Week Calendar

Join us as we celebrate a staple of Mardi Gras fare - doughnuts! We'll be celebrating doughnuts through stories, songs, and activities.

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.

Storytime

Get together at the library for a fun social time for you and your children. We'll provide the space, toys, and activities, you provide the fun. Play is an important part of developing early literacy skills.

Drop in for self-directed use of our makerspace resources during our unstaffed open lab hours.

storytime

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

Drop in for self-directed use of our makerspace resources during our unstaffed open lab hours.

storytime

Drop in for self-directed use of our makerspace resources during our unstaffed open lab hours.

Storytime

You're invited to a morning playgroup just for little ones! Come enjoy a warm and inviting space where you and your child can play with our toys, practice gross motor skills on our baby obstacle course, enjoy music, and socialize with others.

Join your little one at a storytime featuring interactive books, rhymes, music, and movement, followed by playgroup activities which allow children to practice skills and socialize. 

Join us for a celebration of all things Newsies. There will be crafts, activities, a special performance from the Century High School Drama Club, and much more.

Put your painting clothes on and drop in for a painting extravaganza! You will have the opportunity to try different types of painting, such as raised salt painting, sponge painting, just plain old paint and brush painting, and more!

Drop in for self-directed use of our makerspace resources during our unstaffed open lab hours.

Climb aboard each week to explore a different letter of the alphabet through books, songs, and activities. All adult caregivers are welcome.

Explore dancing, singing, and shaking your sillies out at this movement-based program. Older siblings welcome.

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

storytime

Join the fun as we celebrate Irish heritage with a STEAM twist -  and figure out how to outsmart a leprechaun. We'll share some traditional stories to introduce leprechauns and then we'll try to find ways to capture the leprechaun's gold!

Using the Musikgarten whole-child approach, the youngest musicians explore the wonder of music while expanding their self-awareness and experiencing social interaction.

Breastfeeding can be challenging and emotional for new moms. Come share, support, socialize, and help one another in a non-judgmental environment. Siblings welcome. This support group is led by Susan Weyer, RN, IBCLC.

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) is an IRS Program offering free tax preparation services to low and moderate-income households.

Each month we will read a 2018-19 Black-Eyed Susan nominee from the picture book list, followed by group discussion and related activity.

Looking for a quilting group? Interested in learning how to quilt? Join the Busy Bee Quilt Guild every month for some quilting fun!

Local bluegrass musician Alani Sugar will play the fiddle and mandolin in the cafè.

Author Melanie Rigney will present what we can expect after our novel is complete.  Learn about what a professional editor can and can’t do for you before you seek an editor or publisher. Bring your questions and your synopses!

Microsoft Excel is a powerful tool for managing and presenting data. In this presentation, you will have a hands-on experience learning the basics to get you started.

A Learning Advantage Partnership program between Carroll County Public Schools and Carroll County Public Library. Sponsored by a Striving Readers Grant.

3/3: Lydia Bandy (harp)

3/10: Chris Reynolds (guitar)

3/17: Elaine Bryant (harp)

3/24: Chris Reynolds (guitar)

3/31: Matt McMullin (guitar)

4/7: Matt McMullin (guitar)

Please join us for a fun afternoon showing of Labyrinth (PG, 1hr 41min). Feel free to bring your own refreshments.

Drop in for self-directed use of our makerspace resources during our unstaffed open lab hours.

What's the weather like? How does it work? Come learn about different types of weather and see what it's like to experience snow -- inside the library!

Join Ms. Nicole from Bear Branch Nature Center as she brings some of her animal friends for a visit!

Join us to create your own moving, scribbling art bot.

Come to the library and read a story to a book-loving dog. Research shows that reading to animals can boost reading skills in children as well as help with emotional and social skills. Registration preferred, but walk-ins welcome!

Calling all teens looking for leadership roles in planning library programs. We want you for our Teen Advisory Board! Meetings will start with snacks at 3:30 PM, then we’ll get down to business around 3:45 PM. Need service hours?

Learn the basics of creating charts and graphs, including bar, line, and pie charts, in Excel. The class will cover selecting data, formatting axis and legends, and creating titles, subtitles, and other labels.

A weekly after-school program with a snack, craft/game/tech time, and homework assistance. Different activities every week! We will not meet on early dismissal days or when CCPS is closed.  

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

There is nothing better than bedtime stories with cookies and juice. Wear your pajamas to this cozy storytime.

Join the Teen Advisory Board. Share your opinions and ideas about programs and materials you’d like to see at our branch. Plus you can earn service hours!

Girls Who Code is a national non-profit organization dedicated to closing the gender gap in technology.

Join presenter Libby Fuss in a discussion of the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights and its relationship to religious groups.

Best selling author of The Alice Network is returning! We are thrilled to host Kate Quinn for a discussion and signing again with A Likely Story Bookstore for her new novel The Huntress.

Knitters and crocheters are all welcome to join this semi-monthly gathering to share tips, projects, and patterns.

Jack, a poor country boy, traded the family cow for some cool magic beans.  What do you think Jack will grow with those magic beans? Will he go out and find stolen treasures?

Experience the benefits of a deep relaxation session in this inwardly focused yoga class.

Whether you are a master or have never played, join us for Chess Club. You can learn the rules of the game, study classic games from history, stretch your brain with chess puzzles, or just sit down and play with friends. 

This gentle yoga class, taught by Rebecca Berg, is designed to allow students of various abilities and physical conditions to comfortably develop his or her own yoga practice.

Paul Kazyak, a recently retired Maryland DNR scientist and current lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, will detail the current state of Chesapeake Bay, how we got where we are and what we can do to improve things for future generations.