Week Calendar

Join us at the Thurmont Farmer's Market and visit with FCPL's Rover Van, the newest addition to our mobile library services to connect with our communities in a unique and engaging manner!  A special Saturday storytime will be presented at 11

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.

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!

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

Learn and discuss parenting practices that create strong, healthy emotional bonds between parents and their children for life.  Parents with children of all ages are welcome.

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 Bluey and friends at the Carroll Creek Amphitheater for Family storytime for a special storytime presented in partnership with Downtown Frederick Partnership. Bluey will join us for stories, fingerplays, rhymes, and more.

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 special guest Bluey for songs, stories, and fun for toddlers and their grownups. Designed for 2 year olds with a caregiver.

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.

With reported decreases in individual giving and the recent influx of federal grant opportunities (i.e., American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)), many nonprofits are looking to add government grants as a funding source.

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 at Southern States of Mt. Airy for a special fall themed storytime, followed by a hands-on activity provided by Southern States.

1312 S Main St

Mt. Airy, MD 21771

Join us at the Thurmont Regional Library for a K-pop workshop presented by All Things Music & Dance Company of Frederick. Step-by-step instruction will be given to the song “Talk that Talk” by TWICE.

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! 

Join us at Southern States located at 1312 S. Main Street, Mount Airy for fun children's activities and giveaways to celebrate their 100th Anniversary!

Celebrate Library Card Sign-Up Month with the Edward F. Fry Memorial Library at Art at the Point! Check out our selection of books or chat with a local librarian. There will be food, music and fun for everyone.

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

Enjoy music, stories and more! Designed for ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

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

Children learn and explore 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 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.

Join us and our special furry friends from Goat for the Soul with this special goat meet and greet!

In this memoir,  author Bernice Simpson shares a brief synopsis of her enlightening experiences as nurse in many capacities, including Oncology.  She provides insight to healthcare professionals and families who are managing someone’s en

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

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

As you can tell by the title, this is not your usual book club!  On the last Sunday of each month, experts from Frederick Health Hospice will explore issues surrounding death AND life through a variety of books and other media. And no, y

Calling all fans of Greg and Rowley!  Join us for a celebration of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and try to avoid the Cheese Touch.

Join us for a dino-tastic time! We are bringing Jurassic Park to TRL!  We will become paleontologists and learn all about our favorite dinosaurs with crafts, games, and activities.  All ages are welcome! 

Activities such as Board games and Bingo, with Worldshine adult daycare center.

Embark on an intergalactic adventure and join us as we blast off into the cosmos to discover the fascinating effects space has on the human body!

Edamarie Mattai, member of the Middletown Sustainability Committee and Founder of Backyard Bounty Sustainable Gardens, will speak about how to embrace nature at home, including how to build habitat with native Planting that are resilient and beaut

This program is back by popular demand!

It’s a wackadoo party celebrating Bluey, Bingo and the rest of the family! Celebrate our favorite blue heeler puppy with Bluey stories, a craft, games and other fun activities. 

Outreach @ Hood College library. Library card sign-up, digital resources, etc. 

Join us at our monthly TLC meeting to help make the library the best place it can be for you!

Grades 6-12 join us to express your creativity through art! Watercolor, acrylic, or tempera paints to choose from and a variety of canvases upon which to create your masterpiece!

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.

Meet Sphero Indi, learn the basics of coding and design a city roadway to explore at this interactive adventure.

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

Strengthen your engineering skills as we use marshmallows to build. How tall can you build your marshmallow tower? STEAM Lab takes place every Tuesday afternoon at 4pm.

Learn how to use old CDs and DVDs to create a loom for weaving. 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.

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!

This week: STEM Adventures with Aavanee!

New to anime and manga? A long time fan? Join us to discuss your favorite series, learn a little about Japan, and enjoy watching a show or two! 

Make a fun fall Mason Jar lantern to brighten up your fall! Supplies limited

Meet your local librarians and sign up for a library card!

Crafters, Creepers, and Master Builders are invited to the Minecraft Club. Chat with other players, work together to build great things, or just play on the Library’s own server.

Meet your local librarians and sign up for a library card!

Grades 4-7. Learn the beginner basics of knitting and crocheting or bring your own projects to join in the crafting. All skill levels welcome. Materials will be provided.

Family Yoga is a fun way to enjoy mindful movement together. Join Fit2Shine Studio as we stretch like dogs, balance like flamingos, fly like butterflies, and stand strong like tall trees, breathing through it all.

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

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

Meet and greet with Jenn and her Uncommon Critters! This is a show, tell, and touch experience focusing on general facts, unique characteristics, and animal stewardship.

Join Frederick County Master Gardener, Kimberly Leahy, to learn about the short life of a Pawpaw fruit.

Frederick County Public Libraries is turning 60 and we are celebrating with a birthday party for the ages! Join us for family-fun, activities, and sign up for the best birthday card ever - a library card!

Braided Lives joins together the disciplines of film, poetry, song, documentary, history, literature, archaeology, storytelling, and oral history to provide an engaging and moving program.

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.

Frederick County Public Libraries is turning 60 and we are celebrating with a birthday party
for the ages! Join us for family-fun, activities, and sign up for the best birthday card ever - a library card!

Join local author Susan Higginbotham as she discusses her historical fiction book, John Brown's Women.

It's game time! Come to the library for a night of fun, low-stakes Super Smash Bros. battling!

Frederick County Public Libraries is celebrating Library Card Sign Up Month in our community this Fall!

Gather a team of up to 6 people for a fun night of trivia at the beautiful Orchid Cellar Meadery. The winning team will receive two free flights of mead.

Maximum capacity: 50 attendees

Frederick County Public Libraries is celebrating Library Card Sign Up Month in our community this Fall! Stop by our outreach table at the Local Musician Showcase sponsored by Sloan School of Music!

Presented by Phillip S. Greenwalt, Chief of Interpretation and Education at Catoctin Mountain Park.