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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.

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2022 Recycled Robots!

All Day 3/30 - 4/11
Elementary, All Ages
Urbana Regional Library
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Library Branch: Urbana Regional Library
Room: World Market
Age Group: Elementary, All Ages
Program Type: STEM
Event Details:

Open to all ages, drop off your recycled robot anytime between March 30 and April 11. Robots must be able to sit or stand unaided and must contain some recycled materials. 

9 am
This event is in the "Elementary" group.
This event is in the "All Ages" group.

TH Little League Opening Day Outreach

9:30am - 1:00pm
Elementary, All Ages
Around the Community
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: Around the Community
Age Group: Elementary, All Ages
Program Type: Outreach
10 am
This event is in the "Birth - 5" group.

Preschool Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Birth - 5
Thurmont Regional Library
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Library Branch: Thurmont Regional Library
Room: Community Room (TRL)
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Recurring Storytime
Event Details:

Songs, stories, and fun for preschoolers and their grownups. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

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

Toddler 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
Event Details:

Songs, stories, and fun for toddlers and their grown-ups. Designed for toddlers with a caregiver. 

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

Baby Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Birth - 5
Thurmont Regional Library
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Library Branch: Thurmont Regional Library
Room: Community Room (TRL)
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.

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

Book Boogie at the Urbana Library Plaza

10:30am - 11:00am
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.

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

Family Storytime

10:15am - 10:45am
Birth - 5
Myersville Community Library
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Library Branch: Myersville Community Library
Room: Community Room (MY)
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Recurring Storytime
Event Details:

Enjoy stories, fingerplays, rhymes, and more! Designed for kids ages 0-5 with their caregivers.

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

Toddler Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Birth - 5
Thurmont Regional Library
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Library Branch: Thurmont Regional Library
Room: Community Room (TRL)
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, Recurring Storytime
Event Details:

Designed with beginning mobility in mind, join us for movement, songs, stories and more that will guide caregivers toward early learning and literacy for toddlers.

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

Preschool 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
Event Details:

Songs, stories, and fun for preschoolers and their grownups. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

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

Musical Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Birth - 5
Thurmont Regional Library
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Library Branch: Thurmont Regional Library
Room: Community Room (TRL)
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Recurring Storytime
Event Details:

Music, movement, stories and more!  

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

STEM & Storytime on the Deck

10:30am - 11:00am
Birth - 5
Thurmont Regional Library
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Library Branch: Thurmont Regional Library
Room: Deck
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, Recurring Storytime, STEM
Event Details:

We will be reading a story and doing STEM-related activities on the deck or the nature trail!

Dress appropriately for weather!

For children ages 3-5, but all are welcome to attend and enjoy!  

This event is in the "Elementary" group.

Let's Celebrate Poetry

10:00am - 10:15am
Elementary
C. Burr Artz Public Library
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Library Branch: C. Burr Artz Public Library
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, Virtual Programming

Attend via Facebook

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Celebrate National Poetry Month, this April, and  discover how fun poetry truly is. Enjoy ideas on how to spread the joy of a poem, learn different types of poetry, and bring it all together with Poem in Your Pocket Day.

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

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
Event Details:

Songs, stories, and play for babies and their grownups. Designed for ages 0-12 months with a caregiver.

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

Fun on the Farm with Eddie, the Notorious PIG

10:30am - 11:00am
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 special guest, Eddie the Notorious P.I.G. for a farm themed storytime in the Urbana Library Plaza. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver and all are invited to dress in their favorite farm-themed outfits.

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

Frederick County Health Department Vaccination Clinic

10:00am - 12:30pm
Elementary, Teen, Adult
Myersville Community Library
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Library Branch: Myersville Community Library
Room: Community Room (MY)
Age Group: Elementary, Teen, Adult
Program Type: Wellness
Event Details:

COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters for ages 5+ Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

This event is in the "All Ages" group.

Rose Hill Manor Egg Roll

10:00am - 1:00pm
All Ages
Around the Community
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: Around the Community
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Outreach
This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "All Ages" group.

