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.

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!

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.

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. 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.

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.

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

Join us at the Catoctin Mountain Park Visitor Center for a Storytime followed by an easy-going hike in the woods.

Catoctin Mountain Park, 14707 Park Central Rd., Thurmont, MD 21788

Join us at the Catoctin Mountain Park Visitor Center for a Storytime followed by an easy-going hike in the woods.

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.

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!

Come visit us for some fall-themed crafts, games, and activities! We invite all adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities to join us for this fun, sensory 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.

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

We will brew the coffee and participants will embark on a meaningful journey to preserve and share their life's most cherished moments.

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

Join us for an entertaining and educational geosciences presentation that is catered for any audience! The Geologic Times Corporation (GTC) Rock Shop is a retail mineral, rock, and fossil shop located in Francis Scott Key Mall in Frederick.

Secret codes, messy science, and plenty of mysteries to solve. Come learn the basic skills needed to be one of our nation's top investigators.

Learn more about Frederick's local grantmakers and funders, and network with other foundations and nonprofits.

Everyone has a favorite but imagine what could happen if they teamed up and worked together! Join us for this super special event that's sure to be a royally awesome good time!

Denise will teach us how to make different kinds of embellishments using buttons.

Join us for an hour of crafting and learn the basics from local knitter Terry Cammack. Use our supplies or bring your own! Designed for those who are new to the knit and pearl stitches. 

Join us for an encore presentation of the Myersville Wolfsville Area Historical Society's mini-program on the tragic tale of a Wolfsville area May-December marriage during the Great Depression.

The destruction of Washington in 1814 by the invading British challenged President Monroe & architect Benjamin Latrobe with the task of rebuilding the edifices which had been destroyed.

Come swap your gently used puzzles with those from other puzzle enthusiasts! Drop offs start at 1:30 p.m. on the day of the swap. Please bring your own box or bag to carry your new puzzles home with you.

A song circle is a gathering of folks to make music together, to sing, play, and share songs. Bring your own acoustic instrument. You can also just sing or listen.

Join us for an hour of crafting and learn the basics from local knitter Terry Cammack. Use our supplies or bring your own! Designed for those who have mastered the knit and pearl stitches. 

Come enjoy a performance by The Clustered Spires Chorus of Frederick, an organization of women performing A Capella 4-part harmony in the barbershop style.

Fall is a great time to think about your garden for next year. This class will teach you about harvesting, storage of seeds, and sowing seeds over the winter.

Presented by Amy Rembold, Frederick County Master Gardener

Boost baby's brain development through talking, singing and sharing books.

 Hang out with other tweens and enjoy some snacks! Play on the Switch or gather a group for tabletop gaming!

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

 Join us as Middletown's Teen Leadership Council meets. Come prepared with fun programming ideas! Help the library plan future events and earn service hours. Not a member of the Teen Leadership Council?

Bring your own yarn or fiber project or try one of our simple ones. 

This program is for children and teens in kindergarten through 12th grades (ages 5-18)

Meet in the library to discuss your favorite books and tropes, discover new authors, and share your passion for all things bookish. Rose Garden Readers will meet the first Tuesday of every month.  For grades 9-12.

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

Join us to participate in some fun book illustration projects to celebrate Children's Book Week. 

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.

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.  This is a free service!

Come create your own musical theater themed ornaments while listening to a mix of Broadway music.

Strengthen your body, clear your mind, and release the stress of living and working in today's hectic world with this gentle yoga class. Presented by Mountain Spirit Yoga. Please bring your own yoga mat.

Make a pop-up card and learn the basics of 3D paper crafting. Great gift idea for the holidays. 

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.

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.

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

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

In this story time, we will read stories, play games, and sing songs all about feeling grateful and saying thank-you.

Part of our fall evening Preschool Social Skills story time series.

Explore the fabulous world of fossils with GTC Rock Shop!

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

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