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This event is in the "19+ Years" group.

Beginners' Bridge

1:00pm - 4:00pm
North Regional Library
Open
Registration
Library Branch: North Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (NRL)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Games & Activities
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Bridge is fun, and recent studies show it keeps people smarter, happier and more social as they age. Want to learn bridge or brush up on your skills?

This event is in the "12-14 Years" group.
This event is in the "15-18 Years" group.

Operation: Code Breakers

3:00pm - 5:00pm
East Regional Library
Library Branch: East Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (ERL)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: STEM/STEAM
Event Details:

Learn the art of creating and solving coded messages and combine them with the power of computer science to write programs that encrypt and decrypt secret messages with Code Ninjas. For ages 10 and up. 

This event is in the "19+ Years" group.

Tech Time @ the Library

3:30pm - 5:00pm
West Regional Library
Library Branch: West Regional Library
Room: Conference Room A (WRL)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Digital Literacy
Event Details:

Whether you need help setting up an email account, learning how to use Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) or anything in between, we’re here to help you with your computer, tablet or smartphone questions.

This event is in the "6-11 Years" group.

Crafty Science: Fun in the Sun!

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Bordeaux Community Library
Library Branch: Bordeaux Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (BOR)
Age Group: 6-11 Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEM/STEAM
Event Details:

Beat the heat as we learn about UV Rays and complete a craft with UV reactive materials. 

For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1381. 
 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

This event is in the "12-14 Years" group.
This event is in the "15-18 Years" group.

Dungeons and Dragons - Desolation

4:00pm - 6:00pm
Hope Mills Community Library
Closed
Registration
Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (HPM)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Calling all heroes, mages, wanderers, scoundrels and goblins! Join the party and play 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons with Dungeon Master Taylor. We will be meeting every Thursday. 

This event is in the "19+ Years" group.

Club Insomnia: The Only One Left

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Spring Lake Community Library
Library Branch: Spring Lake Community Library
Room: Conference Room (SPL)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

In 1983, home-health aide Kit McDeere arrives at a decaying Hope's End to care for Lenora Hope, helping her write about the events leading up to her family's massacre in 1929.

This event is in the "0-5 Years" group.
This event is in the "6-11 Years" group.
This event is in the "12-14 Years" group.

Star Wars Take and Make Craft

All Day
Spring Lake Community Library
Library Branch: Spring Lake Community Library
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Self-Directed Activity
Event Details:

Come by and pick up a May the 4th themed take and make craft. The crafts will be available from May 3 - May 10 or as long as supplies last. 

For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1459. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

This event is in the "0-5 Years" group.

Playdates at the Library

9:00am - 10:00am
West Regional Library
Library Branch: West Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (WRL)
Age Group: 0-5 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities, Sensory Program
Event Details:

Join us as we host Playdates at the Library. During this continuous program we will provide different play materials such as sensory toys, LEGOs, etc. We hope to see you there. Ages 0 to 4 years old. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

This event is in the "0-5 Years" group.
This event is in the "6-11 Years" group.

"Zensory" Story Time (Low Sensory)

10:00am - 10:45am
Hope Mills Community Library
Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (HPM)
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
Program Type: Sensory Program, Story Time
Event Details:

Join us as we explore our senses in story time as we read the book Ploof by Ben Clanton and Andy Chou Musser. There will also be activities centered around the book. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

This event is in the "12-14 Years" group.
This event is in the "15-18 Years" group.

Fun Friday for Teens: DIY Bookmarks

2:45pm - 5:30pm
East Regional Library
Library Branch: East Regional Library
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Make your own creative and colorful bookmarks. Hang out with friends and enjoy the end of your week. Happy Friday! 

For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1403.

This event is in the "12-14 Years" group.
This event is in the "15-18 Years" group.

Teen Advisory Committee

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Headquarters Library
Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Room: Teen Space (HQU)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: General Program
Event Details:

Crafts, games and murder mysteries, oh my! We want teens to tell us what they want to participate in at the library. 

For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1361.

This event is in the "0-5 Years" group.

Nature Tales: Animal Sounds

10:00am - 11:00am
Off Site
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: 0-5 Years
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

A FREE, preschool story and nature time presented at Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Ages 2-6 are welcome!

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

This event is in the "6-11 Years" group.
This event is in the "12-14 Years" group.
This event is in the "15-18 Years" group.
This event is in the "All Ages" group.

