Adult Events Brochure – Spring 2020
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Author Fair 2020
Author Fair returns Saturday, April 25, 2020, 10 a.m. at Lexington Park Library!
Come together and learn with local aspiring authors. Spend the day discovering new authors and learning how to get started in the writing industry. Hear from local authors in the morning, then attend a writing workshop with romance author Delancey Stewart in the afternoon. See more information about the day!
Historic St. Mary's City
Historic St. Mary's City is surveying members of the community about exhibits for a new visitor center. Stop by their table to learn more.
Women in Architecture
Jillian Storms from the Women in Architecture committee of AIA Baltimore will discuss the current Lexington Park Library Art Gallery installation, "Early Women of Architecture in Maryland."
Two of the featured women, Rose Greely and Gertrude Sawyer, completed projects in St. Mary's County, including the restoration of Tudor Hall into St. Mary's first library in Leonardtown. Hear about these women pioneers for Women's History Month!
Charlotte Hall Book Discussion
The Charlotte Hall Book Discussion Group will discuss Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult. Copies of the book are available for checkout prior to the discussion. New members are always welcome!
St. Mary's County Health Dept. Overdose Response
A representative from St. Mary’s County Health Department will present a brief Narcan Nasal Spray Training, including signs of opioid overdose, responding to overdose and how to administer Narcan.
Free Narcan will be dispensed to individuals who have completed the training. Please call (301) 475-6806 for more information.
Drop-In Tech Help
Drop-In Tech Help is open for any and all basic technology questions! We'll do our best to assist you in a relaxed, low-stress environment.
Learn how to download eBooks and eAudiobooks to your phone or tablet. Learn how to navigate the internet, email, and social networks. Learn how to connect devices to a network, Bluetooth, or the cloud. Using technology effectively is right at your fingertips!
Southern Maryland JobSource Mobile Career Center
Job seekers can stop by to get job counseling and resume help search for jobs and get registered with the Maryland Workforce Exchange.
Drop-In Tech Help
Drop-In Tech Help is open for any and all basic technology questions! We'll do our best to assist you in a relaxed, low-stress environment.
Learn how to download eBooks and eAudiobooks to your phone or tablet. Learn how to navigate the internet, email, and social networks. Learn how to connect devices to a network, Bluetooth, or the cloud. Using technology effectively is right at your fingertips!
R.A.D. Women & Teens' Self Defense Class
Free R.A.D. Self Defense Program for Women & Girls (ages 13-80 yrs. old). Taught by Darlene Gentry, 25+ years’ experience. Co-sponsored by Lexington Park Baptist Church. Registration required.
Registration opens Saturday, February 08, 2020.
Meets three consecutive days at 2 different locations:
Thursday, March 05 and Friday, March 06, 6-8:30 p.m. at Lexington Park Baptist Church
Address: 46855 S Shangri la Dr, Lexington Park, MD 20653
Saturday, March 07 10 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. at Lexington Park Library
Women and Teens invite your friends to come learn some new skills and proactive strategies to help protect yourself and others! The class is fun, energetic, and interactive.
Class Includes:
- 9 hours of instruction and practice, training manual, and snacks.
- Parental consent required for participants ages 13-17
- Please bring a bag lunch for Saturday. Microwave, refrigerator, and freezer available for lunchtime use.
- Registration is required due to very limited class size.
- Registrants e-mail addresses will be shared with the course instructor. She will provide participants with the registration forms and details about the class like: what clothes to wear, how strenuous the activities are, etc.
- For more information on RAD programs, visit The R.A.D. Systems of Self Defense
About the Instructor:
Darlene Gentry has over twenty-five years’ experience in instruction and training in martial arts, women’s self-defense, and self-defense education for the public. Darlene teaches self-defense part-time at St. Mary’s College of Maryland where for the past twenty years she has instructed a course that she created called “Self Defense against Sexual Assault.” As a R.A.D. instructor, she holds certifications in women’s basic and advanced physical defense, key chain and aerosol defense, radKIDS, Seniors defense, and R.A.D. for men.
