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Director Thomas Vose presents Thomas' Retro Game Challenge! at the Main Library on Saturday, March 23rd at 1 PM.

Join us at the Grantsville Library on May 11th at 4:30 pm for SuGO™- the not-so-ancient art of building Sumo Wrestling Robots using Lego Mindstorms.

Join us at the Main Library on May 4th, 4-5 pm, for an engaging class that will ignite creativity and foster a love for nature as youth participants design their very own mini fairy frog garden.

Join Karen Wood, University of Maryland Extension, on May 1st from 4-5 pm at the Grantsville Library to learn and practice the art of pressed flowers and leaves!

Join us at all library locations for our series of free Library Garden Labs, presented by the University of Maryland Extension's Master Gardeners.

Join Naturalist Chance from Deep Creek Lake State Park on Thursday, April 30th from 4:00-5:00 pm for a Reptile Encounter! Chance will have some critters that slither and strut through the fore

Join us on Thursday, April 23, 4:00-5:00 pm, to design, build and launch your very own kite!  In this hands-on class, youth will explore the science of flight.

Join us in the Main Library's Community Room on Monday, April 20th at 6 PM to experience the mysterious life and literary legacy of Edgar Allan Poe through the Enoch Pratt Free Library’s collection

Join us at the Accident Community Pond on Wednesday, April 15, 4:30 - 5:30 pm, to learn all about fishing from Park Ranger Noah Manges, of New Germany State Park.

Shred Day is back! Happening this year on April 25, 2026 from 11 AM - 3 PM in the rear parking lot of the Main Library, Oakland.

Join us at the Main Library (Oakland) on Saturday, April 11th at 1 pm for a fun afternoon of board gaming with awesome people!

We'll be seeing you at the table.

Do you enjoy cozy afternoons working on jigsaw puzzles? Let's turn it up a notch!

Join us on Wednesday, April 22nd, at 6 pm for this family-friendly program as Library Director, Thomas Vose shares how important it is to read aloud to your child!

It's time for another casual group 'performance' of a much-beloved Shakespeare favorite.

In this exciting, hands-on class, youth will become entomologists and engineers as they discover the fascinating world of insects while constructing a model using K'Nex.

Celebrate National Library Week at the Ruth Enlow Library with a Circus Science show!

Come find your joy at the circus with silly scientist Gregory May!

National Library Week is almost here, and you know what that means - it's time for our annual National Library Week Bookmark Contest!

National Library Week is a yearly celebration highlight

Join the adventure as we embark on a Dungeons & Dragons quest at the Main Library in Oakland on Saturday, March 21st, at 12 PM!

Celebrate Irish-American Heritage Month with us during March!

Welcome to the 2026 Ruth Enlow Library Reading Challenge!