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  • Enter the Fall 2023 Photo Contest at Kensington Park Library

    Enter the Fall 2023 Photo Contest at Kensington Park Library

    Submit Fall Photos November 13-27 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 14-28, and chosen photos will be on display throughout December. Entry forms are available…

  • Celebrate Native American Heritage Month at MCPL!

    Celebrate Native American Heritage Month at MCPL!

    Join us through the first week of December, 2023, for events celebrating Native American Heritage Month. Our branches will have commemorative displays as well, so come by and choose books and other materials to learn about our country’s indigenous communities. Native American Heritage Month Events Saturday, November 4, 11am-12pm Celebrate the Native Peoples of the…

  • Books Unite Us, Censorship Divides Us for Banned Books Week 2023

    Books Unite Us, Censorship Divides Us for Banned Books Week 2023

    It’s Banned Books Week, the annual celebration of the freedom to read.  2022 was a record year for book challenges, per the American Library Association (ALA). Launched in 1982 to respond to a sudden surge in challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries, Banned Books Week highlights the value of free and open access…

  • Contemporary Conversations Presents: PA’LANTE! A Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration Featuring Author Dr. Tony Medina

    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,…

  • Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month 2023 at MCPL!

    Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month 2023 at MCPL!

    Join us at the branches and virtually to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month this September and October! This year’s theme is “Prosperity, Power, and Progress‘, recognizing significant achievements of the Hispanic community. Check individual event listings for details, and registration link where that’s required. Hispanic Heritage Month Events Thursday, September 14: 4:30pmArt at the Library: Carmen…

  • Vinyl Day 2023 Contemporary Conversations: Hip-Hop & the Art of the DJ

    Vinyl Day 2023 Contemporary Conversations: Hip-Hop & the Art of the DJ

    Join us for a conversation with Dr. DJ Kuttin Kandi (Anomalies, 5th Platoon) and artist Danny “The Atomic Goofball” Nguyen (Lionz of Zion Breaking Crew) on Vinyl Day

  • All Together Now! Let’s Spread a Little Kindness!

    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…

  • 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…

  • Celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Week at MCPL

    Celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Week at MCPL

    MCPL celebrates our very own Random Acts of Kindness Week from 7/30/23 thru 8/5/23.  Random Acts of Kindness week complements this year’s Summer Reading theme, “All Together Now” and “Kindness, Friendship, and Unity”, as well as the Montgomery County organizations we are partnering with this year — Montgomery County Animal Services and Adoption Center and Friends of Montgomery County Animals, Manna Food Center, and Montgomery Parks Foundation.  We hope this will…

  • 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…

  • MCPL’s Summer Reading 2023 Partners

    MCPL’s Summer Reading 2023 Partners

    We appreciate our 2023 Summer Reading Partners! MCPL and the Washington Nationals are teaming up to encourage reading! The Washington Nationals will give MCPL Summer Reading Challenge! participants who earn Badge 2 a voucher for two to attend a regular season baseball game for free. Vouchers are available while supplies last. MCPL is working with Montgomery County Animal…

  • Celebrate Pride 2023 Events at MCPL

    Celebrate Pride 2023 Events at MCPL

    Join Pride Events at MCPL This June Saturday, June 3: 2:30-4:00pmPaint your Pride & Teen Advisory Board Meeting  at Aspen Hill Library Join us for a Teen Advisory Board meeting and Paint your Pride event! Saturday, June 3:3-4:15pmTeen Book Club — Virtual Virtual book club presented by the Teen Advisory Board. This month, we’ve chose the…