Exploration Commons will be closed on Wednesday, October 30, 2024 for a statewide training. We will reopen for regular hours on Thursday, October 31, 2024.
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Check our Program Guide or the Calendar of Events site for more events.
Infant Lapsit Storytime
Eldersburg Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 9:30am - 10:30am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Infants and young babies who are crawlers/pre-walkers and their caregivers are invited to this laid-back, gentle program to enjoy nursery rhymes and stories together as we start baby's love of reading and begin to build literacy skills, all from the comfort of their favorite grownup's lap.
Eldersburg Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 9:30am - 10:30am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Infants and young babies who are crawlers/pre-walkers and their caregivers are invited to this laid-back, gentle program to enjoy nursery rhymes and stories together as we start baby's love of reading and begin to build literacy skills, all from the comfort of their favorite grownup's lap.
Is your little one starting to walk and is more wiggly and active? Check out our Read and Play programs Tuesdays at 10:30 AM and Thursdays at 9:30 AM!
Read and Play
Finksburg Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 9:45am - 10:30am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Finksburg Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 9:45am - 10:30am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Read and Play: Halloween Storytime
Taneytown Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 10:00am - 10:45am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Costumes are welcomed.
Taneytown Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 10:00am - 10:45am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Costumes are welcomed.
Move and Learn
North Carroll Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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A theme-based storytime featuring an age-appropriate story, songs, and learning activities, with a concentration on creative movement.
North Carroll Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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A theme-based storytime featuring an age-appropriate story, songs, and learning activities, with a concentration on creative movement.
Read and Play
Westminster Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Westminster Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Read and Play
Mount Airy Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Mount Airy Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Read and Play: Halloween Fun!
Eldersburg Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 10:30am - 11:30am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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During our Halloween Fun storytime, we’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement with a Halloween theme! Come dressed in your costume and finish storytime with trick-or-treating fun around the library.
Eldersburg Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 10:30am - 11:30am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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During our Halloween Fun storytime, we’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement with a Halloween theme! Come dressed in your costume and finish storytime with trick-or-treating fun around the library.
Move and Learn
North Carroll Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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A theme-based storytime featuring an age-appropriate story, songs, and learning activities, with a concentration on creative movement.
North Carroll Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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A theme-based storytime featuring an age-appropriate story, songs, and learning activities, with a concentration on creative movement.
Twos and Threes Together
Finksburg Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Finksburg Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Twos and Threes Together
Westminster Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Westminster Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Twos and Threes Together
Mount Airy Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Mount Airy Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Twos and Threes Together: Halloween Storytime
Taneytown Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 2 - 3
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Costumes are welcomed.
Taneytown Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 2 - 3
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Costumes are welcomed.
Carroll County Health Department's Health on Wheels Mobile Services
North Carroll Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages:
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Health on Wheels will offer a range of services, including reproductive health services, HIV and Hepatitis C testing, blood pressure screening, smoking cessation, Naloxone training, peer support services, birth certificates, assistance with vaccines, WIC services by appointment, and health education. Not all services will be available at all locations. The schedule for locations and service information will be posted when available at https://cchd.maryland.gov/healthonwheels/.
North Carroll Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages:
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Health on Wheels will offer a range of services, including reproductive health services, HIV and Hepatitis C testing, blood pressure screening, smoking cessation, Naloxone training, peer support services, birth certificates, assistance with vaccines, WIC services by appointment, and health education. Not all services will be available at all locations. The schedule for locations and service information will be posted when available at https://cchd.maryland.gov/healthonwheels/.
Plenty of Pumpkins
Eldersburg Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages: 2 - 5
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Join us as we explore pumpkins through crafts, stories, and fun!
Eldersburg Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages: 2 - 5
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Join us as we explore pumpkins through crafts, stories, and fun!
Girls Who Code
Eldersburg Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Ages: 10 - 18
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Girls Who Code is on a mission to close the gender gap in technology and change the image of what a programmer looks like and does. In this eight-week series, students will explore coding in a fun and friendly environment with presenter Enya Sliwinski, a local Girls Who Code alumna.
Eldersburg Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Ages: 10 - 18
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Girls Who Code is on a mission to close the gender gap in technology and change the image of what a programmer looks like and does. In this eight-week series, students will explore coding in a fun and friendly environment with presenter Enya Sliwinski, a local Girls Who Code alumna.
Diverse Voices Book Club: What Storm, What Thunder
Westminster Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Ages: 16 - Adults, Adults
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Join us for a monthly book discussion focusing on a diverse author's work. Each month, we will select a young adult or adult title written by an author from a diverse background so we can learn from others' perspectives. Our October selection is the 2024 One Maryland, One Book What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam J. A. Chancy. Attendees are welcome to attend in person at CCPL's Westminster Branch or virtually through Zoom.
Westminster Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Ages: 16 - Adults, Adults
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Join us for a monthly book discussion focusing on a diverse author's work. Each month, we will select a young adult or adult title written by an author from a diverse background so we can learn from others' perspectives. Our October selection is the 2024 One Maryland, One Book What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam J. A. Chancy. Attendees are welcome to attend in person at CCPL's Westminster Branch or virtually through Zoom.
Drop-In Diamond Painting
Taneytown Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: Adults
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Join us for a drop-in session of diamond painting! No experience is necessary!
Taneytown Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: Adults
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Join us for a drop-in session of diamond painting! No experience is necessary!
North Carroll Writers Group
North Carroll Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: Adults
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Bring your writing, works-in-progress, or works-in-thought. This writing group allows beginners, unpublished, and published writers to network, learn, vent, and feel inspired to move to the next level. All genres are welcome: novel, short story, essay, poetry, memoirs, spiritual, sci-fi, fiction, and nonfiction. This group is led by Barbara D. Duffey, an experienced writing workshop leader and author of five books.
North Carroll Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: Adults
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Bring your writing, works-in-progress, or works-in-thought. This writing group allows beginners, unpublished, and published writers to network, learn, vent, and feel inspired to move to the next level. All genres are welcome: novel, short story, essay, poetry, memoirs, spiritual, sci-fi, fiction, and nonfiction. This group is led by Barbara D. Duffey, an experienced writing workshop leader and author of five books.
Fall Prevention Part 2: Don't Fall This Fall!
North Carroll Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Learn how to safely get up from a fall and basic strengthening exercises for balance and fall prevention. Chris Konior, Licensed Occupational Therapist and Senior Fitness Instructor will also provide handouts.
North Carroll Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Learn how to safely get up from a fall and basic strengthening exercises for balance and fall prevention. Chris Konior, Licensed Occupational Therapist and Senior Fitness Instructor will also provide handouts.
Pajama Party Storytime
Finksburg Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:15pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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Wear your pajamas, bring your favorite stuffed animal, and listen to stories before bed. This storytime introduces stories through books, songs, and activities appropriate for young children.
Finksburg Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:15pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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Wear your pajamas, bring your favorite stuffed animal, and listen to stories before bed. This storytime introduces stories through books, songs, and activities appropriate for young children.
Gentle Yoga
Eldersburg Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 13 - Adults
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This gentle yoga class allows students of various abilities and physical conditions to develop their yoga practice comfortably. Yoga has many appealing aspects, including increased flexibility, relaxation, strength, improved balance, stress, and pain relief. No experience is necessary. Please wear comfortable clothing; bring a mat and a blanket.
Eldersburg Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 13 - Adults
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This gentle yoga class allows students of various abilities and physical conditions to develop their yoga practice comfortably. Yoga has many appealing aspects, including increased flexibility, relaxation, strength, improved balance, stress, and pain relief. No experience is necessary. Please wear comfortable clothing; bring a mat and a blanket.
Mount Airy Teen Advisory Board
Mount Airy Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 12 - 17
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Calling all teens with a love of the library! Earn service hours while making friends, beautifying the library, and planning programs!
Mount Airy Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 12 - 17
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Calling all teens with a love of the library! Earn service hours while making friends, beautifying the library, and planning programs!
If this is your first time joining us, please print and complete a copy of the volunteer application.
To Be Read: W. Bruce Cameron
Mount Airy Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: Adults
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Families welcome! W. Bruce Cameron is the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of A Dog's Purpose, A Dog's Way Home, and A Dog's Journey (all now major motion pictures), The Dog Master, A Dog's Promise, the Puppy Tales for young readers (starting with Ellie's Story and Bailey's Story), The Dogs of Christmas, The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man, and others. He lives in California. His latest book, My Three Dogs, is a charming and heartfelt story about humankind's best, most loyal friends, and a wonderful adventure of love and finding home. Books for kids and adults will be available for purchase and signing.
Mount Airy Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: Adults
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Families welcome! W. Bruce Cameron is the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of A Dog's Purpose, A Dog's Way Home, and A Dog's Journey (all now major motion pictures), The Dog Master, A Dog's Promise, the Puppy Tales for young readers (starting with Ellie's Story and Bailey's Story), The Dogs of Christmas, The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man, and others. He lives in California. His latest book, My Three Dogs, is a charming and heartfelt story about humankind's best, most loyal friends, and a wonderful adventure of love and finding home. Books for kids and adults will be available for purchase and signing.
