Week Calendar

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

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

This is a class for adult English learners. It focuses on essential English grammar and on the basics of writing for work and personal communication.

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

This is a virtual orientation for adult English language learners.  Participants will receive information on eligibility, placement tests, class schedules, and a brief introduction to our online platform.  Seats are limited.  P

Join other adults who knit, crochet, embroider, and sew in an open forum for creating, conversing, sharing, and learning. To register and receive links/instructions, email pinsneedlearts@hclibrary.org.

This is a class for adult English learners. Improve your spoken English with this class.

This is a class for adult English learners.

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

Join Miss Chris, Children's Instructor, East Columbia Branch of the  Howard County Library System,  for bounces, rhymes, tickles and songs while interacting with your baby.

Play trivia through email! Categories and fun for everyone. Please email HCLS.trivia@hclibrary.org for the trivia details or if you have questions.

Ages 2-5 and family. 30 minutes. Registration required.

The Big Book of Animal Tales

Receive fun and interactive activities that challenge thinking and help you stay mentally active through email. Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation. You will receive an email with 

Ages 5-10. Registration required. 20 - 30 minutes.

STEAM Saturday

Curious about Library Tech? Join us for Tech Time Online!

Join us for a 30-minute lesson from the kitchen for healthy ideas on what to do with oats with Howard County's SNAP Ed's educator, Razan Sahuri. 

Ages 11-18, 60 min.

Recommend books music and movies; develop and plan events for teens; and work with HCLS instructors on projects you create.

Let your imagination fly and start writing now. Every week we will share a writing prompt to inspire you. It can be just a few words, a paragraph, or it can be a story-it's up to you!

How do films shape and connect us?
Watch the film prior to the actual discussion dates.

For children transitioning from early readers to chapter books. After reading the title, join us for fun activities that include reading comprehension exercises and games.

Grades K-3.  Registration required. 60 minutes.

Listen to and discuss picture book nominees for Maryland’s children's choice award, in preparation for spring voting.

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

Drop in for online assistance with job applications. Sessions begin with helpful job search tips, library resources and recommended internet sites.

For Teens. Play HCLS trivia through Kahoot! Categories and questions designed for ages 13-17. The game starts at 4:30 pm. You will receive the Kahoot! link in an email by 4 pm. Every second Wednesday will be a LIVE! Kahoot on Zoom. 

Improve your ability to communicate and interact in German in a fun and casual setting.

Meet every second and fourth Thursday of the month. 

Calling all LEGO™ blocks fans! Each week watch a brief video to receive new challenges, then create and engineer  designs with LEGO™ blocks. Register with an email address to receive a link to join the online class.

This is a virtual orientation for adult English language learners.  Participants will receive information on eligibility, placement tests, class schedules, and a brief introduction to our online platform.  Seats are limited.  P

Family Fun Bookclub ages 6-9 with Adult

Join us every second Monday for an eclectic Book Discussion.

January 11: The electrifying debut novel: A Burning by Majumdar Megha

Read and discuss a wide array of fiction and nonfiction titles.

2nd Tuesdays, 7-8pm

Join for an online discussion of the following title:

January 12: Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger

The Prince George's County Memorial Library System and Prince George's County Human Relations Commission commemorate Rev.

How to handle your finances in unstable times, the importance of counseling, the impacts of financial hardships, crisis budgeting, relevant stats, debt relief options and more.

Welcome sci-fi enthusiasts and other intrepid readers!

Discuss a wide-array of SciFi movies (2nd Wednesdays) and books (4th Wednesdays)

Jan 13th: "Interstellar"

Read and discuss a wide array of mystery novels.

2nd Wednesdays; 7-8pm. 

Join for an online discussion of the following titles: 

January 13 - Before the Fall by Noah Hawley

Writer-filmmaker Ellen Ann Fentress has spent the last decade capturing ways that the South’s racial past affects in its present.

Play trivia through Kahoot! Categories and questions designed for ages 18+. Please email HCLS.trivia@hclibrary.org for the trivia details or if you have questions. 

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

Due to high interest, all the spots for this virtual event are filled and the waitlist is full.