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Yarn Wrapped Colorful Initial Letters

10:00am–10:45am
Tweens
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Southold Free Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Tweens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Make your initial letter or any number or letter you please!  Bring home to hang on a door or wall.

This event is in the "Family" group

Drive Into Fun: Crafting a Cardboard Car

11:30am–1:30pm
Family
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Southold Free Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a fun and eco-friendly community service project: transforming cardboard boxes into adorable, pint-sized cars for young children to enjoy during movie time.

This event is in the "Family" group

"Peter Pan"

1:00pm–2:00pm
Family
Open
Registration Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Performance
Registration Required
Event Details:

All the way from Durham, North Carolina, the Bright Star Touring Theatre will perform a live production of “Peter Pan”.

This event is in the "Tweens" group
This event is in the "Teens" group

Battle of the Books meetings

4:00pm–5:30pm
Tweens, Teens
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Southold Free Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Meet weekly to review books, create costumes, play trivia games, and more in preparation for the Battle of the Books competition on August 1.

Board of Trustees

6:30pm–8:00pm
Library Branch: Southold Free Library
Room: Community Room
This event is in the "Adults" group

Art and History: The Parrish Art Museum

7:00pm–8:00pm
Adults
Open
Registration Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Southold Free Library
Room: Zoom
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Event Details:

Founded in 1898, the Parrish Art Museum has evolved into a significant art museum recognized worldwide, and includes an extensive collection focused on East End Long Island artists.  The Museum's iconic building in Water Mill, designed b

This event is in the "Tweens" group
This event is in the "Teens" group

Hue Hunters: a Colorful Quest Around Town

10:00am–12:00pm
Tweens, Teens
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Southold Free Library
Room: Pocket Park
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

We will break up into 4 teams and solve riddles to find colors in a scavenger hunt around town. Start at the library Pocket Park and receive instructions and a riddle for your first destination! Please bring water and wear good walking s

This event is in the "Adults" group

Paper flowers: Peonies

5:30pm–7:00pm
Adults
Full
Registration Required
Library Branch: Southold Free Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Paper flower artist Casey Cunningham will show us how to make beautiful paper peonies.

 

This event is in the "Adults" group
Registration Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Southold Free Library
Room: Zoom
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Event Details:

The First Wives Club meets Aladdin, with a nod to magical realism in this smart, funny story of friendship, wishes granted and the search for Mr. Right.

This event is in the "Pre-School" group

Storytime-It's Not Easy Being Green

10:00am–10:45am
Pre-School
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Southold Free Library
Room: Pocket Park
Age Group: Pre-School
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

Enjoy the story “Little Blue and Little Yellow” and then re-enact the story by making a sensory bag with shaving cream and food coloring. Lastly, we will create a green grasshopper with popsicle sticks and pipe cleaners to take 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.

This event is in the "Adults" group

Old Burying Ground Tour

11:00am–12:00pm
Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Southold Free Library
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Event Details:

Meet in the parking lot of the First Presbyterian Church. We will stroll the grounds of the oldest English Burying Ground in New York State. Box tombs, slate, sandstone, and marble stones mark the resting place of the earliest settlers.

This event is in the "Pre-School" group
This event is in the "Children" group

Tots Drive-In Movie!

1:00pm–1:45pm
Pre-School, Children
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Southold Free Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Pre-School, Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Movie
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come in and cool off to watch a colorful Reading Rainbow episode. Walk around the community room “parking lot” and pick out the car you want to sit in! Please bring your own drink. Light snacks will be provided.

This event is in the "Teens" group

Upcycled Book Page Hedgehog

4:00pm–5:00pm
Teens
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Southold Free Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Let’s upcycle! We’ll use paperback books, some felt, paint, and cardboard, and transform an old book into an adorable hedgehog.

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This event is in the "Children" group

White Rabbit's Color Book

10:00am–10:45am
Children
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Southold Free Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Learn about color mixing with Model Magic clay and make cute clay bunnies too!

This event is in the "Family" group

Community Color Event-Sidewalk Chalk

11:00am–12:00pm
Family
Open
Registration Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

For our final community color event, the Floyd Memorial Library in Greenport invites families to come and draw colorful pictures to pretty up their sidewalks.

This event is in the "Teens" group

Butterfly Project

3:30pm–4:30pm
Teens
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Southold Free Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Bring your wooden butterfly to life with a splash of vibrant metallic paints! With Miss Darlene’s guidance, you’ll create dazzling wing designs that will make your butterfly truly shine.

This event is in the "Children" group
This event is in the "Tweens" group
This event is in the "Family" group

Beach Bingo Adventure!

6:00pm–7:30pm
Children, Tweens, Family
Open
Registration Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Family
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Meet us at Founders Beach and play Bingo with your friends for an evening of fun and laughs! Bingo sheets will be provided for you and the winners will receive a sweet treat to keep cool on the beach! Permission slip required and will be

This event is in the "Pre-School" group

Kool-Aid Ice Cream Dough

2:00pm–3:00pm
Pre-School
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Southold Free Library
Room: Pocket Park
Age Group: Pre-School
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Create your own “flavor” of ice cream dough using baking soda, hair conditioner, and Kool-Aid packets as well as colorful sprinkles to play ice cream store with and then take home! This program combines science and imagination all in one!

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.

This event is in the "Tweens" group
This event is in the "Teens" group

Round Robin Painting!

3:00pm–4:00pm
Tweens, Teens
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Southold Free Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a Round Robin Painting Extravaganza!
Here’s how it works:  

This event is in the "Teens" group

COLLEGE APPS BOOTCAMP

6:00pm–7:00pm
Teens
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Workshop
Event Details:

Get a head start on the college application process in this hands-on, 1-hour workshop designed just for teens. We’ll cover everything from exploring the right college fit to crafting standout applications.

This event is in the "Children" group
This event is in the "Family" group

Dance and Sing-a-Long Live Concert

6:00pm–7:00pm
Children, Family
Open
Registration Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Children, Family
Program Type: Performance
Registration Required
Event Details:

All Ages. Join us for great music and dancing fun from our beloved Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Brady Rymer! Bring a lawn chair or blanket with you.

This event is in the "Adults" group

Lighthouse tour

10:00am–11:30am
Adults
Open
Registration Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a special tour of Horton Point Lighthouse (constructed in 1857) and Nautical Museum with knowledgeable guides from the Southold Historical Museum. Enjoy a fabulous view from the lighthouse tower.

This event is in the "Children" group

Pollinator Sip Stick

11:00am–12:00pm
Children
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Southold Free Library
Room: Pocket Park
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Learn about our friendly pollinators while making a colorful garden/woodland sip stick for them to get a drink from. *This program will be held in the Pocket Park under the tent.