OCT
20
2018 Big Brooklyn Book Sale
Clear off your shelves…Drop your book donations at Central Library during open hours. Any materials sold at the sale will provide support to the Brooklyn Public Library collections and programs. Unsold material will be donated for resale...
Business English
Practice talking about work and careers with others, while learning important business vocabulary. Through small group instruction focused on teaching practical business writing, communication and public speaking skills, this program for...
Couponing
Come in and pick out clipped coupons & weekly circulars to SAVE money on your groceries, personal products, household items and more.
HSE (Formerly GED) Prep Class
Are you ready to get your high school equivalency (HSE) diploma? Do you need extra help with math or writing to pass the TASC exam (formerly known as GED)? Enroll in our FREE fast track hybrid HSE class on Saturdays at Red Hook Library. Classes...
Afro-Aerobics
Join us for Afro Aerobics every Saturday at New Lots, led by our wonderful instructor Rubens! (ShapeUp NYC). Free and open to the public.
Nannies' Fairy Tales Writing Workshop
Brooklyn Public Library invites nannies and babysitters to participate in a dynamic FREE eight-week Saturday creative writing workshop where you can develop your writing skills and create an original story.
A certificate of...
Open Level Lab: Computer Basics
New to computers? Want to get more familiar with using the mouse, typing, navigating the screen and going online? Drop in to an Open Level Lab for one-on-one assistance with basic computer use.
Presented by New York Cares.
Diversity Visa Lottery
Visit the Bedford Adult Learning Center for free assistance with the online Diversity Visa (Green Card) Lottery application process. We offer:
- Free digital photos
- Translation services when possible
- Free computer access...
ESOL Conversation Group
Join our conversation group, meet others and make new friends as you learn to improve and practice your English language skills.
English Conversation Group
Join other adults who are learning to speak English! Free! No registration required.
Literacy Volunteer Information Session
Help Adults Learn to Read and Write!
We seek adults to train to become Volunteer Literacy Tutors. Volunteer Literacy Tutors at BPL Learning Centers tutor adults in our community who, for a variety of reasons, are still building their...
Video Production in the Field
This course will give you the skills to produce videos anywhere. You’ll gain hands-on experience using a professional-grade digital video camera, sound equipment, tripods, and portable lighting equipment.
This course has 3 mandatory...
Television Studio Production
This intensive class will introduce you to the basics of studio production, including three camera switching, audio configurations, green screen, as well as floor managing and directing. Successful completion leads to becoming a Certified...
National External Diploma Program (NEDP) Orientation
Looking for a different way to earn your high school equivalency diploma? The National External Diploma Program could be right for you!
This web-based program for adults offers flexibility to earn your equivalency diploma even if you are...
High School Equivalency (HSE) Screening
Are you hoping to get your high school equivalency (HSE) diploma? Register to take a test of your readiness for the exam, and you will be placed in a prep class, enrolled in our online prep class, register for the TASC exam or National External...
Eating Disorders Anonymous
Explore ways and desire to recover from Eating Disorder. Balance and moderation are the goals. Focus will be on solutions to issues that can lead happy and purposeful lives.
ESOL Preparation/Class
Speakers fo Other Languages (ESOL) classes are for people who want to learn to speak, read, write and understand English.
Classes are open to adult 17 and older.
All classes meet two days per week.
Greenpoint's Environmental History: A walking tour, lecture and community scanning event
***This event will start at 11am with a walking tour at Franklin St. and Calyer St. in Greenpoint. Then a lecture and the community scanning event will meet at the Bushwick Inlet Park Community Room, 86 Kent Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11249 around...
ESOL Conversation
Practice and improve your conversation skills!
Sharpen your English conversation skills, and meet friends from around the world.
Искусство прекрасного настроения / Regain Your Harmony
Ведущая курса Кульпекина Валентина. Арт. техники просто и естественно активизируют творческое самовыражение, поднимают настроение, освобождают от страхов, снимают напряжение!
Интуитивно- Интегральная графика тот метод, от...
English Conversation Group
Join other adults who are learning to speak English! Free! No registration required
Latino Book Club: The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Join other adults for an informal discussion of Isabel Allende’s unforgettable first novel that established the Chilean author as one of the world’s most gifted and imaginative storytellers.
The House of the Spirits brings to life the...
