This event is in the "Teens" group Aug 26 2025 Tue Teen Gaming 7:00pm–8:30pm Teens Open Registration Required This event is in the "Teens" group Aug 26 2025 Tue Teen Gaming 7:00pm–8:30pm Open 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.
Aug 27 2025 Wed Hooked on Books Book Group - The Rooster House: My Ukrainian Family Story: A Memoir by Victoria Belim 10:30am–11:30am Open Registration Required Aug 27 2025 Wed Hooked on Books Book Group - The Rooster House: My Ukrainian Family Story: A Memoir by Victoria Belim 10:30am–11:30am Open Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Flex Zone Registration Required Event Details: We will discuss the novel The Rooster House: My Ukrainian Family Story: A Memoir by Victoria Belim. Registration is preferred, but walk-ins are welcome.
This event is in the "Adults" group Aug 27 2025 Wed Canning 101: Canning Galore and So Much More! 7:00pm–8:00pm Adults Waitlist Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Aug 27 2025 Wed Canning 101: Canning Galore and So Much More! 7:00pm–8:00pm Waitlist Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Cooking & Food, Workshop Registration Required Event Details: The end of summer harvest is here, and it's the best time to preserve all those delicious treats we've grown.
This event is in the "Adults" group Aug 28 2025 Thu Turning Pages Together Book Group: The Women by Kristin Hannah 7:00pm–8:00pm Adults Open Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Aug 28 2025 Thu Turning Pages Together Book Group: The Women by Kristin Hannah 7:00pm–8:00pm Open Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Book Discussion Registration Required Event Details: We will discuss the novel The Women by Kristin Hannah. Registration is preferred, but walk-ins are welcome. Copies of the book can be checked out at the Service Center a month prior to the discussion.
Aug-Sep 2025 Library Closed All Day 8/31–9/1 Closing Aug-Sep 2025 Closing Library Closed All Day 8/31–9/1 Branches: Cary Area Public Library
This event is in the "Multi-age & Family" group Sep 2 2025 Tue Family Game Night 6:00pm–7:30pm Multi-age & Family Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Multi-age & Family" group Sep 2 2025 Tue Family Game Night 6:00pm–7:30pm Upcoming Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Multi-age & Family Program Type: Gaming Registration Required Event Details: Join other families, children and caregivers, or mentees and mentors for an evening playing board games. Feel free to bring a favorite from home or choose from our selection.
This event is in the "Early Childhood" group Sep 3 2025 Wed Evening Storytime 5:30pm–6:00pm Early Childhood This event is in the "Early Childhood" group Sep 3 2025 Wed Evening Storytime 5:30pm–6:00pm Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Flex Zone Age Group: Early Childhood 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.
This event is in the "Adults" group This event is in the "Teens" group This event is in the "Multi-age & Family" group Sep 3 2025 Wed The History of S'Mores 7:00pm–8:00pm Adults, Teens, Multi-age & Family Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group This event is in the "Teens" group This event is in the "Multi-age & Family" group Sep 3 2025 Wed The History of S'Mores 7:00pm–8:00pm Upcoming Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Adults, Teens, Multi-age & Family Program Type: Cooking & Food, Presentation Registration Required Event Details: Crunchy Graham Crackers, Pillowy Marshmallows, and the gooey sweetness of Chocolate. Nothing hits quite so nice around the campfire. Have you ever wondered how this strange sandwich came to be?
This event is in the "Adults" group Sep 4 2025 Thu 2025 Great Decisions 6:30pm–8:00pm Adults Open Registration Required Payment Required This event is in the "Adults" group Sep 4 2025 Thu 2025 Great Decisions 6:30pm–8:00pm Open Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Meeting Room South Age Group: Adults Program Type: Book Discussion, Community Registration Required Payment Required Event Details: Exchange ideas about the foreign policy issues facing America today in this monthly discussion led by Professor Gary Midkiff. Participants must purchase a briefing book and read a chapter prior to each meeting.
This event is in the "Adults" group This event is in the "Teens" group This event is in the "Multi-age & Family" group Sep 6 2025 Sat Taylor Swift's Literary Lyrics 10:30am–12:00pm Adults, Teens, Multi-age & Family Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group This event is in the "Teens" group This event is in the "Multi-age & Family" group Sep 6 2025 Sat Taylor Swift's Literary Lyrics 10:30am–12:00pm Upcoming Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Adults, Teens, Multi-age & Family Program Type: Presentation Registration Required Event Details: Taylor Swift is one of the biggest pop stars in the world. Her songs cover the full emotional spectrum, from love and friendship to heartbreak and grief, but did you know many also contain literary references?
This event is in the "Elementary" group Sep 7 2025 Sun LEGO Club 2:00pm–3:00pm Elementary Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Elementary" group Sep 7 2025 Sun LEGO Club 2:00pm–3:00pm Upcoming Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Elementary Program Type: STEM Registration Required Event Details: Create and build your own LEGO design that we'll display in the library! Sign up child, not parent for each program.
