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Teen Volunteer Board

7:00pm–8:00pm
Teens
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

7:00pm–8:30pm
Teens
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

7:00pm–8:30pm
Adults, Teens
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

1:00pm–4:00pm
Teens
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

6:30pm–8:30pm
Teens, Elementary
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

6:00pm–7:00pm
Teens, Elementary
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

7:00pm–8:30pm
Teens
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

6:30pm–8:30pm
Teens, Elementary
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

7:30pm–8:00pm
Teens
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

9:00am–1:00pm
Closing
Branches:
Cary Area Public Library

Library Closing

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

Teen Volunteer Board

5:30pm–6:30pm
Teens
Waitlist
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

1:00pm–4:00pm
Teens
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

7:00pm–8:00pm
Teens
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

7:00pm–8:30pm
Teens
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

7:00pm–8:00pm
Adults, Teens, Multi-age & Family
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

11:30am–2:30pm
Teens
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
Closing
Branches:
Cary Area Public Library
This event is in the "Teens" group
This event is in the "Elementary" group

Robotics Workshop

6:30pm–8:30pm
Teens, Elementary
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

7:00pm–8:00pm
Teens
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

1:00pm–4:00pm
Teens
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

Build-A-Robot

1:30pm–4:00pm
Teens, Elementary
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 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

Tote Bag Painting

7:00pm–8:30pm
Teens
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 custom artwork on a fabric tote bag. Perfect to carry books for summer reading or to travel with you on your summer adventures.  

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

Springtime Trivia Faceoff

7:00pm–8:30pm
Adults, Teens
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Teens
Program Type: Gaming
Registration Required
Event Details:

Compete in teams of up to 4 people by correctly answering questions to determine who is the face of trivia success!  Bonus points for each player dressed for spring, rainstorms, or to do your best spring cleaning.