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This event is in the "Teens" group.
Jun 1 2025 Sun

Take and Make Community Service: DIY Tic-Tac-Toe Boards - Dix Hills

9:30am - 9:00pm
Teens
Dix Hills
Open
Registration Required
This event is in the "Teens" group.
Jun 1 2025 Sun

Take and Make Community Service: DIY Tic-Tac-Toe Boards - Dix Hills

9:30am - 9:00pm
Dix Hills
Open
Library Branch: Dix Hills
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Teen Community Service
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades: 6-12

Jun 1 2025 Sun

Zoom Meeting - RD

12:15pm - 4:15pm
Dix Hills
Jun 1 2025 Sun

Zoom Meeting - RD

12:15pm - 4:15pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Dix Hills
Room: Main Street Meeting Room 223 (Podcast Room)
Type of Meeting

Zoom

Jun 1 2025 Sun

Open Play Mahjong - Fern

12:30pm - 3:30pm
Dix Hills
Jun 1 2025 Sun

Open Play Mahjong - Fern

12:30pm - 3:30pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Dix Hills
Room: Meeting Room 313
Type of Meeting

Open play Mahjong

This event is in the "Children" group.
Jun 1 2025 Sun

Jedi Bootcamp - Dix Hills

2:00pm - 2:45pm
Children
Dix Hills
Open
Registration Required
This event is in the "Children" group.
Jun 1 2025 Sun

Jedi Bootcamp - Dix Hills

2:00pm - 2:45pm
Dix Hills
Open
Library Branch: Dix Hills
Room: Multipurpose Room 214
Age Group: Children
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades K-5

Master your lightsaber training & build a paper droid craft with Mr. Zack. District Residents Only.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
Jun 1 2025 Sun

The Day Trippers - Dix Hills

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Adults
Dix Hills
Full
Registration Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Jun 1 2025 Sun

The Day Trippers - Dix Hills

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Dix Hills
Full
Library Branch: Dix Hills
Room: Lecture Room 111
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Music, Performances
Registration Required
Event Details:

Sing along to this Beatles cover band and enjoy an afternoon of the greatest iconic rock and pop songs ever written.

Open to all.

This event is in the "Teens" group.
Jun 2 2025 Mon

Half Hollow Novel Box - Dix Hills

9:30am - 9:00pm
Teens
Dix Hills
Open
Registration Required
This event is in the "Teens" group.
Jun 2 2025 Mon

Half Hollow Novel Box - Dix Hills

9:30am - 9:00pm
Dix Hills
Open
Library Branch: Dix Hills
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Book Clubs
Registration Required
Event Details:

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    Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

    ALL first edition copies will be signed by the author! Signed copies available while supplies last.

    From V. E. Schwab, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: a new genre-defying novel about immortality and hunger.

    This is a story about hunger.
    1532. Santo Domingo de la Calzada.
    A young girl grows up wild and wily—her beauty is only outmatched by her dreams of escape. But María knows she can only ever be a prize, or a pawn, in the games played by men. When an alluring stranger offers an alternate path, María makes a desperate choice. She vows to have no regrets.

    This is a story about love.
    1827. London.
    A young woman lives an idyllic but cloistered life on her family’s estate, until a moment of forbidden intimacy sees her shipped off to London. Charlotte’s tender heart and seemingly impossible wishes are swept away by an invitation from a beautiful widow—but the price of freedom is higher than she could have imagined.

    This is a story about rage.
    2019. Boston.
    College was supposed to be her chance to be someone new. That’s why Alice moved halfway across the world, leaving her old life behind. But after an out-of-character one-night stand leaves her questioning her past, her present, and her future, Alice throws herself into the hunt for answers . . . and revenge.

    This is a story about life—
    how it ends, and how it starts.

    USA Today, 15 Most Anticipated of 2025
    BookBub, Most Anticipated of 2025 (and Reader’s Pick)
    Readers Digest, 20 Most Anticipated Books This Year
    Paste Magazine, Most Anticipated Fantasy Books of 2025
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    Men's Health, 25 Best & Most Anticipated Books of 2025
    The Nerd Daily, SFF to Devour in 2025
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  • Image for "The River Is Waiting"

    The River Is Waiting

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of two Oprah Book Club Picks—She’s Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True—Wally Lamb comes the propulsive story of a young father who, after an unbearable tragedy, reckons with the possibility of atonement for the unforgivable.

    Corby Ledbetter is struggling. New fatherhood, the loss of his job, and a growing secret addiction have thrown his marriage to his beloved Emily into a tailspin. And that’s before he causes the tragedy that tears the family apart. Sentenced to prison, Corby struggles to survive life on the inside, where he bears witness to frightful acts of brutality but also experiences small acts of kindness and elemental kinship with a prison librarian who sees his light and some of his fellow offenders, including a tender-hearted cellmate and a troubled teen desperate for a role model. Buoyed by them and by his mother’s enduring faith in him, Corby begins to transcend the boundaries of his confinement, sustained by his hope that mercy and reconciliation might still be possible. Can his crimes ever be forgiven by those he loves?

