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Summer Reads Trivia

Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
Gaming
Age Group:
Adults, Teens, Multi-age & Family

Compete in teams of up to 4 people by correctly answering questions and we'll see which team has what it takes to win. Bonus points for coming in your summer gear!

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

Compete in teams of up to 4 people by correctly answering questions and we'll see which team has what it takes to win. Bonus points for coming in your summer gear!

This event is in the "Teens" group.

Punch Needle Art

Friday, July 11, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Flex Zone at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens

Grades 6-12. Learn the art of needle punching and make your own small needle punch creation.

Upcoming
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. Learn the art of needle punching and make your own small needle punch creation.

This event is in the "Teens" group.

Dungeons and Dragons

Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Virtual at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
Gaming
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.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Gaming
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.

Teen Gaming

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 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.

Upcoming
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.

Introduction to Botanical Drawing: A Caregiver and Tween Art Workshop

Saturday, July 26, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:30pm
Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults, Teens, Multi-age & Family

Plants are all around us and always available in many forms, so they make an excellent subject for drawing!  In this workshop, caregivers and teens will learn the skills to draw plant forms with accurate proportions.

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

Plants are all around us and always available in many forms, so they make an excellent subject for drawing!  In this workshop, caregivers and teens will learn the skills to draw plant forms with accurate proportions.

This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Grade schoolers" group.

Robotics Workshop

Monday, July 28, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Flex Zone at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
STEM
Age Group:
Teens, Grade schoolers

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.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library
Room: Flex Zone
Age Group: Teens, Grade schoolers
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 "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.

Two-View Tree Art: A Caregiver and Teen Art Workshop

Wednesday, July 30, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults, Teens

Join art instructor and illustrator Terri Murphy to design an accordion-fold picture known as an Agamograph.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join art instructor and illustrator Terri Murphy to design an accordion-fold picture known as an Agamograph.

Library Closed for Staff Training

Friday, August 1, 2025 at 9:00am - 1:00pm
Cary Area Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Cary Area Public Library
This event is in the "Teens" group.

Dungeons and Dragons

Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Virtual at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
Gaming
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.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Gaming
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 "Grade schoolers" group.

Build-A-Robot

Sunday, August 17, 2025 at 1:30pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
STEM
Age Group:
Teens, Grade schoolers

Grades 3-12 Build one of the LEGO EV3 robot designs and then download the program to activate it. Adults not required, but this is a great chance for you to share a STEM activity with your child. 

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens, Grade schoolers
Program Type: STEM
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades 3-12 Build one of the LEGO EV3 robot designs and then download the program to activate it. Adults not required, but this is a great chance for you to share a STEM activity with your child. 

This event is in the "Teens" group.

Pringle Ringle

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Flex Zone at Cary Area Public Library
Program Type:
STEM
Age Group:
Teens

Grades 6-12

Celebrate back to school with a fun and delicious engineering challenge using only pringles. 

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

Grades 6-12

Celebrate back to school with a fun and delicious engineering challenge using only pringles. 

This event is in the "Teens" group.

Teen Gaming

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 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.

Upcoming
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.

Library Closed

All Day 8/31 - 9/1
Cary Area Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Cary Area Public Library

Library Closed for Staff Training

Friday, October 3, 2025 at 9:00am - 1:00pm
Cary Area Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Cary Area Public Library

Library Closing at 5:00 PM

Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Cary Area Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Cary Area Public Library

Library Closed for Thanksgiving

All Day
Cary Area Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Cary Area Public Library

Library Closed for Staff Training

Friday, December 5, 2025 at 9:00am - 1:00pm
Cary Area Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Cary Area Public Library

Library Closed

All Day 12/24 - 12/25
Cary Area Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Cary Area Public Library

Library Closed

All Day 12/31 - 1/1
Cary Area Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Cary Area Public Library