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Volunteer Opportunity: Painting Bookends

1:30pm - 2:30pm
North Carroll Branch
Registration
Location: North Carroll Branch
Room: North Carroll Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Teens ( 12 - 17 )

Program Type: DIY Arts and Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Description:

We are looking to brighten up our young adult area, and we need your help. Bring your creativity and paint some bookends for us. If you don't finish, you can take them home and return them later. You can earn up to three service hours.

Kids Cooking: Stovetop Quesadillas

1:30pm - 3:00pm
Exploration Commons
Registration
Payment
Location: Exploration Commons
Room: Exploration Commons Kitchen
Age Group:
Kids ( 10 - 13 )
Teens

Program Type: Cooking
Registration Required
Payment Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Description:

This hands-on class will introduce kitchen safety and stovetop cooking skills as we prepare a simple quesadilla recipe. This class is appropriate for children with no cooking experience.

Disclaimer(s)

Registration verifies your acceptance of Exploration Commons' program cancellation and kitchen safety procedures.

The Exploration Commons kitchen is not an allergen-free facility.

Tiny Library Treasures (Taneytown Branch)

1:30pm - 3:00pm
Taneytown Branch
Location: Taneytown Branch
Room: Taneytown Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Teens ( 12 - 17 )

Program Type: DIY Arts and Crafts, Take Home Kits
Description:

Tiny thoughts lead to big ideas! Paint a mini canvas and create tiny art masterpieces to display in the library. Participants may paint their canvas in the library or take a kit home. Canvases will be available while supplies last.

Intro to Canva

10:00am - 11:00am
Exploration Commons
Registration
Location: Exploration Commons
Room: Exploration Commons Classroom
Age Group:
Teens ( 12 - Adults )
Adults

Program Type: STEM/STEAM, Technology and Maker
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 9
Description:

Canva is a free web-based digital design program. Attendees will learn how to navigate the homepage, create new projects, and edit various templates to create projects for digital and print use. 

Disclaimer(s)

All attendees need to register.

A Children's Guide to Ballet

11:30am - 12:30pm
Eldersburg Branch
Location: Eldersburg Branch
Room: Eldersburg Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Kids ( 3 - Adults )
Teens
Adults

Program Type: Music Theater and Dance
Description:

From the origins of ballet, theater, and mime, through the classical era of princesses and tutus, to the contemporary field of ballet that is popular today, these professional dancers demonstrate the many facets of this art form!

Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Afternoon

1:30pm - 3:30pm
Finksburg Branch
Registration
Location: Finksburg Branch
Room: Finksburg Small Meeting Room
Age Group:
( 11 - 18 )
Teens

Program Type: Fun and Games
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Description:

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!

Disclaimer(s)

All attendees need to register.

Tai Chi for Wellness and Rehabilitation

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Eldersburg Branch
Registration
Location: Eldersburg Branch
Room: Eldersburg Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
Teens ( 13 - Adults )
Adults

Program Type: Health and Wellness
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 22
Description:

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.

Independence Day Holiday

All Day
Some Branches
Closing
Branches:
Eldersburg Branch, Exploration Commons, Finksburg Branch, Mount Airy Branch, North Carroll Branch, Taneytown Branch, Westminster Branch

Mock Trial Camp

10:00am - 3:30pm
Exploration Commons
Registration
Location: Exploration Commons
Room: Exploration Commons Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
( 11 - 14 )
Teens

Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Description:

Mock Trial Camp is designed for students entering grades 6 -9. In this two-day competition, students will learn about Mock Trial by taking on a legal case, either civil or criminal in nature, that challenges them to think critically about tim

Mock Trial Camp

10:00am - 3:30pm
Exploration Commons
Registration
Location: Exploration Commons
Room: Exploration Commons Large Meeting Room
Age Group:
( 11 - 14 )
Teens

Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Description:

