This event is in the "Adults" group Mar 3 2026 Tue The Listening Lounge 6:30pm–8:00pm Adults Savage Branch Open Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Mar 3 2026 Tue The Listening Lounge 6:30pm–8:00pm Savage Branch Open Library Branch: Savage Branch Room: DaVinci Meeting Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Author & Literary Events, Crafts, Fun & Games! Registration Required Event Details: Come relax and meet your new favorite audiobook. We will be listening together to the first hour of a new audiobook. You’re invited to bring a favorite craft or project to work on while we listen.
This event is in the "Adults" group Mar 5 2026 Thu Ink & Impact: Women's Fiction Spotlight 6:15pm–7:15pm Adults Miller Branch Open Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Mar 5 2026 Thu Ink & Impact: Women's Fiction Spotlight 6:15pm–7:15pm Miller Branch Open Library Branch: Miller Branch Room: Ellicott/ Patapsco Rooms Age Group: Adults Program Type: Author & Literary Events, Book Clubs, Community Events, History & Genealogy Registration Required Event Details: Join us for an inspiring evening celebrating the power of women’s stories and the authors who bring them to life. Ink & Impact features four exceptional writers whose work spans historical fiction, romance, fantasy, a
This event is in the "Adults" group Mar 11 2026 Wed The UnBook Reading Club 7:00pm–8:00pm Adults Off Site Full Registration Required Offsite Event This event is in the "Adults" group Mar 11 2026 Wed The UnBook Reading Club 7:00pm–8:00pm Off Site Full Library Branch: Off Site Age Group: Adults Program Type: Author & Literary Events, Book Clubs, Community Events Registration Required Event Details: The UnBook Reading Group
This event is in the "Adults" group Mar 12 2026 Thu What's On Your Shelf? Fiction and Nonfiction Book Chat 2:00pm–3:00pm Adults Miller Branch Open Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Mar 12 2026 Thu What's On Your Shelf? Fiction and Nonfiction Book Chat 2:00pm–3:00pm Miller Branch Open Library Branch: Miller Branch Room: Avalon Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Author & Literary Events, Book Clubs, Community Events Registration Required Event Details: Share fiction and/or nonfiction titles that are on your bookshelf and we will share titles from our shelves. If you don't have a title to share, find inspiration in what others recommend and start building your reading list.
This event is in the "Adults" group Mar 12 2026 Thu Unsung Architects of Freedom: Smallwood & Torrey’s Bold Crusade 7:00pm–8:00pm Adults Online Branch Open Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Mar 12 2026 Thu Unsung Architects of Freedom: Smallwood & Torrey’s Bold Crusade 7:00pm–8:00pm Online Branch Open Library Branch: Online Branch Room: Terrapin Online Classroom Age Group: Adults Program Type: Author & Literary Events, Book Clubs, Community Events, History & Genealogy, Race, Equity & Inclusion Registration Required Event Details: Unsung Architects of Freedom: Smallwood & Torrey’s Bold Crusade
This event is in the "Adults" group Mar 18 2026 Wed Patapsco Days – The Past, Present and Future of Historic Blandair 6:30pm–7:30pm Adults East Columbia Branch This event is in the "Adults" group Mar 18 2026 Wed Patapsco Days – The Past, Present and Future of Historic Blandair 6:30pm–7:30pm East Columbia Branch Library Branch: East Columbia Branch Room: Marvin Thomas Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Art, Movies & Music, Author & Literary Events, Community Events, History & Genealogy, Race, Equity & Inclusion Event Details: Howard County Library System, in partnership with Patapsco Heritage Greenway (PHG) and HoCo Department of Recreation and Parks, discusses the history and archeology digs at Blandair park. A part of the 8th annual Patapsco Days celebration.
This event is in the "Adults" group Mar 25 2026 Wed Hidden Gems: Forgotten Women Writers 6:00pm–7:30pm Adults Central Branch Open Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Mar 25 2026 Wed Hidden Gems: Forgotten Women Writers 6:00pm–7:30pm Central Branch Open Library Branch: Central Branch Room: CEN Studio Age Group: Adults Program Type: Art, Movies & Music, Author & Literary Events, Culture & Language Registration Required Event Details: Join our class exploring the rich but often overlooked works of female writers from antiquity through the 20th century.
This event is in the "Adults" group Mar 25 2026 Wed In Other Worlds SFF Book Club (Online) 6:30pm–7:30pm Adults Online Branch Open Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Mar 25 2026 Wed In Other Worlds SFF Book Club (Online) 6:30pm–7:30pm Online Branch Open Library Branch: Online Branch Room: Book Clubs Age Group: Adults Program Type: Art, Movies & Music, Author & Literary Events, Book Clubs, Culture & Language Registration Required Event Details: Welcome science fiction & fantasy enthusiasts and other intrepid readers!Discuss a wide-array of SFF movies (quarterly on 2nd Wednesdays) and books (monthly on 4th Wednesdays)
This event is in the "Adults" group Mar 26 2026 Thu Stitches and Stories 10:00am–11:30am Adults East Columbia Branch Open Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Mar 26 2026 Thu Stitches and Stories 10:00am–11:30am East Columbia Branch Open Library Branch: East Columbia Branch Room: Studio A (Classroom) Age Group: Adults Program Type: Author & Literary Events Registration Required Event Details: Stitch and Stories is a relaxed, creative gathering for adults who enjoy crafting together with a story playing in the background. Bring your knitting, crocheting, needlepoint, or other handiwork and settle in as we listen to stories together.
