Events

The Library is here to help you learn and connect with your community through our wide array of free events, programs, classes, book clubs, and more. Please check listings to confirm if a program is in-person, online, or outdoors.

If you have any questions about the events listed below, please contact the branch for more information. See here for service updates at the Library.

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134 events found.

Date/TimeTitle/DescriptionLocationAudience
Mon, May 6
@ 12 PM
TechConnect
This event will take place in person at the Wakefield Library. Interested in using computers but don't know where to start? Want to learn basic keyboarding? Then this is the class for you! REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED and REGISTRATION OPENS ONE WEEK PRIOR TO CLASS - This Program is Limited to Five Persons.
Wakefield LibraryAdults,

50+
Mon, May 6
@ 4 PM
This event will take place in person at Wakefield Library. Come in to do a variety of experiments and put some theories to the test with STEAM. Science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics will be in play here. So get ready to have some fun and bring those thinking caps.
Wakefield LibraryChildren,

School Age (5-12 years)
Mon, May 6
@ 4 PM
This program will take place in person at Wakefield Library. Happy Bronx Week! Kids rep the Bronx with mosaics portraits! Taking inspiration from the mosaics at the train stations, kids will create self portraits using felt to represent the many faces of the Bronx.
Wakefield LibraryChildren,

Infant (0-18 months),

Toddlers (18-36 months),

Pre-schoolers (3-5 years),

School Age (5-12 years)
Mon, May 6
@ 4 PM
Are you looking to wind down from the stresses of school? Come by the Wakefield Teen Center and listen to some chill beats while playing your favorite board games!
Wakefield LibraryTeens/Young Adults (13-18 years),

Young Adults/Pre GED (16-24 years)
Tue, May 7
@ 3:30 PM
This event will take place in person at the Wakefield Library. Children will get to flex the strategic part of their brains while playing a variety of board games.
Wakefield LibraryChildren,

School Age (5-12 years)
Tue, May 7
@ 4 PM
Join the Wakefield Young Adult Staff in playing your favorite Nintendo Switch and PS5 games. Test your skills and join in on some friendly competition! All supplies are provided, just bring your A-game and willingness to try new things! This event takes place in person. No registration is required.
Wakefield LibraryTeens/Young Adults (13-18 years)
Wed, May 8
@ 11 AM
Early Literacy
Explore music and language in this 8-week series with Bilingual Birdies! Each class is taught by a live musician who teaches new vocabulary through songs, movement, dance, and puppetry. Bilingual Birdies celebrates different languages and cultures in a time that is very important to embrace diversity. Families get to experience a joyful 45-minute bilingual adventure that explores themes like Outer Space, Sports, Nature, Insects, or Friends. Each class ends with a bubble dance party extravaganza…
Wakefield LibraryChildren,

Infant (0-18 months),

Toddlers (18-36 months),

Pre-schoolers (3-5 years)
Wed, May 8
@ 12 PM
TechConnect
This event will take place in person at the Wakefield Library. Interested in using computers but don't know where to start? Want to learn basic keyboarding? Then this is the class for you! REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED and REGISTRATION OPENS ONE WEEK PRIOR TO CLASS - This Program is Limited to Five Persons.
Wakefield LibraryAdults,

50+
Wed, May 8
@ 4 PM
Bronx Week Edition: Join the Wakefield Young Adult Staff in creating fun and engaging crafts! Teens will be able to learn a new skill and make and take home their designs! All supplies provided, just bring your imagination and willingness to try new things! This event takes place in person. No registration required. Bronx Week Custom Collage Buttons
Wakefield LibraryTeens/Young Adults (13-18 years)
Thu, May 9
@ 3:30 PM
This event takes place in person at Wakefield Library. Join us for an afternoon of fun and building! Come build as a team or work on your own Lego, Marble run, Magnetic or what ever building block creation. We'll provide the materials for building! For ages 5 and up.
Wakefield LibraryChildren,

School Age (5-12 years)
Thu, May 9
@ 4 PM
This event will take place in person at Wakefield Library in the Bronx. Coloring is a great sitting still activity that encourages kids to slow down and focus on one specific task. It's also important in early childhood education by helping develop hand strength, practice pencil grip, stimulates creativity, encourages self-expression, improves finer motor coordination, encourages patience and relaxation. All supplies will be provided by us. No need to Register- Just show up!
Wakefield LibrarySchool Age (5-12 years),

Children
Thu, May 9
@ 4 PM
Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Join the Wakefield Young Adult Staff for art, writing, and iced tea! Teens will be able to discover their inner artist regardless of skill level and can take their creations home! All supplies are provided! Iced tea will also be provided but feel free to bring your own (enclosed) teas! 5/2 Ceramic Tea Cup Painting for Mother's Day 5/9 Sneakerhead: 3D Printed Sneaker Keychains 5/16 Bronx Week Bookmarks 5/23 Meditative Pastels 5/30 DI…
Wakefield LibraryTeens/Young Adults (13-18 years),

