Upcoming Events at Bethesda

Cookie Excavation

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-06-10T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Jun 10, 4 - 5 p.m.
]]>Come play Archaeologist with baked goods. Ages 6-11

Music by Jake

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-06-12T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Jun 12, 3 p.m.
]]>Families with kids of all ages are invited to join us in celebrating music and storytelling in this one-of-a-kind musical experience.

Legos at the Library

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-06-18T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Jun 18, 4 - 5:30 p.m.
]]>Bring you building skills and put them to work at our monthly Lego program. Drop in after school for Legos, friends, and a snack!

Story Time

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-06-24T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Jun 24, 10:30-11:30 AM
]]>Hear stories, sing songs, enjoy games and play with your friends at our weekly story time. Our programming is geared towards toddlers and preschoolers, but all children are welcome.

Earth Experience Natural History

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-06-25T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Jun 25, 3 p.m.
]]>Families with kids of all ages are invited to join our local natural history experts in a session exploring real fossils and fossil casts while learning about noteworthy species from a wide range of time periods.

Attenborough & Artifacts

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-06-27T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Jun 27, 11 a.m. -1p.m.
]]>Adults ages 18+ are invited to settle in with David Attenborough documentary featuring dinosaurs and fossils while also making a “museum souvenir” to take home.

Story Time

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-07-01T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Jul 1, 10:30-11:30 AM
]]>Hear stories, sing songs, enjoy games and play with your friends at our weekly story time. Our programming is geared towards toddlers and preschoolers, but all children are welcome.

Kids Craft

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-07-01T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Jul 1, 4 - 5 p.m.
]]>Kids ages 3-11 are invited to stop by the library and do a fun patriotic-themed craft to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S.A.

Teen Craft

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-07-01T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Jul 1, 4 - 5 p.m.
]]>Teens ages 13-17 are invited to stop by the library and do a fun patriotic-themed craft to celebrate America's 250th Birthday.

Bethesda Book Group

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-07-02T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Jul 2,
]]>Come meet with other readers in your community and discuss good books!
The Bethesda Book Group meets on the first Thursday of each month from 5-7 PM. There is also the option of attending digitally.

The Fifth Extinction

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-07-09T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Jul 9, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
]]>Adults ages 18+ are invited to attend an engaging talk on the asteroid impact that helped trigger Earth’s fifth mass extinction and learn what NASA and other space agencies are doing to make sure it doesn't happen again.

Code Academy

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-07-14T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Jul 14, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Registration required. Call -- or Register Online.
]]>Rising 5 - 12 graders are invited to come learn coding concepts and app design in this week-long bootcamp. Registration is required.

Code Academy

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-07-15T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Jul 15, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Registration required. Call -- or Register Online.
]]>Rising 5 - 12 graders are invited to come learn coding concepts and app design in this week-long bootcamp. Registration is required.

Make A Museum

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-07-15T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Jul 15, 4 - 5 p.m.
]]>Children ages 6-11 will step into the role of museum curator by creating, discovering, and labelling artifacts to add to their own mini museum.

Code Academy

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-07-16T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Jul 16, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Registration required. Call -- or Register Online.
]]>Rising 5 - 12 graders are invited to come learn coding concepts and app design in this week-long bootcamp. Registration is required.

Legos at the Library

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-07-16T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Jul 16, 4 - 6:30 p.m.
]]>Bring you building skills and put them to work at our monthly Lego program. Drop in after school for Legos, friends, and a snack!

Code Academy

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-07-17T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Jul 17, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Registration required. Call -- or Register Online.
]]>Rising 5 - 12 graders are invited to come learn coding concepts and app design in this week-long bootcamp. Registration is required.

Story Time

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-07-22T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Jul 22, 10:30-11:30 AM
]]>Hear stories, sing songs, enjoy games and play with your friends at our weekly story time. Our programming is geared towards toddlers and preschoolers, but all children are welcome.

