Events

Bring your toddlers to share fun and interesting stories, songs, rhymes and fingerplays. Recommended for children 18 months - 3 years of age.

Come join us for fun stories, fingerplays and songs. Help your toddler lern basic and important early literacy skills.

Learn how to use Stop Motion Studio and animate lumps of plasticine! Held in the community room. No prior experience needed!

This program will be presented in-person at the Tompkins Square Library. The Tompkins Square Library's popular year-long, monthly series devoted to East Village/Lower East Side music and writing, "The East Village in Music and Words," presents a very special event highlighting the history and creative work of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe (NPC), a Lower East Side cultural icon since 1973. This program will feature a conversation between three extrordinary NPC artists, including Caridad de la Luz (a…

This event will take place IN PERSON at Tompkins Square Library. NO REGISTRATION NEEDED. Just come to a class! We Speak NYC is an Emmy Award-winning TV show created to help people practice English. Each story is about everyday situations, like going to the doctor or talking with a child's teacher. The characters speak slowly and clearly. Intermediate and Advanced Level Conversation 2-Hour Classes for English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL): Adult learners (16 and older, not in high scho…

This event will take place in-person at the Tompkins Square Library. Bond with your little one and other caregivers as we explore the joys of open play, books, and songs, in addition to building early learning skills you can practice at home!

Presented by The Green Pavilion Poetry Event to celebrate the publication of The COVID Poetry Files . . . A (SMALL) Anthology of Those Times (Edited by Evie Ivy; Chris Robin, Elizabeth A. Todras, Michael Joseph, assistant editors). About the book: Inspiration: "A little more than a year into the pandemic the desire for poets to share with one another seemed to have been stronger than COVID. The in-person reading resumed. Observing all protocol, poets came fearlessly together to share their wo…

Join us for a special time to bond with your little one and meet other caregivers. We will explore the joys of movement, books, and songs, in addition to building early learning skills you can practice at home. Come prepared to sit with your child on your lap. Program will take place in the second floor Reading Room. This program is for children who are pre-walkers or crawlers.

This program will be in person at Tompkins Square Park Library. Let’s practice our art and environmental conservation skills with artist John Platt! Presented by John Platt

Bring your toddlers to share fun and interesting stories, songs, rhymes and fingerplays. Recommended for children 18 months - 3 years of age.

Come join us for fun stories, fingerplays and songs. Help your toddler lern basic and important early literacy skills.

Dogs can’t read but they can be great listeners! Enjoy individual no-pressure reading time with a licensed therapy dog. Children can sign up to read approximately 15 minutes each during the R.E.A.D. session. Spots are limited and registration is required. To register please call or stop by the Tompkins Square Library in person. We ask that families sign up for only ONE session per child each month, in order to allow more children to participate. For ages 5-12. Reading Education Assistance Dog…

A chill hangout space for teens to do homework, read, or talk amongst themselves. Please let the atmosphere stay peaceful!

Bring your toddlers to share fun and interesting stories, songs, rhymes and fingerplays. Recommended for children 18 months - 3 years of age.

Come join us for fun stories, fingerplays and songs. Help your toddler lern basic and important early literacy skills.

Learn how to use Stop Motion Studio and animate lumps of plasticine! Held in the community room. No prior experience needed!

This program will be presented in-person at the Tompkins Square Library. The literature-inspired performance series and podcast, Bushwick Book Club, presents a performance of new songs by seven local songwriters inspired by poems in the seminal anthology from the 1990's explosion of spoken word poetry ALOUD!: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. The show is hosted by poet Bob Holman who co-edited the book with Miguel Algarin. The event also features readings from poets and new, poetry-in…

This event will take place IN PERSON at Tompkins Square Library. NO REGISTRATION NEEDED. Just come to a class! We Speak NYC is an Emmy Award-winning TV show created to help people practice English. Each story is about everyday situations, like going to the doctor or talking with a child's teacher. The characters speak slowly and clearly. Intermediate and Advanced Level Conversation 2-Hour Classes for English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL): Adult learners (16 and older, not in high scho…

Join Us and we enjoy a fun afternoon playing LEGO'S. All families and their children are welcome.

Tompkins Square welcomes renowned chef, author, recipe editor, media personality, & East Village local Sohla El-Waylly to chat about her new book, Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook. Described by Samin Nosrat as "the book I wish someone had handed me when I began my own journey as a chef," the book serves as an information-packed guide to the fundamentals of cooking, including over 200 recipes for all types of meals. This program will take place in-person at Tompkins Square…

Join us for a special time to bond with your little one and meet other caregivers. We will explore the joys of movement, books, and songs, in addition to building early learning skills you can practice at home. Come prepared to sit with your child on your lap. Program will take place in the second floor Reading Room. This program is for children who are pre-walkers or crawlers.

This program will be in person at Tompkins Square Park Library. Let’s practice our art and environmental conservation skills with artist John Platt! Presented by John Platt

Bring your toddlers to share fun and interesting stories, songs, rhymes and fingerplays. Recommended for children 18 months - 3 years of age.

Come join us for fun stories, fingerplays and songs. Help your toddler lern basic and important early literacy skills.

This event is online.This is an Opportunity Network Program. Join us for a discussion as we go over important Skills needed in the Workplace. We will openly discuss tackling challenging work situations and what this can mean for young adults entering the workforce. Registration required. Please use link above to register.

Esther Crow and her handmade puppets encourage babies and toddlers to move their bodies to a diverse mix of classic kids songs, original acoustic guitar songs and backing tracks of Thunder & Sunshine songs (a rock band she founded in 2017). Perfect for ages 0-5, this program also incorporates interactive rhythmic games, finger play, body movement and counting songs -some of which she sings in Spanish- and a favorite children's book. Each of Esther's puppets have big hearts and personalities…

This event will take place at the Tompkin's Square Library. Stop by the Tompkin's Square Library and pick-up a May-Themed Coloring Page Kit. The kit will include an assortment of coloring pages and coloring pencils. Kits will be available while supplies last.

This event will take place at the Tompkin's Square Library. Join us for an afternoon of crafting. In celebration of Mother's Day create a one-of-a-kind key chain. All materials will be supplied.

This program will be presented in-person at the Tompkins Square Library. We are excited to welcome author Ed Lin to this eighth meeting of our monthly Adult Book Group. We will be discussing two of Ed's books, Death Doesn't Forget & David Tung Can't Have a Girlfriend Until He Gets into an Ivy League College and Ed will be joining us to provide insight into the books and to answer questions from attendees. Copies of the books are available at and through the New York Public Library in p…

Esther Crow and her handmade puppets encourage babies and toddlers to move their bodies to a diverse mix of classic kids songs, original acoustic guitar songs and backing tracks of Thunder & Sunshine songs (a rock band she founded in 2017). Perfect for ages 0-5, this program also incorporates interactive rhythmic games, finger play, body movement and counting songs -some of which she sings in Spanish- and a favorite children's book. Each of Esther's puppets have big hearts and personalities…

This is an in-person walking tour. A four-decade journey through the rich musical history of the East Village, all within a six-block radius of the Tompkins Square Library. Led by music historian and professional walking tour guide, Jesse Rifkin (also the author of the 2023 book, This Must Be the Place: Music, Community, and Vanished Spaces in New York City), this lively and exciting tour will bring participants to extraordinary and important sites that witnessed the birth and flowering of…