School’s Out

Discover the great classes happening at HCLS when school is out.

There are 334 upcoming classes.

Black Men in White Coats - On Demand Film Screening

Date: 02/28/21
Time: 10:00am - 10:15am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Movies
Description:

Watch and then discuss Black Men in White Coats, a new documentary from Dr. Dale Okorodudu. This film is available ON-DEMAND between February 26 and 6 p.m. on March 2.

You can watch the film on any device with an internet connection at any time between February 26 and 6 p.m. on March 2. St. Mary’s County Library hosts a follow-up panel discussion featuring special guests Emmanuel Atiemo, MD and Chile Ahaghotu, MD and moderator Kelsey Bush on Thursday, March 4 at 7 p.m. Register here for the follow-up discussion.

Fewer black men applied to medical school in 2014 than in 1978 and black men have the lowest life expectancy in the United States. With only 2% of American doctors being black men, this comes as no surprise. This documentary dissects the systemic barriers preventing black men from becoming medical doctors and the consequences on society at large.

Health care accounts for nearly 20% of the United State’s GDP and a significant portion of that is driven by disparities in a system that lacks diverse physicians. What if we had a medical workforce that actually reflected our patient population? What challenges do our black boys face? Who are their role models? Why is it easier to visualize a black man in an orange jumpsuit than it is in a white coat? What’s happening in society that more black women are becoming doctors while black men are stagnant?

This film screening was funded by the Friends of the St. Mary's County Library.

Partner Organizations: Howard County Library System, Charles County Public Library, Calvert County Public Library, St. Mary’s County Public Schools, Historic Sotterly, St. Mary's County NAACP, and Partners in Dismantling Racism & Privilege.

Black Men in White Coats - On Demand Film Screening

Date: 03/01/21
Time: 10:00am - 10:15am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Movies
Description:

Watch and then discuss Black Men in White Coats, a new documentary from Dr. Dale Okorodudu. This film is available ON-DEMAND between February 26 and 6 p.m. on March 2.

This film screening was funded by the Friends of the St. Mary's County Library.

English Conversation Class-Adult (Online)

Date: 03/01/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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.  

English for Life & Work Advanced Level - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/01/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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

Baby Games (Online)

Date: 03/01/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), All Ages / Families
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

If you miss this class, past classes are posted on the Howard County Library System YouTube channel Playlists [use link: https://www.youtube.com/user/howardcountylibrary/playlists].

Write Now!

Date: 03/01/21
Time: 3:00pm - 3:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Writing
Description:

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! If you like, you can send us a copy of what you've done to include in our Created While Isolated online journal. Prompts will be shared via email on Mondays at 3 pm.

Please email [email protected] for more details.

Films that Connect Us (Online)

Date: 03/01/21
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Movies
Description:

How do films shape and connect us? Join our film discussion series. Please watch weekly films prior to their actual discussion dates

March 1: Is there logic to the perfect crime? Watch Andrey Zvyagintsev's Elena on Kanopy or TUBI

Movie selections are available via Kanopy (free through Howard County Library System). In some cases the film is available through other free online sources such as PBS https://www.pbs.org/video/ or TUBI https://tubitv.com/ Source of film will be indicated

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation. You will receive the link to the online class in the confirmation email. This email will also contain the dial-in information if you wish to participate by telephone.

Global Reads (Online)

Date: 03/01/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Read and discuss a wide range of fiction and non-fiction books on different cultures around the world as well as immigrant fiction.

1st Mondays; 7- 8 pm.

Join for an online discussion of the following titles:

March 1st: Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land

April 5th: The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich

May 3rd: Brother by David Chariandy

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation with a link to join the class/event. This email will also contain the dial-in information if you wish to participate by telephone.

Availability of physical copies is not guaranteed.

Intermediate Korean (Online)

Date: 03/01/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Prerequisite: Korean for Beginners. Registration required. Ages 18+. Continue learning 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). The class will expand on Korean culture, food, and basic Korean expressions, while you have fun in a small group setting.

Space is limited. In partnership with the Korean Education Center in Washington DC.

ESL Level 1 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/01/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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 week on Mon. & Wed.

ESL Level 2 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/01/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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 week on Mon. & Wed.

ESL Level 3 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/01/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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 week on Mon. & Wed

Pronunciation for English Language Speakers - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/01/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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 unique American rhythms.

Baby Time @ Oakland Mills Online

Date: 03/02/21
Time: 9:00am - 9:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool)
Description:

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.

This class is offered through the community organization Oakland Mills Online. Technical support is available care of Oakland Mills Online.

Please click on the website below to access the link to join the online class, the day of the event.

https://www.oaklandmillsonline.com/

For more information please email [email protected]

Preschool Circle Time @ Oakland Mills Online

Date: 03/02/21
Time: 9:30am - 10:15am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool)
Description:

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

Preschool circle time will review preschool skills: calendar, numbers, letters, colors, songs and rhymes. Perfect for 2-5 year olds.

Get connected from the comfort of your own home!

Offered through the community organization Oakland Mills Online. Technical help available during the session care of Oakland Mills Online.

Please click on the website below to access the link to join the online class, the day of the event.

https://www.oaklandmillsonline.com/

For for information, please email [email protected]

Black Men in White Coats - On Demand Film Screening

Date: 03/02/21
Time: 10:00am - 10:15am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Movies
Description:

Watch and then discuss Black Men in White Coats, a new documentary from Dr. Dale Okorodudu. This film is available ON-DEMAND between February 26 and 6 p.m. on March 2.

This film screening was funded by the Friends of the St. Mary's County Library.

Career Exploration for Vision Technician - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/02/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

This class is designed for English language learners who are interested in working as a Vision Technician in an ophthalmologist’s office. The participants will learn about the work setting, responsibilities, potential earning, and a pathway to advance in the healthcare field.

Reading, Writing & Grammar - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/02/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

This is a class for English language learners. It focuses on essential English grammar and on the basics of writing for work and personal communication. Each class session will focus on one or two concepts of grammar and allow students to apply these grammar concepts in writing sentences, paragraphs and simple essays.

Preschool Circle Time @ Oakland Mills Online

Date: 03/02/21
Time: 10:30am - 11:15am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool)
Description:

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

Preschool circle time will review preschool skills: calendar, numbers, letters, colors, songs and rhymes. Perfect for 2-5 year olds.

Get connected from the comfort of your own home!

Offered through the community organization Oakland Mills Online. Technical help available during the session care of Oakland Mills Online.

Please click on the website below to access the link to join the online class, the day of the event.

https://www.oaklandmillsonline.com/

For for information, please email [email protected]

HCLS Trivia: Tuesday (Online)

Date: 03/02/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults), All Ages / Families
Program type: Fun & Games!
Description:

Play trivia through email! Categories and fun for everyone. Please email [email protected] for the trivia details or if you have questions.

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation. You will receive an email with the trivia round by 11 am.

Read Across America Day LIVE! (Online)

Date: 03/02/21
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5), All Ages / Families
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY

Ages Infant - 10. 60 mins.

Tue Mar 2 4 & 6:30 pm

Celebrate the joy of reading with guest readers from the library and community. Listen as they read you a story. Learn about entertaining reads, and fun at-home activities.

Read Across America Day LIVE! (Online)

Date: 03/02/21
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5), All Ages / Families
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY

Ages Infant - 10. 60 mins.

Tue Mar 2 4 & 6:30 pm

Celebrate the joy of reading with guest readers from the library and community. Listen as they read you a story. Learn about entertaining reads, and fun at-home activities.

Legally Queer: A Landscape of Legal Protections at the State and Federal Levels for LGBTQ+ People

Date: 03/02/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Health & Wellness
Description:

Learn about Maryland state laws and federal laws that provide protections for LGBTQ+ people. Advocates from FreeState Justice will discuss sex discrimination and the contentious debate about whether or not this includes LGBTQ+ people, including current changes happening with the new Presidential Administration. Please bring any/all questions to this webinar to ask the presenters, along with what you would like to learn about more in future classes regarding the LGBTQ+ community!

Veterans Book Group 2021 (Online)

Date: 03/02/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Veterans, both active and retired military, are invited to this online discussion series. During five monthly facilitated sessions, discussions center on military experiences and a unique set of readings, which may include classics, fiction, memoirs, poetry, short stories, articles, and essays. The readings relate in some way to military experiences or offer a veteran’s perspective.

Special Guest: Author Sergeant Carmelo Rodriguez will join the Veterans Book Group as they discuss his book on March 2.

Participants are encouraged to attend all sessions. Registration is open to Veterans/ active duty only, please. All reading materials are provided. Space is limited.

1st Tuesdays February 2 - June 1 from 7 - 8:30 pm

Veterans Book Group is coordinated statewide by Maryland Humanities

Reading Selections:

February 2: Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

March 2: Dead Soldier-The Story of the Living: Memoir Sergeant Carmelo Rodriguez by Carmelo Rodriguez

April 6: Code Talker-The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII by Chester Nez and Judith Schiess Avila

May 4: Ashley's War by Gayle Lemmon

June 1: On Desperate Ground by Hampton Sides

For any questions, please email [email protected]

ESL Level 4 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/02/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Description:

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. & Thur.

ESL Level 5 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/02/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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. & Thur.

ESL Level 6 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/02/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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 Tue. & Thur.

U.S. Citizenship - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/02/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

This class is for people who applied for their citizenship before 12/1/20. It will give students a strong foundation in all questions that could be asked on the American Government portion of the civics exam. It will also provide English speaking, listening, reading, and writing instruction to help them prepare for the English language portion of the exam and the naturalization interview. 

American English Pronunciation

Date: 03/03/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

This class is designed 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.

Career Exploration for Certified Nursing Assistant - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/03/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

This class is designed for English language learners who are interested in working as a Certified Nursing Assistant in a healthcare facility. The participants will learn about the work setting, responsibilities, potential earning, and a pathway to advance in the healthcare field.

Preschool Parade (Online)

Date: 03/03/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), All Ages / Families
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

If you miss this class, past classes are posted on the Howard County Library System YouTube channel Playlists [use link: https://www.youtube.com/user/howardcountylibrary/playlists].

Be the Driver that Saves Lives: Teen Driving Safety (Online)

Date: 03/03/21
Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School)
Program type: Health & Wellness
Description:

Maryland Highway Safety Office Webinar Series: Be the Driver that Saves Lives

Session 2: Teen Driving Safety - Register here: https://bit.ly/36s7i8T

Maryland has a clear mission – to stop deaths and injuries on our roads. This presentation will focus on the Maryland's Graduated Driver’s License, parental influence, and the 6 rules for the road. We will also discuss local crash data for young drivers in Howard County and review the Collision Avoidance Training program to stop Howard County teen deaths and injuries due to motor vehicle accidents.

Knot Just Knitters (Online)

Date: 03/03/21
Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: DIY & Crafts
Description:

Ages 11-18 & Adults; 90 min.

All crafters welcome. Work on your stitching, knitting or crocheting projects while chatting and sharing ideas! Find inspiration as you trade tips tricks and techniques with other crafting enthusiasts!

Fun With Spanish @ Oakland Mills Online

Date: 03/03/21
Time: 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5)
Program type: Language
Description:

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

Join Adriana, Children's Instructor from the East Columbia Branch of the Howard County Library System, while having fun reviewing Spanish vocabulary.

New vocabulary introduced each week!

Get connected from the comfort of your own home. It's free, all are welcome!

This class is offered through the community organization Oakland Mills Online. Technical help is available during the session care of Oakland Mills Online

Please click on the website below to access the link to join the online class, the day of the event.

https://www.oaklandmillsonline.com/

For more information please email [email protected]

Teen Trivia! (online)

Date: 03/03/21
Time: 4:30pm - 5:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School)
Program type: Fun & Games!
Description:

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.

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation.

Newbery Book Club (Online)

Date: 03/03/21
Time: 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Grades 4-6. Registration required. 60 minutes.

Read Newbery Medal winners, then participate in a virtual group discussion and activity.

Please note that It is the registrant's responsibility to request and read the book before each session.

Books on Tap

Date: 03/03/21
Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Join us as we discuss Warlight by Michael Ondaatje.

ESL Level 1 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/03/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

ESL Level 2 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/03/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

ESL Level 3 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/03/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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 week on Mon. & Wed

Reading & Speaking - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/03/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

This class is designed for English language learners.
Practice your speaking skills in a supportive environment. Students read one short story each week and discuss it in class. Plenty of opportunities provided to practice both speaking and listening as the class analyzes the stories for content, themes, and vocabulary.

English For the Workplace

Date: 03/04/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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 session will focus on workplace culture and will seek to improve students' workplace communication skills.

Speaking & Listening - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/04/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

This class is designed for adult English language learners. Practice speaking skills in a supportive environment. Students read one short story each week and discuss it in class. Plenty of opportunities provided to practice both speaking and listening as the class analyzes the stories for content, themes, and vocabulary.

Healthy Cents: What is Healthy Food & How Can I Afford It? (Online)

Date: 03/04/21
Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Health & Wellness
Description:

Curious to learn what foods are considered “healthy”? Join us for a free webinar titled “ What Is Healthy Food? & How Can I Afford It?” with Howard County's SNAP Ed's nutrition educator, Razan Sahuri.

In partnership with University of Maryland Extension and Howard County Health Department.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider. Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation with a link to join the class/event.

Howard Community College Presents the Bauder Lecture - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah & “Friday Black” (Online)

Date: 03/04/21
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Author & Literary Events
Description:

Click here to RSVP for this virtual event.

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s debut work, Friday Black, is a collection of twelve short stories that explore the injustices experienced by Black men and women in the U.S. Adjei-Brenyah, a professor at Syracuse University, uses fiction, humor, and shock to tackle urgent instances of racism and cultural unrest in America. Mr. Adjei-Brenyah received the 2019 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Award for Best First Book and the Aspen Words Literary Prize.

His work has appeared or is forthcoming from numerous publications, including the New York Times Book Review, Esquire, Literary Hub, the Paris Review, Guernica, and Longreads. He was selected by Colson Whitehead as one of the National Book Foundation's “5 Under 35” honorees, is the winner of the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award and the William Saroyan International Prize, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Award for Best First Book, the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Aspen Words Literary Prize.

Following his keynote, Adjei-Brenyah will be joined by Tope Folarin, a Nigerian-American writer based in Washington, D.C., and the author of “A Particular Kind of Black Man,” for an in-depth conversation. Folarin won the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing, was recently named a "writer to watch" by the New York Times, and was recognized among the most promising African writers under 40 by the Hay Festival's Africa39 initiative.

The Bauder Lecture by Howard Community College is made possible by a generous grant from Dr. Lillian Bauder, a community leader and Columbia resident. Howard Community College will present an annual endowed author lecture known as The Bauder Lecture, and the chosen book will be celebrated with two student awards. Known as the Don Bauder Awards, any Howard Community College student who has read the featured book is eligible to respond and reflect on the book in an essay or other creative format. The awards honor the memory of Don Bauder, late husband of Dr. Lillian Bauder and a champion of civil rights and social justice causes.

“Friday Black” was selected by the Howard County Book Connection committee as its choice for the 2020–2021 academic year. The Howard County Book Connection is a partnership of Howard Community College and the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society. Visit the Howard County Book Connection web page for additional information.

Presented by Howard Community College. Howard County Library System is a co-promoter of this event.

Click here to RSVP for this virtual event.

LEGO Live! (Online)

Date: 03/04/21
Time: 4:30pm - 5:15pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5), Ages 11-13 (Middle School)
Program type: STEM / STEAM
Description:

Ages 6-12; 30-45 minutes. Registration required.

Do you love to build with LEGO - or other blocks and building materials? Meet up virtually with other builders to spend some time exploring what you can create and sharing your ideas together. If you don't have LEGO, build with whatever is handy!

**Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation with a link to join the class. This email will also contain the dial-in information if you wish to participate by telephone.**

HCLS Trivia Thursday! (Online)

Date: 03/04/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Fun & Games!
Description:

Play trivia through Kahoot! Categories and questions designed for ages 18+. Please email [email protected] for the trivia details or if you have questions.

Every third Thursday will be a LIVE! Kahoot on Zoom.