Claymation Dinosaurs

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-07-23T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Jul 23, 4 - 5 p.m.
]]>Teens ages 13-17 will bring dinosaurs of their own design to life one frame at a time using stop-motion techniques.

Professor Whizzpop

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-07-24T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Jul 24, 11 a.m.
]]>Families with kids of all ages are invited to come have a roaring good time at The Monster Magic Show - a show all about prehistoric creatures, reading books, and fossilized fun!

Pasta Paleontology

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-07-25T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Jul 25, 11 a.m. -12 p.m.
]]>Children ages 3-12 will learn all about fossils in this hands-on program that allows each kid to design their own dinosaur skeleton using a variety of pasta shapes.

Adopt-A-Dino

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-07-29T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Jul 29, 10:30-11:30 AM
]]>Children ages 3-12 will crack open a dinosaur egg to discover what type of dinosaur they’ve adopted and can take home.

Mr. Bond's Science Guys

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-07-30T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Jul 30, 3 p.m.
]]>Families with kids of all ages are invited join the Science Guys in unearthing the story of our planet and learning all about the conditions that make life on Earth possible.

Bethesda Book Group

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-08-06T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Aug 6,
]]>Come meet with other readers in your community and discuss good books!
The Bethesda Book Group meets on the first Thursday of each month from 5-7 PM. There is also the option of attending digitally.

Story Time

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-08-12T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Aug 12, 10:30-11:30 AM
]]>Hear stories, sing songs, enjoy games and play with your friends at our weekly story time. Our programming is geared towards toddlers and preschoolers, but all children are welcome.

Story Time

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-08-19T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Aug 19, 10:30-11:30 AM
]]>Hear stories, sing songs, enjoy games and play with your friends at our weekly story time. Our programming is geared towards toddlers and preschoolers, but all children are welcome.

Legos at the Library

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-08-20T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Aug 20, 4 - 5:30 p.m.
]]>Bring you building skills and put them to work at our monthly Lego program. Drop in after school for Legos, friends, and a snack!

Story Time

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-08-26T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Aug 26, 10:30-11:30 AM
]]>Hear stories, sing songs, enjoy games and play with your friends at our weekly story time. Our programming is geared towards toddlers and preschoolers, but all children are welcome.

Story Time

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-09-02T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Sep 2, 10:30-11:30 AM
]]>Hear stories, sing songs, enjoy games and play with your friends at our weekly story time. Our programming is geared towards toddlers and preschoolers, but all children are welcome.

Bethesda Book Group

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-09-03T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Sep 3,
]]>Come meet with other readers in your community and discuss good books!
The Bethesda Book Group meets on the first Thursday of each month from 5-7 PM. There is also the option of attending digitally.

Story Time

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-09-09T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Sep 9, 10:30-11:30 AM
]]>Hear stories, sing songs, enjoy games and play with your friends at our weekly story time. Our programming is geared towards toddlers and preschoolers, but all children are welcome.

Story Time

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-09-16T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Sep 16, 10:30-11:30 AM
]]>Hear stories, sing songs, enjoy games and play with your friends at our weekly story time. Our programming is geared towards toddlers and preschoolers, but all children are welcome.

Legos at the Library

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-09-17T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Sep 17, 4 - 5:30 p.m.
]]>Bring you building skills and put them to work at our monthly Lego program. Drop in after school for Legos, friends, and a snack!

Story Time

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-09-23T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Sep 23, 10:30-11:30 AM
]]>Hear stories, sing songs, enjoy games and play with your friends at our weekly story time. Our programming is geared towards toddlers and preschoolers, but all children are welcome.

Story Time

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-09-30T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Sep 30, 10:30-11:30 AM
]]>Hear stories, sing songs, enjoy games and play with your friends at our weekly story time. Our programming is geared towards toddlers and preschoolers, but all children are welcome.

