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Let's Play Bridge

Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Meeting/Activity Room (NRL) at North Regional Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities
Age Group:
19+ Years

Socialize, have fun and keep mentally sharp by learning and playing bridge. Already play? Join us for game time. Curious about learning or want to improve your skills? Observe a game or two, and we’ll teach you.

Library Branch: North Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (NRL)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Games & Activities
Event Details:

Socialize, have fun and keep mentally sharp by learning and playing bridge. Already play? Join us for game time. Curious about learning or want to improve your skills? Observe a game or two, and we’ll teach you.

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Switch Showdown: Smash Bros. Ultimate

Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Teen Space (HQU) at Headquarters Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities
Age Group:
12-14 Years, 15-18 Years

Do you have what it takes to be the Smash Bros. Champion? Choose your best fighter and battle it out in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on the Nintendo Switch.

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 Smash Bros. Champion? Choose your best fighter and battle it out in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on the Nintendo Switch.

Movie poster for "T"he Hunger Games showing a young woman aiming a bow and arrow against a fiery orange background with the mockingjay symbol behind her and the title at the bottom.

Cinema Bookworms: The Hunger Games

Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Meeting/Activity Room (CLF) at Cliffdale Regional Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Culture & Entertainment
Age Group:
19+ Years

Welcome to Cinema Bookworms, where books and movies meet! Read the book on your own, then join us for the film adaptation. After the screening, we’ll dive into a discussion comparing the two—what worked, what changed and why.

Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (CLF)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club, Culture & Entertainment
Event Details:

Welcome to Cinema Bookworms, where books and movies meet! Read the book on your own, then join us for the film adaptation. After the screening, we’ll dive into a discussion comparing the two—what worked, what changed and why.

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Crafternoon Time: Rainbow Science Experiments and Art

Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:45pm
Meeting/Activity Room (SPL) at Spring Lake Community Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, STEM
Age Group:
6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years

Join us this spring for a STEAM-powered afternoon of science and art. We’ll experiment with light and color to create dazzling rainbows in a bowl, then design a colorful rainbow craft you can take home and display.

Library Branch: Spring Lake Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (SPL)
Age Group: 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEM
Event Details:

Join us this spring for a STEAM-powered afternoon of science and art. We’ll experiment with light and color to create dazzling rainbows in a bowl, then design a colorful rainbow craft you can take home and display.

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.

Book cover for "She Didn’t See It Coming" by Shari Lapena, featuring a modern apartment building at night with brightly lit windows and silhouetted figures inside, with the title in large white text across the center.

Club Insomnia: She Didn't See It Coming

Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
19+ Years

Bryden and Sam seem to have it all—a successful life, a luxury condo and a beloved daughter. Then one ordinary afternoon, Bryden disappears without a trace.

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Bryden and Sam seem to have it all—a successful life, a luxury condo and a beloved daughter. Then one ordinary afternoon, Bryden disappears without a trace.

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Around the World Scavenger Hunt

All Day
Story Time Area (BOR) at Bordeaux Community Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Age Group:
6-11 Years

Library cards help you travel to far off lands without ever having to leave your home. Fold a passport and see what twelve iconic destinations you might find. Can you find all twelve before the month is over?

Library Branch: Bordeaux Community Library
Room: Story Time Area (BOR)
Age Group: 6-11 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Event Details:

Library cards help you travel to far off lands without ever having to leave your home. Fold a passport and see what twelve iconic destinations you might find. Can you find all twelve before the month is over?

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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Cozy Cats Scavenger Hunt

All Day
Hope Mills Community Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Age Group:
0-5 Years, 6-11 Years

Can you find the cozy cats hiding among the books in the children’s area of the library? Spot all five and head to the youth services desk to receive a prize!

Available the entire month of May.

Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Event Details:

Can you find the cozy cats hiding among the books in the children’s area of the library? Spot all five and head to the youth services desk to receive a prize!

Available the entire month of May.

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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Iconic Characters Scavenger Hunt

All Day
Cliffdale Regional Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Age Group:
6-11 Years

Welcome to another marvelous May at Cliffdale Library. We're dedicating this month's scavenger hunt to something really special--all of the iconic book characters we love!

Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Age Group: 6-11 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Event Details:

Welcome to another marvelous May at Cliffdale Library. We're dedicating this month's scavenger hunt to something really special--all of the iconic book characters we love!

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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May Flowers Scavenger Hunt

All Day
West Regional Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Age Group:
0-5 Years, 6-11 Years, All Ages

All of those April showers have caused lots of blooms in the children's area. Discover all eight May flowers that have sprung up, then return your completed list to the desk to claim a special prize.

Library Branch: West Regional Library
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years, All Ages
Program Type: Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Event Details:

All of those April showers have caused lots of blooms in the children's area. Discover all eight May flowers that have sprung up, then return your completed list to the desk to claim a special prize.

