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Easter Saturday

All Day
Some Branches
Closing
Branches:
Eldersburg Branch, Exploration Commons, Finksburg Branch, Mount Airy Branch, North Carroll Branch, Taneytown Branch, Westminster Branch
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Eliza Knight: Human Library Author Event

1:30pm - 2:30pm
Exploration Commons
Registration
Location: Exploration Commons
Room: Exploration Commons Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Adults

Program Type: Author Talks
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 102
Description:
Join us for a special event with bestselling author Eliza Knight as she talks about her recent collaboration Can't We Be Friends. The historical novel uncovers the boundary-breaking, genuine friendship between Ella Fitzgerald, the Queen of Jazz,...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Registration
Location: Exploration Commons
Room: Exploration Commons Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Adults

Program Type: Author Talks
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 74
Description:
Join local author, Jean Burgess, as she launches her debut fiction, That Summer She Found Her Voice: A Retro Novel. The book, set in 1978 with locales on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and Baltimore’s Little Italy, tells the story of 23-year-old Margie Ste...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

An Evening with David Baldacci

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Offsite
Offsite Event
Location: Offsite
Age Group:
Adults

Program Type: Author Talks
Description:
Tickets $35 and include a signed copy of A Calamity of Souls Tickets are required for all attendees and can be purchased here: https://DavidBaldacci.eventbrite.com Presented by A Likely Story Bookstore and Carroll County Public Librar...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

To Be Read: Bob Drury

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Exploration Commons
Registration
Location: Exploration Commons
Room: Exploration Commons Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Adults

Program Type: Author Talks
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 128
Description:
Throne of Grace: A Mountain Man, an Epic Adventure, and the Bloody Conquest of the American West is the explosive true saga of the legendary adventurer Jedediah Smith and the Mountain Men who explored the American frontier, written by New York T...

Disclaimer(s)

Celebrating America fosters a greater sense and understanding of America's history and Carroll County's important role in that history by joining forces with private and public institutions around the county. For more information about the initiative, visit Carroll County's Celebrating America website.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

The Biggest Ideas in the Universe with Sean Carroll

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Exploration Commons
Registration
Location: Exploration Commons
Room: Exploration Commons Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Adults

Program Type: Author Talks, STEM/STEAM
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 140
Description:
Presented by A Likely Story Bookstore and Carroll County Public Library. Sean Carroll is creating a profoundly new approach to sharing physics with a broad audience, one that goes beyond analogies to show how physicists really think. He cuts to th...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

To Be Read: Jeff Shaara

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Exploration Commons
Registration
Location: Exploration Commons
Room: Exploration Commons Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Adults

Program Type: Author Talks
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 150
Description:
From the bestselling author Jeff Shaara, comes the story of rising conflict between the super-powers that gripped the world, a global war that almost happened: The Cuban Missile Crisis. Extensively researched and vividly imagined, The Shadow of ...

Disclaimer(s)

Celebrating America fosters a greater sense and understanding of America's history and Carroll County's important role in that history by joining forces with private and public institutions around the county. For more information about the initiative, visit Carroll County's Celebrating America website.

Memorial Day

All Day
Some Branches
Closing
Branches:
Eldersburg Branch, Exploration Commons, Finksburg Branch, Mount Airy Branch, North Carroll Branch, Taneytown Branch, Westminster Branch, Mobile Services, CCPL Headquarters, Offsite
Description:
Closed for the Memorial Day Holiday ...
This event is in the "Kids" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Amy Latta: Doodle All the Animals

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Exploration Commons
Location: Exploration Commons
Room: Exploration Commons Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Kids ( 10 - Adults )
Teens
Adults

Program Type: Author Talks, DIY Arts and Crafts
Description:
Purchase tickets here! Tickets are $5.00. Your ticket incudes a $5.00 voucher to use towards the purchase of the book Doodle All the Animals. Limit one voucher per book purchase. Join author and arts & crafts expert Amy Latta as she te...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Summer Reads: Alex Finlay

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Exploration Commons
Registration
Location: Exploration Commons
Room: Exploration Commons Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Adults

Program Type: Author Talks
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 127
Description:
Presented by A Likely Story Bookstore and Carroll County Public Library. Alex Finlay lives in Washington, D.C. and is the author of several critically-acclaimed novels, including the 2021 breakout, Every Last Fear. His work has appeared ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Summer Reads: Erika Robuck

