Week Calendar

Join us for a caregiver-led discussion and playgroup for tips and tricks to help navigate raising little ones. 

Join us for a not-so-scary Musical Monster Mash Storytime. Costumes welcome. 

Inspired by Musical Storytime? Play with a variety of instruments from around the world and make some music of your own!

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

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

Join us for a not-too-scary party filled with fun and games. Designed for ages 2-5 with a caregiver. Costumes welcome.

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 a not-so-scary Family Storytime. Costumes are welcome and we'll make treat bags for a storytime parade and trick or treating throughout the library. 

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Enjoy a variety of activities to help develop the skills needed for school. This program is for children ages 3-5 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.

Join us for our not-so-spooky Halloween celebration, where the only thing scary is how much fun we’ll have!  Perfect for tiny trick-or-treaters who prefer giggles over goosebumps! Fa-boo-lous costumes are welcome.

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

Join us for a free full-length, 2.5-hour digital SAT practice test—open to all students in grades 9–12!

Learn a little about the cherished Mexican tradition of Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), decorate sugar skulls, then enjoy watching the 2017 Disney•Pixar animated movie "Coco". Rated PG. 1h 45m. Families, ages 5 and up.

FCPS Closed.

Recurring mahjong and game event hosted by the Asian American Center of Frederick.

Looking to update your yard and be a good steward of the environment?

Experts from the Hagerstown Chapter of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America will teach you how to mend items in your wardrobe!

Barb Kemerer will discuss the steps we can take to reduce the threats facing birds today and identify steps we can take on a personal, local, and state level to improve the survival rate of all birds.

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.

Join us for all things creepy and crawly with crafts, activities, games and lots of fun. 

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.

Join Assisting Hands Home Care's Director of Nursing and Co-Owner, Jodee Rudy, as she explains how to make the most of your Long-Term Care Insurance policy.

Decorate pillowcases for Operation Gratitude’s Project Pillowcase, a program that sends handmade pillowcases to deployed troops to provide comfort and a reminder of home. Add designs or messages of support to help make a meaningful difference.

Get ready for the future and learn a few basics words and phrases from different languages! Geared for elementary-aged children.

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. 

Celebrate fall with an exploration of all things pumpkin! 

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

Join us for frightfully fun Halloween Minute to Win It with creepy, kooky challenges! Race against the clock in games like Stacking Ghosts, Rolling Eyes, Balancing Candy Corns, and Floating Pumpkins.

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. 

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

Join Weis Dietitian Christina Fritz, MS, RDN, LDN to learn about plant-based eating and how to incorporate more produce into meals and snacks.

Feeling confused about standardized testing? You’re not alone! This session breaks down the differences between the SAT, ACT, and PSAT—including how colleges view each, when to take them, and how to prepare effectively.

DIY Fabric Pumpkins are easy to make, and no sewing required! We will take fabric, poly-fill and twine and create these adorable fall decorations.

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.

Take a walk on the gentle side of spooky fun with our Not-So-Spooky Story Path! 

Curious about a surgical career? Try your hand at a life-size game of Operation with the experts from Frederick Community College's Surgical Technology program and see if you have what it takes!

We will be wearing costumes and celebrating this not-so-spooky season tonight.  Join us for songs, stories and fun for the whole family -- costumes or pajamas welcome!  Designed for ages 0-5, with a caregiver.

Get ready for Halloween and join us on a spooky walk around Urbana. Starting at the steps of the library and walking through the neighborhood, hear ghostly tales of local haunts and maybe meet a spirit or two. 

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

Join us for the Friends of the Walkersville Library annual Trunk-or-Treat and collect treats from our community partners.  This event will be held in the library parking lot.

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