Mock Trial Camp is designed for students entering grades 6 -9. In this two-day competition, students will learn about Mock Trial by taking on a legal case, either civil or criminal in nature, that challenges them to think critically about tim

Labor Day

All Day
Some Branches
Closing
Branches:
Eldersburg Branch, Exploration Commons, Finksburg Branch, Mount Airy Branch, North Carroll Branch, Taneytown Branch, Westminster Branch, Mobile Services, CCPL Headquarters, Offsite
Description:

Closed for the Labor Day Holiday

Staff Training

All Day
Some Branches
Closing
Branches:
Eldersburg Branch, Exploration Commons, Finksburg Branch, Mount Airy Branch, North Carroll Branch, Taneytown Branch, Westminster Branch

Veteran's Day

All Day
Some Branches
Closing
Branches:
Eldersburg Branch, Exploration Commons, Finksburg Branch, Mount Airy Branch, North Carroll Branch, Taneytown Branch, Westminster Branch, Mobile Services, CCPL Headquarters
Description:

Library closed for Veteran's Day

Thanksgiving Eve

5:00pm - 8:00pm
Some Branches
Closing
Branches:
Eldersburg Branch, Exploration Commons, Finksburg Branch, Mount Airy Branch, North Carroll Branch, Taneytown Branch, Westminster Branch, CCPL Headquarters

Thanksgiving

All Day
Some Branches
Closing
Branches:
Eldersburg Branch, Exploration Commons, Finksburg Branch, Mount Airy Branch, North Carroll Branch, Taneytown Branch, Westminster Branch, Mobile Services, CCPL Headquarters
Description:

Closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday

Christmas Holiday

All Day
Some Branches
Closing
Branches:
Eldersburg Branch, Exploration Commons, Finksburg Branch, Mount Airy Branch, North Carroll Branch, Taneytown Branch, Westminster Branch

Christmas Holiday

All Day
Some Branches
Closing
Branches:
Eldersburg Branch, Exploration Commons, Finksburg Branch, Mount Airy Branch, North Carroll Branch, Taneytown Branch, Westminster Branch

New Year's Holiday

All Day
Some Branches
Closing
Branches:
Eldersburg Branch, Exploration Commons, Finksburg Branch, Mount Airy Branch, North Carroll Branch, Taneytown Branch, Westminster Branch

New Year's Day

All Day
Some Branches
Closing
Branches:
CCPL Headquarters, Eldersburg Branch, Finksburg Branch, , , Mobile Services, Mount Airy Branch, North Carroll Branch, Offsite, Taneytown Branch, , , Westminster Branch
Description:

Closed for the New Year's Day Holiday

MLK Day

All Day
Some Branches
Closing
Branches:
Eldersburg Branch, Exploration Commons, Finksburg Branch, Mount Airy Branch, North Carroll Branch, Taneytown Branch, Westminster Branch, Mobile Services, CCPL Headquarters, Offsite
Description:

Closed for the Martin Luther King Holiday

Presidents' Day

All Day
Some Branches
Closing
Branches:
Eldersburg Branch, Exploration Commons, Finksburg Branch, Mount Airy Branch, North Carroll Branch, Taneytown Branch, Westminster Branch, Mobile Services, CCPL Headquarters, Offsite
Description:

Closed for the Presidents' Day Holiday

Memorial Day

All Day
Some Branches
Closing
Branches:
Eldersburg Branch, Exploration Commons, Finksburg Branch, Mount Airy Branch, North Carroll Branch, Taneytown Branch, Westminster Branch, Mobile Services, CCPL Headquarters, Offsite
Description:

Closed for the Memorial Day Holiday

Labor Day

All Day
Some Branches
Closing
Branches:
Eldersburg Branch, Exploration Commons, Finksburg Branch, Mount Airy Branch, North Carroll Branch, Taneytown Branch, Westminster Branch, Mobile Services, CCPL Headquarters, Offsite
Description:

Closed for the Labor Day Holiday