Darlene is active in the community and has instructed women's self-defense courses including R.A.D. basic physical defense for St. Mary's County Public Schools Adult Education, St. Mary's County Department of Recreation and Parks, and Calvert County Abused Persons Program. Darlene has also conducted seminars for youth community groups coordinated by Gwen Bankins such as Girl Power of Southern Maryland and 100% Male. Currently she teaches a series of free courses for the public sponsored by Lexington Park Baptist Church.
What is the RAD System?
The Rape Aggression Defense System is a program of realistic, self-defense tactics and techniques. The R.A.D. System is a comprehensive course for women that begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and avoidance, while progressing on to the basics of hands-on defense training. R.A.D. is not a Martial Arts program. The course begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and avoidance, while progressing on to the basics of hands-on defense training and ending with an opportunity to test skills during an optional simulated attack. Certified R.A.D. Instructor who provides students with a workbook/reference manual teaches the course.
The R.A.D. Systems curriculum is taught at over 1,400 colleges and universities, police departments, local transit companies, military bases, women’s centers, rape crisis centers, and independents across the United States and Canada.
Because R.A.D. is an international alliance, any R.A.D. graduate from any class in the U.S. and Canada can attend another instructor’s class for practice, free of charge, for the rest of her life!
Illuminating St. Mary's County's Past: Newtown Survey of 1982
Join us as Chris Coogan discusses the "Newtown Survey" of 1982 conducted by Mike Smolek and a St. Mary's College field school.
Thirty years ago, Mike Smolek and a team of field archaeologists collected evidence of habitation in the Newtowne Neck area. They discovered proof of several thousand years of Native American inhabitants, as well as that of Colonial inhabitants beginning in the late 17th century. Chris Coogan will present an analysis of what was revealed in Smolek's paper and his recommendations for future actions. Chris will discuss the methods of Smolek's survey, the processing and analysis of his team's collection and the history of life on the Newtown property.
Department of Aging and Human Services: Lobby Visit
A representative from the Department of Aging and Human Services will be in the foyer to talk about services and upcoming programs for seniors and veterans.
Veterans' Book Group
A discussion series for veterans led by Vietnam veteran, author, & retired college professor Wayne Karlin. Registration closed on Friday January 24th; contact Kimberlé Fields - kfields@stmalib.org.
A reading and discussion series for veterans led at the Lexington Park Library by Vietnam veteran author and retired College of Southern Maryland professor Wayne Karlin. Service members of all eras and their spouses are welcome. Participants should plan to attend all sessions. Free. Lunch and materials provided. The Veterans' Book Group is coordinated statewide by Maryland Humanities and presented locally in partnership with St. Mary's County Library. The program was created by the Maine Humanities Council to promote understanding of the military experience and to support returning veterans.
MARCH: Places and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning by Elliot Ackerman
From Amazon:
Toward the beginning of Places and Names, Elliot Ackerman sits in a refugee camp in southern Turkey, across the table from a man named Abu Hassar, who fought for al-Qaeda in Iraq and whose connections to the Islamic State are murky. At first, Ackerman pretends to have been a journalist during the Iraq War, but after establishing a rapport with Abu Hassar, he takes a risk by revealing to him that in fact he was a Marine special operation officer. Ackerman then draws the shape of the Euphrates River on a large piece of paper, and his one-time adversary quickly joins him in the game of filling in the map with the names and dates of places where they saw fighting during the war. They had shadowed each other for some time, it turned out, a realization that brought them to a strange kind of intimacy.
The rest of Elliot Ackerman's extraordinary memoir is in a way an answer to the question of why he came to that refugee camp, and what he hoped to find there. By moving back and forth between his recent experiences on the ground as a journalist in Syria and its environs and his deeper past in Iraq and Afghanistan, he creates a work of remarkable atmospheric pressurization. Ackerman shares vivid and powerful stories of his own experiences in combat, culminating in the events of the Second Battle of Fallujah, the most intense urban combat for the Marines since Hue in Vietnam, where Ackerman's actions leading a rifle platoon saw him awarded the Silver Star. He weaves these stories into the latticework of a masterful larger reckoning with contemporary geopolitics through his vantage as a journalist in Istanbul and with the human extremes of both bravery and horror.
