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Paint Like...Bernard Most

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Inspired by the vibrant imagination of Bernard Most’s classic book, young artists will envision a modern world where prehistoric giants roam our neighborhoods once again. Using bold colors and creative silhouettes, students will illustrate their own "dino-filled" scenes, blending the ancient past with the colorful world of today. Supplies are limited, registration required.

Soul Line Dancing

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Do you like doing the Wobble or the Cupid Shuffle? Come learn some other beginner soul line dances and discover a fun, low impact physical activity!

CANCELLED Beginner Line Dancing Fun

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Learn beginner soul line dances and discover a fun, low-impact physical activity. This is event will be rescheduled for July 8, 2026.

Town Hall With Ethan Wechtaluk

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For Voters to meet MD-06 Congressional Candidate Ethan Wechtaluk

Remarkable And True! Speaker Series: The Monarch Butterfly at LaVale Library

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Join us for a captivating journey through the extraordinary true stories that have shaped history. Each 45-minute talk in this series explores a remarkable topic from the past, brought to life through engaging narration and a visual slideshow. Presented by William Cihlar, National Blue Ribbon Literary Award winner for his work as a monthly columnist for a WW2 Veteran's Newsletter This session’s topic: The Monarch Butterfly Whether you're a history buff or simply curious, you’ll leave with new...

English Conversation Group

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Join us for a friendly group gathering to practice speaking English. This program, led by a partner from the Literacy Council of Carroll County, is geared toward adults who are English language learners. All levels welcome.

The History of Rheb's Candies with Jarrod Bradley

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Join us as Jarrod Bradley shares the history of Baltimore's beloved Rheb's Candies and how the company expanded to offer a second location in Mount Airy. Our first 25 guests will receive a free commemorative chocolate!

Share Your Story With Pride Community Art Project

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Come express yourself and your identity through art! We'll supply a variety of materials for participants to create paintings, collages, and other multi-media pieces. Create a multimedia masterpiece that will become part of a community art project that will be displayed at the 4th Annual "Share Your Story With Pride" Art Show this June at Odenton Library.

COFE

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Educating seniors about social security

CCPL 3D Printer Certification

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Did you know you can use a 3D printer at the library? Come learn how! This program is strictly for ages 15 through adults. Certifications are only valid at the Caroline County Public Library.

Needlework

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Every Thursday of the month. Bring your own needlework projects to work on with fellow crafters!

Reset Your Year by Resetting Your Week

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In this interactive session, participants will pause to reflect on the past 90 days, set their focus, and develop an action plan to align their time and energy with what matters most to them. We’ll explore how to evaluate what’s working (and what’s not), identify the life area that would create the greatest positive impact if improved, and define a clear, realistic 90-day goal. From there, we’ll translate goals into weekly plans using time blocking, simple habit-stacking techniques, and pract...

Hooks & Needles: Beginning Crochet

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Want to learn to crochet? We'll provide beginner instructions to get you started making basic crochet stitches. Yarn and crochet hooks will be available for you to practice with during the program, or you can bring your own. You can also bring a current crochet, knitting, or other stitching project and work alongside other crafters.

Carroll County Workforce Development Day

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Explore invaluable career resources at Carroll County Workforce Development's pop-up event. Discover free training opportunities, learn how to connect with employers, and receive personalized support to revamp your resume.

CCGS Research Thursday

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Volunteers from the Carroll County Genealogical Society are available to help with your family history research. Please contact volunteers at info@ccgsmd.org to schedule a time if you require CCGS staff assistance.

BISM

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Meeting

Maryland Mountain Doll Club

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Meeting

Adult Meal in a Mug at South Cumberland Library - Shepherd's Pie Mug

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Music & Movement

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Beginner Line Dancing Fun

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Do you like doing the Wobble or the Cupid Shuffle? Come learn some more beginner soul line dances and discover a fun, low impact physical activity!

Planting the Rainbow Flag: Preserving LGBTQ History in Maryland

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Join AACPL and Preservation Maryland for Planting the Rainbow Flag, Preserving LGBTQ history in Maryland. During this in-person presentation, Christiana Limniatis, Preservation Maryland’s Program & Outreach Manager, will talk about the advocacy effort that led to the development of Maryland’s first ever LGBTQ Historic Context Study, discuss the milestones and lasting contributions of Maryland’s LGBTQ community, and highlight some of the historic places associated with this diverse and signifi...

Writer's Circle

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Join this fun group of writers and aspiring writers as we share what we are working on and listen to feedback from others. Whether you write novels, short stories, poems, or anything in between, this group is for you!

