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Intro to Web Development

10:00am - 12:00pm
Spring Lake Community Library
Library Branch: Spring Lake Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (SPL)
Age Group: 15-18 Years, 19+ Years
Program Type: STEM/STEAM
Event Details:
Are you ready to build your own website? You will gain a foundational understanding of HTML and CSS as you create your very own website with Code Ninjas! For ages 15 and up. This grant is made possible by funding from the federal Institute of Mu...

Teen Matinee: Missing 😱

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Cliffdale Regional Library
Closed
Registration
Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (CLF)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Culture & Entertainment, Games & Activities
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:
When her mother inexplicably vanishes while on a Colombian vacation, a teen named June must rely on the contemporary technology at her disposal to know the truth, encountering a web of secrets about her mother that she struggles to fathom. If yo...

Intro to Roblox Development

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Bordeaux Community Library
Library Branch: Bordeaux Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (BOR)
Age Group: 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: STEM/STEAM
Event Details:
If you love Roblox and want to get started with building your own games, this is for you! You will learn the basics of game building in your own 3D Roblox worlds with Code Ninjas. No experience required. For ages 8 and up. This grant is made pos...

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

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Headquarters Library
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Code Your Own Cartoons

4:00pm - 6:00pm
North Regional Library
Library Branch: North Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (NRL)
Age Group: 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: STEM/STEAM
Event Details:
It's time to unleash your creativity and express yourself as a master storyteller. You will learn to code your own animations and imaginative stories with Code Ninjas! For ages 8 and up. This grant is made possible by funding from the federal In...

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Going Nuclear Escape Room

2:30pm - 5:00pm
Headquarters Library
Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Room: Conference Room #2 (HQU)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years, All Ages
Program Type: Games & Activities, STEM/STEAM
Event Details:
Join us for an afternoon of daring escapes as you try to problem solve your way out of a nuclear reactor meltdown! This event is part of the North Carolina Science Festival, a statewide celebration of STEM. You can find more events like this all...

Robotic Challenges: Code-A-Pillars and Cubelets

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Cliffdale Regional Library
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (CLF)
Age Group: 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: STEM/STEAM
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:
We invite children and teens to get creative and challenge themselves with robotics. Children can learn simple coding through our Code-A-Pillar and Bee-Bot. Try out different codes to make them move. Down for a race? Who do you think can be the ...

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

ESL @ BOR

5:30pm - 6:30pm
Bordeaux Community Library
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Bordeaux Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (BOR)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years, 19+ Years
Program Type: Culture & Entertainment
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 11
Event Details:
Enjoy a supportive, structured environment for participants to follow the curriculum and exercises provided by Transparent Language for English for speakers of other languages. A librarian will act as a facilitator and provide additional materials an...

Baby Yoda Scavenger Hunt

All Day
Hope Mills Community Library
Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, All Ages
Program Type: Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Event Details:
Uh-oh! Grogu made copies of himself, he has. Find all ten (10) of them, you must. Win, the Dark Side must not. When all ten (10) of the Grogus you've found, prize from the children's desk you get. May the 4th be with you, but beware of the Reven...

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Calm, Cool Coloring

All Day
Spring Lake Community Library
Library Branch: Spring Lake Community Library
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Self-Directed Activity
Event Details:
We are all looking for some quiet. Join us during May's Mental Health Month and enjoy a few hours of peace and relaxation while taking part in an ongoing large group coloring project, or, if you like, you can color your own personal sheets. See what ...

Community Garden Art Challenge

All Day
Hope Mills Community Library
Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Self-Directed Activity
Event Details:
Come get a flower pot to decorate and draw in the plant of your choosing. You may use crayons at the library or art supplies you have at home and bring your artwork back. Please return to the library by May 31. Please note that this program...

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Operation: Code Breakers

3:00pm - 5:00pm
East Regional Library
Library Branch: East Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (ERL)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: STEM/STEAM
Event Details:
Learn the art of creating and solving coded messages and combine them with the power of computer science to write programs that encrypt and decrypt secret messages with Code Ninjas. For ages 10 and up. This grant is made possible by funding from...