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation. You will receive the Kahoot! link in an email by 7 pm.

Black Men in White Coats - Film Discussion (Online)

Date: 03/04/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Movies
Description:

***Watch the film and then join moderator Kelsey Bush as he discusses the documentary* Black Men in White Coats *with special guests Dr. Emmanuel Atiemo, MD and Dr. Chile Ahaghotu, MD, MBA, MHL, FACS.***

Only 2% of American doctors are black men, and black men have the lowest life expectancy in the United States. This documentary dissects the systemic barriers preventing black men from becoming medical doctors and the consequences on society at large.

What if we had a medical workforce that actually reflected our patient population? What challenges do our Black boys face? Who are their role models? Why is it easier to visualize a Black man in an orange jumpsuit than it is in a white coat? What’s happening in society that more Black women are becoming doctors while Black men are stagnant?

Who are our guests?

Mr. Kelsey Bush currently serves as the Interim Chief Diversity Officer at St. Mary's College of Maryland.
Dr. Emmanuel Atiemo, MD specializes in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine with MedStar Health.
Dr. Chile Ahaghotu, MD, MBA, MHL, FACS currently serves as the Vice President Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer at MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center.

Presented by St. Mary's County Library. Partner Organizations: Howard County Library System, Charles County Public Library, Calvert County Public Library, St. Mary’s County Public Schools, Historic Sotterly, St. Mary's County NAACP, and Partners in Dismantling Racism & Privilege.

ESL Level 4 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/04/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Description:

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. & Thur.

ESL Level 5 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/04/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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. & Thur.

ESL Level 6 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/04/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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 Tue. & Thur.

Preparation For The New US Citizenship Test

Date: 03/04/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

This class focuses on the new citizenship exam for people who apply for their citizenship after 12/1/20.  It will give students a strong foundation in all questions that could be asked on the American Government portion of the new civics exam. It will also provide English speaking, listening, reading, and writing instruction to help them prepare for the English language portion of the exam and the naturalization interview.  

Parent Conversation Class - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/05/21
Time: 10:30am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

This is a class for adult English language learners. Parents of children aged ten and younger may bring their children to class as they gain a better understanding of informal spoken English and increase their knowledge of English vocabulary, especially as it relates to parenting topics.

Virtual ZOOmobile LIVE: ABC Mystery (online)

Date: 03/05/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), All Ages / Families
Program type: STEM / STEAM
Description:

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

ABC Mystery

Join The Maryland Zoo for a live, Virtual ZOOmobile Program! During this 30-minute presentation, Zoo Educators will lead an interactive activity designed for preschool-age children. Children will then have a chance to meet three of the Zoo's Animal Ambassadors! This program is made possible thanks to generous support from the Howard County Arts Council.

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation with a link to join the class/event. This email will also contain as the dial-in information if you wish to participate by telephone.

If the Maryland Zoo closes due to inclement weather, the class will be cancelled and rescheduled for a later date. Please take a look at other sessions throughout the month.

Family Time (online)

Date: 03/06/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), All Ages / Families
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

Black Fiction Book Club

Date: 03/06/21
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Join us for the Black Fiction Book Club, meeting on the 1st Saturday of the month. The March Selection is Brother by David John Chariandy

Availability of physical copies is not guaranteed. For additional assistance in obtaining this title, please email [email protected]

English Conversation Class-Adult (Online)

Date: 03/08/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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.  

English for Life & Work Advanced Level - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/08/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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

Baby Games (Online)

Date: 03/08/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool)
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

If you miss this class, past classes are posted on the Howard County Library System YouTube channel Playlists [use link: https://www.youtube.com/user/howardcountylibrary/playlists].

Write Now!

Date: 03/08/21
Time: 3:00pm - 3:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Writing
Description:

Please email [email protected] for more details.

Films that Connect Us (Online)

Date: 03/08/21
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Movies
Description:

How do films shape and connect us? Join our film discussion series. Please watch weekly films prior to their actual discussion dates

March 8: Danish Director Lone Scherfig's Berlin Festival Opener: The Kindness of Strangers (via Kanopy)

Paragraph Pals: Stealing the Sword (Online)

Date: 03/08/21
Time: 4:30pm - 5:15pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5)
Program type: Fun & Games!
Description:

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.

Stealing the Sword, by Wendy Mass, is available in print or as an ebook on OverDrive. Place a hold to pick up the print book using our contactless pickup. For help accessing this resource, please call us at 410.313.5077.

Ages 6-8; 30 - 45 min. Registration required.

Family Fun Bookclub @ Oakland Mills Online

Date: 03/08/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Family Fun Bookclub ages 6-9 with Adult

Join Susan Miller (Children's Instructor, East Columbia Branch, Howard County Library System) with your family for a book discussion and a fun activity celebrating the book you read. On the second Monday of each month, Miss Susan will bring adults and kids together for a super fun early readers book club.

Mar 08: My Life in Pictures By: Deborah Zemke (first book in the Bea Garcia series)

For this month, you will need to bring the book, paper and pencil, and your grown up to class! Make sure you read before you attend kids! Grown-ups, too!

Place a hold request on the title using your library card in order to receive a copy to read before the discussion.

For physical copies, please follow procedures to set up a contactless pick-up appointment once you receive a notice that your hold has come in for you.

Availability of physical copies is not guaranteed.

Offered through the community organization Oakland Mills Online. Technical help available during the session care of Oakland Mills Online.

Please click on the website below to access the link to join the online class, the day of the event.

https://www.oaklandmillsonline.com/

For more information, please email [email protected]

Good Reads Book Discussion

Date: 03/08/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Description:

Join us every 2nd monday for an eclectic reading experience.

March 08: The Riveting True Story, Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker

Registered customers should place a hold request on the title using their library card in order to receive a copy to read before the discussion. Ebooks & e-audiobooks, (also reservable), available via Overdrive/Libby.

For physical copies, please follow procedures to set up a contactless pick-up appointment once you receive a notice that your hold has come in for you.

Availability of physical copies is not guaranteed. But ask host about possible options

Intermediate Korean (Online)

Date: 03/08/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Space is limited. In partnership with the Korean Education Center in Washington DC.

ESL Level 1 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/08/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

ESL Level 2 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/08/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

ESL Level 3 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/08/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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 week on Mon. & Wed

Pronunciation for English Language Speakers - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/08/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Baby Time @ Oakland Mills Online

Date: 03/09/21
Time: 9:00am - 9:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool)
Description:

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.

This class is offered through the community organization Oakland Mills Online. Technical support is available care of Oakland Mills Online.

Please click on the website below to access the link to join the online class, the day of the event.

https://www.oaklandmillsonline.com/

For more information please email [email protected]

Preschool Circle Time @ Oakland Mills Online

Date: 03/09/21
Time: 9:30am - 10:15am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool)
Description:

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

Preschool circle time will review preschool skills: calendar, numbers, letters, colors, songs and rhymes. Perfect for 2-5 year olds.

Get connected from the comfort of your own home!

Offered through the community organization Oakland Mills Online. Technical help available during the session care of Oakland Mills Online.

Please click on the website below to access the link to join the online class, the day of the event.

https://www.oaklandmillsonline.com/

For for information, please email [email protected]

Career Exploration for Vision Technician - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/09/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Reading, Writing & Grammar - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/09/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Preschool Circle Time @ Oakland Mills Online

Date: 03/09/21
Time: 10:30am - 11:15am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool)
Description:

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

Preschool circle time will review preschool skills: calendar, numbers, letters, colors, songs and rhymes. Perfect for 2-5 year olds.

Get connected from the comfort of your own home!

Offered through the community organization Oakland Mills Online. Technical help available during the session care of Oakland Mills Online.

Please click on the website below to access the link to join the online class, the day of the event.

https://www.oaklandmillsonline.com/

For for information, please email [email protected]

HCLS Trivia: Tuesday (Online)

Date: 03/09/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults), All Ages / Families
Program type: Fun & Games!
Description:

Play trivia through email! Categories and fun for everyone. Please email [email protected] for the trivia details or if you have questions.

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation. You will receive an email with the trivia round by 11 am.

SNAP: Cooking 5 Ways; Canned Chicken and Fish

Date: 03/09/21
Time: 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Health & Wellness
Description:

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

The following topics will be covered in the upcoming series on 2nd Tuesdays of every month from 2:00 to 2:30 pm.

January 12th, 2021 - Oats

February 9th, 2021 - Canned tomatoes

March 9th, 2021 - Canned chicken and fish

April 13th, 2021 - Canned beans

May 11th, 2021 - Rice

June 8th, 2021 - Peanut butter

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation with a link to join the class/event.

Presented by University of Maryland Extension and Howard County Library System with support from Ruth Enlow Library of Garrett County, Talbot County Free Library, Washington County Free Library, and Worcester County Library.

This material was funded by USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - SNAP in cooperation with Maryland’s Department of Human Services and University of Maryland Extension. This institution is an equal opportunity provider. For more information, click here.

Black-eyed Susan Picture Book Club (Online)

Date: 03/09/21
Time: 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

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.

HCC Social Sciences Lecture Series (Online)

Date: 03/09/21
Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:

Howard Community College (HCC) hosts a series of virtual lectures showcasing professors from the Social Sciences and Teacher Education Division on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. during the months of February and March. Faculty will speak on their areas of expertise, covering such timely topics as American politics, sex and gender, culture, the Fourth Amendment, and de-escalation techniques in policing. Each lecture includes time for questions from participants. Find more information here.

Free and open to the public, this series is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Columbia Patuxent, with support from Howard County Library System. Participants are asked to RSVP by clicking the link below. Information about accessing the virtual lectures will be provided closer to the event date. Click here to register for your choice of sessions.

Tuesday, February 23, at 6 p.m.
"Inter(esting) Sex: Beyond the Binary”

Talk by Dr. Laura Cripps, professor of anthropology and geography
In the words of Gloria Steinem, “the first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn”. Debates on non-binary gender identities covering topics ranging from bathroom bills and educational curriculum to Sam Smith and Caitlyn Jenner have been grounded in assumptions of a binary biological classification of sex, with the supposition that gender fluidity is fundamentally unsupported by the sex-binary. Except, sex isn’t binary. This presentation will illustrate the differences between the identification of sex and gender, and establish that the biological reality of non-binary sex has always been part of humanity.

Tuesday, March 9, at 6 p.m.
"What’s Going On? American Politics 1970–2020”

Talk by Dr. Michael Heffren, professor of social sciences
In 1970, the year that Howard Community College opened, the country was deeply divided with political protest, social unrest, conflicts over racism, and urban riots. Marvin Gaye wrote the song “What’s Going On” that year to ask the question “Why?”. We could ask that same question today. Is this a case of the more things change, the more they stay the same? In fact, it’s quite different. In this talk, trace the changes in American politics over the past 50 years and try to answer the question: “What’s Going On?”

Tuesday, March 16, at 6 p.m.
The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: Know Its Meaning and How It Protects Your Rights”

Talk by Evelyn Del Rosario, assistant professor of criminal justice
This talk delves into the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Learn the history of the Amendment, and its significance in protecting our privacy and limiting the power of the government.

Tuesday, March 23, at 6 p.m.
"De-escalation Techniques From Behind the Wall”

Talk by Dr. Eric Clark, assistant professor of criminal justice

In the past several years, our American criminal justice system has been widely criticized for routine police encounters resulting in citizen deaths. Much of this scrutiny emanates from the failure to use de-escalation techniques, which have been found to be effective in correctional settings. This lecture seeks to examine how closed-custody correctional de-escalation methods could improve outcomes in police detention and arrest incidents with the public.

Virtual Interviewing (Online)

Date: 03/09/21
Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: College & Career
Description:

Ages 17+

When actively seeking employment, it's important to be ready for the virtual interview. In the current environment, job seekers must be prepared to market themselves over the phone and online. Jayne Kaiser, employment professional, will help you prepare to impress your future employer. This class will explain the interview process and review how to navigate securing that next job.

Presented by Howard County Library System with support from Charles County Public Library, Prince George's County Memorial Library System, Ruth Enlow Library of Garrett County, Washington County Free Library, and Worcester County Library.

Eclectic Evenings (ONLINE)

Date: 03/09/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Read and discuss a wide array of fiction and nonfiction titles

2nd Tuesdays, 7-8pm

Join for an online discussion of the following title:

March 9: Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston

Availability of physical copies is not guaranteed.

For additional assistance in obtaining this title, please email [email protected]

ESL Level 4 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/09/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Description:

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. & Thur.

ESL Level 5 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/09/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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. & Thur.

ESL Level 6 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/09/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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 Tue. & Thur.

U.S. Citizenship - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/09/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

American English Pronunciation

Date: 03/10/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Career Exploration for Certified Nursing Assistant - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/10/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Preschool Parade (Online)

Date: 03/10/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5)
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

If you miss this class, past classes are posted on the Howard County Library System YouTube channel Playlists.

Candlelight Concert Society presents Amit Peled reading "A Cello Named Pablo"

Date: 03/10/21
Time: 12:30pm - 1:45pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5), Ages 11-13 (Middle School)
Program type: Writing
Description:

Candlelight Concert Society presents, Amit Peled reading A Cello Named Pablo

Suitable for ages 5 - 13.

Join world renowned cellist Amit Peled as he offers an online reading of his popular children’s book, A Cello Named Pablo.”In this thirty-minute session, Amit tells the true story of how he came to play the cello belonging to the late, famous cellist, Pablo Casals. From growing up on a small kibbutz in rural Israel to performing around the world, Amit Peled takes listeners on the journey of his path in life through storytelling and musical examples.

In partnership with Candlelight Concert Society. Visit www.candlelightconcerts.org for information on upcoming events and programing.

Teen Advisory Board (Online)

Date: 03/10/21
Time: 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 17 (High School)
Program type: Fun & Games!
Description:

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.

Fun With Spanish @ Oakland Mills Online

Date: 03/10/21
Time: 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5)
Program type: Language
Description:

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

Join Adriana, Children's Instructor from the East Columbia Branch of the Howard County Library System, while having fun reviewing Spanish vocabulary.

New vocabulary introduced each week!

Get connected from the comfort of your own home. It's free, all are welcome!

This class is offered through the community organization Oakland Mills Online. Technical help is available during the session care of Oakland Mills Online

Please click on the website below to access the link to join the online class, the day of the event.

https://www.oaklandmillsonline.com/

For more information please email [email protected]

Teen Trivia! (online)

Date: 03/10/21
Time: 4:30pm - 5:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School)
Program type: Fun & Games!
Description:

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation.

Author Works: Brandon Hobson & "The Removed" (Online)

Date: 03/10/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Steeped in Cherokee myths and history, a novel about a fractured family reckoning with the tragic death of their son long ago—from National Book Award finalist Brandon Hobson

“Brandon Hobson has given us a haunted work, full of voices old and new. It is about a family’s reckoning with loss and injustice, and it is about a people trying for the same. The journey of this family’s way home is full—in equal measure—of melancholy and love. The Removed is spirited, droll, and as quietly devastating as rain lifting from earth to sky.”
—Tommy Orange, author of There There

In the fifteen years since their teenage son, Ray-Ray, was killed in a police shooting, the Echota family has been suspended in private grief. With the family’s annual bonfire approaching—an occasion marking both the Cherokee National Holiday and Ray-Ray’s death, and a rare moment in which they openly talk about his memory—The mother, Maria, attempts to call the family together from their physical and emotional distances once more.

Drawing deeply on Cherokee folklore, The Removed seamlessly blends the real and spiritual to excavate the deep reverberations of trauma—a meditation on family, grief, home, and the power of stories on both a personal and ancestral level.

Brandon Hobson will be in conversation with Susan Thornton Hobby, HoCoPoLitSo.

Preorder The Removed (February 2021) from Books with a Past.

Brandon Hobson (Author) is the author of the novel Where the Dead Sit Talking, which was a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction and winner of the Reading the West Book Award. His other books include Desolation of Avenues Untold and the novella Deep Ellum. His work has appeared in the Pushcart Prize anthology, The Believer, the Paris Review Daily, Conjunctions, NOON, and McSweeney’s, among other places. He is an assistant professor of creative writing at New Mexico State University and teaches in the MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. Hobson is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation Tribe of Oklahoma.