Bethesda Book Group

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-10-01T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Oct 1,
]]>Come meet with other readers in your community and discuss good books!
The Bethesda Book Group meets on the first Thursday of each month from 5-7 PM. There is also the option of attending digitally.

Story Time

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-10-07T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Oct 7, 10:30-11:30 AM
]]>Hear stories, sing songs, enjoy games and play with your friends at our weekly story time. Our programming is geared towards toddlers and preschoolers, but all children are welcome.

Story Time

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-10-14T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Oct 14, 10:30-11:30 AM
]]>Hear stories, sing songs, enjoy games and play with your friends at our weekly story time. Our programming is geared towards toddlers and preschoolers, but all children are welcome.

Legos at the Library

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-10-15T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Oct 15, 4 - 5:30 p.m.
]]>Bring you building skills and put them to work at our monthly Lego program. Drop in after school for Legos, friends, and a snack!

Story Time

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-10-21T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Oct 21, 10:30-11:30 AM
]]>Hear stories, sing songs, enjoy games and play with your friends at our weekly story time. Our programming is geared towards toddlers and preschoolers, but all children are welcome.

Story Time

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-10-28T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Oct 28, 10:30-11:30 AM
]]>Hear stories, sing songs, enjoy games and play with your friends at our weekly story time. Our programming is geared towards toddlers and preschoolers, but all children are welcome.

Story Time

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-11-04T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Nov 4, 10:30-11:30 AM
]]>Hear stories, sing songs, enjoy games and play with your friends at our weekly story time. Our programming is geared towards toddlers and preschoolers, but all children are welcome.

Bethesda Book Group

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-11-05T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Nov 5,
]]>Come meet with other readers in your community and discuss good books!
The Bethesda Book Group meets on the first Thursday of each month from 5-7 PM. There is also the option of attending digitally.

Story Time

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-11-11T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Nov 11, 10:30-11:30 AM
]]>Hear stories, sing songs, enjoy games and play with your friends at our weekly story time. Our programming is geared towards toddlers and preschoolers, but all children are welcome.

Story Time

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-11-18T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Nov 18, 10:30-11:30 AM
]]>Hear stories, sing songs, enjoy games and play with your friends at our weekly story time. Our programming is geared towards toddlers and preschoolers, but all children are welcome.

Legos at the Library

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-11-19T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Nov 19, 4 - 5:30 p.m.
]]>Bring you building skills and put them to work at our monthly Lego program. Drop in after school for Legos, friends, and a snack!

Story Time

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-11-25T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Nov 25, 10:30-11:30 AM
]]>Hear stories, sing songs, enjoy games and play with your friends at our weekly story time. Our programming is geared towards toddlers and preschoolers, but all children are welcome.

Story Time

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-12-02T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Dec 2, 10:30-11:30 AM
]]>Hear stories, sing songs, enjoy games and play with your friends at our weekly story time. Our programming is geared towards toddlers and preschoolers, but all children are welcome.

Bethesda Book Group

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-12-03T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Dec 3,
]]>Come meet with other readers in your community and discuss good books!
The Bethesda Book Group meets on the first Thursday of each month from 5-7 PM. There is also the option of attending digitally.

Story Time

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-12-09T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Dec 9, 10:30-11:30 AM
]]>Hear stories, sing songs, enjoy games and play with your friends at our weekly story time. Our programming is geared towards toddlers and preschoolers, but all children are welcome.

Story Time

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-12-16T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Dec 16, 10:30-11:30 AM
]]>Hear stories, sing songs, enjoy games and play with your friends at our weekly story time. Our programming is geared towards toddlers and preschoolers, but all children are welcome.

Legos at the Library

support@engagedpatrons.org (EngagedPatrons Support) — 2026-12-17T00:00:00-06:00

Bethesda
Dec 17, 4 - 5:30 p.m.
]]>Bring you building skills and put them to work at our monthly Lego program. Drop in after school for Legos, friends, and a snack!