Professional Performance features Paul Hadfield

Paul Hadfield combines storytelling, juggling, unicycling music and physical comedy in his early-20th-century-style vaudeville act, which will be the library’s last Professional Performance of the summer on July 30. Charlotte Hall library’s performance will be at 10 a.m. at White Marsh Elementary School, Leonardtown library’s will be held at 12:30 p.m. at Leonard Hall Recreation Center and Lexington Park library’s will be held at 3 p.m. at the library.

The board of library trustees is sponsoring this presentation.

More programs planned for children

Leonardtown library will host a stuffed animal sleepover on Aug. 2. Children can bring their stuffed animals for a story time at 6 p.m. and then leave them for a sleepover. A slideshow of the animals’ adventures will be showing when they pick up the animals on Friday morning.

A free showing of the movie about the Muppets reuniting to save the Muppet Theater will be shown at the Lexington Park branch on July 26 at 11 a.m. Snacks will be provided.

Children ages 9 to 12 can register for an introductory class to PowerPoint scheduled at the Leonardtown branch on July 26 at 2:30 p.m. or at the Lexington Park branch on Aug. 1 at 2 p.m.

Two sessions of Lego fun are planned at the Lexington Park branch on Aug. 7. Kids ages 3 to 6 can attend the 11 a.m. session and children aged 6 and older can come to the session at 3 p.m.

Open lab and genealogy class offered for adults

Adults who need help with computer skills such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Publisher can register for Leonardtown library’s open computer lab on July 30 from 2 to 4 p.m. Trained staff will be available to assist.

Lexington Park library will offer an intermediate genealogy hands-on class on July 30 at 5:30 p.m. that will cover the 1940 census data plus National Archives and Family Search resources. Adults need to register for both programs.

Reading workshop designed for parents

Workshops designed to introduce parents to simple activities to help their children be ready to read are scheduled on Aug. 2 at the Lexington Park branch and on Aug. 9 at both the Charlotte Hall and Leonardtown libraries. All three programs begin at 6 p.m., are free and require registration.

K-9 demonstration set

The public is invited to watch two bloodhounds in action and learn more about search and recovery at the Leonardtown library on Aug. 4 at 10 a.m. Bay K-9 Search and Recovery Team will present this free program.