Susan Thornton Hobby (Conversation partner) is a writer, editor, and literary consultant. For fifteen years, she has worked as a special projects coordinator for HoCoPoLitSo, the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society, and has served on the society’s board for more than twenty years. She is a founding member of the Little Patuxent Review and interviews nationally known authors for that literary magazine. Susan is also a freelance writer and editor, and writes her own fiction and poetry.

Please register with an email address to receive an automatic confirmation email with a link to join the event. This email will also contain the dial-in information if you would like to participate by phone.

Sponsored by Friends and Foundation of Howard County Library System and presented with support from Howard County Poetry and Literature Society, Carroll County Public Library, Charles County Public Library, Howard Community College, Prince George's County Memorial Library System, Ruth Enlow Library of Garrett County, and Talbot County Free Library.

In Other Worlds (Online) - Movie Edition

Date: 03/10/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Movies
Description:

Welcome sci-fi enthusiasts and other intrepid readers!

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

Mar 10th: Blade Runner- the Final Cut (DVD)

March selection DVD available via contact-less pickup from any HCLS branch. Click here to access the online catalog listing for the DVD

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation. You will receive the link to the online class in the confirmation email. This email will also contain as the dial-in information if you wish to participate by telephone.

Availability of physical copies is not guaranteed.

Mystery Book Club

Date: 03/10/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Read and discuss a wide array of mystery novels.

2nd Wednesdays; 7-8pm.

Join for an online discussion of the following titles:

March 10 - Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman

April 14 - Nothing Ventured by Jeffrey Archer

May 12 - The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager

Availability of physical copies is not guaranteed.

Talk With Me • Howard County (Online)

Date: 03/10/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

For parents and caregivers of children ages infant - 2 and expectant parents.
Registration required.

A community partner with the Howard County Public School System, Talk With Me • Howard County uses the power of early interactions to build foundations for early learning. Powerful brain-building occurs in children during simple back and forth interactions from the earliest moments of life. Understand how to integrate these interactions into your daily routines.

ESL Level 1 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/10/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

ESL Level 2 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/10/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

ESL Level 3 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/10/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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 week on Mon. & Wed

Reading & Speaking - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/10/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Virtual Job Fair: Hospitality to Warehouse/Logistics Recruitment

Date: 03/11/21
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Business & Finance
Description:

Statewide Hiring Event for Healthcare Positions

Virtual Job Fair: Hospitality to Temp Staffing Opportunities

The MD Labor business team has coordinated a series of targeted recruitments to assist dislocated workers in the hospitality industry. Our goal is to help restaurant and hospitality workers who are seeking employment, to find temporary positions in other industries until the hospitality industry bounces back.

The schedule of virtual recruitment events:

Thursday, March 11th from 10:00 am - 11:30 am: Hospitality to Warehouse/Logistics Recruitment

Registration Link: https://warehouse-logistics-statewide_virtual-hiring_event.eventbrite.com/

Tuesday, March 23rd from 10:00 am - 11:30 am: Hospitality to Admin Recruitment
Thursday, April 8th from 10:00 am - 11:30 am: Hospitality to Hospitality Now Hiring Recruitment
Tuesday, April 13th from 10:00 am - 11:30 am: Hospitality Worker Recruitment in Southern Maryland
Tuesday, April 13th from 10:00 am - 11:30 am: Hospitality Worker Recruitment for Eastern Shore

For registration information on all the sessions, see Attachments. The webinar link and dial-in information will be sent to all registrants 24 hours prior to the event.

English For the Workplace

Date: 03/11/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Speaking & Listening - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/11/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Meal Planning for Health and Budget / Family meal times (Online)

Date: 03/11/21
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Health & Wellness
Description:

If you think eating healthy is too expensive, then this webinar is for you! Learn how to stretch your dollars to provide nutritious and delicious meals on a budget. We'll share tips for meal planning, including how to make it an enjoyable (and fun!) part of your weekly routine.

In partnership with Giant Food and and Howard County Health Department.

Looking for more classes on this topic? Check out this list! Click the class title for more details and to register.

Healthy Cents: What is Healthy Food & How Can I Afford It? – Thurs, Mar 4
SNAP Cooking 5 Ways: Canned Chicken & Fish – Tues, Mar 9
Meal Planning for Health and Budget/Family meal times - Thurs, Mar 11
Feeding Your Toddler to Tween - Thurs, Mar 18
Take a Virtual Store Tour - Mon, Mar 22
Eating for Prediabetes or Diabetes –Thurs, Mar 25

Family Time Live! (Online)

Date: 03/11/21
Time: 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), All Ages / Families
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

HCLS Trivia Thursday! (Online)

Date: 03/11/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Fun & Games!
Description:

Play trivia through Kahoot! Categories and questions designed for ages 18+. Please email [email protected] for the trivia details or if you have questions.

Every third Thursday will be a LIVE! Kahoot on Zoom.

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation. You will receive the Kahoot! link in an email by 7 pm.

ESL Level 4 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/11/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Description:

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. & Thur.

ESL Level 5 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/11/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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. & Thur.

ESL Level 6 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/11/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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 Tue. & Thur.

Preparation For The New US Citizenship Test

Date: 03/11/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Parent Conversation Class - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/12/21
Time: 10:30am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

LEGO™ Engineering Challenge (Online)

Date: 03/12/21
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5), Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 17 (High School)
Program type: STEM / STEAM
Description:

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. Designed for ages 9 & up. Any age may register.

This class has been prerecorded. You will receive the link to the online class with confirmation of your registration. If you have any follow up questions please email [email protected]

Chemistry in the Library: Reducing Our Footprint with Chemistry Live! (Online)

Date: 03/13/21
Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5), Ages 11-13 (Middle School)
Program type: STEM / STEAM
Description:

Ages 7 & up (7-8 year olds must be accompanied by an adult); 60 min. Registration required.

Celebrate Earth Week with a chemist from the Army Research Laboratory and the American Chemical Society. Participate in a live, on-line program focused on reducing our carbon footprint and the chemistry behind greenhouse gases.

You may either schedule a pick up for a small packet of materials or take a look at the attachment with items you can cut out for the activities. You should have the materials ready and in reach when the class begins.

English Conversation Class-Adult (Online)

Date: 03/15/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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.  

English for Life & Work Advanced Level - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/15/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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

Baby Games (Online)

Date: 03/15/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool)
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

If you miss this class, past classes are posted on the Howard County Library System YouTube channel Playlists [use link: https://www.youtube.com/user/howardcountylibrary/playlists].

Write Now!

Date: 03/15/21
Time: 3:00pm - 3:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Writing
Description:

Please email [email protected] for more details.

Films that Connect Us (Online)

Date: 03/15/21
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Movies
Description:

How do films shape and connect us? Join our film discussion series. Please watch weekly films prior to their actual discussion dates

March 15: Indie film about desperation and redemption in The Girl with Abbie Cornish (only available on TUBI)

Loving Kindness Meditation (Online)

Date: 03/15/21
Time: 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Health & Wellness
Description:

Welcome teens and adults!

Join Amy Rutledge a certified meditation instructor to learn how to cultivate self love, self worth, confidence, compassion, focus, concentration, stress, anxiety relief, and help with navigating difficult emotions and change. Promote connection, community, and peace to all. Classes are 30 minutes with an intro, guided practice, then time for Q&A. Open to all levels and beginners welcome!

Click on a title below to register for the next class in this series:

Creative Visualization: Calm Space (Apr 19th)

Intermediate Korean (Online)

Date: 03/15/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Space is limited. In partnership with the Korean Education Center in Washington DC.

ESL Level 1 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/15/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

ESL Level 2 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/15/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

ESL Level 3 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/15/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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 week on Mon. & Wed

Pronunciation for English Language Speakers - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/15/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Baby Time @ Oakland Mills Online

Date: 03/16/21
Time: 9:00am - 9:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool)
Description:

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.

This class is offered through the community organization Oakland Mills Online. Technical support is available care of Oakland Mills Online.

Please click on the website below to access the link to join the online class, the day of the event.

https://www.oaklandmillsonline.com/

For more information please email [email protected]

Preschool Circle Time @ Oakland Mills Online

Date: 03/16/21
Time: 9:30am - 10:15am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool)
Description:

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

Preschool circle time will review preschool skills: calendar, numbers, letters, colors, songs and rhymes. Perfect for 2-5 year olds.

Get connected from the comfort of your own home!

Offered through the community organization Oakland Mills Online. Technical help available during the session care of Oakland Mills Online.

Please click on the website below to access the link to join the online class, the day of the event.

https://www.oaklandmillsonline.com/

For for information, please email [email protected]

Career Exploration for Vision Technician - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/16/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Reading, Writing & Grammar - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/16/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Preschool Circle Time @ Oakland Mills Online

Date: 03/16/21
Time: 10:30am - 11:15am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool)
Description:

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

Preschool circle time will review preschool skills: calendar, numbers, letters, colors, songs and rhymes. Perfect for 2-5 year olds.

Get connected from the comfort of your own home!

Offered through the community organization Oakland Mills Online. Technical help available during the session care of Oakland Mills Online.

Please click on the website below to access the link to join the online class, the day of the event.

https://www.oaklandmillsonline.com/

For for information, please email [email protected]

HCLS Trivia: Tuesday (Online)

Date: 03/16/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults), All Ages / Families
Program type: Fun & Games!
Description:

Play trivia through email! Categories and fun for everyone. Please email [email protected] for the trivia details or if you have questions.

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation. You will receive an email with the trivia round by 11 am.

STEAM Powered Book Club (Online)

Date: 03/16/21
Time: 4:30pm - 5:15pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Ages 7-9. 45 minutes. Registration required.

Read Grilled Cheese and Dragons by Nancy Krulik before the meeting. Join our zoom discussion about the book, then participate in a related STEAM activity.

HCC Social Sciences Lecture Series (Online)

Date: 03/16/21
Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:

Tuesday, February 23, at 6 p.m.
"Inter(esting) Sex: Beyond the Binary”

Tuesday, March 9, at 6 p.m.
"What’s Going On? American Politics 1970–2020”

Tuesday, March 16, at 6 p.m.
The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: Know Its Meaning and How It Protects Your Rights”

Tuesday, March 23, at 6 p.m.
"De-escalation Techniques From Behind the Wall”

Talk by Dr. Eric Clark, assistant professor of criminal justice

Making a Statement: Jewelry and Other Adornments of the Suffragist Movement (Online)

Date: 03/16/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:

Author and jewelry historian Elyse Zorn Karlin discusses how the suffragettes, and those who supported them, used jewelry and other accessories to express their politics. 7 - 8 pm.

Presented by Howard County Library System with support from Howard County Historical Society, Carroll County Public Library, Kent County Public Library, Prince George's County Memorial Library System, Ruth Enlow Library of Garrett County, and Worcester County Library.

Warning Graphic Content

Date: 03/16/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

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

Mar 16 Dracula, Motherf****r! by Alex de Campi, Erica Henderson

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation. You will receive the link to the online class in the confirmation email. This email will also contain as the dial-in information if you wish to participate by telephone.

Availability of physical copies is not guaranteed.

ESL Level 4 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/16/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Description:

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. & Thur.

ESL Level 5 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/16/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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. & Thur.

ESL Level 6 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/16/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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 Tue. & Thur.

U.S. Citizenship - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/16/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

American English Pronunciation

Date: 03/17/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Career Exploration for Certified Nursing Assistant - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/17/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Preschool Parade (Online)

Date: 03/17/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), All Ages / Families
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

If you miss this class, past classes are posted on the Howard County Library System YouTube channel Playlists [use link: https://www.youtube.com/user/howardcountylibrary/playlists].

Writers' Guild (Online)

Date: 03/17/21
Time: 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School)
Program type: Writing
Description:

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!

Fun With Spanish @ Oakland Mills Online

Date: 03/17/21
Time: 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5)
Program type: Language
Description:

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

Join Adriana, Children's Instructor from the East Columbia Branch of the Howard County Library System, while having fun reviewing Spanish vocabulary.

New vocabulary introduced each week!

Get connected from the comfort of your own home. It's free, all are welcome!

This class is offered through the community organization Oakland Mills Online. Technical help is available during the session care of Oakland Mills Online

Please click on the website below to access the link to join the online class, the day of the event.

https://www.oaklandmillsonline.com/

For more information please email [email protected]

Teen Trivia! (online)

Date: 03/17/21
Time: 4:30pm - 5:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School)
Program type: Fun & Games!
Description:

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation.

Black-eyed Susan Book Club Grades 4-6 (Online)

Date: 03/17/21
Time: 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Grades 4-6. Registration required. 60 minutes.

Discussions about state award nominees. Vote for a winner in April. The following books will be discussed in the classes-it is the registrant's responsibility to place these books on hold so that they can be read prior to the book club meeting date.

Author works: Kirkland Hamill "Filthy Beasts" (Online)

Date: 03/17/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

A stunning, deeply satisfying story about how we outlive our upbringings. —Kirkus Reviews

Gripping, thought-provoking, and equal parts hilarious and wrenching, Filthy Beasts is the story of a once-wealthy family whose gilded lives fell to pieces.

Following a rancorous split from New York’s upper-class society, newly divorced Wendy and her three sons are exiled from the East Coast elite circle. Wendy’s middle son, Kirk, is eight when she moves the family to her native Bermuda, leaving the three young boys to fend for themselves as she chases after the highs of her old life: alcohol, a wealthy new suitor, and other indulgences. Kirk learns to maintain appearances and bury his inconvenient truths from the world, until he leaves the island, falls in love for the first time, and begins to discover the freedom of telling his truth.

Author Kirkland Hamill will discuss his memoir with Michaela Carter in this candid interview.

Kirkland Hamill has written for Salon and The Advocate, and was formerly the chief development and marketing officer at the National Center for Family Philanthropy. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland, with his husband and a dog named Blue.

Michaela Carter is a writer, painter, and award-winning poet. Her novel Further Out Than You Thought was an Indie Next List Pick, and was the Arizona Republic Critic’s Pick for Best Debut Author in 2014. Her poetry won the Poetry Society of America Los Angeles New Poets Contest, has been nominated for Pushcart Prizes, and has appeared in numerous anthologies and journals. She is the cofounder of the independent bookstore the Peregrine Book Company in Prescott, Arizona, where she lives with her husband and two dogs. Her historical novel, Leonora In the Morning Light, about the artists Leonora Carrington and Max Ernst, and the art collector Peggy Guggenheim, is forthcoming from Avid Reader Press in April, 2021.

Nonfiction Book Club (Online)

Date: 03/17/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

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

Jan 20 - The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Stephen Brusatte
Feb 17 - The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Mar 17 - The Chosen Wars: How Judaism became an American Religion by Steven Weisman
Apr 21 - The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O'Meara
May 19 - Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man by Thomas McBee

Registered customers should place a hold request on the title using their library card in order to receive a copy to read before the discussion. For physical copies, please follow procedures to set up a contactless pick-up appointment once you receive a notice that your hold has come in for you. Availability of physical copies is not guaranteed. For additional assistance in obtaining this title, please email [email protected]

ESL Level 1 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/17/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

ESL Level 2 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/17/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

ESL Level 3 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/17/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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 week on Mon. & Wed

Reading & Speaking - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/17/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Feeding Your Toddler to Tween (Online)

Date: 03/18/21
Time: 10:00am - 11:00am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Health & Wellness
Description:

Knowing what and how much to feed your kids can sometimes be challenging. Join us to learn some tips and tricks to make mealtimes fun and just a little bit easier. We'll even cover ways to get kids more involved in the kitchen and interested in trying something new!

In partnership with Giant Food and and Howard County Health Department.

Looking for more classes on this topic? Check out this list! Click the class title for more details and to register.

