Week Calendar

A special storytime just for preschoolers! Activities will promote pre-reading and school-readiness skills in preparation for kindergarten. Adult caregivers are welcome.

We'll explore YouTube, the popular video-sharing site, during this hands-on workshop. You'll learn how to search for videos that you like, use the video controls, subscribe to channels, and more!

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.

Stop by to meet with representatives from the People's Insurance Counsel Division (PICD) - Office of the Attorney General as they share resources and information about homeowners insurance matters.

Adventure through the world of art and explore different ways for little artists to express their creativity! Please wear old clothes or bring an apron. All supplies will be provided.

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.

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

Do you want to get into podcasting but don't know where to start? This is the class for you!

Edge-lit signs are a bright and colorful way to display a message or add flare to your room, desk, or workspace.

Learn the basics of using our Bernina sewing machines while we construct a simple project. We'll also discuss ways to start or expand sewing programs at your library.

Join us for this energetic and interactive storytime. Explore your favorite children’s books (and find some new ones) through song, dance, and creative movement!    

Join the Mount Airy Knitters for a weekly roundtable of knitting, conversation, and fun. All experience levels are welcome. 

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 This writing group allows beginners, unpublished, and published writers to network, learn, vent, and feel inspired to move to the next level.

In this class, you will learn about the sewing, cutting, proper threading, and operating basics of the versatile serger/overlock sewing machine.

Join Carroll County Workforce Development for a pop-up event at CCPL's Taneytown Branch! Learn about free career services, opportunities for free training, updating your resume, and getting connected to employers.

THE SKY IS FALLING! Or, at least, that’s what Chicken Little thinks. It’s Chicken Little’s first trip to the big city to visit Corky the Penguin!

Stop by the library to hang out with some of Mo Willem’s most beloved characters, Gerald, aka Elephant, and Piggie, who is, well... a pig! Photo ops and fun abound when these two favorite friends are around!

Join the fun with Fit Friends, taught by Miss Courtney, a certified personal trainer specializing in youth fitness. This program features inspiring ideas to get your kids moving! 

Join Contempic School of Ballet for Reading with a Ballerina. Children will enjoy storytime and an excerpt performance from the Contempic School of Ballet.

This is a conversation club created to help each other learn and practice Spanish. All levels welcome; native speakers, too. No pressure, no judgment. ¡Aprender juntos es divertido!

Come to the library every Saturday morning for a new adventure! Stories, songs, dancing, crafts, there will be something new and different each week. The one thing that will always happen? Fun!

Drop in to create an international peace poster! Supplies and instructions to complete the poster will be provided by the Roaring Run Lions Club. Participants will be awarded two service hours for completed posters by the Lions Club.

Create a Spooky Monster Munch Mix and brew a Mad Scientist Potion in this fun family class.

Are you looking to make new friends and have valuable social experiences for your little one? Join us for our new weekly playgroup!

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

Join us for this energetic and interactive storytime. Explore your favorite children’s books (and find some new ones) through song, dance, and creative movement!    

Grab your trike, bike, walking bike, or scooter, and meet us at the Main Street entrance of Mount Airy's Rails-to-Trails. We'll ride to Watkins Park and check out the autumn scenery. Wagons are welcome, and you can always walk, too!

No school today, so join the hands-on STEM fun as we explore science with pumpkins. Build a boat to float your pumpkin, then turn it into a volcano! Presented by the Office of Scientific Operations at the National Cancer Institute.

CCPL's Taneytown Branch is having a monthly Super Smash Bros. tournament for kids, so join us to show you're the best Super Smash Bros. player your age in town! No prizes, just glory to the winner!

Join Human Services Program of Carroll County and local partner agencies for a fun-filled day of financial literacy learning for the whole family. 

Join HSP and local partner agencies for a fun-filled day of financial literacy learning for the whole family. 

Join this friendly crochet group open to beginners and experienced crocheters alike. Those new to crocheting should bring a size J hook and a light-colored, worsted-weight yarn to the class.

Welcome adventurers! Join us for a fun-filled, self-contained one-shot adventure! This dungeon-crawling one-shot is friendly to both new and returning players.

Join us one Monday a month for a classic film. This month's film celebrates the spooky season. We will be viewing The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison.

Do you want to get into podcasting but don't know where to start? This is the class for you!

Edge-lit signs are a bright and colorful way to display a message or add flare to your room, desk, or workspace.

Learn the basics of using our Bernina sewing machines while we construct a simple project. We'll also discuss ways to start or expand sewing programs at your library.

Knitters and crocheters are welcome to join this group gathering to share tips, projects, and patterns.

