Week Calendar

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.

Library tour - Runnymede ES

Begin April with some outdoor farm fun! Meet farm animals and their 4-H owners to learn about their projects. There will be a tractor and an implement for you to explore and learn about. Then, plant a plant for you to grow this spring.

A theme-based storytime featuring an age-appropriate story, songs, and learning activities, with a concentration on creative movement.

Join us for this energetic and interactive storytime. Explore your favorite children’s books (and find some new ones) through song, dance, and creative movement!    

Join the Mount Airy Knitters for a weekly roundtable of knitting, conversation, and fun. All experience levels are welcome. 

In this hands-on class, participants will learn the tricks of making flaky pie crusts. Each participant will take a cherry pie home to bake or freeze for later. 

This beginner-level laser cutter class will walk you through design basics, machine use, and safety procedures.

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 This writing group allows beginners, unpublished, and published writers to network, learn, vent, and feel inspired to move to the next level.

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.

Come to the library every Saturday morning for a new adventure! Stories, songs, dancing, crafts - there will be something new and different each week. The one thing that will always happen? Fun!

Join us in this crossover program spanning two Saturdays! We will begin the first session by customizing platters for our skillets using our laser engraver.

Are you looking to make new friends and have valuable social experiences for your little one? Join us for our new weekly playgroup!

A theme-based storytime featuring an age-appropriate story, songs, and learning activities, with a concentration on creative movement.

Join us for this energetic and interactive storytime. Explore your favorite children’s books (and find some new ones) through song, dance, and creative movement!    

Library tour - Runnymede ES

In this baking-for-good class, participants will make spring-themed caramel apples from scratch. Each person will decorate one apple to donate to the Empty Bowls Westminster fundraising event and make one to take home.

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.

Knitters and crocheters are welcome to join this group gathering to share tips, projects, and patterns.

Onions are often a tasty addition to a meal, and we use them so often that it's easy to overlook their nutritional value.

Join us for medieval fun as we make shields, make and test catapults, participate in axe throwing, and more!

Enjoy your day off from school with one of Mr. Craig's raucous dance parties. There will be plenty of music, dancing, and fun.

Join Carroll County Master Gardeners at CCPL's Finksburg Branch for this service hour program. Registrants will earn up to two service hours for accurately prepping materials for the Carroll County Master Gardeners' Earth Day event.

Enjoy a sneak peek from Winters Mill High School's drama department's upcoming musical, Mamma Mia, based on the music of ABBA.

Celebrate spring with the library and Carroll County Department of Recreation and Parks!

Listen to a spring story, do a craft, and meet a member of our local wildlife along with their Park Ranger friend!

Tie in Pop Up event during Roar Like A Lion

Spring into an afternoon of community service in partnership with the local Lions Clubs. The Lions Clubs will supply materials, instructions, and volunteers to lead a variety of projects that benefit our community.

Spring into an afternoon of community service in partnership with the local Lions Clubs.

Spring into an afternoon of community service in partnership with the local Lions Clubs.

Spring into an afternoon of community service in partnership with the local Lions Clubs. The Lions Clubs will supply materials, instructions, and volunteers to lead a variety of projects that benefit our community.

Spring into an afternoon of community service in partnership with the local Lions Clubs.

We welcome teens and adults with developmental disabilities or who are neurodivergent, along with their caregivers, to join us for an hour of movement, games, and fun!

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.

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.

Join us in this crossover program spanning two Saturdays! We will begin the first session by customizing platters for our skillets using our laser engraver.

Spring into an afternoon of community service in partnership with the local Lions Club. The Lions Club will supply materials, instructions, and volunteers to lead a variety of projects that benefit our community.

We're not fooling; the Sun will disappear next week! Join us as we make a solar system bracelet and discuss the upcoming solar eclipse.

Join Ms. Sara as she shares her hedgehog, Justine. Learn all about Justine, fun facts about hedgehogs, and have a chance to ask questions about what it's like to live with a hedgehog.  

Teens! Celebrate National Burrito Day with handmade beef burritos with rice, corn, black beans, and all the fillings. 

Soldering is fun and fundamental to various maker electronic projects and modern technology. From simple light-up LEDs to complex robots, solder is the glue that holds the technological world together.

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!

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.

Welcome to the exciting world of 3D design and modeling!

Koom essa - Come eat!  Learn about and cook traditional Pennsylvania Dutch favorites: Ham Balls, Wilted Lettuce Salad with Hot Bacon Dressing, and Brown Buttered noodles.

Get familiar with embroidery machines and the tools and materials you need to create a successful project.

Pajama Party Storytime occurs on the first Tuesday of each month.

Do you enjoy reading and talking about books while also getting a chance to enjoy excellent craft beer? Then our Books and Brews book club is for you!

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.

Wear your pajamas and listen to stories before bed. Join us for family fun and enjoy stories, music, crafts, play, and being together with friends.

Join Gate House Museum Curator Adrienne Smith as she presents ongoing research about turn-of-the-century Maryland immigration, its perception, and how it affected the population of Sykesville's Springfield Hospital.

Are you interested in volunteering virtually at the library?

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.

Are you an expert chess player or interested in learning? Compete and learn new skills at our monthly chess club! New and experienced chess players are welcome. 

This gentle yoga class allows students of various abilities and physical conditions to develop their yoga practice comfortably.