Week Calendar

Visit the Library Book Bike at the Frederick City Market! Library staff will be there to check out books, make library cards, and answer any library questions you may have! 

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

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.

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.

Get a seated workout and dance to the music with Deidre Burriss of Chair One Fitness!

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.

Foundation grants are a key funding source to help nonprofits cover operating and program costs. This interactive and engaging workshop provides the tips and tools for nonprofits to win foundation grants.

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.

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.

Ready for a friendly game of bridge?  Prior knowledge of this card game is necessary, but players of all levels are welcome. Come by yourself or bring a bridge partner.

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.

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.

Join us for a fun-filled time learning about fire safety with Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services.

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.

Meet Todd Mazzie, president of the Fredrock Disc Club, to learn the basics of disc golf right down the street at Heritage Farm Park.  We will meet at Hole 1 at 10 am!  Bring friends and family for this October morning of fresh air, frisb

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.

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

ASL storyteller brings deaf, hard of hearing and CODA babies and their families stories, interactive bonding moments and more in this ASL immersive storytime. A playgroup is featured afterward for families to connect. 

Come enjoy the beautiful music of the Celtic Harp.

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. 

Learn about body boundaries with Heiress, the service dog from the Child Advocacy Center.

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.

Join us for an informative session to help you better understand organ, eye and tissue donation. There will be food distribution after the session for the first 15 families. Children are welcome.

Master your math skills while moving, making, and more! This program will feature hands-on fun that introduces skills to help build math fluency. 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. 

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

Join us at the library to celebrate the beautiful season of fall! There will be activities and fun for the whole family including local vendors, a Frederick County dairy princess, and Milkshake the cow!

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

Bring your own sewing machine and learn how to use it! We will learn how to use our machines, machine maintenance, and complete small projects.

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.

Take a closer look at the different natural environments of plants and animals with series of activities.

Please join us for a special book “tasting” event! Everyone is welcome - especially caregivers looking for recommendations!

Join Carey Murphy, winner of a 2023 Frederick County Sustainability Award to learn about Green Schools in Frederick County.

Relief, fulfillment, and self-understanding become radically more available when we view mindfulness practice through a broader lens of skill development.

Learn how to upcycle and recycle clothing through thrift shopping.

Learn how to boost your baby's brain development with early literacy skills.

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

Create spine-chillingly ghostly figures using packing tape. Learn how to make translucent ghosts by layering and shaping tape into spooky shapes. Don’t miss the chance to bring ghostly creations to life!

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.

Gather around the "campfire" and enjoy campfire stories. Learn the art of storytelling in a collaborative setting. For tweens ages 10-13 (activities while supplies last).

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

Join us for a variety of fun rocket themed activities. 

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 young adventurers! Have you ever wondered what it would be like to create your own character and go on magical adventures with your friends? Do you enjoy playing games and being creative?

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

Come in and hang out with friends during this chill hour. Sensory friendly crafts and activities, and snacks will be provided. 

Join us for Dungeons & Dragons! Play through an exciting campaign DMed by one of our library teens. To sign up for DM slot, contact the librarian. Beginners arrive 15 minutes early for character creation.

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! 

Calling all young writer's ages 12-17! We're inviting Teens to practice the craft of writing, share their work, and enjoy the wonderful world of writing. Stop by for activities and discussion with other teen writers. www.marylandwriters.org

Experience the thrill of indoor library mini golf where each hole unfolds a new book-themed adventure.

This is a group for those who would like to gather for a social time of crafting together. Instruction will be provided to new learners. Bring your own projects to work on and meet other local crafters.

Join us for an all-ages storytime featuring songs, stories, and rhymes in Spanish and other world languages. 

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

Come join us for the quarterly Friends of the Middletown Library Meeting.

Add some haunted flair to old paintings!

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

Learn how to play chess from an expert. Designed for kids in grades 3-8.

Monthly meeting of the Monocacy Archeological Society, the local chapter of the Maryland Archeological Society. The month's topic is "Archaeology and Understanding the Civil War Battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg" by Dr.