From the Director
Get ready for Tails & Tales Summer Reading! A video message from MCPL Director, Anita Vassallo.
Join us virtually to meet children's author Ai-Ling Louie and hear her discuss her books! She is the author of many children's biographies, such as Astronaut Kalpana Chawla: Reaching for the Stars, and the picture book, Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China.
A discussion on the art of henna, followed by a fun craft!
A conversation about preserving community connections, affordable housing, health and aging, and combating anti-Asian racism during the global pandemic.
Spring back your books & other materials -- no fines, no fuss!

Nadia Hashimi is a Montgomery County pediatrician turned novelist whose parents came to the U.S. from Afghanistan before the Soviet invasion. She will be talking about her newest novel – Sparks Like Stars – described as a story of America and Afghanistan, tragedy and survival, reinvention and remembrance. She is a member of the US–Afghan Women’s Council and Kallion, an organization that seeks to elevate leadership through humanities. Moderated by Debbie Trent, chair of the Middle Eastern American Advisory Group (MEAAG)
Kirk Curnett, managing editor of The F. Scott Fitzgerald Review, will discuss his new book, All of the Belles: The Montgomery Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald. 
H.I.R.E. (Helping Individuals Reach Employment) Sessions
Sign up to meet confidentially one-on-one with a career counselor for advice and assistance with your job search.
Job Search Strategies (in a Pandemic) 
Best practices for conducting a job search in the current job market. 

How to Prepare for Your Virtual Job Interview

How to Apply for a Job with Montgomery County Government
Sign up to meet confidentially one-on-one with a career counselor for advice and assistance with your job search.

LinkedIn Boot Camp (Part I / Part II)
This popular two-session/two-day workshop focuses on both the mechanics & strategy of using LinkedIn as a tool to conduct a successful job search
Fun & Relaxation
Would you like to be able to write your own personal journal? Here’s your opportunity!
Learn the tools needed to make meditation part of daily life.
Children's Programs
School-age children practice reading aloud in 15 minute virtual sessions with certified therapy dogs.
In celebration of Remake Learning Days, in this session of this weekly series, we'll discover seeds and then grow plants from our socks!
Join Ali Oliver-Krueger of Story Tapestries for a program that teaches a lesson about kindness, wisdom, and making good choices...and offers one possible theory for why rabbits today have short, fluffy, cotton ball tails.

Summer is almost here and we want to catch as much gorgeous sun as we can. We're going to make adorable sun catchers shaped like hot air balloons to put in your window! 
Brood X is due to climb out of the ground any day now! Join us to learn all about Cicadas, and some other of our favorite bugs!

Do you love Harry Potter? If so, please join us as we discuss "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" by J.K Rowling. Recommended for 10+
Teen Programs
It's always more fun to write with friends! Teens, ages 13 and up, are invited to join us as we write and workshop poetry. 
Explore cultural differences across countries, current events, the role of international institutions and more.

Adult Programs
Create your own original characters, caricatures, one-panel gag cartoons, and comic strips
Read and discuss your writing; share tips and inspiration!
Introduction to Urban Vocal Group Harmony (including Doo-Wop) from the 1950s to mid-1960s.
With scientists of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
How women can level the playing field through saving and investing.
Join a monthly writing workshop covering Flash Fiction, Prose Poetry, Flash Memoir, and the Hybrid Short.
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