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.

Enjoy the fall fun of a petting zoo, story time, and explore the pumpkin patch! 

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.

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. 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!

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.

Finish our month of color storytimes with a party. 

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. 

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. 

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.

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

Story Stretchers brings stories to life through gentle stretching movements, helping children connect with tales in an interactive, playful way.

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.

Celebrate your team and make team or individual bracelets with the library. 

Join us for a fun filled day and learn about library resources!

Visit to learn how to make a Fall Natural Wreath with community member Miss T.

Refresh your stash with a craft supply swap!

Drop in to learn the history of Trolley Car #150 with the president of the Hagerstown & Frederick Railway Historical Society.

The Friends of the Urbana Regional Library (FURL) Fall Book Sale will be held Saturday, October 4 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, October 5 from 1-5 p.m. on the lower level of the Urbana Regional Library.

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.

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

Meet and take a photo with your favorite Police Pup. Enjoy a few crafts and learn about the Trolley.

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

Engage your baby's senses with activities designed just for them while visiting with other caregivers. 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.

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!

Bring your little one to this sensory storytime and playgroup designed for children ages 0-24 months and a caregiver.

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. 

Calling all aspiring music makers! Learn about music theory and history through rhythmic and melodic exercises, games, and activities! Age Group: Elementary.

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.

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 the staff of the Thurmont and Emmitsburg Libraries for a pop-up to celebrate Fall on the Mount Saint Mary's campus. Library staff will visit the quad with plenty of materials for checkout, as well as some fun games!

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.

Songs, stories, and fun for toddlers and their grownups. Designed for 2 year olds 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.

Get into the fall spirit and leaf your worries behind with a variety of autumn-related activities!

Donna DiMarco 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. 

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 Leah Spurrier, and much, much more! 

Join the Friends of the Library (Emmitsburg Branch) for a mini book sale on Saturday, October 4th from 11am-1pm. Books for all ages! Grab a few great reads and then participate in our other fun Fall Fest activities too. All ages. 

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

Looking to learn about your community, careers, and ways you can make a difference? Want to eat pizza while doing this?

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month each year, Centro Hispano turns Carrol Creek in downtown Frederick into a lively, colorful celebration of Hispanic art, culture and music.  Come visit your favorite library staff member at FCPL's outreach t

Spiritual experiences are not well understood or discussed. Experiencers often fear being misunderstood or judged. In recent years, several organizations have been set up to study and understand these and other spiritual phenomena.

Drop in to make a Wicked craft or two, or play a Wicked-themed party game at Myersville's Shiz University.

For grades 6-12.

Get creative this spooky season and participate in our Spooky House Design display using a variety of materials! FCPS Closed

Submission Guidelines

Spend one short day in Emerald City having some Wicked fun with Glinda. Enjoy activities and make and take crafts. Costumes encouraged. Enter a drawing for a chance to win a movie theater gift card.

Enter if you dare! Join us for Microscope Mysteries! — a hands-on adventure where young scientists will uncover the hidden world of creepy crawlies and mysterious mini-monsters under the microscope.

In this engaging science lesson, we will explore the food web and predator-prey relationships by dissecting real owl pellets.

Stop by the Library table and sign up for your library card. Check out our upcoming Fall events and get to know your local librarians.

Step into nature and slow your pace. Spend the afternoon in a guided hike at ThorpeWood. Along the way, we will stop for moments of reflection, inviting you to notice, breathe, and connect with the world around you. Trail terrain is semi-flat.

As you can tell by the title, this is not your usual book club!  Each month on a Sunday afternoon, experts from Frederick Health Hospice will explore issues surrounding death AND life through a variety of books and other media. And no, y

Step into nature and slow your pace. Spend the afternoon in a guided hike at ThorpeWood. Along the way, we will stop for moments of reflection, inviting you to notice, breathe, and connect with the world around you.

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.

Small business owners can come by and get to know local lenders and resources that are available to them, and anyone can come by to participate. 

Flap on over to the library for a bat-tastic time! Learn fun facts about bats, play games, and create a batty craft to take home. It’s sure to be a wing-flapping good time!

Join us in partnership with the Maryland Symphony Orchestra for a special musical reading of "A Horn is Born".  A story by Bill Borders. MSO conductor Elizabeth Schulze and violinist. All ages welcome.

Looking for quality resources to enhance your home-school curriculum? Come learn about the wealth of online resources that your library offers at no cost to you.

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.

"Kokopelli Winds will present music of British composers such as Purcell, Edward Elgar, Vaughan Williams and The Beatles. Then we plan to serve up some teas that the folks of the U.K. like to drink along with some delicious biscuits to dunk."

Test your ult against other teens! 
Come hang out and join in a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournament. 
Sign up for the bracket or stay and watch! May the best fighter win.

Celebrate the season with fall-themed window painting! Use vibrant paints to decorate our windows with leaves, pumpkins, and other autumn designs.

Get ready for the future and experience a day in the life of some of your favorite careers! 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 us as Middletown's Teen Leadership Council meets. 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.

Join instructors from the Literacy Council for a series of High Beginner/Low Intermediate ESL classes. 

Take the time to create art! Bring a work in progress or start a new project with all supplies provided by the library. No experience necessary! For teens in grades 6-12. Activities while supplies last. 

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

Learn about birds and have fun with our crafts and activities!

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

Want to get Halloween ready? Come in to learn about how to create your own SFX makeup with simple household items. 

Materials will be provided. 

Celebrate the season by helping decorate the library windows with bright and colorful fall designs! Add your own touch of autumn creativity to the space.

Join instructors from the Literacy Council for a series of High Beginner/Low Intermediate ESL classes. 

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

Kid Quest, an elementary RPG returns! Parental Supervision is required.

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

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

Calling for brave hearts and souls to meet the challenge of this Great Goosebumps escape! Ghastly ghouls, menacing monsters, creepy creatures from Goosebumps book series have escaped their pages and are haunting the Point of Rocks Library.

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. 

Stop by the Library table and sign up for your library card. Check out our upcoming Fall events and get to know your local librarians.

Join us for an interactive guided discussion on resilience designed for ages 14-22. The discussion will highlight key concepts of adversity, emotional and mental stamina, and resiliency.

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.

Staff from the C2 Education Center in Urbana will break down key differences between major standardized tests and explain how to build an effective prep timeline.

Join us for a workshop presented by the Better Business Bureau of Greater Maryland, designed to help audiences spot and avoid the various investment, social media, and telecommunications scams currently trending across the country.

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!

Come play games and make board game crafts at the library!

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.

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

Stop by the Library table and sign up for your library card. Check out our upcoming Fall events get to know your local libarians.

Join instructors from the Literacy Council for a series of Low Beginner ESL classes.