Week Calendar

Join us as babies and their caregivers explore early literacy and social emotional developmental skills. Designed for ages 0-24 months 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 some fiber art fun and learn from local knitter Terry Cammack. Use our supplies or bring your own!

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and more! Designed for toddlers and their caregivers. Ages 18 - 36 mos.

Join Dr. Jessica from GTC Rock Shop for a Journey into the World of Dinosaurs!

Is your child interested in learning how to care for a garden? Look no further! Join us for a fun morning of exploring, creating, and learning how to care for plants and gardens at the Emmitsburg Library. Ages 0-12.

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 our last Tween/Teen Leadership Camp and earn Community Service hours. We will have games, crafts and food while creating a scavenger hunt for the Children's Program.

Join us for a delightful storytime inspired by Mo Willems’ beloved characters, Piggie and Gerald the Elephant! We’ll enjoy silly stories, songs, and activities. 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 Road

Thurmont, MD 21788

Come listen to the beautiful music of local Celtic Harp trio featuring Jim Dronnenberg and Wes and Julie Merchant.

Engage your baby's senses with activities designed just for them while visiting with other caregivers. For ages 0-24 months, with a caregiver.

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

This self-guided program is designed to help little learners (ages 3–5) build early school skills through fun, hands-on activities.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

There's just one week left of the Summer Reading Challenge—let’s celebrate with a fun-filled hour of reading, imagination, and play!

Don’t miss this special live performance by Jillian Maier, Cello Student at Towson University, who will serenade us with sounds from an assortment of genres, including Early Music, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Jazz, Showtunes, Rock and Baroque Po

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

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.

Drop your stuffed animal friend off at the library for a back to school sleepover on Saturday, August 2 (10-4:30)!

Terrific for adults of all fitness levels and abilities. Tai Chi Ch'uan has been practiced for fitness and heath for hundreds of years.

Join us to watch the 2024 film "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" (PG13). Snacks will be provided. 

For Ages 13-18. 

Join Dr. Emily Edwards, a local physical therapist, to discuss all things arthritis - what it is, common risk factors, and ways to manage it that you can start today!

This book club is designed to build on the excitement of emergent readers with different books and related activities to enjoy with their peers.

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

Run away and join the circus without leaving home! Join former Ringling Brothers performer and professional knucklehead Gregory May as he builds his own wacky circus show.

Join us for an engaging and interactive workshop designed for children ages 3 and older, where curiosity meets creativity in a hands-on exploration of STEM!

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

Based on the I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis, explore the San Francisco earthquake through STEAM and history activities! Age Group: Elementary.

Run away and join the circus without leaving home! Join former Ringling Brothers performer and professional knucklehead Gregory May as he builds his own wacky circus show.

Join us as we team up with community partners to celebrate the return to school with Bluey and the gang from down under.

Have you HEARD the MOOS?! Join Middletown Library for a special storytime at South Mountain Creamery! After storytime, South Mountain Creamery staff will offer a farm tour for anyone interested!

Who loves books? We do! Come celebrate National Book Lovers Day by making a cool confetti bookmark of your own design. Ages 5-12.

New to anime and manga? A long time fan? Join us to discuss your favorite series, learn a little about Japan, and celebrate the joy of anime and manga! 

Embark on the adventure of the summer, and search for hidden items and clues throughout the library. Geared for elementary-aged children.

Join us for a summer series of writing workshops for teens led by author Nikoletta Gjoni. Delve into an aspect of creative writing at each session and take your stories to the next level!

Beat the heat and have fun exploring the library's many games and puzzles. 

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

Encouraging death-positivity, which is a movement that encourages open discussion and acceptance of death as a natural part of life.

This 60-minute dynamic gentle yoga class invites you to breathe more deeply, discover new strength and flexibility while honoring your limits, strengthen your concentration/focus, and relax your nervous system.

So gnome-mazing, we’re doing it again! Learn to make your own gnome or build on the skills you learned from the last workshop. No sewing skills needed. Bring yourself and your gnomies!

Looking for a fun way to spend some free time? Kick back, relax and enjoy the show! This is the perfect opportunity to relax, hang out, and make new friends in a creative and friendly environment! And also, snacks!

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

Emotions are awesome, but they can be rough sometimes, especially in adolescence. Do you ever feel like you want to crash out or are caught up in friend drama?

In this course you’ll learn three quick techniques to help save a life before someone bleeds out:

(1) How to use your hands to apply pressure to a wound;
(2) How to pack a wound to control bleeding;

Make a tiny bookcase that can fit in your pocket!

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

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

Navigating the Common Application can be overwhelming, but C2 Education Urbana has you covered!

This event is located at 9023 Harris Street, Frederick, MD 21704, a few blocks away from the Urbana Regional Library.

Get your popcorn ready, because Starlight is back!