Presented by A Likely Story Bookstore and Carroll County Public Library.
Pajama Party Storytime
Westminster Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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Wear your pajamas, bring your favorite stuffed animal, and listen to stories before bed. This storytime introduces stories through books, songs, and activities appropriate for young children.
Westminster Branch
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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Wear your pajamas, bring your favorite stuffed animal, and listen to stories before bed. This storytime introduces stories through books, songs, and activities appropriate for young children.
Writing Group
Eldersburg Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 9:15am - 1:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Writers of all levels and genres are invited to join our weekly writing group. It is a flexible, drop-in, stay-as-long-as-you-like environment. The primary goal is to dedicate quiet time away from the daily chaos to make consistent progress on your novel or children's book. Bring your current project to work on during this time. At 10 AM, we will brainstorm, critique, and share knowledge about upcoming events and the book publishing industry. You are welcome to share a short piece of writing during this time for critique.
Eldersburg Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 9:15am - 1:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Writers of all levels and genres are invited to join our weekly writing group. It is a flexible, drop-in, stay-as-long-as-you-like environment. The primary goal is to dedicate quiet time away from the daily chaos to make consistent progress on your novel or children's book. Bring your current project to work on during this time. At 10 AM, we will brainstorm, critique, and share knowledge about upcoming events and the book publishing industry. You are welcome to share a short piece of writing during this time for critique.
Move & Groove Storytime: Halloween Fun!
Eldersburg Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 9:30am - 10:30am
Ages: Birth - 8
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During our Halloween Fun storytime, we’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement with a Halloween theme! Come dressed in your costume and finish storytime with trick-or-treating fun around the library.
Eldersburg Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 9:30am - 10:30am
Ages: Birth - 8
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During our Halloween Fun storytime, we’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement with a Halloween theme! Come dressed in your costume and finish storytime with trick-or-treating fun around the library.
Family Storytime
Finksburg Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 9:45am - 10:30am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Finksburg Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 9:45am - 10:30am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Family Storytime
North Carroll Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
North Carroll Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Read and Play
Westminster Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Westminster Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Read and Play: Halloween Storytime
Taneytown Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Costumes are welcomed.
Taneytown Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Costumes are welcomed.
Ready, Set, School!
Mount Airy Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: 3 - 6
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An independent storytime that prepares children for school. Fun, hands-on activities will teach listening, pre-reading, math, movement, music, and art skills.
Mount Airy Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: 3 - 6
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An independent storytime that prepares children for school. Fun, hands-on activities will teach listening, pre-reading, math, movement, music, and art skills.
Mount Airy Knitters
Mount Airy Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Join the Mount Airy Knitters for a weekly roundtable of knitting, conversation, and fun. All experience levels are welcome.
Mount Airy Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Join the Mount Airy Knitters for a weekly roundtable of knitting, conversation, and fun. All experience levels are welcome.
Move & Groove Storytime: Halloween Fun!
Eldersburg Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 10:30am - 11:30am
Ages: Birth - 8
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During our Halloween Fun storytime, we’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement with a Halloween theme! Come dressed in your costume and finish storytime with trick-or-treating fun around the library.
Eldersburg Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 10:30am - 11:30am
Ages: Birth - 8
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During our Halloween Fun storytime, we’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement with a Halloween theme! Come dressed in your costume and finish storytime with trick-or-treating fun around the library.
Family Storytime: Halloween Storytime
Taneytown Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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Costumes are welcomed.
Taneytown Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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Costumes are welcomed.
Ready, Set, School!
Finksburg Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 3 - 6
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An independent storytime that prepares children for school. Fun, hands-on activities will teach listening, pre-reading, math, movement, music, and art skills.
Finksburg Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 3 - 6
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An independent storytime that prepares children for school. Fun, hands-on activities will teach listening, pre-reading, math, movement, music, and art skills.
Twos and Threes Together
Westminster Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Westminster Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Eldersburg Hooked on Crochet
Eldersburg Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Ages: 12 - Adults
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Join this friendly crochet group open to beginners and experienced crocheters alike. Those new to crocheting should bring a size J hook and a light-colored, worsted-weight yarn to the class.
Eldersburg Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Ages: 12 - Adults
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Join this friendly crochet group open to beginners and experienced crocheters alike. Those new to crocheting should bring a size J hook and a light-colored, worsted-weight yarn to the class.
Mid-Week Movie and Munch: Coco
Westminster Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Ages: All Ages
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Join us for popcorn and a few sweets to watch Disney's Coco. Despite his family's ban on all music, Miguel dreams of becoming a famous musician. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel is transported among his ancestors to the colorful Land of the Dead. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history. This movie is rated PG and runs 1hr 45m.
Westminster Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Ages: All Ages
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Join us for popcorn and a few sweets to watch Disney's Coco. Despite his family's ban on all music, Miguel dreams of becoming a famous musician. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel is transported among his ancestors to the colorful Land of the Dead. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history. This movie is rated PG and runs 1hr 45m.
Family Fun Night
North Carroll Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:15pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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Wear your pajamas and listen to stories before bed. Join us for family fun, featuring stories, music, crafts, play, and time with friends.
North Carroll Branch
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:15pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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Wear your pajamas and listen to stories before bed. Join us for family fun, featuring stories, music, crafts, play, and time with friends.
SOLD OUT! An Evening with Louise Penny
Offsite
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Ages: Adults
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SOLD OUT!
Offsite
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Ages: Adults
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SOLD OUT!
Tickets $30 – Admission with Book (unsigned, no meet & greet)
Tickets $40 – Admission with Signed Book (no meet & greet)
Tickets $75 – Admission with VIP Meet & Greet (book signing)
Advance ticket purchase is required for all attendees. Click to purchase tickets here.
Presented by A Likely Story Bookstore and Carroll County Public Library.
Louise Penny is the #1 New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling author of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels. She has won numerous awards, including a CWA Dagger and the Agatha Award (nine times), and was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Novel. She lives in a small village south of Montréal.
Ticket holders will receive a copy of Penny's latest novel, The Grey Wolf. A limited number VIP tickets, including a signing and meet-and-greet, will be available for purchase.
**Please note that the author will be unable to sign all books or participate in a meet and greet with anyone other than a VIP ticket holder. Signed Book ticket holders will receive a pre-signed book and will not be included in the meet and greet.
Accessibility: If special accommodations are needed, please contact the event organizer at least two weeks prior to the event.
Refund Policy: Refund requests for ticket price will be considered until two weeks before the event date. Eventbrite ticket fees are non-refundable. Any ticket holder who is unable to attend after that date will still be able to receive a copy of The Grey Wolf. In the event of a weather cancellation, ticket holders will receive credit for use on a future event.
Special thanks to Carroll County Public Schools.
Read and Play: Halloween Fun!
Eldersburg Branch
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 9:30am - 10:30am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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During our Halloween Fun storytime, we’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement with a Halloween theme! Come dressed in your costume and finish storytime with trick-or-treating fun around the library.
Eldersburg Branch
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 9:30am - 10:30am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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During our Halloween Fun storytime, we’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement with a Halloween theme! Come dressed in your costume and finish storytime with trick-or-treating fun around the library.
Intro to Basic Sewing Skills (Skill Level 0)
Exploration Commons
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 9:30am - 12:30pm
Ages: 14 - Adults
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Learn the basics to feel comfortable using a sewing machine. This introductory-level class includes the EC sewing machine certification necessary for many other classes and/or independent sewing machine use in the makerspace.
Exploration Commons
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 9:30am - 12:30pm
Ages: 14 - Adults
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Learn the basics to feel comfortable using a sewing machine. This introductory-level class includes the EC sewing machine certification necessary for many other classes and/or independent sewing machine use in the makerspace.
If you've never touched a sewing machine or a sewing needle, or if it's been years since you've sewed, and you need a refresher on the basics, then this class is for you.
Prerequisite: None
Materials: A sewing machine and all necessary materials will be provided.
Twos and Threes Together
Finksburg Branch
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 9:45am - 10:30am
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Finksburg Branch
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 9:45am - 10:30am
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Boo Bash!
North Carroll Branch
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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Join us for fun, not-too-scary stories followed by a costume parade.
North Carroll Branch
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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Join us for fun, not-too-scary stories followed by a costume parade.
Family Storytime
Mount Airy Branch
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Mount Airy Branch
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Family Storytime: Halloween Storytime
Taneytown Branch
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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Costumes are welcomed.
Taneytown Branch
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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Costumes are welcomed.