Dungeons and Dragons - Desolation

4:00pm - 6:00pm
Hope Mills Community Library
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (HPM)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Event Details:
Calling all heroes, mages, wanderers, scoundrels and goblins! Join the party and play 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons with Dungeon Master Taylor. We will be meeting every Thursday. Players who can’t make it to every session can feel free to dro...

Star Wars Take and Make Craft

All Day
Spring Lake Community Library
Library Branch: Spring Lake Community Library
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Self-Directed Activity
Event Details:
Come by and pick up a May the 4th themed take and make craft. The crafts will be available from May 3 - May 10 or as long as supplies last. For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1459. ...

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Fun Friday for Teens: DIY Bookmarks

2:45pm - 5:30pm
East Regional Library
Library Branch: East Regional Library
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
Make your own creative and colorful bookmarks. Hang out with friends and enjoy the end of your week. Happy Friday! For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1403....

Teen Advisory Committee

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Headquarters Library
Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Room: Teen Space (HQU)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: General Program
Event Details:
Crafts, games and murder mysteries, oh my! We want teens to tell us what they want to participate in at the library. For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1361....

Star Wars Matinee - Star Wars: A New Hope

10:00am - 12:00pm
Headquarters Library
Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Room: Pate Room (HQU)
Age Group: 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years, All Ages
Program Type: Culture & Entertainment
Event Details:
Join us for a special showing of Star Wars: A New Hope (1977; PG) as we celebrate May the 4th Be with You Day! Ages 7 and up. For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1361. ...

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

May the Fourth Crafts: Comics and Cinema

10:00am - 5:30pm
West Regional Library
Library Branch: West Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (WRL)
Age Group: 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years, 19+ Years, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, General Program
Event Details:
Celebrate Star Wars Day and Free Comic Book Day with a drop-in movie marathon and self-directed crafts. The following movies will be shown: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (PG, 2018) Star Wars: Clone Wars (PG, 2008) The DC Leagu...

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Pool Noodle Lightsaber Battle: May the 4th Be with You

2:00pm - 4:00pm
North Regional Library
Open
Registration
Library Branch: North Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (NRL)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years, 19+ Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Culture & Entertainment
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 28
Event Details:
It's Star Wars Day! Feel like a Jedi (or Sith) by making your own pool noodle lightsaber. Then learn some moves and a short fight sequence from members of The Realm of Thaundor so you can look awesome wielding it. Star Wars dress or costume is encour...

Dungeons and Dragons: Building Character

2:30pm - 5:45pm
North Regional Library
Open
Registration
Library Branch: North Regional Library
Room: Conference Room (NRL)
Age Group: 15-18 Years, 19+ Years
Program Type: Games & Activities
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 13
Event Details:
Learn to build your hero's stats and life story for Dungeons and Dragons 5E. Registration is required by calling (910) 483-7727 ext. 1436 or registering online....

Operation: Code Breakers

3:15pm - 5:15pm
Headquarters Library
Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Room: Teen Space (HQU)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: STEM/STEAM
Event Details:
Learn the art of creating and solving coded messages and combine them with the power of computer science to write programs that encrypt and decrypt secret messages with Code Ninjas. For ages 10 and up. This grant is made possible by funding from...

Intro to Roblox Development

4:00pm - 6:00pm
Hope Mills Community Library
Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (HPM)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: STEM/STEAM
Event Details:
If you love Roblox and want to get started with building your own games, this is for you! You will learn the basics of game building in your own 3D Roblox worlds with Code Ninjas. No experience required. For ages 10 and up. This grant is made po...

Teen Scene Artistry: Scrapbooking

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Headquarters Library
Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Room: Teen Space (HQU)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
A scrapbook is perfect for saving your most cherished photos and keepsakes. Customize each page with the included accessories to showcase your favorite memories in a stylish, personal way. The oversized pages give you room to get creative. Make this ...

Dungeons and Dragons - Spiral

4:00pm - 6:00pm
Hope Mills Community Library
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (HPM)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Event Details:
Calling all heroes, mages, wanderers, scoundrels and goblins! Join the party and play 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons with Dungeon Master Taylor. We will be meeting every Thursday. Players who can’t make it to every session can feel free to dro...