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Robotics Workshop

Monday, February 23, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
STEM
Age Group:
Teens, Elementary

Grades 3-12. Develop your programming skills with the LEGO SPIKE Prime robots and apply them to various challenges. Each Workshop will have a different lesson and different challenges for you to try out.

Closed
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens, Elementary
Program Type: STEM
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades 3-12. Develop your programming skills with the LEGO SPIKE Prime robots and apply them to various challenges. Each Workshop will have a different lesson and different challenges for you to try out.

This event is in the "Teens" group

Teen Gaming

Tuesday, February 24, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
Gaming
Age Group:
Teens

Grades 6-12 

Play video games and board games with other teens! The library has a selection of Nintendo Switch and Wii U games that will be projected on the big screen. Registration preferred, walk-ins welcome.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Gaming
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades 6-12 

Play video games and board games with other teens! The library has a selection of Nintendo Switch and Wii U games that will be projected on the big screen. Registration preferred, walk-ins welcome.

This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Teens" group
This event is in the "Multi-age & Family" group

Nature Journaling

Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
Presentation, Workshop
Age Group:
Adults, Teens, Multi-age & Family

Looking for a way to strengthen your connection to nature?  Whether you are in your own yard or garden, a forest preserve or park, or traveling, there is always the opportunity to become one with the environment.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Teens, Multi-age & Family
Program Type: Presentation, Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

Looking for a way to strengthen your connection to nature?  Whether you are in your own yard or garden, a forest preserve or park, or traveling, there is always the opportunity to become one with the environment.

This event is in the "Teens" group

Teen Volunteer Board

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
Community
Age Group:
Teens

Grades 6-12

Join this fun service club to help with library volunteer projects. Participants will get volunteer hours for every meeting they attend. 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Community
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades 6-12

Join this fun service club to help with library volunteer projects. Participants will get volunteer hours for every meeting they attend. 

This event is in the "Teens" group

Limitless Possibilities

Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Flex Zone at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens

Grades 6-12

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library
Room: Flex Zone
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades 6-12

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

Fools and Oddities Trivia

Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
Gaming
Age Group:
Adults, Teens

Teams will compete to see who has the deepest, strangest knowledge about a variety of topics. Bonus points for each player who dresses curiously. 14+

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Teens
Program Type: Gaming
Registration Required
Event Details:

Teams will compete to see who has the deepest, strangest knowledge about a variety of topics. Bonus points for each player who dresses curiously. 14+

This event is in the "Teens" group

Virtual Dungeons and Dragons Via Zoom

Saturday, March 21, 2026 at 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Virtual at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
Gaming, Virtual
Age Group:
Teens

Grades 6-12. Via Zoom. New and Returning players welcome. Come join in on this popular fantasy role-playing game, no experience necessary! Characters will be provided for you to play during the game.

Open
Registration Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Gaming, Virtual
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades 6-12. Via Zoom. New and Returning players welcome. Come join in on this popular fantasy role-playing game, no experience necessary! Characters will be provided for you to play during the game.

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

Robotics Basics

Monday, March 23, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
STEM
Age Group:
Teens, Elementary

Grades 3-12. Intro to the LEGO SPIKE Prime robot’s hardware and software. You will also learn how to program the robots to move straight and turn. This class is the prerequisite for the Robotics Workshops.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens, Elementary
Program Type: STEM
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades 3-12. Intro to the LEGO SPIKE Prime robot’s hardware and software. You will also learn how to program the robots to move straight and turn. This class is the prerequisite for the Robotics Workshops.

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

Magic The Gathering

Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
Gaming
Age Group:
Teens, Elementary

Come and play Magic the Gathering at the library! Are you an experienced MTG player? Great! Never played before? That's great too, we'll teach you! 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens, Elementary
Program Type: Gaming
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come and play Magic the Gathering at the library! Are you an experienced MTG player? Great! Never played before? That's great too, we'll teach you! 

This event is in the "Teens" group

Teen Gaming

Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
Gaming
Age Group:
Teens

Grades 6-12 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Gaming
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades 6-12 

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

Robotics Workshop

Monday, March 30, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Flex Zone at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
STEM
Age Group:
Teens, Elementary

Grades 3-12. Develop your programming skills with the LEGO SPIKE Prime robots and apply them to various challenges. Each Workshop will have a different lesson and different challenges for you to try out.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library
Room: Flex Zone
Age Group: Teens, Elementary
Program Type: STEM
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades 3-12. Develop your programming skills with the LEGO SPIKE Prime robots and apply them to various challenges. Each Workshop will have a different lesson and different challenges for you to try out.