Twos and Threes Together
Westminster Branch
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Westminster Branch
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
North Carroll Writers Group
North Carroll Branch
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Bring your writing, works-in-progress, or works-in-thought. This writing group allows beginners, unpublished, and published writers to network, learn, vent, and feel inspired to move to the next level. All genres are welcome: novel, short story, essay, poetry, memoirs, spiritual, sci-fi, fiction, and nonfiction. This group is led by Barbara D. Duffey, an experienced writing workshop leader and author of five books.
North Carroll Branch
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Bring your writing, works-in-progress, or works-in-thought. This writing group allows beginners, unpublished, and published writers to network, learn, vent, and feel inspired to move to the next level. All genres are welcome: novel, short story, essay, poetry, memoirs, spiritual, sci-fi, fiction, and nonfiction. This group is led by Barbara D. Duffey, an experienced writing workshop leader and author of five books.
Family Storytime: Halloween Fun!
Eldersburg Branch
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 10:30am - 11:30am
Ages: Birth - 8
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During our Halloween Fun storytime, we’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement with a Halloween theme! Come dressed in your costume and finish storytime with trick-or-treating fun around the library.
Eldersburg Branch
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 10:30am - 11:30am
Ages: Birth - 8
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During our Halloween Fun storytime, we’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement with a Halloween theme! Come dressed in your costume and finish storytime with trick-or-treating fun around the library.
Read and Play
Finksburg Branch
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 11:00am - 11:45am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Finksburg Branch
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 11:00am - 11:45am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Family Storytime
Westminster Branch
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Westminster Branch
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Party Dance Lesson!
Mount Airy Branch
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Haven't been to a wedding or party in a while, but want to hit the dance floor with everyone else? Join us as we host a multi-venue dance instructor who will teach us the latest trends! We'll learn several group dances, guaranteed to get your steps in line and your spirits up! Costumes, while not required, are definitely encouraged!
Mount Airy Branch
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Haven't been to a wedding or party in a while, but want to hit the dance floor with everyone else? Join us as we host a multi-venue dance instructor who will teach us the latest trends! We'll learn several group dances, guaranteed to get your steps in line and your spirits up! Costumes, while not required, are definitely encouraged!
Spooky Music Fun
Taneytown Branch
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Ages: 2 - 6
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Join the fun with your child as we have a spooky musical celebration with instruments, dancing, bean bags, streamers, and more! Costumes for all ages are welcome.
Taneytown Branch
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Ages: 2 - 6
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Join the fun with your child as we have a spooky musical celebration with instruments, dancing, bean bags, streamers, and more! Costumes for all ages are welcome.
Creepy Critters: Bats & Owls (Halloween)
North Carroll Branch
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Ages: 8 - 18
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Join 4-H Environmental Educator Torrey Silliman for this fun Halloween-inspired program! We’ll discuss bats and owls, including some of their amazing adaptations and the mythology behind their creepy reputations.
North Carroll Branch
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Ages: 8 - 18
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Join 4-H Environmental Educator Torrey Silliman for this fun Halloween-inspired program! We’ll discuss bats and owls, including some of their amazing adaptations and the mythology behind their creepy reputations.
Books and Bites: Cakesicles and Gothic Fiction
Exploration Commons
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Create chocolate-encased cake pops in our spooky molds and snack on your treats while listening to gothic fiction book talks from Westminster librarians in our teaching kitchen! You'll be able to check out books at the end of class.
Exploration Commons
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Create chocolate-encased cake pops in our spooky molds and snack on your treats while listening to gothic fiction book talks from Westminster librarians in our teaching kitchen! You'll be able to check out books at the end of class.
Ghostly Glow: 3D Printed Nightlights
Exploration Commons
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 4:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 15 - Adults
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Want to spice up your Halloween night decor? In this class, we will 3D model our own ghostly figures that can be rigged up to everyday electronics to create a one-of-a-kind spooky nightlight!
Exploration Commons
Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 4:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 15 - Adults
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Want to spice up your Halloween night decor? In this class, we will 3D model our own ghostly figures that can be rigged up to everyday electronics to create a one-of-a-kind spooky nightlight!
Cuentos Bilingües/Bilingual Storytime
Finksburg Branch
Friday, November 1, 2024 - 10:00am - 10:30am
Ages: 2 - 10
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Are you interested in improving your language skills? Join us for Spanish Bilingual Storytime! There will be singing, dancing, activities, stories, and rhymes in Spanish and English.
¿Está interesado en mejorar sus habilidades del lenguaje? ¡Ven a la biblioteca para el programa de cuentos bilingües en español e inglés! Habrá cantos, bailes, actividades, cuentos y rimas en español e inglés.
Finksburg Branch
Friday, November 1, 2024 - 10:00am - 10:30am
Ages: 2 - 10
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Are you interested in improving your language skills? Join us for Spanish Bilingual Storytime! There will be singing, dancing, activities, stories, and rhymes in Spanish and English.
¿Está interesado en mejorar sus habilidades del lenguaje? ¡Ven a la biblioteca para el programa de cuentos bilingües en español e inglés! Habrá cantos, bailes, actividades, cuentos y rimas en español e inglés.
ABCs & 123s: Bedtime
Taneytown Branch
Friday, November 1, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: 2 - 5
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Join the fun as we explore letters and numbers. We’ll offer lots of engaging, hands-on activities to make learning fun!
Taneytown Branch
Friday, November 1, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: 2 - 5
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Join the fun as we explore letters and numbers. We’ll offer lots of engaging, hands-on activities to make learning fun!
Read and Play
North Carroll Branch
Friday, November 1, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
North Carroll Branch
Friday, November 1, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Tinker Tots
Eldersburg Branch
Friday, November 1, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: 2 - 5
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A little push, a twist, a turn. Keep those little fingers busy and experiment in our library Tinkertown. Fun, playful activities will engage the mind and body as your child builds their fine motor skills and creativity.
Eldersburg Branch
Friday, November 1, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: 2 - 5
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A little push, a twist, a turn. Keep those little fingers busy and experiment in our library Tinkertown. Fun, playful activities will engage the mind and body as your child builds their fine motor skills and creativity.
Kiddie Costume Ball
Westminster Branch
Friday, November 1, 2024 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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Come one, come all, to the Kiddie Costume Ball! Come dressed in your favorite costume, listen to music, dance, and play with friends.
Westminster Branch
Friday, November 1, 2024 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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Come one, come all, to the Kiddie Costume Ball! Come dressed in your favorite costume, listen to music, dance, and play with friends.
Spanish Language Practice Circle
Taneytown Branch
Friday, November 1, 2024 - 10:30am - 11:30am
Ages: Adults
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Join us for a friendly and informal group gathering to practice speaking Spanish together. All levels are welcome. This program is led by a partner from The Literacy Council of Carroll County.
Taneytown Branch
Friday, November 1, 2024 - 10:30am - 11:30am
Ages: Adults
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Join us for a friendly and informal group gathering to practice speaking Spanish together. All levels are welcome. This program is led by a partner from The Literacy Council of Carroll County.
Book Chat
Taneytown Branch
Friday, November 1, 2024 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Join us for an hour of chatting about books! Come and share what you are reading and get ideas from others about what to read next!
Taneytown Branch
Friday, November 1, 2024 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Join us for an hour of chatting about books! Come and share what you are reading and get ideas from others about what to read next!
Writing Group: Tea & Poetry
Mount Airy Branch
Friday, November 1, 2024 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages: 16 - Adults
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If you enjoy reading poetry, chances are you enjoy writing it, too! Join our informal monthly poetry writing group, where we'll share a cup of tea, discuss poetry topics, and write poetry. All experience levels are welcome. Supportive group discussions are encouraged, but readings are optional. If you need one, writing journals will be provided, or you can bring your favorite notebook. Bring those imaginations, and let's start writing!
Mount Airy Branch
Friday, November 1, 2024 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages: 16 - Adults
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If you enjoy reading poetry, chances are you enjoy writing it, too! Join our informal monthly poetry writing group, where we'll share a cup of tea, discuss poetry topics, and write poetry. All experience levels are welcome. Supportive group discussions are encouraged, but readings are optional. If you need one, writing journals will be provided, or you can bring your favorite notebook. Bring those imaginations, and let's start writing!
Writer's Circle
Taneytown Branch
Friday, November 1, 2024 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Join this fun group of writers and aspiring writers as we share what we are working on and listen to feedback from others. Whether you write novels, short stories, poems, or anything in between, this group is for you!
Taneytown Branch
Friday, November 1, 2024 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Join this fun group of writers and aspiring writers as we share what we are working on and listen to feedback from others. Whether you write novels, short stories, poems, or anything in between, this group is for you!
Ghost Walk of Westminster
Westminster Branch
Friday, November 1, 2024 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Ages: 10 - Adults
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Join us for a ghost presentation and stroll through Westminster to visit our local ghosts and legends. The walk is approximately 1.5 miles. Registrants will be contacted with updates in the event of bad weather.
