Finksburg Branch

Read and Play
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - 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.

Twos and Threes Together
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - 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.

Pajama Party Storytime
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - 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.

Family Storytime
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 - 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. 

Ready, Set, School!
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 - 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 Book Club: Mother-Daughter Murder Night
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: Adults
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This month's selection is Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon.

Twos and Threes Together
Thursday, April 17, 2025 - 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.

Ask a Master Gardener Plant Clinic
Thursday, April 17, 2025 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: All Ages
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Bring your questions to a Carroll County Master Gardener and pick up tips, handouts, and more. The Ask a Master Gardener table will be set up in the Finksburg Branch lobby.

Read and Play
Thursday, April 17, 2025 - 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.

Club Friendship: Libraries Are for Everyone
Thursday, April 17, 2025 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Ages: 13 - Adults, Adults
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The library is more than just books. It's a place to come together as a community. We welcome teens and adults of all abilities, along with support staff, to join us for games, crafts, music, and more in a sensory-friendly environment!

Bring Back The Pollinators: Our Native Bees
Thursday, April 17, 2025 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 13 - Adults, Adults
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Pollinators are incredibly important for the flowers we love, the food we eat, and for other wildlife. Join Laura O'Callaghan, Xerces Society Ambassador, as she explores the world of native bees, their life histories, threats, and simple actions you can take to help conserve them. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation is an international nonprofit organization that protects the natural world through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitats. While the program is designed for teens and adults, younger children are welcome.

Cardboard Cars and More
Friday, April 18, 2025 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Ages: 3 - Adults, Adults
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Come with the family to build your own cardboard car. If cars aren't your speed, feel free to build a robot or anything else your heart desires! Cardboard, cutting tools, and other supplies will be provided.

Alphabet Train
Monday, April 21, 2025 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 3 - 6
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Climb aboard each week to explore a different letter of the alphabet through books, songs, and activities. All adult caregivers are welcome.

Celebrating Dog Man
Monday, April 21, 2025 - 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Ages: 6 - 12
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Come celebrate the popularity of Dav Pilkey's Dog Man by playing Dog Man games, making your own comics, and learning how to draw some of the characters!

Using Newspapers to Research Your Ancestors
Monday, April 21, 2025 - 6:30pm - 7:45pm
Ages: 13 - Adults, Adults
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Ever wonder what types of genealogical information you can find in newspapers? Online, database, and microfilm newspaper collections that can help flesh out your family story will be discussed. Presented by Meg Gers, Manager of the Periodicals Department, Enoch Pratt Free Library/State Library Resource Center.

This program is sponsored by the Carroll County Genealogical Society.

Jack and the Beanstalk Puppet Show
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ages: 3 - 12
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Jack, a poor country boy, traded the family cow for a handful of magic beans, much to his mom's dismay. He wanted to prove they were magic, so he planted a bean outside. That very night, the bean grew into a massive, towering beanstalk reaching up into the clouds. Jack is very excited about the beanstalk, but what should he do? Should he wait and see if it grows beans, or should he climb it and find out what's up in the clouds? Join us for the puppet show and help Jack decide what to do!

Chess at the Library
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Ages: 7 - Adults, Adults
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Are you a chess champion or want to learn? Show off your best moves against other chess players! Experienced and novice chess players are welcome.

Volunteer Opportunity at the Finksburg Branch Garden
Saturday, April 26, 2025 - 9:00am - 11:00am
Ages: 14 - 17
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Are you in need of service hours? Do you like working outside and don't mind getting your hands dirty? If so, this may be the perfect volunteer opportunity for you! We are looking for students ages 14 - 17 to assist our local master gardeners with the maintenance of the Finksburg Branch Garden. Please dress appropriately, wear sunscreen, and bring water. Garden clean-up days are weather-dependent. 

Dungeons & Dragons Spring Adventure
Saturday, April 26, 2025 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Ages: 11 - 18
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Calling brave heroes for a quest in Dungeons & Dragons! Whether this is your first adventure or your twentieth, join us for an afternoon of fantastic deeds!

Having signed on as guards for the passenger ship Revelation traveling troubled waters to the Bay of Blackbottom, the party might just find that the captain has a few secrets up her sleeve...

A choice of playable sixth-level characters, dice, pencils, and other necessary supplies will be provided.  

Dungeons & Dragons is a trademark of Wizards of the Coast LLC in the United States and other countries. © 2015 Wizards. All Rights Reserved.

Alphabet Train
Monday, April 28, 2025 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ages: 3 - 6
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Climb aboard each week to explore a different letter of the alphabet through books, songs, and activities. All adult caregivers are welcome.