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Family Storytime

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Discoveries: the Library at the Mall
Program Type:
Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes
Audience:
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Event Details:

Families with young children enjoy a variety of stories, songs, rhymes and movement activities while building early literacy skills.Las familias con niños pequeños disfrutan de una...

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

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

Blue and white logo with sailboat.

Family Storytime with Annapolis Maritime Museum

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Off Site
Program Type:
Special Events
Audience:
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Event Details:

Join us in Crate & Barrel Court to celebrate Earth Month! Families with young children enjoy a variety of maritime-themed stories, songs, rhymes and movement activities while b...

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Program Type: Special Events
Event Details:

Join us in Crate & Barrel Court to celebrate Earth Month! Families with young children enjoy a variety of maritime-themed stories, songs, rhymes and movement activities while building early literacy skills.

Five children dancing and singing with musical notes

Music & Movement

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Busch Annapolis - Campbell-Chambliss Community Meeting Room AB (Both Sides) at Busch Annapolis Library
Program Type:
Kindergarten Readiness, Special Events
Audience:
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Music & Movement:

Sing, chant, play instruments and dance while exploring sounds, rhythms and patterns that make up our language.

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: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Special Events

Music & Movement

Sing, chant, play instruments and dance while exploring sounds, rhythms and patterns that make up our language.

Five children dancing and singing with musical notes

Music and Movement

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Severn - Community Meeting Room AB at Severn Library
Program Type:
Storytimes, Performing Arts & Music
Audience:
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Event Details:

Sing, chant, play instruments and dance while exploring sounds, rhythms and patterns that make up our language!

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: Storytimes, Performing Arts & Music
Event Details:

Sing, chant, play instruments and dance while exploring sounds, rhythms and patterns that make up our language!

Storytime at Riviera Beach Library

Preschool Storytime

Saturday, April 12, 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)
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: 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

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.

Three children play with wooden blocks and dinosaurs

Preschool Hangout

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Crofton Community Meeting Room at Crofton Library
Program Type:
Games, Kindergarten Readiness, STEAM
Audience:
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Event Details:

Hang out with library friends as we build Kindergarten skills!  

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: Games, Kindergarten Readiness, STEAM
Event Details:

Hang out with library friends as we build Kindergarten skills! 

 

Red and white magnet attracting nails

Science Saturdays: Fun With Magnets

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Maryland City at Russett - Community Meeting Room at Maryland City at Russett Library
Program Type:
STEAM
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Event Details:

Explore magnets with us. What do they attract? What do they repel? What can we create?Explore a different science topic on the second Saturday of each month. Join us on May 10 for ...

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

Explore magnets with us. What do they attract? What do they repel? What can we create?

Glaciers

Glaciers: Hot Topic, Cool Chemistry!

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Linthicum - Community Meeting Room at Linthicum Library
Program Type:
Special Events, STEAM
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Event Details:

Join Dr. Rose Pesce-Rodriguez from the American Chemical Society for a hands-on program on the chemistry of glaciers and celebrate Earth Day, a little early. Program is appropriate...

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

Join Dr. Rose Pesce-Rodriguez from the American Chemical Society for a hands-on program on the chemistry of glaciers and celebrate Earth Day, a little early.

Maryland Native Plant Gardening Workshop

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Brooklyn Park - Teen Area at Brooklyn Park Library
Program Type:
Gardening & Environment
Audience:
Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Event Details:

Get advice from a gardening expert on how to use Maryland native plants in your garden for best results.

Library Branch: Brooklyn Park Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Brooklyn Park - Teen Area
Audience: Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Program Type: Gardening & Environment
Event Details:

Get advice from a gardening expert on how to use Maryland native plants in your garden for best results.

Storytime graphic with various illustrated animals reading books

Family Storytime

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Discoveries: the Library at the Mall
Program Type:
Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes
Audience:
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Event Details:

Families with young children enjoy a variety of stories, songs, rhymes and movement activities while building early literacy skills.Las familias con niños pequeños disfrutan de una...

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

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

fairy house make of sticks and stones

Build a Gnome or Fairy Home

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Discoveries - Programming Room at Discoveries: the Library at the Mall
Program Type:
Gardening & Environment, STEAM
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Event Details:

Put your architecture skills to work constructing a Gnome or Fairy Home to debut in your yard in time for May Day. Materials will be provided or bring in your favorite nature treas...