Westminster Branch
Friday, November 1, 2024 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Ages: 10 - Adults
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Join us for a ghost presentation and stroll through Westminster to visit our local ghosts and legends. The walk is approximately 1.5 miles. Registrants will be contacted with updates in the event of bad weather.
Cozy Con: Olivia Blacke, Donna Andrews, Mindy Quigley, & Korina Moss
Offsite
Friday, November 1, 2024 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Presented by A Likely Story Bookstore, Carroll Lutheran Village, and Carroll County Public Library.
Offsite
Friday, November 1, 2024 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Presented by A Likely Story Bookstore, Carroll Lutheran Village, and Carroll County Public Library.
Join us for this special event featuring a panel of cozy mystery authors. Books will be available for signing and purchase.
Olivia Blacke:
Death is only the beginning in Olivia Blacke's A New Lease on Death, a darkly funny supernatural mystery that introduces an unlikely crime-solving duo. She is also the author of the Record Shop Mysteries and the Brooklyn Murder Mysteries.
Donna Andrews:
Bells are ringing and alarms are sounding in Donna Andrews' latest cheery addition in the New York Times bestselling Meg Langslow series, Rockin' Around the Chickadee. Bells are ringing and alarms are sounding in Donna Andrews' latest cheery addition in the New York Times bestselling Meg Langslow series.
Mindy Quigley:
Sleep in Heavenly Pizza is the fourth book in Mindy Quigley's delectable Deep Dish Mystery series, set in a Wisconsin pizzeria. She is the author of the Deep Dish Mysteries and the Lindsay Harding Mystery series.
Korina Moss:
In Korina Moss's Fondue or Die, the lazy, hazy, dairy days of summer are coming to a close in the Sonoma Valley. . . and so is someone’s life. Korina received the Agatha Award for Best First Novel, Cheddar Off Dead.
Irish Soda Breads
Exploration Commons
Saturday, November 2, 2024 - 9:30am - 11:30am
Ages: 15 - Adults
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We will explore the classic Irish soda bread recipes in this hands-on class.
Exploration Commons
Saturday, November 2, 2024 - 9:30am - 11:30am
Ages: 15 - Adults
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We will explore the classic Irish soda bread recipes in this hands-on class.
Introduction to Metal Detecting
Taneytown Branch
Saturday, November 2, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: 13 - Adults
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Are you interested in metal detecting? Would you like to learn more about this fascinating hobby? Join us at CCPL's Taneytown Branch as the Northern Maryland Dirt Diggers introduce us to metal detecting and show off some of their equipment and finds!
Taneytown Branch
Saturday, November 2, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: 13 - Adults
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Are you interested in metal detecting? Would you like to learn more about this fascinating hobby? Join us at CCPL's Taneytown Branch as the Northern Maryland Dirt Diggers introduce us to metal detecting and show off some of their equipment and finds!
Saturday Adventures
Eldersburg Branch
Saturday, November 2, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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Come to the library every Saturday morning for a new adventure! Stories, songs, dancing, crafts, and there will be something new and different each week. The one thing that will always happen? Fun!
Eldersburg Branch
Saturday, November 2, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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Come to the library every Saturday morning for a new adventure! Stories, songs, dancing, crafts, and there will be something new and different each week. The one thing that will always happen? Fun!
Saturday Storytime
Mount Airy Branch
Saturday, November 2, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Mount Airy Branch
Saturday, November 2, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Read with a Furry Friend
Westminster Branch
Saturday, November 2, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 4 - Adults
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Every dog enjoys a good story! Trained "reading dogs" provide a relaxed, informal atmosphere for kids to practice reading. Research shows that reading to animals can boost reading skills in children and help with emotional and social skills.
Westminster Branch
Saturday, November 2, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 4 - Adults
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Every dog enjoys a good story! Trained "reading dogs" provide a relaxed, informal atmosphere for kids to practice reading. Research shows that reading to animals can boost reading skills in children and help with emotional and social skills.
Century Drama Club Presents: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Preview
Eldersburg Branch
Saturday, November 2, 2024 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Ages: All Ages
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Calling all wizards, witches, and muggles! Bring your wands and join us for a sneak peek of CHS's fall production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Eldersburg Branch
Saturday, November 2, 2024 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Ages: All Ages
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Calling all wizards, witches, and muggles! Bring your wands and join us for a sneak peek of CHS's fall production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Classic TV Trivia Contest LIVE!
Mount Airy Branch
Saturday, November 2, 2024 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages: Adults
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And we're LIVE! If you enjoy watching TV shows from the 1950s through the 1990s, this is THE trivia contest program for you! Join us for a fun afternoon of classic TV trivia as we travel back to when shows were full of laughs, surprises, and memorable. The contest will be played in teams of up to 5 people. Feel free to bring your friends! If not, then join a team upon arrival. Registration is required for each contestant. If possible, please answer the question in the box at the time of registration. Awesome prizes will be awarded, LIVE and in person!
Mount Airy Branch
Saturday, November 2, 2024 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages: Adults
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And we're LIVE! If you enjoy watching TV shows from the 1950s through the 1990s, this is THE trivia contest program for you! Join us for a fun afternoon of classic TV trivia as we travel back to when shows were full of laughs, surprises, and memorable. The contest will be played in teams of up to 5 people. Feel free to bring your friends! If not, then join a team upon arrival. Registration is required for each contestant. If possible, please answer the question in the box at the time of registration. Awesome prizes will be awarded, LIVE and in person!
Little Learners
Eldersburg Branch
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 9:30am - 10:30am
Ages: 3 - 6
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A special storytime just for preschoolers! Activities will promote pre-reading and school-readiness skills in preparation for kindergarten. Adult caregivers are welcome. Food and natural items may be present.
Eldersburg Branch
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 9:30am - 10:30am
Ages: 3 - 6
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A special storytime just for preschoolers! Activities will promote pre-reading and school-readiness skills in preparation for kindergarten. Adult caregivers are welcome. Food and natural items may be present.
Family Storytime
Westminster Branch
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Westminster Branch
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Family Storytime
Mount Airy Branch
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Mount Airy Branch
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Read and Play
North Carroll Branch
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
North Carroll Branch
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Let's Move!
Mount Airy Branch
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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Join us for an interactive storytime where we're learning through movement. We'll explore books, rhymes, and songs with lots of wiggles and giggles!
Mount Airy Branch
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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Join us for an interactive storytime where we're learning through movement. We'll explore books, rhymes, and songs with lots of wiggles and giggles!
North Carroll Knitters Group
North Carroll Branch
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Knitters and crocheters are welcome to join this group gathering to share tips, projects, and patterns.
North Carroll Branch
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Knitters and crocheters are welcome to join this group gathering to share tips, projects, and patterns.
Cooking for Wellness: Diabetes Awareness Month
Exploration Commons
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Ages: 15 - Adults
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The holiday season involves cooking up our favorite dishes, but this can be difficult for those with blood sugar troubles. For Diabetes Awareness Month, we will make low-carb stuffing for the holidays and discuss basic nutrition with diabetes. This class is provided through The Partnership for a Healthier Carroll County and Carroll Hospital.
Exploration Commons
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Ages: 15 - Adults
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The holiday season involves cooking up our favorite dishes, but this can be difficult for those with blood sugar troubles. For Diabetes Awareness Month, we will make low-carb stuffing for the holidays and discuss basic nutrition with diabetes. This class is provided through The Partnership for a Healthier Carroll County and Carroll Hospital.
Cooking Together: Empanadas
Exploration Commons
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Ages: 6 - Adults
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Join us for a group cooking class with scratch empanadas. Each registration is for one group, totaling a maximum of four (a minimum of two to a group). This can include children and adults, but all children under age 16 must be accompanied by an adult in the group.
Exploration Commons
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Ages: 6 - Adults
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Join us for a group cooking class with scratch empanadas. Each registration is for one group, totaling a maximum of four (a minimum of two to a group). This can include children and adults, but all children under age 16 must be accompanied by an adult in the group.
Come Create
Taneytown Branch
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Doing crafts improves your mood, reduces stress, and it's fun! Explore your inner artist. All supplies will be provided.
Taneytown Branch
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Doing crafts improves your mood, reduces stress, and it's fun! Explore your inner artist. All supplies will be provided.
Veterans Book Club: The Winter Army
Finksburg Branch
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Ages: Adults
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In partnership with the Carroll County Veterans Advisory Council, we invite veterans, current military and reservists, and family members to join us for an evening of discussion, fellowship, and camaraderie. This month's selection is The Winter Army: The World War II Odyssey of the 10th Mountain Division, America's Elite Alpine Warriors by Maurice Isserman.
Finksburg Branch
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Ages: Adults
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In partnership with the Carroll County Veterans Advisory Council, we invite veterans, current military and reservists, and family members to join us for an evening of discussion, fellowship, and camaraderie. This month's selection is The Winter Army: The World War II Odyssey of the 10th Mountain Division, America's Elite Alpine Warriors by Maurice Isserman.
