Category: In the Branches

  • Teen Mental Health Week at MCPL

    Teen Mental Health Week at MCPL

    Care, Be Aware Join us for a week dedicated to addressing the pressing mental health challenges facing teenagers in Montgomery County, Maryland, as they navigate the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. At Montgomery County Public Libraries, we understand the importance of supporting our youth through serious challenges, which is why we are working to providing…

  • Earth Day 2024 at MCPL!

    Earth Day 2024 at MCPL!

    Celebrate Earth Day at MCPL this April with a planet full of fun and educational programs! Monday, April 8: 4-5pm Art at the Library: Earth Suncatchers at Olney Library In celebration of Earth Month, we will make earth suncatchers! Saturday, April 20: 1-3pm Adults can Paint Pots for Earth Day – Paint a terra cotta…

  • Solar Eclipse Activities at MCPL

    Solar Eclipse Activities at MCPL

    A solar eclipse will be visible in our area on April 8. Enjoy the following commemorative events at MCPL! Monday, April 1: 2-3pmSpring Break at Olney Library! – Build a Pinhole ProjectorMake your own pinhole projector so you can safely view the partial solar eclipse on April 8! Tuesday, April 2: 4:30pm – 5:30pmSTEAM Club: Solar…

  • Montgomery County Public Libraries’ Eighth Annual MoComCon in Germantown Is Rescheduled for Saturday, March 2, Due to Inclement Weather

    Montgomery County Public Libraries’ Eighth Annual MoComCon in Germantown Is Rescheduled for Saturday, March 2, Due to Inclement Weather

    MoComCon 2024 Happens March 2! Montgomery County Public Libraries’ Eighth Annual MoComCon—that will celebrate all things fandom, pop culture and comics—has been rescheduled due to inclement weather and to ensure the safety of the public, staff and performers. The event, which was originally scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 20, in Germantown, will now take place 10…

  • MCPL and Montgomery County Board of Elections to Celebrate National Voter Registration Day on September 19, 2023

    MCPL and Montgomery County Board of Elections to Celebrate National Voter Registration Day on September 19, 2023

    The Montgomery County Board of Elections (BOE) will provide information tables at select branches of Montgomery County Public Libraries on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023 in celebration of National Voter Registration Day.

  • Read Across Generations This Summer With the Heyman Interages Center

    Read Across Generations This Summer With the Heyman Interages Center

    Students going into Kindergarten through third grade can practice their reading skills during the summer with Read Across Generations, with the Heyman Interages Center of the Jewish Council for the Aging

  • July Fun in the Branches

    July Fun in the Branches

    Head to our Branches for indoor fun this month! Damascus Library 7/12 Duplo Blocks Building Gaithersburg Library 7/1-7/31 July Picnic Scavenger Hunt Germantown Library 7/3-7/31 Find Monty Scavenger Hunt 7/5, 12, 19 & 26 Drop-in Chess Kensington Park Library 7/1-7/31 Monty the Dog Scavenger Hunt 7/30 Kindness Cloud Noyes Library for Young Children 7/1-7/15 Take…

  • Summer Movies at MCPL

    Summer Movies at MCPL

    Stay cool this summer at the library Spend summer afternoons and evenings with us, watching movies! Check the schedule below and grab the popcorn! Sunday, July 2: 3-5pm Summer Movie Matinee: Top Gun: Maverick Movie afternoon at the library! at Marilyn J. Praisner Library Come cool off in the library for an afternoon movie showing…

  • Join the 7th Annual Olney Writer’s Group Literary Forum

    Join the 7th Annual Olney Writer’s Group Literary Forum

    The Olney Writer’s Group presents the 5/7 literary forum featuring local authors. Join us for a literary forum on May 7 from 2-4pm at the Olney Library, including readings by local writers of newly-published works or works-in-progress. Please come out and support these talented authors from our own community! Works are in a variety of…

  • April Fun in the Branches

    April Fun in the Branches

    Head to our Branches for indoor fun this month! Gaithersburg Library 4/1-4/310 maryland Wildflower Scavenger Hunt Germantown Library 4/1-4/30 spring scavenger hunt 4/4 drop-in craft: create your own pinwheel Drop-in and celebrate spring by coloring and creating your own pinwheel! 4/8 Storytime stations Read, sing, write, talk & play your way through each of our…

  • MCPL Celebrates National Poetry Month 2023

    MCPL Celebrates National Poetry Month 2023

    National Poetry Month at MCPL! Celebrate National Poetry Month with special displays in our branches, and several programs that honor this beloved literary form. Saturday, April 8: 2-3:30pmDIY Magnetic Poetry at Kensington Park Library 2:30-4pmTeen Advisory Board Meeting & Poetry Slam! – presented by the Teen Advisory Board at Aspen Hill Library Saturday, April 22…

  • Contemporary Conversations this April with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Tyehimba Jess

    Contemporary Conversations this April with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Tyehimba Jess

    Join Pulitzer Prize-winner, fiction and poetry author Tyehimba Jess, on April 27 at 5:30pm at Gaithersburg Library for a Contemporary Conversation to celebrate National Poetry Month. Jess will discuss his work as a poet and fiction writer. Jess is the author of two books of poetry, Leadbelly  and Olio. (Borrow Leadbelly in our catalog.) Olio won the 2017 Pulitzer…