Healthy Cents: What is Healthy Food & How Can I Afford It? – Thurs, Mar 4
SNAP Cooking 5 Ways: Canned Chicken & Fish – Tues, Mar 9
Meal Planning for Health and Budget/Family meal times - Thurs, Mar 11
Feeding Your Toddler to Tween - Thurs, Mar 18
Take a Virtual Store Tour - Mon, Mar 22
Eating for Prediabetes or Diabetes –Thurs, Mar 25

English For the Workplace

Date: 03/18/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Speaking & Listening - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/18/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Picture Book Pals Live: Adventures with John Burningham (Online)

Date: 03/18/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), All Ages / Families
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

Ages 0-5, families. 20-30 min. Develop school readiness skills through stories, songs, fingerplays and rhymes.

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation. You will receive the link to the online class in the confirmation email. If you prefer to call in by phone, please register for the class online and then email [email protected] to request the dial-in information at least 1 business day in advance.

Noontime Books (Online)

Date: 03/18/21
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Join us for an online discussion of the following titles:

Mar 18: Normal People by Sally Rooney
Apr 15: The Water Dancer by Ta-Nihisi Coates
May 20: Less by Andrew Sean Greer

You must register separately for each discussion date.

Availability of physical copies is not guaranteed.

For additional assistance in obtaining this title, please email Beth Haynes at [email protected]

Wild Women of Maryland: Grit and Gumption in the Free State (Online)

Date: 03/18/21
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults), All Ages / Families
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:

Registration opens March 4th. Click here to register.

Daring women of Maryland made their mark on history as spies, would-be queens, and fiery suffragettes. Sarah Wilson escaped indentured servitude in Frederick by impersonating the queen's sister. Baltimorean Virginia Hall spied against the Nazis, while having just one leg. From famous figures like Harriet Tubman to unsung heroines like "Lady Law" Violet Hill Whyte, author Lauren R. Silberman introduces Maryland's most tenacious and adventurous women in this virtual program presented through Zoom webinar.

Presented by Anne Arundel County Public Library in partnership with Historic London Town and Gardens, with the support of Howard County Library System.

Family Time Live! (Online)

Date: 03/18/21
Time: 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), All Ages / Families
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

Black-eyed Susan Book Club (Grades 6-8)

Date: 03/18/21
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 11-13 (Middle School)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Discuss books that have been nominated for the state "Black-eyed Susan Award". Vote for a winner in April. Eight-month series. Check out and read the book prior to attending the class discussion. Grades 6-8. 45-60 min.

2/18/21 - The Missing Piece of Charlie O'Reilly by Rebecca Ansari
3/18/21 - The Dollar Kids by Jennifer Richard Jacobson
4/15/21 - Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation by Stuart Gibbs AND The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart

Contact [email protected] to register. Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation with a link to join the class/event. This email will also contain as the dial-in information if you wish to participate by telephone.

HCLS Trivia Thursday! (Online)

Date: 03/18/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Fun & Games!
Description:

Play trivia through Kahoot! Categories and questions designed for ages 18+. Please email [email protected] for the trivia details or if you have questions.

Every third Thursday will be a LIVE! Kahoot on Zoom.

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation. You will receive the Kahoot! link in an email by 7 pm.

NonFiction Addiction (Online)

Date: 03/18/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Explore the genre of non fiction and join our discussions!

Mar 18th: "Talking to Strangers" by Malcolm Gladwell

Apr 15th: "Hillbilly Elegy" by J.D.Vance

May 20th: Let's Pretend This Never Happened" by Jenny Lawson

*ebooks and e-audiobooks available via Overdrive/Libby

*While supplies last, physical copies can be reserved for contactless pickup http://hclibrary.org/books-movies-music/contactless-pickup/

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation. You will receive the link to the online class in the confirmation email. This email will also contain as the dial-in information if you wish to participate by telephone.

ESL Level 4 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/18/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Description:

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. & Thur.

ESL Level 5 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/18/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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. & Thur.

ESL Level 6 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/18/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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 Tue. & Thur.

Preparation For The New US Citizenship Test

Date: 03/18/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Parent Conversation Class - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/19/21
Time: 10:30am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Virtual ZOOmobile LIVE: The Bare Necessities (online)

Date: 03/19/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), All Ages / Families
Program type: STEM / STEAM
Description:

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

The Bare Necessities

If the Maryland Zoo closes due to inclement weather, the class will be cancelled and rescheduled for a later date. Please take a look at other sessions throughout the month.

Book Corner

Date: 03/19/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:45am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Welcome to Book Corner! In this class we will talk about our current favorite reads and hear from you about your favorites. We will discuss fun questions about books: who is your favorite protagonist of all times, what you love most about the genre of your choice or which book changed your perspective...........the possibilities are endless and enticing.

Join us in our Book Corner every 3rd Friday of each month to talk about our favorite subject – books!

Virtual ZOOmobile LIVE: Night Shift (online)

Date: 03/20/21
Time: 1:30pm - 2:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5), All Ages / Families
Program type: STEM / STEAM
Description:

Ages 5-10 and family. 30 minutes. Registration required.

Night Shift

Let's meet nocturnal animals.

Join The Maryland Zoo for a live, Virtual ZOOmobile Program! During this 30-minute presentation, Zoo Educators will lead an interactive activity designed for school-age children. Children will then have a chance to meet three of the Zoo's Animal Ambassadors! This program is made possible thanks to generous support from the Howard County Arts Council.

If the Maryland Zoo closes due to inclement weather, the class will be cancelled and rescheduled for a later date. Please take a look at other sessions throughout the month.

Verda Welcome - A Person of Principle (Online)

Date: 03/20/21
Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults), All Ages / Families
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:

Registration opens March 6th. Click here to register.

Before there was Kamala Harris or Shirley Chisholm on the national political scene, there were local and state political black female leaders paving the way. Meet Maryland State Senator Verda Freeman Welcome, the second black woman elected to a state senate in the early 1950s. Hear Senator Welcome, portrayed by Janice The Griot, champion for laws to eradicate racism in schools, workplace, public accommodations, and interracial relationships in this virtual program.

Presented by Anne Arundel County Public Library in partnership with the Reginald F. Lewis Museum, with support from Howard County Library System.

Pride and Centuries of Prejudice: 300+ years of LGBTQ+ People in the Chesapeake (Online)

Date: 03/20/21
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:

Registration opens March 6th. Click here to register.

Long before Stonewall, long before the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and long before marriage equality, LGBTQ+ people lived, worked, and loved in Maryland and Virginia. Learn about the lives of historic queer people from the Chesapeake with stories from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.

Please register for this event to receive Zoom login information.

Presented by Anne Arundel County Public Library, sponsored by Annapolis Pride, with support from Howard County Library System.

English Conversation Class-Adult (Online)

Date: 03/22/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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.  

English for Life & Work Advanced Level - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/22/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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

Baby Games (Online)

Date: 03/22/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool)
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

If you miss this class, past classes are posted on the Howard County Library System YouTube channel Playlists [use link: https://www.youtube.com/user/howardcountylibrary/playlists].

Take a Virtual Store Tour (Online)

Date: 03/22/21
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Health & Wellness
Description:

We'll hit each section of the store, show you what to look for, and do some myth-busting along the way!

In partnership with Giant Food and and Howard County Health Department.

Looking for more classes on this topic? Check out this list! Click the class title for more details and to register.

Healthy Cents: What is Healthy Food & How Can I Afford It? – Thurs, Mar 4
SNAP Cooking 5 Ways: Canned Chicken & Fish – Tues, Mar 9
Meal Planning for Health and Budget/Family meal times - Thurs, Mar 11
Feeding Your Toddler to Tween - Thurs, Mar 18
Take a Virtual Store Tour - Mon, Mar 22
Eating for Prediabetes or Diabetes –Thurs, Mar 25

Write Now!

Date: 03/22/21
Time: 3:00pm - 3:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Writing
Description:

Please email [email protected] for more details.

Films that Connect Us (Online)

Date: 03/22/21
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Movies
Description:

How do films shape and connect us? Join our film discussion series. Please watch weekly films prior to their actual discussion dates

March 22: Three women living in an apartment in Tel Aviv try to find a balance between traditional and modern culture: In Between (Bar Bahar) (available on Kanopy)

Intermediate Korean (Online)

Date: 03/22/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Space is limited. In partnership with the Korean Education Center in Washington DC.

ESL Level 1 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/22/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

ESL Level 2 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/22/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

ESL Level 3 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/22/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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 week on Mon. & Wed

Pronunciation for English Language Speakers - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/22/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Baby Time @ Oakland Mills Online

Date: 03/23/21
Time: 9:00am - 9:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool)
Description:

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.

This class is offered through the community organization Oakland Mills Online. Technical support is available care of Oakland Mills Online.

Please click on the website below to access the link to join the online class, the day of the event.

https://www.oaklandmillsonline.com/

For more information please email [email protected]

Preschool Circle Time @ Oakland Mills Online

Date: 03/23/21
Time: 9:30am - 10:15am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool)
Description:

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

Preschool circle time will review preschool skills: calendar, numbers, letters, colors, songs and rhymes. Perfect for 2-5 year olds.

Get connected from the comfort of your own home!

Offered through the community organization Oakland Mills Online. Technical help available during the session care of Oakland Mills Online.

Please click on the website below to access the link to join the online class, the day of the event.

https://www.oaklandmillsonline.com/

For for information, please email [email protected]

Virtual Job Fair: Hospitality to Admin Recruitment

Date: 03/23/21
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Business & Finance
Description:

Statewide Hiring Event for Healthcare Positions

Virtual Job Fair: Hospitality to Temp Staffing Opportunities

The schedule of virtual recruitment events:

Tuesday, March 23rd from 10:00 am - 11:30 am: Hospitality to Admin Recruitment

Registration Link: https://mwejobs.maryland.gov/ Log in – Navigate to Menu (3 lines at top left side of the screen) – Appointment Center - Events Calendar – Enter Event ID: 87495 - click Filter - select February on the calendar – select this event – Register

Thursday, April 8th from 10:00 am - 11:30 am: Hospitality to Hospitality Now Hiring Recruitment
Tuesday, April 13th from 10:00 am - 11:30 am: Hospitality Worker Recruitment in Southern Maryland
Tuesday, April 13th from 10:00 am - 11:30 am: Hospitality Worker Recruitment for Eastern Shore

For registration information on all the sessions, see Attachments.

The webinar link and dial-in information will be sent to all registrants 24 hours prior to the event.

Career Exploration for Vision Technician - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/23/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Reading, Writing & Grammar - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/23/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Preschool Circle Time @ Oakland Mills Online

Date: 03/23/21
Time: 10:30am - 11:15am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool)
Description:

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

Preschool circle time will review preschool skills: calendar, numbers, letters, colors, songs and rhymes. Perfect for 2-5 year olds.

Get connected from the comfort of your own home!

Offered through the community organization Oakland Mills Online. Technical help available during the session care of Oakland Mills Online.

Please click on the website below to access the link to join the online class, the day of the event.

https://www.oaklandmillsonline.com/

For for information, please email [email protected]

Women Trailblazers (Online)

Date: 03/23/21
Time: 4:30pm - 5:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:

Ages 7-10 30-45 minutes. Registration required.

Celebrate Women's History Month with a discussion and activities about true heroines both past and present.

This class has been prerecorded. You will receive the link to the online class with confirmation of your registration. If you miss this class, past classes are posted on the Howard County Library System YouTube channel Playlists.

HCC Social Sciences Lecture Series (Online)

Date: 03/23/21
Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:

Tuesday, February 23, at 6 p.m.
"Inter(esting) Sex: Beyond the Binary”

Tuesday, March 9, at 6 p.m.
"What’s Going On? American Politics 1970–2020”

Tuesday, March 16, at 6 p.m.
The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: Know Its Meaning and How It Protects Your Rights”

Tuesday, March 23, at 6 p.m.
"De-escalation Techniques From Behind the Wall”

Talk by Dr. Eric Clark, assistant professor of criminal justice

Harriet Tubman and Harriet Beecher Stowe (Online)

Date: 03/23/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:

“So you’re the little lady who started this great war!” said President Abraham Lincoln in the fall of 1862 when he finally met Harriet Beecher Stowe. This “little lady” was the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin a roller-coaster anti-slavery novel that had become a huge best-seller after its publication in 1852. Lincoln and many other people at the time believed that Stowe’s novel had caused the Civil War by intensifying public sentiment against slavery in the North and by spurring a reactionary surge of proslavery feeling in the states that would later secede from the United States to form the Confederate States of America. But Lincoln might just have well have been talking to and about Harriet Tubman. Like Stowe, Tubman’s activism advanced the fight against slavery and edged this country closer to Civil War. As the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad, Tubman and her allies built an antislavery escape network that stretched from the bowels of the slave South all the way into British Canada. Join us for a talk about both of these American icons with University of Maryland historian Dr. Richard Bell.

Dr. Richard Bell is Professor of History at the University of Maryland. He holds a PhD from Harvard University and is author of the new book Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing Odyssey Home which is shortlisted for the George Washington Prize and the Harriet Tubman Prize. He has won more than a dozen teaching awards, including the University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, the highest honor for teaching faculty in the Maryland state system. He has held major research fellowships at Yale, Cambridge, and the Library of Congress and is the recipient of the National Endowment of the Humanities Public Scholar award. He serves as a Trustee of the Maryland Center for History and Culture, as an elected member of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, and as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Learn more here.

Sponsored by Friends and Foundation of Howard County Library System with support from Howard County Historical Society, Carroll County Public Library, Charles County Public Library, Kent County Public Library, Prince George's County Memorial Library System, Ruth Enlow Library of Garrett County, Talbot County Free Library, and Worcester County Library.

Please register with an email address to receive an automatic confirmation email containing a link to join the webinar. This email will also include the dial-in information if you wish to participate by phone.

ESL Level 4 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/23/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Description:

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. & Thur.

ESL Level 5 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/23/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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. & Thur.

ESL Level 6 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/23/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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 Tue. & Thur.

U.S. Citizenship - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/23/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

American English Pronunciation

Date: 03/24/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Career Exploration for Certified Nursing Assistant - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/24/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Preschool Parade (Online)

Date: 03/24/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5)
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

If you miss this class, past classes are posted on the Howard County Library System YouTube channel Playlists.

Virtual Conservation Conversation with The Maryland Zoo: African Penguins

Date: 03/24/21
Time: 1:30pm - 2:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: STEM / STEAM
Description:

Join us for a live, interactive virtual presentation with The Maryland Zoo! During this 30-minute presentation, teens and adults will learn about one of the Zoo's Signature Animal Programs (SAPs) - African Penguins. Discover how The Maryland Zoo ties exceptional in-house husbandry, medical care, research, and education programs to conservation action in the field. This program is made possible thanks to generous support from the Howard County Arts Council. This part of a series of interactive virtual presentations with The Maryland Zoo. The dates, times, and SAPs are as follows:

Wednesday, March 24 from 1:30 - 2 pm - Virtual ZOOmobile: African Penguins

Tuesday, April 20 from 3:30 - 4 pm - Virtual ZOOmobile: Polar Bears

Learn to Podcast with HoCoCast (Online)

Date: 03/24/21
Time: 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 17 (High School)
Program type: Community & Culture
Description:

Ages 11-18, 60 min.

Curious about podcasting? Join us each month to learn the basics and work on upcoming episodes of HoCoCast, the library's teen produced podcast. No experience necessary.

Fun With Spanish @ Oakland Mills Online

Date: 03/24/21
Time: 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5)
Program type: Language
Description:

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

Join Adriana, Children's Instructor from the East Columbia Branch of the Howard County Library System, while having fun reviewing Spanish vocabulary.

New vocabulary introduced each week!

Get connected from the comfort of your own home. It's free, all are welcome!

This class is offered through the community organization Oakland Mills Online. Technical help is available during the session care of Oakland Mills Online

Please click on the website below to access the link to join the online class, the day of the event.

https://www.oaklandmillsonline.com/

For more information please email [email protected]

Romantic Reads (Online)

Date: 03/24/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Love to read romance novels? Do you need an escape from reality? Join the new Romantic Reads Book Discussion!

Discuss your favorite romance author and book or series with other fellow romance readers. You will "zoom" away with new authors and books to add to your wish list of books to read!

For this session, we will be focusing on books by the author Nora Roberts. At your convenience, please read any book by Nora Roberts

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation. You will receive the link to the online class in the confirmation email.This email will also contain the dial-in information if you wish to participate by telephone.

