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Knitting Group

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Quiet Reading Room at Harbaugh-Thomas Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults

Join us for a drop-in knitting time for knitters of all levels. Don’t know how to knit? Stop by and learn! Conversation and creativity abound.

Library Branch: Harbaugh-Thomas Library
Room: Quiet Reading Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Description:

Join us for a drop-in knitting time for knitters of all levels. Don’t know how to knit? Stop by and learn! Conversation and creativity abound.

This event is in the "Adults" group

Make Your Own: Beaded Plant Hanger

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Adult Wing Meeting Room at Trone Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Workshop
Age Group:
Adults

Join us as we make beautiful, beaded plant hangers, perfect for a sunny windowsill in your home or office! All materials provided, including one propagated pothos plant. Registration Required

Registration Required
Library Branch: Trone Memorial Library
Room: Adult Wing Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Workshop
Registration Required
Description:

Join us as we make beautiful, beaded plant hangers, perfect for a sunny windowsill in your home or office! All materials provided, including one propagated pothos plant. Registration Required

This event is in the "Teens" group

Colorful Collage and Blackout Poetry

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Littlestown Community Meeting Room at Littlestown Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens

Use your creativity to write poetry while constructing art by using collage and blackout techniques. For ages 10-17. 

Registration Recommended

Registration Required
Library Branch: Littlestown Library
Room: Littlestown Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Description:

Use your creativity to write poetry while constructing art by using collage and blackout techniques. For ages 10-17. 

Registration Recommended

This event is in the "Children" group

Marble Art

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Library Space at New Oxford Area Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children

Marbling is a fascinating and ancient art technique that has been used for centuries.

Registration Required
Library Branch: New Oxford Area Library
Room: Library Space
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Description:

Marbling is a fascinating and ancient art technique that has been used for centuries.

This event is in the "Adults" group

Paint Night with Bitsy Ross

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 5:00pm - 7:30pm
Staff Meeting Room at Gettysburg Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults

Paint Night with Bitsy Ross
TUESDAY, JUNE 24
5PM

Registration Required
Library Branch: Gettysburg Library
Room: Staff Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Description:

Paint Night with Bitsy Ross
TUESDAY, JUNE 24
5PM

This event is in the "Adults" group

Community Book Discussion

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adult Wing Meeting Room at Trone Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults

This book discussion meets in-person on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 6:30PM. Email jbtbookclub@adamslibrary.org or call the library to reserve a copy. 

Library Branch: Trone Memorial Library
Room: Adult Wing Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Description:

This book discussion meets in-person on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 6:30PM. Email jbtbookclub@adamslibrary.org or call the library to reserve a copy. 

This event is in the "Children" group

Stories and Something to Make

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Mary Cash Room - Lower Level at Trone Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Stories for all ages followed by a simple arts and crafts project. 

Library Branch: Trone Memorial Library
Room: Mary Cash Room - Lower Level
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Description:

Stories for all ages followed by a simple arts and crafts project. 

This event is in the "Teens" group

Graffiti Tag Art

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Library Space at New Oxford Area Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens

Learn about the history of this common street art method. We’ll discuss characteristics of graffiti, popular artists who have utilized this art-style and we’ll create our own “tags”. 

Ages 11-18

Registration Required
Library Branch: New Oxford Area Library
Room: Library Space
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Description:

Learn about the history of this common street art method. We’ll discuss characteristics of graffiti, popular artists who have utilized this art-style and we’ll create our own “tags”. 

Ages 11-18

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

Mystery Bag Art Challenge

Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Harbaugh-Thomas Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children, Teens

Art is all around us; it can even be found in our recycle bins. Come challenge yourself and create art using recycled materials and items from a mystery bag. What will you make? 

Registration Required
Library Branch: Harbaugh-Thomas Library
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Description:

Art is all around us; it can even be found in our recycle bins. Come challenge yourself and create art using recycled materials and items from a mystery bag. What will you make? 

This event is in the "Teens" group

Teen Diamond Painting

Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Adult Wing Meeting Room at Trone Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens

Teens ages 12-18 can come in for a relaxing evening of making their own diamond paintings! Supplies will be provided. Registration Required.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Trone Memorial Library
Room: Adult Wing Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Description:

Teens ages 12-18 can come in for a relaxing evening of making their own diamond paintings! Supplies will be provided. Registration Required.

This event is in the "Children" group

STEM into Art at the Park

Friday, June 27, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Trone Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Children ages 5 - 12 are invited to the East Berlin Community Park for a special STEM into art activity making fairy houses from items found in nature.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Trone Memorial Library
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Registration Required
Description:

Children ages 5 - 12 are invited to the East Berlin Community Park for a special STEM into art activity making fairy houses from items found in nature.

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

Summer Tween and Teen Art Club

Friday, June 27, 2025 at 2:15pm - 3:00pm
Teen Center at Harbaugh-Thomas Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children, Teens

Drop into the Teen Center to get creative by drawing or painting your own unique picture. We will also have coloring books available. Meet other art lovers and share your work! There will be an optional prompt every week for inspiration.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Harbaugh-Thomas Library
Room: Teen Center
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Description:

Drop into the Teen Center to get creative by drawing or painting your own unique picture. We will also have coloring books available. Meet other art lovers and share your work! There will be an optional prompt every week for inspiration.

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

Tiffany Inspired Faux Stained Glass

Friday, June 27, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Library Space at New Oxford Area Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

Put your drawing skills to the test and sketch your own design or trace over pre-printed images onto glass with black sharpies.