Book Chat

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Join us for an hour of chatting about books! Come and share what you are reading and get ideas from others about what to read next!

Spanish Language Practice Circle

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Join us for a friendly and informal group gathering to practice speaking Spanish together. This program is for intermediate and advanced-level Spanish speakers. A partner from The Literacy Council of Carroll County will lead this program.

American Red Cross Blood Drive

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Donate blood and save a life. Set up an appointment or drop in.

Club Friendship: Libraries Are for Everyone - Supported Gardening!

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Come decorate your own flowerpot and plant flowers with the Carroll County Master Gardeners! Supplies will be provided, just bring your green thumb!

Stock Up for Summer Book Sale

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$5 Bag Sale! Get ready for summer with some great reads! Stock up on books, videos, music, and more at our $5 (plus sales tax) sale. Special-priced items are not included in our bag sale. Note, standard-sized plastic grocery bags are $5; larger tote bags will be charged $8.

Bingocize

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Trivia for Spectrum Group

Music and Movement

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Lure Making 101

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Make a fishing lure to use this summer! Our friends from the Dept of Natural Resources will guide us every step of the way! Please note: Because we are making real fishing lures with sharp hooks, this program is restricted to a minimum age of 8 years old.

Throw & Grow: Wildflower Seed Balls

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Make seed balls using clay, soil, and native wildflower seeds that help support bees and butterflies! Participants will create several seed balls to take home and plant. All supplies provided.

Pasadena Park and Pride

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This event is hosted offsite at the Riviera Beach Library: 130 Duvall Hwy, Pasadena, MD 21122. Park and Pride is back and better than ever! Come celebrate Pride with all of Pasadena! Music, crafts, chalk art, games, and more. Walk the Rivera Beach Library parking lot to see all the cars decorated for Pride and vote to see which vehicle should win for best of our Parked Parade. It will be an afternoon of fun, joy, celebration and - most of all - Pride! Brought to you by Mountain Road and Rivie...

Unearthing the Past: A Beginner's Guide to Fossils

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Enjoy a relaxed, family-friendly, easy introduction to how fossils form and why they matter. You’ll get to see real examples from around Maryland and hear what they reveal about the state’s ancient environments. By the end, you’ll have a clearer sense of how fossils help piece together Earth’s story. This program is offered by the Natural History Society of Maryland.

Fossil Exhibit

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Stock Up for Summer Book Sale

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$5 Bag Sale! Get ready for summer with some great reads! Stock up on books, videos, music, and more at our $5 (plus sales tax) sale. Special-priced items are not included in our bag sale. Note, standard-sized plastic grocery bags are $5; larger tote bags will be charged $8.

Pride Art Show Community Mosaic

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Join us to 'share your story' by creating a little work of art on hexagonal tile that will be added to our Pride Art Show Community Mosaic.

Gosh Yarn It! at Frostburg Library

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Bring your current fiber art project and connect with other fiber artists! All are welcome!

Checkmate Chess Club

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Chess club hosted by Bill Taccino. Public is welcome to join at any time. Bring a chess board if you have one.

Qi Gong for Happiness, Health, and Well-Being at LaVale Library

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Qi Gong is an ancient meditation and healing art that focuses on cultivating vitality and balance in both body and mind. This combination of gentle movements, breathwork, and meditation is good for all levels and ages! Register on the Allegany County Library website and bring a water and a friend!

Needlework

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Accident Library invites you to join our needlework sewing circle! We meet every Saturday morning at 9:30 AM. All age groups and skill levels are welcome, so come meet other sewing enthusiasts and make new friends, stitch by stitch.

Library Career Tools

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The library offers a variety of online resources to support job seekers. Join this session to discover valuable tools for career matching, résumé building, skill development, and more.

Music and Movement

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Plant Clinic: Ask a Master Gardener

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What Voting's All About

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Join us to learn what election day is all about, how, where, when and why people vote, and take part in a mock election!

Plant Club

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Calling all plant loving people! Join us as we talk about outdoor gardening. Get advice and best practices information to help your outdoor space thrive in the summer. All experience levels welcome. Optional: bring any items you want to put on the swap table (plants, seeds, books, tools, etc.). This event will be rescheduled on Saturday, August 1 at 2:30pm.

Pride Bracelets

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Get ready for Pride Month by creating your own bead pride bracelet. All supplies will be provided, just bring yourself!

Screen‑Free Survival Kits

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Trying to spend less time on your devices and more time on tangible hobbies like crafting, puzzling or... READING? Join us to decorate an "Analog Bag": a canvas bag to keep your hobby supplies and reading materials close at hand any time you're trying to resist the urge to pick up that phone!