This event is in the "Teens" group This event is in the "Adults" group Mar 28 2026 Sat Tolkien Reading Day: Unlikely Heroes 3:30pm–5:00pm Teens, Adults Savage Branch Open Registration Required This event is in the "Teens" group This event is in the "Adults" group Mar 28 2026 Sat Tolkien Reading Day: Unlikely Heroes 3:30pm–5:00pm Savage Branch Open Library Branch: Savage Branch Room: Albert Einstein Classroom Age Group: Teens, Adults Program Type: Art, Movies & Music, Author & Literary Events Registration Required Event Details: Celebrate Tolkien Reading Day with a Tolkien read-aloud and a talk by professor Peter Grybauskas, author of A Sense of Tales Untold and editor of The Battle of Maldon. There will be an ASL interpreter present for this class.
This event is in the "Teens" group This event is in the "Adults" group Mar 28 2026 Sat Tolkien Reading Day: Unlikely Heroes (Online) 3:30pm–5:00pm Teens, Adults Online Branch Open Registration Required This event is in the "Teens" group This event is in the "Adults" group Mar 28 2026 Sat Tolkien Reading Day: Unlikely Heroes (Online) 3:30pm–5:00pm Online Branch Open Library Branch: Online Branch Room: Adult Online Classroom Age Group: Teens, Adults Program Type: Art, Movies & Music, Author & Literary Events Registration Required Event Details: Celebrate Tolkien Reading Day with a Tolkien read-aloud and a talk by professor Peter Grybauskas, author of A Sense of Tales Untold and editor of The Battle of Maldon.Register below to receive the Zoom link.
This event is in the "Children" group Apr 11 2026 Sat Bauder Battle of the Books Author Q&A Event (Live!) 3:00pm–4:00pm Children Off Site Upcoming Registration Required Offsite Event This event is in the "Children" group Apr 11 2026 Sat Bauder Battle of the Books Author Q&A Event (Live!) 3:00pm–4:00pm Off Site Upcoming Library Branch: Off Site Age Group: Children Program Type: Author & Literary Events, Community Events Registration Required Event Details: Ages 8 & up, families welcome; 60 min. Registration required.
This event is in the "Adults" group Apr 13 2026 Mon National Gallery Of Art: American Stories 2:00pm–3:00pm Adults Online Branch Open Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Apr 13 2026 Mon National Gallery Of Art: American Stories 2:00pm–3:00pm Online Branch Open Library Branch: Online Branch Room: Terrapin Online Classroom Age Group: Adults Program Type: Art, Movies & Music, Author & Literary Events, Community Events, Culture & Language, History & Genealogy Registration Required Event Details: This class is a part of the Museum@The Library series.American Stories:
This event is in the "Adults" group Apr 26 2026 Sun The Colonial Tavern: A History of Making Americans 4:00pm–5:00pm Adults Off Site Offsite Event This event is in the "Adults" group Apr 26 2026 Sun The Colonial Tavern: A History of Making Americans 4:00pm–5:00pm Off Site Library Branch: Off Site Age Group: Adults Program Type: Art, Movies & Music, Author & Literary Events, Book Clubs, Community Events, History & Genealogy, Race, Equity & Inclusion Event Details: This ticketed event is a Fundraiser for the Friends of Howard County Library. To purchase tickets, please click here.
This event is in the "Adults" group Apr 27 2026 Mon Books Galore (Book Talk & Treats) 2:00pm–3:30pm Adults East Columbia Branch Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Apr 27 2026 Mon Books Galore (Book Talk & Treats) 2:00pm–3:30pm East Columbia Branch Upcoming Library Branch: East Columbia Branch Room: East Columbia Other Location Age Group: Adults Program Type: Author & Literary Events, Book Clubs, Community Events, Culture & Language Registration Required Event Details: Join us at the East Columbia 50+ Center for a delightful literary escape!
This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Teens" group May 16 2026 Sat Reader's Theater (Independent readers, ages 8-14) 11:30am–12:30pm Children, Teens Savage Branch Open Registration Required This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Teens" group May 16 2026 Sat Reader's Theater (Independent readers, ages 8-14) 11:30am–12:30pm Savage Branch Open Library Branch: Savage Branch Room: Albert Einstein Classroom Age Group: Children, Teens Program Type: Art, Movies & Music, Author & Literary Events Registration Required Event Details: Ages 8-14; 60 min. Registration required.Calling all independent readers to take the stage! Build confidence by reading lines aloud while playing a character. Class finishes with a performance of our reader's theater play for all.
This event is in the "Adults" group May 18 2026 Mon National Gallery Of Art: Breaking the Rules in Modern Art: American Modernism 2:00pm–3:00pm Adults Online Branch Open Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group May 18 2026 Mon National Gallery Of Art: Breaking the Rules in Modern Art: American Modernism 2:00pm–3:00pm Online Branch Open Library Branch: Online Branch Room: Terrapin Online Classroom Age Group: Adults Program Type: Art, Movies & Music, Author & Literary Events, Community Events, Culture & Language, History & Genealogy Registration Required Event Details: This class is a part of the Museum@The Library series.Breaking the Rules in Modern Art: American Modernism:
This event is in the "Adults" group Jun 8 2026 Mon National Gallery Of Art: Dialogues in Modern and Contemporary Art: American Art 2:00pm–3:00pm Adults Online Branch Open Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Jun 8 2026 Mon National Gallery Of Art: Dialogues in Modern and Contemporary Art: American Art 2:00pm–3:00pm Online Branch Open Library Branch: Online Branch Room: Terrapin Online Classroom Age Group: Adults Program Type: Art, Movies & Music, Author & Literary Events, Community Events, Culture & Language, History & Genealogy Registration Required Event Details: This class is a part of the Museum@The Library series.Dialogues in Modern and Contemporary Art: American Art:
