Week Calendar

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.

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

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:

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.

BOB book talks for East Middle school. 

Tour and activity for Shiloh and North Carroll Middle School groups on a pre-vocational skills field trip.

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.

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!

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.

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 This writing group allows beginners, unpublished, and published writers to network, learn, vent, and feel inspired to move to the next level.

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.

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!

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.

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!

Need some time to de-stress? Come try some stress busters, from a make-your-own sugar scrub to chocolate tasting and coloring sheets.

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!

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

It's voting day, so let your voice be heard and vote for your favorite Black-Eyed Susan picture book nominee!

Enjoy the soothing sounds of piano or harp as Lydia Bandy fills the library with beautiful, calming music.

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

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.

Play BINGO, have fun, and win books!

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.  

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.

Join us for a kids' and teens' chess tournament!

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?

Add some new alcohol-free drink options to your next holiday gathering!

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."

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.

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 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.

Join 4-H Environmental Educator Torrey Silliman in this beginner robotics & coding program.

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. 

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.

This month's selection is The Dutch House by Ann Patchett.

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.

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. 

Ready to take your 3D design skills to the next level?

Please join the Carroll County Critique Group as we meet to discuss our writing efforts and achievements.

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!

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).

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

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

Join us for a drop-in session of diamond painting! No experience is necessary!

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.

Doing crafts improves your mood, reduces stress, and it's fun! Explore your inner artist. All supplies will be provided.

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

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Join us for a special evening as historian Jonathan Beasley walks us through Maryland's military history with a focus on the Civil War.

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.

Join us for a fun bingo night with plenty of prize-winning and a classic movie twist!

Join the Westminster Branch Teen Advisory Board as we kick off our Shrekfest!