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Teen After Hours

Friday, May 2, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Tabb Meeting Room at Tabb Library

Age Group:

Middle & High School

Event Details:

Join us for Teen Karaoke & Open Mic Night! Sing your favorite songs, perform a poem, share a comedy skit, or showcase any talent you love. Relax, cheer on other teens, and enjo...

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Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Middle & High School
Program Type: Fun & Games, Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for Teen Karaoke & Open Mic Night! Sing your favorite songs, perform a poem, share a comedy skit, or showcase any talent you love. Relax, cheer on other teens, and enjoy a night of music and fun!

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Yu-Gi-Oh Testing Grounds

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Tabb Program Room at Tabb Library

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

Are you just getting back into Yu-Gi-Oh after a long hiatus or are you a veteran duelist? Either way, you’re welcome to join us on the first Tuesday of every month to play test han...

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Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Fun & Games
Event Details:

Are you just getting back into Yu-Gi-Oh after a long hiatus or are you a veteran duelist?

Polka Dot Story Time

Snuggle Story Time

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 7:00pm - 7:30pm
Tabb Meeting Room at Tabb Library

Age Group:

Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families

Event Details:

Snuggle Story Time is a family story time for children of all ages and parents/caregivers. There will be stories, songs and a simple craft or activity. Children are encouraged to w...

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Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

Snuggle Story Time is a family story time for children of all ages and parents/caregivers. There will be stories, songs and a simple craft or activity. Children are encouraged to wear their pajamas.  No registration required.

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Adventures in Cycling

Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Tabb Meeting Room at Tabb Library

Age Group:

Adults & Teens, Adults

Event Details:

May is National Bike Month! Join us on Thursday, May 8th at 6:30 PM in the Tabb Library meeting room as we welcome Williamsburg resident Larry Walsh who stepped away from corporate...

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Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults & Teens, Adults
Program Type: Lecture
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May is National Bike Month!

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Once Upon a Cuento: A Bilingual Family Story Time

Friday, May 9, 2025 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Yorktown Youth Programs Room at Yorktown Library

Age Group:

Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families

Event Details:

We invite all of our friends/amigos to join us for Bilingual Story Time. Enjoy a story, songs, craft, and other activities. Whether your child is a beginner starting with the ...

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Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

We invite all of our friends/amigos to join us for Bilingual Story Time. Enjoy a story, songs, craft, and other activities.

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Adventures With Paddington Bear

Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Yorktown Youth Programs Room at Yorktown Library

Age Group:

Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary

Event Details:

Come for a fun filled hour of games, food tasting, crafts and story time all about Paddington Bear. 

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Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary
Program Type: Crafts, Fun & Games, Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come for a fun filled hour of games, food tasting, crafts and story time all about Paddington Bear. 

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Give Me Liberty: Raising the County Militia in 1775

Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Yorktown Meeting Room at Yorktown Library

Age Group:

Adults & Teens, Adults

Event Details:

Fellow Citizens the call has been made to form up the militia. Lord Dunmore has seized the gunpowder from the Williamsburg Magazine and Patrick Henry has made the call to assemble ...

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Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults & Teens, Adults
Program Type: History
Event Details:

Fellow Citizens the call has been made to form up the militia. Lord Dunmore has seized the gunpowder from the Williamsburg Magazine and Patrick Henry has made the call to assemble the Militia and march on the capitol.

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Mosquito Season Prep with York County Mosquito Control

Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Tabb Meeting Room at Tabb Library

Age Group:

Adults & Teens, Adults

Event Details:

Mosquito season is here and York County Mosquito Control wants to set you up for success to prevent mosquito bites! What should you look for in your yard? How do we catch mosquitoe...

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Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults & Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Mosquito season is here and York County Mosquito Control wants to set you up for success to prevent mosquito bites! What should you look for in your yard? How do we catch mosquitoes? What services do we offer citizens?

