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Ancient Voices: A Language Escape Room

Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Discoveries - Programming Room at Discoveries: the Library at the Mall
Program Type:
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Native American Interest, Special Events
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+)
Event Details:

In this unique escape room experience, participants will explore the richness of Indigenous languages through challenging puzzles and interactive clues. As you decode messages, ...

logo for coresharkh20 bridge over Chesapeake Bay

Maryland Critters-Who Lives Where?

Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Deale - Community Meeting Room at Deale Library
Program Type:
Special Events, STEM/STEAM
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Event Details:

During this program, students will learn about the four key components that animals need in a habitat and how animals use adaptations to survive in their habitats. Discover “who li...

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STEM graphic with science icons

STEM Adventures: Winter Edition

Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Severn - Community Meeting Room AB at Severn Library
Program Type:
STEM/STEAM
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Event Details:

Enjoy wintery themed STEM activities on your semester break! We will have stations for you to learn new STEM concepts while having fun!

open play

STEM Open Play

Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Mountain Road Library
Program Type:
Special Events, STEM/STEAM
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Event Details:

Join us for an afternoon of STEM fun! Get curious and explore a variety of hands-on STEM activities at the library.

Orange and white cat sitting in a cardboard box

If I Fits, I Sits: DIY Cat House

Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Busch Annapolis - Campbell-Chambliss Community Meeting Room AB (Both Sides) at Busch Annapolis Library
Program Type:
Arts & DIY, Special Events
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Event Details:

Design a cat house for your furry friend! We'll provide the supplies. You bring your best ideas and if you'd like, a photo of your favorite kitty to share with the group.

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Panda Party

Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Odenton - Community Meeting Room AB at Odenton Library
Program Type:
Special Events
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Event Details:

Celebrate the return of the Giant Panda to the Smithsonian National Zoo! Wear your favorite black-and-white panda inspired outfit and join us for fun Giant Panda themed activities ...

Wreck It Ralph

Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Severna Park - Community Meeting Room at Severna Park Library
Program Type:
Movies
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Event Details:

Showing of Wreck it Ralph

Mindful Making

Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Severna Park - Community Meeting Room at Severna Park Library
Program Type:
Arts & DIY
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Event Details:

Practice mindfulness with crafting. 

Wonka movie poster.

Family Movie Night - Wonka

Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Deale - Community Meeting Room at Deale Library
Program Type:
Movies
Audience:
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5), Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+), Adults, All
Event Details:

  PG, 2023 Join us for a Family Movie Night! Bring your favorite snack, blanket, and/or camp chair and get comfy for this indoor event. You're in for a great movie! ...

VideoGames

Party with Nintendo Wii!

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Deale - Community Meeting Room at Deale Library
Program Type:
Games
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+)
Event Details:

Play games and have fun with fellow fans of the Nintendo Wii Video Game System!

3 Bingo card stacked on top of each other.

Bingo Night

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Crofton Community Meeting Room at Crofton Library
Program Type:
Games, Special Events
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+), Adults, All
Event Details:

Come join us for a night of Bingo in the library! All ages welcome. Books and small prizes for winners.

Books arranged in semi circle

Early Reader Book Club

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Severn - Community Meeting Room AB at Severn Library
Program Type:
Books and Writing, Games
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Event Details:

Designed for emerging readers in kindergarten through 2nd grade, we'll meet every month to read several stories, play interactive games, engage in book discussions, and other liter...

a group of children sitting on the floor reading books

Early Reader Book Club

Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Discoveries - Programming Room at Discoveries: the Library at the Mall
Program Type:
Books and Writing, Special Events
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Event Details:

Children in K-2 can practice their reading skills through group reading, activities, and games.

A sign of a microphone in front of a red curtain with text that reads "Open Mic Night"

Open Mic Night

Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Eastport-Annapolis Neck - Community Meeting Room at Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library
Program Type:
Books and Writing, Games, Performing Arts & Music, Special Events
Audience:
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5), Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+), Adults, All
Event Details:

Come join us as an audience member or a performer for a night of songs, comedy, and poetry! Please make sure your act is family friendly. All ages are welcome! Acts should be a dur...

