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Free Summer Meals Program

12:30pm - 2:00pm
East Columbia Branch
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Library Branch: East Columbia Branch
Room: East Columbia Other Location
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type:
Event Details:
The Howard County Public School System is pleased to announce its participation in the 2022 Summer Food Service Program. Summer meals will be provided to all children ages 18 years and under without charge. Parents or guardians do not need to apply t...
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Stop Motion Animation: Oceans of Possibilities

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Elkridge Branch
Closed
Required
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Library Branch: Elkridge Branch
Room: Elkridge Studio
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tech Skills or STEAM
Registration Required
Event Details:
Collaborate in teams to create a stop motion animation short for the summer reading theme: Oceans of Possibilities. Storyboard, write, design sets, photograph stills, and learn greenscreen and other special effects. Please, plan to attend a...
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The Meetup

2:00pm - 5:00pm
East Columbia Branch
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Library Branch: East Columbia Branch
Room: Walter Dean Myers Homework Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Crafts, Fun & Games!,
Event Details:
A  hang out for teens to connect, play games and create.   ...
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Owl Outreach (all ages) TK

5:00pm - 5:45pm
Central Branch
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Library Branch: Central Branch
Room: Maxine White Warfield Room
Age Group: Children, Teens, Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Tech Skills or STEAM
Event Details:
All ages welcome. Ticket required. Tickets will be available 15 minutes before class. Meet a Howard County Conservancy non-releasable Barred Owl, an Eastern Screech Owl, or both. Learn about the unique features, adaptations, hunting techniques, an...
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Budding Artists (all ages, families)

5:00pm - 8:00pm
Central Branch
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Library Branch: Central Branch
Room: Central Patio
Age Group: Children, Teens, Everyone
Program Type: Art, Movies & Music, DIY & Makerspace
Event Details:
All ages. Drop in. Allow 30 minutes. Join us on the patio to paint your own masterpiece and create a hermit crab or sea turtle shell craft to take home! Wear clothes you aren’t afraid to get messy! ...
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Library Branch: Central Branch
Room: Central Other Location
Age Group: Children, Teens, Adults, Everyone
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Join the Central Branch community for fun, games and owls! Try your hand at painting, dissecting owl pellets and participate in a branch-wide scavenger hunt! Lounge on the lawn and buy a snow cone from the "Kona Ice" truck! The "Howard County Conserv...
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Hoo Can You Find? (all ages, families)

5:00pm - 8:00pm
Central Branch
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Library Branch: Central Branch
Room: Central Branch
Age Group: Children, Teens, Everyone
Program Type: Art, Movies & Music
Event Details:
All ages. Drop in. Allow 20 minutes. Try your hand in a branch-wide scavenger hunt. Hunt for colored owls in the children's section or challenge yourself to find photos of real owls throughout the Central Branch. A Part of our Central Summer Ce...
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Owl Outreach (all ages) TK

5:45pm - 6:30pm
Central Branch
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Library Branch: Central Branch
Room: Maxine White Warfield Room
Age Group: Children, Teens, Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Tech Skills or STEAM
Event Details:
All ages welcome. Ticket required. Tickets will be available 15 minutes before class. Meet a Howard County Conservancy non-releasable Barred Owl, an Eastern Screech Owl, or both. Learn about the unique features, adaptations, hunting techniques, an...
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Owl Pellet Dissection (ages 8 & up) RG

6:00pm - 6:30pm
Central Branch
Closed
Required
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Library Branch: Central Branch
Room: CEN Studio
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tech Skills or STEAM
Registration Required
Event Details:
Ages 8 & up. Registration required. Learn about how and what owls eat, as well as how a pellet is formed in an owl's unique digestive system. Dissect a sterilized pellet and use investigative skills to analyze and identify the contents to dete...
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Rainbow & Pronoun Buttons

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Savage Branch
Closed
Required
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Library Branch: Savage Branch
Room: DaVinci Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Community Events, DIY & Makerspace, Tech Skills or STEAM
Registration Required
Event Details:
Celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride month by creating your own rainbow or pronoun buttons to wear or share.   Multiple sessions offered! Click here to see a list of times, dates and locations.  ...
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Owl Pellet Dissection (ages 8 & up) RG

6:45pm - 7:15pm
Central Branch
Closed
Required
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Library Branch: Central Branch
Room: CEN Studio
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Tech Skills or STEAM
Registration Required
Event Details:
Ages 8 & up. Registration required. Learn about how and what owls eat, as well as how a pellet is formed in an owl's unique digestive system. Dissect a sterilized pellet and use investigative skills to analyze and identify the contents to dete...