Week Calendar

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

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

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!

Stop by afterschool to create your very own Blackout poetry. Paper and markers will be provided - all you need to do is bring your creative ideas. There will be examples as well if you are not sure where to start. 

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

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

Come hangout with us for Anime and Manga Club! We will have discussions, games/events, or even an anime viewing.

Celebrate National Robotics Week with the FTC Power Robotics teams and their award-winning robots! Watch a live demonstration on the library floor, meet the teams, and learn more about competitive robotics. For all ages.

Learn about eBook, eAudiobook, eMagazine and streaming options available free with your library card. Staff will be available to answer questions at the end of the presentation and demonstration.

Grab your family & friends for a fun evening playing classic board games such as checkers, chess, and many more. We will have a selection to choose from or you can bring your own. 

Do you have ideas for programs you want to see at the library? Do you need service learning hours? Do you want to give back to your community?

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!

Learn Financial Goal setting, Money Values and Habits, as well as, Creating and Maintaining a Spending Plan with the CASH (Creating Assets, Savings and Hope) Campaign of Maryland. 

Come explore the work of talented Palestinian artists and paint your own poppy flower artwork!

Join us for our Teen Craft Night at 6 pm to create bookmarks using pressed flowers and Mod Podge!

Bring your knitting, crochet, embroidery, punch needle, cross stitch, needle point, quilting, rug tufting, macramé, sewing, or any craft. Join fellow crafters on the main library floor for a stitchin' good time. 

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.

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!

Choose a recipe that fits the monthly cooking theme from a cookbook of your choice. Prepare the recipe at home and bring it to share. Call the branch for more information.

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.

Learn how to practice mindfulness while creating zentangles.

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!

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! 

Learn about notable Arab American artists, then create an art piece using those artists' styles or techniques. The highlighted artists will be Yasmine Nasser Diaz and Jackie Milad.

Blood on the Clocktower is the worlds #1 game of murder and mystery, lies and logic, deduction and deception for five-to-twenty courageous players and one devious storyteller.

Teens and tweens ages 11-17 explore the craft of writing through writing prompts, discussion, and feedback. Young writers are welcome to bring something they've already written to share, or just listen.