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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May Holidays Scavenger Hunt

All Day
Spring Lake Community Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Age Group:
0-5 Years, 6-11 Years

This May, we may be taking a break from Baby Bounce and Story Time but there is much to celebrate! May the 4th, Cinco De Mayo, Mother's Day, National Sea Monkey Day and Memorial Day.

Library Branch: Spring Lake Community Library
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Event Details:

This May, we may be taking a break from Baby Bounce and Story Time but there is much to celebrate! May the 4th, Cinco De Mayo, Mother's Day, National Sea Monkey Day and Memorial Day.

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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Purr-rusing the Stacks: A Library Cat Scavenger Hunt

All Day
Hope Mills Community Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Age Group:
19+ Years, All Ages

Our staff’s beloved cats have taken over the library! Explore the building as you search for 16 photos of our librarians’ furry companions around the main area of the library.

Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Age Group: 19+ Years, All Ages
Program Type: Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Event Details:

Our staff’s beloved cats have taken over the library! Explore the building as you search for 16 photos of our librarians’ furry companions around the main area of the library.

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Star Wars Scavenger Hunt

All Day
North Regional Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Age Group:
6-11 Years

May the Force be with you this May! Pick up a scavenger hunt sheet and locate all the Star Wars characters in the children's section to earn a sticker. Hiding spots change weekly so you can play again and again. Event runs from May 1-31, 2026.

Library Branch: North Regional Library
Age Group: 6-11 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Event Details:

May the Force be with you this May! Pick up a scavenger hunt sheet and locate all the Star Wars characters in the children's section to earn a sticker. Hiding spots change weekly so you can play again and again. Event runs from May 1-31, 2026.

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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Sun Catcher Craft Kit

All Day
Hope Mills Community Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Self-Directed Activity, Sensory Program, STEM
Age Group:
0-5 Years, 6-11 Years

Discover a creative way to display your colorful artwork with your very own sun catcher created from a canning jar ring!

Kits are available throughout May while supplies last.

Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Self-Directed Activity, Sensory Program, STEM
Event Details:

Discover a creative way to display your colorful artwork with your very own sun catcher created from a canning jar ring!

Kits are available throughout May while supplies last.

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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Umbrella Scavenger Hunt

All Day
East Regional Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity, STEM
Age Group:
0-5 Years, 6-11 Years

Spring showers bring a colorful challenge! See if you can find six different colored umbrellas hiding around the area. Look carefully—each umbrella is a different color and waiting to be discovered.

Library Branch: East Regional Library
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity, STEM
Event Details:

Spring showers bring a colorful challenge! See if you can find six different colored umbrellas hiding around the area. Look carefully—each umbrella is a different color and waiting to be discovered.

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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Creative Clay Crew

Friday, May 1, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Meeting/Activity Room (ERL) at East Regional Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities, Sensory Program, STEM
Age Group:
0-5 Years

Get ready for multi-sensory experiences with our once-a-month playdough club. Drop in anytime while we’re meeting and prepare to work on your fine motor development while squishing, smooshing, rolling and flattening gluten-free playdough.

Library Branch: East Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (ERL)
Age Group: 0-5 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities, Sensory Program, STEM
Event Details:

Get ready for multi-sensory experiences with our once-a-month playdough club. Drop in anytime while we’re meeting and prepare to work on your fine motor development while squishing, smooshing, rolling and flattening gluten-free playdough.

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.

Drawn images of a tablet with a magnifying glass on top of it, a round beaker with liquid in the left half and bubbles coming out of the top and a microscope on a yellow background.

Pop-a-Palooza!

Friday, May 1, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Children's Area (HQU) at Headquarters Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Sensory Program, STEM
Age Group:
0-5 Years, 6-11 Years

We are getting bright and bubbly at the library! Join us for an interactive, high-energy, sensory-friendly event all about bubbles.

Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Room: Children's Area (HQU)
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Sensory Program, STEM
Event Details:

We are getting bright and bubbly at the library! Join us for an interactive, high-energy, sensory-friendly event all about bubbles.

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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Burial Sites of the Cumberland Association

Friday, May 1, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Local & State History Room (HQU) at Headquarters Library
Program Type:
Genealogy/Local History
Age Group:
19+ Years

Follow along as we chart the death and burials of particular signers of the Liberty Point Resolves. We will discuss their burial locations, stylistic trends and the importance of future cemetery preservation and surveys in Cumberland County.

Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Room: Local & State History Room (HQU)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Genealogy/Local History
Event Details:

Follow along as we chart the death and burials of particular signers of the Liberty Point Resolves. We will discuss their burial locations, stylistic trends and the importance of future cemetery preservation and surveys in Cumberland County.

Handmade book standing upright with the pages fanned open.

