Week Calendar

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 f

Bring your questions about fall gardening to a Carroll County Master Gardener and pick up tips, handouts, and more.

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.

This energetic storytime encourages creative movement and dance to help develop gross motor skills, coordination, and spatial awareness while fostering a love of stories.

This is a fun, informal, and play-based program for children and their caregivers.

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

Have questions about keeping your garden green? 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 Mount Airy Branch lobby. 

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

This energetic storytime encourages creative movement and dance to help develop gross motor skills, coordination, and spatial awareness while fostering a love of stories.

The prince is having a fall ball and you're invited!

See a real fire truck up close! Celebrate Fire Prevention with the Manchester Fire Department when they bring a fire truck to the library.

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 This writing group allows beginners, unpublished, and published writers to network, learn, vent, and feel inspired to move to the next level.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

The prince is having a fall ball and you're invited!

Help us design a solution for our fairytale friend's problems! This program will begin with a brief storytime followed by an interactive building activity.

Join us for a morning of painting at the library. Attendees will receive instruction and create beginner-level artwork inspired by the spooky season. Please wear old clothes or bring an apron. All supplies will be provided.

The prince is having a fall ball and you're invited!

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!

This show, presented by the Science Guys of Baltimore, reveals the science behind dense, thick, and eerie fog!

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

Storytime for what is love event

CCPL's Taneytown Branch is holding a monthly Super Smash Bros. tournament for kids, so join us to show you're the best player your age in town! There will be no prizes, just glory for the winner!

Unroll some fun and draw, stamp, doodle, trace, and stick  - and maybe even paint - on butcher paper to create one-of-a-kind murals for the library. How long can we go? What will you make? 

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

Join us for a comprehensive two-session Adobe Illustrator program where we further explore the software's capabilities and build on our existing knowledge.

This month's selection is Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree That Changed America by Harry N. MacLean.

Build a toolbox of strategies to make meal prep easy to integrate into your busy life. We will discuss how to make meals on repeat to help you meet your health goals.

The library is more than just books. It's a place to come together as a community. We welcome teens and adults with developmental disabilities and their caregivers to join us for games, crafts, music, and more!

What could be cuter than pumpkins? How about mini-pumpkins? Bring your fall festive creativity as we make montage mini-pumpkins with scrapbook paper and mod-podge. We'll decorate them with unique designs so you can adore them year-round.

Participate in the Paint Carroll Pink service initiative! Create a gift to be distributed to patients undergoing cancer treatment at Carroll Hospital. Decorating items will be available to participants.

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 vaccin

No school for CCPS today, so bring the kids and join the fun at our Annual STEM Day! At this session, we'll be creating pumpkin seed art, measuring mini pumpkins, and watching dancing candy!

Come by to make a target and try out our Nerf weapons on various spooky-themed targets!

CCPL's Taneytown Branch is holding a monthly Super Smash Bros. tournament for teens, so join us to show you're the best player in town! There will be no prizes, just glory for the winner!

Join local artist Lois Wolford for her watercolor workshop, Skin Tones the Easy Way – Spice Up Your Skin Tones with a Little Color.

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!

Join us as we celebrate the spooky season with the Hitchcock suspense classic Shadow of a Doubt, starring Joseph Cotten and Teresa Wright.

Join Kevin Jones, Community Outreach Coordinator of Acts Fairhaven, as he answers your questions on continuing care retirement and demystifies some common misconceptions concerning CCRC living. During the presentation, you will learn: 

The prince is having a fall ball and you're invited!

Join us at CCPL's Eldersburg Branch for a drop-in celebration of the Wings of Fire books! Create a paper dragonet of destiny, make a dragon egg, and more!

Come to the library to visit with or read to book-loving therapy dogs. Research shows that reading to animals boosts reading skills in children and helps with social skills and emotional health for all ages.

Do you know them all? Join Art Way Alliance as artists show you how to draw some of your favorite Pokémon characters. From the original 151 to the new Scarlet and Violet starters, we will explore the shapes that make up these awesome characters.

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

Tai chi is an ancient practice with origins in China. It is a mind/body practice incorporating breath and gentle movements to focus the mind. This program will assist the body in recovering from illness and maintaining wellness.

Klatch (noun): a gathering usually characterized by informal conversation.

Join us for a casual, bi-weekly stitching club. All needle-crafters are welcome!

Want to be able to hem your garments? Come learn how to sew a variety of hem styles on fabric samples you can keep for future reference.

Celebrate Star Wars Reads month by joining us for a Star Wars-themed joint program between CCPL's Westminster Branch and Exploration Commons, hosted in our Teaching Kitchen!

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.

Are you or someone you care about eligible for Medicare? Come and find out how to maximize your Medicare health benefits. There are many decisions to make when you are transitioning to Medicare.

Get festive for fall by learning to create customized chocolates in this two-session class! In session one, we'll create our designs in Fusion 360 and learn about the 3D printing process.

Have you ever fallen and couldn't get up? Learn about risk factors and what you can do to change or modify them to prevent falls.

Join us for a monthly session of diamond painting! We'll have a new project each month, and no experience is necessary!  

Have you always wanted to learn to knit? Now is your chance! This fun class will introduce you to the fundamentals of knitting, including casting on, knitting the garter stitch, and binding off.

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.

Join us once a month for our brand-new ASL (American Sign Language) Practice Club! We will have conversational games and prompts to help keep your skills up. All fluency levels are welcome! 

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, featuring stories, music, crafts, play, and time with friends.

The prince is having a fall ball and you're invited!

This month's selection is The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer.

From internationally bestselling author Tracey Enerson Wood, Katharine, the Wright Sister is an unforgettable novel that shines a spotlight on one of the most important and overlooked women in history, and the sacrifices she mad

Calling all teens with a love of the library! Help us plan teen programming and influence our teen collections. We want you for our Teen Advisory Board! Need service hours? We've got those too!

Speaking with other people who have multiple sclerosis can be one of the most empowering and helpful things for someone with MS.

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.

Join us for this fascinating program as members of the Maryland Ghost Trackers recount their experiences with the supernatural.

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.

In this online class, Jill Suffel, CZT (Certified Zentangle Teacher), will lead us through a relaxing drawing activity that starts with four dots and a line. The outcome will amaze you!