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Snak Attak vs. Crafting Cuisines: Baking & Chemistry

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting/Activity Room (CLF) at Cliffdale Regional Library
Program Type:
General Program, STEM/STEAM
Age Group:
12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Event Details:

Welcome to Snak Attak vs. Crafting Cuisines! This month, we're doing something a little special. Who wants to have a bake off? And mix in a little chemistry too. We invite teens to...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (CLF)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: General Program, STEM/STEAM
Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Event Details:

Welcome to Snak Attak vs. Crafting Cuisines! This month, we're doing something a little special. Who wants to have a bake off? And mix in a little chemistry too.

Polyhedral dice on top of two Dungeons and Dragons books.

Teen Dungeons and Dragons

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Meeting/Activity Room (HPM) at Hope Mills Community Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities
Age Group:
12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Event Details:

Calling all heroes, mages, wanderers, scoundrels and goblins! Join the party and play 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons. We will be meeting every Thursday. Players who can’t ma...

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

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

#GirlsCode@CCPL with three pictures of girls coding or working with robotics.

#GirlsCode@CCPL: Creative Design Studio

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Meeting/Activity Room (NRL) at North Regional Library
Program Type:
Maker, STEM/STEAM
Age Group:
6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Event Details:

Get ready to unleash your digital art skills! Using the KIRTA painting app, you'll dive into a world of cool tools to create stunning images, animations and tilemap assets -- perfe...

Library Branch: North Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (NRL)
Age Group: 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Maker, STEM/STEAM
Event Details:

Get ready to unleash your digital art skills! Using the KIRTA painting app, you'll dive into a world of cool tools to create stunning images, animations and tilemap assets -- perfect for your future projects.

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.

The logo for the North Carolina Science Festival presented by RTI International. It is a blue oval with the name and an image of an atom.

Cup Tower Challenge

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Teen Room (WRL) at West Regional Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities, STEM/STEAM
Age Group:
12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Event Details:

Can you make the tallest cup tower? Come and test your design skills and see just how tall you can build your tower. This event is part of the North Carolina Science Festival,...

Library Branch: West Regional Library
Room: Teen Room (WRL)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities, STEM/STEAM
Event Details:

Can you make the tallest cup tower? Come and test your design skills and see just how tall you can build your tower. 

Closed for Good Friday/Easter Weekend

04/17/2025 @ 6:00pm to 04/20/2025 @ 6:00pm
Headquarters Library, Bordeaux Community Library, Cliffdale Regional Library, East Regional Library, Hope Mills Community Library, North Regional Library, Spring Lake Community Library, West Regional Library, Off Site, Virtual
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Headquarters Library, Bordeaux Community Library, Cliffdale Regional Library, East Regional Library, Hope Mills Community Library, North Regional Library, Spring Lake Community Library, West Regional Library, Off Site, Virtual
Polyhedral dice on top of two Dungeons and Dragons books.

Dungeons and Dragons: Don't Break Your Pick

Monday, April 21, 2025 at 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Conference Room #3 (HQU) at Headquarters Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities
Age Group:
12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Event Details:

Embrace your adventurous spirit and dive into the boundless world of Dungeons & Dragons! Gather your allies, grab your dice and prepare to embark on an unforgettable journey.&n...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Room: Conference Room #3 (HQU)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities
Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Event Details:

Embrace your adventurous spirit and dive into the boundless world of Dungeons & Dragons! Gather your allies, grab your dice and prepare to embark on an unforgettable journey. 

Smiling teens sitting at a table talking in a library with books and a laptop on the table.

Hanging Out & Nerding Out: Let's Start a Podcast

Monday, April 21, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Meeting/Activity Room (CLF) at Cliffdale Regional Library
Program Type:
General Program
Age Group:
12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Event Details:

Gaming, robots, books and podcasts, oh my! We invite teens to join us in #hangingout&nerdingout every week as we participate in various activities. We have games. We have robot...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (CLF)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: General Program
Required
Seats Remaining: 11
Event Details:

Gaming, robots, books and podcasts, oh my! We invite teens to join us in #hangingout&nerdingout every week as we participate in various activities. We have games. We have robotics and coding. We have books to read.

The logo for the North Carolina Science Festival presented by RTI International. It is a blue oval with the name and an image of an atom.

Escape Room: A Zoo Whodunit

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Conference Room #3 (HQU) at Headquarters Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities, STEM/STEAM
Age Group:
12-14 Years, 15-18 Years, All Ages
Event Details:

You are an overnight security guard at the local zoo. As you are making your rounds, you find the lights on in the new Dangerous Animals exhibit and the door unlocked. You step ins...

Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Room: Conference Room #3 (HQU)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years, All Ages
Program Type: Games & Activities, STEM/STEAM
Event Details:

You are an overnight security guard at the local zoo. As you are making your rounds, you find the lights on in the new Dangerous Animals exhibit and the door unlocked.

Polyhedral dice on top of two Dungeons and Dragons books.

Dungeons & Dragons

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 4:15pm - 5:30pm
Meeting/Activity Room (CLF) at Cliffdale Regional Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities
Age Group:
12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Event Details:

Always be yourself...unless you can be elf...then always be an elf. Or a sorcerer...or an orc...or a bard...or a druid...the possibilities seem endless. Especially when choosing, s...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (CLF)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Always be yourself...unless you can be elf...then always be an elf. Or a sorcerer...or an orc...or a bard...or a druid...the possibilities seem endless.

Metal containers holding pens, colored pencils, scissors, paintbrushes and rulers.

Mindful Journaling

Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Teen Space (HQU) at Headquarters Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Self-Directed Activity
Age Group:
12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Event Details:

Need a brain break? Do you like art? Writing? Why not both? Join us as we begin a journaling journey with various prompts depending on your interests. Journals and journaling mater...

Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Room: Teen Space (HQU)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Self-Directed Activity
Event Details:

Need a brain break? Do you like art? Writing? Why not both? Join us as we begin a journaling journey with various prompts depending on your interests. Journals and journaling materials will be provided, but you can also bring your own. 

Polyhedral dice on top of two Dungeons and Dragons books.

Teen Dungeons and Dragons

Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Meeting/Activity Room (HPM) at Hope Mills Community Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities
Age Group:
12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Event Details:

Calling all heroes, mages, wanderers, scoundrels and goblins! Join the party and play 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons. We will be meeting every Thursday. Players who can’t ma...

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

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

Red, yellow, blue, green and black LEGO bricks in a pile.

LEGO Legends League

Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Story Time Room (NRL) at North Regional Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities, STEM/STEAM
Age Group:
6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Event Details:

We are hosting the LEGO Legends League and we want you! Ages 8-18. Participants will be grouped and work on a variety of projects. We have STEM building kits, an array of mode...

Library Branch: North Regional Library
Room: Story Time Room (NRL)
Age Group: 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities, STEM/STEAM
Event Details:

We are hosting the LEGO Legends League and we want you! 

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.

Metal containers holding pens, colored pencils, scissors, paintbrushes and rulers.

Teens Draw: Extreme Action

Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Meeting/Activity Room (NRL) at North Regional Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Event Details:

Exchange drawing tips, tricks and techniques, develop your own unique artistic style and showcase your art in a safe and supportive environment. This month we are practicing c...

Library Branch: North Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (NRL)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Exchange drawing tips, tricks and techniques, develop your own unique artistic style and showcase your art in a safe and supportive environment. 

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Fun Friday for Teens: Slime

Friday, April 25, 2025 at 2:45pm - 5:30pm
Meeting/Activity Room (ERL) at East Regional Library
Program Type:
STEM/STEAM
Age Group:
12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Event Details:

Watch The Incredible Hulk (2008; PG-13) and make a batch of slime or two to pass the time. Hang out with friends and enjoy the end of your week. Happy Friday! This event is pa...

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

Watch The Incredible Hulk (2008; PG-13) and make a batch of slime or two to pass the time. Hang out with friends and enjoy the end of your week. Happy Friday! 

The words "Play Ready" on a black background. The words are formed with different items needed for sports or activities such as balls and dice.

Switch Showdown: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Friday, April 25, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Teen Space (HQU) at Headquarters Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities
Age Group:
12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Event Details:

Do you have what it takes to be the ultimate Smash Bros. champion? Come compete in a double-elimination tournament of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on the Nintendo Switch or cheer on ...

Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Room: Teen Space (HQU)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities
Event Details:

Do you have what it takes to be the ultimate Smash Bros. champion? Come compete in a double-elimination tournament of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on the Nintendo Switch or cheer on your friends. 

Metal containers holding pens, colored pencils, scissors, paintbrushes and rulers.

Teen Rewind: Childhood Art Class

Friday, April 25, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Meeting/Activity Room (BOR) at Bordeaux Community Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, General Program
Age Group:
12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Event Details:

Ever wish you could go back to a simpler time? Let out your inner child and destress with art and activities inspired by your preschool days. For more information about this p...

Library Branch: Bordeaux Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (BOR)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, General Program
Event Details:

Ever wish you could go back to a simpler time? Let out your inner child and destress with art and activities inspired by your preschool days. 

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

 

A stylized phoenix rises into a starry night sky above a house on a cliff above the sea.