This month's title is the 2023 One Maryland One Book selection, There There by Tommy Orange.

The library is more than just books. It's a place to come together as a community. We welcome teens and adults with developmental disabilities and their caregivers to join us for games, crafts, music, and more! 

Participate in the Paint Carroll Pink service initiative! Create resin keychains to be distributed to patients undergoing cancer treatment at Carroll Hospital. Decorating items will be available to participants.

Come by to make a target and try out our Nerf weapons on various spooky-themed targets!

Create a Spooky Monster Munch Mix and brew a Mad Scientist Potion in this fun family class.

CCPL's Taneytown Branch is having a monthly Super Smash Bros. tournament for teens, so join us to show you're the best Super Smash Bros. player in town! No prizes, just glory to the winner!

Join us for an easy and fun crafting afternoon. We will be making succulent gnomes for your home! Perfect for year-round conversation.

THE SKY IS FALLING! Or, at least, that’s what Chicken Little thinks. It’s Chicken Little’s first trip to the big city to visit Corky the Penguin!

Join the Robo-Lions, a team of students, as they fire up their robots for Robot Pumpkin Smash! Find out how long it takes a robot to crack open a pumpkin.

It's important to take time for yourself during these hectic, and often, uncertain times. Serenity journaling is an opportunity to take a few minutes to slow down, think, and write.

Join us, if you dare, to build a spooky miniature haunted garden! All supplies will be provided. 

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

Every dog enjoys a good story! Trained reading dogs from My Caring Paws will provide a relaxed, informal atmosphere for kids to practice reading.

Create a Spooky Monster Munch Mix and brew a Mad Scientist Potion in this fun family class.

Do you want to get into podcasting but don't know where to start? This is the class for you!

Edge-lit signs are a bright and colorful way to display a message or add flare to your room, desk, or workspace.

Learn the basics of using our Bernina sewing machines while we construct a simple project. We'll also discuss ways to start or expand sewing programs at your library.

3D scanning is a digital design process that enables the creation of detailed and accurate models of real-world objects.

Boo, scary, boo! Join us for creepy crafts and slightly scary stories as we celebrate Spooky Saturday with the City of Westminster!

Alan DeValerio was a butler in the White House from 1980-1989. He'll give you the inside details about all the preparations involved in White House entertaining.

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

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

Make fall-themed caramel apples from scratch. Participants will learn how to prepare and dip apples in caramel and chocolate and decorate them with fun toppings.

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.

Create a kitchen keepsake by turning a handwritten recipe into an engraved wooden recipe card!

Work as a team to find clues and solve puzzles and riddles to try and escape in time at a Loch Ness Monster-themed escape room.

Join us for a friendly game of American Mah Jongg. We welcome experienced players and newer players for casual, non-competitive play. Please bring a current National Mah Jongg League card. If you don’t have a card, one will be provided.

A case study of David Dorsey Bonsack will be presented. David was a prominent citizen of Carroll County in the late 1800s and led a particularly interesting life. Mr.

Stop by the library to hang out with some of Mo Willem’s most beloved characters, Gerald, aka Elephant, and Piggie, who is, well... a pig! Photo ops and fun abound when these two favorite friends are around!

Are you interested in participating in the Battle of the Books? Would you like some additional information about the titles on this year's elementary book list?

Get ready for Halloween with some classic horror movies! This week, we're showing the original 1960s version of Little Shop of Horrors, the black-and-white horror comedy that inspired the musical.

Join this friendly crochet group open to beginners and experienced crocheters alike. Those new to crocheting should bring a size J hook and a light-colored, worsted-weight yarn to the class.

Wear your pajamas and listen to stories before bed. Join us for family fun and enjoy stories, music, crafts, play, and being together with friends.

This month's selection is Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen.

Calling all teens with a love of the library! Help us plan teen programming and influence our teen collections. We want you for our Teen Advisory Board! Need service hours? We’ve got those too!

Speaking with other people who have multiple sclerosis can be one of the most empowering and helpful things for someone with MS.

This reading/discussion group will read a provided work together and discuss it, all in the same evening! It’s all of the book club experience with none of the homework. Just bring yourself and a friend.

Are you interested in participating in the Battle of the Books? Would you like some additional information about the titles on this year's elementary book list? Join us to learn more!

Join us for a ghost presentation and stroll through Westminster to visit our local ghosts and legends. The walk is approximately 1.5 miles. Registrants will be contacted with updates in the event of bad weather.

In this online class, Sarah Reading CZT (Certified Zentangle Teacher) will lead us through a relaxing drawing activity that starts with four dots and a line. The outcome will amaze you!