Week Calendar

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

Come out to Glenn Leigh Farms for a tour of their beautiful flower gardens. Learn about the history of the farm, the specific plants grown there,  and how they are nurtured.

Interested in Zumba but want something that's lower intensity? Join us for a Zumba Gold class, a lower intensity fun dance workout!

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.

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 Mary Ellen Mitchell of Allow Me Consulting and Housing Frederick for a grant writing how-to series. 

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

Join Baby Cow from Chick-fil-A as she helps us celebrate National Read a Book Day! We'll enjoy some of Baby Cow's favorite stories and songs, culminating in a dance party!

Songs, stories, and fun for the whole family. This Storytime is followed by a playgroup.  Designed for ages 0 -5, with a caregiver.

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

Enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays, rhymes, and more! Ages 0-5 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.

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

Music, movement, stories and more!  

Enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays, rhymes, and more! Ages 0-5 with a caregiver. 

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

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.

Join us for a fun playtime! For ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

Enjoy a lively Storytime filled with music, movement. 

Spend a morning in nature. Enjoy a nature-themed storytime followed by an easy, ranger-guided hike. Come dressed for the weather. Meet at gravel parking lot across from park visitor center - 14707 Park Central Road, Thurmont, MD.

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.

This latin-inspired dance fitness class is perfect for all ages! Come merengue and salsa, with a little hip-hop tossed in! 

The Green Meadows Petting Zoo is coming back to the Urbana Regional Library for this special outdoor storytime! Enjoy our favorite animal stories, songs, and rhymes as we celebrate all creatures great and small.

Alzheimer’s is a global health problem with more than 6 million people living with the disease in the US alone. Tremendous gains have been made in the understanding of the science and basic biology underlying Alzheimer’s and other dementias.

Frederick County Public Libraries is turning 60 and we are celebrating with a birthday party for the ages!

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.

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

Preschoolers and their caregivers will build school-ready skills while having fun and exploring their social-emotional selves at this weekly kindergarten prep program. In the event of inclement weather, this program will be held inside.

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.

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.

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

Celebrate reading with hands-on activities based on your favorite book characters including Big Nate, Magic Tree House, Pete the Cat, and more! 

Donna DiMarco brings deaf, hard of hearing and CODA babies and their families stories, interactive bonding moments and more in this ASL immersive storytime. A playgroup is featured afterward for families to connect. 

Bring in your extra plants, swap your plants, or both!  Master Gardener Tiger Waddell will be on-hand to answer your plant questions.

Visit your favorite library staff member at our table on the Green Block and learn about all the earth-friendly ways we can help the environment.

Frederick County Public Libraries is turning 60 and we are celebrating with a birthday party! 

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

Explore the elements of electricity with a variety of hands-on experiments. Designed for grades K-5.

Join us for a cookie decorating lesson as we celebrate FCPL's 60th birthday! Bekah Ontiveros, owner of The Hive Cake Shop, will teach techniques you can use to decorate beautiful cookies for your next celebration.

The Frederick County Landmarks Foundation is bringing back a popular free series of how-to seminars on how to obtain a plaque for a historic home.  At each event, staff from the Frederick County Public Library’s Maryland Room, which specializ

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 innovate with S.T.E.A.M. activities.

Grades 6-12 are invited to join us for a friendly cupcake decorating competition! Using only the materials provided and their own creativity, teens will compete to decorate the cupcake that best matches the surprise theme!

Children can learn and explore using STEAM-based activities. Caregivers are encouraged to connect with children and participate in the activities! Designed for elementary-aged students.

Teen Connect is a time to engage with friends, peer mentors, and teen-oriented community resources.

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

Join us to learn about the science behind slime - and make your own slime! Designed for students in kindergarten through 5th grade.

Ages 8-13 are invited to learn how to make their own sushi ... candy sushi that is! Join us for the fun and get to enjoy your own sweet sushi creations!

Elementary Explorers is a weekly after-school program that connects children in Grades K-5 to fun, hands-on experiences. Join other curious kids as we explore a different topic each week!

Delve into the world of notional ekphrasis, a powerful method for crafting works of art that seamlessly blend visual and literary elements.

African Drumming is a great way for tweens and teens to have fun learning not only about West African Culture, but how to listen, play, build musicianship and community, and have fun.

A fun hands-on program exploring art and artists with a focus on expression, activism and community.  Ages 10-13 years.

Sep 7 - Alma Thomas: Torn Paper Mosaic

Come visit the Emmitsburg Library at the Emmitsburg Farmer's Market! You can get a library card, check out books, and learn more about Library Services.

Please join us and our special guests from Monocacy Elementary School for a spectacular program to kick off the new school year! We'll start with a read aloud, followed by fun, hands-on activities around the branch! 

Come in and enjoy an assortment of games to play with friends!

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.

Have fun learning and playing the tabletop game New York Zoo. Puzzle and strategize to build an animal park and raise baby meerkats, penguins, arctic foxes, flamingos, and more! For ages 10 through adult.

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 other world languages. 

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!

Interactive presentation to inform and empower you to communicate with your physician so that you are able to receive effective healthcare.

Celebrate Frederick County Public Library's birthday with an easy microwave mug cake you can make, decorate, and enjoy!

This program is for teens in grades 6 through 12.

Join us as we celebrate the release of local author Andie Burke's debut romance novel Fly with Me, a sparkling and steamy opposites-attract romance. Andie will discuss the book, answer questions, and sign copies. 

Immigration is a topic of much debate and conversation in our current world.  Refugees are fleeing war torn countries, poverty, famine, and bleak economic conditions to seek refuge in the United States.   Have you ever considered wh

Join us for a fun evening of Trivia at the new 10Tavern, an american style pub in downtown Thurmont.

10 East Main Street
Thurmont, MD 21788

Please join us for our in-depth journey of using Sahaja Yoga Meditation as a way to achieve stress- free living. Feel the freedom of your Self!