This event is in the "Multi-age & Family" group Sep 8 2025 Mon Maker Mondays Drop-In 10:00am–5:00pm Multi-age & Family This event is in the "Multi-age & Family" group Sep 8 2025 Mon Maker Mondays Drop-In 10:00am–5:00pm Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Flex Zone Age Group: Multi-age & Family Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEM Event Details: All ages, kids 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Stop by and create! We will have various craft supplies and inspiration for you to make an art project, craft, structure, or simple machine - whatever you can imagine!
This event is in the "Early Childhood" group Sep 8 2025 Mon Special Storytime with Turning Point 10:30am–11:00am Early Childhood This event is in the "Early Childhood" group Sep 8 2025 Mon Special Storytime with Turning Point 10:30am–11:00am Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Early Childhood Program Type: Storytime Event Details: Join Turning Point for a special storytime series that will focus on building empathy, kindness, and connection.
This event is in the "Multi-age & Family" group Sep 8 2025 Mon Club de Recién Llegados/Newcomer Club 6:00pm–7:00pm Multi-age & Family Offsite Event This event is in the "Multi-age & Family" group Sep 8 2025 Mon Club de Recién Llegados/Newcomer Club 6:00pm–7:00pm Library Branch: Off Site Age Group: Multi-age & Family Program Type: Community Event Details: Lunes 8 de septiembre del 2025
This event is in the "Teens" group This event is in the "Elementary" group Sep 8 2025 Mon Robotics Basics 6:30pm–8:30pm Teens, Elementary Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Teens" group This event is in the "Elementary" group Sep 8 2025 Mon Robotics Basics 6:30pm–8:30pm Upcoming 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 "Elementary" group Sep 9 2025 Tue Wired for Science: Mystery Toy! 5:00pm–6:00pm Elementary Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Elementary" group Sep 9 2025 Tue Wired for Science: Mystery Toy! 5:00pm–6:00pm Upcoming Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Flex Zone Age Group: Elementary Program Type: STEM Registration Required Event Details: Your family and friends will wonder how the rolling can you make in this class mysteriously rolls back by itself!
This event is in the "Adults" group Sep 9 2025 Tue Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess 6:30pm–8:00pm Adults Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Sep 9 2025 Tue Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess 6:30pm–8:00pm Upcoming Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Presentation Registration Required Event Details: Rita Hayworth is well-remembered today as one of Golden Age Hollywood's biggest box office stars.
This event is in the "Teens" group Sep 9 2025 Tue Teen Volunteer Board 7:00pm–8:00pm Teens Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Teens" group Sep 9 2025 Tue Teen Volunteer Board 7:00pm–8:00pm Upcoming Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Flex Zone Age Group: Teens Program Type: Community Registration Required 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 "Early Childhood" group Sep 10 2025 Wed Evening Storytime 5:30pm–6:00pm Early Childhood This event is in the "Early Childhood" group Sep 10 2025 Wed Evening Storytime 5:30pm–6:00pm Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Flex Zone Age Group: Early Childhood 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.
This event is in the "Adults" group This event is in the "Teens" group Sep 10 2025 Wed The Beatles on Film 7:00pm–8:00pm Adults, Teens Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group This event is in the "Teens" group Sep 10 2025 Wed The Beatles on Film 7:00pm–8:00pm Upcoming Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Adults, Teens Program Type: Presentation Registration Required Event Details: Join Professor Moptop, music historian, Greg Alexander, as he presents a class on The Beatles on Film. The Professor will discuss the movies The Beatles were in, those that were about them, and the films that were inspired by them.
This event is in the "Early Childhood" group Sep 11 2025 Thu Green Over Screens - Art & Craft: Spiral Fall Leaf Mobiles 10:30am–11:30am Early Childhood Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Early Childhood" group Sep 11 2025 Thu Green Over Screens - Art & Craft: Spiral Fall Leaf Mobiles 10:30am–11:30am Upcoming Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Flex Zone Age Group: Early Childhood Program Type: Arts & Crafts Registration Required Event Details: Simple designs of whirling, swirling mobiles with colored paper leaves. Ages 3-6 only with a grown up. Please register up to two children with their names.
Sep 11 2025 Thu Library Board Meeting 7:00pm–8:00pm Sep 11 2025 Thu Library Board Meeting 7:00pm–8:00pm Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Meeting Room North Program Type: Library Groups
This event is in the "Early Childhood" group Sep 13 2025 Sat Toddler Storytime 10:00am–10:30am Early Childhood This event is in the "Early Childhood" group Sep 13 2025 Sat Toddler Storytime 10:00am–10:30am Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Flex Zone Age Group: Early Childhood Event Details: Ages 18-36 months with an adult. Stories and songs for your active toddler! Drop-in, no registration required.
This event is in the "Adults" group Sep 13 2025 Sat Getting Published in the Digital Age 11:00am–12:00pm Adults Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Sep 13 2025 Sat Getting Published in the Digital Age 11:00am–12:00pm Upcoming Library Branch: Cary Area Public Library Room: Meeting Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Workshop Registration Required Event Details: Publishing has changed and has never been more exciting, or more confusing. Should you go traditional? Should you go digital? how do you get the attention of editors who are overwhelmed with submissions?