This event is in the "Grade schoolers" group. First Fridays Club Friday, January 3, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm Flex Zone at Cary Area Public Library Age Group: Grade schoolers Event Details: This is a daytime club ideal for kids in grades 1-5 and perfect for homeschoolers and homeschooling families. Each month we’ll do a different activity - from arts and cra... Waitlist Registration This event is in the "Grade schoolers" group. Jan 3 2025 Fri First Fridays Club 2:00pm - 3:00pm Waitlist Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Flex Zone Age Group: Grade schoolers Registration Required Seats Remaining: 0 Event Details: This is a daytime club ideal for kids in grades 1-5 and perfect for homeschoolers and homeschooling families. Each month we’ll do a different activity - from arts and crafts, to STEM, and learning about the library!
This event is in the "Multi-age & Family" group. Second Annual Jigsaw Puzzle Competition Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 12:00pm - 3:00pm Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library Program Type: Contest Age Group: Multi-age & Family Event Details: Come and test your puzzle prowess in the Second Annual Cary Area Public Library jigsaw puzzle competition! Registrants will compete to see which teams of up to four can complete a ... Waitlist Registration This event is in the "Multi-age & Family" group. Jan 4 2025 Sat Second Annual Jigsaw Puzzle Competition 12:00pm - 3:00pm Waitlist Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Multi-age & Family Program Type: Contest Registration Required Seats Remaining: 0 Event Details: Come and test your puzzle prowess in the Second Annual Cary Area Public Library jigsaw puzzle competition! Registrants will compete to see which teams of up to four can complete a 500 piece puzzle the fastest.
This event is in the "Multi-age & Family" group. Family Lego Fun! Sunday, January 5, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library Program Type: STEM Age Group: Multi-age & Family Event Details: Work together as a family to create your own Lego creation!*Please register under one name, then list how many are in your group. Closed Registration This event is in the "Multi-age & Family" group. Jan 5 2025 Sun Family Lego Fun! 2:00pm - 3:00pm Closed Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Multi-age & Family Program Type: STEM Registration Required Seats Remaining: 0 Event Details: Work together as a family to create your own Lego creation!*Please register under one name, then list how many are in your group.
This event is in the "Preschoolers" group. Family Storytime Monday, January 6, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library Program Type: Storytime Age Group: Preschoolers Event Details: Ages 0-6 with an adult. Stimulate your child's senses through books, rhymes, music, and movement. No registration required. Please note: Storytime content will repeat each we... This event is in the "Preschoolers" group. Jan 6 2025 Mon Family Storytime 10:30am - 11:00am Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Preschoolers Program Type: Storytime Event Details: Ages 0-6 with an adult. Stimulate your child's senses through books, rhymes, music, and movement. No registration required. Please note: Storytime content will repeat each week for the Monday, and Tuesday sessions.
This event is in the "Grade schoolers" group. Monday Fun Day: Grades 2-3 Kids Game Night Monday, January 6, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm Flex Zone at Cary Area Public Library Program Type: Gaming Age Group: Grade schoolers Event Details: Make friends and discover new screen-free games. On the first and third Mondays of the month. First Mondays are geared to grades 2-3, third are geared to grades 4-5. Join us ... Waitlist Registration This event is in the "Grade schoolers" group. Jan 6 2025 Mon Monday Fun Day: Grades 2-3 Kids Game Night 6:30pm - 7:30pm Waitlist Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Flex Zone Age Group: Grade schoolers Program Type: Gaming Registration Required Seats Remaining: 0 Event Details: Make friends and discover new screen-free games. On the first and third Mondays of the month. First Mondays are geared to grades 2-3, third are geared to grades 4-5. Join us for an evening of fun and learning!
