Week Calendar

Library information at Middletown Elementary School.

Library Craft at Middletown Elementary School.

Visit Myersville Library staff at their table at the Myersville Farmers Market.

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

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.

Start your week talking about your latest reads, sharing recommendations, and taking a walk with a local librarian.

Walkers will meet at the Lodge Clubhouse at 10:00 a.m.

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.  

Inspired by Musical Storytime? Play with a variety of instruments from around the world and make some music of your own!

Attendees will enjoy the option of a Forest Therapy Walk or Nature Art/Journaling, then transition to their choice of Farm Animal Visits or Seated Forest Therapy.

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.

Music, movement, stories, and more outdoors on the Library Plaza! Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver. 

In case of inclement weather, this storytime will be moved indoors.

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.

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.

Join us at the Carroll Creek Amphitheater for Family storytime presented in partnership with Downtown Frederick Partnership.

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.

Join us as we make Mother's Day cards and make a pine cone bird feeder!

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.

Kicks Karate Urbana joins us for songs, stories, and fun for all the little ninjas in your life. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

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 outdoors on the Library Plaza! Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver. 

In case of inclement weather, this storytime will be moved indoors.

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.

Frederick County Public Libraries invites “readers” and “books” to have an open conversation in a safe space without judgement.

"Unjudge someone."

Ready to exercise! Ready to dance! Ready to shake off the pounds!  Zumba at the Library on Saturday mornings is the perfect solution!  

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Family Partnership Family Support Center and Maryland Family Network bring this five week Parent and Child Education Series to the Brunswick Library.  Each week will feature expert advice and explore a different topic for parents/caregive

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

See a recycling truck up close and learn about how recycling helps your community. 

Fitness is important to you but so is your family!  Work!  Afterschool activities for the kids!  How will you get it all done and make time to get and stay in

Come join us to discover Walkersville's Ghosts, Oddities and Morbidities! Hosted by Bonnie Leins of the Walkersville Historical Society, she shares all the things that will give you shivers from our hometown.

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.

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.

May is Mental Health Month, a good time to join Joi Vogin, Nutrition Educator, to learn what nutrients our brain and body need to combat stress and help keep the blues away.

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

Learn about the history, archeology, and geography of Viking Europe and North America.

Spring Rains and Cinquains - Kids love poetry and love the outdoors, so let's combine the two as Jeff Lockwood, the Catoctin Mountain Park artist-in-residence, teaches young writers to explore the natural world, using short lines that capture thei

Let's go fly a kite! Learn about flight and make your own kite. 

Long ago, Blackbird was voted the most beautiful bird in the forest.

Join Dr. Abdallah Hendawy, professor of Political Sociology and author of "Bleeding Hearts: From Passionate Activism to Violent Insurgency in Egypt" as he delves into the nature of mass mobilization and social movements.

Is your child starting Kindergarten in the fall? Join us for stories, songs, activities and crafts that promote kindergarten readiness skills. This 60-minute program is designed to help kids become comfortable with a routine and prepare

Have you HEARD the MOOS?! Join Middletown Library for a special storytime at South Mountain Creamery! Enjoy our Cow & Dairy themed storytime followed by a tour of the farm. See you there!”

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

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

Grades 6-12, join us to make mini quesadillas in the microwave as a fun and easy after-school snack! 

Drop in to join local fiber artists experienced in knitting, crocheting, and embroidery.

Get help with a current project, start a new one, or explore a new skill alongside fellow crafters.

For teens and adults.

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

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

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.

Join us as we get creative exploring art, science, history, and more!  Grades K-5.  Today we're painting using a variety of "forces".

Teens and tweens, join us and make colorful art using the science of chromatography. Snacks provided.

Learn about artist Vasya Kandinsky with the book The Noisy Paint Box, then enjoy an art project inspired by the artist.

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

Join us for a fun and creative journey exploring the artwork of the masters!

Join us to make a tub tea, a self-care treat for yourself or someone special. Try a cup of tea while you create.

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.

Grades 6-12. Make a painted rock photo holder to gift or use. (Hint, hint, it's almost Mother's Day)  

Meet local artisan, Kunie Stabley, and her fantastical world of miniatures. Make-and-take your own handcrafted place card holder. Supplies are limited.

Join the library and Nurse Sophia Wilmot from Summit Health Consulting for a program highlighting a career in the sciences and explore fun, hands-on activities!  Nurse Sophia will be joining us to talk about the human body and teach us a

Join Oasis Senior Advisors to better understand care options for seniors, the differences of assisted living, nursing homes and in-home care, what Medicare and Medicaid covers as well as payor resources for seniors care needs

Teens in grades 6-12 are invited to join the Middletown Library Teen Advisory Board!

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 outdoors on the Urbana Library Plaza for an evening of music, movement, and stories for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

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

Come share a story with a specially trained therapy dog form WAGS for Hope.

Jane Nutter, President, Gettysburg Black History Museum will share her stories and those of some of Gettysburg's oldest Black families as she walks attendees through Gettysburg's often forgotten history. 

Amanda Whitmore, Frederick County Historic Preservation Planner, is presenting “Rural Historic Landscapes and the Peace & Plenty Rural Historic District”, an overview of the County’s first Rural Historic District, and process for informing on