7th Annual Fairy Tale & Superhero Festival
2025-01-17 09:30 - 16:45 (America/New_York) | Abingdon Library, 2510 S Tollgate Rd., Abingdon, MD, 21009, United States
Harford County Public Library’s 7th Annual Fairy Tale & Superhero Festival takes place Friday, January 17, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. at the Abingdon Library, 2510 Tollgate Road in Abingdon.
Participants are invited to come dressed as their favorite fairy tale or superhero character or as an everyday superhero. Activities include scavenger hunts, dance parties, parachute and puppet play, prince/princess/superhero parade and a superhero training course.
STEM activities (including coloring sheets, scavenger hunts, sticker polls, Lego activities and matching games) feature 3 Billy Goats Bridge Building, Goldilocks and the 3 Bears, Humpty Dumpty, Princess and the Pea Pattern Recognition and Yellow Brick Road Legos. Children can also make a variety of crafts focusing on Fairy House, Spiderman, superhero-themed cuffs, wizard gnomes and Rapunzel braids friendship bracelets.
Celebrity story time throughout the day features local community leaders sharing their favorite children’s picture books.
For more information about the festival, visit HCPLonline.org.

Genealogy Week/DNA: Just Beyond the Basics – Adding to Your Solid Foundation
2025-01-27 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual Event
Harford County Public Library presents “DNA: Just Beyond the Basics – Adding to Your Solid Foundation,” a virtual program January 27 from 6:30-8 p.m. as part of the Library’s Genealogy Week celebration. Peggy Jude will share how the effective use of DNA can further genealogical research. Building on the basics, this session will cover topics including working with a match list, determining how a match is related, prioritizing matches, tools to use to further research and the impact of endogamy and pedigree collapse on DNA matches. Advanced registration is required at https://programs.hcplonline.org/event/12107486.

Genealogy Week! Walk Where Your Ancestors Walked: Virtual Heritage Travel Using AI & Online Resources
2025-01-28 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual Event
Harford County Public Library presents “Genealogy Week! Walk Where Your Ancestors Walked: Virtual Heritage Travel Using AI & Online Resources,” a virtual program on January 28 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. as part of the Library’s Genealogy Week celebration. Presenter Lisa Lisson will take participants on a trip to where their ancestors lived. Participants will walk where they walked, and see what they saw. Virtual heritage travel increases understanding of the cultural, political and economic circumstances surrounding ancestors which helps family historians to find ancestors and connect with them on a deeper level. Advanced registration is required at https://programs.hcplonline.org/event/12107494.

Genealogy Week/Using FamilySearch: A FREE Genealogy Website
2025-01-30 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual Event
Harford County Public Library presents “Using FamilySearch: A FREE Genealogy Website,” a virtual program January 30 from 6:30-8 p.m. as part of the Library’s Genealogy Week celebration. This program offers an overview of the features and resources available at FamilySearch.org. Participants will look at building a family tree, searching historical records, saving photos and other memories, and the unique live help services available from FamilySearch and its local affiliate libraries and centers. (FamilySearch may be accessed from Harford County Public Library’s website at hcplonline.org/genealogy.php.) Advanced registration is required at https://programs.hcplonline.org/event/12107498.

The Highlands School HUNDO BINGO
2025-01-31 18:00 - 21:00 | The Highlands School, 2409 Creswell Road, Bel Air, MD, 21015, United States
HUNDO BINGO is back! EVERY PRIZE = $100 of gift cards

Friday, January 31st, 6:00-9:00 pm

$30 per person – INCLUDES 20 GAMES!

Prizes 50/50 Raffle
Pizza, Chick-Fil-A, Snacks & Fun

Harford County Public Library/Meet the Romance Authors
2025-02-12 16:00 - 18:00 | Abingdon Library, 2510 S Tollgate Rd., Abingdon, MD, 21009, United States
Harford County Public Library presents a “Meet the Romance Authors” event at the 2nd Annual Romance Author Fest February 12 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Abingdon Library, 2510 Tollgate Road in Abingdon. The featured authors include Cheryl Barton, Christina Elle, Nonna Henry, J. L. Lora, C.B. Noy, Kara Pleasants, Rebecca Rivard, Mona Shroff, Denise Stout, Jennifer Vido, Kristie Wolf, Diane Wylie and Nancy Yeager. Customers are invited to meet the authors at their respective booths, where books will be available for purchase and signing. Advanced registration for this part of the festival is not required. For more information, visit https://programs.hcplonline.org/event/12736690.

First Anniversary of Dolly Parton Imagination Library of Harford County
2025-02-23 13:00 - 16:00 | 301 S. Union Avenue, South Union Avenue 303, Havre de Grace, Maryland, 21078, United States
This event is a perfect way for families to join us as we celebrate our First Anniversary of our preschool literacy program. There will be crafts, games, sweets and treats, storytelling and lots of fun. Each child will receive a goodie bag to take home. Ticket prices are $10 per child and $20 per adult. All proceeds from this event will allow us to expand our local book gifting program for our Harford County preschoolers.

Simply Spice - Spice Girls Tribute Bank
2025-03-22 20:00 | Maryland
