Week Calendar

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

Join us as babies and their caregivers explore early literacy and social emotional developmental skills. 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.

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 "stay and play" for all to enjoy.

Songs, stories, and play for babies and their grownups.  Afterwards, we offer a baby playgroup for all to enjoy.

This program is for children 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!

While supplies last, lunches are available for youth ages 0-18 each Tuesday June 17 -August 11.
Lunches are provided by Helping Hands and Caring Hearts, a local nonproft.

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 toddlers ages 2-3 and their caregivers.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Get ready to shake, rattle, and read! Join us for a high-energy Rock & Read Storytime filled with musical fun, rockin' read-alouds, and lots of dancing!

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 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.

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

Enjoy some fun in the sun with our beach party storytime! We'll enjoy some music, movement, and stories for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver. Wear your best beach gear!

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

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.

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

Enjoy a storytime, craft, or other fun activity with the whole family.

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.

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.

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

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. 

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.

Join us for this free yoga class offered by Sol Yoga's Good Cause Division. Wear comfortable clothes and bring a yoga mat. Donations accepted.

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.

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

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.

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!

Come join us for a lively storytime filled with colorful stories, songs, and playful activities inspired by the circus! Bring your imagination and get ready for a fun-filled time with books and laughter perfect for kids of all ages.

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

While supplies last, lunches are available for youth ages 0-18.
 Funds provided by Glade Valley Community Services and the Town of Walkersville.

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 13 -August 19 (lunches will not be served on June 19 & July 4).

While supplies last, lunches are available for youth ages 0-18.
 Funds provided by Glade Valley Community Services and the Town of Walkersville.

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 13 -August 19 (lunches will not be served on June 19 & July 4).

While supplies last, lunches are available for youth ages 0-18.
 Funds provided by Glade Valley Community Services and the Town of Walkersville.

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 13 -August 19 (lunches will not be served on June 19 & July 4).

While supplies last, lunches are available for youth ages 0-18.
 Funds provided by Glade Valley Community Services and the Town of Walkersville.

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 13 -August 19 (lunches will not be served on June 19 & July 4).

While supplies last, lunches are available for youth ages 0-18.
 Funds provided by Glade Valley Community Services and the Town of Walkersville.

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 13 -August 19 (lunches will not be served on June 19 & July 4).

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)!

Join Jaime Crosthwait from Terrapin Travel to learn what Iceland has to offer. Iceland is a unique blend of culture, nature, and history. From their waters to local fishing villages to volcanos, plan a visit to this beautiful setting. 

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

Storytime is moving and grooving at Walkersville Community Park at 22 Kenneth Drive Walkersville, MD 21793. 

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.

Beat the heat of summer by learning the science of ice cream and making your very own! 

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.

Join us for a colorful chalk party full of creativity, sunshine, and outdoor fun. We’ll provide the chalk, you bring the imagination! Draw big, dream bold, and decorate the sidewalk with rainbows, doodles, and your very own works of art.

Whether you game with a keyboard, controller, cards, dice, or meeple, join us for crafts, camaraderie, and gaming time! Bring your own Pokemon cards to play or trade.

Participate in a variety of experiences related to science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics.  This program is designed for children in grades K - 5 and their caregivers.

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! 

Games and challenges using candy and other treats. Create, decorate, and compete in candy themed challenges.

*Supplies may be limited. 

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

Create pixel art using small wooden craft blocks, just like Minecraft! You’ll glue the blocks together to form characters, objects, or scenes, and then paint them!

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.

Bring your friends and make new friends by stopping in to create friendship bracelets! 

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!

Join us at the library to welcome the new Thurmont Middle School principal, Paul Fer! This meet and greet is a chance for students and families to ask questions, share ideas, and get to know the new leader of Thurmont Middle School.

Get ready for the school year with free supplies for students ages 0–18! Stop by the library to pick up essential school items provided by Helping Hands, Caring Hearts. While supplies last. 

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?

Drop by the library tent at National Night Out, sponsored by the Thurmont Police Department. Sign up for a library card and find out about the upcoming events this fall at your local library. 

Come meet the library at National Night Out!  FREE POOL ENTRY FROM 5-7PM, event runs 6-8pm.

Come meet the library at National Night Out!

Storytime, pajama style!  Enjoy movement, music, and stories with the whole family.  PJ's optional!  Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

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

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;

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

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

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!