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.

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!

Join us for a celebration of music and motion with the Frederick Children's Chorus! Children will enjoy music, rhythm, dancing and playing musical instruments. For ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

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.

Enjoy stories, fingerplays, rhymes, and more. Ages 0-5.

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

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. 

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 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.

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 play for babies and their grownups. Designed for ages 0-24 months with a caregiver.

Join us for a special storytime featuring songs, stories, and rhymes in different languages. For ages 0-5 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 movement 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.

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.

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

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

Run, run as fast as you can to the Thurmont Library for a special Gingerbread Storytime featuring the Gingerbread Man himself! Geared for ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

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!

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. Designed for 2 year olds with a caregiver.

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 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.

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!

Once a year, Frederick County’s historic sites and museums, including the Maryland Room, provide visitors with a  reminder of our area's remarkable past. During Museums by Candlelight, special programming will delight visitors of all ages.

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

Join us for a calming, beginner-friendly yoga class designed to help you unwind, stretch, and move with ease.

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.

Join Susan Day and Patti Lenko from the Candy Kitchen to learn tips and tricks for wrapping presents this holiday season.

Come for an hour of rest and rejuvenation before the start of the busy holiday season. The Mental Health Association will lead us in hands-on activities, including a craft, to help combat the stress of the holidays and everyday life.

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

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.

Dana Talcott will share Coping Strategies for Holiday Loneliness and Seasonal Blues.

Dive into a world of snowy fun! Explore hands-on activities, cool science, creative crafts, and winter wonders in a playful, discovery-filled adventure for elementary kids.

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.

Join us for Dungeons & Dragons! Play through an exciting campaign DMed by one of our library teens. To sign up for DM slot, contact the librarian. Beginners arrive 15 minutes early for character creation.

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.

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

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. 

Unleash your inner artist—on a tiny canvas! Teens will create miniature masterpieces using acrylic paint, markers, and mixed media. All supplies provided; just bring your imagination. For ages 13-17.

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! 

Unleash your inner artist—on a tiny canvas! Teens will create miniature masterpieces using acrylic paint, markers, and mixed media. All supplies provided; just bring your imagination. For Ages 9-13.

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

Join us for this free yoga class offered by Sol Yoga.  Be sure to wear comfortable clothes.

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. 

Settle in for a cozy barnyard bedtime! Join us for an evening storytime where sleepy cows, drowsy sheep, and yawning barn animals help us wind down together.

Join us for an all-ages storytime after a long day of work and play. Unwind with stories, songs, and rhymes for the whole family!

Join us for our 4th annual Nutcracker Storytime featuring the Sugarplum Fairy and music from the classical ballet. It will be tutu fun! Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

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

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).

Join us to make a variety of fun friendship bracelets!

This program is for our Tween patrons in 3rd through 8th grades.

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!