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Book Drive flyer presented by Maryland Commission on African American History & Culture with their logo and large bookshelf behind.

MCAAHC Book Drive

All Day 2/24 - 6/6
Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Program Type:
Books & Authors
Age Group:
Young Children (0-6), Kids & Tweens (6-12), Teens & YA (13-18), Adults, Everyone

You can support the work of the Maryland Commission on African American History & Culture in celebrating & preserving Black culture, by donating books that highlight black voices and stories.

Library Branch: Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Age Group: Young Children (0-6), Kids & Tweens (6-12), Teens & YA (13-18), Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Books & Authors
Event Details:

You can support the work of the Maryland Commission on African American History & Culture in celebrating & preserving Black culture, by donating books that highlight black voices and stories.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library. Please inform us of special needs two weeks prior to the program.

Photographs/Videography

Programs, events and classes may be photographed or videotaped for library promotional purposes. Your participation in programs signifies your permission for us to use any photos that we take of you. Please speak to a librarian at the event if you would prefer your photo not be taken.

Family Take-and-Make: "Bugs-in-a-Bag" DIY Tic Tac Toe game

All Day 4/1 - 4/30
Hancock Veterans Memorial Library
Program Type:
DIY, Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Kids & Tweens (6-12), Teens & YA (13-18), Adults

Create a portable and adorable tic-tac-toe set!

  • Ages 8 and up.
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Registration Required
Library Branch: Hancock Veterans Memorial Library
Age Group: Kids & Tweens (6-12), Teens & YA (13-18), Adults
Program Type: DIY, Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Create a portable and adorable tic-tac-toe set!

  • Ages 8 and up.
  •  

Rabbit with a Fence

All Day 4/6 - 4/24
Smithsburg Library
Program Type:
DIY, Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Kids & Tweens (6-12)

Stop by the Smithsburg Library and pick up a craft kit to build a Rabbit at a Fence.  Everything is provided except the glue.  While supplies last.

Library Branch: Smithsburg Library
Age Group: Kids & Tweens (6-12)
Program Type: DIY, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Stop by the Smithsburg Library and pick up a craft kit to build a Rabbit at a Fence.  Everything is provided except the glue.  While supplies last.

STEM Challenge Kit - Root View

All Day 4/6 - 4/24
Smithsburg Library
Program Type:
Science, Technology & Maker
Age Group:
Young Children (0-6), Kids & Tweens (6-12)

Stop by the library to pick up a STEM kit to discover how plants grow from seeds.  While supplies last.

Library Branch: Smithsburg Library
Age Group: Young Children (0-6), Kids & Tweens (6-12)
Program Type: Science, Technology & Maker
Event Details:

Stop by the library to pick up a STEM kit to discover how plants grow from seeds.  While supplies last.

Take and Make Kit - Watercolor

All Day 4/6 - 4/24
Smithsburg Library
Program Type:
DIY, Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens & YA (13-18), Adults

Teens and adults, stop by the library to pick up your kit to make watercolor art.  Draw a design on the watercolor paper with a white crayon and then use the watercolors to enhance your drawing.  Everything except the water is provided.

Library Branch: Smithsburg Library
Age Group: Teens & YA (13-18), Adults
Program Type: DIY, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Teens and adults, stop by the library to pick up your kit to make watercolor art.  Draw a design on the watercolor paper with a white crayon and then use the watercolors to enhance your drawing.  Everything except the water is provided.

Bookmobile Take and Make: Found Poetry

All Day 4/6 - 4/30
Bookmobile
Program Type:
DIY, Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens & YA (13-18), Adults

Celebrate 250 years of women in the arts with Bookmobile’s Take and Make craft series. We’re kicking off with a found poetry kit inspired by the United States' first woman Poet Laureate, Louise Bogan.

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Bookmobile
Age Group: Teens & YA (13-18), Adults
Program Type: DIY, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Celebrate 250 years of women in the arts with Bookmobile’s Take and Make craft series. We’re kicking off with a found poetry kit inspired by the United States' first woman Poet Laureate, Louise Bogan.

