Event List

Filters
Audience
Baby looking at picture book

Babies in Bloom

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Deale - Community Meeting Room at Deale Library
Program Type:
Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes
Audience:
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Event Details:

Babies from birth to 18 months (with caring adult) enjoy songs, action rhymes and playtime while building early literacy skills. A great way to get to know other families in your c...

Library Branch: Deale Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Deale - Community Meeting Room
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes
Event Details:

Babies from birth to 18 months (with caring adult) enjoy songs, action rhymes and playtime while building early literacy skills. A great way to get to know other families in your community!

Preschool Storytime

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Brooklyn Park - Public Floor at Brooklyn Park Library
Program Type:
Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes
Audience:
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Preschool Storytime:

Children ages three to five (with caring adult) build the early literacy skills needed for school readiness through engaging books, songs and activities.

Library Branch: Brooklyn Park Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Brooklyn Park - Public Floor
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes

Preschool Storytime

Children ages three to five (with caring adult) build the early literacy skills needed for school readiness through engaging books, songs and activities.

Preschool Storytime

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Discoveries: the Library at the Mall
Program Type:
Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes
Audience:
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Event Details:

Children ages three to five (with caring adult) build the early literacy skills needed for school readiness through engaging books, songs and activities.Los niños de tres a cinco a...

Cancelled
Library Branch: Discoveries: the Library at the Mall
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes
Event Details:

Children ages three to five (with caring adult) build the early literacy skills needed for school readiness through engaging books, songs and activities.

Storytime at Riviera Beach Library

Toddler Time

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Riviera Beach - Community Meeting Room AB at Riviera Beach Library
Program Type:
Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes
Audience:
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Toddler Time:

Children ages 18 to 36 months (with caring adult) enjoy a variety of developmentally-appropriate stories, songs, rhymes and movement activities while building early literacy skills...

Library Branch: Riviera Beach Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Riviera Beach - Community Meeting Room AB
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes

Toddler Time

Children ages 18 to 36 months (with caring adult) enjoy a variety of developmentally-appropriate stories, songs, rhymes and movement activities while building early literacy skills.

Children reading

Toddler Time!

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Linthicum - Community Meeting Room at Linthicum Library
Program Type:
Kindergarten Readiness
Audience:
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Toddler Time:

Children ages 18 to 36 months (with caring adult) enjoy a variety of developmentally-appropriate stories, songs, rhymes and movement activities while building early literacy skills...

Cancelled
Library Branch: Linthicum Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Linthicum - Community Meeting Room
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness

Toddler Time

Children ages 18 to 36 months (with caring adult) enjoy a variety of developmentally-appropriate stories, songs, rhymes and movement activities while building early literacy skills.

Various people playing card game

Scrabble

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Mountain Road Library
Program Type:
Games
Audience:
Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Event Details:

Exercise your brain with a friendly game of Scrabble! For teens and adults.

Library Branch: Mountain Road Library
Audience: Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Program Type: Games
Event Details:

Exercise your brain with a friendly game of Scrabble! For teens and adults.

Librarian holding a storybook and a puppet as several small children watch

Toddler Time

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Severn - Community Meeting Room AB at Severn Library
Program Type:
Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes
Audience:
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Toddler Time:

Children ages 18 to 36 months (with caring adult) enjoy a variety of developmentally-appropriate stories, songs, rhymes and movement activities while building early literacy skills...

Library Branch: Severn Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Severn - Community Meeting Room AB
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes

Toddler Time

Children ages 18 to 36 months (with caring adult) enjoy a variety of developmentally-appropriate stories, songs, rhymes and movement activities while building early literacy skills.

Storytime graphic with various illustrated animals reading books

Preschool Storytime

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Crofton Community Meeting Room at Crofton Library
Program Type:
Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes
Audience:
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Preschool Storytime:

Children ages three to five (with caring adult) build the early literacy skills needed for school readiness through engaging books, songs and activities.

Library Branch: Crofton Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Crofton Community Meeting Room
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes

Preschool Storytime

Children ages three to five (with caring adult) build the early literacy skills needed for school readiness through engaging books, songs and activities.

Storytime graphic with various illustrated animals reading books

Preschool Storytime

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Glen Burnie Library
Program Type:
Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes
Audience:
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Preschool Storytime:

Children ages three to five (with caring adult) build the early literacy skills needed for school readiness through engaging books, songs and activities.

Library Branch: Glen Burnie Library
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes

Preschool Storytime

Children ages three to five (with caring adult) build the early literacy skills needed for school readiness through engaging books, songs and activities.