At once an intensely personal story about the terrible lure of combat and a brilliant meditation on the larger meaning of the past two decades of strife for America, the region, and the world, Places and Names bids fair to take its place among our greatest books about modern war.
R.A.D. Women & Teens' Self Defense Class
Free R.A.D. Self Defense Program for Women & Girls (ages 13-80 yrs. old). Taught by Darlene Gentry, 25+ years’ experience. Co-sponsored by Lexington Park Baptist Church. Registration required.
Registration opens Saturday, February 08, 2020.
Meets three consecutive days at 2 different locations:
Thursday, March 05 and Friday, March 06, 6-8:30 p.m. at Lexington Park Baptist Church
Address: 46855 S Shangri la Dr, Lexington Park, MD 20653
Saturday, March 07 10 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. at Lexington Park Library
Women and Teens invite your friends to come learn some new skills and proactive strategies to help protect yourself and others! The class is fun, energetic, and interactive.
Class Includes:
- 9 hours of instruction and practice, training manual, and snacks.
- Parental consent required for participants ages 13-17
- Please bring a bag lunch for Saturday. Microwave, refrigerator, and freezer available for lunchtime use.
- Registration is required due to very limited class size.
- Registrants e-mail addresses will be shared with the course instructor. She will provide participants with the registration forms and details about the class like: what clothes to wear, how strenuous the activities are, etc.
- For more information on RAD programs, visit The R.A.D. Systems of Self Defense
About the Instructor:
Darlene Gentry has over twenty-five years’ experience in instruction and training in martial arts, women’s self-defense, and self-defense education for the public. Darlene teaches self-defense part-time at St. Mary’s College of Maryland where for the past twenty years she has instructed a course that she created called “Self Defense against Sexual Assault.” As a R.A.D. instructor, she holds certifications in women’s basic and advanced physical defense, key chain and aerosol defense, radKIDS, Seniors defense, and R.A.D. for men.
Darlene is active in the community and has instructed women's self-defense courses including R.A.D. basic physical defense for St. Mary's County Public Schools Adult Education, St. Mary's County Department of Recreation and Parks, and Calvert County Abused Persons Program. Darlene has also conducted seminars for youth community groups coordinated by Gwen Bankins such as Girl Power of Southern Maryland and 100% Male. Currently she teaches a series of free courses for the public sponsored by Lexington Park Baptist Church.
What is the RAD System?
The Rape Aggression Defense System is a program of realistic, self-defense tactics and techniques. The R.A.D. System is a comprehensive course for women that begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and avoidance, while progressing on to the basics of hands-on defense training. R.A.D. is not a Martial Arts program. The course begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and avoidance, while progressing on to the basics of hands-on defense training and ending with an opportunity to test skills during an optional simulated attack. Certified R.A.D. Instructor who provides students with a workbook/reference manual teaches the course.
The R.A.D. Systems curriculum is taught at over 1,400 colleges and universities, police departments, local transit companies, military bases, women’s centers, rape crisis centers, and independents across the United States and Canada.
Because R.A.D. is an international alliance, any R.A.D. graduate from any class in the U.S. and Canada can attend another instructor’s class for practice, free of charge, for the rest of her life!
R.A.D. Women & Teens' Self Defense Class
Free R.A.D. Self Defense Program for Women & Girls (ages 13-80 yrs. old). Taught by Darlene Gentry, 25+ years’ experience. Co-sponsored by Lexington Park Baptist Church. Registration required.
Registration opens Saturday, February 08, 2020.
Meets three consecutive days at 2 different locations:
Thursday, March 05 and Friday, March 06, 6-8:30 p.m. at Lexington Park Baptist Church
Address: 46855 S Shangri la Dr, Lexington Park, MD 20653
Saturday, March 07 10 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. at Lexington Park Library
Women and Teens invite your friends to come learn some new skills and proactive strategies to help protect yourself and others! The class is fun, energetic, and interactive.
