Upcoming Events

Come build with us! This program is made for builders of all skill levels to get creative, socialize, and problem-solve with LEGO bricks. We provide the bricks; you bring the imagination. Ages 5-12.

Build your own mini library! Create tiny books and bookshelves featuring your favorite titles to design a miniature world of stories.

Create a self‑portrait inspired by the style of Frida Kahlo, using her bold colors, symbolic elements, and expressive approach to tell your own story through art. 

Join us to paint and decorate papier mache bowls! 

March Maskness is here! Join us for a festive mask-making party, featuring painting and paper crafting. Be a super-hero, channel your inner animal, go cultural or theatrical! Ideal for ages 8-plus, fun for families and friends. 

Test your skills in a series of fast, fun challenges you have just one minute to complete! Tweens will rotate through silly games that involve stacking, balancing, and teamwork.

Have you ever wanted to be a spy and decode hidden messages? Learn about cryptography, the art (and math!) of creating codes, ciphers, and secret messages! Ages 10-13

Ready to put your engineering skills to the test? Join us for the ultimate Egg Drop Challenge! Design and build a creative contraption using everyday materials to protect an egg from a big drop.

Join us for the Cereal Box Domino Challenge! Use cereal boxes to create your own domino design and help us build a giant domino tower through the library! Ages 6 and up. FCPS No School Day

Join our gnome-mazing No-Sew Gnome club! Learn to make your own gnome or build on the skills you learned from the previous workshop. No sewing skills needed. Participants can drop in anytime during the DIY program as convenient.

Presented by Leading Edge Academy of Dance. Families will enjoy a narrated retelling of the beloved tale brought to life through live dance performances inspired by Alice in Wonderland.

Get creative with an engineering challenge! Learn about simple machines and then work together in teams to design and build a Rube Goldberg Machine. At the end of the program see all the machines either succeed or fail spectacularly!

Twist, bend, and shape colorful pipe cleaners to create your own playful creatures.

Dive into the pixelated universe of Minecraft right here at the library. Whether you’re a master builder with epic architectural visions or a strategic survivor ready to face the mobs, our Minecraft program has a world for you. Ages 8-13.

Join us for Dungeons & Dragons! Play through an exciting campaign DMed by one of our library teens. To sign up for DM slot, contact the librarian. Beginners arrive 15 minutes early for character creation.

Join yoga instructor, Bonnie Abbott, to recharge and destress. Learn movements to support focus, confidence, and self-care. No experience necessary. For grades 6-12.

Join us for a fun afternoon of crafting! We’ll be turning plain eggs into awesome spring décor—think cute bunny ornaments and not so prickly cacti. It’s a great chance to get creative and make something cool for your space!

Design and build a protective container that keeps an egg from breaking when dropped.

Join us for a series of DIY projects. Materials will be provided, just bring your creative energy and some inspiration.

YMCA is coming to your neighborhood!

Back by popular demand! Have fun, make cards, listen to music, hang out! Come with friends or meet new ones. Cards will be donated to community-based health care and senior centers. Service hours available.

Spend the first Thursday of the month with a game of chess! Open to all levels of chess players, bring your own chess set or use one of ours. Bring your friends and meet other chess enthusiasts. Ages 9-18. 

Join us to make your own fabric collage and use it to decorate your room.

This program is for our Tween patrons in 3rd through 8th grades.

Tweens and teens, grades 6 through 12, meet to collaborate with each other and teen librarians on upcoming library events and to plan teen-led projects.  Teen Library Council (TLC) is an opportunity for teens to make an impact within the libr