Registration Required
Library Branch: New Oxford Area Library
Room: Library Space
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Description:

Put your drawing skills to the test and sketch your own design or trace over pre-printed images onto glass with black sharpies.

This event is in the "Children" group

Fingerprint Picture Matching Game Craft

Sunday, June 29, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Children's Room at Gettysburg Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children

Join us to make your own matching game out of fingerprint art. We’ll stamp our fingers in ink, complete cute pictures, cut them out, and glue them onto paper squares. Bring your fingers, and prepare them to get a little messy!

Registration Required
Library Branch: Gettysburg Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Description:

Join us to make your own matching game out of fingerprint art. We’ll stamp our fingers in ink, complete cute pictures, cut them out, and glue them onto paper squares. Bring your fingers, and prepare them to get a little messy!

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

Knot Another Stitch: Knit & Needle Crafts

Monday, June 30, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Virtual Event
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone

This group meets on Mondays at 6:30 pm via Zoom.

All needle crafters are welcome to join. Don’t know how to knit, crochet, or cross-stitch? Come learn.

Registration is required.

Registration Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual Event
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Description:

This group meets on Mondays at 6:30 pm via Zoom.

All needle crafters are welcome to join. Don’t know how to knit, crochet, or cross-stitch? Come learn.

Registration is required.

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

Knot Another Stitch: Knit & Needle Crafts

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Library Space at New Oxford Area Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone

All needle crafters are welcome to join.

Don’t know how to knit, crochet, or cross-stitch? That’s okay! Bring your own materials and be ready to learn!

 

Library Branch: New Oxford Area Library
Room: Library Space
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Description:

All needle crafters are welcome to join.

Don’t know how to knit, crochet, or cross-stitch? That’s okay! Bring your own materials and be ready to learn!

 

This event is in the "Adults" group

Knitting Group

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Quiet Reading Room at Harbaugh-Thomas Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults

Join us for a drop-in knitting time for knitters of all levels. Don’t know how to knit? Stop by and learn! Conversation and creativity abound.

Library Branch: Harbaugh-Thomas Library
Room: Quiet Reading Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Description:

Join us for a drop-in knitting time for knitters of all levels. Don’t know how to knit? Stop by and learn! Conversation and creativity abound.

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

Shrink Art Fun

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Harbaugh-Thomas Community Room at Harbaugh-Thomas Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children, Teens, Adults

For Ages 6 through Adult. Draw and color on shrinkable plastic and then watch it dance in the oven as it shrinks up to make cute and unique charms.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Harbaugh-Thomas Library
Room: Harbaugh-Thomas Community Room
Age Group: Children, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Description:

For Ages 6 through Adult. Draw and color on shrinkable plastic and then watch it dance in the oven as it shrinks up to make cute and unique charms.

This event is in the "Children" group

Skittles Starry Night Experiment

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 3:00pm - 3:45pm
Library Space at New Oxford Area Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children

This fun and easy experiment is inspired by the painter Vincent van Gogh. Using the scientific method we’ll explore the colors and movement used in the artist’s famous Starry Night painting. 

Ages 5-12

Registration Required
Library Branch: New Oxford Area Library
Room: Library Space
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Description:

This fun and easy experiment is inspired by the painter Vincent van Gogh. Using the scientific method we’ll explore the colors and movement used in the artist’s famous Starry Night painting. 

Ages 5-12

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

Mystery Bag Art Challenge

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Littlestown Community Meeting Room at Littlestown Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children, Teens

Art is all around us; it can even be found in our recycle bins. Come challenge yourself and create art using recycled materials and items from a mystery bag. What will you make? For ages 8-17. 

Registration Required
Library Branch: Littlestown Library
Room: Littlestown Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Description:

Art is all around us; it can even be found in our recycle bins. Come challenge yourself and create art using recycled materials and items from a mystery bag. What will you make? For ages 8-17. 

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

Crochet Basics with Chicks with Sticks

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Mary Cash Room - Lower Level at Trone Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children, Teens

Children ages 8-14 are invited to the library to learn the basics of crochet. Registration Required

Registration Required
Library Branch: Trone Memorial Library
Room: Mary Cash Room - Lower Level
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Description:

Children ages 8-14 are invited to the library to learn the basics of crochet. Registration Required

This event is in the "Teens" group

Paint Night with Rob & Roberta Ross

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Adult Wing Meeting Room at Trone Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens

Join a “Rossiverse” crossover and paint along with the Ross duo: Rob Ross, making a special guest appearance from Carroll Valley Library, and our very own Roberta Ross!

Registration Required
Library Branch: Trone Memorial Library
Room: Adult Wing Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Description:

Join a “Rossiverse” crossover and paint along with the Ross duo: Rob Ross, making a special guest appearance from Carroll Valley Library, and our very own Roberta Ross!

This event is in the "Children" group

Stories and Something to Make

Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Mary Cash Room - Lower Level at Trone Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Stories for all ages followed by a simple arts and crafts project. 

Library Branch: Trone Memorial Library
Room: Mary Cash Room - Lower Level
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Description:

Stories for all ages followed by a simple arts and crafts project. 

This event is in the "Adults" group

Paint an Acrylic American Flag Sky

Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Library Space at New Oxford Area Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults

Paint a patriotic picture and learn how to do simple blending and painting techniques. This is a great opportunity to learn some beginner painting skills.

Registration Required
Library Branch: New Oxford Area Library
Room: Library Space
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Description:

Paint a patriotic picture and learn how to do simple blending and painting techniques. This is a great opportunity to learn some beginner painting skills.