Class Includes:
- 9 hours of instruction and practice, training manual, and snacks.
- Parental consent required for participants ages 13-17
- Please bring a bag lunch for Saturday. Microwave, refrigerator, and freezer available for lunchtime use.
- Registration is required due to very limited class size.
- Registrants e-mail addresses will be shared with the course instructor. She will provide participants with the registration forms and details about the class like: what clothes to wear, how strenuous the activities are, etc.
- For more information on RAD programs, visit The R.A.D. Systems of Self Defense
About the Instructor:
Darlene Gentry has over twenty-five years’ experience in instruction and training in martial arts, women’s self-defense, and self-defense education for the public. Darlene teaches self-defense part-time at St. Mary’s College of Maryland where for the past twenty years she has instructed a course that she created called “Self Defense against Sexual Assault.” As a R.A.D. instructor, she holds certifications in women’s basic and advanced physical defense, key chain and aerosol defense, radKIDS, Seniors defense, and R.A.D. for men.
Darlene is active in the community and has instructed women's self-defense courses including R.A.D. basic physical defense for St. Mary's County Public Schools Adult Education, St. Mary's County Department of Recreation and Parks, and Calvert County Abused Persons Program. Darlene has also conducted seminars for youth community groups coordinated by Gwen Bankins such as Girl Power of Southern Maryland and 100% Male. Currently she teaches a series of free courses for the public sponsored by Lexington Park Baptist Church.
What is the RAD System?
The Rape Aggression Defense System is a program of realistic, self-defense tactics and techniques. The R.A.D. System is a comprehensive course for women that begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and avoidance, while progressing on to the basics of hands-on defense training. R.A.D. is not a Martial Arts program. The course begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and avoidance, while progressing on to the basics of hands-on defense training and ending with an opportunity to test skills during an optional simulated attack. Certified R.A.D. Instructor who provides students with a workbook/reference manual teaches the course.
The R.A.D. Systems curriculum is taught at over 1,400 colleges and universities, police departments, local transit companies, military bases, women’s centers, rape crisis centers, and independents across the United States and Canada.
Because R.A.D. is an international alliance, any R.A.D. graduate from any class in the U.S. and Canada can attend another instructor’s class for practice, free of charge, for the rest of her life!
Department of Aging and Human Services: Lobby Visit
A representative from the Department of Aging and Human Services will be in the foyer to talk about services and upcoming programs for seniors.
Spend an Hour with a Job Coach
Southern Maryland JobSource job coaches will be available to meet with job seekers.
If you would like assistance with writing your resume, conducting a job search, polishing your interview skills, or career change advice, call the Leonardtown library at 301-475-2846, ext. 2 to schedule your seat in the morning session or the afternoon session. The morning session will begin at 9:30 a.m.. The afternoon session will begin at 1:00 p.m.. Appointments will be available on the hour from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Registration is encouraged.
LifeStyles VITA Tax Prep
LifeStyles of Maryland Inc. will help you file your 2019 federal and state income taxes at no cost. Only available to qualified individuals with an annual income of less than $56 000.
Appointments available from 9:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Call the Lexington Park Library at 301-863-8188 to schedule an appointment. Registration opens December 30th.
Southern Maryland JobSource Mobile Career Center
Job seekers can stop by to get job counseling and resume help,search for jobs, and get registered with the Maryland Workforce Exchange.
Common Thread
Whether you have been stitching for years or you just want to learn join fellow crafters who love all things fabric and fiber. Open to knitters crocheters quilters embroiderers cross-stitchers and any other kind of needleworkers. Bring your current project mingle with like-minded makers and swap patterns ideas and tips. Basic supplies available if needed. All skill levels welcome. No registration required.
Drop-In Tech Help
Drop-In Tech Help is open for any and all basic technology questions! We'll do our best to assist you in a relaxed, low-stress environment.
