Announcements

Holiday Closing - New Years

Frederick County Public Libraries will close at 5pm on December 31 and will be closed January 1.

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10 am
This event is in the "Teen" group.

Virtual Program: STEM Mini Series - Solar Bugs

10:00am - 10:15am
Teen
Thurmont Regional Library
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Library Branch: Thurmont Regional Library
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Virtual Programming
Event Details:

Check out how to build a Solar Bug! Test how different light sources affect the speed and movement of the bug.

This event is in the "Birth - 5" group.

Outdoor Baby Storytime

10:00am - 10:30am
Birth - 5
Walkersville Branch Library
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Library Branch: Walkersville Branch Library
Room: Yard - Walkersville
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Recurring Storytime
Event Details:

Join us in our backyard with your blanket and energy to explore songs, stories, and fun designed for our youngest audience and their caregivers. Please check back here by 9am for cancellations due to weather.

This event is in the "Birth - 5" group.
Cancelled

CANCELLED: Book Boogie at the Urbana Library Plaza

10:00am - 10:30am
Birth - 5
Urbana Regional Library
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Library Branch: Urbana Regional Library
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Recurring Storytime
Event Details:

**Today's story time has been cancelled due to chilly temperatures**

This event is in the "Birth - 5" group.

Outdoor Toddler Storytime

10:00am - 10:30am
Birth - 5
Walkersville Branch Library
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Library Branch: Walkersville Branch Library
Room: Yard - Walkersville
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Recurring Storytime
Event Details:

Bring a blanket and your wiggles for songs, stories, and fun for toddlers and their grownups. Please check back here by 9am for cancellations due to weather.

This event is in the "Adult" group.

Memory Lab By Appointment

10:00am - 8:00pm
Adult
Brunswick Branch Library
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Library Branch: Brunswick Branch Library
Room: Inside Library (BR)
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: History & Genealogy
Event Details:

Use our equipment to convert your photos and analog home videos to digital formats you can share and enjoy today! Formats accepted: mini DV tapes, VHS tapes, VHS-C tapes, photos, slides, and negatives.

This event is in the "Adult" group.

Memory Lab By Appointment

10:00am - 8:00pm
Adult
Brunswick Branch Library
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Library Branch: Brunswick Branch Library
Room: Inside Library (BR)
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: History & Genealogy
Event Details:

Use our equipment to convert your photos and analog home videos to digital formats you can share and enjoy today! Formats accepted: mini DV tapes, VHS tapes, VHS-C tapes, photos, slides, and negatives.

This event is in the "Birth - 5" group.
Cancelled

CANCELLED: Outside Storytime at the Myersville Library

10:30am - 11:00am
Birth - 5
Myersville Community Library
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Library Branch: Myersville Community Library
Room: Yard - Myersville
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Recurring Storytime
Event Details:

Cancelled today due to weather. Join us for an outside family storytime. Enjoy stories, fingerplays, rhymes, and more! Ages 0-5. Consider bringing a blanket for sitting on the ground. Please check back here by 10 a.m.

This event is in the "Birth - 5" group.

Book Boogie at the Urbana Library Plaza

10:00am - 10:30am
Birth - 5
Urbana Regional Library
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Library Branch: Urbana Regional Library
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Recurring Storytime
Event Details:

Join us in the Urbana Library Plaza for music, movement, and stories for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.  Cancellations due to weather are made at 9 a.m.

This event is in the "Birth - 5" group.

Outdoor Preschool Storytime @ E&E Tree Farm

10:00am - 10:30am
Birth - 5
Walkersville Branch Library
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Library Branch: Walkersville Branch Library
Room: Outdoor Preschool Storytime @ E&E Tree Farm
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Special Storytime
Event Details:

To get in the holiday spirit, join us for a special storytime surrounded by Christmas Trees @ E&E Trees Inc. Located at 9420 Dublin Road, Walkersville MD  21793.

This event is in the "Adult" group.

Memory Lab By Appointment

10:00am - 5:00pm
Adult
Brunswick Branch Library
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Library Branch: Brunswick Branch Library
Room: Inside Library (BR)
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: History & Genealogy
Event Details:

Use our equipment to convert your photos and analog home videos to digital formats you can share and enjoy today! Formats accepted: mini DV tapes, VHS tapes, VHS-C tapes, photos, slides, and negatives.

This event is in the "Birth - 5" group.

Outside Storytime at the Myersville Library

10:30am - 11:00am
Birth - 5
Myersville Community Library
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Library Branch: Myersville Community Library
Room: Yard - Myersville
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Recurring Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for an outside family storytime. Enjoy stories, fingerplays, rhymes, and more! Ages 0-5. Consider bringing a blanket for sitting on the ground. Please check back here by 10 a.m. for cancellations due to weather.

This event is in the "Birth - 5" group.

Book Boogie at the Urbana Library Plaza

10:00am - 10:30am
Birth - 5
Urbana Regional Library
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Library Branch: Urbana Regional Library
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Recurring Storytime
Event Details:

Join us in the Urbana Library Plaza for music, movement, and stories for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.  Cancellations due to weather are made at 9 a.m.

This event is in the "Adult" group.

