Week Calendar

Visit your favorite library staff person and learn about what FCPL has to offer to older adults.

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

Join us at Sophie and Madigan's Playground for a visit filled with rhymes, songs, lots of movement, and fun!

FCPL will have an outreach table and tent located in the garden behind the Collier’s Log House.

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.  

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

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.

Can certain foods help boost your memory and help keep your mind sharp?

Monthly library day at the Thurmont Senior Center

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.

Low impact exercise class for seniors.  This class will show you exercises to work on your core and help with your strength, balance and posture!

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.

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

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

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.

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

Meet us in the backyard to enjoy games, obstacle courses, and hands-on activities in the sunshine. 

Come out and meet the Book Bike @ Baker Park. Make library cards and check out a selection of books for all ages curated by our librarian.

Peter Kremers, MD is the founder of Color on the Creek.

Join us for an introduction to Fly Fishing, with a live fly tying demonstration.

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

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

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

Join dance instructor Jeanna Riscigno from Dance 24/7 as we explore mindful movement with our bodies! Mindful Movement incorporates yoga, creative movement, breathwork and mindfulness.

Recurring mahjong and game event hosted by the Asian American Center of Frederick.

Started too many tomatoes for your garden? Spider plant with too many babies? Iris's that just keep multiplying? Bring some plants to the library and trade them for something new to you at our plant swap.

Celebrate Frederick County's 275th birthday and learn more about Thurmont's past with a 1.6 mile walk along the Trolley Trail.

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

Play esports games on laptops, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation VR.

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

Grades 6-12, join us to make your own tiny concrete planters! Come prepared to get messy! 

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 through chalk! We will be making our own chalk and making chalk creations on our sidewalk, along our nature trail!  Grades K-5.

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. 

Join us for a very special afternoon with local author, Connie Collins Morgan! She has written several books, including "The Runaway Beignet." She will share her books with us. She will also have her books for sale and signing!

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

Let your imagination go WILD and explore with us at the library! Embark on a safari adventure and learn all about the tracks, habitats, diets and more, of the animals who live in the savanna.

It's Towel Day! Design your own paper beach towel to get ready for the summer! 

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.

Use shaving cream and watercolor paint to make your own marbled paper! Come prepared to get messy! What will you make with your finished marbled paper?!

Welcome the warmer weather with a planting craft!  We will make a planter from an upcycled container and plant a seed of your choice, while learning about planting and plant needs. For Grades K-5 with a caregiver.

Step right up and join the fun! Library Adventure Night is back and will delight and amaze families with a Carnival-takeover! Enjoy classic carnival games, a scavenger hunt, Bingo, face-painting, and more!

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.

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!

Are end of semester exams and finals stressing you out?! Join us for a calming evening with the wonderful WAGS therapy dogs.  Relaxing music and activities provided.

Discover ways to teach your child about basic money concepts like budgeting and spending, saving and investing, and even building credit.

Join us on Tuesday, May 23 for the launch event for Mrs. Nash’s Ashes by debut (and local!) author Sarah Adler! Sarah will discuss her book, answer questions, and sign books!

Mary Mannix, Maryland Room manager, presents an overview of sources and methodology for researching your 18th century Germanic Ancestors in Western Maryland.