Yoga with Meditation
Eldersburg Branch
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 13 - Adults
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Experience the many benefits of yoga and meditation. This class, taught by Rebecca Berg, welcomes all levels of students. Adaptations for using a chair will be shared if participants are uncomfortable getting on the floor. Meditation exercises will be incorporated into the practice. Please wear comfortable clothing; bring a blanket, yoga mat, and a strap (or belt or towel).
Eldersburg Branch
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 13 - Adults
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Experience the many benefits of yoga and meditation. This class, taught by Rebecca Berg, welcomes all levels of students. Adaptations for using a chair will be shared if participants are uncomfortable getting on the floor. Meditation exercises will be incorporated into the practice. Please wear comfortable clothing; bring a blanket, yoga mat, and a strap (or belt or towel).
Kids Vote!
Mount Airy Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 12:00am - 12:00am
Ages: Birth - 11
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It's Election Day! Come exercise your right to vote by choosing from favorite storybook characters. All participants will receive a voting sticker.
Mount Airy Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 12:00am - 12:00am
Ages: Birth - 11
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It's Election Day! Come exercise your right to vote by choosing from favorite storybook characters. All participants will receive a voting sticker.
Infant Lapsit Storytime
Eldersburg Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 9:30am - 10:30am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Infants and young babies who are crawlers/pre-walkers and their caregivers are invited to this laid-back, gentle program to enjoy nursery rhymes and stories together as we start baby's love of reading and begin to build literacy skills, all from the comfort of their favorite grownup's lap.
Eldersburg Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 9:30am - 10:30am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Infants and young babies who are crawlers/pre-walkers and their caregivers are invited to this laid-back, gentle program to enjoy nursery rhymes and stories together as we start baby's love of reading and begin to build literacy skills, all from the comfort of their favorite grownup's lap.
Is your little one starting to walk and is more wiggly and active? Check out our Read and Play programs Tuesdays at 10:30 AM and Thursdays at 9:30 AM!
Sewing Skills: Sewing with Zippers
Exploration Commons
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 9:30am - 12:30pm
Ages: 14 - Adults
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Learn how to insert zippers like a pro! This technique-based workshop will cover three types of zipper installations: regular, lapped, and invisible.
Exploration Commons
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 9:30am - 12:30pm
Ages: 14 - Adults
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Learn how to insert zippers like a pro! This technique-based workshop will cover three types of zipper installations: regular, lapped, and invisible.
Class Prerequisites and Required Skills:
- Intro to Basic Sewing Skills and/or have EC sewing machine certification
- can thread a sewing machine and wind a bobbin
- can sew items together with different seam allowances
- understand the purpose of back-stitching
Materials: A sewing machine and all necessary materials will be provided.
Read and Play
Finksburg Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 9:45am - 10:30am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Finksburg Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 9:45am - 10:30am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Read and Play
Taneytown Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 10:00am - 10:45am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Taneytown Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 10:00am - 10:45am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Move and Learn
North Carroll Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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A theme-based storytime featuring an age-appropriate story, songs, and learning activities, with a concentration on creative movement.
North Carroll Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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A theme-based storytime featuring an age-appropriate story, songs, and learning activities, with a concentration on creative movement.
Read and Play
Westminster Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Westminster Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Read and Play
Mount Airy Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Mount Airy Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Read and Play
Eldersburg Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 10:30am - 11:30am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Eldersburg Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 10:30am - 11:30am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Move and Learn
North Carroll Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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A theme-based storytime featuring an age-appropriate story, songs, and learning activities, with a concentration on creative movement.
North Carroll Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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A theme-based storytime featuring an age-appropriate story, songs, and learning activities, with a concentration on creative movement.
Twos and Threes Together
Finksburg Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Finksburg Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Twos and Threes Together
Taneytown Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Taneytown Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Twos and Threes Together
Westminster Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Westminster Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Twos and Threes Together
Mount Airy Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Mount Airy Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Black-Eyed Susan Award Voting
Eldersburg Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 12:00pm - 6:00pm
Ages: 6 - Adults
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It's voting day, so let your voice be heard and vote for your favorite Black-Eyed Susan picture book nominee!
Eldersburg Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 12:00pm - 6:00pm
Ages: 6 - Adults
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It's voting day, so let your voice be heard and vote for your favorite Black-Eyed Susan picture book nominee!
Book Bingo
North Carroll Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Ages: 4 - Adults
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Play BINGO, have fun, and win books!
North Carroll Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Ages: 4 - Adults
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Play BINGO, have fun, and win books!
Hedgehog Meet & Greet
Mount Airy Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Ages: All Ages
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Join Ms. Sara as she shares her hedgehog, Justine. Learn all about Justine, fun hedgehog facts, and have a chance to ask questions about what it's like to live with a hedgehog.
Mount Airy Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Ages: All Ages
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Join Ms. Sara as she shares her hedgehog, Justine. Learn all about Justine, fun hedgehog facts, and have a chance to ask questions about what it's like to live with a hedgehog.
School's Out! Cooking Together: Soft Pretzels
Exploration Commons
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 1:00pm - 3:15pm
Ages: 6 - Adults
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Join us for a hands-on baking class! We’ll learn how to make delicious soft pretzels and a honey mustard dipping sauce to go with them. One registration per group, up to four participants. For groups with children ages six and up, children must be accompanied by an adult.
Exploration Commons
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 1:00pm - 3:15pm
Ages: 6 - Adults
Registration and more information
Join us for a hands-on baking class! We’ll learn how to make delicious soft pretzels and a honey mustard dipping sauce to go with them. One registration per group, up to four participants. For groups with children ages six and up, children must be accompanied by an adult.
Super Awesome Dance Party with Mr. Craig
Westminster Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Ages: Birth - 12
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Enjoy your day off from school with one of Mr. Craig's raucous dance parties. There will be plenty of music, dancing, and fun.
Westminster Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Ages: Birth - 12
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Enjoy your day off from school with one of Mr. Craig's raucous dance parties. There will be plenty of music, dancing, and fun.
Girls Who Code
Eldersburg Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Ages: 10 - 18
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Girls Who Code is on a mission to close the gender gap in technology and change the image of what a programmer looks like and does. In this eight-week series, students will explore coding in a fun and friendly environment with presenter Enya Sliwinski, a local Girls Who Code alumna.
Eldersburg Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Ages: 10 - 18
Registration and more information
Girls Who Code is on a mission to close the gender gap in technology and change the image of what a programmer looks like and does. In this eight-week series, students will explore coding in a fun and friendly environment with presenter Enya Sliwinski, a local Girls Who Code alumna.
Needle Little Klatch?
Westminster Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Ages: 16 - Adults
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Westminster Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Ages: 16 - Adults
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Join us for a casual, bi-weekly stitching club. All needle-crafters are welcome!
Drop-In Diamond Painting
Taneytown Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: Adults
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Join us for a drop-in session of diamond painting! No experience is necessary!
Taneytown Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: Adults
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Join us for a drop-in session of diamond painting! No experience is necessary!
North Carroll Writers Group
North Carroll Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: Adults
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Bring your writing, works-in-progress, or works-in-thought. This writing group allows beginners, unpublished, and published writers to network, learn, vent, and feel inspired to move to the next level. All genres are welcome: novel, short story, essay, poetry, memoirs, spiritual, sci-fi, fiction, and nonfiction. This group is led by Barbara D. Duffey, an experienced writing workshop leader and author of five books.
North Carroll Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: Adults
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Bring your writing, works-in-progress, or works-in-thought. This writing group allows beginners, unpublished, and published writers to network, learn, vent, and feel inspired to move to the next level. All genres are welcome: novel, short story, essay, poetry, memoirs, spiritual, sci-fi, fiction, and nonfiction. This group is led by Barbara D. Duffey, an experienced writing workshop leader and author of five books.
Food-Forward Immune Support
North Carroll Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Ages: Adults
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With the holiday season approaching, staying healthy and feeling good is as important as ever. Join Weis Dietitian Christina Pelletier, MS, RDN, LDN, to learn strategies to maximize nutrients to support immune health through food. The presentation will be followed by a demonstration of a Cherry Berry Smoothie recipe that participants will be able to sample. A $5.00 Weis coupon, Healthy Bites magazine, and handouts will be available for all attendees.
North Carroll Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Ages: Adults
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With the holiday season approaching, staying healthy and feeling good is as important as ever. Join Weis Dietitian Christina Pelletier, MS, RDN, LDN, to learn strategies to maximize nutrients to support immune health through food. The presentation will be followed by a demonstration of a Cherry Berry Smoothie recipe that participants will be able to sample. A $5.00 Weis coupon, Healthy Bites magazine, and handouts will be available for all attendees.
Pajama Party Storytime
Finksburg Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:15pm
Ages: All Ages
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Wear your pajamas, bring your favorite stuffed animal, and listen to stories before bed. This storytime introduces stories through books, songs, and activities appropriate for young children.