Thurmont Green Fest

10:00am - 2:00pm
Adult, All Ages
Thurmont Regional Library
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Library Branch: Thurmont Regional Library
Room: Deck
Age Group: Adult, All Ages
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, STEM
Event Details:

A WASTE FREE EVENT to promote Saving & Using our WATER Resources by LIVING GREEN with the Entire Family! DISCOVER ACTIVITIES out on the covered deck and behind the Thurmont Regional Library on the new Library Nature Trail!

This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "All Ages" group.

Friends of the Brunswick Library Spring Book Sale

10:00am - 4:00pm
Adult, All Ages
Brunswick Branch Library
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Library Branch: Brunswick Branch Library
Room: Outside Library (BR)
Age Group: Adult, All Ages
Program Type: Books & Authors
Event Details:

Celebrate spring and National Library Week with the Friends of the Brunswick Library's Spring Book Sale.  Stop on by and add a few books to your collection -- books of every kind for every age!

This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "All Ages" group.

Friends of the Urbana Regional Library Spring Book Sale

10:00am - 5:00pm
Adult, All Ages
Urbana Regional Library
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Library Branch: Urbana Regional Library
Room: Anthony M. Natelli Community Room
Age Group: Adult, All Ages
Program Type: Books & Authors
Event Details:

Celebrate spring and National Library Week with the Friends of the Urbana Regional Library's Spring Book Sale.  Stop on by and add a few books to your collection -- books of every kind for every age!

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

Family 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
Event Details:

Enjoy stories, fingerplays, rhymes, and more. Designed for ages 0-5 with caregiver. 

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

Bee Kind Storytime on the Library Trail (Ages 0-6)

10:30am - 11:00am
Birth - 5
Thurmont Regional Library
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Library Branch: Thurmont Regional Library
Room: Deck
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Special Storytime
Event Details:

Discover the magic of bees at this interactive storytime filled with stories, games, music and more. This is a Green Fest event and will happen on the grass behind the library on the Library Loop Trail. 

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

Outdoor Baby Storytime

11:00am - 11:30am
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

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

Family Storytime and Playgroup

11:00am - 11:30am
Birth - 5
Emmitsburg Branch Library
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Library Branch: Emmitsburg Branch Library
Room: Community Room (EM)
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Recurring Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for stories, music, fingerplays, rhymes and more. Socialize at our playgroup, immediately following storytime.

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

Outdoor Toddler Storytime

11:00am - 11:30am
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.

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

Storytime at the Point of Rocks Community Commons Park

11:00am - 11:30am
Birth - 5
Edward F. Fry Memorial Library at Point of Rocks
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Library Branch: Edward F. Fry Memorial Library at Point of Rocks
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Recurring Storytime
Event Details:

Enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays, rhymes, and more! Ages 0-5. Consider bringing a blanket for sitting on the ground. This storytime takes place at the Point of Rocks Community Commons Park, directly outside of the library.

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

Family Storytime

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

Enjoy stories, fingerplays, rhymes, and more! Designed for kids ages 0-5 with their caregivers.

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

Outdoor Preschool Storytime

11:00am - 11:30am
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:

We've taken storytime outside where preschoolers and their caregivers will learn early literacy skills with fun songs, story telling, movement, and more. Don't forget a blanket for sitting on the ground.

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

Outside Storytime at the Myersville Library

11:00am - 11:30am
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, songs, fingerplays, rhymes, and more! Ages 0-5. Consider bringing a blanket for sitting on the ground. Storytime will move inside in the event of bad weather.

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

Family Storytime at the Middletown Memorial Park

11:00am - 11:30am
Birth - 5
Middletown Branch Library
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Library Branch: Middletown Branch Library
Room: Outside Library (MD)
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Recurring Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for a family storytime at the Middletown Memorial Park in partnership with the Town of Middletown. Enjoy stories, fingerplays, rhymes, and more! Ages 0-5.

This event is in the "Elementary" group.
This event is in the "Teen" group.
This event is in the "All Ages" group.

My Garden of A Thousand Bees Speaker and Pollinator Planting

11:30am - 12:30pm
Elementary, Teen, All Ages
Thurmont Regional Library
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Library Branch: Thurmont Regional Library
Room: Deck
Age Group: Elementary, Teen, All Ages
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, STEM
Event Details:

Native pollinators are facing challenges from declines in their habitat and food supplies, line nectar and pollen.