Citizenship Exam Prep Group
Join our U.S. Citizenship Exam Prep Group on Saturday from 11:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. ...
English Conversation Group
Join other adults who are learning to speak English!
Read in the Garden
Come read in our outdoor area! Weather permitting.
Resume & Career Help
Get help writing your resume so you stand out!
Bring a copy of your resume, flash drive, laptop (optional).
Or, if you do not have a resume, bring a list of past employment.
Just Drop In!
Dance Fitness (Shape Up NYC)
Show Up and Shape Up every Saturday at Jamaica Bay for Free Dance Fitness!
Starting September 29, 2018, get ready for an amazing hour of absolute fun, afrobeats, fitness and choreo-class all-in-one with instructor, Alicia...
Meditation Group
Join us for an hour of mediation
English Conversation Group
If English is not your first language and you would like to practice your English Language skill on a 1 on 1 setting then come to Saratoga every Saturday from 1 to 3
English Conversation Group
Join other adults who are learning to speak English-FREE!
No registration necessary
Sponsored by Brooklyn Public Library Volunteers
Fresh Creek Civic Association
civic association meeting
English Conversation Group
Practice listening to and speaking English with this informal group.
No registration necesssary. The group meets on the second floor.
Clarendon Friends Group - Information Sessioin
Friends of BPL are core groups of organized volunteers who help Brooklyn Public Library through advocacy, fundraising and promotion of Library programs and initiatives.
For almost 70 years, Friends of...
CyPurr Session: Library Privacy Week Extravaganza!
The CyPurr Collective is celebrating Library Privacy Week the only way they know how: a day of cybersecurity mini-workshops! They are breaking from their usual programming to give participants a bunch of quick little workshops on topics ranging...
Poetry Club
Discuss poetry in a comfortable setting.
Nannies' Fairy Tales Writing Workshop
Brooklyn Public Library invites nannies and babysitters to participate in a dynamic FREE eight-week Saturday creative writing workshop where you can develop your writing skills and create an original story.
Saturdays, 2 pm on October...
Computer Basics/básicos de las computadoras
Come to learn the basics of computers in Spanish.
Ven a aprender los conceptos básicos de las computadoras en español.
Shock-Tober Movie Month
Double Feature...October 6, Dracula (1931, Bela Lugosi, Todd Browning, Director)
and House of Dracula (1945, Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine and Lional Atwill)
October 13, The Fearless Vampire Killers (1966,...
Movies @ the Library: North by Northwest (1959)
Please join us for a screening of the classic North By Northwest, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint.
Citizenship Exam Coaching
Come learn the basics of citizenship exam preparation - FREE. Please Pre-Register by contacting the Leonard Library: 718-486-6006. Thank you.
Diversity Visa Lottery
Visit the Central Adult Learning Center for free assistance with the online Diversity Visa (Green Card) Lottery application process. We offer:
- Free digital photos and scanning
- Translation services when possible
- Free...
Advanced Chinese Studies in I-Ching
I-Ching the book of changes is one of the oldest Chinese classic philosophies that can help us to make decisions that logic alone cannot handle.
Free lectures in Chinese and English.
Due to Public Safety, the...
OCT
21
English Conversation Group
Join other adults who are learning to speak English! Free! No registration required.
Chess Club
Free chess sets are available to use in the public area of the library. Please complete any chess games up till 15 minutes before closing. Please don't use chess clocks - thanks.
Diversity Visa Lottery
Visit the Central Adult Learning Center for free assistance with the online Diversity Visa (Green Card) Lottery application process. We offer:
- Free digital photos and scanning
- Translation services when possible
- Free...
Change Agents Educator Series: Foundations of Gender Inclusive Schools (Secondary Educators)
Educators will establish basic understandings of gender diversity and approaches for applying them to their professional practice. This training takes participants through a review of basic gender concepts and terminology, and uses both...
Japanese Conversation Group
Practice your Japanese language in an informal and fun setting
The class is free
No registration required.
As of June 2018 the Japanese Conversation Group Scedule class has changed.
There will be just 3 classes for...
OCT
22
Meet One-on-One with a SCORE Business Mentor
Meet with an SBA certified business mentor from SCORE NYC to discuss your business needs. Get advice on starting a business, writing a business plan, implementing a marketing strategy and much more. To schedule an appointment with a SCORE...
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