Fantasy Book Club: Somewhere Beyond the Sea

Friday, April 25, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Conference Room (SPL) at Spring Lake Community Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
15-18 Years, 19+ Years
Event Details:

Arthur Parnassus lives a good life, built on the ashes of a bad one. He’s the headmaster of a strange orphanage on a distant and peculiar island, and he hopes to soon be the adopti...

Library Branch: Spring Lake Community Library
Room: Conference Room (SPL)
Age Group: 15-18 Years, 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Arthur Parnassus lives a good life, built on the ashes of a bad one.

Red, yellow, blue, green and black LEGO bricks in a pile.

Get Creative with LEGOs

Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Spring Lake Community Library
Program Type:
Self-Directed Activity
Age Group:
0-5 Years, 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Event Details:

This program is a LEGO free play. Bring the whole family. We will have LEGOs, MEGA BLOCKS and DUPLOs so everyone can play. For more information about this program, please call...

Library Branch: Spring Lake Community Library
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Self-Directed Activity
Event Details:

This program is a LEGO free play. Bring the whole family. We will have LEGOs, MEGA BLOCKS and DUPLOs so everyone can play. 

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.

#GirlsCode@CCPL with three pictures of girls coding or working with robotics.

#GirlsCode@CCPL: Inventors with Makey Makey

Monday, April 28, 2025 at 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Meeting/Activity Room (ERL) at East Regional Library
Program Type:
Maker, STEM/STEAM
Age Group:
6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Event Details:

Get ready to rock out! You'll use a Makey Makey circuit board and cool maker materials to design and build your own music interfaces, game controllers and way more. It's a perfect ...

Library Branch: East Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (ERL)
Age Group: 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Maker, STEM/STEAM
Event Details:

Get ready to rock out! You'll use a Makey Makey circuit board and cool maker materials to design and build your own music interfaces, game controllers and way more.

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.

A white piece of paper with a pen writing the words, "Once upon a time."

Evening Family Story Time: Frogs

Monday, April 28, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:15pm
Children's Area (HQU) at Headquarters Library
Program Type:
Story Time
Age Group:
0-5 Years, 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years
Event Details:

Join us for a delightful evening of story time and crafts for children aged 0-11. Our engaging sessions feature a variety of themed stories and exciting craft activities that will ...

Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Room: Children's Area (HQU)
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

Join us for a delightful evening of story time and crafts for children aged 0-11. Our engaging sessions feature a variety of themed stories and exciting craft activities that will spark creativity and imagination in young 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.

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Robotic Challenges: Ozobots

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Meeting/Activity Room (CLF) at Cliffdale Regional Library
Program Type:
STEM/STEAM
Age Group:
6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Event Details:

We invite you to get creative and challenge yourselves with robotics. Today we are going to get to know, explore and challenge ourselves with Ozobots. Ozobots are tiny robots ...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (CLF)
Age Group: 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: STEM/STEAM
Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Event Details:

We invite you to get creative and challenge yourselves with robotics. Today we are going to get to know, explore and challenge ourselves with Ozobots. Ozobots are tiny robots who can move with code and colors.

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.

Polyhedral dice on top of two Dungeons and Dragons books.

Dungeons and Dragons

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Teen Room (WRL) at West Regional Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities
Age Group:
12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Event Details:

Adventure is calling...and we're looking for a party! Whether you have a sword, a bow, an axe or other weapon to lend to the cause, join us the first and third Tuesday of each mont...

Library Branch: West Regional Library
Room: Teen Room (WRL)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities
Event Details:

Adventure is calling...and we're looking for a party! Whether you have a sword, a bow, an axe or other weapon to lend to the cause, join us the first and third Tuesday of each month for Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition.

The logo for the North Carolina Science Festival presented by RTI International. It is a blue oval with the name and an image of an atom.

Airplane Science

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Meeting/Activity Room (WRL) at West Regional Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, STEM/STEAM
Age Group:
6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, All Ages
Event Details:

How do planes stay up in the air? Explore the science of flight and test it by making paper airplanes. Try out different styles and see which one flies the furthest. This even...

Library Branch: West Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (WRL)
Age Group: 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEM/STEAM
Event Details:

How do planes stay up in the air? Explore the science of flight and test it by making paper airplanes. Try out different styles and see which one flies the furthest. 

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.

Metal containers holding pens, colored pencils, scissors, paintbrushes and rulers.

Teen Scene Artistry: Paws to Create for a Cause

Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Teen Space (HQU) at Headquarters Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Event Details:

Help furry friends find loving families by joining us in creating art portraits of available pets for adoption in our county. Your portraits will be put on display in the library t...

Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Room: Teen Space (HQU)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Help furry friends find loving families by joining us in creating art portraits of available pets for adoption in our county. Your portraits will be put on display in the library to help them get adopted by their fur-ever family.