Week Calendar

Hike the Bullivant Park Treeland Trail in Myersville and get an introduction to the wonderful hobby of birding from local Audubon Society of Central Maryland board member Benjamin Gantz.

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!

Want to learn some ballroom dance moves while getting in some exercise? Try LaBlast, a fun dance workout perfect for any level! No dance partner required!

Music, movement, stories, and more! Designed for ages 0 and up 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. Costumes welcomed.

A multi-sensory storytime designed to support children with autism or sensory processing challenges. This time is designed to meet your child where they are in, a fun, engaging environment. 

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.

School's out! Join us for a special outdoor Pokemon storytime and celebration on the Urbana Library Plaza! Featuring Pokemon stories, music, and hands-on activities, this event is welcome to all ages. Gotta catch 'em all! Costumes welcome!

Join us at Brookfield Pumpkins for a special pumpkin storytime! We will be learning all about pumpkins! After the storytime, stay and explore Brookfield!

(There is no cost to get in, only what you buy!)

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! 

Not-so-spooky songs, stories, and fun for children and their grownups. Costumes welcome! Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver. 

Ever watch a butterfly, especially the enchanting Monarch, and wonder about its lifecycle, its role in the natural world, and why you see so few of them today?

Join Mary Mannix of the FCPL Maryland Room and learn about all the tips and tricks that members of underrepresented groups can use to research their families and learn their histories.

Practice reading with a furry friend from Wags for Hope!

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.

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

We're gearing up for the newest Trolls movie with music, dancing, and a guest appearance from the one and only, Poppy! 

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

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

Supporting Older Adults Through Resources (SOAR) and the Aging Network Alliance provide reoccurring Senior Education Seminars in partnership with 

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

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 representatives from colleges, universities, trade schools, and scholarship organizations to have your questions answered!

Connect with other kids, create, and be curious together!

School's out and we're calling zombies of all ages to join Urbana Dance and Performing Arts Studio to learn some choreography from Michael Jackson's music video Thriller. Costumes welcome!

Dress up as your favorite character and join us for seasonal activities and games.

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

Grades 6-12 are invited to make a frightfully delicious snack! No bake Cookies and Scream Truffles are a fun, easy treat perfect for Halloween!

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.

Join us for an afternoon of Minecraft creation. This program is for elementary age children who are ready to have fun crafting a world together. Never played, no problem, staff will be on hand to help with the basics.

Though most grant opportunities are intended for nonprofits, there are government grants for-profit businesses are eligible to receive; but for-profit businesses must meet certain standards to receive government funding.

Discover what it takes to become an astronaut. Students will participate in three different stations that stimulate that of astronaut training for NASA. Training will involve, mathematical, STEM, and physical challenges.

Join us Tuesdays at the library for your chance to learn a new skill, create art, and hang out with your friends!

Learn about a variety of ways engineers help animals cross busy highways, then build your own animal crossing! 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.

Join us Tuesdays at the library for your chance to learn a new skill, create art, and hang out with your friends!

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!

Join us for a spooky walk around Urbana. We will start at the Urbana Library steps and take a short walk through the neighborhood while discussing ghostly tales and urban legends that have taken place right here in Frederick County!

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 pumpkin patch's worth of cork pumpkins!

Make something festive for fall with local fiber artists from the Myersville community & the Hagerstown Embroiderers' Guild!

Grades 6-12. Learn and practice beginner special effects using costume make-up. Just in time for Halloween. 

Dress in your best costume and enjoy trunks decorated by community businesses and lots of not-so-spooky fun and games.

Show off your Halloween attire at our special Costume Party! There will be some silly and spooky games, crafts, and stories for kids of all ages to enjoy. We can't wait to see your costumes and show off ours!

Join medium and seer Rhonda Russo as she shares her mysterious paranormal findings on the grounds of the historic 19th century Harris Farmhouse, located in Heritage Farm Park.  Please bring a chair or blanket, and dress accordingly for this o

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.

Enjoy a movie that YOU picked by voting in our Teen Zone!

This program is for teens in grades 6 through 12.

Explore the process of SFX to make the ultimate zombie costume for Halloween.

Join us at Death Cafe to participate in a group directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. Please note, it is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counselling session.

Have you ever wanted a snake for a pet? Are you fascinated with all things slithery? Come out and learn how to care for a snake, some fun facts related to snakes and why snakes are 'not-so-spooky'.

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

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! 

Downtown Frederick is filled with buildings filled with 275 years of Frederick County history. Join us for a guided not-so-spooky ghost tour of downtown. Costumes and all ages are welcome. Meet at the service desk in the Children's area.

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!

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.

Enjoy watching a movie with friends while eating popcorn and snacks.

Join authors Julia and Mark Brugh as they discuss their book, The Civil War Ghosts of Sharpsburg. Also known as the Battle of Antietam, and referred to as the bloodiest battle of the Civil War, this event took place in September 1862

Frederick City's Watershed is a forested wonderland, but it wasn't always so. Logging, wildfires, and drought once plagued the Watershed.

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!