Tag: Programs and Events

  • MCPL and Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection Celebrate Energy Action Month in October

    MCPL and Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection Celebrate Energy Action Month in October

    Join the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection and Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) for a light bulb exchange event taking place during Energy Action Month, October. Energy Action Month is an opportunity to encourage residents to take proactive steps to lower their energy usage and their utility bills. According to the U.S. Energy Information…

  • MCPL and Montgomery County Board of Elections to Celebrate National Voter Registration Day on September 28, 2021

    MCPL and Montgomery County Board of Elections to Celebrate National Voter Registration Day on September 28, 2021

    The Montgomery County Board of Elections (BOE) will provide information tables at select branches of Montgomery County Public Libraries on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021 in celebration of National Voter Registration Day. The BOE seeks to create broad awareness of voter registration opportunities to reach voters who may not register otherwise and to ensure everyone can…

  • MCPL Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

    MCPL Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

    Join us for these events in September to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. Miercoles, 9/15, 9:30am Baby Storytime @ MCPL – Virtual – Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month!Enjoy Baby Storytime live with one of MCPL’s children’s librarians via Zoom!  Help kick off Hispanic Heritage Month with songs, rhymes, lap bounces, and simple stories in Spanish and English for infants up through about 18…

  • Join Our June Tails & Tales Summer Read & Learn Events

    Join Our June Tails & Tales Summer Read & Learn Events

    Join us for this week’s Tails and Tales Summer Read & Learn Events! And don’t forget to sign up for the Summer Read & Learn Program at https://mcpl.link/summer-reading to start tracking books and activities now! All events are listed on our calendar at https://mcpl.events/summer-reading. Please click through and for registration and/or login information for each.…

  • Outdoor Storytime at Aspen Hill Starts June 21

    Outdoor Storytime at Aspen Hill Starts June 21

    We’re excited to announce that outdoor storytime at the Aspen Hill library begins on Monday, June 21st! We will spread out our blankets and enjoy the summer weather during this lively storytime on the grassy lawn by the Aspen Hill library. This family storytime will feature books, songs and rhymes with Mr. Joe from the…

  • The Weekend @ MCPL: April 23-25

    The Weekend @ MCPL: April 23-25

    The weekend’s loading @ the library! Join us for these events: Friday, 4/24 3pm— #AspenHill & #Olney Knitting & Crochet Club 🧶 4pm— First Chapter Friday. Every Friday we read aloud the first chapter of a book for Grades 4-6. 📚 4:30pm— TeenHub Intermediate Python Programming Workshop 💻 5pm— Virtual Take, Make & Meet, Piggy…

  • Day of the Record — Vinyl Day 2021

    Day of the Record — Vinyl Day 2021

    Featuring the Make Music Montgomery contest, a panel discussion, and a record-pricing workshop. The Friends of the Library, Montgomery County (FOLMC), Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL), and other sponsors have put the needle back on!  Virtual Just for the Record – A Vinyl Day 2021 will spin in cyberspace on Saturday, April 17th from 12…

  • April Events for Teens at Montgomery County Public Libraries.

    April Events for Teens at Montgomery County Public Libraries.

    Whether writing, reading, arts, crafts, or coding, April is full of events for teens at MCPL! Check out the descriptions, dates and times below, and join us at the event links! Bookmark our events calendar for a daily schedule of programs for everyone! Spring Vision Board, 4/13, 5pm 4/13, 5pmA vision board is a creative…

  • 6 Great Kids Books for World Autism Month

    6 Great Kids Books for World Autism Month

    April is World Autism Month, where stories are shared and communities get together to educate and ultimately increase awareness, understanding and acceptance of people with autism. World Autism Month kicks off TODAY, April 2nd, with World Autism Awareness day.  To celebrate this month, MCPL would like to highlight some of our favorite juvenile reads about Autism and by authors with Autism:  Benji, the Bad Day,…

  • National Financial Literacy Month at MCPL

    National Financial Literacy Month at MCPL

    April is National Financial Literacy Month — a time to focus on earning, managing, saving, and spending money wisely. MCPL offers a number of events this month on all kinds of money matters, and we hope you’ll join us! All events are virtual; registration and log-in information is available below. National Financial Literacy Month Events…

  • Contemporary Conversations with Michelle Singletary at MCPL

    Contemporary Conversations with Michelle Singletary at MCPL

    Meet Michelle Singletary, prize-winning journalist and nationally syndicated personal finance columnist for The Washington Post. Michelle Singletary is well known for taking complicated financial terms and concepts and make them easy to understand. A frequent contributor to various NPR programs and a regular presence on all major networks, NBC, CBS, CNN, PBS and MSNBS, Ms. Singletary…

  • Join MCPL for Earth Month Events!

    Join MCPL for Earth Month Events!

    Earth Day is April 22 Join us for the annual celebration of all things Earth on Thursday, April 22. We’ll have a week of fun events, so join in! Planet Earth–Sand Art InstructableApril 19, 3 PM In honor of Earth Month, join us for a virtual meet up, where we will create awesome sand art…