Speakeasy Book Discussion (Online)

Date: 03/24/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Join us for a virtual literary happy hour. 4th Wednesdays; 7 - 8 pm.
March 24 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
April 28 The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
May 26 Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation with a link to join the class/event. This email will also contain the dial-in information if you wish to participate by telephone.

Registered customers should place a hold request on the title using their library card in order to receive a copy to read before the discussion. For physical copies, please follow procedures to set up a contactless pick-up appointment once you receive a notice that your hold has come in for you.
Availability of physical copies is not guaranteed.

For additional assistance in obtaining this title, please email [email protected]

ESL Level 1 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/24/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

ESL Level 2 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/24/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

ESL Level 3 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/24/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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 week on Mon. & Wed

Reading & Speaking - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/24/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

English For the Workplace

Date: 03/25/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Speaking & Listening - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/25/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Eating for Prediabetes or Diabetes (Online)

Date: 03/25/21
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Health & Wellness
Description:

It's time to take control! Learn practical ways to keep your blood sugar in check by managing carb and protein intake. We'll also explore other lifestyle changes to prevent the progression of prediabetes and diabetes and ways to keep blood pressure and cholesterol in check.

In partnership with Giant Food and and Howard County Health Department.

Looking for more classes on this topic? Check out this list! Click the class title for more details and to register.

Healthy Cents: What is Healthy Food & How Can I Afford It? – Thurs, Mar 4
SNAP Cooking 5 Ways: Canned Chicken & Fish – Tues, Mar 9
Meal Planning for Health and Budget/Family meal times - Thurs, Mar 11
Feeding Your Toddler to Tween - Thurs, Mar 18
Take a Virtual Store Tour - Mon, Mar 22
Eating for Prediabetes or Diabetes –Thurs, Mar 25

How to Write a Compelling Resume, Cover Letter and LinkedIn Profile (Online)

Date: 03/25/21
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: College & Career
Description:

Drawing on more than 25 years' experience as a professional career and resume consultant (SolidGoldResumes.com), former college teacher and Harvard graduate Dan Berman, PhD, shares with participants the inside tips and techniques for quickly developing a compelling, state-of-the-art resume. You will also learn: how to develop a mission statement, the XYZ Formula for enhancing your informational bullet points, the value of a testimonials list, the anatomy of a "perfect" cover letter, and much more.

Consumer advocate and published author Dan Berman, PhD, is one of the few individuals to have taught college in five different departments (including communication). Assisting an international clientele, he has earned dozens of five-star reviews and recommendations on popular social media platforms such as Google, LinkedIn and Yelp, supported by his mission to help people communicate their messages effectively, to enable them to achieve their goals. Dan's most recent book may be previewed online at 25LifeLessons.com.

Family Time Live! (Online)

Date: 03/25/21
Time: 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), All Ages / Families
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

Author works: Katrina Adams - "Own The Arena"

Date: 03/25/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Community & Culture
Description:

“Tennis is a preparatory sport for becoming who you are. It builds character and resilience both inside and outside the sport. It teaches us what it means to have a good loss that helps us to develop smarter strategies for the next match, along with the endurance and persistence that comes from repeatedly falling on your face.”—Katrina M. Adams

From the former President, Chairman and CEO of the United States Tennis Association—the first Black and youngest person ever to hold the position—comes a behind-the-scenes look at the leadership skills involved in hosting the US Open, the largest attended sports event in the world— lessons that can be applied to any situation or personal challenge.

In OWN THE ARENA: Getting Ahead, Making a Difference, and Succeeding as the Only One, Katrina M. Adams takes readers on a privileged look into the US Open, which has been described as “a 14-day Superbowl,” while revealing what makes tennis the sport of a lifetime.

In this powerful conversation with Stacie Hunt, CEO of Leadership Howard County, Adams explores her experiences of learning how to navigate a room as the only Black woman, notes how she learned to standout in those spaces, how the sportsmanship lessons learned from tennis can be applied to all aspects of life, and how to surround yourself with not only powerful mentors, but the importance of keeping family close, to advise and empower you on your journey forward.

About the Author:

Katrina M. Adams is the former Chairman and President of the United States Tennis Association and the first Black and the youngest person ever to serve as President, Chairman and CEO of the organization. She also serves as Vice President of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). An accomplished professional player, she previously competed for 12 years on the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tour, winning 20 career doubles titles and reaching the quarterfinals or better in doubles at all four Grand Slam events. She also spearheaded outreach to underserved communities of color and was named the Chairman of the ITF Gender Equality in Tennis Committee in 2018. Adweek and Forbes both named her one of the “Most Powerful Women in Sports” and she was featured in Ebony Magazine’s “Power 100” list. She is also the executive director of the Harlem Junior Tennis and Education Program.

About Stacie Hunt, Conversation Moderator:

Stacie Hunt became President and CEO of Leadership Howard County in 2002. Together with staff, board and alumni, Stacie leads an organization dedicated to developing community leadership and positive impact through its signature Premier program and an active organization of alumni. She has an extensive background in the nonprofit sector, and a deep knowledge of community affairs and civic engagement.

Stacie completed the Leadership Premier program in 2002 as a manager for United Way, before becoming CEO later that year. A graduate of Auburn University, she received a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Business Administration. Stacie is board member of the national Association of Leadership Programs, the Howard County Library Board of Trustees, The Horizon Foundation and chairs the University of Baltimore’s Certified Public Manager Program Advisory Board. She is a founding partner of the Board Bank, and belongs to numerous advisory groups that serve our community. In 2015 she was named to the Maryland Daily Record’s list of Top 100 Women and in 2016 she was awarded the SmartCEO Brava Award. In 2017 she was named to Howard County's Women's Hall of Fame for her longstanding service to mentoring women in their roles of community service.

Books can be purchased from Books With A Past. Sponsored by Friends & Foundation of Howard County Library System. In partnership with Leadership Howard County and Howard Community College.

Please register with an email address to receive an automatic confirmation email containing a link to join the webinar. This email will also include the dial-in information if you wish to participate by phone.

ESL Level 4 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/25/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Description:

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. & Thur.

ESL Level 5 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/25/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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. & Thur.

ESL Level 6 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/25/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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 Tue. & Thur.

Preparation For The New US Citizenship Test

Date: 03/25/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Morning books with coffee (online)

Date: 03/26/21
Time: 10:00am - 11:00am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Movies
Description:

Join us for our Book To Screen Series ( Movies adapted from books)

Mar 26: The remarkable coming-of-age story of "Pippi Longstocking" author, Astrid Lindgren: Becoming Astrid (view on KANOPY) also available on DVD

March selection DVD available via contact-less pickup from any HCLS branch. Click here to access the online catalog listing for the DVD

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation. You will receive the link to the online class in the confirmation email. This email will also contain as the dial-in information if you wish to participate by telephone.

Availability of physical copies is not guaranteed.

Parent Conversation Class - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/26/21
Time: 10:30am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

STEAM Train Stories: 3 Little Pigs (Online)

Date: 03/26/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), All Ages / Families
Program type: STEM / STEAM
Description:

STEAM Train Stories: The Three Little Pigs

Families, Ages 2-5. 20 min.

Toot-Toot! Take a ride on the steam train and enjoy some early literacy fun! Then, watch a puppet show of the Three Little Pigs and have fun creating a house to keep the big bad wolf out! (This class has been pre-recorded).

If you miss this class, past classes are posted on the Howard County Library System YouTube channel Playlists.

LEGO™ Engineering Challenge (Online)

Date: 03/26/21
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5), Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 17 (High School)
Program type: STEM / STEAM
Description:

This class has been prerecorded. You will receive the link to the online class with confirmation of your registration. If you have any follow up questions please email [email protected]

English Conversation Class-Adult (Online)

Date: 03/29/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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.  

English for Life & Work Advanced Level - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/29/21
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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

Baby Games (Online)

Date: 03/29/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool)
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

If you miss this class, past classes are posted on the Howard County Library System YouTube channel Playlists [use link: https://www.youtube.com/user/howardcountylibrary/playlists].

Write Now!

Date: 03/29/21
Time: 3:00pm - 3:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Writing
Description:

Please email [email protected] for more details.

Films that Connect Us (Online)

Date: 03/29/21
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Movies
Description:

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

Mar. 29: Gripping Slovak-Czech drama about a charming instructor with a dark side, The Teacher starring Zuzanna Maurery available on Kanopy orTUBI.

Movie selections are available via Kanopy (free through Howard County Library System) or other free online sources such as PBS https://www.pbs.org/video/ or YouTube https://www.youtube.com or TUBI https://tubitv.com/

Intermediate Korean (Online)

Date: 03/29/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Space is limited. In partnership with the Korean Education Center in Washington DC.

ESL Level 1 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/29/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

ESL Level 2 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/29/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

ESL Level 3 - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/29/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

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 week on Mon. & Wed

Pronunciation for English Language Speakers - Adult (Online)

Date: 03/29/21
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Baby Time @ Oakland Mills Online

Date: 03/30/21
Time: 9:00am - 9:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool)
Description:

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.

This class is offered through the community organization Oakland Mills Online. Technical support is available care of Oakland Mills Online.

Please click on the website below to access the link to join the online class, the day of the event.

https://www.oaklandmillsonline.com/

For more information please email [email protected]

Preschool Circle Time @ Oakland Mills Online

Date: 03/30/21
Time: 9:30am - 10:15am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool)
Description:

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

Preschool circle time will review preschool skills: calendar, numbers, letters, colors, songs and rhymes. Perfect for 2-5 year olds.

Get connected from the comfort of your own home!

Offered through the community organization Oakland Mills Online. Technical help available during the session care of Oakland Mills Online.

Please click on the website below to access the link to join the online class, the day of the event.

https://www.oaklandmillsonline.com/

For for information, please email [email protected]

Preschool Circle Time @ Oakland Mills Online

Date: 03/30/21
Time: 10:30am - 11:15am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool)
Description:

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

Preschool circle time will review preschool skills: calendar, numbers, letters, colors, songs and rhymes. Perfect for 2-5 year olds.

Get connected from the comfort of your own home!

Offered through the community organization Oakland Mills Online. Technical help available during the session care of Oakland Mills Online.

Please click on the website below to access the link to join the online class, the day of the event.

https://www.oaklandmillsonline.com/

For for information, please email [email protected]

Business Roundtable

Date: 03/30/21
Time: 7:00pm - 7:45pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Community & Culture
Description:

On the fourth Tuesday of each month HCLS co-hosts an online roundtable focusing on a local business owned by a Person of Color in Howard County. The owner shares the experiences and challenges they face as a local business owner. The discussion is moderated by Nat Alston, Chair and Founder of the Ujamaa Business Roundtable. Includes time for Q&A.

In partnership with Ujamaa Business Roundtable, a roundtable of African-American business owners from the counties of Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's, Baltimore and Baltimore City.

The featured guest of Business Roundtable for the month of March will be announced before the event.

Preschool Parade (Online)

Date: 03/31/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5)
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

If you miss this class, past classes are posted on the Howard County Library System YouTube channel Playlists.

Fun With Spanish @ Oakland Mills Online

Date: 03/31/21
Time: 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5)
Program type: Language
Description:

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

Join Adriana, Children's Instructor from the East Columbia Branch of the Howard County Library System, while having fun reviewing Spanish vocabulary.

New vocabulary introduced each week!

Get connected from the comfort of your own home. It's free, all are welcome!

This class is offered through the community organization Oakland Mills Online. Technical help is available during the session care of Oakland Mills Online

Please click on the website below to access the link to join the online class, the day of the event.

https://www.oaklandmillsonline.com/

For more information please email [email protected]

Virtual ZOOmobile LIVE: Big Book of Animal Tales (online)

Date: 04/01/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), All Ages / Families
Program type: STEM / STEAM
Description:

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

The Big Book of Animal Tales

If the Maryland Zoo closes due to inclement weather, the class will be cancelled and rescheduled for a later date. Please take a look at other sessions throughout the month.

Viva Latino: Own Voices Writers in Conversation

Date: 04/01/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Community & Culture
Description:

In early 2020, the Hispanic literary community led an important national dialogue about the importance of “own voices” literature and inequities in the publishing industry. Leading and award-winning contemporary Latin American writers gather to discuss their perspectives on the importance of own voices narratives in providing representation for readers. This program offers Latino/a/x and non-Latin Marylanders with an opportunity to learn about the diversity of the Latin American community, as represented in literature and poetry.

Featured Speakers:

Julia Alvarez, National Medal of Arts Winner
Angie Cruz, Inaugural GMA Book Club Author
Reyna Grande, American Book Award Winner
Juan Felipe Herrera, U.S. Poet Laureate (2015-2017)
Lupita Aquino, moderator, @Lupita.Reads

Presented by the Prince George's County Memorial Library System, Frederick County Public Libraries, and Charles County Public Library as part of Maryland Libraries Together. This program is supported in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Maryland State Library.

Maryland Libraries Together is a collaboration of Maryland libraries to engage communities in enriching educational experiences that advance an understanding of the issues of our time.

Purchase the authors' books from Loyalty Bookstores (https://loyaltybookstores.com) or Curious Iguana (https://curiousiguana.com). Borrow the books from your local public library.

Registration recommended. Register here.

Library Closed - Spring Holiday (Good Friday)

Date: 04/02/21
Time: 12:00am - 12:00am
Branch: Central Branch
Age group:
Description:

Family Time (online)

Date: 04/03/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), All Ages / Families
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

If you miss this class, past classes are posted on the Howard County Library System YouTube channel Playlists.

Library Closed - Spring Holiday (Easter)

Date: 04/04/21
Time: 12:00am - 12:00am
Branch: Central Branch
Age group:
Description:

Baby Games (Online)

Date: 04/05/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), All Ages / Families
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

If you miss this class, past classes are posted on the Howard County Library System YouTube channel Playlists [use link: https://www.youtube.com/user/howardcountylibrary/playlists].

Intermediate Korean (Online)

Date: 04/05/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Space is limited. In partnership with the Korean Education Center in Washington DC.

At Noon: Poetry Moments - Episode 1 of 4 (Online)

Date: 04/06/21
Time: 12:00pm - 12:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults), All Ages / Families
Program type: Community & Culture
Description:

NATIONAL POETRY MONTH CELEBRATION

“When I began to listen to poetry, it’s when I began to listen to the stones, and I began to listen to what the clouds had to say, and I began to listen to others. And I think, most importantly for all of us, then you begin to learn to listen to the soul, the soul of yourself in here, which is also the soul of everyone else.” - National Poet Laureate Joy Harjo

Poetry sometimes seems impenetrable. But interest in the ancient art has picked up after dynamic young inaugural poet Amanda Gorman read her work. Join Susan Thornton Hobby of HoCoPoLitSo (the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society) for a discussion and introduction to verse with HoCoPoLitSo's Poetry Moment series, featuring local actors offering introductions to videos of famous poets. Each week, we'll learn about three poems based around a theme, including history, grief, family, and pep talks."

Young actors Chania Hudson, Sarah Luckadoo, and Shawn Sebastian Naar from Howard Community College’s Arts Collective will read introductions to the archival video of poets and their work. Poets we'll be hearing from include Lucille Clifton, National Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, Taylor Mali, Jason Reynolds, Sterling A. Brown, Eavan Boland, and Li-Young Lee.

Susan Thornton Hobby is a writer, editor, and literary consultant. For fifteen years, she has worked as a special projects coordinator for HoCoPoLitSo, the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society, and has served on the society’s board for more than twenty years. She is a founding member of the Little Patuxent Review and interviews nationally known authors for that literary magazine. Susan is also a freelance writer and editor, and writes her own fiction and poetry.

Veterans Book Group 2021 (Online)

Date: 04/06/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Special Guest: Author Sergeant Carmelo Rodriguez will join the Veterans Book Group as they discuss his book on March 2.

Participants are encouraged to attend all sessions. Registration is open to Veterans/ active duty only, please. All reading materials are provided. Space is limited.