Children's Take-and-Make: Spoon and Egg Maracas

All Day 4/16 - 4/30
Hancock Veterans Memorial Library
Program Type:
DIY, Arts & Crafts, Movies, Music & Culture, Fun & Games
Age Group:
Young Children (0-6), Kids & Tweens (6-12)

Make your own spoon-and-egg maraca!  

Registration Required
Library Branch: Hancock Veterans Memorial Library
Age Group: Young Children (0-6), Kids & Tweens (6-12)
Program Type: DIY, Arts & Crafts, Movies, Music & Culture, Fun & Games
Registration Required
Event Details:

Make your own spoon-and-egg maraca!  

program flyer

Craft Supply and Material SWAP

All Day
Williamsport Memorial Library
Program Type:
DIY, Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Everyone

Take or share your gently used or unwanted craft supplies and materials. Swap includes all crafty materials, open, gently used items are welcome. Take something or leave something. No need to bring something to participate.

Library Branch: Williamsport Memorial Library
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: DIY, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Take or share your gently used or unwanted craft supplies and materials. Swap includes all crafty materials, open, gently used items are welcome. Take something or leave something. No need to bring something to participate.

Several children smiling while holding books and sitting in the floor in the children's section of the library

Earth Day Celebration

Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Community Room - BNS at Boonsboro Free Library
Program Type:
Storytimes & Puppet shows
Age Group:
Young Children (0-6), Kids & Tweens (6-12)

Join Miss Alyssa for a fun an Earth Day Storytime, then head outside with your family to do an Earth Day Scavenger Hunt along the nature trail behind the library!

Library Branch: Boonsboro Free Library
Room: Community Room - BNS
Age Group: Young Children (0-6), Kids & Tweens (6-12)
Program Type: Storytimes & Puppet shows
Event Details:

Join Miss Alyssa for a fun an Earth Day Storytime, then head outside with your family to do an Earth Day Scavenger Hunt along the nature trail behind the library!

Disclaimer(s)

Photographs/Videography

Programs, events and classes may be photographed or videotaped for library promotional purposes. Your participation in programs signifies your permission for us to use any photos that we take of you. Please speak to a librarian at the event if you would prefer your photo not be taken.
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Hagerstown Homesteaders

Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 11:00am - 12:30pm
Conference Room - 334 at Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Program Type:
Gardening & Environment, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone

Welcome to the Hagerstown Homesteaders, a monthly Gardening Club.  Our goals are to teach you how to grow food from scratch, harvest and preserve food, and cook it from scratch.  We will also teach you how to lay ou

Registration Required
Library Branch: Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Room: Conference Room - 334
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Gardening & Environment, Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Event Details:

Welcome to the Hagerstown Homesteaders, a monthly Gardening Club.  Our goals are to teach you how to grow food from scratch, harvest and preserve food, and cook it from scratch.  We will also teach you how to lay ou

Disclaimer(s)

Food Allergies

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Greeting Cards

Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 11:00am - 1:00pm
Community Room - CLE at Clear Spring Branch
Program Type:
DIY, Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens & YA (13-18), Adults

We will be creating beautiful greeting cards in time for Mother's Day

Instruction will start at 11 so please be on time for this event.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Clear Spring Branch
Room: Community Room - CLE
Age Group: Teens & YA (13-18), Adults
Program Type: DIY, Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

We will be creating beautiful greeting cards in time for Mother's Day

Instruction will start at 11 so please be on time for this event.

Saturday Storytime

Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Smithsburg Library
Program Type:
Storytimes & Puppet shows
Age Group:
Young Children (0-6), Kids & Tweens (6-12)

Join us in the children's room for books, songs, flannelgraph stories and more.  This story time is for all ages.  No registration required.

Library Branch: Smithsburg Library
Age Group: Young Children (0-6), Kids & Tweens (6-12)
Program Type: Storytimes & Puppet shows
Event Details:

Join us in the children's room for books, songs, flannelgraph stories and more.  This story time is for all ages.  No registration required.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Photographs/Videography

Programs, events and classes may be photographed or videotaped for library promotional purposes. Your participation in programs signifies your permission for us to use any photos that we take of you. Please speak to a librarian at the event if you would prefer your photo not be taken.
Various lego blocks spread across table

LEGO Club

Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Storytime Room - 227 at Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Program Type:
Science, Technology & Maker, Fun & Games
Age Group:
Young Children (0-6), Kids & Tweens (6-12)
Lego Club & LEGOs @ the Library:

An interactive program with building challenges with Legos.

