Week Calendar

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.

Informal drop-in program from the Westminster Police Department. Officers are at a table on the floor and are available to meet and chat with members of the public.

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.

Learn the ins and outs of online safety. Whether you’re a retiree, a professional, or just a curious person, Hash Newman will lead us in understanding basic online tips and how to be more conscious of how we spend our time online.

Our regular, theme-based storytime with a twist. There will be age appropriate stories, songs and a learning activity along with the opportunity to get up and get moving.

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

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.

Let's have some fun with snow! We will read The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats and other wintry stories. We will make our own snowy painting, play in homemade snow, make tracks in the snow and other fun winter activities.

New year. New book club! Please join us in launching our morning book club. Refreshments will be provided. This month's title is Vox by Christina Dalcher.

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

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

Join us for a playgroup just for preschoolers. Come enjoy a festive space where you and your child can explore and play with our toys, read a board book, enjoy music, and socialize with others.

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

Join the fun as we explore letters and numbers. We’ll offer lots of engaging, hands-on activities to make learning fun!

Get your Valentine's Day cards ready ahead of time - with construction paper, stickers, and lots of love!

Create Valentine's Day crafts for your special someone.

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.

We welcome the novice or newbie. Bring your latest project, or come to learn. Sit with us every Tuesday and yarn some tales with a wonderful group of knitters and crocheters.

Join us for this three-part series where you will learn the basic hand sewing techniques to start your own Grandmother's Flower Garden style quilt using the English paper piecing technique.

Each month we will read a 2019-20 Black-Eyed Susan nominee from the picture book list, followed by group discussion and related activity.

Paint and scissors and glue, oh my! It’s time to create your very own masterpieces to give to the ones you love! Please dress to get messy.

Join the Carroll County Chapter of the Maryland Writers Group and Meg Eden as we talk about submitting your work to magazines.

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

KPET's trained reading dogs provide a relaxed, informal atmosphere for kids to practice reading. Every dog enjoys a good story!

Listen to these local musicians play at the library.

What does your shadow look like? Will the groundhog see his shadow this month? Join us for a storytime, groundhog crafts, games, and some shadow science fun.

Come to the library to visit with and or read a story to a book-loving dog. Research shows that reading to animals boosts reading skills in children, helps with social skills and even emotional health for all ages.

This month's selection is Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple.

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?

Join us for a variety of fun activities from Shake, Rattle, and Read to Parachute Fun to Little Builders to crafts.

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

Love to build? Join us for a program where you can build a castle, a spaceship, or whatever you like! We'll supply LEGO^® bricks; just bring your imagination. Come on by to create something awesome!

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.

Yes, this is a book club without a book! No reading is required. Chat about a book you've read and hear about great books others have enjoyed. Have you been dying to talk about a book you have read?

Strengthen your body, sharpen your mind, soothe your spirit. Follow Syeda through a series of postures and guided imageries. Beginner to intermediate. Register to reserve a space.

Learn how to create a beautiful wire wrapped, heart shaped, stone pendant using basic jewelry making skills. All materials will be provided for you.

This month's selection is Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty.

¿Hable espanol? Compartiremos libros, cuentos, rimas, música y movimiento en inglés y español. Venga a hablar, cantar, leer y crear juntos en un formato apropiado para niños pequeños.

Read to a puppy from  the Seeing Eye Puppy Raising Program. Research shows that reading to an animal can boost reading skills in children as well as help with emotional and social skills.

Join us for an after-hours night of laser tag fun! All participants must have a signed permission slip which is available at drop off. 

Who says the snow has to stay outside? Join us for an evening of winter-themed fun and games. We will break out the snow machine and maybe even have (marshmallow) snowball fights! Parent pick-up at 8 PM.

Achieving your artistic side? Considering your competitive side? We're open to both at our virtual reality showcase!

Join Maria Myers, Recycling Manager for Carroll County, as we learn about Carroll County's program to meet the demands of an evolving recycling industry and the changes in single-stream recycling.

The National African American Read-In is the nation’s first and oldest event dedicated to diversity in literature.

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

Watch the authors of The Faith Club discuss their beliefs and misconceptions and how they came together in their book. A discussion will follow.

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

We'll use Toni Morrison's The Origin of Others as a springboard into a conversation around exploring the big ideas of patience, generosity, and harmony and how to put them into action each day. 

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.

Join Ryan O’Grady from the Maryland State Library Resource Center as he shows us what should concern us on the Internet, and what should not. Learn to be aware, not afraid!