Learn how to download eBooks and eAudiobooks to your phone or tablet. Learn how to navigate the internet, email, and social networks. Learn how to connect devices to a network, Bluetooth, or the cloud. Using technology effectively is right at your fingertips!
Lawyer in the Library
Lawyer in the Library provides FREE civil legal services in your community! Registration recommended. Make an appointment by calling 301-863-8188. Walk-in help provided as available.
Please bring all relevant documents with you.
Drop-In Tech Help
Drop-In Tech Help is open for any and all basic technology questions! We'll do our best to assist you in a relaxed, low-stress environment.
Learn how to download eBooks and eAudiobooks to your phone or tablet. Learn how to navigate the internet, email, and social networks. Learn how to connect devices to a network, Bluetooth, or the cloud. Using technology effectively is right at your fingertips!
CANCELED: St. Mary's County Health Dept. Overdose Response
A representative from St. Mary’s County Health Department will present a brief Narcan Nasal Spray Training, including signs of opioid overdose, responding to overdose and how to administer Narcan.
Free Narcan will be dispensed to individuals who have completed the training. Please call (301) 475-6806 for more information.
CANCELED: A Night in Ireland
Join St. Mary’s County librarian, Claire, to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with an evening of Irish culture.
Bring the whole family for an evening celebration of all things Ireland. Claire, who was born and raised in Ireland, will share examples of Irish dancing (video), speaking the Celtic language. We will be making crafts such as a St. Brigid's Cross for kids, Celtic cross knot coloring pages for adults and children, and researching your Irish family crest when you bring your Irish surname with you. Claire will also be teaching some simple Irish/Gaelic phrases.
CANCELED: Financial Goal Setting and Planning for Retirement: Money Talks with Brian
Learn how to set your SMART goals and savings plans in preparing financially for retirement and to answer some big questions regarding basic level retirement planning. Please Register; ages 16 and up.
Money Talks with Brian
Brian E. Koenig will present a class from Consumer Education Services, Inc. (CESI) which is a non-profit service provider of comprehensive personal financial education and solutions for all life stages and for all of life's milestones. Their goal is enhanced economic security for everyone they serve. https//www.cesissolutions.org/
- Be able to apply 5 steps to successful financial goal setting
- Be able to identify potential roadblocks ways to manage them and ways to stay motivated.
- Identify retirement goals and determine how much will be needed for retirement using guidelines.
- Also consider possible sources of retirement income.
- Choose among different types of retirement investment options to create a plan to maximize savings for retirement.
- Learn possible ways to overcome identified roadblocks to retirement readiness.
Registration recommended. Ages 16 and up.
CANCELED: Walden Pop Up Recovery!
A representative from Walden will be in the foyer to talk about behavioral health & wellness. Activities provided, games, crafts may be provided.
CANCELED: Drop-In Tech Help
Drop-In Tech Help is open for any and all basic technology questions! We'll do our best to assist you in a relaxed, low-stress environment.
Learn how to download eBooks and eAudiobooks to your phone or tablet. Learn how to navigate the internet, email, and social networks. Learn how to connect devices to a network, Bluetooth, or the cloud. Using technology effectively is right at your fingertips!
CANCELED: Drop-In Tech Help
Drop-In Tech Help is open for any and all basic technology questions! We'll do our best to assist you in a relaxed, low-stress environment.
Learn how to download eBooks and eAudiobooks to your phone or tablet. Learn how to navigate the internet, email, and social networks. Learn how to connect devices to a network, Bluetooth, or the cloud. Using technology effectively is right at your fingertips!
CANCELED: It's a Hardback Life
Explore topics spanning the nonfiction section! This month, meet at St. Inie’s Coffee in Lexington Park to discuss books about science. Choose your own book or read one of our suggested titles.
See some suggested reads at stmalib.org/events/book-discussions.
CANCELED: Art On Your Own Terms
Come brighten your day with a little "art therapy" and use creativity as your outlet for stress!
Experiment with a variety of art supplies and make a project to take home. Materials provided. Ages 18 and up. No registration required.
