Lackawanna County Library System

Novel Thoughts: Not Another Banned Book
2025-03-11 18:00 (America/New_York) | Lackawanna County Children’s Library, 520 Vine St., Scranton, PA, 18509, United States
Join Ms. Meghan to read this new, ripped-from-the-headlines middle grade novel about a group of students who must fight book banning at their school to save their club… and the world as they know it.
For kids in grades 4 through 6.
Please call 570-348-3000 x 3015 to register.
Lackawanna County Children’s Library
520 Vine Street, Scranton, PA 18509

Mochi Musings
2025-03-11 17:00 - 18:00 | Abington Community Library, 1200 West Grove St., Clarks Summit, PA, 18411, United States
Join us for Mochi Musings, a deliciously fun and interactive event that combines the art of making mochi with learning the Japanese language! This hands-on workshop will introduce you to the basics of Japanese vocabulary, while you create and enjoy these soft, chewy rice cakes.
Throughout the session, you’ll explore key phrases, kanji characters, and cultural insights as we walk through the process of making mochi. Whether you’re a beginner or looking to brush up on your Japanese skills, this event offers a relaxed and engaging way to immerse yourself in both language and food.
We’ll also share the fascinating history of mochi, its significance in Japanese traditions, and how it’s enjoyed during various festivals. Plus, you’ll have the chance to taste your creations and maybe even surprise your friends with some new Japanese phrases!
Don’t miss out on this fun fusion of food and language—sign up today and get ready to roll, mold, and speak your way through this sweet experience!

Birdie Books Storytime
2025-03-11 16:30 | Nancy Kay Holmes Branch Library, 1032 Green Ridge St., Scranton, PA, 18509, United States
Enjoy a storytime and craft focused on our fine feathered friends.
Ages 2-6
Stop by or call 570-207-0764 to register.
Nancy Kay Holmes Branch Library
1032 Green Ridge Street
Scranton, PA 18509

Art Explorers
2025-03-11 16:00 - 17:00 | Abington Community Library, 1200 West Grove St., Clarks Summit, PA, 18411, United States
Unleash your creativity!
Join us for a fun and inspiring art session where you’ll get to create your own masterpiece while exploring different artists and art techniques.
For ages 5-11.
Please register. Please add each child participating in the guest count.
If program is full please email Miss Leigh-Ann at lpuchalski@albright.org to be added to the waitlist.

Purl Girls Book Club
2025-03-11 13:00 - 14:00 | PA
Do you enjoy cozy mysteries? Join us for our monthly book club, where we gather on the 2nd Tuesday of each month to discuss cozy mysteries (and occasionally, ones that are a bit more thrilling). It’s the perfect chance to unwind with fellow mystery lovers! Members are also invited to share any knitting projects they’re working on, though knitting is not required to participate. For more information and to join, call the library at 570-562-1234.

Preschool Stories: Socks & Shoes
2025-03-11 10:30 - 11:00 | North Pocono Public Library, 1315 Church St., Moscow, PA, 18444-9254, United States
Tuesday, March 11 at 10:30 A.M.
(Youth Programming)
Join Miss Elizabeth at North Pocono Public Library for socks and shoes-themed stories, songs, and a craft. Designed for ages 3-5.
No registration is required.

Story Explorers: Pete the Kitty and the Unicorn's Missing Colors
2025-03-10 18:00 | Lackawanna County Children’s Library, 520 Vine St., Scranton, PA, 18509, United States
Join Miss Jenna for the Library’s newest book club, Story Explorers! This club is intended for our youngest readers as they begin their exploration into the world of reading! Each month we will read a book, have a themed activity and snack, and discuss the book’s literary elements, such as plot. This month, we will read Pete the Kitty and the Unicorn’s Missing Colors by Kimberly and James Dean. Kids receive a free copy of the book, while supplies last.
For kids in Kindergarten through Grade 3.
To register, please call 570-348-3000 x 3015.
Lackawanna County Children’s Library
520 Vine Street, Scranton, PA 18509

Read to Dogs
2025-03-10 17:45 - 18:30 | North Pocono Public Library, 1315 Church St., Moscow, PA, 18444-9254, United States
Monday, March 10 at 5:45 P.M.
(Youth Programming)
Practice your reading skills with a certified therapy dog at the Library! For children in grades K-6.
No registration is required.

Teen Tinker Lab
2025-03-10 17:00 - 18:00 | Abington Community Library, 1200 West Grove St., Clarks Summit, PA, 18411, United States
Calling all creative minds and future engineers! Join us for Teen Tinker Lab on Monday, March 10, at 5:00 PM, where we’ll dive into the 2025 Rube Goldberg Machine Contest. This year’s challenge? Design a machine that can feed a pet in the most elaborate, over-the-top way possible!
This session is perfect for teens ages 10-15 who love to tinker, build, and think outside the box. We will begin working on our submission for the contest. At the last meeting it was decided we will pursue a Theme Park style setting for our pet.
For this event we will be Energy Transfer: Potential and kinetic energy in action.
Snacks and supplies will be provided.

