Week Calendar

Join certified arborist Jenny Willoughby and library staff for a hike in the City of Frederick Watershed where we'll see how ecology, history, and water resources all converge to make this a special backcountry gem.

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.

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.

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.

Inspired by Musical Storytime? Play with a variety of instruments from around the world and make some music of your own! Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

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.

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

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.

 Fountain Rock Nature Center will be here with some fun critters we can meet, learn about, and even touch or hold!

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.

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

Come take a journey through prehistory! Through an examination of art and artifacts, Dr. Lauren Lippiello and Ms.

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.

Join us for a morning of fun and prizes. Photos with the Easter Bunny will be held from 10:30-11:30 a.m. This event will be held rain or shine! 

Egg hunt times: 
Ages 0-2 | 10:15 a.m.

Ages 3-5 | 10:30 a.m.

Celebrate the warmer weather with a special outdoor storytime featuring the Spring Bunny on the Library Plaza! We'll hop our way through fun stories, songs, and dancing! After storytime, we will host an egg hunt for children!

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!

Come celebrate spring with a special storytime! Enjoy stories, movement, and music followed by an egg hunt on our outdoor library trail. Texas Roadhouse has graciously donated some of our eggs.

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 can learn about rabbits through hands on activities 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.

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

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.

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. 

Let’s celebrate all the treasures Frederick County has to offer as it turns the big 2-7-5! Enjoy stories, songs, and more during this special anniversary storytime. For ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

Looking for the joy of delicious, home cooked meals without the stress? Dream Dinners has the answer! Bring the little ones. We'll keep them busy with a craft right after Preschool Storytime while we delve in!

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.

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

Meet cool critters face-to-face and learn amazing nature facts from animal rescue experts.

This storytime welcomes children of all abilities ages birth-3 years old and is also open to children of any age who receive services from Frederick County's Infants &

1, 2, 3. How many chicks do you see? Some special little chicks have hidden themselves all around the library! Visit the Emmitsburg branch anytime between 11am-3pm Saturday, April 8^th to see if you can locate them all.

Help support the library at the Friends of the Brunswick Library spring book sale!

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.

Learn about the life of Isaac Newton and his famous experiments with gravity, optics, mathematics, and more! 

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

Have you made plans for your future care needs? Or, are you helping an aging parent make those plans?

Celebrate the natural world through stories and hands-on activities.

School's out! Let's get creative and build with LEGOs.

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

Join us for a variety of fun science experiments involving baking soda. Designed for our patrons in grades 3 through 7.

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.

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

Please join us for a weekly mindfulness session with the Frederick Meditation Center.

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

Grades 6-12, join us to try your hand at a modern painting technique where the paint is carefully dotted onto the surface and then scraped away, leaving blended smears of colors behind. Take home your own modern art piece when you're done!

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

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

Play with instruments from our Global Music Kit and make some of your own to take home. No musical experience needed!

Make, practice or try new techniques using library materials in Teen Art Studio. In this program, paint the pot you created in Part I of the series. No pressure, just have fun! Snacks provided!

Enjoy an afternoon of bingo, and maybe even win a prize!

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

Come hang out and make some slime! Geared for ages 9-13.

We will go on amazing adventures through time using the popular book series, The Magic Tree House. Explore reading, science, and history through crafts, activities, and games.

Challenge yourself and make an innovative Lego creation at today's Totally Teen Time. If you're up for the challenge, join us at the library!

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.

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.

Join the adventure! Elementary ages and up are welcome to join us at Middletown Library for Dungeons and Dragons! All skill levels welcome!

Join us for an all-ages storytime featuring songs, stories, and rhymes in Spanish and English. This program is open to families who speak Spanish and to families looking to learn!

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

If you are thinking about listing your home this spring or summer, NOW is the time to prepare. Elle Smith, a local Thurmont realtor, will answer your questions and provide guidance on getting ready to sell.

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

Did you know that we have a 150 acre permaculture food forest in Middletown? Come meet Ben Friton, Founder and Director of the REED Center and Morning View Food Forest.

Teens and tweens, join us to connect with new friends and contribute to your community! Each month we have a guest speaker, snacks, and teens receive double Service Learning Hours for attending.