Memory Lab By Appointment

10:00am - 4:00pm
Adult
Brunswick Branch Library
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Library Branch: Brunswick Branch Library
Room: Inside Library (BR)
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: History & Genealogy
Event Details:

Use our equipment to convert your photos and analog home videos to digital formats you can share and enjoy today! Formats accepted: mini DV tapes, VHS tapes, VHS-C tapes, photos, slides, and negatives.

This event is in the "Adult" group.

Memory Lab By Appointment

10:00am - 4:00pm
Adult
Brunswick Branch Library
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Library Branch: Brunswick Branch Library
Room: Inside Library (BR)
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: History & Genealogy
Event Details:

Use our equipment to convert your photos and analog home videos to digital formats you can share and enjoy today! Formats accepted: mini DV tapes, VHS tapes, VHS-C tapes, photos, slides, and negatives.

11 am
This event is in the "Birth - 5" group.

Winter Art for Little Picassos

11:00am - 11:30am
Birth - 5
Thurmont Regional Library
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Library Branch: Thurmont Regional Library
Room: Deck
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Make & Create
Event Details:

Explore winter in a creative way. Dress warmly as this is an outside art exploration for toddlers and preschoolers. 

This event is in the "Birth - 5" group.
This event is in the "Elementary" group.
This event is in the "All Ages" group.

Natural Ornaments on the Deck

11:00am - 11:30am
Birth - 5, Elementary, All Ages
Thurmont Regional Library
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Library Branch: Thurmont Regional Library
Room: Deck
Age Group: Birth - 5, Elementary, All Ages
Event Details:

Create natural ornaments suitable for feeding wildlife during the winter months. Decorate one to place on the Library Loop trail, and one to take home. 

12 pm
1 pm
2 pm
This event is in the "Elementary" group.
This event is in the "All Ages" group.

All Ages Seasonal Arts and Crafts

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Elementary, All Ages
Brunswick Branch Library
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Library Branch: Brunswick Branch Library
Room: Outside Library (BR)
Age Group: Elementary, All Ages
Program Type: Make & Create
Event Details:

Join us on the patio outside the library for seasonal arts and crafts.  Please check back for cancellations due to weather.

3 pm
This event is in the "Teen" group.

Lawn Games (Grades 6-12)

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Teen
Walkersville Branch Library
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Library Branch: Walkersville Branch Library
Room: Yard - Walkersville
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment
Event Details:

Calling all teens! Join us on the lawn for fun, outdoor lawn games.

4 pm
5 pm
This event is in the "Birth - 5" group.
This event is in the "Elementary" group.
This event is in the "Teen" group.

Holiday Ornament Make and Take

5:30pm - 6:00pm
Birth - 5, Elementary, Teen
Emmitsburg Branch Library
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Library Branch: Emmitsburg Branch Library
Room: Outside Library (EM)
Age Group: Birth - 5, Elementary, Teen
Program Type: Make & Create
Event Details:

In anticipation of the Emmitsburg tree lighting, children and teens are invited to join us in front of the library at 5:30pm to make and take a festive clay ornament.

6 pm
This event is in the "Adult" group.

Mount Saint Mary's University Flute Ensemble Performance

6:00pm - 6:30pm
Adult
Emmitsburg Branch Library
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Library Branch: Emmitsburg Branch Library
Room: Outside Library (EM)
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment
Event Details:

Celebrate as the Mount Saint Mary's University Flute Ensemble performs at the Tree Lighting Ceremony in front of the Emmitsburg Library.

This event is in the "Elementary" group.
This event is in the "Teen" group.
This event is in the "Adult" group.
Cancelled

Canceled Stargazing on the Terrace

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Elementary, Teen, Adult
C. Burr Artz Public Library
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Library Branch: C. Burr Artz Public Library
Room: Terrace
Age Group: Elementary, Teen, Adult
Program Type: STEM
Event Details:

This event has been cancelled, please check back for potential rain dates. Explore the night sky on the CBA terrace with our telescope and the guidance of a passionate and informed astronomy hobbyist.

This event is in the "Teen" group.

Holiday Gingerbread Houses & Hot Cocoa on the Deck

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Teen
Thurmont Regional Library
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Library Branch: Thurmont Regional Library
Room: Deck
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment
Event Details:

Enjoy a cup of hot cocoa and festive music while you decorate a gingerbread house. We'll provide the frosting, graham crackers, gum drops, candy canes and more. Dress warmly. We'll meet on the deck.

This event is in the "All Ages" group.

Paws to Read with Go Team Therapy Dogs

6:30pm - 7:30pm
All Ages
Walkersville Branch Library
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Library Branch: Walkersville Branch Library
Room: Yard - Walkersville
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment
Event Details:

Improve your reading confidence and make a new friend when you read aloud to a Go Team Therapy Dog. 

 

7 pm
This event is in the "Adult" group.
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Library Branch: C. Burr Artz Public Library
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Books & Authors, History & Genealogy, Virtual Programming

Attend via Facebook

Visit FCPL's Facebook page to attend this program. 

Event Details:

This virtual program can also be viewed through this Zoom Webinar Link.