This event is in the "Teens" group. Teen Volunteer Board Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm Flex Zone at Cary Area Public Library Program Type: Community Age Group: Teens Event Details: Grades 6-12Join this fun service club to help with library volunteer projects. Participants will get volunteer hours for every meeting they attend. Open Registration This event is in the "Teens" group. Jan 7 2025 Tue Teen Volunteer Board 7:00pm - 8:00pm Open Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Flex Zone Age Group: Teens Program Type: Community Registration Required Seats Remaining: 12 Event Details: Grades 6-12Join 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 "Adults" group. Wits Workout Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library Program Type: Community Age Group: Adults Event Details: Did you know that social connectedness and intellectual engagement are two lifestyle factors that contribute to your brain’s health? Simply put, coming together and learning new th... Waitlist Registration This event is in the "Adults" group. Jan 8 2025 Wed Wits Workout 1:30pm - 2:30pm Waitlist Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Community Registration Required Seats Remaining: 0 Event Details: Did you know that social connectedness and intellectual engagement are two lifestyle factors that contribute to your brain’s health? Simply put, coming together and learning new things is good for your noggin!
This event is in the "Adults" group. Dead Air: The Night Orson Welles Terrified America Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library Program Type: Presentation Age Group: Adults Event Details: On a warm Halloween Eve, October 30, 1938, during a broadcast of H G. Wells’ War of the Worlds, a twenty-three-year-old Orson Welles held his hands up for radio silence in the... Open Registration This event is in the "Adults" group. Jan 8 2025 Wed Dead Air: The Night Orson Welles Terrified America 7:00pm - 8:00pm Open Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Presentation Registration Required Seats Remaining: 11 Event Details: On a warm Halloween Eve, October 30, 1938, during a broadcast of H G.
This event is in the "Adults" group. Illinois Libraries Present: Chicago Pizza - Past, Present & Future with Steve Dolinsky [via zoom] Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm Off Site Program Type: Cooking & Food, Presentation, Virtual Age Group: Adults Event Details: Illinois Libraries Present Steve Dolinsky, well known Food Guy and reporter at NBC 5 (Chicago). Steve is also a James Beard Award winner for his TV, radio and podcast work. S... Offsite Event This event is in the "Adults" group. Jan 9 2025 Thu Illinois Libraries Present: Chicago Pizza - Past, Present & Future with Steve Dolinsky [via zoom] 7:00pm - 8:00pm Library Branch: Off Site Age Group: Adults Program Type: Cooking & Food, Presentation, Virtual Event Details: Illinois Libraries Present Steve Dolinsky, well known Food Guy and reporter at NBC 5 (Chicago). Steve is also a James Beard Award winner for his TV, radio and podcast work.
This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Teens" group. This event is in the "Grade schoolers" group. This event is in the "Multi-age & Family" group. Chess: Fast, Cool Historic Games! Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:00pm Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library Program Type: Gaming, Community Age Group: Adults, Teens, Grade schoolers, Multi-age & Family Event Details: Chess is for everyone! Attacks that lead to fast and genius wins make chess rock! See games from: Napoleon Bonaparte; American genius, Paul Morphy; Greco destroying pla... Open Registration This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Teens" group. This event is in the "Grade schoolers" group. This event is in the "Multi-age & Family" group. Jan 11 2025 Sat Chess: Fast, Cool Historic Games! 10:30am - 12:00pm Open Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Adults, Teens, Grade schoolers, Multi-age & Family Program Type: Gaming, Community Registration Required Seats Remaining: 6 Event Details: Chess is for everyone! Attacks that lead to fast and genius wins make chess rock!
This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Teens" group. This event is in the "Multi-age & Family" group. Bullet Journaling for Beginners Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm Flex Zone at Cary Area Public Library Program Type: Arts & Crafts Age Group: Adults, Teens, Multi-age & Family Event Details: Want to try bullet journaling, but are too intimidated by the museum-quality examples on Pinterest and Instagram? Join Jez Layman as we learn the basics of bullet journaling, inclu... Open Registration This event is in the "Adults" group. This event is in the "Teens" group. This event is in the "Multi-age & Family" group. Jan 11 2025 Sat Bullet Journaling for Beginners 11:00am - 12:00pm Open Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Flex Zone Age Group: Adults, Teens, Multi-age & Family Program Type: Arts & Crafts Registration Required Seats Remaining: 8 Event Details: Want to try bullet journaling, but are too intimidated by the museum-quality examples on Pinterest and Instagram?
