Category: Events & Programs
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Win Prizes in Kensington Park Fall Colors Art Contest
Submit November 16-30 Enjoy the changing colors of the season in any art medium: paint, photo, etc.Only art work with the Fall Colors theme will be accepted.Exhibit will take place during the month of December. Enter the Fall Colors Art Contest at the Kensington Park Library. Entry Period: Sunday, November 16–Sunday, November 30, during library…
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Enter the MoComCon 2025 Art & Essay Contests!
MoComCon Returns to MCPL This March!MoComCon is back for a TWO DAY event happening on Saturday, March 22nd and Sunday March 23rd! MoComCon 2025 Art and Essay contests also return as part of our celebration of all things comics, graphic novels, and fandoms! Both contests open Monday, January 6th and close at 5pm on Monday, February 24th. What is the MoComCon Art Contest? Combine your…
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Enter the Fall 2024 Photo Contest at Kensington Park Library
Submit Fall Photos November 12-27 Do you enjoy the changing colors of the season and capturing them on camera? Enter the Fall Colors Photography Contest at the Kensington Park Library. Participants aged 16 and up may enter mounted photos from November 12-28 during library hours, and chosen photos will be on display throughout December. Entry…
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Summer Reading Challenge 2024 Wrap-up: the Adventure Started Here!
We certainly had an adventure at the library this summer! Kids soothed the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair animals with bedtime stories, planned for the zombie apocalypse with The Last Kids on Earth author Max Brallier, and prepared their Pokémon teams for battle. Teens used science to solve a mystery and launched a Dungeons & Dragons…
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MCPL’s Summer Reading Challenge Badge 3 is open now!
MCPL’s Summer Reading Challenge Badge #3 — Become a Park Protector — is open now! Read books, complete activities, and attend library programs to earn great prizes— including Washington Nationals tickets and free books — while helping MCPL and the Montgomery Parks Foundation preserve our history, increase accessibility, and keep our parks beautiful. Badge #2 —…
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August Fun in the Branches
Head to our branches for indoor fun this month! Aspen Hill Library 7/28-8/4 Adventure Week Take and Make Craft – Cork Boat Craft Kits Float your own boat with our cork boat craft kits, available all this week. Kits are available at the Information Desk, while supplies last. Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library 7/24-8/2 Mari Mariposa…
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MCPL Hosts ‘Just for the Record-A Vinyl Day’ Featuring Keynote Speaker DJ Johnny Juice
Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) will host its annual Just For the Record: A Vinyl Day, a celebration of all things Record and DJ culture in Montgomery County and the DMV (DC Metro Area), from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10. The free festival for music enthusiasts will take place at the Brigadier General Charles…
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MCPL Partners with the Nationals for the 2024 Summer Reading Challenge!
Batter up! Books and baseball are a winning combination and it’s easier than ever to enjoy both this summer, thanks to Montgomery County Public Libraries’ 2024 Summer Reading Challenge. The Washington Nationals and MCPL have teamed up for the fifth consecutive year to reward summer readers with an adventure at the ballpark! Here’s how it…
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MCPL’s Summer Reading Challenge Badge 2 is open now!
MCPL’s Summer Reading Challenge Badge #2 — Become a Time Traveler — is open now! Read books, complete activities, and attend library programs to earn great prizes— including Washington Nationals tickets and free books — while helping MCPL and the Montgomery Parks Foundation preserve our history, increase accessibility, and keep our parks beautiful. Read books, complete…
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July Fun in the Branches
Head to our branches for indoor fun this month! Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library 7/24-8/2 Mari Mariposa Adventure Week Scavenger Hunt It’s adventure week at McGee Library! Come celebrate by visiting and completing our scavenger hunt for a fun prize! Davis Library 7/28-8/3 Teen Graphic Novel Contest — Celebrating Adventure Week! Adventure Starts Here!…
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Celebrate Adventure Week at your library, July 28 – August 3!
Thousands of children, teens, and adults participating in our Summer Reading Challenge this year are having adventures all over Montgomery County, inside and outside of our libraries. This year, we want to celebrate those adventures with you during Adventure Week at the library! If you haven’t registered for Summer Reading yet, it’s not too late.…
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June Fun in the Branches
Head to our branches for indoor fun this month! Kensington Park Library 6/14-8/31 Summer Adventure Scavenger Hunt at Noyes & Kensington Park Libraries Explore the Town of Kensington on an adventure to find carved statues! A collaboration of the Noyes and Kensington Park libraries. During the Summer Reading Challenge, stop in to either the Noyes Library…