Announcements

Holiday Closing - Thanksgiving

Frederick County Public Libraries will close at 5pm on Wednesday, November 27 and will remain closed on Thursday November 28, and Friday November 29, 2024 in observance of Thanksgiving.

Baby Storytime

10:15am - 10:45am
Birth - 5
C. Burr Artz Public Library
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Library Branch: C. Burr Artz Public Library
Room: Community Room (CBA)
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Recurring Storytime

Baby Storytime

Songs, stories, and play for babies and their grownups. Designed for ages 0-24 months with a caregiver.

Outdoor Book Boogie @ the Urbana Library Plaza

10:15am - 10:45am
Birth - 5
Urbana Regional Library
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Library Branch: Urbana Regional Library
Room: Anthony M. Natelli Community Room
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Recurring Storytime
Event Details:

Music, movement, stories, and more outdoors on the Library Plaza! Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver. 

In case of inclement weather, this storytime will be moved indoors.

Shake, Rattle and Read

10:30am - 11:00am
Birth - 5
Middletown Branch Library
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Library Branch: Middletown Branch Library
Room: Inside Library (MD)
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment
Event Details:

Enjoy a lively Storytime filled with music, movement. 

Frederick County 275th: Story Explorers at Heritage Farm Park

11:00am - 11:30am
Birth - 5
Walkersville Branch Library
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Library Branch: Walkersville Branch Library
Room: Outside Library (WA)
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Special Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for a special preschool storytime located at Heritage Farm Park 9236 Devilbliss Bridge Road, Walkersville, MD 21793

In the case of inclement weather, storytime will be held at the Walkersville Branch Library.

Science Heroes: Saving the Earth Together with Tailwise

11:00am - 12:00pm
Birth - 5, Elementary
Thurmont Regional Library
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Library Branch: Thurmont Regional Library
Room: Community Room (TRL)
Age Group: Birth - 5, Elementary
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, STEM
Event Details:

Science and stories collide in this interactive STEM program! Two unlikely heroes must learn to work together to stop a super polluting mastermind!

Summer Lunch

11:00am - 1:00pm
Birth - 5, Elementary, Teen
Walkersville Branch Library
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Library Branch: Walkersville Branch Library
Room: Darrell L Batson Community Room
Age Group: Birth - 5, Elementary, Teen
Program Type: Wellness
Event Details:

While summer is here, enjoy a free lunch! Lunches available for carry-out or curbside pick-up for youth ages 0-18.
 Funds provided by Glade Valley Community Services and the Town of Walkersville.

Summer Lunch Program

12:15pm - 1:00pm
Elementary, Teen
Brunswick Branch Library
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Library Branch: Brunswick Branch Library
Room: Community Room (BR)
Age Group: Elementary, Teen
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, Outreach
Event Details:

The City of Frederick will visit us serve lunches for children and teens (under 18) each afternoon this summer from 12:15-1:00 pm. Lunch will be served June 5-August 18 (lunches will not be served on June 19 & July 4).

Cancelled

CANCELLED: Constellation Sun Printing, DUE TO WEATHER

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Teen
C. Burr Artz Public Library
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Library Branch: C. Burr Artz Public Library
Room: Terrace
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment
Event Details:

Use the power of the Sun to bring to life the night sky! Weather permitting, join us in this fun astrological craft!

Disclaimer(s)

Sign Language Interpreter

If an american sign language (asl) interpreter is needed for an event, we ask that you contact us one week in advance to ensure that we can process this request. If you need to cancel this request, we ask that you give us one weeks' notice.

Marble Mazes

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Elementary
Urbana Regional Library
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Library Branch: Urbana Regional Library
Room: Anthony M. Natelli Community Room
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment
Event Details:

Get ready for a maze filled afternoon! We will be engineering marble mazes using simple household materials, gravity, and lots of creativity. For Grades K-5.

Sci-Fri Adventure: Beginning Coding Bots (Ages 6-12)

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Elementary
C. Burr Artz Public Library
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Library Branch: C. Burr Artz Public Library
Room: Community Room (CBA)
Age Group: Elementary
Event Details:

Experience the basics of coding with hands-on exploration using Coding Mice, Bee Bots and a Tale-Bot. 

Science Heroes: Saving the Earth Together with Talewise

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Birth - 5, Elementary
Middletown Branch Library
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Library Branch: Middletown Branch Library
Room: Inside Library (MD)
Age Group: Birth - 5, Elementary
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment
Event Details:

Science and stories collide in this interactive STEM program! Two unlikely heroes must learn to work together to stop a super polluting mastermind!

Frederick County 275th: "An Introduction to Genealogy For Beginners and Experienced Family Historians, with Emphasis on Researching Western Maryland"

7:30pm - 9:00pm
Around the Community
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: Around the Community
Program Type: History & Genealogy, Maryland Room
Event Details:

An overview of the basic records that all genealogists should investigate as cornerstones of their life-time of research, along with family history methodology.  Sources that are specific to Frederick County will be covered.