Week Calendar

Hope on board the Bookmobile at the Festival of Flight!

175th Anniversary of Thurmont UMC Outreach Event

Special Storytime 10:30-11a.m. 

Library Card Sign Up Month Outreach Table from 9a.m. - 1p.m.

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.

Storytime may be changed or cancelled due to weather.

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.   Afterwards, we offer a "stay and play" for all to enjoy.

Enjoy music, stories and more! Designed for ages 0-5 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 play for babies and their grownups.  This program is for children 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!

Storytime may be changed or cancelled due to weather.

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.

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! Designed for toddlers and their caregivers. Ages 18 - 36 mos.

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and more! This program is for children ages 2-3 and their caregivers.

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

Storytime may be changed or cancelled due to weather.

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.

Bring your singing voice and dancing shoes and sing/dance along to the music!

This program is designed for adults with intellectual disabilities and their caregivers.

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. This program is for children ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

Enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays, rhymes, and more! Designed for ages 2-5 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 a Stretch and De-stress Class with Country Meadows.

Wear comfortable clothes. We provide the chair and have extra mats!

Not a "senior"?  All adults are welcome to attend.

Storytime may be changed or cancelled due to weather.

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

Music, movement, stories and more! 

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and more! This program is for children ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

Enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays, rhymes, and more! Designed for ages 2-5 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.

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

Storytime may be changed or cancelled due to weather.

Songs, stories and fun for the whole family. 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.

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.

Visit your family library staff at our tent!

Join Us to Celebrate Middletown's Heritage Day!

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.

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

Practice reading to a furry friend!

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

B-4 you head out to lunch - swing by the library for some 0-64 good times! Prizes and fun galore with a family favorite game - BINGO! All ages are welcome to this intergenerational event. 

Join us for play based learning, games and activities! Designed for toddlers and their caregivers.

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

Have fun exploring literacy, STEM, and art through play-based activities that integrate essential school skills.  Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver. 

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.

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

Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math concepts. Designed for ages 2-5 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. Designed for ages 2-5 with a caregiver.

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.

FALL in love with the new season with some autumn-themed fun! We'll offer a variety of hands-on activities all centered around fall.

In the event of inclement weather, this program will be held inside.

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

Join us as instructors from The Frederick Martial Arts teach an interactive mini lesson!

Explore simple science concepts and hands-on learning inspired by the season! We'll read a fun book followed by related activities.

Explore artificial intelligence (AI) from a historical perspective. This three-week introductory course will discuss the technologies behind the tremendous advances of AI in recent years.

Learn how to play or catch up with friends over a familiar game!

Please join us to hear from members of the Senior Service Provider Community.

An education program to help recognize common signs of the disease in oneself and in others. Learn what steps to take and how to talk to your doctor.

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

Join Catoctin Artist in Residence, Reagan Herndon for art on the deck with: 

Visual Storytelling: An Exploration of Color

Join us on a creative adventure to explore how color can impact stories and images.

This workshop delves into the emotional landscape of grief before loss, offering insights and coping strategies for this challenging experience.

Taiko are the amazing, impressive, and wonderfully powerful heartbeat drums of Japan. Taiko literally means “Big Drum,” but also refers to kumi-daiko, the ensemble group drumming grow

Did you buy too many materials for that one-time only craft project? Are you looking for something new to try but don't want to spend a lot of money? Then join us for our first-ever craft and art supplies exchange!

Join author Melinda Beatty as she reads her new book, Things that go Bump in the Day, and stay for a fun craft.

Kelly Vita of Sandy Spring Bank & Melissa Lambert of Long & Foster will educate the community on the home buying process and the opportunities available for 1st time home buyers.

Zines are self-published indie periodicals with a long history and a wide reach. Learn to create your own empowering publication.

Drop in to play chess for an hour! Experience preferred! 

Join us at our monthly Teen Library Council (TLC) meeting and help us create the best library experience for you!

Come join us on Wednesday's afterschool to create your own treasures using recycled materials! In September we will be creating bowls using magazine pages! For ages 7-12.

Grab an apron and some friends and test your skills in co-op classic Overcooked! Between rounds, hop out of the frying pan and decorate some delicious pancakes!

Join us for an hour 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.

Spend your summer Tuesday afternoons with us. Make out of this world art, all supplies provided by the library. Program for teens and tweens to start a new work of art or bring a work in progress! Suitable for teens in grades 6-12.

Join us for a variety of science, technology, engineering, arts and math activities for elementary-aged children.

Celebrate Library Card Sign-up Month with a reading of Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, and then craft your own wild thing!

This program is for children in kindergarten through 5th grades (ages 5-10).

Discover and explore the world around you through science, math, technology, history, art, and literature. Designed for kids in grades K-5.

Calling all Tweens! Bring a friend and try one of our fun beading projects or make your own. 

This program is for tweens in 3rd to 8th grades (ages 8-13).

Explore the world around you through science, math, technology, history, art, and literature. Designed for kids in grades K-5.

Ever heard of the Baby Blues? Postpartum Depression? Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders? You're not alone!

Enjoy the experience of a DIY workshop without the expense! Choose a craft to work on and take home your finished creation. Craft options to include: vinyl record painting, upcycled CD mosaics, and faux stained glass.

As children age and return to school many moms consider their potential returns to the workforce.

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.

Celebrate International Day of Sign Language and come learn some simple ASL introductory vocabulary.

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

Join Frederick County Fire and Rescue Services in a Teen-specific training on Hands Only CPR.

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

Let the League of Women Voters of Frederick County assist you in learning WHY voting is important for all of us. Learn WHEN to vote, HOW to vote, WHERE to Vote, and WHO can Vote.

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!

Storytime may be changed or cancelled due to weather.

Join us for bedtime themed songs and stories--pajamas are welcome!

Join us for a talk and Q & A session on nurturing resilience in your children and in you with Madelyn Blair, PhD.

Bid farewell to summer and welcome in autumn at the library! Join us in crafting your own flower crowns and celebrating the change of seasons! All materials will be provided, while supplies last. Suitable for grades 6-12.

Come celebrate all things Pokémon at the library!

This program is for teens in 6th through 12th grades (ages 11-18).

Gather a team of up to 6 people for a fun night of trivia at Orchid Cellar Meadery & Winery. Questions will be inspired by the book Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.

Monthly meeting of the Monocacy Archeological Society, the local chapter of the Maryland Archeological Society. The month's topic is Col. Thomas Cresap, the “Maryland Monster”.

Join us for an evening with New York Times bestselling author Sarah Pekkanen! Sarah will discuss her new thriller novel, House of Glass, answer questions, and sign books.