Delray Beach Public Library

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561-266-0194

Mon - Wed: 9AM - 8PM
Thu - Sat: 9AM - 5PM
Sun: 1PM - 5PM (SEPT-MAY)

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Calling All Serious Writers!
Organizer: Isabella Rowan
Email: isabella.rowan@delraylibrary.org

The Saturday Writers Studio is meeting virtually on Zoom. Serious writers are invited to participate in our Writers Studio. It is a group for authors who wish to polish manuscripts for publication or personal distribution.

Besties Book Club Subscription Box
Organizer: Loanis Menendez-Cuesta
Email: Loanis.Menendez@delraylibrary.org

What’s in each box? Everything you'll need for a Besties Book Club! Enjoy two copies of a hardcover book by a bestselling author. Plus, self-care goodies to help you unplug and disconnect from the world, soothe your senses, and immerse yourselves into your book fix!

Orchid Care Series 
Organizer: Loanis Menendez-Cuesta
Date: April 14, 2023 3:00 pm
Email: reference@delraylibrary.org

In the Large Meeting Room @ 3PM. Orchids make beautiful gifts and are wonderful ornamental plants, indoor or outdoor. They are also very easy to care for! In this intro workshop you will learn the basics of orchid care and how to repot them, their watering and fertilizing routines so you can make your orchid rebloom each year.

English for Adult Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
Organizer: Isabella Rowan
Date: May 16, 2023 6:30 pm
Email: isabella.rowan@delraylibrary.org

Adult English language learners will practice reading, writing, and speaking English and learn new vocabulary for real world situations.

Hooks and Needles: Learn to Knit or Crochet
Organizer: Isabella Rowan
Date: June 6, 2023 1:00 pm
Email: isabella.rowan@delraylibrary.org

Learn all about hooks and needles, types of yarn, and the differences between knit and crochet along with some basic stitches. Then, choose either knit or crochet  and select a fun project to complete as you learn and use new skills at this on-going drop-in class.

Film: All Saints
Organizer: Isabella Rowan
Date: June 7, 2023 2:00 pm
Email: isabella.rowan@delraylibrary.org

Based on a true story, a salesman-turned-pastor Michael Spurlock of a tiny Episcopal (Anglican) church in Smyrna, Tennessee is ordered to shut it down. He attempts to save the church, as well as a group of refugees from Karen State, Myanmar, in Southeast Asia.

Tuesday Book Group
Organizer: Isabella Rowan
Date: June 13, 2023 6:00 pm
Email: isabella.rowan@delraylibrary.org

Stay connected and engaged with other avid readers at our Tuesday Book Group.  We read and discuss a variety of current and popular fiction.

Film: Learning to Drive
Organizer: Isabella Rowan
Date: June 21, 2023 2:00 pm
Email: isabella.rowan@delraylibrary.org

A literary agent (Patricia Clarkson) whose husband left her and a Sikh driving instructor (Ben Kingsley) on the verge of an arranged marriage find that each has something to learn from the other about starting life anew.

Artistic Journeys
Organizer: Isabella Rowan
Date: June 21, 2023 6:00 pm
Email: isabella.rowan@delraylibrary.org

Come and meet the Paul Guirguis and Lowell Schmidt, the current artists on exhibit. They will talk briefly about their artistic processes and then guide visitors on a tour of their exhibit.

Learn Basic Cricut Design!
Organizer: Loanis Menendez-Cuesta
Date: June 23, 2023 3:00 pm
Email: reference@delraylibrary.org

The Cricut is an electronic cutting and drawing machine. Learn how to create designs on your computer can be cut or drawn into material such as paper, cardstock, vinyl, fabric, and more. Registration limited to 15. Already familiar with Cricut and have your materials and designs? Make an appointment to bring your designs and materials and cut them at the library! One sheet of 12x12 per registrant.

Afternoon Book Group
Organizer: Isabella Rowan
Date: June 26, 2023 1:00 pm
Email: isabella.rowan@delraylibrary.org

Stay connected and engaged with other avid readers at our Monday Afternoon Book Group.  We read and discuss a variety of current and popular fiction.

Miss Moses: A staged reading of the life of Harriet Tubman
Organizer: Isabella Rowan
Date: June 28, 2023 7:00 pm
Email: isabella.rowan@delraylibrary.org

Experience the life of an original American hero as you have never seen her before. Harriet Tubman escaped slavery and devoted the rest of her life to freeing enslaved peoples and leading them to freedom via the Underground Railroad. History says “General Tubman” never lost a passenger.

Film: 80 for Brady
Organizer: Isabella Rowan
Date: July 5, 2023 2:00 pm
Email: isabella.rowan@delraylibrary.org

A group of friends made it their life-long mission to go to the Super Bowl and meet NFL superstar Tom Brady.

Film: Offside
Organizer: Isabella Rowan
Date: July 19, 2023 2:00 pm
Email: isabella.rowan@delraylibrary.org

Tehran, and the whole of Iran, is galvanized by a soccer match to be played at the Azadi stadium between Bahrain and Iran, the victor of which will qualify for the World Cup. Although women are banned from watching, a number of them, undeterred, attempt to buy tickets and enter the stadium disguised as men.

The Palm Beach Opera Summer Listening Club
Organizer: Isabella Rowan
Date: July 26, 2023 1:00 pm
Email: isabella.rowan@delraylibrary.org

Join us for The Palm Beach Opera Summer Listening Club, a summer celebration of the power of opera! Sharpen your active listening through lively discussion as we explore the power of storytelling through music. Connect with opera buffs and opera newcomers through this brand-new program.