This event is in the "Adults" group. Cary Area Writers Group Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 12:00pm - 3:00pm Conference Room at Cary Area Public Library Program Type: Workshop Age Group: Adults Event Details: The Cary Area Writers Group meets on the second Saturday of each month. We welcome any and all authors age 21+ who have an interest in writing. Bring a copy of what you wrote or 4-... This event is in the "Adults" group. Jan 11 2025 Sat Cary Area Writers Group 12:00pm - 3:00pm Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Conference Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Workshop Event Details: The Cary Area Writers Group meets on the second Saturday of each month. We welcome any and all authors age 21+ who have an interest in writing. Bring a copy of what you wrote or 4-5 copies to pass around.
This event is in the "Preschoolers" group. Family Storytime Monday, January 13, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library Program Type: Storytime Age Group: Preschoolers Event Details: Ages 0-6 with an adult. Stimulate your child's senses through books, rhymes, music, and movement. No registration required. Please note: Storytime content will repeat each we... This event is in the "Preschoolers" group. Jan 13 2025 Mon Family Storytime 10:30am - 11:00am Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Preschoolers Program Type: Storytime Event Details: Ages 0-6 with an adult. Stimulate your child's senses through books, rhymes, music, and movement. No registration required. Please note: Storytime content will repeat each week for the Monday, and Tuesday sessions.
This event is in the "Grade schoolers" group. Dungeons and Dragons Grades 4-5 Monday, January 13, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm Flex Zone at Cary Area Public Library Program Type: Gaming Age Group: Grade schoolers Event Details: Grades 4-5. Come join in on this popular fantasy role-playing game, no experience necessary! In this two hour session players will get the feel for the game, as well as learn the b... Closed Registration This event is in the "Grade schoolers" group. Jan 13 2025 Mon Dungeons and Dragons Grades 4-5 6:30pm - 8:30pm Closed Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Flex Zone Age Group: Grade schoolers Program Type: Gaming Registration Required Seats Remaining: 0 Event Details: Grades 4-5. Come join in on this popular fantasy role-playing game, no experience necessary! In this two hour session players will get the feel for the game, as well as learn the basic rules.
This event is in the "Teens" group. This event is in the "Grade schoolers" group. Robotics Workshop Monday, January 13, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library Program Type: STEM Age Group: Teens, Grade schoolers 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 challen... Waitlist Registration This event is in the "Teens" group. This event is in the "Grade schoolers" group. Jan 13 2025 Mon Robotics Workshop 6:30pm - 8:30pm Waitlist Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Teens, Grade schoolers Program Type: STEM Registration Required Seats Remaining: 0 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 "Grade schoolers" group. Wired for Science: Paper Bridges and Coke Can Races! Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm Flex Zone at Cary Area Public Library Program Type: STEM Age Group: Grade schoolers Event Details: How many pennies will your bridge design hold up? And see how fast your can travels using static electricity! Waitlist Registration This event is in the "Grade schoolers" group. Jan 14 2025 Tue Wired for Science: Paper Bridges and Coke Can Races! 5:00pm - 6:00pm Waitlist Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Flex Zone Age Group: Grade schoolers Program Type: STEM Registration Required Seats Remaining: 0 Event Details: How many pennies will your bridge design hold up? And see how fast your can travels using static electricity!
This event is in the "Multi-age & Family" group. Family Game Night Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library Program Type: Gaming Age Group: Multi-age & Family Event Details: Join other families for an evening playing board games. Feel free to bring a favorite from home or choose from our selection. This is a great opportunity to meet other families in ... Open Registration This event is in the "Multi-age & Family" group. Jan 14 2025 Tue Family Game Night 6:00pm - 7:30pm Open Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Multi-age & Family Program Type: Gaming Registration Required Seats Remaining: 2 Event Details: Join other families for an evening playing board games. Feel free to bring a favorite from home or choose from our selection. This is a great opportunity to meet other families in our community and to try a new board game.
This event is in the "Adults" group. Wits Workout Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library Program Type: Community Age Group: Adults Event Details: Did you know that social connectedness and intellectual engagement are two lifestyle factors that contribute to your brain’s health? Simply put, coming together and learning new th... Waitlist Registration This event is in the "Adults" group. Jan 15 2025 Wed Wits Workout 1:30pm - 2:30pm Waitlist Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Community Registration Required Seats Remaining: 0 Event Details: Did you know that social connectedness and intellectual engagement are two lifestyle factors that contribute to your brain’s health? Simply put, coming together and learning new things is good for your noggin!