Finksburg Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:15pm
Ages: All Ages
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Wear your pajamas, bring your favorite stuffed animal, and listen to stories before bed. This storytime introduces stories through books, songs, and activities appropriate for young children.
Anime Club
Mount Airy Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 11 - 18
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Come and join us for all things anime and manga! Share your latest faves, cosplay, and artwork! We'll have anime screenings, anime and manga discussions, crafts, coloring pages, and more!
Mount Airy Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 11 - 18
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Come and join us for all things anime and manga! Share your latest faves, cosplay, and artwork! We'll have anime screenings, anime and manga discussions, crafts, coloring pages, and more!
Battle of the Books: Parent and Coach Information Sharing
Eldersburg Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: All Ages
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Join us for an information session about the Battle of the Books! All parents and caregivers who have children who are interested in participating, as well as coaches, are encouraged to attend.
Eldersburg Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: All Ages
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Join us for an information session about the Battle of the Books! All parents and caregivers who have children who are interested in participating, as well as coaches, are encouraged to attend.
Youth Community Service Group
Eldersburg Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 12 - 18
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Connect with your community and join us for our new group! Participants will earn service learning hours while collaborating on projects that will benefit Eldersburg and beyond. Our first project is to create centerpieces for the dining room tables at Oakland Manor.
Eldersburg Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 12 - 18
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Connect with your community and join us for our new group! Participants will earn service learning hours while collaborating on projects that will benefit Eldersburg and beyond. Our first project is to create centerpieces for the dining room tables at Oakland Manor.
Pajama Party Storytime
Westminster Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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Wear your pajamas, bring your favorite stuffed animal, and listen to stories before bed. This storytime introduces stories through books, songs, and activities appropriate for young children.
Westminster Branch
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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Wear your pajamas, bring your favorite stuffed animal, and listen to stories before bed. This storytime introduces stories through books, songs, and activities appropriate for young children.
Writing Group
Eldersburg Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 9:15am - 1:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Writers of all levels and genres are invited to join our weekly writing group. It is a flexible, drop-in, stay-as-long-as-you-like environment. The primary goal is to dedicate quiet time away from the daily chaos to make consistent progress on your novel or children's book. Bring your current project to work on during this time. At 10 AM, we will brainstorm, critique, and share knowledge about upcoming events and the book publishing industry. You are welcome to share a short piece of writing during this time for critique.
Eldersburg Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 9:15am - 1:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Writers of all levels and genres are invited to join our weekly writing group. It is a flexible, drop-in, stay-as-long-as-you-like environment. The primary goal is to dedicate quiet time away from the daily chaos to make consistent progress on your novel or children's book. Bring your current project to work on during this time. At 10 AM, we will brainstorm, critique, and share knowledge about upcoming events and the book publishing industry. You are welcome to share a short piece of writing during this time for critique.
Move & Groove Storytime
Eldersburg Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 9:30am - 10:30am
Ages: Birth - 8
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This energetic storytime encourages creative movement and dance to help develop gross motor skills, coordination, and spatial awareness while fostering a love of stories.
Eldersburg Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 9:30am - 10:30am
Ages: Birth - 8
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This energetic storytime encourages creative movement and dance to help develop gross motor skills, coordination, and spatial awareness while fostering a love of stories.
Family Storytime
Finksburg Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 9:45am - 10:30am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Finksburg Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 9:45am - 10:30am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Family Storytime
North Carroll Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
North Carroll Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Read and Play
Taneytown Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Taneytown Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Read and Play
Westminster Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Westminster Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Ready, Set, School!
Mount Airy Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: 3 - 6
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An independent storytime that prepares children for school. Fun, hands-on activities will teach listening, pre-reading, math, movement, music, and art skills.
Mount Airy Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: 3 - 6
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An independent storytime that prepares children for school. Fun, hands-on activities will teach listening, pre-reading, math, movement, music, and art skills.
Mount Airy Knitters
Mount Airy Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Join the Mount Airy Knitters for a weekly roundtable of knitting, conversation, and fun. All experience levels are welcome.
Mount Airy Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Join the Mount Airy Knitters for a weekly roundtable of knitting, conversation, and fun. All experience levels are welcome.
Move & Groove Storytime
Eldersburg Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 10:30am - 11:30am
Ages: Birth - 8
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This energetic storytime encourages creative movement and dance to help develop gross motor skills, coordination, and spatial awareness while fostering a love of stories.
Eldersburg Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 10:30am - 11:30am
Ages: Birth - 8
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This energetic storytime encourages creative movement and dance to help develop gross motor skills, coordination, and spatial awareness while fostering a love of stories.
Family Storytime
Taneytown Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Taneytown Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Read and Play
Mount Airy Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Mount Airy Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Ready, Set, School!
Finksburg Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 3 - 6
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An independent storytime that prepares children for school. Fun, hands-on activities will teach listening, pre-reading, math, movement, music, and art skills.
Finksburg Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 3 - 6
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An independent storytime that prepares children for school. Fun, hands-on activities will teach listening, pre-reading, math, movement, music, and art skills.
Twos and Threes Together
Westminster Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Westminster Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Chess Tournament for Kids and Teens
Eldersburg Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Ages: 8 - 17
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Join us for a kids' and teens' chess tournament!
Eldersburg Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Ages: 8 - 17
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Join us for a kids' and teens' chess tournament!
Robot Pumpkin Smash
Mount Airy Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages: 4 - Adults
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Join the Robo-Lions, a team of students, as they fire up their robots for Robot Pumpkin Smash! Find out how long it takes a robot to crack open a pumpkin. This program is a collaboration between PIE3 (Partnership in Inspiration for Engineering Education and Entrepreneurship), Robo-Lions, and Carroll County Public Library.
Mount Airy Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages: 4 - Adults
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Join the Robo-Lions, a team of students, as they fire up their robots for Robot Pumpkin Smash! Find out how long it takes a robot to crack open a pumpkin. This program is a collaboration between PIE3 (Partnership in Inspiration for Engineering Education and Entrepreneurship), Robo-Lions, and Carroll County Public Library.
Explore Coding with Ozobots
Finksburg Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Ages: 8 - 18
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Join 4-H Environmental Educator Torrey Silliman in this beginner robotics & coding program. We'll learn how to color code using markers to program our Ozobots and move on to the basics of block coding on an iPad. This program is suitable for those who are interested in the beginning building blocks of coding.
Finksburg Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Ages: 8 - 18
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Join 4-H Environmental Educator Torrey Silliman in this beginner robotics & coding program. We'll learn how to color code using markers to program our Ozobots and move on to the basics of block coding on an iPad. This program is suitable for those who are interested in the beginning building blocks of coding.
Let's Start a Podcast!
Exploration Commons
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Ages: 15 - Adults
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Do you want to get into podcasting but don't know where to start? This is the class for you! We will cover the basics of the different recording software we offer and introduce the equipment we provide in the Audio/Video Lab.
Exploration Commons
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Ages: 15 - Adults
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Do you want to get into podcasting but don't know where to start? This is the class for you! We will cover the basics of the different recording software we offer and introduce the equipment we provide in the Audio/Video Lab.
LEGO® Builders Club
Eldersburg Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Ages: 6 - 12
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Want to practice your building skills? Join us for a LEGO® program where you tackle a new design each time! We supply the bricks, and you supply the creativity!
Eldersburg Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Ages: 6 - 12
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Want to practice your building skills? Join us for a LEGO® program where you tackle a new design each time! We supply the bricks, and you supply the creativity!
3D Design Skills: Sketching
Exploration Commons
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 16 - Adults
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Ready to take your 3D design skills to the next level? In this comprehensive, hands-on session in Onshape, a powerful cloud-based computer-aided design (CAD) platform, we will explore the sketch tools available for creating the foundations of our 3D designs.
Exploration Commons
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 16 - Adults
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Ready to take your 3D design skills to the next level? In this comprehensive, hands-on session in Onshape, a powerful cloud-based computer-aided design (CAD) platform, we will explore the sketch tools available for creating the foundations of our 3D designs.
Books and Brews Book Club: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Offsite
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Do you enjoy reading and talking about books while enjoying excellent craft beer? Then our Books and Brews book club is for you! We will feature a different book at each meeting, so join us in sharing good books and ideas.
Offsite
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Do you enjoy reading and talking about books while enjoying excellent craft beer? Then our Books and Brews book club is for you! We will feature a different book at each meeting, so join us in sharing good books and ideas.
The selection for this month is The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson. It is a Swedish comic novel about a man who escapes his nursing home on the approach of his 100th birthday and the unexpected and hilarious journey he goes on.
Make Your Own Sourdough Starter
Taneytown Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Make your own sourdough starter! We'll provide everything you need to make a sourdough starter, explain how to maintain your new starter, and provide recipes to make bread. Join your fellow bread-lovers in Taneytown!