Children ages 4 and older, come build with LEGO. A new LEGO building idea every month. Materials must stay at the library. No registration necessary.

Library Branch: Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Room: Storytime Room - 227
Age Group: Young Children (0-6), Kids & Tweens (6-12)
Program Type: Science, Technology & Maker, Fun & Games
Event Details:
An interactive program with building challenges with Legos.

Children ages 4 and older, come build with LEGO. A new LEGO building idea every month. Materials must stay at the library. No registration necessary.

Disclaimer(s)

Photographs/Videography

Programs, events and classes may be photographed or videotaped for library promotional purposes. Your participation in programs signifies your permission for us to use any photos that we take of you. Please speak to a librarian at the event if you would prefer your photo not be taken.
celebrate national library week

National Library Week

All Day
Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Program Type:
Books & Authors, Fun & Games
Age Group:
Young Children (0-6), Kids & Tweens (6-12)

Will you "Find Your Joy” at the library this week?  Whatever brings you in, the library has something for everyone.

Library Branch: Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Age Group: Young Children (0-6), Kids & Tweens (6-12)
Program Type: Books & Authors, Fun & Games
Event Details:

Will you "Find Your Joy” at the library this week?  Whatever brings you in, the library has something for everyone.

program flyer

Craft Supply and Material SWAP

All Day
Williamsport Memorial Library
Program Type:
DIY, Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Everyone

Take or share your gently used or unwanted craft supplies and materials. Swap includes all crafty materials, open, gently used items are welcome. Take something or leave something. No need to bring something to participate.

Library Branch: Williamsport Memorial Library
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: DIY, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Take or share your gently used or unwanted craft supplies and materials. Swap includes all crafty materials, open, gently used items are welcome. Take something or leave something. No need to bring something to participate.

make a book fortune teller

National Library Week

All Day
Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Program Type:
Books & Authors, Fun & Games
Age Group:
Young Children (0-6), Kids & Tweens (6-12)

Will you "Find Your Joy” at the library this week?  Whatever brings you in, the library has something for everyone.

Library Branch: Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Age Group: Young Children (0-6), Kids & Tweens (6-12)
Program Type: Books & Authors, Fun & Games
Event Details:

Will you "Find Your Joy” at the library this week?  Whatever brings you in, the library has something for everyone.

Quill Pen and Ink

Take N Make: Quill Pen & Ink

04/20/2026 @ 9:00am to 04/24/2026 @ 5:00pm
Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Program Type:
DIY, Arts & Crafts, Movies, Music & Culture, Science, Technology & Maker
Age Group:
Kids & Tweens (6-12)
STEM/STEAM Programming:

(Science, Technology, Engineering and Math/Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) themed programs during the school year.

Pick up a kit at the library branch of your choice during the week of April 20 - 24 to make a quill pen and ink, and learn about The Constitution, and the tools that were used to write it! For kids ages 6 to 12. Registration required.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Age Group: Kids & Tweens (6-12)
Program Type: DIY, Arts & Crafts, Movies, Music & Culture, Science, Technology & Maker
Registration Required
Event Details:
(Science, Technology, Engineering and Math/Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) themed programs during the school year.

Pick up a kit at the library branch of your choice during the week of April 20 - 24 to make a quill pen and ink, and learn about The Constitution, and the tools that were used to write it! For kids ages 6 to 12. Registration required.

Toddler Time

Monday, April 20, 2026 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Community Room - WIL at Williamsport Memorial Library
Program Type:
DIY, Arts & Crafts, Storytimes & Puppet shows, Fun & Games
Age Group:
Young Children (0-6)
Toddler Time:

Learning and reading about numbers, shapes and colors with other toddlers ages 18-36 months.

Stories, felt stories, finger plays, and music. Join us and let's play and learn together at Toddler Storytime.  All ages are welcome!

