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FCPL Winter Holiday Hours

Frederick County Public Libraries will be closed December 24 and December 25 for Christmas.

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

Sugarloaf ES 5K Community Run

9:00am - 11:00am
Elementary, All Ages
Urbana Regional Library
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Library Branch: Urbana Regional Library
Age Group: Elementary, All Ages
Program Type: Outreach
This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "All Ages" group.

Farmer's Market

9:00am - 1:00pm
Adult, All Ages
Walkersville Branch Library
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Library Branch: Walkersville Branch Library
Age Group: Adult, All Ages
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment
Event Details:

Enjoy a variety of goods from local vendors at our Farmer's Market every Saturday from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

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

Baby Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Birth - 5
Urbana Regional Library
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Library Branch: Urbana Regional Library
Room: Programming Room (UR)
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.

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.

Wellness Week: Musical Storytime

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

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and more focusing on eating healthy fruits and vegetables! Stay after storytime for a special fruit and vegetable art project!

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

Family Storytime at Carroll Creek Amphitheater

10:00am - 10:30am
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.

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.

Wellness Week: Toddler Storytime

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

Join us for stories, songs, and rhymes focused on emotional wellbeing! Designed for toddlers and their caregivers.

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 "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.

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

Saturdays at the Market with Alpacas

10:00am - 10:30am
Elementary, All Ages
Walkersville Branch Library
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Library Branch: Walkersville Branch Library
Room: Yard - Walkersville
Age Group: Elementary, All Ages
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment
Event Details:

Join us at our Friends of the Walkersville Library Farmers Market to interact with alpacas from Whispering Meadows at 10am. If you're interested in enjoying the market before the program, it's open from 9am - 1pm.

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 - 12:00pm
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 "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.

Saturday Stories

10:30am - 11:00pm
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, Special Storytime
Event Details:

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

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.

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
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 Library

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 library. Enjoy stories, fingerplays, rhymes, and more! Ages 0-5. Consider bringing a blanket for sitting on the ground, and be sure to dress appropriately for the weather!

 

This event is in the "Elementary" group.

Stories and S.T.E.A.M.-Bugs

11:00am - 12:00pm
Elementary
Emmitsburg Branch Library
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Library Branch: Emmitsburg Branch Library
Room: Community Room (EM)
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, Make & Create, STEM
Event Details:

BUGS! Fiction, facts and folktales combined with a fun science and art project. 

12 pm
1 pm
This event is in the "Teen" group.

Zentangle Origami Art

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Teen
Emmitsburg Branch Library
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Library Branch: Emmitsburg Branch Library
Room: Community Room (EM)
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Make & Create
Event Details:

Have fun creating zentangle and origami art all in one go!

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

Frederick County Health Department Vaccination Clinic

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

COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters for ages 12+ Wednesdays from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

This event is in the "All Ages" group.

Spring Performance by the MVMPCS Middle School Choir

4:00pm - 4:30pm
All Ages
C. Burr Artz Public Library
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Library Branch: C. Burr Artz Public Library
Room: Terrace
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment
Event Details:

Join the Monocacy Valley Montessori Public Charter School middle school choir for an outdoor performance on the second floor terrace at C. Burr Artz Public Library. 

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.
5 pm
This event is in the "Teen" group.
This event is in the "Adult" group.

Frederick County Health Department Vaccination Clinic

5:00pm - 7:00pm
Teen, Adult
Thurmont Regional Library
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Library Branch: Thurmont Regional Library
Room: Community Room (TRL)
Age Group: Teen, Adult
Program Type: Wellness
Event Details:

COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters for ages 12+ from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Walk-ins welcome, but please pre-register if you are able at: www.frederickcountymd.gov/covidvaccine

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 "Adult" group.

Working in Wellness, A Panel Discussion

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Adult
Brunswick Branch Library
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Library Branch: Brunswick Branch Library
Room: Community Room (BR)
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, Wellness
Event Details:

It's wellness week at Brunswick Library!  Join an esteemed panel of local wellness professionals including Doctor of Acupuncture Samantha L.

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

Paws 2 Read with Go Team Therapy Dogs

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Birth - 5, Elementary, All Ages
Walkersville Branch Library
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Library Branch: Walkersville Branch Library
Room: Discovery Meadow
Age Group: Birth - 5, Elementary, 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.

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