Week Calendar

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

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.

Understand the history and structure of the Chinese language.

Learn basic greetings and self-introduction.

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

Connect U, LLC is passionate about making technology accessible and stress free for everyone.  Participants are encouraged to bring their smartphones or tablets.

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

A sensory experience, exploring texture and color. Designed for ages 2-5, with a caregiver.

Songs, stories and fun for the whole family. 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.

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 as we welcome the Go Team Therapy Dogs to the Thurmont Library! We invite all adults with developmental disabilities and their caregivers to join us for this fun, sensory event.

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

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.

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.

Come meet some of the service people that help to keep us safe and learn about their roles in our community.  

Children practice reading skills to the patient and adorable Reading Education Assistance Dogs. For Children Grades K-5. 

Play testing in-progress tabletop game designs with the designers to give feedback and have fun.

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.

Beyond the Port: Making the Most of Every Cruise Stop - Cruising offers a taste of multiple destinations—but the real magic happens when you go beyond the typical tourist paths.

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

Have you always wanted to dip, or should we say-tip, your toe in ballet? Here's your chance! Join Elixir Dance and Fitness owner, Natalie, as we take ballet for a spin. Worried you won't know what to do?

Join Dr. Brad Eyler, a local physical therapist, for an interactive presentation on managing nerve pain. Learn what nerve pain is, what it can feel like, and ways to manage it.

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

Come join us as we learn about the fashions and dances of Jane Austen’s world! Dress historian Dr. Ann Wass will share her research into the styles worn by Jane Austen and her contemporaries.

"Curious about Artificial Intelligence but not sure where to start?
 

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.

Whether you are new to Thru Hiking or have experience on the trails, join Emily Greene from the Trail House to learn how to hike long distance trails!

Join Leslie Carter, author of Gemstones Beneath the Towpath, for a 90-minute walking tour of the historic culverts near Point of Rocks. The tour will emphasize how to safely visit and enjoy the culverts. All ages are welcome.

Join Leslie Carter, author of Gemstones Beneath the Towpath, for a 90-minute walking tour of the historic culverts near Point of Rocks. The tour will emphasize how to safely visit and enjoy the culverts. All ages are welcome.

Looking for a fun way to spend your afternoon? Whether you're into crafting, gaming, or both, this is the perfect opportunity to relax, hang out, and make new friends in a creative and friendly environment!

Put your detective skills to the test! Search the library for hidden clues, gather evidence, and see if you can be the first to solve the mystery!

Calling all young adventurers! Let's go on a magical adventure with our friends in this introduction to RPG.

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. 

Join us for a fun and creative exploration of American artist, Keith Haring.  Discover Haring's distinctive pop and graffiti infuenced style and create your own signature cartoon drawing.  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 Polco Deco! Materials provided, while supplies last. For teens in grade 6-12.

Celebrate Dinovember with dinosaur-themed crafts and activities!

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

Learn about some local cryptids for inspiration and then create one of your own! 

Join us for this Rubik’s Cube event for all skill levels. Learn solving techniques, work together to tackle cube challenges, and race against others to test your speed and skill.

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.

Looking to start your holiday shopping? Want to make something for someone instead? Come decorate your own photo frame mat using a variety of art supplies. While supplies last. For ages 13-18. 

Join us for this free monthly group series created for mothers with children 23 months and younger. Led by Dr. Maria Drvoshanov, a fellow mom and licensed psychologist, this series offers:

Enjoy fall and friends while making bracelets, for yourself, for your friends, for a loved one. Bracelets make great gifts! Beginners and advanced beaders welcome. Participants can come and go anytime during the 2-hour program as convenient.

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

Mine, build, and explore with like-minded tweens in our library Minecraft server! This program is intended for tweens ages 10-13. 

Teens: relax and relieve stress by spending time petting an adorable dog friend! For grades 6-12.

Join us at Myersville Community Library as we welcome Heartly House's Survivor Speakers panel.   

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.

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;

Enjoy an evening at the Brunswick Library with author Leslie Carter as she discusses her book, Gemstones Beneath the Towpath, a study of the 19th century stone masonry culverts that support the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal's towpath. 

Early sunset getting you down? Give your night a glow-up with fun glow-in-the-dark activities!

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

Join us for a variety of fun crafts and activities to light up the night.

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

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

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