Taneytown Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Make your own sourdough starter! We'll provide everything you need to make a sourdough starter, explain how to maintain your new starter, and provide recipes to make bread. Join your fellow bread-lovers in Taneytown!
Eldersburg Hooked on Crochet
Eldersburg Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Ages: 12 - Adults
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Join this friendly crochet group open to beginners and experienced crocheters alike. Those new to crocheting should bring a size J hook and a light-colored, worsted-weight yarn to the class.
Eldersburg Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Ages: 12 - Adults
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Join this friendly crochet group open to beginners and experienced crocheters alike. Those new to crocheting should bring a size J hook and a light-colored, worsted-weight yarn to the class.
Cinderella’s Fall Ball Puppet Show
North Carroll Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 3 - 12
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The prince is having a fall ball and you're invited! Will Cinderella get to go or will she have to stay home and clean? Who will the prince dance with and will he find his true love? Join us as we sing and dance our way through one enchanted evening!
North Carroll Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 3 - 12
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The prince is having a fall ball and you're invited! Will Cinderella get to go or will she have to stay home and clean? Who will the prince dance with and will he find his true love? Join us as we sing and dance our way through one enchanted evening!
Maryland Military History
Westminster Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 13 - Adults
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Join us for a special evening as historian Jonathan Beasley walks us through Maryland's military history with a focus on the Civil War.
Westminster Branch
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 13 - Adults
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Join us for a special evening as historian Jonathan Beasley walks us through Maryland's military history with a focus on the Civil War.
Virtual Teen Advisory Board: Service Learning Opportunity
Online
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 12 - 17
Registration and more information
Are you interested in volunteering virtually at the library? Join us for Teen Advisory Board (TAB), a monthly meeting where teens help plan programs, complete service-oriented projects, and advise the library on teen-related topics.
Online
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 12 - 17
Registration and more information
Are you interested in volunteering virtually at the library? Join us for Teen Advisory Board (TAB), a monthly meeting where teens help plan programs, complete service-oriented projects, and advise the library on teen-related topics.
Read and Play
Eldersburg Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 9:30am - 10:30am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Eldersburg Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 9:30am - 10:30am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Twos and Threes Together
Finksburg Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 9:45am - 10:30am
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Finksburg Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 9:45am - 10:30am
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Cinderella’s Fall Ball Puppet Show
North Carroll Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: 3 - 12
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The prince is having a fall ball and you're invited! Will Cinderella get to go or will she have to stay home and clean? Who will the prince dance with and will he find his true love? Join us as we sing and dance our way through one enchanted evening!
North Carroll Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: 3 - 12
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The prince is having a fall ball and you're invited! Will Cinderella get to go or will she have to stay home and clean? Who will the prince dance with and will he find his true love? Join us as we sing and dance our way through one enchanted evening!
Family Storytime
Taneytown Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Taneytown Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Family Storytime
Mount Airy Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Mount Airy Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Twos and Threes Together
Westminster Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Westminster Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: 2 - 3
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This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.
Advanced Laser Cutting: Precision Techniques
Exploration Commons
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 16 - Adults
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We will discuss precision techniques to improve your laser project outcomes. Topics will include centering-point alignment, printed registration marks, using jigs or templates, and the importance of maintaining a settings notebook. Exploration Commons Laser certification is required prior to attending this program. This class is appropriate for individuals who have made their own projects on the laser.
Exploration Commons
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 16 - Adults
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We will discuss precision techniques to improve your laser project outcomes. Topics will include centering-point alignment, printed registration marks, using jigs or templates, and the importance of maintaining a settings notebook. Exploration Commons Laser certification is required prior to attending this program. This class is appropriate for individuals who have made their own projects on the laser.
North Carroll Writers Group
North Carroll Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Bring your writing, works-in-progress, or works-in-thought. This writing group allows beginners, unpublished, and published writers to network, learn, vent, and feel inspired to move to the next level. All genres are welcome: novel, short story, essay, poetry, memoirs, spiritual, sci-fi, fiction, and nonfiction. This group is led by Barbara D. Duffey, an experienced writing workshop leader and author of five books.
North Carroll Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Bring your writing, works-in-progress, or works-in-thought. This writing group allows beginners, unpublished, and published writers to network, learn, vent, and feel inspired to move to the next level. All genres are welcome: novel, short story, essay, poetry, memoirs, spiritual, sci-fi, fiction, and nonfiction. This group is led by Barbara D. Duffey, an experienced writing workshop leader and author of five books.
Carroll County Workforce Development Day
Taneytown Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 10:00am - 2:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Join Carroll County Workforce Development for a pop-up event at CCPL's Taneytown Branch! Learn about free career services, opportunities for free training, updating your resume, and getting connected to employers.
Taneytown Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 10:00am - 2:00pm
Ages: Adults
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Join Carroll County Workforce Development for a pop-up event at CCPL's Taneytown Branch! Learn about free career services, opportunities for free training, updating your resume, and getting connected to employers.
Family Storytime
Eldersburg Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 10:30am - 11:30am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Eldersburg Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 10:30am - 11:30am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Read and Play
Finksburg Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 11:00am - 11:45am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Finksburg Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 11:00am - 11:45am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Family Storytime
Westminster Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Westminster Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Flight & Migration with Migration Matters Game
North Carroll Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Ages: 8 - 18
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Join 4-H Environmental Educator Torrey Silliman to explore why birds fly! Birds are one of three groups of animals that have evolved the ability to fly (along with insects and bats). How do they do it? Join us to discover the answer to these questions. Come ready to move as we play a migration simulation game!
North Carroll Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Ages: 8 - 18
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Join 4-H Environmental Educator Torrey Silliman to explore why birds fly! Birds are one of three groups of animals that have evolved the ability to fly (along with insects and bats). How do they do it? Join us to discover the answer to these questions. Come ready to move as we play a migration simulation game!
Demystifying Funeral Planning
Westminster Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Ages: Adults
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What goes into planning a funeral or memorial celebration? What are all the options, and how can you ensure your wishes are followed? What are the benefits of preplanning versus someone making these decisions after a death? Join Eliza Feller, Sol Levinson's Director of Advance Planning & Funeral Director, as she provides information and answers your questions to demystify funeral planning. Eliza's role is to educate the community and help people ease decision-making during loss.
Westminster Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Ages: Adults
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What goes into planning a funeral or memorial celebration? What are all the options, and how can you ensure your wishes are followed? What are the benefits of preplanning versus someone making these decisions after a death? Join Eliza Feller, Sol Levinson's Director of Advance Planning & Funeral Director, as she provides information and answers your questions to demystify funeral planning. Eliza's role is to educate the community and help people ease decision-making during loss.
Crafty Movie: Strange World
Westminster Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: All Ages
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Come out to make a fun craft and watch Strange World. The film is rated PG.
Westminster Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: All Ages
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Come out to make a fun craft and watch Strange World. The film is rated PG.
Festive Fall Charcuterie Board for Two: Day One
Exploration Commons
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 16 - Adults
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Step up your fall snacking game with this two-session hybrid makerspace/teaching kitchen class! On day one, we'll use design software and our Fusion Pro laser cutter to make a custom fall-themed or winter-themed charcuterie board. Head to the kitchen on day two to learn how to arrange your charcuterie board artfully. One registration covers two people working collaboratively to design and arrange a single charcuterie board.
Exploration Commons
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 16 - Adults
Registration and more information
Step up your fall snacking game with this two-session hybrid makerspace/teaching kitchen class! On day one, we'll use design software and our Fusion Pro laser cutter to make a custom fall-themed or winter-themed charcuterie board. Head to the kitchen on day two to learn how to arrange your charcuterie board artfully. One registration covers two people working collaboratively to design and arrange a single charcuterie board.
Read to a Dog
North Carroll Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Ages: 4 - 12
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Read to a puppy from the Seeing Eye Puppy Raising Program! Reading to a dog can increase a child's self-esteem and confidence levels in reading, especially for struggling readers.
North Carroll Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Ages: 4 - 12
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Read to a puppy from the Seeing Eye Puppy Raising Program! Reading to a dog can increase a child's self-esteem and confidence levels in reading, especially for struggling readers.
Classic Movie Bingo
Eldersburg Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: Adults
Registration and more information
Join us for a fun bingo night with plenty of prize-winning and a classic movie twist!
Eldersburg Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: Adults
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Join us for a fun bingo night with plenty of prize-winning and a classic movie twist!
Pajama Party Storytime
Mount Airy Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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Wear your pajamas, bring your favorite stuffed animal, and listen to stories before bed. This storytime introduces stories through books, songs, and activities appropriate for young children.
Mount Airy Branch
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: Birth - 8
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Wear your pajamas, bring your favorite stuffed animal, and listen to stories before bed. This storytime introduces stories through books, songs, and activities appropriate for young children.