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A heart built out of legos surrounded by scattered legos

LEGO Club

Friday, January 24, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Glen Burnie Library
Program Type:
STEM/STEAM
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+)
Build & Play:

Come for brick-snapping fun! Design and build your own fantastic creations. We'll supply the Legos - you bring the creativity!  

Image of children meditating in easy pose

Little Yogis

Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Glen Burnie Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness, Storytimes, Special Events
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Event Details:

Elementary aged yogis will practice mindfulness and movement with yoga books, songs, and games in this family-friendly yoga practice.  

Odenton Library Trash Pickup

Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Odenton Library
Program Type:
Community Services, Gardening & Environment, Outdoor Event
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+), Adults, All
Event Details:

Help your local environment by cleaning up trash near the Odenton Library! For our school age customers, earn a service-learning hour! Safety equipment and trash bags will ...

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Pile of red, blue, yellow, green and orange Legos

Lego Create Challenge

Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 11:30am - 12:30pm
Riviera Beach - Community Meeting Room AB at Riviera Beach Library
Program Type:
STEM/STEAM
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+)
Event Details:

Test out your creative problem solving skills by solving our monthly challenges. Have the chance to have your finished work displayed at the Riviera Beach branch! STEM/STEAM &nb...

Photo from JHU Yong Han Lion Dance Troupe, pictured a white Chinese Lion named Sir Acha

Lunar New Year Celebration

Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Crofton Community Meeting Room at Crofton Library
Program Type:
Asian/Pacific American Interest, Holiday, Performing Arts & Music, Special Events
Audience:
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5), Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+), Adults, All
Event Details:

Xīn nián kuài lè! 新年快乐! Celebrate the Lunar New Year with crafts and a special activities. 

Paint Like...Alma Thomas at Mountain Road Library

Paint Like... Alma Thomas

Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Mountain Road Library
Program Type:
African American Interest, Arts & DIY, STEM/STEAM, Women’s Interest
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Event Details:

Learn about the artist Alma Thomas and create art in her style.  Supplies are limited. Registration required. Kids in grades K-5 only. 

Required
A group of children eating lunch together at a cafeteria table.

Homeschool Lunch and Learn

Monday, January 27, 2025 at 11:00am - 1:00pm
Severna Park - Community Meeting Room at Severna Park Library
Program Type:
Arts & DIY, Games, STEM/STEAM
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+)
Event Details:

Join our favorite scientist, Dr. Rose Pesce-Rodriguez, as we learn about photography through hands-on experiments. Bring a brown bag lunch* to enjoy afterward in the library meetin...

Home Sweet Homeschool Chalkboard

Homeschool Hangout

Monday, January 27, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Glen Burnie Library
Program Type:
Arts & DIY, Books and Writing, Community Services, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Games, STEM/STEAM, Technology
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Event Details:

Calling all homeschoolers! Explore a different subject every week with fun games, STEM, reading, writing, crafts, and tons of other activities! All ages are welcome!Note: Activitie...

Milk and Cookies

Milk and Cookies Family Storytime

Monday, January 27, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Mountain Road Library
Program Type:
Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes, Special Events
Audience:
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5), Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Adults, All
Family Storytime:

Families with young children enjoy a variety of stories, songs, rhymes and movement activities while building early literacy skills.

Event Details:

Enjoy a cookie themed storytime followed by a sweet treatFor preschoolers and their families

Board Games

Family & Friends Game Night

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Glen Burnie Library
Program Type:
Games
Audience:
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5), Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+), Adults, All
Event Details:

Bring your family & friends for game night at Glen Burnie Library. Play one of our games or bring your own!

American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters are available with advanced notice for library-sponsored programs. To schedule an interpreter, complete this request form at least one week prior to the event date. For questions, email programming@aacpl.net.