This event is in the "Teens" group

Jelly Belly Jelly Bean Taste Test

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 7:30pm - 8:00pm
Flex Zone at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
Contest
Age Group:
Teens

Come challenge your taste buds and taste over 20 different flavors of jelly beans! See if you can correctly identify each flavor and we’ll find out who is the Jelly Bean tasting Champion!

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library
Room: Flex Zone
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Contest
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come challenge your taste buds and taste over 20 different flavors of jelly beans! See if you can correctly identify each flavor and we’ll find out who is the Jelly Bean tasting Champion!

Library Closed for Staff Training

Friday, April 3, 2026 at 9:00am - 1:00pm
Cary Area Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Cary Area Public Library

Library Closing

All Day
Cary Area Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Cary Area Public Library
This event is in the "Teens" group

Teen Volunteer Board

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
Community
Age Group:
Teens

Grades 6-12

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Community
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades 6-12

This event is in the "Teens" group

Virtual Dungeons and Dragons Via Zoom

Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Virtual at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
Gaming, Virtual
Age Group:
Teens

Grades 6-12. Via Zoom. New and Returning players welcome. Come join in on this popular fantasy role-playing game, no experience necessary! Characters will be provided for you to play during the game.

Open
Registration Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Gaming, Virtual
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades 6-12. Via Zoom. New and Returning players welcome. Come join in on this popular fantasy role-playing game, no experience necessary! Characters will be provided for you to play during the game.

This event is in the "Teens" group

Perler Beads Tic-Tac-Toe

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Flex Zone at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens

Grades 6-12

Design and create the classic and childhood favorite game of tic-tac-toe using perler beads.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library
Room: Flex Zone
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades 6-12

Design and create the classic and childhood favorite game of tic-tac-toe using perler beads.

This event is in the "Teens" group

Teen Gaming

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
Gaming
Age Group:
Teens

Grades 6-12 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Gaming
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades 6-12 

This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Teens" group
This event is in the "Multi-age & Family" group

Monarchs on Milkweed

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
STEM, Presentation, Workshop
Age Group:
Adults, Teens, Multi-age & Family

The decline of the Monarch Butterfly became apparent in the late 1990's and early 2000's. Come learn about this amazing migrator who travels over 1,000 miles yearly to overwinter in Mexico, and about the environmental "butterfly effect" that

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Teens, Multi-age & Family
Program Type: STEM, Presentation, Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

The decline of the Monarch Butterfly became apparent in the late 1990's and early 2000's. Come learn about this amazing migrator who travels over 1,000 miles yearly to overwinter in Mexico, and about the environmental "butterfly effect" that

This event is in the "Teens" group

Half Day Hangout

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 11:30am - 2:30pm
Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Gaming
Age Group:
Teens

Grades 6-12. Drop-in at the library and hang out with Switch games, board games, craft supplies, and snacks! What you do is up to you. CJH students have a half day of school on these dates.

Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Gaming
Event Details:

Grades 6-12. Drop-in at the library and hang out with Switch games, board games, craft supplies, and snacks! What you do is up to you. CJH students have a half day of school on these dates.

Library Closing

All Day
Cary Area Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Cary Area Public Library
This event is in the "Teens" group
This event is in the "Elementary" group

Robotics Workshop

Monday, May 11, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
STEM
Age Group:
Teens, Elementary

Grades 3-12. Develop your programming skills with the LEGO SPIKE Prime robots and apply them to various challenges. Each Workshop will have a different lesson and different challenges for you to try out.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens, Elementary
Program Type: STEM
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades 3-12. Develop your programming skills with the LEGO SPIKE Prime robots and apply them to various challenges. Each Workshop will have a different lesson and different challenges for you to try out.

This event is in the "Teens" group

Teen Volunteer Board

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Flex Zone at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
Community
Age Group:
Teens

Grades 6-12

Join this fun service club to help with library volunteer projects. Participants will get volunteer hours for every meeting they attend. 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library
Room: Flex Zone
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Community
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades 6-12

Join this fun service club to help with library volunteer projects. Participants will get volunteer hours for every meeting they attend. 

This event is in the "Teens" group

Virtual Dungeons and Dragons Via Zoom

Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Virtual at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
Gaming, Virtual
Age Group:
Teens

Grades 6-12. Via Zoom. New and Returning players welcome. Come join in on this popular fantasy role-playing game, no experience necessary! Characters will be provided for you to play during the game.

Open
Registration Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Gaming, Virtual
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades 6-12. Via Zoom. New and Returning players welcome. Come join in on this popular fantasy role-playing game, no experience necessary! Characters will be provided for you to play during the game.