Week Calendar

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.

Music, movement, and stories for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Join us as infants and their caregivers explore early literacy and social emotional developmental skills at this self-paced program.

Songs, stories, and play for babies and their grownups. Designed for ages 0-24 months with a caregiver.

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

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

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

Join us for a caregiver-led discussion and playgroup for tips and tricks to help navigate raising little ones. 

Let's celebrate the beginning of Summer and Summer Reading at the Middletown Library! Come join us for activities, crafts, games and more! 

Come beat the heat and dive under the sea with us in this special storytime event featuring ocean stories, rhymes, and songs! Geared for ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

In the case of inclement weather, storytime will be held indoors.

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.

Inspired by Musical Storytime? Play with a variety of instruments from around the world and make some music of your own! Geared for ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

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

In the case of inclement weather, storytime will be held indoors.

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 preschoolers and their grownups. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

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

Bring your children to the library to become little gardening experts! We will be busy creating, exploring, and learning how to care for Mother Earth's precious plant beauties! 

Start summer with activities, games, and all kinds of fun!

Join us for a morning of building! Use the library's blocks and building toys to build with your little one while working on fine motor skills! For ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

You're never too old to learn!

Join us for a nutrition class and get a free healthy snack with a visit from Farm 2 Schools.

Need help with your devices, or would you like to discover the basics of browsing the web, setting up an email or writing a resume? We are here to help. Laptops provided. Join us at the Thurmont Senior Center this month.

In the case of inclement weather, storytime will be held indoors.

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 play for babies and their grownups. Followed by baby playgroup. Designed for ages 0-24 months with a caregiver.

Art is a fantastic way to enhance fine motor skills while encouraging children to express their creativity. Join us for a simple yet fun art experience. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

Come join us for sun and fun as we celebrate the end of the school year with a dance party!

Songs, stories, and play for babies and their grownups. Designed for ages 0-24 months with a caregiver.

In the case of inclement weather, storytime will be held indoors.

Songs, stories and fun for the whole family. Designed for ages 0-5, with a caregiver.

Enjoy a variety of activities to help develop the skills needed for school. Designed for ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

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.

Jenny Willoughby takes us on Part II, "Ecology," of the C&O canal walk and talk tour.

Shri Yoga is a calming but challenging style practiced in an informal environment. Classes include various asanas, breathing exercises, chakra vibration, mantras, and relaxation techniques. Attendees are welcome to bring their own mat.

Movement, music, stories and fun for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Cultura Plenera invites you to join Dr. Xiomara E. Rivera Pagán (Doctorate in Educational Leadership for Changing Populations) for an informative conversation about languages used by Puerto Ricans.

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

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!

Music, movement, and stories for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Bring your wiggles for songs, stories, and fun for toddlers and their grownups. In the event of inclement weather, storytime will be held inside.

Splash into summer with Mermaid Eureka!

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

Variety of preschool aged activities to support early literacy and school readiness skills. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

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.

Songs, stories, and fun for toddlers and their grownups. Designed for 2 year olds with a caregiver.

Preschoolers and their caregivers will practice school-readiness skills with cutting, tracing, play, and other literacy activities. In the event of inclement weather, this program will be held inside.

Here we go! Celebrate the start of summer by enjoying a variety of super activities, meeting Mario for a photo, and registering for Summer Challenge to power up your reading skills.

Bring your favorite beach towel and make a secure zipper pocket to keep all of your hidden treasures and important items this summer!

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

Magician Anthony Ware brings dazzling magic and zany humor to this high-energy show! Ware is a veteran of the United States Army who discovered his passion for magic while serving his country.

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

Lawyer in the Library provides free one-on-one legal advice from Maryland Legal Aid lawyers. Types of issues include:

The City of Frederick will visit us serve lunches for children and teens (under 18) each afternoon this summer from 12:15-1:00 pm. Lunch will be served June 10 -August 16 (lunches will not be served on June 19 & July 4).

The City of Frederick will visit us serve lunches for children and teens (under 18) each afternoon this summer from 12:15-1:00 pm. Lunch will be served June 10 -August 16 (lunches will not be served on June 19 & July 4).

The City of Frederick will visit us serve lunches for children and teens (under 18) each afternoon this summer from 12:15-1:00 pm. Lunch will be served June 10 -August 16 (lunches will not be served on June 19 & July 4).

The City of Frederick will visit us serve lunches for children and teens (under 18) each afternoon this summer from 12:15-1:00 pm. Lunch will be served June 10 -August 16 (lunches will not be served on June 19 & July 4).

The City of Frederick will visit us serve lunches for children and teens (under 18) each afternoon this summer from 12:15-1:00 pm. Lunch will be served June 10 -August 16 (lunches will not be served on June 19 & July 4).

