Week Calendar

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!

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.

Babies in Bloom Storytimes are 15-20 minutes, followed by social time for caregivers and little ones.

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!

Explore open-ended activities and different art techniques with a focus on the creative process. This activity may get messy, so please dress accordingly!

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.

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!

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

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

SoCo Book Chat is book club without the book! Chat about a book you've read and hear about great books that others have enjoyed. In partnership with SoCo Book Chat Group.

Stay after for some age appropriate toys and conversation!

Young children from birth to 5 years old (with caring adult) may enjoy books, music and a variety of developmentally appropriate toys during this hour of unstructured social time. 

Sing, chant, play instruments and dance while exploring the sounds, rhythms and patterns that make up our language. Children will have the opportunity to see and touch a special instrument at the end! 

Young children will enjoy books, music, and developmentally appropriate toys and activities during an hour of unstructured social time. 

Young children from birth to 5 years old (with caring adult) may enjoy books, music and a variety of developmentally appropriate toys during this hour of unstructured social time.

Celebrate Earth Day with us in an interactive Storytime where preschoolers explore science concepts through stories, songs, and hands-on activities!

Young children will enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and activities while building ready to read skills in English and in Spanish.  

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

The popular Milkshake Duo, Lisa Mathews and Mikel Gehel, will perform an interactive family concert. The Milkshake Duo is a regular on Nick Jr.

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!

Learn the basics of Power Point and how to navigate and create slides.

Prerequisite: Basic computer skills. 

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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.

Stay after Babies in Bloom for a free babywearing informational meeting. Bring a carrier that you'd like to work with or try out a few from Patuxent Babywearing's lending library. 

Enjoy games, crafts, and other activities at Discoveries: The Library at the Mall during this monthly social event for adults. Everyone is welcome, so come join us to socialize and meet some new friends. 

Venga a la biblioteca para pasar tiempo pintando en comunidad!

Este programa cera presentado completamente en español.

Talk with a volunteer lawyer for up to 20 minutes about your civil, non-family legal problem for free! Once you have signed up, you will be sent an intake sheet and instructions for meeting with the attorney. To register for an appointme

Come and try Cardio Drumming for Fun & Fitness. You can stand or sit for this program where we will tap, stretch and move to music while drumming on large fitness balls. 

Gather round the table with your fellow Lejebetequa family and friends and let the world's worries fall away for a couple hours with some games, coffee, and pastries.

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

Devil in the White City by Erik Larsen

This month we will be discussing

Conquer your fear and ride Shai-Hulud to a screening of Dune: Part Two (2024).

Gather a team of family or friends to compete in a jigsaw puzzle contest!  Each team will be assigned a table with a 500 piece puzzle to be opened when the tournament begins (puzzles will identical).

Kids (ages 6-10) come join us as we celebrate the 55th anniversary of Earth Day! We will explore this day through fun games, STEM, reading, writing, crafts, and tons of other activities. Weather permitting, this event will be outside.

Join us for an afternoon of Earth Day-themed crafts and activities, including making eco-friendly seed paper that you can plant! Families can spend some time learning, creating, and celebrating planet Earth together.

Join us for an afternoon of Pokémon fun! Show off your Pokémon cards, make a Pokémon craft, or do our scavenger hunt and try to catch all the Pokémon hiding at the library. 

Are you new to proposal writing or want a quick refresher? Join this course for an overview of how to write a standard project proposal to a foundation.

Join us for a transformative program addressing the devastating impact of gun violence on our society.

Join us at the library for a silent afternoon of games, ASL practice, and socializing!

Deaf, Hard-of-hearing, ASL Communities, CODA, Interpreters and Friends welcome. 

Voice-off event. 

Come and celebrate El Día de Los Niños, Children's Day at Discoveries! This is an event for the whole family that celebrates children and reading. There will be games, prizes, snacks, music, and more! 

You see them everywhere, but is a weed just a weed? What do they have in common with herbs? Learn about their variety, beauty, origins and uses that may surprise you with Maryland State Library Resource Center librarian Eva Slezak.

Kids and families are invited to about Lebanese-American painter and multimedia artist Helen Zughaib and create a colorful work of art inspired by what we learn.

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

Participate in Mend in Public Day by learning to fix simple garment repairs with patches and hand stitching. Bring an item of clothing that might be missing a button, have a hole, or need a seam repaired.

Families are welcome to drop-in anytime between 2-4 PM for Lego® build and play fun. We'll provide plenty of Legos®!

Brave heroes wanted! Join forces with other daring adventurers and fight deadly monsters, meet strange foes, and search for fame and fortune!

Our adventuring party is currently level 4. 

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 literacy building activities! 

AACPL customers have access to a wealth of online learning resources with just their library card. Learn about resources offered and how to access them.

Come learn and play chess with the Broadneck Highschool Chess Club. All ages and experience levels welcome. 

