Category: Did You Know
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Celebrate Halloween 2023 at MCPL
Join our 2023 Halloween events! MCPL hosts a variety of Halloween events across the county in our branches. From pumpkin painting, spooky gingerbread houses and storytimes to the tried-and-true trick or treat, you’ll find your holiday fun at the library! Halloween Events Schedule Thursday, October 5: 5-7pm Teen Tober Movies and Music- at Germantown Library …
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Contemporary Conversations Presents: PA’LANTE! A Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration Featuring Author Dr. Tony Medina
Join us to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with author Dr. Tony Medina, who will discuss Latino identity/culture and his professional career journey. Dr. Medina is Professor of Creative Writing at Howard University whose work has appeared in over 100 anthologies and journals. He is the author/editor of 24 award-winning books for adults and young people,…
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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.
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Back to School 2023 with MCPL!
It’s back to school time in Montgomery County, and you’ll want to take Montgomery County Public Libraries along!
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Washington Nationals Team up with MCPL Again for Summer Reading Challenge!
Batter up! Summer is the perfect time for baseball and books – and it’s easy to enjoy both, thanks to Montgomery County Public Libraries’ 2023 Summer Reading Challenge! The Washington Nationals have teamed up with MCPL for the fourth consecutive year to make sure books and baseball can be part of every child’s summer fun.…
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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
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All Together Now! Let’s Spread a Little Kindness!
Let’s Spread a Little Kindness and Celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Week! Random Acts of Kindness Week is just around the corner, July 30-August 5, and we hope you’ll join in our celebrations. Children and teens who participate in our Summer Reading Challenge! are spreading kindness around Montgomery County. If your child hasn’t registered, it’s…
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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…
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Get Crafty in the Summer Reading Challenge!
Saturday, July 1 11am-1pmDiscovery Saturday @ Little Falls – Box City! We’ve got the boxes, you bring your imagination. See what you and other participants can create together–streets full of houses and businesses and who knows what else! 2-3pmMake a Zine at Aspen Hill Library Join us at the Aspen Hill Library to create your own…
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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…
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Celebrate Juneteenth This Month at MCPL
Celebrate Juneteenth at MCPL Join one of our many events this June at MCPL to acknowledge, learn about, and commemorate Juneteenth. Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, informing the freed slaves there that the Emancipation Proclamation had gfrandted them freedom two years before. We hope you’ll join our Juneteenth events this…