This event is in the "Grade schoolers" group. Green Over Screens - Folk Art Winter Trees Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm Flex Zone at Cary Area Public Library Program Type: Arts & Crafts Age Group: Grade schoolers Event Details: Using watercolor and ink, we’ll create our own folk tree forest! This program is for grades K-1 only. Please register child's name, up to two children only, thank you. Closed Registration This event is in the "Grade schoolers" group. Jan 15 2025 Wed Green Over Screens - Folk Art Winter Trees 4:30pm - 5:30pm Closed Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Flex Zone Age Group: Grade schoolers Program Type: Arts & Crafts Registration Required Seats Remaining: 0 Event Details: Using watercolor and ink, we’ll create our own folk tree forest! This program is for grades K-1 only. Please register child's name, up to two children only, thank you.
This event is in the "Adults" group. Vegan Comfort Food [via zoom] Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm Off Site Program Type: Cooking & Food Age Group: Adults Event Details: Start the New Year off right with hearty and delicious Vegan comfort foods from Kristyn Slick. Kristyn will present from her classroom kitchen via zoom, in this program offer... Open Registration Offsite Event This event is in the "Adults" group. Jan 15 2025 Wed Vegan Comfort Food [via zoom] 6:30pm - 8:00pm Open Library Branch: Off Site Age Group: Adults Program Type: Cooking & Food Registration Required Seats Remaining: 41 Event Details: Start the New Year off right with hearty and delicious Vegan comfort foods from Kristyn Slick.
This event is in the "Adults" group. Winter White Landscapes Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library Program Type: Arts & Crafts Age Group: Adults Event Details: Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!Attendees will follow artist Terri Murphy in drawing a solitary cottage snowscape in white pencil on black paper. Fill it with fanciful ... Closed Registration This event is in the "Adults" group. Jan 15 2025 Wed Winter White Landscapes 6:30pm - 8:00pm Closed Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Arts & Crafts Registration Required Seats Remaining: 0 Event Details: Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!
This event is in the "Teens" group. Third Fridays Club Friday, January 17, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm Flex Zone at Cary Area Public Library Age Group: Teens Event Details: This relaxed, daytime club is perfect for homeschoolers in grades 6-12 to hang out with other teens and try new activities including STEM, crafts, art, games, and more!January: “Ba... Open Registration This event is in the "Teens" group. Jan 17 2025 Fri Third Fridays Club 2:00pm - 3:00pm Open Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Flex Zone Age Group: Teens Registration Required Seats Remaining: 7 Event Details: This relaxed, daytime club is perfect for homeschoolers in grades 6-12 to hang out with other teens and try new activities including STEM, crafts, art, games, and more!
This event is in the "Preschoolers" group. Sign With Katy Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 10:00am - 10:45am Flex Zone at Cary Area Public Library Age Group: Preschoolers Event Details: Join Katy as she teaches basic ASL vocabulary to you and your little one. Learning ASL is a great way for babies to learn to communicate their wants and needs with caregivers befor... Open Registration This event is in the "Preschoolers" group. Jan 18 2025 Sat Sign With Katy 10:00am - 10:45am Open Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Flex Zone Age Group: Preschoolers Registration Required Seats Remaining: 10 Event Details: Join Katy as she teaches basic ASL vocabulary to you and your little one. Learning ASL is a great way for babies to learn to communicate their wants and needs with caregivers before gaining the ability to speak.
This event is in the "Adults" group. 3D Printing Pens Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:30am Meeting Room at Cary Area Public Library Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Computers & Tech Age Group: Adults Event Details: Create 3D art with your own hands! You’ll be able to choose from a variety of Fall-themed designs that you can make to welcome in the upcoming season. Waitlist Registration This event is in the "Adults" group. Jan 18 2025 Sat 3D Printing Pens 10:00am - 11:30am Waitlist Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Computers & Tech Registration Required Seats Remaining: 0 Event Details: Create 3D art with your own hands! You’ll be able to choose from a variety of Fall-themed designs that you can make to welcome in the upcoming season.