Young Adults/Pre GED (16-24 years)
Fri, May 10
@ 3 PM
We're playing a special board game just for Bronx week, with a custom made board only for our Wakefield teens!
Wakefield LibraryTeens/Young Adults (13-18 years),

Young Adults/Pre GED (16-24 years)
Fri, May 10
@ 3 PM
This event will take place in-person at the Wakefield Library, Help - on a first-come; first-served basis - can include: Internet browsing Email Typing software eBooks and Audiobooks Library Catalog and Databases
Wakefield LibraryAdults,

50+,

Job Seekers
Fri, May 10
@ 3:30 PM
This event will take place in person at the Wakfield Library. Get your game on! Join us in playing your favorite Nintendo Switch games. Test your skills and join in on some friendly competition! All supplies are provided, just bring your A-game and willingness to try new things! This event takes place in person. No registration is required.
Wakefield LibraryChildren,

Pre-schoolers (3-5 years),

School Age (5-12 years)
Sat, May 11
@ 11 AM
This event will take place in person at the Wakefield Library. Get cozy with wakefield. sit back, relax, and enjoy a movie of your choice all month long.
Wakefield LibraryChildren,

School Age (5-12 years)
Sat, May 11
@ 3 PM
It is story time! Gather your preschoolers and toddlers to enjoy stories, rhymes, songs and fun with our Children's librarians.
Wakefield LibraryChildren,

Pre-schoolers (3-5 years)
Mon, May 13
@ 12 PM
TechConnect
This event will take place in person at the Wakefield Library. Interested in using computers but don't know where to start? Want to learn basic keyboarding? Then this is the class for you! REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED and REGISTRATION OPENS ONE WEEK PRIOR TO CLASS - This Program is Limited to Five Persons.
Wakefield LibraryAdults,

50+
Tue, May 14
@ 3:30 PM
This event will take place in person at the Wakefield Library. Children will get to flex the strategic part of their brains while playing a variety of board games.
Wakefield LibraryChildren,

School Age (5-12 years)
Tue, May 14
@ 4 PM
Join the Wakefield Young Adult Staff in playing your favorite Nintendo Switch and PS5 games. Test your skills and join in on some friendly competition! All supplies are provided, just bring your A-game and willingness to try new things! This event takes place in person. No registration is required.
Wakefield LibraryTeens/Young Adults (13-18 years)
Wed, May 15
@ 11 AM
Early Literacy
Explore music and language in this 8-week series with Bilingual Birdies! Each class is taught by a live musician who teaches new vocabulary through songs, movement, dance, and puppetry. Bilingual Birdies celebrates different languages and cultures in a time that is very important to embrace diversity. Families get to experience a joyful 45-minute bilingual adventure that explores themes like Outer Space, Sports, Nature, Insects, or Friends. Each class ends with a bubble dance party extravaganza…
Wakefield LibraryChildren,

Infant (0-18 months),

Toddlers (18-36 months),

Pre-schoolers (3-5 years)
Wed, May 15
@ 12 PM
TechConnect
This event will take place in person at the Wakefield Library. Interested in using computers but don't know where to start? Want to learn basic keyboarding? Then this is the class for you! REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED and REGISTRATION OPENS ONE WEEK PRIOR TO CLASS - This Program is Limited to Five Persons.
Wakefield LibraryAdults,

50+
Thu, May 16
@ 3:30 PM
This event takes place in person at Wakefield Library. Join us for an afternoon of fun and building! Come build as a team or work on your own Lego, Marble run, Magnetic or what ever building block creation. We'll provide the materials for building! For ages 5 and up.
Wakefield LibraryChildren,

School Age (5-12 years)
Thu, May 16
@ 4 PM
This event will take place in person at Wakefield Library in the Bronx. Coloring is a great sitting still activity that encourages kids to slow down and focus on one specific task. It's also important in early childhood education by helping develop hand strength, practice pencil grip, stimulates creativity, encourages self-expression, improves finer motor coordination, encourages patience and relaxation. All supplies will be provided by us. No need to Register- Just show up!
Wakefield LibrarySchool Age (5-12 years),

Children
Thu, May 16
@ 4 PM
Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Join the Wakefield Young Adult Staff for art, writing, and iced tea! Teens will be able to discover their inner artist regardless of skill level and can take their creations home! All supplies are provided! Iced tea will also be provided but feel free to bring your own (enclosed) teas! 5/2 Ceramic Tea Cup Painting for Mother's Day 5/9 Sneakerhead: 3D Printed Sneaker Keychains 5/16 Bronx Week Bookmarks 5/23 Meditative Pastels 5/30 DI…
Wakefield LibraryTeens/Young Adults (13-18 years),

Young Adults/Pre GED (16-24 years)
Fri, May 17
@ 3 PM
Every week we host a different program on Fridays, check out our flyer in the branch to see what it will be each week, or check our social media pages!
Wakefield LibraryTeens/Young Adults (13-18 years),