Star Wars Matinee - Star Wars: A New Hope

10:00am - 12:00pm
Headquarters Library
Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Room: Pate Room (HQU)
Age Group: 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years, All Ages
Program Type: Culture & Entertainment
Event Details:

Join us for a special showing of Star Wars: A New Hope (1977; PG) as we celebrate May the 4th Be with You Day! Ages 7 and up. 

For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1361. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

This event is in the "6-11 Years" group.
This event is in the "12-14 Years" group.
This event is in the "15-18 Years" group.
This event is in the "19+ Years" group.
This event is in the "All Ages" group.

May the Fourth Crafts: Comics and Cinema

10:00am - 5:30pm
West Regional Library
Library Branch: West Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (WRL)
Age Group: 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years, 19+ Years, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, General Program
Event Details:

Celebrate Star Wars Day and Free Comic Book Day with a drop-in movie marathon and self-directed crafts. 

The following movies will be shown: 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

This event is in the "0-5 Years" group.

Nature Tales: Animal Sounds

11:00am - 11:45am
Off Site
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: 0-5 Years
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

A FREE, preschool story and nature time presented at Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Ages 2-6 are welcome!

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

This event is in the "12-14 Years" group.
This event is in the "15-18 Years" group.
This event is in the "19+ Years" group.

Pool Noodle Lightsaber Battle: May the 4th Be with You

2:00pm - 4:00pm
North Regional Library
Open
Registration
Library Branch: North Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (NRL)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years, 19+ Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Culture & Entertainment
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 26
Event Details:

It's Star Wars Day! Feel like a Jedi (or Sith) by making your own pool noodle lightsaber. Then learn some moves and a short fight sequence from members of The Realm of Thaundor so you can look awesome wielding it.

This event is in the "19+ Years" group.

NC Reads: American Refuge

3:00pm - 5:00pm
Headquarters Library
Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Room: Conference Room #3 (HQU)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club, Culture & Entertainment, Genealogy/Local History
Event Details:

North Carolina Reads annually features five books that explore issues of racial, social and gender equity and the history and culture of North Carolina.

This event is in the "15-18 Years" group.
This event is in the "19+ Years" group.

Dungeons and Dragons: Building Character

2:30pm - 5:45pm
North Regional Library
Open
Registration
Library Branch: North Regional Library
Room: Conference Room (NRL)
Age Group: 15-18 Years, 19+ Years
Program Type: Games & Activities
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 13
Event Details:

Learn to build your hero's stats and life story for Dungeons and Dragons 5E. 

Registration is required by calling (910) 483-7727 ext. 1436 or registering online.

This event is in the "0-5 Years" group.

Story Time with an EMT

10:00am - 10:30am
West Regional Library
Library Branch: West Regional Library
Room: Story Time Area (WRL)
Age Group: 0-5 Years
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

Come sit down with an Emergency Medical Technician as we read some stories, sing a few songs and more. We will make a themed craft at the end. Ages 0 to 4 years old. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

This event is in the "19+ Years" group.

Tech Time @ the Library

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Spring Lake Community Library
Library Branch: Spring Lake Community Library
Room: Conference Room (SPL)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Digital Literacy
Event Details:

Whether you need help setting up an email account, learning how to use Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) or anything in between, we’re here to help you with your computer, tablet or smartphone questions.

This event is in the "12-14 Years" group.
This event is in the "15-18 Years" group.

Operation: Code Breakers

3:15pm - 5:15pm
Headquarters Library
Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Room: Teen Space (HQU)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: STEM/STEAM
Event Details:

Learn the art of creating and solving coded messages and combine them with the power of computer science to write programs that encrypt and decrypt secret messages with Code Ninjas. For ages 10 and up. 

This event is in the "6-11 Years" group.

Creative Critters: Fairy Mushrooms

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Cliffdale Regional Library
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (CLF)
Age Group: 6-11 Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 2
Event Details:

Welcome Creative Critters! We are delighted to invite you on a monthly exploration of various crafting projects. Each month we will create something different that will allow you to dive into your creative minds. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

This event is in the "19+ Years" group.

Be Prepared Ahead of the Storm

5:30pm - 6:30pm
Hope Mills Community Library
Cancelled
Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (HPM)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: General Program
Event Details:

Learn from the Cape Fear Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) how to prepare for severe weather and natural disasters such as tornadoes, hurricanes and fires before they strike. 

This event is in the "0-5 Years" group.

Mommy & Me Time

10:00am - 11:00am
Cliffdale Regional Library
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (CLF)
Age Group: 0-5 Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, General Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Have fun with your mommy or caregiver singing, dancing, listening to stories and creating a special flower craft. 

Registration is required by calling (910) 483-7727 ext. 1449.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.