Events
Thursday, April 17
10:00am - 10:30am
Wednesdays & Thursdays: 10:00 a.m. — 10:30 a.m.
For children ages 0 to 5 with a caregiver
A story time featuring books, finger rhymes, and interactive songs. We focus on early literacy, gross motor skills, and socialization through stories,... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Hall
Thursday, April 17
10:00am - 12:00pm
One-on-one English Language Learning
Event Location: Green Conference Room
Thursday, April 17
10:00am - 1:15pm
Individual painters completing
Event Location: Blue Conference Room
Monday, April 21
10:30am - 11:30am
Rusty Pens Writing & Storytelling Workshop
Activate your inner writer and share your memories and life experiences. This creative writing workshop is designed to elicit reflections on your own stories, as well as sharing new ideas. Beginners are... Read More
Event Location: Sydney Wright Room
Monday, April 21
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Let’s LEGO Club
Join us after school each Monday from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Let's LEGO Club is for builders of all skill-levels. Leave your LEGOs at home; we provide the materials. You provide the imagination! All materials must... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Hall
Monday, April 21
4:30pm - 6:45pm
Mah Jongg Play Series - 4:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.
National Mah Jongg League rules
You must have your own official standard hands card
Email ... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Hall
Tuesday, April 22
9:00am - 10:00am
Councilor Erik Brine is planning to meet with local Jamestown restaurants and retail businesses to get feedback and hear suggestions on better ways to provide support.
Event Location: Sydney Wright Room
Tuesday, April 22
12:00pm - 1:00pm
All the Colors of the Dark... Read More
Event Location: Sydney Wright Room
Tuesday, April 22
1:30pm - 4:00pm
Pride and Prejudice
April 20, 2025 marks the 20 year anniversary of this film!
PG | 2 hour 9 minutes | Romance | Period Drama
Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfayden, Emma Thompson
Directed by Joe Wright
Sparks fly when... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Hall
Wednesday, April 23
10:00am - 10:30am
Wednesdays: 10:00 a.m. — 10:30 a.m.
For children ages 0 to 5 with a caregiver
A story time featuring books, finger rhymes, and interactive songs. We focus on early literacy, gross motor skills, and socialization through stories, music, and movement... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Hall
Wednesday, April 23
3:30pm - 5:00pm
Please note: Registration for this program is closed.
Youth Chess Instruction
Registration is required
Children in grades 2-8 are invited to join our pilot chess program!
This free, instructional program... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Hall
Wednesday, April 23
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Wednesday, April 23
4:00 p.m.
Sydney Wright Room
How it Works:
Sign up for a recipe from this month’s book selection (email emma@jplri.org)
Bring the dish... Read More
Event Location: Sydney Wright Room
Thursday, April 24
10:00am - 10:30am
Wednesdays & Thursdays: 10:00 a.m. — 10:30 a.m.
For children ages 0 to 5 with a caregiver
A story time featuring books, finger rhymes, and interactive songs. We focus on early literacy, gross motor skills, and socialization through stories,... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Hall
Sunday, April 27
1:00pm - 2:30pm
The Friends of the JPL Present:
Bearing Witness: Who Will Tell Their Stories
A Discussion by Len Newman
Sunday, April 27
1:00 p.m.
Library Meeting Hall
As the son of Holocaust Survivors, Len feels a keen... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Hall
Monday, April 28
10:30am - 11:30am
Rusty Pens Writing & Storytelling Workshop
Activate your inner writer and share your memories and life experiences. This creative writing workshop is designed to elicit reflections on your own stories, as well as sharing new ideas. Beginners are... Read More
Event Location: Sydney Wright Room
Monday, April 28
2:00pm - 4:00pm
A meeting of the local knitting group, Needles Galore.
Event Location: Sydney Wright Room
Monday, April 28
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Let’s LEGO Club
Join us after school each Monday from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Let's LEGO Club is for builders of all skill-levels. Leave your LEGOs at home; we provide the materials. You provide the imagination! All materials must... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Hall
Monday, April 28
4:30pm - 6:45pm
Mah Jongg Play Series - 4:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.
National Mah Jongg League rules
You must have your own official standard hands card
Email ... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Hall
Monday, April 28
5:00pm - 8:00pm
The library will be closing at 5:00 p.m on Monday, April 28 for a staff meeting. We will reopen on Tuesday, April 29 at 9:00 a.m.
Event Location: Meeting Hall
Tuesday, April 29
1:30pm - 4:00pm
I'm Still Here
PG-13 | 2 hour 17 minutes | Docudrama | Political Drama
Fernanda Torres, Fernanda Montenegro, Selton Mello
Directed by Walter Salles
A woman married to a former politician during... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Hall
Tuesday, April 29
6:30pm - 7:45pm
Monthly meeting of the association members
Event Location: Meeting Hall
Tuesday, April 29
6:00pm - 7:15pm
Fun Fused Glass Class: Pendants and Magnets
Join Deenie Pacik Giuliano for a one-of-a-kind glass workshop where you will make a pendant or magnet!
Class limited to 15 people. All materials included. Pieces returned in... Read More
Event Location: Sydney Wright Room
Wednesday, April 30
10:00am - 10:30am
Wednesdays: 10:00 a.m. — 10:30 a.m.
For children ages 0 to 5 with a caregiver
A story time featuring books, finger rhymes, and interactive songs. We focus on early literacy, gross motor skills, and socialization through stories, music, and movement... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Hall
Wednesday, April 30
6:30pm - 7:45pm
Planning Meeting
Event Location: Meeting Hall
Thursday, May 01
10:00am - 10:30am
Wednesdays & Thursdays: 10:00 a.m. — 10:30 a.m.