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Mosquito Season Prep Fun Day

Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Yorktown Meeting Room at Yorktown Library

Age Group:

Families, All Ages

Event Details:

Mosquito season is here and York County Mosquito Control wants to set you up for success to prevent mosquito bites!See our mosquito traps, some of the 42 different mosquito species...

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Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Meeting Room
Age Group: Families, All Ages
Program Type: Fun & Games, Other
Event Details:
Mosquito season is here and York County Mosquito Control wants to set you up for success to prevent mosquito bites!

See our mosquito traps, some of the 42 different mosquito species found in the County, and talk to our local mosquito exper

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Teen Book Club: Your Space, Your Book

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Yorktown Teen Room at Yorktown Library

Age Group:

Middle & High School

Event Details:

Looking for a low-pressure space to read, relax, and connect with others? Join us for a book club for teens who love to read… and teens who don’t. BYOB—Bring Your Own Book (or...

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Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Teen Room
Age Group: Middle & High School
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Looking for a low-pressure space to read, relax, and connect with others? Join us for a book club for teens who love to read… and teens who don’t. 

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Preschool Story Time

10:15am - 10:45am
Children, Infants - Preschool
Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Story time is a program with stories, poems, finger plays, songs and a craft with a focus on nurturing a lifelong love of reading and appreciation of books.   

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Toddler Tales

10:15am - 10:45am
Children, Infants - Preschool
Tabb Meeting Room
Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Toddler Tales is an introduction to story time for toddlers and their parent/caregiver.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Preschool Story Time

11:00am - 11:30am
Children, Infants - Preschool
Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Story time is a program with stories, poems, finger plays, songs and a craft with a focus on nurturing a lifelong love of reading and appreciation of books.   

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Toddler Tales

11:00am - 11:30am
Children, Infants - Preschool
Tabb Meeting Room
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Toddler Tales is an introduction to story time for toddlers and their parent/caregiver.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Wonderosity: Spy School

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Children, Elementary
Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Program Type: Fun & Games, STEM
Registration Required
Event Details:

Do you have what it takes to be a spy? We will learn about codes and the gadgets and tools of the spy trade along with developing our observational skills and the art of blending in with disguises.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Mending by Hand

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Adults
Yorktown Technology Room
Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Technology Room
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Event Details:

Have you ever wanted to know how to sew a button or mend tears in your pockets without the use of a sewing machine? Join us at the Yorktown Library to get started learning the basics of mending by hand.

Disclaimer(s)

Hand Mobility/Dexterity

This craft program requires a high level of finger dexterity/mobility and the ability to work independently.

Tiny Tales

10:15am - 10:45am
Children, Infants - Preschool
Tabb Program Room
Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Program Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Tiny Tales is a lapsit program for infants and their parents/caregivers. Parents/caregivers will be introduced to simple songs, action rhymes and finger plays that they can use to interact and bond with their baby at home.

 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Toddler Tales

10:15am - 10:45am
Children, Infants - Preschool
Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Toddler Tales is an introduction to story time for toddlers and their parent/caregiver.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Toddler Tales

11:00am - 11:30am
Children, Infants - Preschool
Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Toddler Tales is an introduction to story time for toddlers and their parent/caregiver.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Evening Yoga (Tabb)

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adults
Tabb Meeting Room
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required

Join us at Tabb Library for evening yoga and breathing exercises with a certified yoga instructor. Classes are held the 1st & 3rd Thursdays of each month. For ages 18+ and all skill levels.

**Please bring your own yoga mat**

Open Play

10:00am - 5:00pm
Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Program Type: Fun & Games
Event Details:

Join us for creative and imaginative play at the Yorktown Library. This is an open program for children to drop in with their caregivers and play and socialize with other families in the community.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Teen After Hours

5:30pm - 7:30pm
Middle & High School
Tabb Meeting Room
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Middle & High School
Program Type: Fun & Games, Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for Teen Karaoke & Open Mic Night! Sing your favorite songs, perform a poem, share a comedy skit, or showcase any talent you love. Relax, cheer on other teens, and enjoy a night of music and fun!

