Week Calendar

Join us inside to explore songs, stories, and fun designed for our youngest audience and their caregivers! This program is intended for children 0-12 months and their families.

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

Join us for a caregiver-led discussion and playgroup for tips and tricks to help navigate raising little ones. 

Each week we will focus on one or two letters of the alphabet and activites will be centered around that letter; STEM activity, storytime, songs, etc.

Songs, stories, and play for babies and their grownups.  Designed for ages 0-24 months with a caregiver.  Afterwards, we offer a baby playgroup for all to enjoy.

Music, movement, stories, and more! Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver. 

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

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and more!  Designed for toddlers and their caregivers.

Songs, stories, and play for babies and their grownups. Designed for ages 0-24 months with a caregiver.   Afterwards, we offer a "stay and play" for all to enjoy.

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

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

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

Technology getting the better of you? Drop in to get one-on-one help with your basic tech questions.

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

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and more! For ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

Music, movement, stories and more!  

Music, movement, stories, and more! Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Join us at Common Market's 7th Street location for a special storytime all about baking. Stay to sample some sweet treats!

Join us for a Senior Resource and Education Seminar, presented by SOAR and the Aging Network Alliance in partnership with Frederick County Public Libraries.

Freedom Bang is a pre-choreographed fusion of boxing, HIIT, hip hop, world dance, optional weighted gloves and just a touch of attitude.  Offering a wide range of intensity options to help you customize your workout.

Local musician James Dronenburg will provide enchanting music on the celtic harp.

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

Join us for a special storytime celebrating the timeless children's classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.

Ready to exercise! Ready to dance! Ready to shake off the pounds? Come on in for Zumba at the Library on Saturday mornings!

This fun activity is just what you've been looking for!

Join Cathy Spence from Suspence Yoga to learn how to identify common childhood stressors, define anxiety and stress, and understand reasons for anger in children.

Discover the secrets of Hardtack, Soft tack and Rusks - just in case foods that can be stored for weeks and months.  Presenter Jack Deatherage provides an overview of the process, resources and basic recipes to try at home.

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

Join us in our backyard with your blanket and energy to explore songs, stories, and fun designed for our youngest audience and their caregivers

Connect with other caregivers and resources in a supportive and fun playgroup environment.

Enjoy music, stories and more.

Bring a blanket and your wiggles for songs, stories, and fun for toddlers and their grownups.

Enjoy a variety of activities to help develop the skills needed for school. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

We're turning storytime up to 11! Come explore books and stories through music, movement, and plenty of dancing to kid-friendly tunes. Geared for children ages 0-5. Siblings welcome!

Introducing toddlers and their caregivers to a variety of preschool-readiness skills including fine motor development, social emotional skills, and early literacy activities.

Songs, stories, and fun for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 & up with a caregiver.

Preschoolers and their caregivers will learn all about the world of science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics with a variety of hands-on activities.

Enjoy a variety of activities to help develop the skills needed for school. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math concepts. 

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.

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

Young learners can practice skills they will need for school - listening, asking, writing, cutting, tracing, and more.

Preshoolers and their caregivers will practice school-readiness skills with cutting, tracing, play, and other literacy activities.

Join us on the lawn for a story and a chance to meet some adorable hedgehogs! 

Maryland Legal Aid attorneys are available every other Monday on a first-come, first-served basis to provide brief one-on-one advice focusing on a variety of areas including: criminal record expungement, COVID-related housing issues, and more.

Explore ancient artforms from our distant ancestors.  A light, hands-on exploration of art for kids. 

Take a deep dive into what extra virgin olive oil is, how it is produced, how it should be used, and what it should taste like, just in time for the holidays.  Join Sharon Streb, owner of Olive & Basket, and learn about the health benefit

Connecting stories with concepts in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math creates a hands-on learning experience for preschoolers at the library. Be prepared to jump in and connect with your child during this program.

Meet the Funders will be an exchange of knowledge and ideas between Frederick County foundations and nonprofits.

Let's celebrate Dinovember with all things dinosaur! Learn and explore through hands on activities using science, technology, engineering, art and math concepts. Designed for elementary students in grades K-5.

Join us for a conversation led by pediatrician, speaker, and Founder and CEO of What is Black, LLC, Dr. Jackie Douge.

Join us for all things Pokemon! Designed for children in grades 3 through 7.

This will be a seminar on all things Medicare, presented by Humana, addressing concerns from seniors that either are preparing to enroll for the first time, or are already enrolled and would like to know more about their coverage and options.

Looking for a place to do homework or work on a project with friends? Come to the library! Your friendly Teen Services Librarian will be on hand to help you with reference questions and highlight library resources to help your studies!

Learn and explore through hands on activities using science, technology, engineering, art and math concepts. Designed for elementary students in grades K-5.

Finding grants for your nonprofit takes time, but with a plan and a few tips and tricks you can save some time and finding grant opportunities that are a good match for your mission and proposed project. Attendees will learn:

Learn about all things dinosaurs for our special DINOvember celebration! 

Join us after school to indulge in an afternoon of creating and crafting. This month we will be practicing the art of Zen while making beautiful sand mandalas. Snacks and sips provided.

Join us on the lawn to explore, create, and experiment with STEAM activities!

Teens in grades 6-12 are invited to join us for our weekly Teen programming! Join us to make a classic Pumpkin Spice Treat treat with chocolate dipped pretzels!

Join us today for a visit with Aje Hill and the I Believe in Me Foundation.

Expand your horizons, make friends and more as we explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math with hands-on afterschool activities! Elementary Explorers takes place every Tuesday afternoon at 4pm.

Dress for mess and celebrate DINOvember at the library! All materials provided. Designed for children in grades K-5.

Discover and explore the world around you through science, math, technology, history, art, and literature. Designed for kids in grades K-5.

Crafters, Creepers, and Master Builders are invited to the Minecraft Club.  Chat with other players, work together to build great things, or just play on the Library’s own server.

Learn about body boundaries with Heiress, the service dog from the Child Advocacy Center.

Come and hang out in the teen zone and make some buttons.

Delve into this magical realm with local artisan, Kunie Stabley, and discover the fantastical world of miniatures. Create a unique place card holder--an enchanting gift idea for the holidays. Bring your curiosity and prepare to be amazed!

COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters for ages 12 and up.

Come play on Open Game Night!  Board games, card games, chess and much more. It's a fun night of cooperative play and team building.

Practice reading skills to patient and adorable Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.). For Children Grades K-5. 

Join us in the Urbana Library for music, movement, and stories for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Join some of Frederick County's international high school students as they share the cultures and traditions of their countries of origin. Exhibits will be set up around the library.

Join us for bedtime themed songs and stories--pajamas are welcome!

Set off on a new adventure with an unlikely band of heroes! Perfect for new and experienced players. This game will take place on Discord. Please register for this event to receive an invite link via email!

Catoctin Mountain has a unique history that winds through the fabric of the United States. On the slopes of Catoctin Mountain, the Office of Strategic Services, or "OSS" for short, was formed.