Story Time with Ms. Elaine (2-5 yr)

Visit the library's Facebook page on Tuesdays at 10:30 am to watch a shortened recorded video story time aimed the 2-5 age range with Ms. Elaine or Ms. Jenny.Storytime Snippets (short clips featuring rhymes, fingerplays and flannels) are available through the library's ......More

Visit the library's Facebook page on Tuesdays at 10:30 am to watch a shortened recorded video story time aimed the 2-5 age range with Ms. Elaine or Ms. Jenny.Storytime Snippets (short clips featuring rhymes, fingerplays and flannels) are available through the library's Youtube channel.

Dungeons and Dragons* (13-17 years)

Age 13-17. These sessions are intended to introduce game players to the game using the Roll20 platform, starting with premade characters and working through a plot with fellow players. Players can play one game or both using a premade character. Our volunteer GM will us......More

Age 13-17. These sessions are intended to introduce game players to the game using the Roll20 platform, starting with premade characters and working through a plot with fellow players. Players can play one game or both using a premade character. Our volunteer GM will use the Roll20 platform to guide players through D&D Adventurer's League, Season 9 - 05 - Faces of Fortune .Dive into the first adventure in the Behind Infernal Lines storyline!Deep in hostile territory with the innocent girl Dara to protect, you will have to trust to the weapons of the enemy if you are to survive. Even with deceit as your shield and sabotage as your sword, luck is required to complete Dara’s holy mission. Thankfully Fai Chen knows to start your quest with the help of an old acquaintance… Mahadi, master of Mahadi’s Traveling Emporium. Part One of the Behind Infernal Lines series.The core of D&D is storytelling. You and your friends tell a story together, guiding your heroes through quests for treasure, battles with deadly foes, daring rescues, courtly intrigue, and much more. Join us at any time!*Library registration, and creation of a Roll20 free account required to get access to the game.You can access Roll20s privacy and Terms of Service here.

Mother Goose on the Loose with Ms. Jenny (0-2 yrs)

Ages: 0-2Visit the library's Facebook page on Wednesdays at 10:30 am to watch recorded snippets of Mother Goose on the Loose aimed the 0-2 age range with Ms. Jenny.

Kids Side Sewn Notebook

Ages: 5-10Create your own four-hole Japanese Side Sewn Binding notebook! You can use the finished book to write in, draw in and tell a story.Get creative with our new database CreativeBug. https://www.creativebug.com/lib/qaclibrary. When registering for this event pleas......More

Ages: 5-10Create your own four-hole Japanese Side Sewn Binding notebook! You can use the finished book to write in, draw in and tell a story.Get creative with our new database CreativeBug. https://www.creativebug.com/lib/qaclibrary. When registering for this event please indicate which library branch, Centreville or Kent Island, you prefer to pick your kit up from. You will be notified when your kit is ready for pickup at your requested branch. All kits will be ready for pickup by the program date. Each kit will also contain a printed instruction sheet with directions on finding the video tutorials. If you have any questions, please call the library at 410-758-0980 or 410-643-8161 or email us at askqacl@qaclibrary.org

Quilt Pattern History: Zoom Lecture

Celebrate Women's History Month with a guest lecture by quilt historian Barbara Brackman as she brings to life the history of the women (and some men!) behind some of the popular quilt patterns.As she's indexed quilt patterns over the years, Barbara Brackman has gotten ......More

Celebrate Women's History Month with a guest lecture by quilt historian Barbara Brackman as she brings to life the history of the women (and some men!) behind some of the popular quilt patterns.As she's indexed quilt patterns over the years, Barbara Brackman has gotten to know the people behind the old 20th-century newspaper quilt columns. She'll introduce you to several entrepreneurs and their influence on our ideas of quilt history, selling patterns, kits and fabric by painting pictures of quilts on the lonely frontier with thrifty housewives creating an authentic American folk art to warm the family and their hearts. The professionals who made a living making quilts painted a false if popular picture of the past by ignoring the economic and commercial aspects of women's needlework at which they themselves were succeeding admirably.Barbara Brackman is a quilt historian and author from Lawrence, Kansas. She’s written many books over the past forty years, indexing patterns, ex-ploring women's history through their quiltmaking and giving guidelines for dating fabrics and quilts. She writes several blogs about quilt history, including Material Culture and Civil War Quilts. Barbara was on the board of the Kansas Quilt Project; is a founding member of the American Quilt Study Group and honorary curator of quilts at the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas. Her most recent books are Divided Hearts: A Civil War Friendship Quilt and the third edition of her classic Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. She also designs reproduction prints for quilters for Moda.

Mother Goose on the Loose Kit

Ages: 1-3Sign-up to receive a kit with the materials of Mother Goose on the Loose. The kit contains a bell, scarf, and book so that you follow along with Mother Goose on the Loose from home.

Story Time with Ms. Jenny (2-5 yrs)

Ages: 2-5Visit the library's Facebook page on Tuesdays at 10:30 am to watch a shortened recorded video story time aimed the 2-5 age range with Ms. Jenny.

Reunimos

¡Vengan a hablar! Join Derrick twice this month on Zoom for a conversation group in Spanish. Learners are welcomed and encouraged to come practice. The conversation group will meet virtually on the first and third Tuesday of March and April. ¡Les veo pronto!

Bouncing Babies with Ms. Elaine (0-2 yrs)

Visit the library's Facebook page on Wednesdays at 10:30 am to watch recorded videos aimed the 0-2 age range with Ms. Elaine and Ms. Jenny. Ms. Elaine will do a short version of Bouncing Babies, or Ms. Jenny will do snippets of Mother Goose on the Loose.Storytime Snippe......More

Visit the library's Facebook page on Wednesdays at 10:30 am to watch recorded videos aimed the 0-2 age range with Ms. Elaine and Ms. Jenny. Ms. Elaine will do a short version of Bouncing Babies, or Ms. Jenny will do snippets of Mother Goose on the Loose.Storytime Snippets (short clips featuring rhymes, fingerplays and flannels) are available through the library's Youtube channel.

Zoom Book Buddies: Heidi Heckelbeck Has a Secret (Heidi Heckelbeck, #1) (6-10 yrs)

For ages 6-10. Join us monthly to discuss a popular author featured at the library. Read the book ahead of time, and join us in Zoom to chat about the book, and catch up with fellow readers. Feel free to bring other books you've enjoyed recently to the chat to share.Whi......More

For ages 6-10. Join us monthly to discuss a popular author featured at the library. Read the book ahead of time, and join us in Zoom to chat about the book, and catch up with fellow readers. Feel free to bring other books you've enjoyed recently to the chat to share.While supplies last, free copies of the book for this program will be available for pickup. Please call the Kent Island branch (410-643-8161) to confirm availability and request book pickup at your specified branch. Materials will be held for 3 days.*This event is presented through Zoom. Registration is required and the Zoom link will be sent out prior to the program. This event is funded by the Sinsky-Kresser-Racusin Memorial Foundation, Inc.