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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.

Internet Basics

10:30am - 12:00pm
Adults
Yorktown Technology Room
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Technology Room
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

New to the internet? Want to build more confidence navigating online?

Tabb Book Readers

1:15pm - 2:30pm
Adults
Tabb Conference Room
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6

The Tabb Book Readers (TBR) is an adult book discussion group that meets from 1:15-2:30 p.m. on the third Saturday of each month at the Tabb Library. Please register by the Friday before the meeting. Contact the Tabb Reference Department at 757-890-5120 for more information. New members are always welcome. Interested persons should email reference@yorkcounty.gov for more information and to register.

Learn more about book clubs by visiting https://www.yorkcounty.gov/749/Book-Clubs.

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.

Closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Yorktown Library, Tabb Library, Off Site
Description:

York County Public Library system closed.

Baby Bookworms

10:15am - 10:45am
Children, Infants - Preschool
Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Baby Bookworms is a story time program for the very young. We explore literacy tips, read a story, sing songs, participate in finger play and conclude with a parenting topic and free play each week. 

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

10:15am - 10:45am
Children, Infants - Preschool
Tabb Meeting Room
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
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.

Baby Bookworms

11:00am - 11:30am
Children, Infants - Preschool
Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 4
Event Details:

Baby Bookworms is a story time program for the very young. We explore literacy tips, read a story, sing songs, participate in finger play and conclude with a parenting topic and free play each week. 

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
Tabb Meeting Room
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
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.

'Bad' Art Night

6:15pm - 7:30pm
Adults & Teens
Tabb Meeting Room
Closed
Registration
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults & Teens
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0

Blow off some steam and get creative at our "Bad" Art Night. Make a painting, draw a picture, or scribble uncontrollably (on paper). If you work better with constraints, an art prompt will be provided. No pressure to finish--take this time to relax and unwind. Talent and skill will not be judged--but all works will show up on library social media.

Materials provided. For Adults and Teens accompanied by an Adult--registration required as space and supplies are limited. Questions? Call 757-890-5120.

Preschool Story Time

10:15am - 10:45am
Children, Infants - Preschool
Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
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
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
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
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 3
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
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 3
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.

Tiny Tales

10:15am - 10:45am
Children, Infants - Preschool
Tabb Program Room
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Program Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
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
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
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.

Books & Banter

10:30am - 11:30am
Adults
Tabb Conference Room
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Like talking about books? Interested in exploring different new-to-you fiction and nonfiction titles? Come out to Books & Banter, a monthly book group held in the Tabb Library Conference Room on the 4th Thursday of each month at 10:30 AM.

Toddler Tales

11:00am - 11:30am
Children, Infants - Preschool
Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 8
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.

Friends of the Library Paint & Wine Night Fundraiser

7:00pm - 9:00pm
Adults
Yorktown Meeting Room
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Friends of the Library
Event Details:

Join us at the Yorktown Library for an evening of creativity and relaxation at the Friends of the York County Library Wine and Paint Night! This adults-only event is perfect for painters of all skill levels.

Homeschool Huddle: Write Your Own Story

10:30am - 11:30am
Children, Elementary
Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Program Type: Writing
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Event Details:

Join us the 4th Friday of the month for interactive work related to creating stories, writing your worlds, and sharing imagination with friends, old and new.

Homeschool Huddle: Write Your Own Story

1:30pm - 2:30pm
Middle & High School
Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Age Group: Middle & High School
Program Type: Writing
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 14
Event Details:

Join us the 4th Friday of the month for interactive work related to creating stories, writing your worlds, and sharing imagination with friends, old and new.

Teen D & D

11:00am - 1:30pm
Middle & High School
Tabb Conference Room
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Conference Room
Age Group: Middle & High School
Program Type: Fun & Games
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 2
Event Details:

Dungeons and Dragons for teens is at Tabb Library! If you're in grades 6-12, sign up for one of the two sessions and get ready to dive into epic quests.

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 Permission From

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

Jigsaw Puzzle Swap

1:30pm - 3:00pm
Adults & Teens, Adults, All Ages
Tabb Meeting Room
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults & Teens, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Fun & Games

You asked for it and we delivered--puzzle swap time! Donate your great condition, unwanted puzzles starting on January 13th by dropping them off at the Tabb Reference Desk. All donors who donate between January 13 and January 24 will receive their swap tickets and be able to immediately enter the swap at 1:30 PM. 

Criteria

  • All puzzles must be in the original box and contain all their pieces. 
  • Puzzles/puzzle boxes should not show excessive signs of wear or age. 
  • Puzzles should be from the last 20 years. 
  • The swap ratio is one to one, and you can swap a maximum of five puzzles in total. 

Anyone is welcome to donate more than five; however, you can only receive five maximum.  If you intend to bring puzzles to swap on the day of, please drop them off at least 30-60 minutes prior to the start of the event; otherwise, you will not be able to enter the swap until your donations have been assessed and received.

Anyone can participate in the puzzle swap; youths must be accompanied by an adult. The puzzle swap ends at 3:00 PM. Staff reserves the right to end the swap early if attendance significantly dwindles in the last half hour.

Fiber Arts Meetup

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Adults
Yorktown Conference Room
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Crafts

Spend a relaxing afternoon working on your individual fiber arts projects while enjoying the company of others at Yorktown Library.  This drop-in program occurs on the 4th Saturday (excluding holidays) each month from 2-4 PM at Yorktown Library. It is for adults of all skill levels interested in crocheting, knitting, needlepoint, and other related crafts. Teens are also welcome if accompanied by an adult. A limited amount of supplies (yarn, needles, hooks, etc.) will be available while supplies last.

Questions? Call 757-890-5207 or email reference@yorkcounty.gov.