Young Adults/Pre GED (16-24 years)
Fri, May 17
@ 3 PM
This event will take place in-person at the Wakefield Library, Help - on a first-come; first-served basis - can include: Internet browsing Email Typing software eBooks and Audiobooks Library Catalog and Databases
Wakefield LibraryAdults,

50+,

Job Seekers
Fri, May 17
@ 3:30 PM
This event will take place in person at the Wakfield Library. Get your game on! Join us in playing your favorite Nintendo Switch games. Test your skills and join in on some friendly competition! All supplies are provided, just bring your A-game and willingness to try new things! This event takes place in person. No registration is required.
Wakefield LibraryChildren,

Pre-schoolers (3-5 years),

School Age (5-12 years)
Sat, May 18
@ 11 AM
This event will take place in person at the Wakefield Library. Get cozy with wakefield. sit back, relax, and enjoy a movie of your choice all month long.
Wakefield LibraryChildren,

School Age (5-12 years)
Mon, May 20
@ 12 PM
TechConnect
This event will take place in person at the Wakefield Library. Interested in using computers but don't know where to start? Want to learn basic keyboarding? Then this is the class for you! REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED and REGISTRATION OPENS ONE WEEK PRIOR TO CLASS - This Program is Limited to Five Persons.
Wakefield LibraryAdults,

50+
Mon, May 20
@ 4 PM
This event will take place in person at Wakefield Library. Come in to do a variety of experiments and put some theories to the test with STEAM. Science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics will be in play here. So get ready to have some fun and bring those thinking caps.
Wakefield LibraryChildren,

School Age (5-12 years)
Mon, May 20
@ 4 PM
Are you looking to wind down from the stresses of school? Come by the Wakefield Teen Center and listen to some chill beats while playing your favorite board games!
Wakefield LibraryTeens/Young Adults (13-18 years),

Young Adults/Pre GED (16-24 years)
Tue, May 21
@ 3:30 PM
This event will take place in person at the Wakefield Library. Children will get to flex the strategic part of their brains while playing a variety of board games.
Wakefield LibraryChildren,

School Age (5-12 years)
Tue, May 21
@ 4 PM
Join the Wakefield Young Adult Staff in playing your favorite Nintendo Switch and PS5 games. Test your skills and join in on some friendly competition! All supplies are provided, just bring your A-game and willingness to try new things! This event takes place in person. No registration is required.
Wakefield LibraryTeens/Young Adults (13-18 years)
Wed, May 22
@ 11 AM
Early Literacy
Explore music and language in this 8-week series with Bilingual Birdies! Each class is taught by a live musician who teaches new vocabulary through songs, movement, dance, and puppetry. Bilingual Birdies celebrates different languages and cultures in a time that is very important to embrace diversity. Families get to experience a joyful 45-minute bilingual adventure that explores themes like Outer Space, Sports, Nature, Insects, or Friends. Each class ends with a bubble dance party extravaganza…
Wakefield LibraryChildren,

Infant (0-18 months),

Toddlers (18-36 months),

Pre-schoolers (3-5 years)
Wed, May 22
@ 12 PM
TechConnect
This event will take place in person at the Wakefield Library. Interested in using computers but don't know where to start? Want to learn basic keyboarding? Then this is the class for you! REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED and REGISTRATION OPENS ONE WEEK PRIOR TO CLASS - This Program is Limited to Five Persons.
Wakefield LibraryAdults,

50+
Wed, May 22
@ 4 PM
Join the Wakefield Young Adult Staff in creating fun and engaging crafts! Teens will be able to learn a new skill and make and take home their designs! All supplies provided, just bring your imagination and willingness to try new things! This event takes place in person. No registration required.
Wakefield LibraryTeens/Young Adults (13-18 years)
Thu, May 23
@ 3:30 PM
This event takes place in person at Wakefield Library. Join us for an afternoon of fun and building! Come build as a team or work on your own Lego, Marble run, Magnetic or what ever building block creation. We'll provide the materials for building! For ages 5 and up.
Wakefield LibraryChildren,

School Age (5-12 years)
Thu, May 23
@ 4 PM
This event will take place in person at Wakefield Library in the Bronx. Coloring is a great sitting still activity that encourages kids to slow down and focus on one specific task. It's also important in early childhood education by helping develop hand strength, practice pencil grip, stimulates creativity, encourages self-expression, improves finer motor coordination, encourages patience and relaxation. All supplies will be provided by us. No need to Register- Just show up!
Wakefield LibrarySchool Age (5-12 years),

Children
Thu, May 23
@ 4 PM
Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Join the Wakefield Young Adult Staff for art, writing, and iced tea! Teens will be able to discover their inner artist regardless of skill level and can take their creations home! All supplies are provided! Iced tea will also be provided but feel free to bring your own (enclosed) teas! 5/2 Ceramic Tea Cup Painting for Mother's Day 5/9 Sneakerhead: 3D Printed Sneaker Keychains 5/16 Bronx Week Bookmarks 5/23 Meditative Pastels 5/30 DI…
Wakefield LibraryTeens/Young Adults (13-18 years),

Young Adults/Pre GED (16-24 years)