1st Tuesdays February 2 - June 1 from 7 - 8:30 pm

Veterans Book Group is coordinated statewide by Maryland Humanities

Reading Selections:

February 2: Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

March 2: Dead Soldier-The Story of the Living: Memoir Sergeant Carmelo Rodriguez by Carmelo Rodriguez

April 6: Code Talker-The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII by Chester Nez and Judith Schiess Avila

May 4: Ashley's War by Gayle Lemmon

June 1: On Desperate Ground by Hampton Sides

For any questions, please email [email protected]

Preschool Parade (Online)

Date: 04/07/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), All Ages / Families
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

If you miss this class, past classes are posted on the Howard County Library System YouTube channel Playlists [use link: https://www.youtube.com/user/howardcountylibrary/playlists].

Women & the American Revolution (Part 1 of 4) (Online)

Date: 04/07/21
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:

The revolutionary war was fought on battlefields, in forests, and on the homefront—and the contributions of American women shaped the fight at every turn. They did this in every way imaginable, and while some prospered and thrived when the war came, others faltered and fell. Many American women fought for the patriot cause while almost as many others fought to stop them. The incredible spectrum of female participation in America’s founding conflict defies easy categorization and reminds us that the legacy of the revolution for American women was not simple, single, or remotely cut and dried. This four-part course examines the varied roles of women in the American Revolution. Lecture one explores the life of Jane Mecom, the beloved but beggared sister of Benjamin Franklin whose rollercoaster ride through the American Revolution illuminates the experiences of other women on society’s bottom ranks. Lecture two pushes deep into the war itself to reconstruct the wartime experiences of Deborah Sampson, the 21-year-old weaver who disguised herself as a man to serve 17 distinguished months in George Washington’s Continental Army. Lecture three tells the story of Molly Brant, the Native Mohawk woman who spent the war trying to hold together the fragile military alliance between the Iroquois League and the British Army. Lecture four then follows the story of the American Revolution into the Early Republic, using the life of Maine midwife Martha Ballard to understand how women’s lives changed—and stayed the same—after the patriots won the war.

Part 1. Jane Mecom: This first lecture reconstructs the American Revolution from the perspective of Jane Mecom, the widow of a Boston shopkeeper—and the favorite little sister of Benjamin Franklin. During the war, Jane would be menaced by soldiers and made a refugee. She would lose her home and her possessions. All this was sadly typical for many other poor women brought low by the revolutionary crisis.

Part 2. Deborah Sampson: This second lecture tells the extraordinary story of Deborah Sampson, the young Massachusetts woman who disguised herself as a man named Robert Shurtlieff in order to fight in the Continental Army. It poses some simple questions: Who was she? Why she did she do it? How did she get away with it? And how did her wartime adventures in George Washington’s Army change her life?

Part 3. Molly Brant: This third lecture explores the American Revolution in Indian Country by focusing upon a Native Mohawk known to us as Molly Brant, the widow of a powerful British diplomat. Straddling two worlds – British and Iroquois – Molly spent the war trying to the fill the political vacuum created by her husband’s death and quickly emerged as the most important military and cultural broker in Native America.

Part 4. Martha Ballard: This last lecture tells the story of a Maine midwife named Martha Ballard, a quiet, dutiful wife, a busy mother, and a kind neighbor whose life was lived entirely in some very small towns. For that reason, perhaps, although she lived through many exciting changes in urban women’s sexual and political circumstances, her life seems – on the surface at least – to have been almost untouched by the 18^thcentury gender revolution.

Dr. Richard Bell is Professor of History at the University of Maryland. He holds a PhD from Harvard University and is author of the new book Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing Odyssey Home which is shortlisted for the George Washington Prize and the Harriet Tubman Prize. He has won more than a dozen teaching awards, including the University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, the highest honor for teaching faculty in the Maryland state system. He has held major research fellowships at Yale, Cambridge, and the Library of Congress and is the recipient of the National Endowment of the Humanities Public Scholar award. He serves as a Trustee of the Maryland Center for History and Culture, as an elected member of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, and as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Learn more here.

Please register with an email address to receive an automatic confirmation email containing a link to join the webinar. This email will also include the dial-in information if you wish to participate by phone.

Knot Just Knitters (Online)

Date: 04/07/21
Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: DIY & Crafts
Description:

Ages 11-18 & Adults; 90 min.

Newbery Book Club (Online)

Date: 04/07/21
Time: 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Grades 4-6. Registration required. 60 minutes.

Read Newbery Medal winners, then participate in a virtual group discussion and activity.

Please note that It is the registrant's responsibility to request and read the book before each session.

Books on Tap

Date: 04/07/21
Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Join us as we discuss Miracle Creek by Angie Kim.

Virtual Job Fair: Hospitality to Hospitality Now Hiring Recruitment

Date: 04/08/21
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Business & Finance
Description:

Statewide Hiring Event for Healthcare Positions

Virtual Job Fair: Hospitality to Temp Staffing Opportunities

The schedule of virtual recruitment events:

Thursday, April 8th from 10:00 am - 11:30 am: Hospitality to Hospitality Now Hiring Recruitment

Log in – Navigate to Menu (3 lines at top left side of the screen) – Appointment Center - Events Calendar – Enter Event ID: 87430 - click Filter - select April on the calendar – select this event – Register.

Tuesday, April 13th from 10:00 am - 11:30 am: Hospitality Worker Recruitment in Southern Maryland
Tuesday, April 13th from 10:00 am - 11:30 am: Hospitality Worker Recruitment for Eastern Shore

For registration information on all the sessions, see Attachments. The webinar link and dial-in information will be sent to all registrants 24 hours prior to the event.

LEGO™ Engineering Challenge (Online)

Date: 04/09/21
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5), Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 17 (High School)
Program type: STEM / STEAM
Description:

This class has been prerecorded. You will receive the link to the online class with confirmation of your registration. If you have any follow up questions please email [email protected]

Chemistry in the Library: Reducing Our Footprint with Chemistry Live! (Online)

Date: 04/10/21
Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5), Ages 11-13 (Middle School)
Program type: STEM / STEAM
Description:

Ages 7 & up (7-8 year olds must be accompanied by an adult); 60 min. Registration required.

Baby Games (Online)

Date: 04/12/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool)
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

If you miss this class, past classes are posted on the Howard County Library System YouTube channel Playlists [use link: https://www.youtube.com/user/howardcountylibrary/playlists].

Intermediate Korean (Online)

Date: 04/12/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Space is limited. In partnership with the Korean Education Center in Washington DC.

Virtual Job Fair: Hospitality Worker Recruitment for Eastern Shore

Date: 04/13/21
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Business & Finance
Description:

Statewide Hiring Event for Healthcare Positions

Virtual Job Fair: Hospitality to Temp Staffing Opportunities

The schedule of virtual recruitment events:

Tuesday, April 13th from 10:00 am - 11:30 am: Hospitality Worker Recruitment for Eastern Shore

Registration Link: https://mwejobs.maryland.gov/ Log in – Navigate to Menu (3 lines at top left side of the screen) – Appointment Center - Events Calendar – Enter Event ID: 87515 - click Filter - select April on the calendar – select this event – Register.

The webinar link and dial-in information will be sent to all registrants 24 hours prior to the event.

Virtual Job Fair: Hospitality Worker Recruitment in Southern Maryland

Date: 04/13/21
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Business & Finance
Description:

Statewide Hiring Event for Healthcare Positions

Virtual Job Fair: Hospitality to Temp Staffing Opportunities

The schedule of virtual recruitment events:

Tuesday, April 13th from 10:00 am - 11:30 am: Hospitality Worker Recruitment in Southern Maryland

Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/recruitment-southern-md-tickets-137992997771

Tuesday, April 13th from 10:00 am - 11:30 am: Hospitality Worker Recruitment for Eastern Shore

For registration information on all the sessions, see Attachments. The webinar link and dial-in information will be sent to all registrants 24 hours prior to the event.

At Noon: Poetry Moments - Episode 2 of 4 (Online)

Date: 04/13/21
Time: 12:00pm - 12:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults), All Ages / Families
Program type: Community & Culture
Description:

NATIONAL POETRY MONTH CELEBRATION

Young actors Chania Hudson, Sarah Luckadoo, and Shawn Sebastian Naar from Howard Community College’s Arts Collective will read introductions to the archival video of poets and their work. Poets we'll be hearing from include Lucille Clifton, National Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, Taylor Mali, Jason Reynolds, Sterling A. Brown, Eavan Boland, and Li-Young Lee.

SNAP: Cooking 5 Ways; Canned Beans

Date: 04/13/21
Time: 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Health & Wellness
Description:

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

The following topics will be covered in the upcoming series on 2nd Tuesdays of every month from 2:00 to 2:30 pm.

January 12th, 2021 - Oats

February 9th, 2021 - Canned tomatoes

March 9th, 2021 - Canned chicken and fish

April 13th, 2021 - Canned beans

May 11th, 2021 - Rice

June 8th, 2021 - Peanut butter

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation with a link to join the class/event.

This material was funded by USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - SNAP in cooperation with Maryland’s Department of Human Services and University of Maryland Extension. This institution is an equal opportunity provider. For more information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CROhz40L4i-MXAM7bKUP9oC3u33fubW_/view

Black-eyed Susan Picture Book Club (Online)

Date: 04/13/21
Time: 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

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.

Eclectic Evenings Online

Date: 04/13/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

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

2nd Tuesdays, 7-8pm

Join for an online discussion of the following title:

April 13: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Availability of physical copies is not guaranteed.

For additional assistance in obtaining this title, please email [email protected]

Preschool Parade (Online)

Date: 04/14/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5)
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

If you miss this class, past classes are posted on the Howard County Library System YouTube channel Playlists.

Women & the American Revolution (Part 2 of 4) (Online)

Date: 04/14/21
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:

The revolutionary war was fought on battlefields, in forests, and on the homefront—and the contributions of American women shaped the fight at every turn. They did this in every way imaginable, and while some prospered and thrived when the war came, others faltered and fell. Many American women fought for the patriot cause while almost as many others fought to stop them. The incredible spectrum of female participation in America’s founding conflict defies easy categorization and reminds us that the legacy of the revolution for American women was not simple, single, or remotely cut and dried. This four-part course examines the varied roles of women in the American Revolution. Lecture one explores the life of Jane Mecom, the beloved but beggared sister of Benjamin Franklin whose rollercoaster ride through the American Revolution illuminates the experiences of other women on society’s bottom ranks. Lecture two pushes deep into the war itself to reconstruct the wartime experiences of Deborah Sampson, the 21-year-old weaver who disguised herself as a man to serve 17 distinguished months in George Washington’s Continental Army. Lecture three tells the story of Molly Brant, the Native Mohawk woman who spent the war trying to hold together the fragile military alliance between the Iroquois League and the British Army. Lecture four then follows the story of the American Revolution into the Early Republic, using the life of Maine midwife Martha Ballard to understand how women’s lives changed—and stayed the same—after the patriots won the war.

Part 1. Jane Mecom: This first lecture reconstructs the American Revolution from the perspective of Jane Mecom, the widow of a Boston shopkeeper—and the favorite little sister of Benjamin Franklin. During the war, Jane would be menaced by soldiers and made a refugee. She would lose her home and her possessions. All this was sadly typical for many other poor women brought low by the revolutionary crisis.

Part 2. Deborah Sampson: This second lecture tells the extraordinary story of Deborah Sampson, the young Massachusetts woman who disguised herself as a man named Robert Shurtlieff in order to fight in the Continental Army. It poses some simple questions: Who was she? Why she did she do it? How did she get away with it? And how did her wartime adventures in George Washington’s Army change her life?

Part 3. Molly Brant: This third lecture explores the American Revolution in Indian Country by focusing upon a Native Mohawk known to us as Molly Brant, the widow of a powerful British diplomat. Straddling two worlds – British and Iroquois – Molly spent the war trying to the fill the political vacuum created by her husband’s death and quickly emerged as the most important military and cultural broker in Native America.

Part 4. Martha Ballard: This last lecture tells the story of a Maine midwife named Martha Ballard, a quiet, dutiful wife, a busy mother, and a kind neighbor whose life was lived entirely in some very small towns. For that reason, perhaps, although she lived through many exciting changes in urban women’s sexual and political circumstances, her life seems – on the surface at least – to have been almost untouched by the 18^thcentury gender revolution.

Dr. Richard Bell is Professor of History at the University of Maryland. He holds a PhD from Harvard University and is author of the new book Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing Odyssey Home which is shortlisted for the George Washington Prize and the Harriet Tubman Prize. He has won more than a dozen teaching awards, including the University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, the highest honor for teaching faculty in the Maryland state system. He has held major research fellowships at Yale, Cambridge, and the Library of Congress and is the recipient of the National Endowment of the Humanities Public Scholar award. He serves as a Trustee of the Maryland Center for History and Culture, as an elected member of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, and as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Learn more here.

Please register with an email address to receive an automatic confirmation email containing a link to join the webinar. This email will also include the dial-in information if you wish to participate by phone.

Teen Advisory Board (Online)

Date: 04/14/21
Time: 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 17 (High School)
Program type: Fun & Games!
Description:

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.

Habla Conmigo Condado de Howard (Virtual o en línea)

Date: 04/14/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

Para madres, padres y cuidadores de bebés y niños pequeños hasta la edad de tres años y para padres que tendrán un bebé pronto.

Habla Conmigo * Condado de Howard, es una iniciativa comunitaria en consorcio con el Sistema de Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Howard. El programa tiene como objetivo el ayudar a padres y cuidadores a comprender la importancia que tienen las interaciones con los bebés y niños pequeños desde los primeros momentos de vida para construir las bases del aprendizaje temprano. Este desarrollo tiene lugar durante interacciones de ida y vuelta con los niños desde los primeros momentos de vida. Aprenda a cómo integrar estas interacciones en su rutina diaria.

**Por favor, regístrese con una dirección de correo electrónico para recibir confirmación inmediata de su registro y el enlace para entrar a la clase. Este mensaje de correo electrónico también tendrá el número para marcar en caso de que usted quisiera participar por teléfono.

Mystery Book Club

Date: 04/14/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Read and discuss a wide array of mystery novels.

2nd Wednesdays; 7-8pm.

Join for an online discussion of the following titles:

March 10 - Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman

April 14 - Nothing Ventured by Jeffrey Archer

May 12 - The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager

Availability of physical copies is not guaranteed.

Noontime Books (Online)

Date: 04/15/21
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Join for an online discussion of the following titles:

August 20: Emma by Jane Austen

September 17: Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok

October 15: This Tender Land by William Kent Kruger

Family Time Live! (Online)

Date: 04/15/21
Time: 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), All Ages / Families
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

Black-eyed Susan Book Club (Grades 6-8)

Date: 04/15/21
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 11-13 (Middle School)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Book Corner

Date: 04/16/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:45am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Join us in our Book Corner every 3rd Friday of each month to talk about our favorite subject – books!

Virtual ZOOmobile LIVE: Fur, Feathers, & Scales (online)

Date: 04/17/21
Time: 1:30pm - 2:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5), All Ages / Families
Program type: STEM / STEAM
Description:

Ages 5-10 and family. 30 minutes. Registration required.

Fur, Feathers, & Scales

Let's discuss the differences between birds, mammals and reptiles.

If the Maryland Zoo closes due to inclement weather, the class will be cancelled and rescheduled for a later date. Please take a look at other sessions throughout the month.

Beyond the Statements: Leading Racial Equity in Humanities Organizations with Tonya Aikens (Online)

Date: 04/19/21
Time: 10:00am - 11:00am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Community & Culture
Description:

At a time when many organizations have put out public statements in support of Black Lives Matter and in opposition to White supremacy, dismantling our organizational inequities remains an elusive next step. Maryland Humanities invites you to join us for a speaker series focused on operationalizing racial equity work in the humanities field. Leaders from Maryland will speak to the efforts they have led in their respective organizations. Topics covered will include incorporating racial equity into hiring, where to start when leading an organization, and leading the work within a university setting.

Join Tonya Aikens, President & CEO of Howard County Library System, with moderator Alicia McLeod, Executive Director of Challenging Racism and Maryland Humanities Board Member.

Click here to register.

Presented by Maryland Humanities.

