Tag: Montgomery County
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Potomac Library to Reopen April 15 after Refresh
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich will join Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL), other officials and community members at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 15, for ceremonies reopening the Potomac Library. The branch has been closed since May 22, 2022, for significant renovations. The Potomac Library is located at 10101 Glenolden Dr. in Potomac. “The Potomac…
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Potomac Library Refresh: March 2023 Update
Since February’s update, progress at Potomac Library has included the installation of most furniture, reinstallation of computers, and the return of staff and supplies to the building. The collections are starting to move back into the building, and finishing touches are being put in place on wall finishes, technology, and more! The library will reopen to the…
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March Fun in the Branches
Head to our Branches for indoor fun this month! Gaithersburg Library 3/4-3/31 Tolkien reading day scavenger hunt Germantown Library 3/1-3/31 Battle of the BOoks In a showdown of literary proportions, who will come out victorious? Each week, vote for your favorite reads to see who will move on to the next round. Voting cards will…
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Potomac Library Refresh: February 2023 Update
Since January’s update, progress at Potomac Library has included completion of the exterior door installation, completion of shelving installation, finishing the staff lounge, and the beginning of the installation of furniture and room signs. Learn more about the MCPL refresh projects.
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Hatchlings, Part One: Ready to Hatch
MCPL is thrilled to be participating in Hatchlings, a Maryland State Library-sponsored program developed by the creator of Mother Goose on the Loose, Dr. Betsy Diamant-Cohen. This program helps expectant and new parents build the skills they need to be their child’s first teachers. Ready to Hatch Part One of the two-part Hatchlings program is called Ready…