Week Calendar

Hosted by the Friends of Cunningham Falls State Park and Gambrill State Park, the Maple Syrup Festival has been a staple in Frederick County for more than 50 years!  This annual event highlights the history of

This annual event highlights the history of maple syrup in Maryland. The event includes opportunities to see maple syrup demonstrations, delicious breakfast items with locally-made maple syrup, and much, much more.

We LOVE comics!  Visit your favorite librarian staff members at our outreach table and tell us about your favorite comic or graphic novel.  

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. 

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

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! For ages 0-5 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.

Visit your favorite library staff and learn cool science facts at the Earth & Space Science Lab!

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

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

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.

Preservation Trades Network conference planning meeting, hosted by MdRoom.

Music, movement, stories and more!  

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

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

Preparation of Federal and MD income taxes for Northern Frederick County residents who earned less than about $60,000 in 2022.  By appointment only.  Contact 301-471-5757 after Feb 8, 2023 for more information.

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

Learn how to paint flowers using watercolors in this class lead by local artist Marti Easton. All supplies will be provided and you will go home with a beautiful greeting card to share.

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.

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!

Read with a dog from Wags for Hope on the fourth Saturday of every month.

We are starting a seed library! Megan Rice, a local Master Gardener, will share her story of seed saving, seed swapping, and sustainable gardening.

Join Peter Brooks, mindfulness teaching artist, recently featured in Forbes Magazine, to learn how to achieve peace of mind through ancient performance arts.  Do you remember that feeling in your life when you had no stress?

Join us to explore songs, stories, and fun designed for our youngest audience and their caregivers.

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

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

Preschool-aged children celebrate nature's start of spring using science, technology, engineering, art, and math concepts at the library. Caregivers are encouraged to connect with children and participate in the activities!

Enjoy music, stories and more.

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!

Bring your wiggles for songs, stories, and fun for toddlers and their grownups. In the event of inclement weather, storytime will be held inside.

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

Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math concepts. Children under age 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

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. 

Songs, stories, and fun for preschoolers and their grownups. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver. In the event of inclement weather, storytime will be held inside.

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.

This event is held at the Boxwood Herb Garden at the Villages of Urbana at 3811 Fulham Road, Frederick, MD 21704.

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

Meet a variety of pets and hear about what it takes to keep them happy and healthy.

Celebrate the beginning of Spring with games, crafts, and more! This event will be rain or shine. If there is inclement weather, the event will be held in the gymnasium.

Visit your favorite library staff and see the Book Bike in action at Idiom Brewing Co.  A portion of beer sales goes to the library.

1:00 pm - Join Civil War historians as they present local history through photography, focusing on the famous Frederick Confederate photo.

We welcome adults who want to practice their English to a conversation class hosted by the Literacy Council of Frederick.

Children practice reading skills to the patient and adorable Reading Education Assistance Dogs. For Children Grades K-5. 

Explore reading, science, history, and art through crafts, activities, and games!  Designed for elementary-aged learners.

Use our equipment to convert your photos and analog home videos and audio recordings to digital formats you can share and enjoy today!

Are you new to Mario Kart? Want to get some practice in, meet some new people to play with, or just enjoy playing? Join us for a relaxed, fun time! Geared towards K-3, but anyone interested in casual Mario Kart play is welcome.

Join us for fun and games on a day off from school.

School's out! Drop in and make your mark on our mural by the fireplace.

Investigate the world of fiber arts. 

Math can be a fun part of kids’ everyday lives! We'll explore mathematical thinking through storytelling and hands-on activities featuring early math concepts. Get ready for some math fun! Geared for Preschool - 2nd graders.

Enjoy a celebration of all things Minecraft! Drop in any time between 2 and 4 pm.

For all library cardholders, past and present, an opportunity to chat with librarians from the Urbana Regional Library, learn about upcoming programs, and see technology in action. 

Calling all teens! Join us to explore, create, and experiment with STEAM activities!

Grades 6-12, join us for Smash Bros on the Switch! It's all just fun and games! 

Join us in The Loft on Friday afternoons to enjoy tabletop games, video games, and assorted activities in the company of friends.

Learn about several wonderful women who made history! Enjoy a story as well as several activities. 

Teens and tweens, do you have a goal to stay organized? In need of a scheduling system that you'll actually keep? Then plan in style with a Bullet Journal!

Join us as we get creative exploring art, science, history, and more!  Grades K-5.

Meet a shepherdess who will teach kids about caring for sheep and how farmers turn wool into clothing. 

Teens and tweens, join us for crazy challenges and explorations into all things STEM. This month: Come hang out and show off your tech gaming skills! We’ll have a Nintendo Switch tournament and snacks!

Enjoy a variety of fun games and building toys. 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.

For Mario Kart pros! 150 cc races to determine the Mario Kart champion. Geared towards grades 4 and up.

Have you ever dreamed of being an engineer? Education Outreach Specialist Tori Seal from NIH/NCI will bring Andrea Beaty's book Rosie Revere, Engineer to life!  Join Tori at the library for some fun challenges and

In honor of Women's History Month, AARCH (African American Resources Culture and Heritage Society) is coming to Thurmont Regional Library! We are going to have a special storytime all about Ruby Bridges and what made her so important!

Bring your phones and/or cameras! We will have a special photo scavenger hunt around the library. Each participant will have the opportunity to print their favorite photo.

Grades 6-12. Looking for a place to do homework or work on a project with friends? Come to the library! The Teen Services Librarian will be on hand to help you with reference questions and highlight library resources.

Teens! We need you. Here's a chance to participate in a focus group and provide your thoughts and opinions about teen library services. Ages 11-18. Snacks provided!

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.

Join us for this free yoga class offered by Sol Yoga.  Be sure to wear comfortable clothes.

Space and math collide in this fun and hands-on program! Sharpen your math skills as a family, learn about all things outer space, and blast off to bedtime! 

Learn about gentle parenting and how to maximum your impact as a parent, while minimizing yelling, fighting, and frustration. Parents of children of all ages are welcome!

Join us for an all-ages storytime after a long day of work and play. Unwind with stories, songs, and rhymes for the whole family!

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

Come share a story with a specially trained therapy dog from WAGS For Hope.

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

Join us as we welcome award-winning author Alma Katsu to Frederick for the release of her latest novel, Red London. Alma will discuss Red London, answer questions, and sign copies of the book.

In three waves over the 18th and 19th centuries, Germans settled throughout the Maryland frontier and Baltimore.