Mix and Mingle
Eldersburg Branch
Friday, November 8, 2024 - 9:30am - 10:30am
Ages: Birth - 5
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This is a fun, informal, and play-based program for children and their caregivers. Each month, we fill the meeting room with toys and activities that encourage learning and healthy development so families can spend time together and make new friends. What makes this program special is that in each session, we will invite a community resource professional to participate so caregivers can ask questions and get information on raising healthy, happy children.
Eldersburg Branch
Friday, November 8, 2024 - 9:30am - 10:30am
Ages: Birth - 5
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This is a fun, informal, and play-based program for children and their caregivers. Each month, we fill the meeting room with toys and activities that encourage learning and healthy development so families can spend time together and make new friends. What makes this program special is that in each session, we will invite a community resource professional to participate so caregivers can ask questions and get information on raising healthy, happy children.
Sensory Sensitive Storytime
Finksburg Branch
Friday, November 8, 2024 - 10:00am - 10:30am
Ages: All Ages
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This inclusive program welcomes children of all abilities and their caregivers to a supportive, judgment-free storytime.
Finksburg Branch
Friday, November 8, 2024 - 10:00am - 10:30am
Ages: All Ages
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This inclusive program welcomes children of all abilities and their caregivers to a supportive, judgment-free storytime.
Bird Parade
Mount Airy Branch
Friday, November 8, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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It's a bird parade! Celebrate our feathered friends in style. We'll make crafts, play with kites, and show off our looks with a parade around the library.
Mount Airy Branch
Friday, November 8, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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It's a bird parade! Celebrate our feathered friends in style. We'll make crafts, play with kites, and show off our looks with a parade around the library.
Preschool Science: Make and Learn Kits
Westminster Branch
Friday, November 8, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: 3 - 6
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Join us as we encourage preschoolers to think like scientists while observing, examining, and exploring various Make and Learn Kits. We will explore technology, math, engineering, and much more!
Westminster Branch
Friday, November 8, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: 3 - 6
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Join us as we encourage preschoolers to think like scientists while observing, examining, and exploring various Make and Learn Kits. We will explore technology, math, engineering, and much more!
Read and Play
North Carroll Branch
Friday, November 8, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
North Carroll Branch
Friday, November 8, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 24 Months
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Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities that allow children to practice skills and socialize.
Sensory Sensitive PAWS to Read
Finksburg Branch
Friday, November 8, 2024 - 10:45am - 11:45am
Ages: 4 - Adults
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An inclusive visit with book-loving therapy dogs for people and children of all abilities. Research shows that reading to animals boosts reading skills and helps with social skills and emotional health for all ages. Registration is preferred, but walk-ins are welcome.
Finksburg Branch
Friday, November 8, 2024 - 10:45am - 11:45am
Ages: 4 - Adults
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An inclusive visit with book-loving therapy dogs for people and children of all abilities. Research shows that reading to animals boosts reading skills and helps with social skills and emotional health for all ages. Registration is preferred, but walk-ins are welcome.
Ultimate Holiday Mocktails
Exploration Commons
Friday, November 8, 2024 - 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Ages: Adults
Registration and more information
Add some new alcohol-free drink options to your next holiday gathering!
Exploration Commons
Friday, November 8, 2024 - 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Ages: Adults
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Add some new alcohol-free drink options to your next holiday gathering!
Shrekfest
Westminster Branch
Friday, November 8, 2024 - 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Ages: 11 - 17
Registration and more information
Join the Westminster Branch Teen Advisory Board as we kick off our Shrekfest! Celebrate like you're Lord Farquaad with Gingerbread Man crafts, a showing of the original Shrek movie, a Shreksophone dance party, Shrek video games, and more. Dressing up in costume is encouraged but not required. Green snacks will be provided, but bring your own onions and waffles.
Westminster Branch
Friday, November 8, 2024 - 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Ages: 11 - 17
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Join the Westminster Branch Teen Advisory Board as we kick off our Shrekfest! Celebrate like you're Lord Farquaad with Gingerbread Man crafts, a showing of the original Shrek movie, a Shreksophone dance party, Shrek video games, and more. Dressing up in costume is encouraged but not required. Green snacks will be provided, but bring your own onions and waffles.
Registration and permission slips are required for this after-hours event; download a copy here or pick one up at the Westminster Branch's Customer Service Desk.
Saturday Adventures
Eldersburg Branch
Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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Come to the library every Saturday morning for a new adventure! Stories, songs, dancing, crafts, and there will be something new and different each week. The one thing that will always happen? Fun!
Eldersburg Branch
Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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Come to the library every Saturday morning for a new adventure! Stories, songs, dancing, crafts, and there will be something new and different each week. The one thing that will always happen? Fun!
Saturday Storytime
Mount Airy Branch
Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Mount Airy Branch
Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: Birth - 8
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We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.
Stress Busters
Westminster Branch
Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: 13 - Adults
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Need some time to de-stress? Come try some stress busters, from a make-your-own sugar scrub to chocolate tasting and coloring sheets.
Westminster Branch
Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Ages: 13 - Adults
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Need some time to de-stress? Come try some stress busters, from a make-your-own sugar scrub to chocolate tasting and coloring sheets.
Carroll County Writers Group
Finksburg Branch
Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 1:00pm - 3:15pm
Ages: Adults
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Join the Carroll County Chapter of the Maryland Writers Association for their monthly meeting at CCPL's Finksburg Branch as we discuss "Historical Research Strategies in Period Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Writing."
Finksburg Branch
Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 1:00pm - 3:15pm
Ages: Adults
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Join the Carroll County Chapter of the Maryland Writers Association for their monthly meeting at CCPL's Finksburg Branch as we discuss "Historical Research Strategies in Period Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Writing."
Minecraft for Me
Mount Airy Branch
Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Ages: 5 - 11
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Join us for an afternoon of Minecrafting on the library servers! We’ll start with a group build in Creative, then play around in Survival mode. Inexperienced players are welcome to bring a grownup to assist.
Mount Airy Branch
Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Ages: 5 - 11
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Join us for an afternoon of Minecrafting on the library servers! We’ll start with a group build in Creative, then play around in Survival mode. Inexperienced players are welcome to bring a grownup to assist.
Alice in Wonderland Preview
Taneytown Branch
Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages: All Ages
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Don't be late for this important date! The Francis Scott Key Players are coming to the library with a preview of their fall production, Alice in Wonderland. All ages are welcome to see a sneak peek of the show, meet the cast, and enjoy other Wonderland activities.
Taneytown Branch
Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages: All Ages
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Don't be late for this important date! The Francis Scott Key Players are coming to the library with a preview of their fall production, Alice in Wonderland. All ages are welcome to see a sneak peek of the show, meet the cast, and enjoy other Wonderland activities.
Free Spirit Book Club: The Dutch House
Eldersburg Branch
Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages: Adults
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This month's selection is The Dutch House by Ann Patchett.
Eldersburg Branch
Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages: Adults
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This month's selection is The Dutch House by Ann Patchett.
Robot Pumpkin Smash
Eldersburg Branch
Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Ages: 4 - Adults
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Join the Robo-Lions, a team of students, as they fire up their robots for Robot Pumpkin Smash! Find out how long it takes a robot to crack open a pumpkin. This program is a collaboration between PIE3 (Partnership in Inspiration for Engineering Education and Entrepreneurship), Robo-Lions, and Carroll County Public Library.
Eldersburg Branch
Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Ages: 4 - Adults
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Join the Robo-Lions, a team of students, as they fire up their robots for Robot Pumpkin Smash! Find out how long it takes a robot to crack open a pumpkin. This program is a collaboration between PIE3 (Partnership in Inspiration for Engineering Education and Entrepreneurship), Robo-Lions, and Carroll County Public Library.
Paint a Paper Pumpkin
Westminster Branch
Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Ages: 8 - 13
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Come paint and decorate a papier-mâché pumpkin to serve as a centerpiece for your family's fall table. All supplies will be provided, but they will be limited to registrants only.
Westminster Branch
Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Ages: 8 - 13
Registration and more information
Come paint and decorate a papier-mâché pumpkin to serve as a centerpiece for your family's fall table. All supplies will be provided, but they will be limited to registrants only.
Onshape: Beyond the Basics
Exploration Commons
Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Ages: 16 - Adults
Registration and more information
Ready to take your 3D design skills to the next level? In this project-based session in Onshape, a powerful cloud-based computer-aided design (CAD) platform, we will dive further into fundamental 3D modeling techniques for creating functional designs.
Exploration Commons
Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Ages: 16 - Adults
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Ready to take your 3D design skills to the next level? In this project-based session in Onshape, a powerful cloud-based computer-aided design (CAD) platform, we will dive further into fundamental 3D modeling techniques for creating functional designs.
Previous Onshape experience is strongly recommended.
Carroll County Critique Group
Finksburg Branch
Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Ages: Adults
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Please join the Carroll County Critique Group as we meet to discuss our writing efforts and achievements.
Finksburg Branch
Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Ages: Adults
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Please join the Carroll County Critique Group as we meet to discuss our writing efforts and achievements.