 

 

Library Branch: Williamsport Memorial Library
Room: Community Room - WIL
Age Group: Young Children (0-6)
Program Type: DIY, Arts & Crafts, Storytimes & Puppet shows, Fun & Games
Event Details:
Learning and reading about numbers, shapes and colors with other toddlers ages 18-36 months.

Stories, felt stories, finger plays, and music. Join us and let's play and learn together at Toddler Storytime.  All ages are welcome!

 

 

Disclaimer(s)

Photographs/Videography

Programs, events and classes may be photographed or videotaped for library promotional purposes. Your participation in programs signifies your permission for us to use any photos that we take of you. Please speak to a librarian at the event if you would prefer your photo not be taken.

Wiggles & Giggles Toddler Playtime

Monday, April 20, 2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Community Room - WIL at Williamsport Memorial Library
Program Type:
Fun & Games
Age Group:
Young Children (0-6)

Join us after storytime to wiggle, play, and socialize in our storytime area. Organized activities will be provided from time to time. 

Library Branch: Williamsport Memorial Library
Room: Community Room - WIL
Age Group: Young Children (0-6)
Program Type: Fun & Games
Event Details:

Join us after storytime to wiggle, play, and socialize in our storytime area. Organized activities will be provided from time to time. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library. Please inform us of special needs two weeks prior to the program.

Therapy Rabbit Visit

Monday, April 20, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
YA Meeting Room 212 at Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Teens & YA (13-18)

Drop in and visit with certified therapy Lion-head rabbits Bleu and Cheddar, who are available for petting and holding!

Library Branch: Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Room: YA Meeting Room 212
Age Group: Teens & YA (13-18)
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Drop in and visit with certified therapy Lion-head rabbits Bleu and Cheddar, who are available for petting and holding!

Silent Book Club logo. Giant S in the middle os a circle. B and C on either side. "Hagerstown" printed below the circle.

Silent Book Club

Monday, April 20, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Conference Room - 334 at Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Program Type:
Books & Authors
Age Group:
Teens & YA (13-18), Adults, Everyone

Silent Book Club is a global community of readers with more than 900 chapters in 50 countries around the world led by local volunteers. SBC members gather in public to read together in quiet camaraderie.

Library Branch: Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Room: Conference Room - 334
Age Group: Teens & YA (13-18), Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Books & Authors
Event Details:

Silent Book Club is a global community of readers with more than 900 chapters in 50 countries around the world led by local volunteers. SBC members gather in public to read together in quiet camaraderie.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library. Please inform us of special needs two weeks prior to the program.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Food Allergies

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Photographs/Videography

Programs, events and classes may be photographed or videotaped for library promotional purposes. Your participation in programs signifies your permission for us to use any photos that we take of you. Please speak to a librarian at the event if you would prefer your photo not be taken.

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Craft Supply and Material SWAP

All Day
Williamsport Memorial Library
Program Type:
DIY, Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Everyone

Take or share your gently used or unwanted craft supplies and materials. Swap includes all crafty materials, open, gently used items are welcome. Take something or leave something. No need to bring something to participate.

Library Branch: Williamsport Memorial Library
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: DIY, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Take or share your gently used or unwanted craft supplies and materials. Swap includes all crafty materials, open, gently used items are welcome. Take something or leave something. No need to bring something to participate.

pretend play library kit

National Library Week

All Day
Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Program Type:
Books & Authors, Fun & Games
Age Group:
Young Children (0-6), Kids & Tweens (6-12)

Will you "Find Your Joy” at the library this week?  Whatever brings you in, the library has something for everyone.

Library Branch: Alice Virginia & David W. Fletcher Branch
Age Group: Young Children (0-6), Kids & Tweens (6-12)
Program Type: Books & Authors, Fun & Games
Event Details:

Will you "Find Your Joy” at the library this week?  Whatever brings you in, the library has something for everyone.

Bookmobile Stop: Old Forge Elementary

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 8:45am - 10:30am
Bookmobile
Program Type:
Bookmobile Stop
Age Group:
Everyone

Students and staff are welcome!

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Bookmobile
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Bookmobile Stop
Event Details:

Students and staff are welcome!