Exploration Commons At 50 East

For ages 10 - Adults. Join author and arts & crafts expert Amy Latta as she teaches us how to doodle all the animals. Amy Latta is an arts & crafts expert and the author of nine books, including Doodle Everything! and Hand Lettering for Relaxation. She has created designs for national brands such as

For Adults. From the bestselling author Jeff Shaara, comes the story of rising conflict between the super-powers that gripped the world, a global war that almost happened: The Cuban Missile Crisis. Extensively researched and vividly imagined, 'The Shadow of War' brings to life the many threads that lead to the building crisis between the Soviet

For Adults. Sean Carroll is creating a profoundly new approach to sharing physics with a broad audience, one that goes beyond analogies to show how physicists really think. In his latest book, Quanta and Fields, Sean Carroll explains measurement and entanglement before explaining how the world is really made of fields. You will finally understand

For Adults. 'Throne of Grace: A Mountain Man, an Epic Adventure, and the Bloody Conquest of the American West' is the explosive true saga of the legendary adventurer Jedediah Smith and the Mountain Men who explored the American frontier, written by New York Times bestselling authors of 'Blood and Treasure', Bob Drury and Tom Clavin.

For Adults. Join us for an evening with Jonna Mendez, author of In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked. The best-selling co-author of The Moscow Rules, and Argo, tells her riveting, courageous story of being a female spy at the CIA and battling against the prevailing culture of sexism at the time,

For Adults. From bestselling nonfiction author Abbott Kahler comes the spellbinding fiction debut, Where You End. An unusual form of amnesia upends the lives of identical twins, forcing them to face an indelible, dangerous shadow of the past. She will be in conversation with Sherri Leimkuhler. Abbott Kahler, formerly writing as Karen Abbot, is the

We invite you to join us on a gastronomic journey around the world, right here in our own backyard! Expanding Boundaries International (EBI) is thrilled to host "Tastes of the World," a unique fundraising event on December 2, 2023, at the Exploration Commons (Westminster Library). This isn't just a food tasting; it's a feast that

For Adults. Tracey Enerson Wood is a published playwright whose family is steeped in military tradition. Her novels include THE ENGINEER'S WIFE and THE WAR NURSE. Her latest, THE PRESIDENT'S WIFE, is the incredible story of the First Lady who clandestinely assumed the presidency to protect her husband and her country at all costs. Books

For Adults. Amiee Gibbs grew up in rural Maryland where she still lives on an allegedly haunted road but has dreams of running away to Ireland. She has worked for Penguin Random House for 13 years as a Sales Manager for independent bookstores across New England, New York, and the West Coast. Her first novel,

For ages 16 - Adults. Join Douglas Tallamy, author of Nature's Best Hope, for a virtual presentation on Homegrown National Park®, a grassroots call-to-action to regenerate biodiversity and ecosystem function. Register to attend the watch party at Exploration Commons at 50 East or watch virtually. Registration is required. Visit site for details.

For Adults. Wade Rouse is the internationally bestselling author of nine books which have been translated into nearly 20 languages. Wade chose his grandmother's name, Viola Shipman, as a pen name to honor the woman whose heirlooms and family stories inspire his fiction. The latest Viola Shipman novel, Famous in a Small Town, is bursting

For Adults. A D.C. philanthropist suspects that her seemingly perfect employee is secretly plotting to steal her husband, her reputation, even her life, in The Senator's Wife, the latest novel of psychological suspense from the internationally bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish. Liv Constantine is the pen name of sisters Lynne and Valerie Constantine.

For Adults. USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight returns with Starring Adele Astaire, a story full of glitz and glam as she delves into the life of Adele Astaire, a spirited and talented woman who served up smiles and love both on and off the stage - with and without her also famous brother, Fred

For Adults. Lisa Scottoline is the number-one bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author of thirty-five novels. Her latest, Loyalty, is an emotional, action-packed epic of love and justice, set during the rise of the Mafia in Sicily. A former president of Mystery Writers of America, she has thirty million copies of her books in print and

For Adults. John Cribb is a bestselling author who has written about subjects ranging from history to education. He is the author of "Old Abe", a historical novel depicting the last five years of Abraham Lincoln's life. "The Rail Splitter" tells the story of Abraham Lincoln's remarkable journey from a log cabin to the threshold

For all ages. Carroll County Public Library is proud to unveil a full-size barn quilt that will be displayed on the side of Exploration Commons at 50 East and the Westminster Branch on March 1, 2023. We invite the community to watch the unveiling at 12 Noon on March 1, either in-person or through Facebook

For Adults. Margaret Willson is the author of "Seawomen of Iceland: Survival on the Edge" and "Dance Lest We All Fall Down: Breaking Cycles of Poverty in Brazil and Beyond." Her latest book, "Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of an Icelandic Sea Captain," is a daring and magnificent historical narrative nonfiction account of