Week Calendar

This is a class for adult English language learners.  Practice conversational skills and discuss topics ranging from small talk and common interests to life, work and current events.   

This is a class for adult English language learners.  Improve your English language skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening.  The class is suitable for language learners in beginning to high beginning levels.  

This is a class for adult English language learners.  Improve your spoken English with this class. The class will focus on listening and speaking skills with an emphasis on everyday pronunciation, intonation and stress, as well as u

Join Chris Mancini, Children's Instructor, Howard County Library System, East Columbia Branch, for Preschool Circle Time!

This is a class for adult English language learners.  It is a career centered class where students explore topics related to working in the US.

This is a class for English language learners.

For English language learners. 
Improve your spoken English as we focus on listening and speaking skills with an emphasis on everyday pronunciation, intonation, and stress, as well as unique American rhythms.

For English language learners at the intermediate level. 
Improve your English language skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. 

Join other adults who knit crochet embroider and sew in an open forum for creating conversing sharing and learning.

For adult English language learners at an advanced level. 
Improve your English language skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening.  

For adult English language learners. 

For adult English language learners. 

If you miss this class, past classes are posted on the Howard County Library System YouTube channel Playlists [use link:  

Join Chris Mancini, Children's Instructor, East Columbia Branch of the  Howard County Library System, for Baby Time!

Join Miss Chris and share bounces, rhymes and tickles. Perfect for babies and toddlers with an adult.

Do you have a technology issue and need help figuring it out? Trying to get eBooks to work on your phone to no avail? Can't get that Gale Course to work? Ask an HCLS Instructor & Research Specialist about your library related tech woes.

Hispanic Heritage Month @ Book Corner

Receive fun and interactive activities that challenge thinking and help you stay mentally active through email. Email hcls.brainfitness@hclibrary.org to receive activities and instructions.

Join for an online discussion of the following titles:

August 20:  Emma by Jane Austen

September 17:  Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok

Ages 14-18, 60 min.

Calling all high school creative writers. Drop in for writing prompts tips, tricks, and resources to improve your craft. Share your writing and get feedback in a supportive environment. All genres welcome!

Online class for HC Health Department Family Options Teen Parent Program.

Students fold a classic origami model with help from an HCLS instructor. Supplies needed: square paper, colored pencils or crayons and a smile!

How do films shape and connect us?
Watch the film prior to the actual discussion dates; by signing up for a free Kanopy account through HCLS.

Sep 14 The Other Girlfriend

Have you, your child, or the whole family always wanted to learn Spanish? Well NOW is the perfect time!!!

For Teens. Play HCLS trivia through Kahoot! Categories and questions designed for ages 13-17. 

The game starts at 4:30 pm. Every second Wednesday will be a LIVE! Kahoot on Zoom. 

Grades 4-6. Registration required.  60 minutes.

What are torchbearers?

Virtual book / film  discussion; 2nd Mondays; 7 - 8 pm.

September 14   Strangers and Cousins by Leah Hager Cohen**

Learn Korean in this 12-week class, taught by Saea Oh, who holds a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and is certified in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages).

This is a class for adult English language learners.  Improve your English language skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening.  It is suitable for language learners in low beginning level.  The class meets twice a wee

This is a class for adult English language learners.  Improve your English language skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening.  It is suitable for language learners in high beginning level.  This class meets twice a w

This is a class for adult English language learners.  Improve your English language skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening.  It is suitable for language learners in low intermediate levels.  This class meets twice a wee

Ages 7-9.  45 minutes.  Registration required.

Did you receive an instant pot and feel you can do more with it?  Have you heard the buzz about the instant pot and want to learn more before making the purchase?  Come and learn about the instant pot and get your questions answered.

Read and discuss a wide array of graphic novels. 3rd Tuesdays 7 - 8 pm.  

Sept 15     The Old Guard Volume 1, by Greg Rucka     *Rescheduled to September 22

This is a class for adult English language learners. Improve your English language skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening.  It is suitable for language learners in high intermediate level.  This class meets twice a week on Tue.

This is a class for adult English language learners. Improve your English language skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. It is suitable for language learners in low advanced level.  This class meets twice a week on Tue.

This is a class for adult English language learners.  Improve your English language skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening.  It is suitable for language learners in high advanced level.  This class meets twice a week on

Adult English learners can gain a strong foundation for the U.S. Citizenship Exam, including the questions that could be asked on the civics exam.

Join the Nonfiction Book Club to share your thoughts on a varied array of Nonfiction selections. 

July 15: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass (Overdrive, RBdigital)

Join the Nonfiction Book Club to share your thoughts on a varied array of Nonfiction selections. 

August 19: The Story of My Life by Helen Keller (Overdrive, RBdigital)

This is a class for adult English language learners.  Improve your English language skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening.  It is suitable for language learners in low beginning level.  The class meets twice a wee

This is a class for adult English language learners.  Improve your English language skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening.  It is suitable for language learners in high beginning level.  This class meets twice a w

This is a class for adult English language learners.  Improve your English language skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening.  It is suitable for language learners in low intermediate levels.  This class meets twice a wee

For English language learners. 

Explore the genre of non fiction and join our discussions! 
 

Sep 17th: Voices from Chernobyl: the oral history of a nuclear disaster by Svetlana Alexievich*

This is a class for adult English language learners. Improve your English language skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening.  It is suitable for language learners in high intermediate level.  This class meets twice a week on Tue.

This is a class for adult English language learners. Improve your English language skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. It is suitable for language learners in low advanced level.  This class meets twice a week on Tue.

This is a class for adult English language learners.  Improve your English language skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening.  It is suitable for language learners in high advanced level.  This class meets twice a week on

Adult English learners can gain a strong foundation for the U.S. Citizenship Exam, including the questions that could be asked on the civics exam.