Week Calendar

The Urbana Volunteer Fire Department is joining us for a special storytime during Fire Prevention Week!  Hear stories, learn more about fire safety, and see a fire truck up close. For ages 0-5 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.

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

Join us for a special storytime full of songs, stories, and fun with Eddie the Notorious P.I.G.! 

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.

Bonnie from Fountain Rock Nature Center will return with some fun critters we can meet, learn about, and even touch or hold!  This program designed for adults with intellectual disabilities and their caregivers.

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! Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

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.

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.

Celebrate the 2023 Annular Solar Eclipse with the library! Enjoy a special space-themed storytime and explore outer space through activities and crafts. All are welcome to join us for our viewing party on the Urbana Library Plaza!

Come Join us for a storytime to celebrate the eclipse happening this afternoon!

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.

Join us for an immersive storytime experience filled with songs, rhymes, and stories in Korean.

한국어 스토리타임에 초대합니다. 노래와 손유희, 그리고 책이 있는 즐거운 시간을 함께해요.

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

Learn all about fire safety and see a fire truck from our very own Walkersville Volunteer Fire Company. 

Stories, movement, music, and fun for the entire family.  Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver. 

Join us for solar-themed karaoke! 

Once upon a time, I was singing along
Now I'm only standing apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart

Join us for a special storytime to celebrate the solar eclipse happening this afternoon! Learn all about the eclipse and outerspace in this interactive storytime.

Celebrate the celestial phenomenon at the library! View the eclipse through the lens of a telescope or eclipse glasses with Master Naturalist Kim Hildreth.

Join us outside the library for a viewing party of the Annular Solar Eclipse! Eclipse glasses will be provided to attendees, while supplies last.

Join us for fun eclipse-themed activities to celebrate the 2023 solar eclipse.

Join us for some fun eclipse-themed activities to celebrate the 2023 solar eclipse.

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

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

Get buggy with us as entomologist, Mike Turell, talks everything insects. This program is designed for children grades K-5.

Grade 6-12. Make unique art pieces using everyday recycled materials.

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.

Children practice reading skills to the patient and adorable Reading Education Assistance Dogs. For Children Grades K-5. 

Bring your little one to this sensory storytime designed for children ages 0-24 months and a caregiver. This special storytime focuses on sensory development and engagement through songs, fingerplays, movement activities, and tactile play.

Discover and explore outer space, through science, art, math, STEM and literature. 

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

In honor of "I Love Yarn Day," join us for a variety of fun yarn crafts. Designed for students in 3rd through 7th grades.

Calling all teens! Join us to explore, create, and innovate!

Grades 6-12 join us for gaming on the Switch! Play Super Smash Bros, Mario Kart and more!

Need help expunging your record from a past conviction? Meet with an attorney from Maryland Legal Aid to discuss your options and begin the process.

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.

Mia is an 18 year-old Glider and Airplane pilot. She had her pilot’s license before her driver’s license!

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

Learn all about how the earth, sun and moon are connecting in exciting activities that celebrate the upcoming eclipse.

STEAM Lab takes place every Tuesday afternoon at 4pm.

Join us as we explore everything, apples and pumpkins! We will be doing apple and pumpkin experiments, crafts and activities! 

Get started with crocheting, a life-long hobby - with the talented ladies of the Woodlands! Learn how to hold the hook & yarn and how to make a starting chain - then build from there! 

Create a work of art using leaves and other natural elements. 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!

Learn about the various classes from the Player's Handbook and how to make a character. Character sheets provided! Teens and Adults.

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.

Learn how to use and preserve your garden harvest. Jack Deatherage, of the Emmitsburg Community Garden and the Emmitsburg News-Journal will give a basic introduction to food preservation techniques using fermentation. 

This is a group for those who would like to gather for a social time of crafting together. Bring your own projects to work on and meet other local crafters. Knitting, crochet, all fiber crafts welcome! 

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 in the Urbana Library for 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 Join the Friends of the Middletown Library!  FOML is a volunteer organization committed to promoting, preserving, and strengthening

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

Celebrate the spooky season and create spooky-themed origami creatures.

Join us as we welcome three phenomenal picture book creators to Frederick! We will be celebrating New York Times bestselling author Joanna Ho’s new picture book, Say My Name, and Gary Gray Jr and Oge Mora’s new picture book, I’m From.

Cleaning with vinegar? You bet! Learn how to make a simple, safe, and environmentally friendly all-purpose cleaner with just three ingredients, and decorate a spray bottle to keep it in!

Are you ready to embark on an exciting journey into the world of babysitting? Get ready to become the ultimate go-to babysitter in your neighborhood with the Frederick County 4-H Babysitting 101 course.

Improve your reading confidence and make a new friend when you read aloud to a Go Team Therapy Dog.

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

Join C2 Education Urbana for a free community service information session regarding the upcoming changes to the SAT as it moves to a digital platform.  Learn about the Digital SAT and how you can prepare!

Set sail with the pirates and privateers who prowled the Chesapeake Bay from the colonial beginnings to the republican era of the United States.

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!