Westminster library branch
The Westminster branch of the Carroll County Public Library, 50 E. Main St., Westminster, will offer the following programs this week. Registration is required only where noted. For more information, call 410-386-4488.
Tuesday
Story Pals-Feelings: 10 a.m. For ages 2-3. A theme-based story time featuring interactive and age-appropriate stories, songs, fingerplays and activities. With an accompanying adult caregiver.
Read and Play: 11 a.m. For ages birth-24 months. A story time featuring lap games, tickles, bounces, and rhymes followed by a playgroup for meeting and mingling. With an accompanying adult caregiver.
Evening Story Time-Feelings: 7 p.m. For all ages. End your day in a special way. This story time, open to all ages, introduces stories through books, songs and activities. Children 3 and younger must be accompanied by an adult caregiver.
Wednesday
Story Pals-Feelings: 10 a.m. For ages 2-3. A theme-based story time featuring interactive and age-appropriate stories, songs, fingerplays and activities. With an accompanying adult caregiver.
Read and Play: 11 a.m. For ages birth-24 months. A story time featuring lap games, tickles, bounces and rhymes followed by a playgroup for meeting and mingling. With an accompanying adult caregiver.
Rainy Day Fun: 2 p.m. For ages 3-10. Rainy days really can be fun if you know how to be creative. Join us for some creative playtime using household objects. Of course, making playdough is No. 1 on our list. Children age 3 must be accompanied by an adult caregiver.
Thursday
Story Pals-Feelings: 10 and 11 a.m. For ages 2-3. A theme-based story time featuring interactive and age-appropriate stories, songs, fingerplays and activities. With an accompanying adult caregiver.
Year-Round Family Story Time-Feelings: 1 p.m. For all ages. An open invitation. This weekly story time, open to all ages, introduces stories through books, songs and activities. Children 3 and younger must be accompanied by an adult caregiver.
Medicare 101: 4 p.m. For adults. Are you eligible for Medicare in the coming months? Do you already have Medicare and want to learn more? Join us for a free 1 hour workshop that will include the four parts of Medicare and how they work, Medicare Supplement (Medigap) plans, find out if you qualify for Medicare Savings Programs (all Savings Programs are not low-income programs), free preventive services offered by Medicare, and learn how to protect yourself from health-care fraud. Presented by Tina Herrero-Backe, SHIP/SMP Coordinator.
Saturday
Inch by Inch, Row by Row, We're Gonna Make This Garden Grow: 10 a.m. For all ages. Westminster branch library has a garden plot in the Westminster Community Garden, located at East Middle School/Skate Park Gardens. And because hands-on gardening is the perfect way for families to get outside and get their hands dirty, among other things, we'd like you to join us in the garden. Each gardening season offers unique and engaging activities, so each week in the library garden will be different. There will be lots of garden-related activities throughout the growing season, and each week's activity will be guided by library staff. Come grow with us. Work clothes are recommended. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Please meet at the Westminster Branch on Saturday, 3/22; all other weeks we will meet at East Middle School/Skate Park Gardens, weather permitting. A Celebrating America program.
Read and Play: 9:30 a.m. For ages birth-24 months. A story time featuring lap games, tickles, bounces and rhymes followed by a playgroup for meeting and mingling. With an accompanying adult caregiver.
Monday
On My Own-Dance: 10:30 a.m. For ages 3-6. A theme-based story time for children who are ready for an independent, small group experience. All adult caregivers are welcome.
Finksburg
library branch
The Finksburg branch of the Carroll County Public Library, 2265 Old Westminster Pike, Finksburg, will offer the following programs this week. Registration is required only where noted. For more information, call 410-386-4505 or 410-386-4488.
Tuesday
Read and Play: 9:45 a.m. For ages birth-24 months. A story time featuring lap games, tickles, bounces and rhymes followed by a playgroup for meeting and mingling. With an accompanying adult caregiver.
Story Pals-My Garden: 11 a.m. For ages 2-3. A theme-based story time featuring interactive and age-appropriate stories, songs, fingerplays and activities. With an accompanying adult caregiver.
On My Own-My Garden: 1:30 p.m. For ages 3-6. A theme-based story time for children who are ready for an independent, small group experience. All adult caregivers are welcome.
Finksburg Book Discussion Group- "Still Alice" by Lisa Genova: 6:30 p.m. For adults. Please join us for a lively discussion of this month's book.
Wednesday
Year-Round Family Story Time-My Garden: 11 a.m. For all ages. An open invitation. This weekly story time, open to all ages, introduces stories through books, songs and activities. Children 3 and younger must be accompanied by an adult caregiver.
On My Own-My Garden: 1:30 p.m. For ages 3-6. A theme-based story time for children who are ready for an independent, small group experience. All adult caregivers are welcome.
Evening Story Time-My Garden: 7 p.m. For all ages. End your day in a special way. This story time, open to all ages, introduces stories through books, songs and activities. Children 3 and younger must be accompanied by an adult caregiver.
Thursday
Story Pals-My Garden: 9:45 a.m. For ages 2-3. A theme-based story time featuring interactive and age-appropriate stories, songs, fingerplays and activities. With an accompanying adult caregiver.
Poems for Pancakes: 10:30 a.m. For all ages. Poem for a pancake/Get 'em while they're hot/Just come and read a poem/Come give it a shot. No starving artists in the library; read an original composition or an old favorite, and we'll make a piping hot pancake for you. Children 3 and younger must be accompanied by an adult caregiver.
Read and Play: 11 a.m. For ages birth-24 months. A story time featuring lap games, tickles, bounces and rhymes followed by a playgroup for meeting and mingling. With an accompanying adult caregiver.
Rendezvous with Destiny: 7 p.m. For adults. Register for this event today. Join us for an enjoyable evening discussing the book Rendezvous with Destiny-How Franklin D. Roosevelt and Five Extraordinary Men Took America into the War and into the World with history professor Dr. Dean Kotlowski, of Salisbury University. Dr. Kotlowski is a nationally known presidential historian as well as a Fulbright scholar. This Freedom Shrine Document program is in honor of FDR's Four Freedoms speech. A Celebrating America program. All attendees need to register.
Saturday
Finksburg Eggstravaganza: 11 a.m. For ages birth-9. The egg hunt is on. The Roaring Run Lions Club and the Finksburg library invite you to this egg-tastic event. Bring your basket, bucket or bag to collect colorful eggs spread throughout the library's green spring grass. Children 3 and under must be accompanied by an adult caregiver.
Monday
Alphabet Train-Letter R: 11 a.m. For ages 3-6. Climb aboard each week to explore a different letter of the alphabet through books, songs and activities. All adult caregivers are welcome.