Baby Games (Online)

Date: 04/19/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool)
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

If you miss this class, past classes are posted on the Howard County Library System YouTube channel Playlists [use link: https://www.youtube.com/user/howardcountylibrary/playlists].

Creative Visualizations: Calm Space Meditation (Online)

Date: 04/19/21
Time: 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Health & Wellness
Description:

Click on a title below to register for the next class in this series:

Gratitude Meditation (May 17th)

Intermediate Korean (Online)

Date: 04/19/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Space is limited. In partnership with the Korean Education Center in Washington DC.

At Noon: Poetry Moments - Episode 3 of 4 (Online)

Date: 04/20/21
Time: 12:00pm - 12:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults), All Ages / Families
Program type: Community & Culture
Description:

NATIONAL POETRY MONTH CELEBRATION

Young actors Chania Hudson, Sarah Luckadoo, and Shawn Sebastian Naar from Howard Community College’s Arts Collective will read introductions to the archival video of poets and their work. Poets we'll be hearing from include Lucille Clifton, National Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, Taylor Mali, Jason Reynolds, Sterling A. Brown, Eavan Boland, and Li-Young Lee.

Virtual Conservation Conversation with The Maryland Zoo: Polar Bears

Date: 04/20/21
Time: 3:30pm - 4:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: STEM / STEAM
Description:

Join us for a for a live, interactive virtual presentation with The Maryland Zoo! During this 30-minute presentation, teens and adults will learn about one of the Zoo's Signature Animal Programs (SAPs) - Polar Bears. Discover how The Maryland Zoo ties exceptional in-house husbandry, medical care, research, and education programs to conservation action in the field. This program is made possible thanks to generous support from the Howard County Arts Council.

STEAM Powered Book Club (Online)

Date: 04/20/21
Time: 4:30pm - 5:15pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Ages 7-9. 45 minutes. Registration required.

Read Stink and the Freaky Frog Freakout by Megan McDonald before the meeting. Join our zoom discussion about the book, then participate in a related STEAM activity.

Warning Graphic Content

Date: 04/20/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

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

Apr 20 Nailbiter Volumes 1&2 Joshua Williamson and Mike Henderson

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation. You will receive the link to the online class in the confirmation email. This email will also contain as the dial-in information if you wish to participate by telephone.

Availability of physical copies is not guaranteed.

Preschool Parade (Online)

Date: 04/21/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), All Ages / Families
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

If you miss this class, past classes are posted on the Howard County Library System YouTube channel Playlists [use link: https://www.youtube.com/user/howardcountylibrary/playlists].

Women & the American Revolution (Part 3 of 4) (Online)

Date: 04/21/21
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:

The revolutionary war was fought on battlefields, in forests, and on the homefront—and the contributions of American women shaped the fight at every turn. They did this in every way imaginable, and while some prospered and thrived when the war came, others faltered and fell. Many American women fought for the patriot cause while almost as many others fought to stop them. The incredible spectrum of female participation in America’s founding conflict defies easy categorization and reminds us that the legacy of the revolution for American women was not simple, single, or remotely cut and dried. This four-part course examines the varied roles of women in the American Revolution. Lecture one explores the life of Jane Mecom, the beloved but beggared sister of Benjamin Franklin whose rollercoaster ride through the American Revolution illuminates the experiences of other women on society’s bottom ranks. Lecture two pushes deep into the war itself to reconstruct the wartime experiences of Deborah Sampson, the 21-year-old weaver who disguised herself as a man to serve 17 distinguished months in George Washington’s Continental Army. Lecture three tells the story of Molly Brant, the Native Mohawk woman who spent the war trying to hold together the fragile military alliance between the Iroquois League and the British Army. Lecture four then follows the story of the American Revolution into the Early Republic, using the life of Maine midwife Martha Ballard to understand how women’s lives changed—and stayed the same—after the patriots won the war.

Part 1. Jane Mecom: This first lecture reconstructs the American Revolution from the perspective of Jane Mecom, the widow of a Boston shopkeeper—and the favorite little sister of Benjamin Franklin. During the war, Jane would be menaced by soldiers and made a refugee. She would lose her home and her possessions. All this was sadly typical for many other poor women brought low by the revolutionary crisis.

Part 2. Deborah Sampson: This second lecture tells the extraordinary story of Deborah Sampson, the young Massachusetts woman who disguised herself as a man named Robert Shurtlieff in order to fight in the Continental Army. It poses some simple questions: Who was she? Why she did she do it? How did she get away with it? And how did her wartime adventures in George Washington’s Army change her life?

Part 3. Molly Brant: This third lecture explores the American Revolution in Indian Country by focusing upon a Native Mohawk known to us as Molly Brant, the widow of a powerful British diplomat. Straddling two worlds – British and Iroquois – Molly spent the war trying to the fill the political vacuum created by her husband’s death and quickly emerged as the most important military and cultural broker in Native America.

Part 4. Martha Ballard: This last lecture tells the story of a Maine midwife named Martha Ballard, a quiet, dutiful wife, a busy mother, and a kind neighbor whose life was lived entirely in some very small towns. For that reason, perhaps, although she lived through many exciting changes in urban women’s sexual and political circumstances, her life seems – on the surface at least – to have been almost untouched by the 18^thcentury gender revolution.

Dr. Richard Bell is Professor of History at the University of Maryland. He holds a PhD from Harvard University and is author of the new book Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing Odyssey Home which is shortlisted for the George Washington Prize and the Harriet Tubman Prize. He has won more than a dozen teaching awards, including the University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, the highest honor for teaching faculty in the Maryland state system. He has held major research fellowships at Yale, Cambridge, and the Library of Congress and is the recipient of the National Endowment of the Humanities Public Scholar award. He serves as a Trustee of the Maryland Center for History and Culture, as an elected member of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, and as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Learn more here.

Please register with an email address to receive an automatic confirmation email containing a link to join the webinar. This email will also include the dial-in information if you wish to participate by phone.

Writers' Guild (Online)

Date: 04/21/21
Time: 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School)
Program type: Writing
Description:

Ages 14-18, 60 min.

Black-eyed Susan Book Club Grades 4-6 (Online)

Date: 04/21/21
Time: 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Grades 4-6. Registration required. 60 minutes.

Nonfiction Book Club (Online)

Date: 04/21/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

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

Jan 20 - The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Stephen Brusatte
Feb 17 - The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Mar 17 - The Chosen Wars: How Judaism became an American Religion by Steven Weisman
Apr 21 - The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O'Meara
May 19 - Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man by Thomas McBee

Picture Book Pals Live: Surprises! (Online)

Date: 04/22/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), All Ages / Families
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

Ages 0-5, families. 20-30 min. Develop school readiness skills through stories, songs, fingerplays and rhymes.

Family Time Live! (Online)

Date: 04/22/21
Time: 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), All Ages / Families
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

Virtual ZOOmobile LIVE: Sensory Safari (online)

Date: 04/23/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), All Ages / Families
Program type: STEM / STEAM
Description:

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

Sensory Safari

If the Maryland Zoo closes due to inclement weather, the class will be cancelled and rescheduled for a later date. Please take a look at other sessions throughout the month.

LEGO™ Engineering Challenge (Online)

Date: 04/23/21
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5), Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 17 (High School)
Program type: STEM / STEAM
Description:

This class has been prerecorded. You will receive the link to the online class with confirmation of your registration. If you have any follow up questions please email [email protected]

Baby Games (Online)

Date: 04/26/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool)
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

If you miss this class, past classes are posted on the Howard County Library System YouTube channel Playlists [use link: https://www.youtube.com/user/howardcountylibrary/playlists].

Intermediate Korean (Online)

Date: 04/26/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Space is limited. In partnership with the Korean Education Center in Washington DC.

At Noon: Poetry Moments - Episode 4 of 4 (Online)

Date: 04/27/21
Time: 12:00pm - 12:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults), All Ages / Families
Program type: Community & Culture
Description:

NATIONAL POETRY MONTH CELEBRATION

Young actors Chania Hudson, Sarah Luckadoo, and Shawn Sebastian Naar from Howard Community College’s Arts Collective will read introductions to the archival video of poets and their work. Poets we'll be hearing from include Lucille Clifton, National Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, Taylor Mali, Jason Reynolds, Sterling A. Brown, Eavan Boland, and Li-Young Lee.

Business Roundtable

Date: 04/27/21
Time: 7:00pm - 7:45pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Community & Culture
Description:

In partnership with Ujamaa Business Roundtable, a roundtable of African-American business owners from the counties of Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's, Baltimore and Baltimore City.

The featured guest of Business Roundtable for the month of April will be announced before the event..

Preschool Parade (Online)

Date: 04/28/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5)
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

If you miss this class, past classes are posted on the Howard County Library System YouTube channel Playlists.

Women & the American Revolution (Part 4 of 4) (Online)

Date: 04/28/21
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:

The revolutionary war was fought on battlefields, in forests, and on the homefront—and the contributions of American women shaped the fight at every turn. They did this in every way imaginable, and while some prospered and thrived when the war came, others faltered and fell. Many American women fought for the patriot cause while almost as many others fought to stop them. The incredible spectrum of female participation in America’s founding conflict defies easy categorization and reminds us that the legacy of the revolution for American women was not simple, single, or remotely cut and dried. This four-part course examines the varied roles of women in the American Revolution. Lecture one explores the life of Jane Mecom, the beloved but beggared sister of Benjamin Franklin whose rollercoaster ride through the American Revolution illuminates the experiences of other women on society’s bottom ranks. Lecture two pushes deep into the war itself to reconstruct the wartime experiences of Deborah Sampson, the 21-year-old weaver who disguised herself as a man to serve 17 distinguished months in George Washington’s Continental Army. Lecture three tells the story of Molly Brant, the Native Mohawk woman who spent the war trying to hold together the fragile military alliance between the Iroquois League and the British Army. Lecture four then follows the story of the American Revolution into the Early Republic, using the life of Maine midwife Martha Ballard to understand how women’s lives changed—and stayed the same—after the patriots won the war.

Part 1. Jane Mecom: This first lecture reconstructs the American Revolution from the perspective of Jane Mecom, the widow of a Boston shopkeeper—and the favorite little sister of Benjamin Franklin. During the war, Jane would be menaced by soldiers and made a refugee. She would lose her home and her possessions. All this was sadly typical for many other poor women brought low by the revolutionary crisis.

Part 2. Deborah Sampson: This second lecture tells the extraordinary story of Deborah Sampson, the young Massachusetts woman who disguised herself as a man named Robert Shurtlieff in order to fight in the Continental Army. It poses some simple questions: Who was she? Why she did she do it? How did she get away with it? And how did her wartime adventures in George Washington’s Army change her life?

Part 3. Molly Brant: This third lecture explores the American Revolution in Indian Country by focusing upon a Native Mohawk known to us as Molly Brant, the widow of a powerful British diplomat. Straddling two worlds – British and Iroquois – Molly spent the war trying to the fill the political vacuum created by her husband’s death and quickly emerged as the most important military and cultural broker in Native America.

Part 4. Martha Ballard: This last lecture tells the story of a Maine midwife named Martha Ballard, a quiet, dutiful wife, a busy mother, and a kind neighbor whose life was lived entirely in some very small towns. For that reason, perhaps, although she lived through many exciting changes in urban women’s sexual and political circumstances, her life seems – on the surface at least – to have been almost untouched by the 18^thcentury gender revolution.

Dr. Richard Bell is Professor of History at the University of Maryland. He holds a PhD from Harvard University and is author of the new book Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing Odyssey Home which is shortlisted for the George Washington Prize and the Harriet Tubman Prize. He has won more than a dozen teaching awards, including the University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, the highest honor for teaching faculty in the Maryland state system. He has held major research fellowships at Yale, Cambridge, and the Library of Congress and is the recipient of the National Endowment of the Humanities Public Scholar award. He serves as a Trustee of the Maryland Center for History and Culture, as an elected member of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, and as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Learn more here.

Please register with an email address to receive an automatic confirmation email containing a link to join the webinar. This email will also include the dial-in information if you wish to participate by phone.

Romantic Reads (Online)

Date: 04/28/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Love to read romance novels? Do you need an escape from reality? Join the new Romantic Reads Book Discussion!

Discuss your favorite romance author and book or series with other fellow romance readers. You will "zoom" away with new authors and books to add to your wish list of books to read!

For this session, we will be focusing on books by the author Rachel Gibson. At your convenience, please read any book by Rachel Gibson

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation. You will receive the link to the online class in the confirmation email.This email will also contain the dial-in information if you wish to participate by telephone.

Speakeasy Book Discussion (Online)

Date: 04/28/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Family Time Live! (Online)

Date: 04/29/21
Time: 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), All Ages / Families
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:

STEAM Train Stories: The Little Red Hen (Online)

Date: 04/30/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), All Ages / Families
Program type: STEM / STEAM
Description:

STEAM Train Stories: The Little Red Hen

Families, ages 2-5 20 min.

All Aboard! Take a ride on the steam train and enjoy some early literacy fun! Then, watch The Little Red Hen Tale and enjoy the STEAM activity: baking bread. [This class has been prerecorded.]

If you miss this class, past classes are posted on the Howard County Library System YouTube channel Playlists.

Intermediate Korean (Online)

Date: 05/03/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Space is limited. In partnership with the Korean Education Center in Washington DC.

Federal Employment (Understanding the Process & How to Apply) (Online)

Date: 05/04/21
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: College & Career
Description:

This workshop will provide an overview of the federal employment process, tips and resources for the application process. Yolanda Rayford, Senior Career Coach with Easterseals Veteran Staffing Network will lead this class.

Topics Include:

Do you know how to apply for a federal job?

Do you understand hiring preferences that exist for federal employment?

How do I know if I am qualified?

How long does it take to get a federal job?

What are the resources for federal employment i.e. websites, books, tutorials?

This event is open to the community, and to transitioning military service members, veterans and spouses.

Veterans Book Group 2021 (Online)

Date: 05/04/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Special Guest: Author Sergeant Carmelo Rodriguez will join the Veterans Book Group as they discuss his book on March 2.

Participants are encouraged to attend all sessions. Registration is open to Veterans/ active duty only, please. All reading materials are provided. Space is limited.

1st Tuesdays February 2 - June 1 from 7 - 8:30 pm

Veterans Book Group is coordinated statewide by Maryland Humanities

Reading Selections:

February 2: Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

March 2: Dead Soldier-The Story of the Living: Memoir Sergeant Carmelo Rodriguez by Carmelo Rodriguez

April 6: Code Talker-The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII by Chester Nez and Judith Schiess Avila

May 4: Ashley's War by Gayle Lemmon

June 1: On Desperate Ground by Hampton Sides

For any questions, please email [email protected]

Knot Just Knitters (Online)

Date: 05/05/21
Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: DIY & Crafts
Description:

Ages 11-18 & Adults; 90 min.

Hooking Your Reader: Writing A Killer First Line (Online)

Date: 05/05/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Writing
Description:

Most editors of both magazines and presses will say that they read the first, last and middle page of a story before deciding if they want to read more. Potential readers are even less forgiving. When I pick up a new book, if the first line doesn’t hook me, I probably won’t continue reading. So how do we snag our readers and make them want to read more? In this workshop, we’ll look at examples of powerful first lines and discuss strategies for selecting a powerful first line. Feel free to bring the first line of your story or novel for a mini first-line “workshop.”

Meg Eden is a 2020 Pitch Wars mentee, and her work is published or forthcoming in magazines including Prairie Schooner, Poetry Northwest, Crab Orchard Review, RHINO and CV2. She teaches creative writing at Anne Arundel Community College. She is the author of five poetry chapbooks, the novel "Post-High School Reality Quest” (2017), and the poetry collection “Drowning in the Floating World” (2020). She runs the Magfest MAGES Library blog, which posts accessible academic articles about video games (https://super.magfest.org/mages-blog). Find her online at www.megedenbooks.com or on Twitter at @ConfusedNarwhal.

What We Can Learn from Anne Frank, Her Life and Surprising Legacy

Date: 05/06/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:

This talk provides a unique insight into the life and times of Anne Frank. While building the Anne Frank Trust, Gillian has been privileged to meet some of those who knew Anne Frank and who have quietly shared their personal memories with her, as well as many Holocaust survivors who had parallel experiences to those of Anne Frank, some of whom were with her in the concentration camps.