Creative Writer's Group

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Create your own world. Join the Creative Writers Group presented by the Grantsville Library every second Monday of the month from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. All are welcome. Attendees will hear in-progress work read by area writers and are invited to bring their own work for constructive comments and gentle criticism. There is no cost and writers can come and go as they wish.

Come Create

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Doing crafts improves your mood, reduces stress, and is fun! Explore your inner artist. All supplies will be provided.

Hooks & Needles

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Bring your crochet, knitting, embroidery, or any other portable project to the library to work alongside other crafters. Get out of the house and enjoy some company while you stitch a few more rows. Drop in anytime; no instruction will be provided.

Twilight to Sunshine: LGBTQ+ History in Maryland

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For as long as there has been a place called Maryland, there have been people whom we would today see as fitting within the LGBTQ+ community. As cities grew in the 19th century, newspapers began to offer tantalizing clues that all was not straight and narrow and that LGBTQ+ people were becoming more visible, finding each other, and building communities. Join Enoch Pratt Free Library Librarians as we present the fascinating and fabulous history of our community going all the way back to the ea...

Hate Watch! Twilight (PG-13, 2008)

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Come to Severn to see the movies you love to hate! Get with a crowd and gang up on a cinematic disaster. Yell at the characters. Talk back to the screen. Point out the plot holes. Make fun of it. This month we will present the vampiric epic Twilight. Bella. Edward. Sparkles. Snark. Better not tell Buffy.

Flix and Snips

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Do you like fiber arts or papercrafting? Bring your favorite crafty project and join us for a relaxing evening while we watch Harriet (2020, PG-13, 125 minutes) and work on our projects. Don't have a project to bring? No problem! We will have some crafty materials available as well.

Caro Crafts: Straw Woven Mug Rugs (NCB)

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Weave a mug rug using a simple loom made of paper straws.

Caro Crafts: Straw Woven Mug Rugs (FDBG)

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Weave a mug rug using a simple loom made of paper straws.

Caro Crafts: Straw Woven Mug Rugs (CEN)

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Weave a mug rug using a simple loom made of paper straws.

Juneteenth Jubilee: What Is Juneteenth?

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Jubilees typically feature music, food, dancing, parades, and educational activities to honor the end of slavery in the United States. Join us as we learn about the celebration of Juneteenth, followed by snacks and fun activities! Families attending can enjoy music, crafts, books, games, and delicious snacks.

Grow Your Business with Local Resources

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Are you a local entrepreneur ready to take your business to the next level? Join us for an empowering session to learn about grants, financing, and support programs, discover resources tailored for local entrepreneurs, and gain expert insights from Barbara Quaye, Business Development Director. In partnership with Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation.

Ask HSP: Human Services Programs of Carroll County

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Human Services Programs of Carroll County (HSP) assists families by leveraging public services like housing and shelter services, financial education and assistance, and family support. Staff from HSP will be available at the library every other month to meet with anyone with questions or in need of assistance. Stop by and see how they can help you!

Tech Tuesdays

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Need Help with Technology? Join us for Tech Tuesdays—a weekly drop-in support session designed to help adults and seniors with basic digital skills. Whether you need help with everyday digital tasks or want to become more confident using your device, we're here to support you. We ask that you come prepared with your device fully charged and any necessary passwords or login information ready. What We Can Offer: • Basic device assistance • Internet, website, and device navigation • Help with on...

Italian Biscotti

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Learn how to make crispy, twice-baked Italian Biscotti Cookies. Each table will make a different flavor batch to be split evenly among registrants. We'll make espresso drinks while the cookies bake so we can enjoy our biscotti as a traditional treat dipped in coffee!

TRIVIA NIGHT at Bistro 91 in Finksburg

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What trivia tidbits are rattling around in your head? Grab a few friends and join us for Trivia Night at Bistro 91!All prizes are provided by Bistro 91. If your team needs to cancel or change your team size on the day of the program, please call Bistro 91 at 410.861.8841. Registration required. Only one person per team needs to register. Please keep the team size to 8 or less.

Bible Study

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Bible Study Session

Sons of the American Revolution Presentation

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Presentation

Chess Club at Washington Street Library

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Expand your chess skills, have fun, and meet new people at Chess Club! Grandmasters and new players alike are welcome to this event. Chess Club starts at 6PM every Tuesday! En Passant your way down to the Washington Street Library at 31 Washington Street, Cumberland MD!