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 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 as we get ready for the holidays with some pipe cleaner ornaments!

Discover the latest high-tech safety features in your current vehicle — or learn what to look for when shopping for your next one. Explore how systems like blind spot warning and forward collision alerts help keep you safer on the road.

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 short walk around town.  We will stop at the Antique Mall for a short presentation.  During our walk, we will share what we are reading and watching.

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

Once a year, Frederick County’s historic sites and museums provide visitors with a reminder of our area's remarkable past.

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.

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.

Turn up your imagination and join us for a day of fun as children get the opportunity to play with puppets, no strings attached! Will your puppet be a chef grilling up some fun and feasts for all?

It's Jane Austen's 250th birthday this month!

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

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

In celebration of Museums by Candlelight, the Thurmont Center for Agricultural History will be open for you to enjoy. A librarian will be present between the hours of 12 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Be transported back in time to the beginnings of library service in Frederick County in a 100-year-old school, now serving as home to the Emmitsburg Library.

Join us for a free ACT digital practice test — a full 2 hour and 15-minute experience that simulates the real exam.

Use simple process art methods to turn plain paper into holiday gift wrap.

This is an adaptive program designed for adults with developmental disabilities and their caregivers.

Margaret Ann Radford leads a gentle yoga session that helps improve mobility in a soft and gentle, yet supportive and beneficial way. 

Join Middletown Branch Librarians at the Middletown 50+ Community Center for trivia inspired by Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. 

Join Middletown Branch Librarians at the Middletown 50+ Community Center for trivia inspired by Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. 

This event will take place at 101 Prospect Street Middletown, MD 21769

Margaret Ann Radford leads a gentle yoga session that helps improve mobility in a soft and gentle, yet supportive and beneficial way. 

Calling all knitters—whether you're a seasoned pro, a curious beginner, or somewhere in between! The Knitting Help Circle is a cozy and collaborative space where Frederick’s fiber enthusiasts come together to stitch, learn, and share.

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.

Celebrate Museums by Candlelight by creating a unique paper candle! 

Get ready to deck the halls and trim the evergreens this season in style. Join Master Gardener Courtney Ward to learn the history of winter greenery and its presence in our holiday celebrations.

Come join us for a relaxing afternoon sipping tea and listening to music from the British Isles!

Decorate a cookie, unwrap a mystery book, and take it on a blind date! Each wrapped read comes with fun clues—but no peeking!  Finish your book and turn in a written summary to be entered to win a sweet prize.

Decorate your own cookies with icing, sprinkles, and fun toppings. All supplies are provided—just bring your imagination!

Let’s explore animals! Each month, we’ll discover a new class of animals—mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, or fish. Through fun activities, experiments, and art, kids will learn what makes each group unique and how to tell them apart.

You will love creating these adorable pinecone gnomes.  We will use colorful craft materials to transform a pinecone into a cute little gnome.  A perfect way to add a touch of magic to your holiday decorations.

How we grieve and when we grieve. Includes a discussion of the dual process model of grieving and the importance of continuing bonds. Comes with book recs!

Join us as we explore different artists, techniques and cultures using a variety of materials to create inspired works of art.

Get crocheting with the skilled ladies of the Woodlands! Whether you are a practiced hand or it's your first time holding a hook, join us for community and skill-sharing. You can also try our alternative fiber art craft.

Design your own Pokemon in this fun, interactive program!

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

Get into the holiday spirit and design your own gingerbread house—no baking required! You’ll build and decorate a cardboard house using paint markers and plenty of creativity.

Come in, create a character, and join a one-shot of a tabletop role playing game! Different games to be featured.

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

Follow this fun TikTok trend and bedazzle a bookmark! Bookmarks will be provided, but bring your favorite one to bedazzle if you wish! While supplies last.

Ages 14+. 

Come join the fun and make a holiday mesh ribbon wreath. You will receive step by step instructions on how to attach your mesh ribbon to a wire frame. It's a perfect colorful addition to your wall or door or to give as a gift.

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:

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! 

Kick up your boots and shuffle away the seasonal stress at our Beginner Line Dancing Class.

Learn basic crochet techniques while starting a cozy winter scarf. Yarn provided or bring your own! 

Participants are encouraged to bring their own crochet hook. However, hooks will be available to borrow. 

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.

Come practice your reading skills with patient and adorable Reading Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) from WAGS for Hope! For children grade K-5.

Come decorate the Teen Zone windows with fun winter art using chalk markers!

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.

Music without lyrics can sometimes strike a deeper chord. In this workshop, we're going to listen to two pieces of music and develop two different characters based on the emotions, moods, and rhythms the two songs conjure.

Join Go Team Therapy Dogs to improve your reading confidence and make a new friend when you read aloud to a therapy dog.

Join Thurmont area resident and retired U.S. Ambassador Shaun Donnelly in a group conversation on International Affairs!