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: Gardening & Environment, STEAM
Event Details:

Put your architecture skills to work constructing a Gnome or Fairy Home to debut in your yard in time for May Day. Materials will be provided or bring in your favorite nature treasures to incorporate.

The Malikat Al Dabke dance troupe

Malikat Al Dabke Performance

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Busch Annapolis - Campbell-Chambliss Community Meeting Room AB (Both Sides) at Busch Annapolis Library
Program Type:
Arab American Interest, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Performing Arts & Music
Audience:
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5), Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+), Adults, All
Event Details:

Join us for an awe-inspiring performance by Malikat Al Dabke (Queens of Dabke) and experience the vibrant and rhythmic traditional dance form known as dabke! Malikat Al D...

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: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5), Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+), Adults, All
Program Type: Arab American Interest, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Performing Arts & Music
Event Details:

Join us for an awe-inspiring performance by Malikat Al Dabke (Queens of Dabke) and experience the vibrant and rhythmic traditional dance form known as dabke!

Paired Program - Family Finance and Pretend Play Farmers Market

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Riviera Beach - Community Meeting Room AB at Riviera Beach Library
Program Type:
Adult Learning, Kindergarten Readiness, STEAM
Audience:
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5), Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Adults
Event Details:

Join us and our partners from M&T Bank to learn tips and methods to teach financial education to children of all ages along with ideas for families to work together in reaching...

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), Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Adults
Program Type: Adult Learning, Kindergarten Readiness, STEAM
Event Details:

Join us and our partners from M&T Bank to learn tips and methods to teach financial education to children of all ages along with ideas for families to work together in reaching financial goals while your little ones develop their financial lit

Sit and Stitch

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Brooklyn Park - Other In-library location at Brooklyn Park Library
Program Type:
Arts & DIY
Audience:
Adults
Event Details:

Sew, knit, needlepoint, crochet - we do it all! Meet old friends and new as we teach and learn from each other. Beginners welcome.

Library Branch: Brooklyn Park Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Brooklyn Park - Other In-library location
Audience: Adults
Program Type: Arts & DIY
Event Details:

Sew, knit, needlepoint, crochet - we do it all! Meet old friends and new as we teach and learn from each other. Beginners welcome.

Hands making a heart with the lyrics "Are you ready for it?" in the middle.

The Poetry of Taylor Swift

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Glen Burnie Library
Program Type:
Books and Writing, Performing Arts & Music, Special Events, Women’s Interest
Audience:
Teens (Ages 11+)
Event Details:

Calling all members of the tortured poets department! Come explore the poetry of Taylor Swift's song lyrics with award-winning YA author Saundra Mitchell in honor of National Poetr...

Library Branch: Glen Burnie Library
Audience: Teens (Ages 11+)
Program Type: Books and Writing, Performing Arts & Music, Special Events, Women’s Interest
Event Details:

Calling all members of the tortured poets department! Come explore the poetry of Taylor Swift's song lyrics with award-winning YA author Saundra Mitchell in honor of National Poetry Month.

The film's title text, with an image of a little girl in the film with her arms outstretched

Arab American Heritage Month Movie Night- Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Deale - Community Meeting Room at Deale Library
Program Type:
Arab American Interest, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Movies, Special Events
Audience:
All
Event Details:

PG 2014In celebration of Arab American Heritage and National Poetry Month enjoy a screening of The Prophet(2014) an animated anthology film adapted from from Lebanese-American Kahl...

Library Branch: Deale Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Deale - Community Meeting Room
Audience: All
Program Type: Arab American Interest, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Movies, Special Events
Event Details:

PG 2014

Community Service Crafternoon

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Severna Park - Community Meeting Room at Severna Park Library
Program Type:
Arts & DIY, Community Services
Audience:
Teens (Ages 11+)
Event Details:

Earn service hours while making a craft to serve a community need. This month we will be sorting old, worn-out crayons for recycling so they can be given new life as brand new cray...

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

Earn service hours while making a craft to serve a community need. This month we will be sorting old, worn-out crayons for recycling so they can be given new life as brand new crayons for others to enjoy.