CANCELED: LifeStyles VITA Tax Prep
LifeStyles of Maryland Inc. will help you file your 2019 federal and state income taxes at no cost. Only available to qualified individuals with an annual income of less than $56 000.
Appointments available from 9:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Call the Lexington Park Library at 301-863-8188 to schedule an appointment. Registration opens December 30th.
CANCELED: 3D Pen Easter Eggs
Create Easter egg decorations for Spring. Learn how to draw 3D ornaments using library pens. All materials are included. Registration required. Ages 18 and up.
CANCELED: Common Thread
Whether you have been stitching for years or you just want to learn join fellow crafters who love all things fabric and fiber. Open to knitters crocheters quilters embroiderers cross-stitchers and any other kind of needleworkers. Bring your current project mingle with like-minded makers and swap patterns ideas and tips. Basic supplies available if needed. All skill levels welcome. No registration required.
CANCELED: Southern Maryland JobSource Mobile Career Center
Job seekers can stop by to get job counseling and resume help search for jobs and get registered with the Maryland Workforce Exchange.
CANCELED: Drop-In Tech Help
Drop-In Tech Help is open for any and all basic technology questions! We'll do our best to assist you in a relaxed, low-stress environment.
Learn how to download eBooks and eAudiobooks to your phone or tablet. Learn how to navigate the internet, email, and social networks. Learn how to connect devices to a network, Bluetooth, or the cloud. Using technology effectively is right at your fingertips!
CANCELED: Drop-In Tech Help
Drop-In Tech Help is open for any and all basic technology questions! We'll do our best to assist you in a relaxed, low-stress environment.
Learn how to download eBooks and eAudiobooks to your phone or tablet. Learn how to navigate the internet, email, and social networks. Learn how to connect devices to a network, Bluetooth, or the cloud. Using technology effectively is right at your fingertips!
CANCELED: A Bouquet of Birthday Cards
Use a variety of techniques including rubber stamping, coloring, and paper punching to create a unique collection of birthday cards.
CANCELED: CANCELED - Friends of the St. Mary's County Library Sale
The Spring Book Sale is postponed due to COVID-19. We will provide updates about rescheduling when available.
CANCELED: Time to Complete Your Census Form!
Partners from Delta Sigma Theta will be here to talk with you about the importance of filling out your Census form and help you fill it out online here at the library.
CANCELED: Time to Complete Your Census Form!
Partners from Delta Sigma Theta will be here to talk with you about the importance of filling out your Census form and help you fill it out online here at the library.
CANCELED: CANCELED - Friends of the St. Mary's County Library Sale
The Spring Book Sale is postponed due to COVID-19. We will provide updates about rescheduling when available.
CANCELED: Introduction to 3D Printing and Design
Curious about the world of 3D printing?
Join us for an introduction where you will learn about the 3D printer and what it can be used for, how to submit a design for printing at the Library, and how to design an object using TinkerCAD. For adults 18+. Registration required. It is recommended participants create a Tinkercad.com account before the class. If you have a laptop, please bring it to the session. We will have a limited number of laptops available.
CANCELED: CANCELED - Friends of the St. Mary's County Library Sale
The Spring Book Sale is postponed due to COVID-19. We will provide updates about rescheduling when available.
CANCELED: Voter Registration
Volunteers trained by the Board of Elections will be in the lobby to answer questions about voting and register people to vote.
CANCELED: Cricut Iron-on T-Shirts
Let the library show you how easy it is to make custom accessories with the Cricut Maker!
Participants will learn how to cut, weed, and apply heat transfer vinyl to cotton material by creating their very own "Book Nerd" t-shirt. Please note: the application process requires the use of a hot household iron. Registration required. Please register before 03/24/2020 to choose the size t-shirt you will make at the program (size chart for Men's Classic T-Shirt available here). Participants who register after this date will receive an Adult Large t-shirt by default.
Please note that library staff may be taking photos of any or all events to use for future library publications. Event participants’ photos may be used without notification or compensation. If you do not feel comfortable having your photo taken, please inform library staff when you arrive to an event.