Storytime graphic with various illustrated animals reading books

Preschool Storytime

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 11:15am - 11:45am
Odenton - Community Meeting Room AB at Odenton Library
Program Type:
Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes
Audience:
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Preschool Storytime:

Children ages three to five (with caring adult) build the early literacy skills needed for school readiness through engaging books, songs and activities.

Library Branch: Odenton Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Odenton - Community Meeting Room AB
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes

Preschool Storytime

Children ages three to five (with caring adult) build the early literacy skills needed for school readiness through engaging books, songs and activities.

STEM graphic with science icons

STEM Tinker Lab

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Broadneck - Community Meeting Room at Broadneck Library
Program Type:
Special Events, STEAM
Audience:
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5), Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Event Details:

Join us for some open-ended, explorative fun! Get creative and inventive with some STEM-based activities.

Library Branch: Broadneck Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Broadneck - Community Meeting Room
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5), Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Program Type: Special Events, STEAM
Event Details:

Join us for some open-ended, explorative fun! Get creative and inventive with some STEM-based activities.

Top Secret File

Secret Agent Science!

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Odenton - Community Meeting Room AB at Odenton Library
Program Type:
Arts & DIY, STEAM
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Event Details:

Take part in some secret agent science! We will write messages with invisible ink, analyze fingerprints, and complete some fun spy crafts!

Library Branch: Odenton Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Odenton - Community Meeting Room AB
Audience: Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Program Type: Arts & DIY, STEAM
Event Details:

Take part in some secret agent science! We will write messages with invisible ink, analyze fingerprints, and complete some fun spy crafts!

Library Spring Break!

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Brooklyn Park - Community Meeting Room at Brooklyn Park Library
Program Type:
Arts & DIY, Games, STEAM
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Event Details:

It's Spring Break at your library! Join us for a new activity every day of the week:Monday, April 14: Intro to D&DTuesday, April 15: ArtWednesday, April 16: Optical IllusionsTh...

Library Branch: Brooklyn Park Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Brooklyn Park - Community Meeting Room
Audience: Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Program Type: Arts & DIY, Games, STEAM
Event Details:

It's Spring Break at your library! Join us for a new activity every day of the week:

photo of earth globe

Earth Day - Paint A Pot

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Busch Annapolis - Campbell-Chambliss Community Meeting Room AB (Both Sides) at Busch Annapolis Library
Program Type:
Arts & DIY, Gardening & Environment
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Event Details:

Come celebrate earth day a little early and decorate your own plant pot that you get to take home! 

Open
Required
Library Branch: Busch Annapolis Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Busch Annapolis - Campbell-Chambliss Community Meeting Room AB (Both Sides)
Audience: Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Program Type: Arts & DIY, Gardening & Environment
Required
Event Details:

Come celebrate earth day a little early and decorate your own plant pot that you get to take home! 

Large group of people staking their hands in team gesture

Teen Hangout

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Severn - Community Meeting Room AB at Severn Library
Program Type:
Arts & DIY, Games, Movies
Audience:
Teens (Ages 11+)
Event Details:

Calling all teens - Drop in for video games, crafts, movies, snacks and more every Thursday afternoon from 3:00 to 4:30pm at Severn Library!

Library Branch: Severn Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Severn - Community Meeting Room AB
Audience: Teens (Ages 11+)
Program Type: Arts & DIY, Games, Movies
Event Details:

Calling all teens - Drop in for video games, crafts, movies, snacks and more every Thursday afternoon from 3:00 to 4:30pm at Severn Library!

a group of children sitting on the floor together

Early Reader Book Club

Thursday, April 17, 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 based on beginner reader books. Each session will focus on a different theme.

Cancelled
Library Branch: Discoveries: the Library at the Mall
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Discoveries - Programming Room
Audience: Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Program Type: Books and Writing, Special Events
Event Details:

Children in K-2 can practice their reading skills through group reading, activities, and games based on beginner reader books. Each session will focus on a different theme.

Beginning Crochet

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Riviera Beach - Programming Room at Riviera Beach Library
Program Type:
Arts & DIY
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Event Details:

Drop in to learn to crochet. Already know how? Stop by to chat and work on your own projects.Kids 7-11 years old will need an adult to help guide them as they learn.Crochet supplie...

Library Branch: Riviera Beach Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Riviera Beach - Programming Room
Audience: Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Program Type: Arts & DIY
Event Details:

Drop in to learn to crochet. Already know how? Stop by to chat and work on your own projects.

Kids 7-11 years old will need an adult to help guide them as they learn.