  • Don't Let Him In

    Don't Let Him In

    From #1 New York Times bestseller Lisa Jewell, an author “at the very top of her game” (Lucy Foley)—three women are connected by one man in this kaleidoscopic thriller.

    “Who are you? Who are you really?”

    Nick Radcliffe is a man of substance and good taste. He has a smile that could melt the coldest heart and a knack for putting others at ease. He’s just what Nina Swann needed in her life after her husband’s unexpected death. But to Nina’s adult daughter, Ash, Nick seems too slick, too polished, too good to be true. Without telling her mother, Ash begins digging into Nick’s past. What she finds is more than unsettling…

    “Because there are things that don’t make sense, and I’ve been so patient, so very patient…”

    Martha is a florist living in a neighboring town with her infant daughter and her devoted husband Alistair. But lately, Alistair has been traveling more and more frequently for work, disappearing for days at a time. When Martha questions him about his frequent absences, he always has a legitimate explanation, but Martha can’t share the feeling that something isn't right.

    “You know that’s mad, don’t you? I’m your husband. We know everything there is to know about each other.”

    Nina, Martha, and Ash are on a collision course with a shocking truth that is far darker than anyone could have imagined. And all three are about to wish they had heeded the same warning: Don’t let him in. But the past won’t stay buried forever.

  • Image for "Park Avenue"

    Park Avenue

    The HIGHLY ANTICIPATED adult debut novel from #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author Renée Ahdieh

    “Fans of Crazy Rich Asians, Schitt’s Creek, and White Lotus will get more than their fix of backstabbing and danger. A delectable and drama-filled thriller.” —Kirkus (STARRED review)

    “I can’t remember the last time I had so much fun reading a book!” —Nicola Yoon, #1 NYT BESTSELLING author

    Jia Song has always been destined for greatness. As the daughter of Korean bodega owners, she promised herself that she would have every Fifth Avenue luxury when she grew up, and it is all finally within reach. She has just made junior partner at her prestigious Manhattan law firm, she can count on her two best friends to have her back, and she is about to score the ultraluxe gold-on-gold Birkin bag of her dreams. So when her boss asks her to sit in on the hush-hush family implosion of a high-level client, she accepts without hesitation—only to find out that it is one of the most famous Korean families in the world.

    The Park family’s net worth is estimated at a billion dollars, and their megasuccessful Korean beauty brand has shaped the culture for the past two decades. But the patriarch is filing for divorce while his wife is dying, and their three children can’t stop snapping at one another. With both the family fortune and legacy under threat from the worst kind of scandal, it’s up to Jia to set things right—and she only has a month to do it. 

    As Jia sorts through the lies and subterfuge, chasing the truth across the globe on private jets, she finds herself falling for this broken, badly-behaving family in ways she can’t quite explain. But it is also becoming clear that the Parks are hiding dark secrets. Can she find the truth in time to protect the Parks’ fortune and secure her success at the firm? And can she hold on to what’s most important, even if it means admitting that what she's always wanted isn’t what she actually needs?

  • Image for "The Phoenix Pencil Company"

    The Phoenix Pencil Company

    In this dazzling debut novel, a hidden and nearly forgotten magic--of Reforging pencils, bringing the memories they contain back to life--holds the power to transform a young woman's relationship with her grandmother, and to mend long-lost connections across time and space.

    Monica Tsai spends most days on her computer, journaling the details of her ordinary life and coding for a program that seeks to connect strangers online. A self-proclaimed recluse, she's always struggled to make friends and, as a college freshman, finds herself escaping into a digital world, counting the days until she can return home to her beloved grandparents. They are now in their nineties, and Monica worries about them constantly--especially her grandmother, Yun, who survived two wars in China before coming to the States, and whose memory has begun to fade.

    Though Yun rarely speaks of her past, Monica is determined to find the long-lost cousin she was separated from years ago. One day, the very program Monica is helping to build connects her to a young woman, whose gift of a single pencil holds a surprising clue. Monica's discovery of a hidden family history is exquisitely braided with Yun's own memories as she writes of her years in Shanghai, working at the Phoenix Pencil Company. As WWII rages outside their door, Yun and her cousin, Meng, learn of a special power the women in their family possess: the ability to Reforge a pencil's words. But when the government uncovers their secret, they are forced into a life of espionage, betraying other people's stories to survive.

    Combining the cross-generational family saga and epistolary form of A Tale for the Time Being with the uplifting, emotional magic of The Midnight Library, Allison King's stunning debut novel asks: who owns and inherits our stories? The answers and secrets that surface on the page may have the unerasable power to reconnect a family and restore a legacy.

  • Image for "King of Ashes"

    King of Ashes

    Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby returns with King of Ashes, a Godfather-inspired Southern crime epic and dazzling family drama.

    When eldest son Roman Carruthers is summoned home after his father’s car accident, he finds his younger brother, Dante, in debt to dangerous criminals and his sister, Neveah, exhausted from holding the family—and the family business—together. Neveah and their father, who run the Carruthers Crematorium in the run-down central Virginia town of Jefferson Run, see death up close every day. But mortality draws even closer when it becomes clear that the crash that landed their father in a coma was no accident and Dante’s recklessness has placed them all in real danger.