Created for children in kindergarten through second grade, this club will meet monthly to practice our reading skills as a group with fun book discussions, activities, and games. We’ll have a new theme each month!

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!

Travel back in time! Young historians will have the opportunity to get up close and personal with historical people and cultures.

Calling all teens - Drop in for video games, crafts, snacks and more every other Monday afternoon. 

Celebrate Earth Day with us! Learn what we can do to help the environment right in our backyard through fun activities and crafts.

Does your 3rd-5th grader like to read, play games, and have fun?

Join us for a special book club just for beginning readers! Kids will listen to a story, play word-decoding games, participate in a read-along, and make a craft. This program is best for children in kindergarten through 2nd grade.

Join us for a fun and easy craft program with a special spring-themed project. This program is for ages 5-11 with an accompanying adult and registration is required.

Read Big Tree by Brian Selznick. We will discuss the book, followed by snacks and activities!

Join us for Busch Annapolis Library's Spring 2025 Classic Film Series hosted by Ann Glenn. Ann introduces each film with information about the film's production, history, casting and

Hear ye, hear ye! All royal lads, lasses, knights and knaves are invited to enjoy a variety of stories, songs, rhymes, and movement activities while building early literacy skills. Royal garb is encouraged, but not required.

The State of Black Annapolis: Uplift Annapolis

How to Build Another Black Art District in Annapolis

Discussion on developing Black Entertainment District.

Come join our crafting fun! Come watch Brother Bear on our big screen and make a cool movie craft.

Celebrate Earth Day by learning about the plants, animals, and other nature that we see in our neighborhoods and roadsides! Dress for the weather and be prepared for a ramble around the sidewalks near Severn Library.

Join us for a relaxing and fun watercolor paint night! Follow the instructor's detailed guide and create an art piece related to the season.

Come jam with us at the library! Our traditional Bluegrass jam is both for folks new to bluegrass music interested in learning its standards and those with more experience seeking to develop deeper knowledge of tunes commonly played.

Come hangout with us for Anime and Manga Club! Come share your faves, what you are currently watching/reading, artwork, cosplay, etc. - all things anime and manga! We will have discussions, play games, and more!

Join us for a fun and plant-centered evening!  Our local Homestead Gardens expert will present a seasonal lecture and lead a lively question-and-answer conversation.  Bring your gardening questions and enthusiasm.

Learn Google Docs basics including word processing app on Google Workspace, with formatting text, shapes, text boxes, Word Art & more. To register for this class, you must have basic computer skills and register with your gmail.

Learn how to use our Memory Lab technology to turn your old home movies from VHS and VHS-C tapes, and from Super8 and 8mm reels into digital files.

Yoga Nidra is a sleep-based relaxation practice designed to rejuvenate the body and mind. 45 minutes of Yoga Nidra is as restorative as three hours of sleep.

Where did henna come from? The answer might surprise you! In this event, participants are taken around the world to explore the varied ways henna has been adopted by cultural communities, from medicinal to body art, over thousands of years.

Teens, ages 11-17 explore the craft of writing with the help of a volunteer from the Maryland Writers' Association. A completed permission form is required for new attendees.

Join us virtually for this meditative art form led by a certified Zentangle instructor. We will combine basic drawing strokes into easy-to-learn patterns that inspire creativity and relaxation. No previous art experience needed.

True Crime Tuesday is a virtual discussion group exploring famous true crime cases. Subject changes from month to month.

Come out and meet Susan Muaddi Darraj, author of the children's book series Farah Rocks. Susan will read excerpts from her books about Farah, a funny and brave girl navigating 5th grade.

Join us for Popcorn and a Movie!

Come watch The Wild Robot 

Popcorn provided by Horizon Cinemas

Bonus night of the D20 club! Sometimes more D&D, sometimes board games or other fun! Recommended to bring a completed Standard Array character sheet, dice set, and your imagination!

With Natalie Goldberg's guidelines and a set of guided writing prompts, we write.

Sharing is optional.

There is no critiquing, commenting, or suggestions made.

Celebrate Earth Day with us in an interactive Storytime where preschoolers explore science concepts through stories, songs, and hands-on activities!

Explore its rich history and the training of master calligraphers, then watch a live demonstration of pen carving, material prep, and calligraphy on handmade paper.

Decorate and customize your very own reusable tote bag to take home!

Join Amanda Wisniewski of MARYLAND LEGAL AID ( https://www.mdlab.org/ ) and learn about Evictions and Tenant's rights in Maryland. 

Registration preferred, Walk-Ins are welcome.

Fold a Soul Box. Raise Awareness for Gun Violence Prevention. 

Explore and experience the shows, music, and cultures of East Asia. All fans are welcome: lovers of Kpop and Jpop, of anime and K-dramas, history buffs and pop-culture savants; new and experienced fans alike are welcome! 

Get together to practice speaking English. All levels and native languages are welcome.

Registration is required to receive the Zoom link.