Week Calendar

The Friends of the Thurmont Regional Library's Annual Fall Book Sale will take place on Friday, September 5 through Sunday, September 7 at the Thurmont and Emmitsburg Community Show in the auxiliary gym. 

Join us for some fiber art fun and learn from local knitter Terry Cammack. Use our supplies or bring 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.

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.

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

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.

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. 

Celebrate Library Card Sign-up Month with music, movement, and stories about your library! Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.
 

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.

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.

Come together for a groovy storytime all about the Fab Four!

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.

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.

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.

Stop by the Library tent and check out our Roving Library. You can pick up a library card, check out our upcoming Fall events, and check out a book or two. 

Stop by the Library tent and check out our Roving Library. You can pick up a library card, check out our upcoming Fall events, and check out a book or two. 

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

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

Come one, come all!

Practice reading skills to patient and adorable Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.). For Children Grades K-5. 

Join Master Gardener Tiger Waddell and learn how to prepare your garden for colder months. Topics will include winter shutdown, spring prep, and seed saving.

Opportunity for questions and answers to follow.

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

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. 

Have fun exploring literacy, science, mathematics, 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.

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.

Outreach & Library Card-Signup at FCC's Bi-Annual Wellness and Service-Learning Fair.

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.

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.

Get ready to sing, dance, and play! Join us for a lively and interactive music program designed just for young children and their caregivers.

Put on your detective hats and dive into the realm of fairy tale forensics with Crime Scene Investigator, Shelby Britton from Frederick City Police.

In this hands-on activity, kids will discover the world of microgreens—tiny, nutritious plants that are easy to grow at home, even if you don’t have a garden.

¡Bienvenidos! Welcome! Join us for a fun and friendly hour of language practice and cultural exchange.

Get ready to dive deep into adventure with Who Was Jacques Cousteau? — the coolest underwater explorer ever!

Drop in for a hands-on STEM Lab or STEAM Lab opportunity. This program is designed for children in grades K-5 and their caregiver.

Make your own charm or keychain using beads, colorful cords, and creativity. Whether you hang it on your backpack, keys, or zipper, it’s a fun way to show off your personal style.

Get ready for the future and become an architect for a day. We provide the boxes, you provide the builds! Geared for elementary-aged children.

UNPLUGGED is a midweek mindfulness program for teens and tweens. It features low lighting, soft noise, and sensory tools. Each program features a different mindful activity to promote mental wellbeing.

Join Middletown's Teen Leadership Council. Tweens and teens, grades 6 through 12, meet to collaborate with each other and teen librarians on upcoming library events and to participate in teen-led projects.

Come to the library to create your own artwork inspired by Alma Thomas and learn more about this influential figure in art history. Geared towards ages 6-10.

New to Anime and Manga? Longtime fan? Either way join us to celebrate it while talking all things art, story, cosplay, and culture! This month’s featured craft is chibi perler beading! Materials provided, while supplies last.

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

Explore a variety of building toys and activities at our “block” party! 

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

Come in and catch some spooky fall vibes with a ghostly painting craft. 

Limited amount of materials available on a first come basis. 

Make friendship bracelets using colorful threads and beads! It’s a fun way to create personalized accessories to share with your friends or keep for yourself.

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

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.

Make Manga your own! Let your creativity flow by painting the pages of popular manga using multiple forms of medium including paint and markers. Ages 13-18. While supplies last. 

Experience the benefits of guided meditation with one of the masters of mindfulness, a therapy dog! Therapy dogs are provided by Wags for Hope volunteers, whose pets bring comfort and joy to the lives of others. Ideal for ages 9-18. 

Spend the first Thursday of the month with a game of chess! Open to all levels of chess players, bring your own chess set or use one of ours. Bring your friends and meet other chess enthusiasts. Ages 9-18. 

Express yourself through writing and media arts as part of our Teen Zine Series. Zines are small self-published magazines that are filled with art of all kinds. 

The Friends of the Thurmont Regional Library's Annual Fall Book Sale will take place on Friday, September 5 through Sunday, September 7 at the Thurmont and Emmitsburg Community Show in the auxiliary gym. 

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. 

Get creative and explore the world of art through hands-on projects and imaginative fun! Each session features a new artistic adventure designed for young artists to express themselves, try new techniques, and make something awesome.

Join C2 Education Urbana to learn practical strategies to build better study habits, manage time wisely, and set academic goals for a strong school year. This session includes a free academic consultation and skill assessment invitation.

Join us for an evening of stories, songs and games!

This program is for children ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

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

Join us for a relaxing and mindful evening of yoga and meditation with Cathy Spence! Please bring a yoga mat or beach towel with you if you have one.

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

Join us for a relaxing and mindful evening of yoga and meditation with Cathy Spence! Please bring a yoga mat or beach towel with you if you have one.

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

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

Tweens and teens, grades 6 through 12, meet to collaborate with each other and teen librarians on upcoming library events and to plan teen-led projects.  Teen Library Council (TLC) is an opportunity for teens to make an impact within the libr

Gather a team of up to 6 people for a fun night of trivia at Orchid Cellar Meadery & Winery. Questions will be inspired by mystery books. The winning team will receive two free flights of mead.

Gather a team of up to 6 people for a fun night of trivia at Orchid Cellar Meadery & Winery. Questions will be inspired by mystery books. The winning team will receive two free flights of mead.

What is your landscape’s impact on the Chesapeake Bay? How is your energy use connected to climate change? And how can “going green” help you cut costs?