Crochet supplies provided.

Club 1117 logo

Teen Advisory Board

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Severn - Community Meeting Room A at Severn Library
Program Type:
Special Events
Audience:
Teens (Ages 11+)
Event Details:

Need volunteer hours? Have great ideas to improve our teen programming? Join us for our Teen Advisory Board meeting to share your thoughts. We will also be doing orientation for su...

Library Branch: Severn Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Severn - Community Meeting Room A
Audience: Teens (Ages 11+)
Program Type: Special Events
Event Details:

Need volunteer hours? Have great ideas to improve our teen programming? Join us for our Teen Advisory Board meeting to share your thoughts. We will also be doing orientation for summer volunteering.

STEM graphic with science icons

Family STEM Night: Earth Science

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Edgewater - Community Meeting Room at Edgewater Library
Program Type:
STEAM, Technology, Outdoor Event
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Event Details:

Celebrate Earth Day at this special Family STEM Night! Design a simple water filter, build a miniature windmill, and find out which materials work best to clean up an oil spill. Le...

Library Branch: Edgewater Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Edgewater - Community Meeting Room
Audience: Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Program Type: STEAM, Technology, Outdoor Event
Event Details:

Celebrate Earth Day at this special Family STEM Night! Design a simple water filter, build a miniature windmill, and find out which materials work best to clean up an oil spill.

A twenty-sided die superimposed over crossed swords with the words Mountain Road Adventurer's Guild above and below.

Mountain Road Adventurer's Guild

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Mountain Road Library
Program Type:
Games, LGBTQIA+ Interest, Special Events
Audience:
Teens (Ages 11+)
Event Details:

The five kingdoms are on the brink of war, the realm is in chaos, and Dame Peritchkova's Academy of Speechcraft and Calligraphy is closed for the foreseeable future as th...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Mountain Road Library
Audience: Teens (Ages 11+)
Program Type: Games, LGBTQIA+ Interest, Special Events
Required
Event Details:

The five kingdoms are on the brink of war, the realm is in chaos, and Dame Peritchkova's Academy of Speechcraft and Calligraphy is closed for the foreseeable future as the Dame themself has left for battle - leaving you without a graduat

cartoon cat playing ukulele

Ukulele Group Strum

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Glen Burnie Library
Program Type:
Performing Arts & Music
Audience:
Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Event Details:

This small group setting is a fun way to develop your ukulele skills! Meet with fellow ukulele players from the area, and feel free to bring song requests. The level of play is pac...

Library Branch: Glen Burnie Library
Audience: Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Program Type: Performing Arts & Music
Event Details:

This small group setting is a fun way to develop your ukulele skills! Meet with fellow ukulele players from the area, and feel free to bring song requests.

A picture of a book, a set of eye glasses, and a glass of wine in front of a large fire.

You Had Me At Merlot Book Club

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Busch Annapolis - Off Site at Busch Annapolis Library
Program Type:
Books and Writing
Audience:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us for hot drinks and enjoy even hotter reads in our romance book club!April's Book is Rules for Ghosting, by Shelly Jay Shore. 

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Busch Annapolis Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Busch Annapolis - Off Site
Audience: Adults
Program Type: Books and Writing
Event Details:

Join us for hot drinks and enjoy even hotter reads in our romance book club!

Watercolor paints and a gradient painting of blue and pink

Art Night: Canvas Bags

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Deale - Community Meeting Room at Deale Library
Program Type:
Arts & DIY
Audience:
Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Event Details:

Do you enjoy painting, drawing or sketching? If so, then join us to create art.  Be sure to check back later to see the image we'll be creating.Registration is required for th...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Deale Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Deale - Community Meeting Room
Audience: Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Program Type: Arts & DIY
Required
Event Details:

Do you enjoy painting, drawing or sketching? If so, then join us to create art.  Be sure to check back later to see the image we'll be creating.

Registration is required for this special event. 

Various people playing card game

D20 Gamers Club

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Odenton - Community Meeting Room AB at Odenton Library
Program Type:
Games, Special Events
Audience:
Teens (Ages 11+)
Event Details:

Enjoy the role-playing and adventures of Dungeons and Dragons! Recommended to bring a completed Standard Array character sheet, dice set, and your imagination!Novices are welc...

Library Branch: Odenton Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Odenton - Community Meeting Room AB
Audience: Teens (Ages 11+)
Program Type: Games, Special Events
Event Details:

Enjoy the role-playing and adventures of Dungeons and Dragons! Recommended to bring a completed Standard Array character sheet, dice set, and your imagination!

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.