Fun Friday for Teens: Handmade Journals

Friday, May 1, 2026 at 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Teen Space (ERL) at East Regional Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, STEM
Age Group:
12-14 Years, 15-18 Years

Learn how to make your own handmade sketchbook or journal, then explore a selection of inspiring books to help you reflect on what you might write inside. Hang out with friends and enjoy the end of your week. Happy Friday!

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

Learn how to make your own handmade sketchbook or journal, then explore a selection of inspiring books to help you reflect on what you might write inside. Hang out with friends and enjoy the end of your week. Happy Friday!

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

LEGO Builders: Free Build

Friday, May 1, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Meeting/Activity Room (CLF) at Cliffdale Regional Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities, STEM
Age Group:
0-5 Years, 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years

Attention LEGO Builders! Children of all ages can construct and design freely at this self-directed session. Build with DUPLO blocks or classic bricks and let your imagination guide your masterpiece.

Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (CLF)
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities, STEM
Event Details:

Attention LEGO Builders! Children of all ages can construct and design freely at this self-directed session. Build with DUPLO blocks or classic bricks and let your imagination guide your masterpiece.

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 girl and boy riding on the pages of an open book. There are a few leaves flying behind them. On the orange book is an image of an open book with a few stars coming out of it and the words "Cumberland County Literacy Council" under it. Under the entire image are the words "Imagination Library Storytime".

Imagination Library Story Time

Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Story Time Area (HQU) at Headquarters Library
Program Type:
Story Time
Age Group:
0-5 Years

Join us for a special family-friendly story time where little ones can enjoy engaging tales and fun activities.

This month's theme is flowers.

Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Room: Story Time Area (HQU)
Age Group: 0-5 Years
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

Join us for a special family-friendly story time where little ones can enjoy engaging tales and fun activities.

This month's theme is flowers.

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 image is an announcement graphic for an Artist in Residence program. The background is light beige with small hand-drawn illustrations scattered throughout, including sewing machines, paint palettes with brushes, cameras and hands holding paintbrushes or clay tools. Across the middle of the image is a large navy blue horizontal banner with bold white text that reads: “Creative Collaborations: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE.” Below that, on an olive-green bar, white text reads: “Where Creativity Meets Community.”

Stitch by Stitch: Hand Quilting Basics

Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 11:00am - 1:00pm
Meeting/Activity Room (NRL) at North Regional Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
19+ Years

Stitch by Stitch: Hand Quilting Basics with Kia Love, Artist in Residence, introduces adults to the calming “Slow Stitch” movement through a relaxed, social workshop where you learn to use traditional quilting tools, practice techniques for sandwi

Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: North Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (NRL)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Stitch by Stitch: Hand Quilting Basics with Kia Love, Artist in Residence, introduces adults to the calming “Slow Stitch” movement through a relaxed, social workshop where you learn to use traditional quilting tools, practice techniques for sandwi

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

The Crammunity: (Young) Adult Study Hall

Sunday, May 3, 2026 at 2:30pm - 5:00pm
Meeting/Activity Room (CLF) at Cliffdale Regional Library
Program Type:
General Program
Age Group:
15-18 Years, 19+ Years

Finals season is here—and no one should spiral alone. Welcome to The Crammunity: where we collectively pretend we’ve been studying all semester. Consider this your finals-week headquarters.

Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (CLF)
Age Group: 15-18 Years, 19+ Years
Program Type: General Program
Event Details:

Finals season is here—and no one should spiral alone. Welcome to The Crammunity: where we collectively pretend we’ve been studying all semester. Consider this your finals-week headquarters.

A cell phone on top of a tablet on top of a laptop.

Smartphone Basics

Monday, May 4, 2026 at 11:00am - 12:30pm
Conference Room #3 (HQU) at Headquarters Library
Program Type:
Digital Literacy
Age Group:
19+ Years

Join the library’s Digital Navigators as they cover essential skills for using your smartphone. Learn to make calls, take photos, send text messages and do much more. During the class, you will have time to ask your own questions and rec

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Room: Conference Room #3 (HQU)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Digital Literacy
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join the library’s Digital Navigators as they cover essential skills for using your smartphone. Learn to make calls, take photos, send text messages and do much more. During the class, you will have time to ask your own questions and rec

Image shows two silhouetted hands reaching toward each other at sunset. One person is standing or kneeling on top of a rock, extending a hand downward, while the other person reaches upward from below. The bright sun is centered between their hands, casting a warm golden glow across the sky. The background shows an open landscape with soft hills and a clear horizon. The scene conveys themes of help, connection and support.

Community Resources

Monday, May 4, 2026 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Conference Room (HPM) at Hope Mills Community Library
Program Type:
General Program
Age Group:
19+ Years, All Ages

Our Community Navigator links customers to needed resources and information.

Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Room: Conference Room (HPM)
Age Group: 19+ Years, All Ages
Program Type: General Program
Event Details:

Our Community Navigator links customers to needed resources and information.