    Roman, a financial whiz with a head for numbers and a talent for making his clients rich, has some money to help buy his brother out of trouble. But in his work with wannabe tough guys, he’s forgotten that there are real gangsters out there. As his bargaining chips go up in smoke, Roman realizes that he has only one thing left to offer to save his brother: himself, and his own particular set of skills.

    Roman begins his work for the criminals while Neveah tries to uncover the long-ago mystery of what happened to their mother, who disappeared when they were teenagers. But Roman is far less of a pushover than the gangsters realize. He is willing to do anything to save his family. Anything.

    Because everything burns.

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New DVDs

  • The Unbreakable Boy

    The Unbreakable Boy

    When Scott and Teresa learn that their son, Austin, is autistic and has brittle bone disease, they initially worry about his future. However, with Scott's growing faith and Austin's incredible spirit, they become unbreakable as they find joy, gratitude and courage in the most trying times.

  • Paddington in Peru

    Paddington in Peru

    When Paddington discovers his beloved aunt has gone missing from the Home for Retired Bears, he and the Brown family head to the jungles of Peru to find her. Determined to solve the mystery, they soon stumble across a legendary treasure as they make their way through the rainforests of the Amazon.

  • The Last Breath

    The Last Breath

    A heart-pounding film that follows seasoned deep-sea divers as they battle the raging elements to rescue their crewmate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface. Based on a true story, Last Breath is an electrifying story about teamwork, resilience, and a race against time to do the impossible.

  • Civil War

    Civil War

    From filmmaker Alex Garland comes a journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House.

  • Boy Kills World

    Boy Kills World

    Bill Skarsgård stars as "Boy" who vows revenge after his family is slaughtered by Hilda Van Der Koy, the deranged matriarch of a corrupt post-apocalyptic dynasty that left the boy orphaned, deaf and mute. Driven by his inner voice, one which he chose from his favorite childhood video game, Boy trains with a mysterious shaman to become an instrument of death and is set loose on the eve of the annual culling of rebels. Chaos ensues as Boy commits bloody martial arts mayhem, inciting a wrath of butchery and bloodletting. As he tries to get his bearings in this rambling realm, Boy soon falls in with a desperate resistance group, all the while squabbling with the apparent ghost of his rebellious little sister.

  • Sonic the Hedgehog 3

    Sonic the Hedgehog 3

    Sonic the Hedgehog returns to the big screen this holiday season in his most thrilling adventure yet. Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.

  • I'm Still Here

    I'm Still Here

    Eunice Paiva investigates her husband Rubens' disappearance while maintaining family stability. Rubens is a former PTB deputy who has gone missing.

  • Heart Eyes

    Heart Eyes

    For the past several years, the 'Heart Eyes Killer' has wreaked havoc on Valentine's Day by stalking and murdering romantic couples. This Valentine's Day, no couple is safe.

  • One of Them Days

    One of Them Days

    Best friends and roommates Dreux and Alyssa are about to have one of them days. When they discover Alyssa's boyfriend has blown their rent money, the duo finds themselves going to extremes in a comical race against the clock to avoid eviction and keep their friendship intact.

  • Mufasa: The Lion King

    Mufasa: The Lion King

    An orphaned Mufasa is lost and alone until he meets Taka, heir to a royal bloodline. This launches an epic journey that tests the pair's bonds as they evade a deadly foe.

  • Love Hurts

    Love Hurts

    Marvin left behind a violent life to hide in suburban Milwaukee as a mild-mannered realtor. He also left behind Rose, his former partner in crime. Now she's back and wants Marvin to help take revenge against his crime lord brother, Knuckles. Like it or not, Marvin finds himself back in a wild world of wisecracking hitmen with his open houses erupting into warzones. He'll need his lethal fighting skills, wit, and heroism to survive and save the day

  • Flight Risk

    Flight Risk

    A pilot transports an Air Marshal accompanying a fugitive to trial. As they cross the Alaskan wilderness, tensions soar and trust is tested, as not everyone on board is who they seem.

  • Dog Man

    Dog Man

    Dog Man, half dog and half man, he is sworn to protect and serve as he doggedly pursues the feline supervillain Petey the Cat.

  • Companion

    Companion

    A group of old friends reunite at a secluded mansion, but their weekend getaway goes sideways when someone is not what they seem.

  • Wolf Man

    Wolf Man

    Blake, a San Francisco husband and father, inherits his remote childhood home in rural Oregon after his own father vanishes and is presumed dead. With his marriage to his high-powered wife, Charlotte, fraying, Blake persuades Charlotte to take a break from the city and visit the property with their young daughter, Ginger. As the family approaches the farmhouse in the dead of night, they're attacked by an unseen animal and, in a desperate escape, barricade themselves inside the home as the creature prowls the perimeter. Through the night Blake begins to behave strangely, transforming into something unrecognizable, and Charlotte will be forced to decide whether the terror within their house is more lethal than the danger without.

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