For children ages 0 to 5 with a caregiver
A story time featuring books, finger rhymes, and interactive songs. We focus on early literacy, gross motor skills, and socialization through stories,... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Hall
Thursday, May 01
3:30pm - 4:15pm
For children in grades 1 & 2 who are learning to read independently!
Join Colleen & Erin for My First Book Club. We meet after school, once a month, to read a story together and complete a story-related activity. A snack will be provided. ... Read More
Event Location: Sydney Wright Room
Saturday, May 03
10:00am - 2:00pm
The Friends of the JPL Present:
Storytelling Workshop with Jackson Gilman, Award-Winning Storyteller
Saturday, May 3
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Sydney Wright Room
The workshop is free... Read More
Event Location: Sydney Wright Room
Monday, May 05
10:30am - 11:30am
Rusty Pens Writing & Storytelling Workshop
Activate your inner writer and share your memories and life experiences. This creative writing workshop is designed to elicit reflections on your own stories, as well as sharing new ideas. Beginners are... Read More
Event Location: Sydney Wright Room
Monday, May 05
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Let’s LEGO Club
Join us after school each Monday from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Let's LEGO Club is for builders of all skill-levels. Leave your LEGOs at home; we provide the materials. You provide the imagination! All materials must... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Hall
Monday, May 05
4:30pm - 6:45pm
Mah Jongg Play Series - 4:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.
National Mah Jongg League rules
You must have your own official standard hands card
Email ... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Hall
Tuesday, May 06
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Monthly board meeting.
Event Location: Sydney Wright Room
Wednesday, May 07
10:00am - 10:30am
Wednesdays: 10:00 a.m. — 10:30 a.m.
For children ages 0 to 5 with a caregiver
A story time featuring books, finger rhymes, and interactive songs. We focus on early literacy, gross motor skills, and socialization through stories, music, and movement... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Hall
Wednesday, May 07
3:30pm - 4:15pm
Recommended for middle school readers, grades 5-8
Join Colleen & Erin for our One More Chapter Book Club. We meet after school, once a month, to discuss traditional, novel-style chapter books. Snacks and activity will be provided. ... Read More
Event Location: Sydney Wright Room
Wednesday, May 07
6:30pm - 7:45pm
The Jamestown Town Council has appointed the 250th Commission to coordinate events related to the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and to the Revolutionary War that resulted. The Commission has spent a few months getting organized, and now want... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Hall
Wednesday, May 07
5:30pm - 7:45pm
Open to all Jamestown residents, this is just a group of people who love to knit, crochet or enjoy any non-messy fiber related craft. Come and spend a few hours with us and enjoy conversation and fiber!
Event Location: Sydney Wright Room
Thursday, May 08
10:00am - 10:30am
Wednesdays & Thursdays: 10:00 a.m. — 10:30 a.m.
For children ages 0 to 5 with a caregiver
A story time featuring books, finger rhymes, and interactive songs. We focus on early literacy, gross motor skills, and socialization through stories,... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Hall
Saturday, May 10
10:00am - 11:30am
"Painting" with Wool: A Needle Felting Class with Amy Forbes.
Event Location: Sydney Wright Room
Monday, May 12
10:30am - 11:30am
Rusty Pens Writing & Storytelling Workshop
Activate your inner writer and share your memories and life experiences. This creative writing workshop is designed to elicit reflections on your own stories, as well as sharing new ideas. Beginners are... Read More
Event Location: Sydney Wright Room
Monday, May 12
2:00pm - 4:00pm
A meeting of the local knitting group, Needles Galore.
Event Location: Sydney Wright Room
Monday, May 12
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Let’s LEGO Club
Join us after school each Monday from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Let's LEGO Club is for builders of all skill-levels. Leave your LEGOs at home; we provide the materials. You provide the imagination! All materials must... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Hall
Monday, May 12
4:30pm - 6:45pm
Mah Jongg Play Series - 4:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.
National Mah Jongg League rules
You must have your own official standard hands card
Email ... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Hall
Tuesday, May 13
10:00am - 10:45am
Join Solé for a fun and interactive story time. This bilingual program introduces children (ages 0 to 5 years) to Spanish through stories, songs, and dance.
No registration is required; all story times are held in the Meeting Hall.
Event Location: Meeting Hall
Tuesday, May 13
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Bimonthly Board meeting
Event Location: Sydney Wright Room
Tuesday, May 13
4:00pm - 4:30pm
The Jamestown Teen Advisory Board (TAB) consists of enthusiastic teens in grades 9-12 who are eager to take on leadership roles within the library. TAB members act as liaisons between their peers and the library, ensuring that teen interests are... Read More
Event Location: Sydney Wright Room
Wednesday, May 14
10:00am - 10:30am
Wednesdays: 10:00 a.m. — 10:30 a.m.
For children ages 0 to 5 with a caregiver
A story time featuring books, finger rhymes, and interactive songs. We focus on early literacy, gross motor skills, and socialization through stories, music, and movement... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Hall
Wednesday, May 14
5:00pm - 6:00pm
meeting
Event Location: Green Conference Room
Thursday, May 15
10:00am - 10:30am
Wednesdays & Thursdays: 10:00 a.m. — 10:30 a.m.
For children ages 0 to 5 with a caregiver
A story time featuring books, finger rhymes, and interactive songs. We focus on early literacy, gross motor skills, and socialization through stories,... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Hall
Monday, May 19
10:30am - 11:30am
Rusty Pens Writing & Storytelling Workshop
Activate your inner writer and share your memories and life experiences. This creative writing workshop is designed to elicit reflections on your own stories, as well as sharing new ideas. Beginners are... Read More
Event Location: Sydney Wright Room