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Exploration Commons
Registration
Location: Exploration Commons
Room: Exploration Commons Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Adults

Program Type: Author Talks
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 118
Description:
Join us for a special book launch for Erika Robuck's The Last Twelve Miles. From the glamorous world of D. C. Intelligence to the sultry shores of the Straits of Florida, The Last Twelve Miles―a tale of ambition and envy―is based on the true sto...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Summer Reads: Alma Katsu

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Eldersburg Branch
Registration
Location: Eldersburg Branch
Room: Eldersburg Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Adults

Program Type: Author Talks
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 75
Description:
Alma Katsu's most recent novel, The Deep, is an eerie, psychological twist on one of the world's most renowned tragedies, the sinking of the Titanic and the ill-fated sail of its sister ship, the Britannic. Presented by A Likely Story ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Summer Reads: Craig Johnson

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Offsite
Registration
Offsite Event
Location: Offsite
Age Group:
Adults

Program Type: Author Talks
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 118
Description:
Presented by A Likely Story Bookstore, Carroll Lutheran Village, and Carroll County Public Library. Craig Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Longmire mysteries, the basis for the hit Netflix original series Longmire. He is the...

Juneteenth Holiday

All Day
Some Branches
Closing
Branches:
Eldersburg Branch, Exploration Commons, Finksburg Branch, Mount Airy Branch, North Carroll Branch, Taneytown Branch, Westminster Branch
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Summer Reads: Eliza Knight

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Eldersburg Branch
Registration
Location: Eldersburg Branch
Room: Eldersburg Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Adults

Program Type: Author Talks
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 70
Description:
From USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight comes The Queen's Faithful Companion, an endearing and vivid story told from the unique multi-narrative viewpoints of a young Queen Elizabeth, Hanna Penwyck (the fictionalized keeper of the Que...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Summer Reads: Tracy Chevalier

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Exploration Commons
Registration
Location: Exploration Commons
Room: Exploration Commons Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Adults

Program Type: Author Talks
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 133
Description:
Presented by A Likely Story Bookstore and Carroll County Public Library. Tracy Chevalier is the New York Times bestselling author of ten previous novels, including Girl with a Pearl Earring, which has been translated into forty...

Independence Day Holiday

All Day
Some Branches
Closing
Branches:
Eldersburg Branch, Exploration Commons, Finksburg Branch, Mount Airy Branch, North Carroll Branch, Taneytown Branch, Westminster Branch
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Summer Reads: Liv Constantine

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Exploration Commons
Registration
Location: Exploration Commons
Room: Exploration Commons Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Adults

Program Type: Author Talks
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 127
Description:
Daphne and Amber Parrish are thrust back into one another’s lives upon the resurgence of a long-forgotten threat, forcing a vicious game of cat and mouse where everything is on the line in The Next Mrs. Parrish, the thrilling sequel to the million-co...

Labor Day

All Day
Some Branches
Closing
Branches:
Eldersburg Branch, Exploration Commons, Finksburg Branch, Mount Airy Branch, North Carroll Branch, Taneytown Branch, Westminster Branch, Mobile Services, CCPL Headquarters, Offsite
Description:
Closed for the Labor Day Holiday ...

Staff Training

All Day
Some Branches
Closing
Branches:
Eldersburg Branch, Exploration Commons, Finksburg Branch, Mount Airy Branch, North Carroll Branch, Taneytown Branch, Westminster Branch

Veteran's Day

All Day
Some Branches
Closing
Branches:
Eldersburg Branch, Exploration Commons, Finksburg Branch, Mount Airy Branch, North Carroll Branch, Taneytown Branch, Westminster Branch, Mobile Services, CCPL Headquarters
Description:
Library closed for Veteran's Day ...

Thanksgiving Eve

5:00pm - 8:00pm
Some Branches
Closing
Branches:
Eldersburg Branch, Exploration Commons, Finksburg Branch, Mount Airy Branch, North Carroll Branch, Taneytown Branch, Westminster Branch, CCPL Headquarters

Thanksgiving

All Day
Some Branches
Closing
Branches:
Eldersburg Branch, Exploration Commons, Finksburg Branch, Mount Airy Branch, North Carroll Branch, Taneytown Branch, Westminster Branch, Mobile Services, CCPL Headquarters
Description:
Closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday ...