Programs
Here is a selection of our Summer Reading programs. Visit the QPL Calendar to see the full list!
CLUB AND CRAFTERNOON (IN-PERSON)
Children are welcome to join us for reading and crafts! No registration is required.
Mondays, August 5, 12
2pm
Flushing
41-17 Main Street
UNCLE TONY’S REPTILE SHOW (IN-PERSON)
We bring the zoo to you! Join us for a fun, educational, and hands-on experience. You’ll meet new scaly friends, including snakes, lizards, tortoises, and more! This program is limited to 25 participants.
Please register by phone: (718) 776-6800 or in-person at Queens Village Library.
Monday, August 5
3pm
Queens Village
94-11 217 Street
Please register by phone: (718) 529-1590 or in-person at Baisley Park Library.
Tuesday, August 20
2:30pm
Baisley Park
117-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica
Please register by phone: (718) 739-4088 or in-person at South Jamaica Library.
Wednesday, August 21
2:30pm
South Jamaica
108-41 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard
Please register by phone: (718) 634-4784 or in-person at Arverne Library.
Thursday, August 22
2pm
Arverne
312 Beach 54 Street
Please register by phone: (718) 424-2619 or in-person at East Elmhurst Library.
Thursday, August 22
3:30pm
East Elmhurst
95-06 Astoria Boulevard
Please register by phone: (718) 728-1965 or in-person at South Hollis Library.
Friday, August 23
2pm
South Hollis
21-45 31 Street
Please register by phone: (718) 831-8636 or in-person at Glen Oaks Library.
Thursday, August 27
2:30pm
Glen Oaks
256-04 Union Turnpike
BUILDER’S CLUB (IN-PERSON)
Be a Legomaniac and explore all the construction possibilities!
Mondays, August 5, 12, 19, 26
4pm
Woodside
54-22 Skillman Avenue
SCREEN PRINTING FOR TEENS (IN-PERSON)
Join us for a hands-on screen printing workshop series focusing on design, production, and branding. Over the course of three workshops, you will create your own custom-designed t-shirts, while gaining insight into the startup process of a screen-printing business. You’ll walk away with valuable skills, a mini portfolio of shirt designs to kick off your design business, and t-shirts that you helped create. Limited to 15 participants.
Register here or visit the Cambria Heights Teen Center in-person.
Tuesdays, August 6, 13, 20
2pm
Cambria Heights
218-13 Linden Boulevard
POETRY CLUB (IN-PERSON)
Join Ms. Rochel on Tuesdays, and meet new friends while you create your own special book of poems.
Tuesdays, August 6, 13, 20, 27
2:30pm
East Elmhurst
95-06 Astoria Boulevard
CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE CLUB (IN-PERSON)
Join us to create your own adventures and stories!
Tuesdays, August 6, 13, 20, 27
2:30pm
Ridgewood
20-12 Madison Street
PORTRAITS OF POWER FOR TEENS: ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS COMPOSITE AND VIDEO (IN-PERSON)
In this After Effects series, students will learn the basics of digital visual effects, motion graphics and compositing with Adobe AE. Students will create a “portrait of power” using a green screen, open source stock footage, and the skills they learned on Adobe AE.
Register here.
Wednesdays, August 7, 14, 21, 28
4pm
Central Library
89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica
CHARACTER AND CREATURE DESIGN WITH TEEN ART SALON (IN-PERSON)
Teen Art Salon is hosting a one-week art intensive for middle schoolers, focusing on the building blocks of visual storytelling. You will learn the basics of character design and illustrating environments. Explore the science of creature design, create figures using basic anatomy and gesture drawing, and draw inspiration from animation, manga, and graphic novels to practice depicting movement, settings, and narrative choices. You will receive a free sketchbook to dream, prepare, rehearse, record, and eventually realize your ideas. We invite all young artists who enjoy sketching original characters and unique worlds to join us. Open to rising 6th-9th graders. Space is limited, and registration is required. Register here.
The club will not meet on Tuesday, August 20, due to Elmhurst Library's Back-To-School Fair with the Mets!
Monday, August 19; Wednesday, August 21 - Saturday, August 24
3pm
Elmhurst
86-07 Broadway