Disclaimer(s)

Food Allergies

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Teen Dropoff

This program is designed for teens to attend alone after the library is closed. Adults are not permitted in the program or in the library during the program.

Teen Permission Form

Teens and their parent or guardian must have a completed a Teen Program Permission Form on file to participate in this program. 

Open Play

10:00am - 5:00pm
Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Program Type: Fun & Games
Event Details:

Join us for creative and imaginative play at the Yorktown Library. This is an open program for children to drop in with their caregivers and play and socialize with other families in the community.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

DIY 3-D Sunflower Card

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Adults
Tabb Program Room
Full
Registration Required
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us at the Yorktown Library to create a beautiful 3-D Sunflower card suitable for Mother’s Day, birthday, or thinking of you. Materials will be provided, and all skill levels are welcome. Registration is required.

Ukulele for Kids (grades K-3rd)

2:30pm - 3:15pm
Children, Elementary
Yorktown Technology Room
Closed
Registration Required
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Technology Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Program Type: Workshop, Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Six weeks of beginning ukulele lessons at your York County Public Library Yorktown Branch. Classes start Saturday, April 12th. The library has limited ukuleles for use during the class, which cannot be taken from the library.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Ukulele for Kids (grades 4th-8th)

3:30pm - 4:15pm
Children, Elementary, Middle & High School
Yorktown Technology Room
Closed
Registration Required
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Technology Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary, Middle & High School
Program Type: Workshop, Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Six weeks of beginning ukulele lessons at your York County Public Library Yorktown Branch. Classes start Saturday, April 12th. The library has limited ukuleles for use during the class, which cannot be taken from the library.

Disclaimer(s)

Teen Permission Form

Teens and their parent or guardian must have a completed a Teen Program Permission Form on file to participate in this program. 

Open Play

1:00pm - 5:00pm
Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Program Type: Fun & Games
Event Details:

Join us for creative and imaginative play at the Yorktown Library. This is an open program for children to drop in with their caregivers and play and socialize with other families in the community.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

PAWS to Read

1:30pm - 2:30pm
Elementary
Tabb Meeting Room
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: PAWs to Read
Registration Required
Event Details:

Paws to Read brings children books and dogs together! The purpose of the program is to help children relax and have fun as they improve their reading skills by reading aloud to a dog.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

PAWS to Read

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Elementary
Tabb Meeting Room
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: PAWs to Read
Registration Required
Event Details:

Paws to Read brings children books and dogs together! The purpose of the program is to help children relax and have fun as they improve their reading skills by reading aloud to a dog.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Genealogy Hour

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adults
Yorktown Meeting Room
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Genealogy
Event Details:

Are you hooked on exploring your family’s history or interested in learning more? Join a group of like-minded individuals for an presentation and informal discussion at our monthly meeting on the 1st Monday at Yorktown Library. 

Tabb Library Writers' Meetup

6:30pm - 7:45pm
Adults
Tabb Program Room
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Writing

Are you interested in writing, but don’t know how to start? Or maybe you’re a seasoned writer, looking for a place to get feedback on your work? Join the Tabb Writers Group! Our monthly meetup on the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month (except on holidays) provides writers a space to work on their projects, offer and receive critiques, and even to meet other local writers. No registration required.

Questions? Call 757-890-5120 or email reference@yorkcounty.gov.
 

Yu-Gi-Oh Testing Grounds

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Adults
Tabb Program Room
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Fun & Games
Event Details:

Are you just getting back into Yu-Gi-Oh after a long hiatus or are you a veteran duelist?

DIY Green Tea Blending

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adults
Yorktown Meeting Room
Full
Registration Required
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us at the Yorktown Library to craft your own loose leaf green tea blend! Make your own blend from a variety of ingredients and learn about popular flavor pairings.

Snuggle Story Time

7:00pm - 7:30pm
Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Tabb Meeting Room
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

Snuggle Story Time is a family story time for children of all ages and parents/caregivers. There will be stories, songs and a simple craft or activity. Children are encouraged to wear their pajamas.  No registration required.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.