Disclaimer(s)

Walk-Ins Welcome

Registration helps us plan, but walk-ins are welcome when space is available.

Nos ayuda planear si se inscribe de antemano, pero puede entrar sin inscribirse si hay cupos disponibles.

Small Fabric Basket

Machine Sewing Basics

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Odenton - Creation Station/Memory Lab at Odenton Library
Program Type:
Arts & DIY
Audience:
Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Event Details:

Did you know the Odenton Library Has Sewing Machines? Come to one of our Machine Sewing Basics classes to learn how to operate the library's sewing machines and practice a few simp...

Full
Required
Library Branch: Odenton Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Odenton - Creation Station/Memory Lab
Audience: Teens (Ages 11+), Adults
Program Type: Arts & DIY
Required
Event Details:

Did you know the Odenton Library Has Sewing Machines? Come to one of our Machine Sewing Basics classes to learn how to operate the library's sewing machines and practice a few simple sewing techniques.

Disclaimer(s)

Release and Waiver Form

This program requires the completion of a Release and Waiver form.

Este programa requiere completar un formulario de liberación y renuncia.

 

Line art image of a tree with a field backpack nestled between two large polyhedral dice at the base of its trunk. To the left of the tree are the words "League of Young Adventurers" curved up around the base of the words "Tree Scouts."

Tree Scouts - League of Young Adventurers

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Mountain Road Library
Program Type:
Games, Special Events
Audience:
Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Event Details:

In the wilds of Arethu, none are more revered than the Wardens – caretakers of the land, friends of the fey, protectors the people, and keepers of the bond that unites them al...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Mountain Road Library
Audience: Kids (Ages 6 – 10)
Program Type: Games, Special Events
Required
Event Details:

In the wilds of Arethu, none are more revered than the Wardens – caretakers of the land, friends of the fey, protectors the people, and keepers of the bond that unites them all. But, this isn't a story about them!

goats looking over fence with text reading Storytime at Kinder Farm Park, evern 2nd Monday at 9:30 am

Storytime at Kinder Farm Park

Monday, April 14, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Severna Park - Off Site at Severna Park Library
Program Type:
Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes, Outdoor Event
Audience:
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Event Details:

Enjoy a family storytime at Kinder Farm Park! We'll meet at the picnic area next to the playground. If you arrive between 9-9:30am, let the gate attendant know you are visitin...

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Severna Park Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Severna Park - Off Site
Audience: Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes, Outdoor Event
Event Details:

Enjoy a family storytime at Kinder Farm Park! We'll meet at the picnic area next to the playground. 

If you arrive between 9-9:30am, let the gate attendant know you are visiting for the storytime to waive the parking fee.

Books arranged in semi circle

Book Lovers

Monday, April 14, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Eastport-Annapolis Neck - Community Meeting Room at Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library
Program Type:
Books and Writing
Audience:
Adults
Event Details:

It's a book club without the book! Chat about a book you've read and hear about great books that others have enjoyed.

Library Branch: Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Eastport-Annapolis Neck - Community Meeting Room
Audience: Adults
Program Type: Books and Writing
Event Details:

It's a book club without the book! Chat about a book you've read and hear about great books that others have enjoyed.

AARP Income Tax Assistance for Senior and Low-and-Middle Income Residents

Monday, April 14, 2025 at 10:00am - 2:00pm
Severna Park - Community Meeting Room at Severna Park Library
Program Type:
Older Americans
Audience:
Adults
Event Details:

Free tax help. IRS certified volunteers from AARP TaxAide will be available to answer questions and assist with tax forms. Appointments can be made online in advance.  Registe...

Library Branch: Severna Park Library
Room (Leave blank if you don't need to reserve a space): Severna Park - Community Meeting Room
Audience: Adults
Program Type: Older Americans
Event Details:

Free tax help. IRS certified volunteers from AARP TaxAide will be available to answer questions and assist with tax forms.

Baby looking at picture book

Babies in Bloom

Monday, April 14, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Broadneck - Community Meeting Room at Broadneck Library
Program Type:
Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes
Audience:
Preschool (Ages 0 – 5)
Babies in Bloom:

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...

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

Babies in Bloom

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!

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!

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.