Gillian takes the story of Anne’s life through her family background in Frankfurt, their flight to Amsterdam, Anne’s emerging personality as a popular and irreverent school girl, her desperation in hiding (as described by the family’s courageous helper Miep Gies), her physical and emotional transition into an adolescent and her developing moral framework, which has proved to be an inspirational to millions. Gillian will describe Anne’s tragic and poignant last days, including from first hand witnesses.

This talk also discusses the effect of learning about Anne Frank on millions of people around the world, some in desperate and difficult situations. It contextualises the Anne Frank educational projects against the background of world history over the past 30 years and explains the impact she has had in some of the world’s most turbulent and violent regions.

Gillian will also talk about some of the remarkable people who have been involved in her work, including Nelson Mandela and Audrey Hepburn, and describes the unforgettable night she spent attending the 1996 Academy Awards in Hollywood together with Miep Gies, the courageous helper of the Frank family in hiding.

Gillian Walnes Perry's popular book 'The Legacy of Anne Frank' is available to borrow at HCLS, or for purchase through Books With A Past.

Gillian Walnes Perry was the Co-founder and Executive Director of the Anne Frank Trust UK. The Trust was set up in 1990, along with family and friends of Mr Otto Frank. When Gillian retired in 2016 the Trust had a staff of 35, taking educational programmes to combat prejudice and discrimination to schools, prisons and communities in all parts of the UK.

Gillian now lectures on the life and legacy of Anne Frank, as well as other social history topics, in the UK, the US and other parts of the world as well as on international cruise ships. She also acts as an ambassador and advisor to the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect in the USA. She has spoken at the United Nations in New York, 10 Downing Street and most recently the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock Arkansas. Her first book, ‘The Legacy of Anne Frank’ was published in 2018.

In 2010 Gillian was awarded an MBE (Membership of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) by Her Majesty The Queen for her work in education.

LEGO™ Engineering Challenge (Online)

Date: 05/07/21
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5), Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 17 (High School)
Program type: STEM / STEAM
Description:

This class has been prerecorded. You will receive the link to the online class with confirmation of your registration. If you have any follow up questions please email [email protected]

Intermediate Korean (Online)

Date: 05/10/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Space is limited. In partnership with the Korean Education Center in Washington DC.

SNAP: Cooking 5 Ways; Rice

Date: 05/11/21
Time: 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Health & Wellness
Description:

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

The following topics will be covered in the upcoming series on 2nd Tuesdays of every month from 2:00 to 2:30 pm.

January 12th, 2021 - Oats

February 9th, 2021 - Canned tomatoes

March 9th, 2021 - Canned chicken and fish

April 13th, 2021 - Canned beans

May 11th, 2021 - Rice

June 8th, 2021 - Peanut butter

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation with a link to join the class/event.

This material was funded by USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - SNAP in cooperation with Maryland’s Department of Human Services and University of Maryland Extension. This institution is an equal opportunity provider. For more information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CROhz40L4i-MXAM7bKUP9oC3u33fubW_/view

Eclectic Evenings Online

Date: 05/11/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

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

2nd Tuesdays, 7-8pm

Join for an online discussion of the following title:

May 11: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Availability of physical copies is not guaranteed.

For additional assistance in obtaining this title, please email [email protected]

Teen Advisory Board (Online)

Date: 05/12/21
Time: 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 17 (High School)
Program type: Fun & Games!
Description:

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.

Mystery Book Club

Date: 05/12/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Read and discuss a wide array of mystery novels.

2nd Wednesdays; 7-8pm.

Join for an online discussion of the following titles:

March 10 - Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman

April 14 - Nothing Ventured by Jeffrey Archer

May 12 - The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager

Availability of physical copies is not guaranteed.

Build an Author Website (Online)

Date: 05/15/21
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Writing
Description:

In this workshop, Meg Eden will discuss the importance and function of having an author website, and will walk through the basics of creating a website on Squarespace. We will also briefly discuss blogs and creating a free website through Wordpress. There will be hands-on opportunities to follow along and do exercises in Squarespace.

Intermediate Korean (Online)

Date: 05/17/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Space is limited. In partnership with the Korean Education Center in Washington DC.

Warning Graphic Content

Date: 05/18/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

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

May 18 Moon Knight Volumes 1&2 Jeff Lemire, Greg Smallwood

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation. You will receive the link to the online class in the confirmation email. This email will also contain as the dial-in information if you wish to participate by telephone.

Availability of physical copies is not guaranteed.

Writers' Guild (Online)

Date: 05/19/21
Time: 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School)
Program type: Writing
Description:

Ages 14-18, 60 min.

Black-Eyed Susan (BES) 2020/2021 Grade 4-6 Wrap Up Meeting

Date: 05/19/21
Time: 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5), Ages 11-13 (Middle School)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Discussions about state award nominees. Vote for a winner.

Nonfiction Book Club (Online)

Date: 05/19/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

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

Jan 20 - The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Stephen Brusatte
Feb 17 - The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Mar 17 - The Chosen Wars: How Judaism became an American Religion by Steven Weisman
Apr 21 - The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O'Meara
May 19 - Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man by Thomas McBee

Book Corner

Date: 05/21/21
Time: 11:00am - 11:45am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Join us in our Book Corner every 3rd Friday of each month to talk about our favorite subject – books!

LEGO™ Engineering Challenge (Online)

Date: 05/21/21
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5), Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 17 (High School)
Program type: STEM / STEAM
Description:

This class has been prerecorded. You will receive the link to the online class with confirmation of your registration. If you have any follow up questions please email [email protected]

Intermediate Korean (Online)

Date: 05/24/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:

Space is limited. In partnership with the Korean Education Center in Washington DC.

Emotional Intelligence in the Job Search (Online)

Date: 05/25/21
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: College & Career
Description:

Yolanda Rayford, Senior Career Coach, Easterseals Veteran Staffing Network will discuss the importance of Emotional Intelligence as you search for your dream job.

Topics include:

What is emotional intelligence?

Why is emotional intelligence important in the job search?

Why are employers gauging your emotional intelligence?

How can I become self-aware and understand my own emotional intelligence?

This event is open to the community, and to transitioning military service members, veterans and spouses.

Business Roundtable

Date: 05/25/21
Time: 7:00pm - 7:45pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Community & Culture
Description:

In partnership with Ujamaa Business Roundtable, a roundtable of African-American business owners from the counties of Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's, Baltimore and Baltimore City.

The featured guest of Business Roundtable for the month of May will be announced before the event.

Learn to Podcast with HoCoCast (Online)

Date: 05/26/21
Time: 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 17 (High School)
Program type: Community & Culture
Description:

Ages 11-18, 60 min.

Curious about podcasting? Join us each month to learn the basics and work on upcoming episodes of HoCoCast, the library's teen produced podcast. No experience necessary.

Romantic Reads (Online)

Date: 05/26/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Love to read romance novels? Do you need an escape from reality? Join the new Romantic Reads Book Discussion!

Discuss your favorite romance author and book or series with other fellow romance readers. You will "zoom" away with new authors and books to add to your wish list of books to read!

For this session, we will be focusing on books by the author Lynsay Sands. At your convenience, please read any book by Lynsay Sands

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation. You will receive the link to the online class in the confirmation email.This email will also contain the dial-in information if you wish to participate by telephone.

Speakeasy Book Discussion (Online)

Date: 05/26/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Library Closed - Memorial Day

Date: 05/30/21
Time: 12:00am - 12:00am
Branch: Central Branch
Age group:
Description:

All branches will be closed Sunday, May 30 and Monday, May 31 for the Memorial Day Holiday

Library Closed - Memorial Day

Date: 05/31/21
Time: 12:00am - 12:00am
Branch: Central Branch
Age group:
Description:

All branches will be closed Sunday, May 30 and Monday, May 31 for the Memorial Day Holiday

Veterans Book Group 2021 (Online)

Date: 06/01/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

Special Guest: Author Sergeant Carmelo Rodriguez will join the Veterans Book Group as they discuss his book on March 2.

Participants are encouraged to attend all sessions. Registration is open to Veterans/ active duty only, please. All reading materials are provided. Space is limited.

1st Tuesdays February 2 - June 1 from 7 - 8:30 pm

Veterans Book Group is coordinated statewide by Maryland Humanities

Reading Selections:

February 2: Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

March 2: Dead Soldier-The Story of the Living: Memoir Sergeant Carmelo Rodriguez by Carmelo Rodriguez

April 6: Code Talker-The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII by Chester Nez and Judith Schiess Avila

May 4: Ashley's War by Gayle Lemmon

June 1: On Desperate Ground by Hampton Sides

For any questions, please email [email protected]

Knot Just Knitters (Online)

Date: 06/02/21
Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: DIY & Crafts
Description:

Ages 11-18 & Adults; 90 min.

SNAP: Cooking 5 Ways; Peanut Butter

Date: 06/08/21
Time: 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Health & Wellness
Description:

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

The following topics will be covered in the upcoming series on 2nd Tuesdays of every month from 2:00 to 2:30 pm.

January 12th, 2021 - Oats

February 9th, 2021 - Canned tomatoes

March 9th, 2021 - Canned chicken and fish

April 13th, 2021 - Canned beans

May 11th, 2021 - Rice

June 8th, 2021 - Peanut butter

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation with a link to join the class/event.

This material was funded by USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - SNAP in cooperation with Maryland’s Department of Human Services and University of Maryland Extension. This institution is an equal opportunity provider. For more information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CROhz40L4i-MXAM7bKUP9oC3u33fubW_/view

Teen Advisory Board (Online)

Date: 06/09/21
Time: 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 17 (High School)
Program type: Fun & Games!
Description:

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.

Nonfiction Book Club (Online)

Date: 06/16/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

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

Jan 20 - The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Stephen Brusatte
Feb 17 - The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Mar 17 - The Chosen Wars: How Judaism became an American Religion by Steven Weisman
Apr 21 - The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O'Meara
May 19 - Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man by Thomas McBee

Show Don’t Tell: Learning to Write from Video Games (online)

Date: 06/21/21
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Writing
Description:

The popular saying goes: “A picture’s worth a thousand words.” With the rapid developments in technology, our storytelling is changing to not just be on the page, but through movies, television, and video games--highly visual mediums. Through the power of images, we can convey a whole story in a short space. Games like Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and Gone Home use environmental storytelling to give us pieces of characters’ lives. In this workshop, we’ll discuss examples of games that tell stories through objects, and go into our own writing exercises inspired by video games.

Nonfiction Book Club (Online)

Date: 07/21/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

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

Jan 20 - The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Stephen Brusatte
Feb 17 - The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Mar 17 - The Chosen Wars: How Judaism became an American Religion by Steven Weisman
Apr 21 - The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O'Meara
May 19 - Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man by Thomas McBee

Nonfiction Book Club (Online)

Date: 08/18/21
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:

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

Jan 20 - The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Stephen Brusatte
Feb 17 - The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Mar 17 - The Chosen Wars: How Judaism became an American Religion by Steven Weisman
Apr 21 - The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O'Meara
May 19 - Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man by Thomas McBee

Discover the great classes happening at HCLS when school is out.

There are 334 upcoming classes.

Black Men in White Coats - On Demand Film Screening

Watch and then discuss Black Men in White Coats, a new documentary from Dr. Dale Okorodudu. This film is available ON-DEMAND between February 26 and 6 p.m. on March 2.

Black Men in White Coats - On Demand Film Screening

Watch and then discuss Black Men in White Coats, a new documentary from Dr. Dale Okorodudu. This film is available ON-DEMAND between February 26 and 6 p.m. on March 2.

English Conversation Class-Adult (Online)

English for Life & Work Advanced Level - Adult (Online)

Baby Games (Online)

Write Now!

Films that Connect Us (Online)

Global Reads (Online)

Intermediate Korean (Online)

ESL Level 1 - Adult (Online)

ESL Level 2 - Adult (Online)

ESL Level 3 - Adult (Online)

Pronunciation for English Language Speakers - Adult (Online)

Baby Time @ Oakland Mills Online

Preschool Circle Time @ Oakland Mills Online

Black Men in White Coats - On Demand Film Screening

Watch and then discuss Black Men in White Coats, a new documentary from Dr. Dale Okorodudu. This film is available ON-DEMAND between February 26 and 6 p.m. on March 2.

Career Exploration for Vision Technician - Adult (Online)

Reading, Writing & Grammar - Adult (Online)

Preschool Circle Time @ Oakland Mills Online

HCLS Trivia: Tuesday (Online)

Read Across America Day LIVE! (Online)

Read Across America Day LIVE! (Online)

Legally Queer: A Landscape of Legal Protections at the State and Federal Levels for LGBTQ+ People

Veterans Book Group 2021 (Online)

ESL Level 4 - Adult (Online)

ESL Level 5 - Adult (Online)

ESL Level 6 - Adult (Online)

U.S. Citizenship - Adult (Online)

American English Pronunciation

Career Exploration for Certified Nursing Assistant - Adult (Online)

Preschool Parade (Online)

Be the Driver that Saves Lives: Teen Driving Safety (Online)

Knot Just Knitters (Online)

Fun With Spanish @ Oakland Mills Online

Teen Trivia! (online)

Newbery Book Club (Online)

Books on Tap

ESL Level 1 - Adult (Online)

ESL Level 2 - Adult (Online)

ESL Level 3 - Adult (Online)

Reading & Speaking - Adult (Online)

English For the Workplace

Speaking & Listening - Adult (Online)

Healthy Cents: What is Healthy Food & How Can I Afford It? (Online)

Howard Community College Presents the Bauder Lecture - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah & “Friday Black” (Online)

LEGO Live! (Online)

HCLS Trivia Thursday! (Online)

Black Men in White Coats - Film Discussion (Online)

Watch the film and then join moderator Kelsey Bush as he discusses the documentary Black Men in White Coats with special guests Dr. Emmanuel Atiemo, MD and Dr. Chile Ahaghotu, MD, MBA, MHL, FACS.

ESL Level 4 - Adult (Online)

ESL Level 5 - Adult (Online)

ESL Level 6 - Adult (Online)

Preparation For The New US Citizenship Test

Parent Conversation Class - Adult (Online)

Virtual ZOOmobile LIVE: ABC Mystery (online)

Family Time (online)

Black Fiction Book Club

English Conversation Class-Adult (Online)

English for Life & Work Advanced Level - Adult (Online)

Baby Games (Online)

Write Now!

Films that Connect Us (Online)

Paragraph Pals: Stealing the Sword (Online)

Family Fun Bookclub @ Oakland Mills Online

Good Reads Book Discussion

Intermediate Korean (Online)

ESL Level 1 - Adult (Online)

ESL Level 2 - Adult (Online)

ESL Level 3 - Adult (Online)

Pronunciation for English Language Speakers - Adult (Online)

Baby Time @ Oakland Mills Online

Preschool Circle Time @ Oakland Mills Online

Career Exploration for Vision Technician - Adult (Online)

Reading, Writing & Grammar - Adult (Online)

Preschool Circle Time @ Oakland Mills Online

***Watch the film and then join moderator Kelsey Bush as he discusses the documentary* Black Men in White Coats *with special guests Dr. Emmanuel Atiemo, MD and Dr. Chile Ahaghotu, MD, MBA, MHL, FACS.***

Tuesday, February 23, at 6 p.m.
"Inter(esting) Sex: Beyond the Binary”

Tuesday, March 9, at 6 p.m.
"What’s Going On? American Politics 1970–2020”

Tuesday, March 16, at 6 p.m.
The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: Know Its Meaning and How It Protects Your Rights”

Tuesday, March 23, at 6 p.m.
"De-escalation Techniques From Behind the Wall”

Tuesday, February 23, at 6 p.m.
"Inter(esting) Sex: Beyond the Binary”

Tuesday, March 9, at 6 p.m.
"What’s Going On? American Politics 1970–2020”

Tuesday, March 16, at 6 p.m.
The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: Know Its Meaning and How It Protects Your Rights”

Tuesday, March 23, at 6 p.m.
"De-escalation Techniques From Behind the Wall”