Sundays with Friends: Dinosaur Adventure Show
2025-03-09 14:00 | Lackawanna County Children’s Library, 520 Vine St., Scranton, PA, 18509, United States
*This event is now full. Please contact the Children’s Library at (570)348-3000, ext. 3015 to be added to the waitlist.*
Join an exciting dinosaur adventure with Paleontologists Mike and Roberta Straka! They will teach us about the fossils of herbivores and carnivores, and we will meet Elvis the Albertosaurus as part of their mini museum. Children will have the chance to go on their very own dinosaur dig, too!
This event is proudly sponsored by the Friends of the Scranton Public Library.
All ages are welcome.
Limited to 70 children. Please call 570-348-3000 x 3015 to register.
Lackawanna County Children’s Library
520 Vine Street, Scranton, PA 18509

Will It Waffle?
2025-03-07 18:00 - 19:00 | Abington Community Library, 1200 West Grove St., Clarks Summit, PA, 18411, United States
Get ready for a tasty, fun, and slightly scrumptious challenge! Join us for “Will It Waffle?” – a hands-on event where teens will test out a variety of foods to see if they can be transformed into crispy, waffle-iron goodness! From traditional ingredients to creative combinations, you’ll experiment with waffles like never before.
🍽 Will it waffle? You’ll have to try to find out!
Come with your taste buds ready for an adventure and leave with some delicious new snack ideas.
🎟 Registration is required!
Bring your friends and challenge your taste buds! 🍴🧇

Chick Lits Book Club
2025-03-06 18:30 - 19:30 | PA
Chick Lits Book Club / Thursday, February 6 / 6:30 P.M.
This book club meets on the 1st Thursday of the month to read and discuss
fiction books. Call the library at 570-562-1234 for information on how to join this book club.

Stamp n Swap
2025-03-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Abington Community Library, 1200 West Grove St., Clarks Summit, PA, 18411, United States
Stampers, papercrafters and scrapbookers – bring your current stamping or paper crafting projects and craft informally with other paper crafters. For adults. Registration required. Register below.

Relax with paint by numbers
2025-03-06 18:00 - 19:30 | Albright Memorial Library, Henkelman Room, 500 Vine Street, Scranton, PA, 18509, United States
Come and unwind with us on Thursday, March 6th at 6 PM for a delightful evening of creativity using a paint-by-number kit. Select from six gorgeous landscape designs and transform your leisure time into a beautiful work of art.

Milk Jug Bird Feeder Workshop
2025-03-06 18:00 - 19:00 | North Pocono Public Library, 1315 Church St., Moscow, PA, 18444-9254, United States
Thursday, March 6 at 6:00 P.M.
(Youth Programming)
Join us for a fun and eco-friendly Milk Jug Bird Feeder Workshop at North Pocono Public Library in partnership with the Office of Environmental Sustainability! Elementary-aged kids will transform empty milk jugs or soda bottles into creative and functional bird feeders! We’ll provide all the additional supplies—just bring your own empty jug or bottle! This hands-on activity is a great way to learn about sustainability, upcycling, and caring for local wildlife.
Registration is Required.

Cactus vs. Succulent
2025-03-06 18:00 - 19:00 | Abington Community Library, 1200 West Grove St., Clarks Summit, PA, 18411, United States
Spring is right around the corner!
Join Kristin Armstrong, owner of Peaches Greens, for “Cactus versus Succulent”.
Learn the differences between the two types of common houseplants and how to care for them.
Thursday, March 6th from 6:00P.M. to 7:00P.M.
A $7 materials fee will be collected. Each participant will receive a small plant!

Teen Game Night: Chess Workshop
2025-03-06 17:30 - 19:30 | Albright Memorial Library, Technology Lab, 520 Vine Street, Scranton, PA, 18509, United States
Learn to play chess. A guest will guide attendees through chess basics and strategies. Our usual Game Night offerings, including D&D, MTG, and Nintendo Switch, will also be available.

Good Luck Bingo
2025-03-06 11:00 - 12:00 | North Pocono Public Library, 1315 Church St., Moscow, PA, 18444-9254, United States
Thursday, March 6 at 11:00 A.M.
(Adult Programming)
Join us for Good Luck Bingo at North Pocono Public Library! Enjoy light refreshments and connect with fellow library patrons in the community room. In March, all of our prizes will be good luck charms!

Music Movement and Me
2025-03-06 10:00 - 11:00 | Scranton School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children, 537 Venard Road, South Abington Twp., PA, 18411, United States
Join us at the Scranton School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children on the first Thursday of the month. We’ll enjoy stories, songs, signing, crafts, and of course bubbles. The school is located at 537 Venard Road, South Abington Township, PA 18411. Recommended for ages birth-5; siblings welcome. No signing experience required. Please register.

Grab & Go: Hello Spring Mobile
2025-03-06 09:00 - 19:00 | North Pocono Public Library, 1315 Church St., Moscow, PA, 18444-9254, United States
All Day on Thursday, March 6
(Youth Programming)
Drop-in and pick up a craft kit at North Pocono Public Library to make at home. This month, you can create a mobile to celebrate the return of spring. For children of all ages. Available while supplies last.