12 pm
1 pm
2 pm
This event is in the "Birth - 5" group.

Family Storytime at Carroll Creek Amphitheater

2:00pm - 2:30pm
Birth - 5
C. Burr Artz Public Library
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: C. Burr Artz Public Library
Room: Carroll Creek Linear Park Amphitheater
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Recurring Storytime
Event Details:

Join us at the Carroll Creek Amphitheater for Family storytime presented in partnership with Downtown Frederick Partnership. Enjoy stories, fingerplays, rhymes, and more.

Reservation

Justice Jobs - Information Session

2:00pm - 4:00pm
C. Burr Artz Public Library
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: C. Burr Artz Public Library
Room: Study Room 3 (CBA)
This event is in the "Elementary" group.
This event is in the "Teen" group.
This event is in the "Adult" group.

Frederick County Health Department Vaccination Clinic

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Elementary, Teen, Adult
Walkersville Branch Library
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Library Branch: Walkersville Branch Library
Room: Darrell L Batson Community Room
Age Group: Elementary, Teen, Adult
Program Type: Wellness
Event Details:

COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters for ages 5+. Walk-ins welcome, but please pre-register if you are able at: www.frederickcountymd.gov/covidvaccine

3 pm
4 pm
This event is in the "Elementary" group.
This event is in the "Teen" group.
This event is in the "Adult" group.

Frederick County Health Department Vaccination Clinic

4:00pm - 6:00pm
Elementary, Teen, Adult
Walkersville Branch Library
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Library Branch: Walkersville Branch Library
Room: Darrell L Batson Community Room
Age Group: Elementary, Teen, Adult
Program Type: Wellness
Event Details:

COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters for ages 5+ Wednesdays from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

This event is in the "Teen" group.

Teen Patio Palooza - Button Making

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Teen
Brunswick Branch Library
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Library Branch: Brunswick Branch Library
Room: Outside Library (BR)
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment
Event Details:

Button Making - Use our button maker and a variety of materials to personalize your backpack. Snacks, fun, and music outside on our patio! A different activity every week for middle and high school students.

5 pm
This event is in the "Elementary" group.

Yoga at the Library: Elementary

5:00pm - 5:45pm
Elementary
Brunswick Branch Library
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Library Branch: Brunswick Branch Library
Room: Community Room (BR)
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment
Event Details:

Join Cathy Spence from Roots & River Yoga for a fun yoga practice. Children in grades K-5 are invited to bring a stuffed animal and yoga mat or blanket, but no equipment is required. 

This event is in the "Elementary" group.
This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "All Ages" group.

Frederick County Health Department Vaccination Clinic

5:00pm - 7:00pm
Elementary, Adult, All Ages
Brunswick Branch Library
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Library Branch: Brunswick Branch Library
Room: Community Room (BR)
Age Group: Elementary, Adult, All Ages
Program Type: Wellness
Event Details:

COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters for anyone ages 5 and up. Thursdays from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

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

Outdoor Family Storytime

6:00pm - 6:30pm
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, wear your pajamas, and unwind with us on the lawn for songs, stories, and fun for the whole family.

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

Sunset Stories at the Urbana Library Plaza

6:00pm - 6:30pm
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.

This event is in the "Teen" group.

Game On: Nintendo Switch

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Teen
Thurmont Regional Library
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Library Branch: Thurmont Regional Library
Room: Inside Library (TRL)
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Computers & Technology
Event Details:

Compete against friends on Nintendo Switch Consoles provided by the library.

This event is in the "Teen" group.
Cancelled

Virtual Teen Library Council (Ages 13-18)

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Teen
C. Burr Artz Public Library
Required
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Library Branch: C. Burr Artz Public Library
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Discord for Teens, Education & Enjoyment, Virtual Programming
Event Details:

Calling all Frederick County Teens! Join us for our monthly Virtual Teen Library Council (TLC) meeting on Discord.

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

FCPL Board of Trustees

7:00pm - 9:00pm
Adult
C. Burr Artz Public Library
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Library Branch: C. Burr Artz Public Library
Room: Community Room (CBA)
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Board of Trustees