Family Storytime

10:00am - 11:00am
Kids, Birth - 8
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Location: Westminster Branch
Room: Westminster Large Meeting Room (Staff Use Only)
Age Group:
Kids ( Birth - 8 )

Program Type: Storytime

We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. 

Disclaimer(s)

Please wear a mask during this program. Due to the nature of this program, wearing a mask helps protect all attendees, especially those most vulnerable.

Move and Learn

10:00am - 11:00am
Kids, 2 - 8
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Location: North Carroll Branch
Room: North Carroll Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Kids ( 2 - 8 )

Program Type: Storytime
Description:

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

Disclaimer(s)

Please wear a mask during this program. Due to the nature of this program, wearing a mask helps protect all attendees, especially those most vulnerable.

Read and Play

10:00am - 11:00am
Kids, Birth - 24 Months
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Location: Eldersburg Branch
Room: Eldersburg Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Kids ( Birth - 24 Months )

Program Type: Storytime

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.

Disclaimer(s)

Please wear a mask during this program. Due to the nature of this program, wearing a mask helps protect all attendees, especially those most vulnerable.

Making for Seniors: Create a Simple Laser Cutter Project

10:00am - 12:00pm
Adults
Required
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Location: Exploration Commons
Room: Exploration Commons Classroom
Age Group:
Adults

Program Type: STEM/STEAM, Technology and Maker
Required
Seats Remaining: 2
Description:

Learning new technology should be fun, not intimidating! Join us for a very basic hands-on session where we'll create a simple laser cutter project and actually watch your project being made on our Fusion Pro laser cutter.

Family Storytime

11:00am - 12:00pm
Kids, Birth - 8
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Location: Eldersburg Branch
Room: Eldersburg Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Kids ( Birth - 8 )

Program Type: Storytime

We’ll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children. 

Disclaimer(s)

Please wear a mask during this program. Due to the nature of this program, wearing a mask helps protect all attendees, especially those most vulnerable.

Mr. Jon Live in Concert

11:00am - 12:00pm
Everyone, All Ages
Required
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Location: Finksburg Branch
Room: Finksburg Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Everyone ( All Ages )

Program Type: Music Theater and Dance
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Description:

Join Mr. Jon & Friends, winner of multiple Parents' Choice Awards, for a fun interactive concert for the whole family. Mr.

Disclaimer(s)

All attendees need to register.

This program is sponsored in part by a Community Arts Development Grant from the Carroll County Arts Council and the Maryland State Arts Council.

Summer Lunch at the Library (Taneytown Branch)

12:00pm - 1:00pm
Kids, Birth - 18, Teens
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Location: Taneytown Branch
Room: Taneytown Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Kids ( Birth - 18 )
Teens

Description:

This summer CCPL's Taneytown Branch will be partnering with Carroll County Public Schools and the US Department of Agriculture to provide free summer meals for kids and teens. There is no enrollment and no cost.

Disclaimer(s)

Refreshments will be served.

Monthly Minecraft

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Kids, 8 - 17, Teens
Required
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Location: Eldersburg Branch
Room: Eldersburg Mid-Size Meeting Room
Age Group:
Kids ( 8 - 17 )
Teens

Program Type: Fun and Games, STEM/STEAM
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Description:

Come play Minecraft with other players on our special library Minecraft server. 

Under the Sea Escape Room

1:30pm - 2:30pm
11 - 17, Teens
Required
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Location: North Carroll Branch
Room: North Carroll Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
( 11 - 17 )
Teens

Program Type: Fun and Games
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Description:

Join us for an under the sea themed escape room. Work together to find clues and solve puzzles to escape in time.

Blender Basics: Rigid Bodies

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Teens, 14 - Adults, Adults
Required
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Location: Exploration Commons
Room: Exploration Commons Classroom
Age Group:
Teens ( 14 - Adults )
Adults

Program Type: STEM/STEAM, Technology and Maker
Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Description:

Learn the general basics of Blender, a free 3D design software. This section will be focusing on creating real-world physics with Blender's built-in "rigid body" properties.

Card Camp

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Adults
Required
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Location: Finksburg Branch
Room: Finksburg Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Adults

Program Type: DIY Arts and Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Description:

Create your own greeting cards with our collection of rubber stamps. Examples and supplies for three cards will be provided. Best of all, if you want to continue crafting, you can check out a stamp set and take it home!

Disclaimer(s)

All attendees need to register.

Westminster Branch Teen Advisory Board

3:30pm - 5:00pm
Teens, 12 - 17
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Location: Westminster Branch
Room: Westminster Large Meeting Room (Staff Use Only)
Age Group:
Teens ( 12 - 17 )

Description:

Calling all teens looking for leadership roles in planning library programs. We want you for our Teen Advisory Board! Need service hours? We’ve got those too!

Westminster Branch Teen Advisory Board

3:30pm - 5:00pm
Teens, 12 - 17
Required
Virtual Event
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Location: Online
Age Group:
Teens ( 12 - 17 )

Required
Seats Remaining: 18
Description:

Calling all teens looking for leadership roles in planning library programs. We want you for our Teen Advisory Board! Need service hours? We’ve got those too! Participants can join us in person or log in virtually through Zoom.

Disclaimer(s)

All attendees need to register.

Zoom login information will be emailed to participants one hour before the program starts.

Card Camp

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Adults
Required
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Location: Finksburg Branch
Room: Finksburg Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Adults

Program Type: DIY Arts and Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Description:

Create your own greeting cards with our collection of rubber stamps. Examples and supplies for three cards will be provided. Best of all, if you want to continue crafting, you can check out a stamp set and take it home!

Disclaimer(s)

All attendees need to register.

Cancelled

Book Dioramas

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Adults
Required
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Location: Taneytown Branch
Room: Taneytown Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Adults

Program Type: DIY Arts and Crafts
Description:

Worlds exist between the pages of a book—and here’s your chance to create one of your own! Turn an old book into a fairy garden, a castle, or whatever flight of fancy your imagination dreams up.

Disclaimer(s)

All attendees need to register.

Oceans Trivia Night!

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Kids, 7 - Adults, Teens, Adults
Required
Virtual Event
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Location: Online
Age Group:
Kids ( 7 - Adults )
Teens
Adults

Program Type: Fun and Games
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Description:

Are you an expert on the spectacular things that exist beneath the ocean's surface? For this trivia quiz, we are exploring the five major ocean basins of our planet!

Disclaimer(s)

All attendees need to register.

Zoom login information will be emailed to participants one hour before the program starts.

North Carroll Book Discussion Group: The Personal Librarian

6:30pm - 8:30pm
Adults
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Location: North Carroll Branch
Room: North Carroll Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Adults

Program Type: Book Clubs
Description:

Do you enjoy reading and talking about books? Then our book discussion group is for you! We will feature a different book at each meeting. Come join us for a sharing of good books and ideas.

This month's selection is The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray.