Twos and Threes Together

9:45am - 10:30am
Kids, 2 - 3
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Location: Finksburg Branch
Room: Finksburg Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Kids ( 2 - 3 )

Program Type: Storytime

This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.

Wildwood Storytime with CCPL's Mount Airy Branch

10:00am - 10:30am
Kids, Birth - 8
Offsite Event
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Location: Offsite
Age Group:
Kids ( Birth - 8 )

Program Type: Storytime
Description:

Join us for storytime at the Wildwood Park gazebo! We'll share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Talk, sing, read, write, and play together in a format appropriate for young children.

Family Storytime

10:00am - 11:00am
Kids, Birth - 8
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Location: North Carroll Branch
Room: North Carroll 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. 

Family Storytime

10:00am - 11:00am
Kids, Birth - 8
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Location: Taneytown Branch
Room: Taneytown 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. 

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.

Twos and Threes Together

10:00am - 11:00am
Kids, 2 - 3
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Location: Westminster Branch
Room: Westminster Large Meeting Room (Staff Use Only)
Age Group:
Kids ( 2 - 3 )

Program Type: Storytime

This lively, fast-paced storytime for young children includes books, songs, fingerplays, and movement.

North Carroll Writers Group

10:00am - 12:00pm
Adults
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Location: North Carroll Branch
Room: North Carroll Small Meeting Room
Age Group:
Adults

Description:

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.

Read and Play

11:00am - 11:45am
Kids, Birth - 24 Months
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Location: Finksburg Branch
Room: Finksburg 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.

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. 

Family Storytime

11:00am - 12:00pm
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. 

Mount Airy Senior Book Discussion Group: 1776

12:00pm - 1:00pm
Adults
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Location: Mount Airy Branch
Room: Mount Airy 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 we will be discussing 1776 by David McCullough.

Summer Lunch at the Library (Taneytown Branch)

12:00pm - 1:00pm
Everyone, All Ages
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Location: Taneytown Branch
Room: Taneytown Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Everyone ( All Ages )

Description:

CCPL's Taneytown Branch will partner with Carroll County Public Schools and the US Department of Agriculture to provide free summer meals for kids and teens. Caring and Sharing Ministries will sponsor adult meals.

Disclaimer(s)

Refreshments will be served.

Which Was Better?: The Color Purple

1:00pm - 4:00pm
Teens, 16 - Adults, Adults
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Location: Westminster Branch
Room: Westminster Small Meeting Room
Age Group:
Teens ( 16 - Adults )
Adults

Program Type: Book Clubs
Description:

Join us for our monthly movie/book discussion club. Where we will discuss which was better, the book or the movie. This month we're talking about The Color Purple by Alice Walker. Please read the book before the meeting.

Bee Kind to Our Community

1:30pm - 2:30pm
Kids, 7 - Adults, Teens, Adults
Required
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Location: Taneytown Branch
Room: Taneytown Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Kids ( 7 - Adults )
Teens
Adults

Program Type: DIY Arts and Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Description:

Let’s bee kind to our community members – both two and four-legged!

Intro to Game Design with Unity and Visual Coding

1:30pm - 3:30pm
Teens, 13 - 18
Required
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Location: Exploration Commons
Age Group:
Teens ( 13 - 18 )

Program Type: STEM/STEAM, Technology and Maker
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Description:

In this four-session program, participants will explore visual scripting and basic coding in Unity Game Design Engine. An interactive activity will introduce participants to basic coding terminology on the first day.

Inked with Aliza Layne

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Teens, 12 - 18
Required
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Location: North Carroll Branch
Room: North Carroll Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Teens ( 12 - 18 )

Program Type: Author Talks, DIY Arts and Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 14
Description:

Join us for an exciting creative workshop where you learn the art of creating graphic novels and comics with Mx.

Mugs and Magazines: Drop-in Library Helpers

4:00pm - 7:00pm
Everyone, All Ages
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Location: Taneytown Branch
Age Group:
Everyone ( All Ages )

Description:

Bring a mug and a helping hand to support future art programs here at the library. Young and old are welcome to gather to help cut and process withdrawn magazines.

Disclaimer(s)

Refreshments will be served.

Kids' Intro to Basic Sewing Skills

5:00pm - 7:30pm
Kids, 10 - 16, Teens
Required
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Location: Exploration Commons
Room: Exploration Commons Classroom
Age Group:
Kids ( 10 - 16 )
Teens

Program Type: Sewing
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Description:

Learn the necessary basics to feel comfortable using a sewing machine. This is a beginner-level class; you will leave feeling confident about the next steps to take toward sewing your projects.

Crazy for Crafting

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

Program Type: DIY Arts and Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Description:

Join us for some fun and easy craft projects each month. No experience or creative skills are needed. Bring a friend or meet new people who also enjoy crafting. This month we will be using glassware to make a garden sculpture.

Disclaimer(s)

All attendees need to register.

Inked with Aliza Layne

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Teens, 12 - 18
Required
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Location: Westminster Branch
Room: Westminster Large Meeting Room (Staff Use Only)
Age Group:
Teens ( 12 - 18 )

Program Type: Author Talks, DIY Arts and Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Description:

Join us for an exciting creative workshop where you learn the art of creating graphic novels and comics with Mx.

Gentle Yoga

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Teens, 13 - Adults, Adults
Required
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Location: Eldersburg Branch
Room: Eldersburg Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Teens ( 13 - Adults )
Adults

Program Type: Health and Wellness
Required
Seats Remaining: 5
Description:

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

Disclaimer(s)

All attendees need to register.

Summer Reads: Amiee Gibbs

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

Program Type: Author Talks
Required
Seats Remaining: 99
Description:

Amiee Gibbs grew up in rural Maryland, where she still lives on an allegedly haunted road but has dreams of running away to Ireland.