December 7
4pm
Corona
38-23 104 Street
Thursday, December 7
6pm
North Hills
57-04 Marathon Parkway, Little Neck
Wednesday, December 13
4pm
Ozone Park
92-24 Rockaway Boulevard
Gratitude Game (IN-PERSON)
Welcome December with kindness. Join us as we play a game about gratitude! This program is for school-aged children, 5-13. No registration is required.
Monday, December 4
4pm
Richmond Hill
118-14 Hillside Avenue
Holiday Cards for the Homebound (IN-PERSON)
Spread a little kindness this holiday season by creating greeting cards for the homebound. You will paint on precut watercolor cards and use your artistry to brighten someone’s day.
Tuesday, December 5
4pm
Langston Hughes
100-01 Northern Boulevard, Corona
Friday, December 8
11:30am
Pomonok
158-21 Jewel Avenue, Flushing
Read-Aloud for Children & Families (IN-PERSON)
Join us as we learn about kindness by reading out loud together!
Wednesday, December 6
3pm
Far Rockaway
1003 Beach 20th Street
Mindfulness Sensory Jars (IN-PERSON)
Enjoy a creative, relaxing program in which kids make a sensory bottle that’s beautiful to watch and calming to use. Be kind to yourself so you can be kind to others!
Wednesday, December 6
3pm
Arverne
312 Beach 54 Street
Bingo (IN-PERSON)
It’s Time for Kind! Join the fun of bingo while learning ways we can all spread kindness!
Wednesday, December 6
4pm
Far Rockaway
1003 Beach 20th Street
Self Care Challenge (IN-PERSON)
Visit the Long Island City Library for a self care workshop! You can document your self-care with three tracks: Page Turner Showdown, 5-Day Self-Compassion Journey, or the 5-Day Self-Validation Party. At the end of each week, individuals who post quotes or progress will be entered into a raffle!
To register email: li-programs@queenslibrary.org.
Thursday, December 7
5pm
Long Island City
37-44 21 Street
Holiday Bookmark Making (IN-PERSON)
Get ready for your holiday reading by creating your own special wooden bookmark! Join us to personalize your bookmark with colors, names, quotes, or whatever else you’d like. All supplies will be provided, but bring along any additional supplies you would like to use to further personalize your bookmark. All materials are first-come, first-served.
Thursday, December 7
5pm
Poppenhusen
121-23 14 Avenue, College Point
Pajama Storytime (IN-PERSON)
Wear your comfy clothes, bring a stuffy friend, and join us for a pajama storytime! For all ages. No registration is required.
Thursday, December 7
5pm
Auburndale
25-55 Francis Lewis Boulevard, Flushing
At The Heart Of The Matter Is Kindness With Richard Nicholson (IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL)
A brief discussion will precede the musical performance, highlighting ways in which kindness is demonstrated at home, in our communities, and globally. Examples of kindness at home include greeting each other as well as sharing, and assisting with chores. In our communities, kindness includes being friendly, taking pride in our communities, and volunteering to help those less fortunate. Globally, kindness means respect for diversity.
We will perform songs that celebrate the theme of kindness and emphasize one or more of the three characteristics outlined above. Examples of such songs are Stevie Wonder’s “Love’s in Need of Love Today,” Timmy Thomas’ “Why Can’t We Live Together,” Bruno Mars’ “Count on Me,” and Bill Withers' “Lean on Me.” This program will be a live presentation with the option for the audience to join virtually.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://queenslib.org/3Q1s599
Meeting ID: 837 8781 3875
Passcode: 1217
Thursday, December 7
6pm
Flushing
41-17 Main Street
Community Project (IN-PERSON)
Help spread kindness by volunteering your time to create words of affirmation! For grades 6-12.
Fridays, December 8, 15, 22
3pm
Glen Oaks
256-04 Union Turnpike
Stories of Kindness from Around the World (IN-PERSON)
Kindness goes international. Come hear stories from world cultures with performers and musicians from Austria, Trinidad, Africa, and the United States. In this storytelling performance workshop, discover how people practice kindness around the world. Dancer, choreographer, and teaching artist Irene Koloseus & musician Nico Diarra-Koloseus tell stories and encourage you to tell your own accompanied by music in this interactive presentation.
Saturday, December 9
12pm
Seaside
116-15 Rockaway Beach Boulevard
Hooked On Knitting (IN-PERSON)
Come visit Poppenhusen Library for conversation, fellowship and knitting! All experience levels are welcome: learn and exchange tips while we create new projects, or bring your current projects and we can work on them together. Limited supplies will be available, but you are welcome to bring your own materials. This close-knit community is excited to meet you, so join in on the fun!
Monday, December 11
4pm
Poppenhusen
121-23 14 Avenue, College Point
Dances From Manipur - “Land of Jewels” By The Kathak Ensemble & Friends (IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL)
This program includes two distinctly different dance styles from Manipur, the easternmost state of India, which borders China. The lyrical movements in RAS LEELA dances enact playful exchanges between the divine lovers Krishna and Radha. In contrast, the PUNG CHOLAM drum dances display ceremonial, sacred drumming, which builds to an acrobatic and ritualistic climax, as the drummers leap and twirl in the air. This program will be a live presentation with the option for the audience to join virtually:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://queenslib.org/47hTryW
Meeting ID: 864 3431 2408
Passcode: 1214
This program is funded by a grant from the Starr Foundation.
Thursday, December 14
6pm
Flushing
41-17 Main Street
Literary Thursdays: Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, Author of Big Girl (VIRTUAL)
Mecca Jamilah Sullivan will talk about her debut novel Big Girl, a New York Times Editors’ Choice selection also recommended by Time Magazine, Essence, Vulture, Ms., Goodreads, and many others. Exquisitely compassionate and clever, Big Girl is “filled with everyday people who, in Mecca Jamilah Sullivan’s gifted hands, show us the love and struggle of what it means to be inside bodies that don’t always fit with the outside world” (Jacqueline Woodson).
Join us on Microsoft Teams
https://queenslib.org/3sCz3d3
Thursday, December 14
6pm
Origami Wishing Stars (IN-PERSON)
May your wish come true! These stars have a special magic: they’re a great way to help children think of ways to help others and wish well for friends and loved ones. Write your hopes on strips of paper, fold them into stars, and trade them with friends!
Wednesday, December 20
3pm
Arverne
312 Beach 54 Street
Stories Of Kindness From Around The World With Michael Manswell & Company (IN-PERSON)
Kindness goes international. Come hear stories from world cultures with performers and musicians from Austria, Trinidad, Africa, and the United States. In this storytelling performance workshop, discover how people practice kindness around the world. Dancer, singer, choreographer, actor, and teaching artist Michael Manswell tells stories and encourages you to tell your own, accompanied by music, in this interactive presentation.
Wednesday, December 20
4pm
South Jamaica
108-41 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, Jamaica
A Balkan Music Celebration With Ben Rosenblum (IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL)
Accordionist Ben Rosenblum will perform with percussionist Ben Zweig to create beautiful and haunting Balkan music to ring in the holidays! Featuring both holiday and non-holiday-themed Balkan music, the duo will traverse a path across the entire region, featuring material from Croatia, Albania, Bulgaria, Serbia, and more. This program will be a live presentation with the option to join virtually:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://queenslib.org/3QlYnvB
Meeting ID: 858 8010 9991
Passcode: 1221
Thursday, December 21
6pm
Flushing
41-17 Main Street
Vision Board (IN-PERSON)
Use your creativity to create a collage of qualities you admire in a friend or family member. Cut out pictures that remind you of them and what you hope to see for them. Write a note on the back and give it to them as a gift!
Wednesday, December 27
3pm
Arverne
312 Beach 54 Street
