This program is for children of all ages who want to learn to play or improve their chess moves and play in tournaments. Our chess instructor will teach the chess players how to think and plan their next move and use their brain power to win. Come and join our chess group and learn to make a risky move, check and have fun. This program is made possible by the Friends of the Cleveland Park Library.
Join yoga instructor, Dexter Sumner, for an accessible, all-levels yoga class every Wednesday evening. Yoga will take place in the lower level meeting room. Please bring your own yoga mat.
FREE | Ages 18+
*Our instructor will be taking a short summer break. Classes are cancelled on August 7 and 14 and will return on August 21. NO CLASS on August 28.
Express your true self in color with this exciting, fun, and fulfilling acrylic painting class! In this eight week class, you will learn a wide variety of acrylic painting techniques like color mixing, composition and texture, landscape, and more. Unleash your creativity while you deepen your knowledge of art and painting on canvas.
Paint, brushes, canvas paper, cups and paper plates will be provided.
Please register at pauline.sealey@dc.gov
FREE | Ages 60 and older
Sing, play, dance and learn.That’s our motto for this program. Childrenof all ages will have the opportunity to play musical instruments, sing along with popular songs, dance to their favorite music, and learn the alphabet and how to count. This program is all about rhythm and speech stimuli that allow children to enjoy music.
These 20-to-30-minute story times are full of books, songs, rhymes and finger plays for children ages birth to 2 years old. Our Baby and Toddler Story Time is a great way to introduce your child to language skills in a positive and fun environment. With slightly more activity and movement than our lap times, children and their grownups are encouraged to engage with the books and songs and to actively participate in the program.
These 20-to-30-minute story times are full of books, songs, rhymes and finger plays for children ages birth to 2 years old. Our Baby and Toddler Story Time is a great way to introduce your child to language skills in a positive and fun environment. With slightly more activity and movement than our lap times, children and their grownups are encouraged to engage with the books and songs and to actively participate in the program.
The Cleveland Park Mystery Book Club meets the first Thursday of the month in the Cleveland Park Library second floor conference room. We read all types of crime fiction including noir, thrillers, espionage and even the occasional non-fiction title.
Story time fun for the entire family. These 30-to-40-minute story times are packed full of books and activities designed to be enjoyed by all ages. Promoting language and literacy skills, story times are a great way to further your child’s lifelong love of reading and learning. Children and their grownups are encouraged to actively engage and participate with the stories and activities during the program.
Get one-on-one assistance with navigating your digital devices. We will also look at Overdrive and other DC Public Library databases you can use for free with your library card. Please bring your charged device with you.
A story time experience for our youngest library users and their caregivers. These 20-to-30-minute story times introduce books, songs, rhymes, tickles and bounces developmentally appropriate for children ages birth to when they start walking. Baby Lap Time is a wonderful way to introduce your child to the joys of reading in a positive and fun atmosphere. This story time is designed so the baby will be in their caregiver’s lap and the grownup is actively involved in the program. It is recommended that each child have their own adult with them.
He was Henry VIII's right hand man and played an influential role in English history. However, power and influence came with a heavy and dangerous price for Thomas Cromwell.
Staff at Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library are available for job seeker assistance all month long, every month.
While we can provide only the quickest help for walk-ins, call the Information Desk, 202-282-3072, or email clevelandparklibrary@dc.gov to make an appointment for one-on-one assistance. You can receive help navigating search sites, filling out online applications, setting up accounts on popular job websites, and writing resumes and cover letters.
April is National Poetry Month and we are celebrating all month long in the children's room with a poetry-themed scavenger hunt!
Starting April 1, participants will use their inner sleuth to search through the library to find hidden clues. Each clue will have a title of a book as well as a call number. Find each book on the shelf and match it to its description on the questionnaire to win a prize.
Join us on April 2 to discuss Murder on Astor Place, first in the Gaslight Mystery series set at the end of the 19th century in New York City, featuring mid-wife Sarah Brandt and Detective Frank Malloy.
As the cherry blossoms arrive, so does the Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library's annual haiku contest! Find your muse, and create your own haiku.
A form of Japanese poetry, haiku arises from observations of everyday life, and often of nature. The poem consists of three lines: five syllables, seven syllables, five syllables. Haiku’s simplicity is its strength, and the poem’s third line may bring a surprise.
Touching the essence:
A vision, mood, a moment
Illuminated
Come and join us for Easter egg decoration on Friday, April 3 at 4 p.m. and learn about when and where the tradition started.
Did you know that the Macedonians were the first Christians on record to use eggs in connection with Easter? Children brought all the eggs they could find, dyed them, and sold them in the marketplace. Most of the Macedonians eggs were red, though a few were dyed yellow and green.
In many parts of the world, Easter is time for races of all kinds.
Because myths and fairy tales are so well known, they can make a great backdrop for an author to play with story. There are a lot of great children's books that take a common story as the base, but where the author makes the tale their own.
Here are some of my favorites:
My favorite class in college was called "Revisioning the Classics." In this class, we read classic texts like Hamlet andAntigone, and then modern retellings like
Join us in celebrating Women's History Month, and win fantastic prizes!
Every Monday in March, a new trivia question will be posted on Twitter (@dcpl) and Facebook. Respond by Friday with the correct answer using #herstoryDCPL, and get entered to win a different prize each week! We'll reveal the correct answer at the end of the week.
March is here, so put a spring in your step by coming to an event at the library!
Kick March off right with a movie! March 4 at 4 p.m. in the second floor meeting room we will be screening the movie Edge of Tomorrow. Refreshments will be provided.
March 18 at 4 p.m. in the first floor meeting room stop by for gaming hour! We have wii games, board games, and card games available, so no matter how you game we have you covered!
