Event List

Age Group
Age Group
Library Branch

Primary tabs

This event is in the "Children" group

Exploration Stations

Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Youth Services Community Room at Main Library
Age Group:
Children

Children and their caregivers are invited to come explore various hands-on learning stations. This program is an open format for patrons to interact with a variety of activities created around a central monthly theme.

Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Youth Services Community Room
Age Group: Children
Event Details:

Children and their caregivers are invited to come explore various hands-on learning stations. This program is an open format for patrons to interact with a variety of activities created around a central monthly theme.

This event is in the "Children" group

LEGO Club

Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Youth Services Community Room at Main Library
Age Group:
Children

Children of all ages can come and enjoy building and playing with LEGO. This program will allow children to connect with other builders and work on creating different structures or try a new LEGO challenge.

Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Youth Services Community Room
Age Group: Children
Event Details:

Children of all ages can come and enjoy building and playing with LEGO. This program will allow children to connect with other builders and work on creating different structures or try a new LEGO challenge.

This event is in the "Teens" group
This event is in the "Adults" group

Manga Book Club

Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Selma Burke Room at Main Library
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

Discuss our monthly manga title and participate in an activity based on the manga. This month's title will be The Gods Lie by Kaori Ozaki. Books can be picked up at the Main Library. 

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Selma Burke Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Registration Required
Event Details:

Discuss our monthly manga title and participate in an activity based on the manga. This month's title will be The Gods Lie by Kaori Ozaki. Books can be picked up at the Main Library. 

This event is in the "Adults" group

Mahjong for Beginners (West)

Friday, December 12, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
West Branch Meeting Room at West Branch
Age Group:
Adults

Join us every Friday for an afternoon of Mahjong.


 

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: West Branch
Room: West Branch Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us every Friday for an afternoon of Mahjong.


 

This event is in the "Children" group

Saturday STEM

Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Youth Services Community Room at Main Library
Age Group:
Children

Children and families will be encouraged to experiment and explore the world of science by participating in simple experiments. Join us each month to learn and explore the world around you.

Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Youth Services Community Room
Age Group: Children
Event Details:

Children and families will be encouraged to experiment and explore the world of science by participating in simple experiments. Join us each month to learn and explore the world around you.

Closed Sundays

All Day
Main Library, West Branch
Closing
Branches:
Main Library, West Branch
This event is in the "Children" group

Time for Tots (West)

Monday, December 15, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am
West Branch Meeting Room at West Branch
Age Group:
Children

Time for Tots is an interactive literacy program featuring simple stories, finger plays, songs, nursery rhymes, and movement activities. This program is for children, ages 18 - 36 months old and their caregivers.

Library Branch: West Branch
Room: West Branch Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Event Details:

Time for Tots is an interactive literacy program featuring simple stories, finger plays, songs, nursery rhymes, and movement activities. This program is for children, ages 18 - 36 months old and their caregivers.

This event is in the "Children" group

Movers & Shakers (West)

Monday, December 15, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
West Branch Meeting Room at West Branch
Age Group:
Children

Have fun listening to stories, singing songs, learning rhymes, and participating in movement activities that will enhance a love of books and introduce children to a world of imagination.

Library Branch: West Branch
Room: West Branch Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Event Details:

Have fun listening to stories, singing songs, learning rhymes, and participating in movement activities that will enhance a love of books and introduce children to a world of imagination.

This event is in the "Teens" group

Teen Kitchen Capers (West)

Monday, December 15, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:30pm
West Branch Meeting Room at West Branch
Age Group:
Teens

Teens are invited to make easy and delicious recipes that can be reproduced at home. 

A waiver must be signed to participate in this program.

Teen programs are exclusively for patrons aged 13-18. 

 

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: West Branch
Room: West Branch Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens
Registration Required
Event Details:

Teens are invited to make easy and delicious recipes that can be reproduced at home. 

A waiver must be signed to participate in this program.

Teen programs are exclusively for patrons aged 13-18. 

 

This event is in the "Children" group

Baby & Me

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Youth Services Community Room at Main Library
Age Group:
Children

Baby and Me is a program for children ages 6 months to 18 months and their caregivers.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Youth Services Community Room
Age Group: Children
Registration Required
Event Details:

Baby and Me is a program for children ages 6 months to 18 months and their caregivers.

This event is in the "Children" group

Time for Tots

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Youth Services Community Room at Main Library
Age Group:
Children

Time for Tots is an interactive literacy program featuring simple stories, finger plays, songs, nursery rhymes, and movement activities. This program is for children, ages 18 - 36 months old and their caregivers.

Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Youth Services Community Room
Age Group: Children
Event Details:

Time for Tots is an interactive literacy program featuring simple stories, finger plays, songs, nursery rhymes, and movement activities. This program is for children, ages 18 - 36 months old and their caregivers.

This event is in the "Children" group

Movers & Shakers

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Youth Services Community Room at Main Library
Age Group:
Children

Have fun listening to stories, singing songs, learning rhymes, and participating in movement activities that will enhance a love of books and introduce children to a world of imagination.

Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Youth Services Community Room
Age Group: Children
Event Details:

Have fun listening to stories, singing songs, learning rhymes, and participating in movement activities that will enhance a love of books and introduce children to a world of imagination.

This event is in the "Teens" group

TAB Meeting

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Selma Burke Room at Main Library
Age Group:
Teens
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Selma Burke Room
Age Group: Teens
This event is in the "Children" group

Advanced Code Club

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Youth Services Community Room at Main Library
Age Group:
Children

Have you attended Intermediate Code Club (formerly Code Club II)? Do you want to build more Scratch skills? If you do, then join us for Advanced Code Club. Children, grades K-6, will explore the Scratch coding program. 

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Youth Services Community Room
Age Group: Children
Registration Required
Event Details:

Have you attended Intermediate Code Club (formerly Code Club II)? Do you want to build more Scratch skills? If you do, then join us for Advanced Code Club. Children, grades K-6, will explore the Scratch coding program. 

This event is in the "Adults" group

Books Among Friends Book Club

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Selma Burke Room at Main Library
Age Group:
Adults

Books Among Friends meets the third Tuesday of the month. 

This program is currently full. Please go to the circulation desk to be added to the waiting list or call 704-664-2927.

 

Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Selma Burke Room
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:

Books Among Friends meets the third Tuesday of the month. 

This program is currently full. Please go to the circulation desk to be added to the waiting list or call 704-664-2927.

 

This event is in the "Children" group

Preschool Art

Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Youth Services Community Room at Main Library
Age Group:
Children

Come see where art meets reading. Children and their caregivers are invited to join us for a story and craft. Each month we will read a different picture book and create a craft based on the title.


Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Youth Services Community Room
Age Group: Children
Event Details:

Come see where art meets reading. Children and their caregivers are invited to join us for a story and craft. Each month we will read a different picture book and create a craft based on the title.


This event is in the "Adults" group

MPL Knitting Group

Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Selma Burke Room at Main Library
Age Group:
Adults

Knitting experts, beginners, and everyone in between are invited to join us for Knitting Group on the first and third Thursday of every month at the Main Library!

Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Selma Burke Room
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:

Knitting experts, beginners, and everyone in between are invited to join us for Knitting Group on the first and third Thursday of every month at the Main Library!

This event is in the "Children" group

Saturday Movers & Shakers

Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Youth Services Community Room at Main Library
Age Group:
Children

Have fun listening to stories, singing songs, learning rhymes, and participating in movement activities that will enhance a love of books and introduce children to a world of imagination.

Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Youth Services Community Room
Age Group: Children
Event Details:

Have fun listening to stories, singing songs, learning rhymes, and participating in movement activities that will enhance a love of books and introduce children to a world of imagination.

Closed Sundays

All Day
Main Library, West Branch
Closing
Branches:
Main Library, West Branch

Christmas

All Day 12/24 - 12/26
Main Library, West Branch
Closing
Branches:
Main Library, West Branch

Closed Sundays

All Day
Main Library, West Branch
Closing
Branches:
Main Library, West Branch
This event is in the "Adults" group

MPL Knitting Group

Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Selma Burke Room at Main Library
Age Group:
Adults

Knitting experts, beginners, and everyone in between are invited to join us for Knitting Group on the first and third Thursday of every month at the Main Library!

Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Selma Burke Room
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:

Knitting experts, beginners, and everyone in between are invited to join us for Knitting Group on the first and third Thursday of every month at the Main Library!

Closed Sundays

All Day
Main Library, West Branch
Closing
Branches:
Main Library, West Branch
This event is in the "Adults" group

Not Your Momma's Book Club

Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Selma Burke Room at Main Library
Age Group:
Adults

Not Your Momma's Book Club is held on the 1st Thursday of every month. 

This program currently has a waiting list. Please go to the Circulation Desk to be added to the wait list or call 704-664-2927

Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Selma Burke Room
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:

Not Your Momma's Book Club is held on the 1st Thursday of every month. 

This program currently has a waiting list. Please go to the Circulation Desk to be added to the wait list or call 704-664-2927