Cookbook Club
2025-03-05 18:00 - 19:00 | North Pocono Public Library, 1315 Church St., Moscow, PA, 18444-9254, United States
Wednesday, March 5 at 6:00 P.M.
(Adult Programming)
This month, we’re using Irish Food and Cooking by Biddy White Lennon to make delicious dishes! Participants will peruse the book when they register in person at North Pocono Public Library’s circulation desk and select a recipe to make for our collective feast. No duplicate recipes! We will provide a copy of the recipe to take home. Please follow all food safety procedures when preparing your dish.

Movie: Wicked
2025-03-05 14:00 - 16:40 | Albright Memorial Library, Henkelman Room, 500 Vine Street, Scranton, PA, 18509, United States
Join us every Wednesday at 2:00 PM for a free movie screening at the Albright Memorial Library.
This week’s feature is “Wicked,” Elphaba, a misunderstood young woman because of her green skin, and Glinda, a popular girl, become friends at Shiz University in the Land of Oz. After an encounter with the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads.

Registration is optional, but to secure adequate seating, you can register below.

Baby Bounce
2025-03-05 11:00 - 12:00 | Carbondale Public Library, 5 North Main St., Carbondale, PA, 18407, United States
Bounce on over to the library for some baby fun!
This program is designed to help foster early literacy, social development, and parent-child bonding through songs, rhymes, and board books.
A PA Forward® Initiative Promoting Basic Literacy.

Terrific Tales
2025-03-05 11:00 - 11:30, 2025-03-05 10:00 - 10:30 | Abington Community Library, 1200 West Grove St., Clarks Summit, PA, 18411, United States
Join Mrs. Burke for stories, songs, and rhymes! Recommended for ages 2-3; siblings welcome. Please register.

Building Block Party
2025-03-05 10:00 - 11:00 | North Pocono Public Library, 1315 Church St., Moscow, PA, 18444-9254, United States
Wednesday, March 5 at 10:00 A.M.
(Youth Programming)
Build with blocks and meet new friends at North Pocono Public Library. Recommended for ages 1-5. No registration required.

Walkthrough with the Artist
2025-03-04 18:00 - 19:00 | Abington Community Library, 1200 West Grove St., Clarks Summit, PA, 18411, United States
Walkthrough our current art exhibit, “Liminal Spaces,” with artist Leanna Yatcilla.
Liminal Spaces represent transitional places, both physical and metaphorical, where time feels slowed and observation is heightened. These dream-like spaces evoke nostalgia, blending familiarity with an inability to move forward. Through sharp lines, vivid colors, and skewed perspectives, Yatcilla creates a distorted reality that blurs the line between imagination and reality.

Mardi Gras Gone Wrong!
2025-03-04 17:00 - 19:00 | Carbondale Public Library, 5 North Main St., Carbondale, PA, 18407, United States
Someone has murdered M’sieur Geezaire at a Mardi Gras party. Who in the room did not want his secrets revealed?
Could it have been—YOU?
Appropriate for ages 16+ due to mentions of alcohol and shoplifting.
This game takes 1-2 hours to play depending on group size.
Themed snacks will be provided.
Registration is required to pick a character ahead of time!
List of Characters:
Name Gender* Description
D. CAREWE any Party host
BANAS FOSTER he/him Flamboyant Partier
BAYNE YAYE any Runs a bakery.
BOBO GUMM any Gum Chewing Partier
BURR BONNE he/him Smooth talker.
CAPT. CRAW FISHER he/him Runs a dinner cruise business.
CY DECKO any Raucous, loves loud parties.
DuCREE OLEO he/him Thick French accent, gestures wildly.
HAMPO BOYD any Restaurant critic.
HURRAH KANE any Parade Watcher who likes to fight
INDEBYE YEW any Leads backcountry tours.
JAMIE BALAYAH any confused by life
JAS BEATTY any Wannabe musician.
JULE EPPS any Obsessed with having fresh breath.
KERR KNEEVAL any Runs a “gag gift” store.
LePRAY LEAN any Fake-sweet Partier
MUFFUL LETTUCE any Vegan Partier
K. DJUNN any Loves his/her mom
SHRIMPY TOOFAY any Seafood lover
TAY BASKO any Hot tempered chef.
*Gender is only as they are described in the scripts. Participants do not need to be that gender.

Bird Home Makeover
2025-03-04 16:30 | Nancy Kay Holmes Branch Library, 1032 Green Ridge St., Scranton, PA, 18509, United States
Use a combination of paint and/or natural materials to create your own beautiful bird building!
Ages 7-12
Stop by or call 570-207-0764 to register.
Nancy Kay Holmes Branch Library
1032 Green Ridge Street
Scranton, PA 18509

Cooler Than School
2025-03-04 15:00 - 17:00 | Carbondale Public Library, 5 North Main St., Carbondale, PA, 18407, United States
Enjoy a light snack, an opportunity to do homework with help from your peers, and learn about our free library online tutoring program. There will also be opportunities to play reading and math games in small, cooperative groups.
For Grades 3-12.
Registration is not required for this program.
A PA Forward® Initiative Promoting Social Literacy.