Play testing in-progress tabletop game designs with the designers to give feedback and have fun.

Come celebrate Dungeons and Dragons with us! No D&D experience necessary. Costumes encouraged.

• 1 p.m. Oh, Crit! performance

Plus more activities throughout the library!

Barbara Thompson from African American Resources Cultural and Heritage Society will discuss the history behind the holiday Juneteenth.

Please join us for gentle chair yoga, suitable for all abilities.

Are you a Ninja who needs to brush up on skills, or new to the Ninja way? Get active with Kicks Karate Frederick for an afternoon of basic martial arts instruction with practice in listening and self-control. 

Ever hear the phrase "so hot you could fry an egg on the sidewalk"? Well, now you can! Join us to build your own solar oven out of a pizza box. Take home your oven and a recipe book and you'll be ready for those hot, sunny, summer days!

See Oh Crit! perform their improvised comedy show inspired by the classic role-playing game, Dungeons and Dragons. Audience participation, a wizard, death balloons, a 20-sided die, and a lot of laughs!

Kerry Wixted, expert Maryland Naturalist and Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Invasive Species program manager, has spent years instructing in Natural History Field Studies Programs in Maryland.

After brief annual election business is conducted, let's connect- in person!

New to the Maryland Writers' Association but interested in writing? Come and meet this bunch of wonderful writers in your sphere. 

Every country has unique visual art that embodies its culture and is iconic to its population.

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

Retired History Teacher, Joseph Baclawski will present on the triumphs and tribulations experienced by those who landed on the beaches of Normandy, 80 years ago. 

Preschoolers and their caregivers will build school-ready skills while having fun and exploring their social-emotional selves at this weekly kindergarten prep program. Geared for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

Join the Frederick Department of Fire and Rescue Services for a Teen-specific presentation of their "Stop The Bleed" program.

Do you have what it takes to master the teen challenge activity? Test your skills with Carnival Games and find out! 

Activities suitable for ages 11-17, while supplies last. 

Join us as we kick off FCPL's Summer Reading Challenge with exciting games and activities.

Come learn how to make your very own buttons and/or create a perler bead masterpiece! 

Curious about saving money and renewable energy? Wondering about solar panels or thinking about upgrading your appliances to be more eco-friendly?

Are you a young knitter or crocheter? Looking to get together with fellow creatives to explore working with yarn? Start the summer off with a fun get-together. Bring your own needles and yarn. We will have some extra yarn if you need some.

Create your own LEGO® masterpiece while you watch the movie LEGO® Marvel Spider-Man: Vexed By Venom (TV-Y7). Geared for grades K-5.

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! 

C2 Education Urbana is offering a free community service information session regarding the changes to the SAT as it is now taken on a digital platform. Please join us to learn about the Digital SAT and how you can prepare!

Get started with crocheting, a life-long hobby - with the talented ladies of the Woodlands!

Make a friendship bracelet to take home, and help us make a GIANT friendship bracelet to decorate the library!

Designed for children in grades K-5.

Grades 6-12. Get in on the action and become the character. Create and participate in a live action role-playing game.

We are weaving our way into summer. Use provided materials to create fun and unique fiber crafts to take home. 

 Interested in joining a Dungeons & Dragons campaign? Come hang out as we go over basics of gameplay, campaign writing, character creation, and more!

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.

Discover how to create a graphic novel! Jump into the basics of storytelling and how to tell your narrative through art and text together. All levels of artists are welcome.

Kickoff your summer by registering for the Summer Challenge program and celebrate with fun events and activities for the whole family! DJ Kicks Karate Urbana will be spinning tunes so bring your dance moves to this epic summer event! 

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! 

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!

Magician Anthony Ware brings dazzling magic and zany humor in this high-energy show! Ware is a veteran of the United States Army who discovered his passion for magic while serving his country.

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

Design and create your very own button pin!

This program is recommended for teens age 11 to 18.

Join Go Team Therapy Dogs to improve your reading confidence and make a new friend when you read aloud to a therapy dog.

Join Amy Fisher-Kiefer from Frederick County Behavioral Health Services for a community presentation on understanding signs of overdose, how to respond in the situation and administer Narcan.

Join Thurmont area resident and retired U.S. Ambassador Shaun Donnelly in a group conversation on International Affairs.

Join us at C. Burr Artz Public Library as we welcome Alex Finlay back to Frederick to celebrate the launch of his new thriller, If Something Happens to Me.

Get your popcorn ready, because Starlight is back! 

Movies start at 8:30 p.m., but the fun really begins with pre-show activities at 6:30 p.m.

Visit your favorite library staff at our outreach table and tent!

Get your popcorn ready, because Starlight is back! 

Movies start at 8:30 p.m., but the fun really begins with pre-show activities at 6:30 p.m.