Week Calendar

Bookmobile Stop. All are welcome!

Bookmobile stop. Everyone is welcome!

Hagerstown Day Nursery children, families and staff are welcome. 

Join nonprofit Betty's Wish and Dementia Friendly Washington County for an Alzheimer's Association class all about your brain and body. 

Bright Early Learning Center children, families and staff are welcome.

Bester students, families, and staff are welcome.

Bookmobile stop for WCPS students, families and staff.

Read books, sing songs, make friends, and have fun at the library!  For ages 18-36 months.  Pre-registration with the Youth Services Department is required.  Online registration is not enabled. Current session runs May-July.

Spring has sprung and its time to plan your garden. We welcome all indoor and outdoor plants and seeds of all types to our Second Annual Plant & Seed Swap. Please make sure your items are clearly marked and identified.

Spring has sprung and its time to plan your garden. We welcome all indoor and outdoor plants and seeds of all types to our Second Annual Plant & Seed Swap. Please make sure your items are clearly marked and identified.

Want a small group Storytime focused on a set schedule and a much calmer atmosphere than our Toddler and Preschool Storytimes? Stop in for our Multi-Sensory Storytime for children and families of all ages with all abilities.

Share books, rhymes, and music with your baby at the library.  Open to children 6-18 months. Pre-registration with the Youth Services Department is required.  Online registration is not enabled. Current session runs May-July.

Spring has sprung and its time to plan your garden. We welcome all indoor and outdoor plants and seeds of all types to our Second Annual Plant & Seed Swap. Please make sure your items are clearly marked and identified.

Spring has sprung and its time to plan your garden. We welcome all indoor and outdoor plants and seeds of all types to our Second Annual Plant & Seed Swap. Please make sure your items are clearly marked and identified.

Bring your project and join this group.

Spring has sprung and its time to plan your garden. We welcome all indoor and outdoor plants and seeds of all types to our Second Annual Plant & Seed Swap. Please make sure your items are clearly marked and identified.

Come to the library for a special day celebrating books and reading!  We will have a book giveaway from 10:00 AM-2:00 PM.   

Spring has sprung and its time to plan your garden. We welcome all indoor and outdoor plants and seeds of all types to our Second Annual Plant & Seed Swap. Please make sure your items are clearly marked and identified.

Join this fun and informal group of fellow writers to share writing, feedback, and ideas.  

Sargent Shriver Head Start children, families and staff are welcome. 

Read books, sing songs, make friends, and have fun at the library!  For ages 18-36 months.  Pre-registration with the Youth Services Department is required.  Online registration is not enabled. Current session runs May-July.

Books, felt stories, finger plays, and music. Join us and let's plan and learn together at Toddler Time.  All ages are welcome!

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

Join nonprofit Betty's Wish and Dementia Friendly Washington County for an Alzheimer's Association educational series for caregivers. 

Gather with other Toddlers to learn Numbers, Shapes, and Colors at Story Time.

Share books, rhymes, and music with your baby at the library.  Open to children 6-18 months. Pre-registration with the Youth Services Department is required.  Online registration is not enabled. Current session runs May-July.

Books, music, and educational activities! Preschool Story Time takes place every Wednesday.  All ages are welcome. 

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

Join this wonderful group of adults and discuss a different book each month. Please speak with the Clear Spring Branch manager to order a copy of the book.

Come to the Hancock Library for a lively morning of stories, music, dancing, movement and FUN! 

Toddlers aged 18 - 36 months and their caregivers will enjoy books, songs, flannel stories and rhymes with a librarian.

Join us for our Pre-School Storytime for children ages 3-5.  

Had a baby in the last 18 months? Would you like to meet other parents and enjoy a few books and baby bounce rhymes/songs? This storytime is meant for wee ones, birth-18 months. Older siblings are always welcome too.

Calling all ages - Join Miss Laura on Fridays at 11:00 for story time. We are now meeting in the Community Room. Registration is not required.

Join us for 30 minutes of stories, songs, activities and a craft.

Join Miss Alyssa for a fun Themed Family Storytime with stories and songs.

In collaboration with the Washington County Health Department, we are hosting a Community Baby Shower! All expectant mothers, and new mothers with an infant less than 1 year in age are welcome to register.

Please come and join us on Saturday, May 10 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM in the Community Room for a Hagerstown Homesteaders Mother's Day Seed Swap and Share.

Children and families come to Milk and Honey Farms for a fun story time and tour of the farm.  Please meet us at Big Field, which is at the corner of Pondsville Rd. and Spur Rd. (just off Mapleville Rd.), Smithsburg, MD. Sign up online.

Bookmobile stop. All are welcome!

Join us for a variety of STEM activities, crafts and more.  Please check with Clear Spring Branch manager for details of each month's event.

Everyone is welcome!

Bring your Pokémon cards to trade with others in our community room and socialize while you build your deck.  This is for ages 6-17.  Intermediary provided to ensure fair trades.  Parental supervision required for 10 and under.

Bookmobile stop. Everyone is welcome!

Bookmobile stop. All are welcome!

Bookmobile stop. Mt. Nebo Christian Learning Center children, families and staff welcome!

Everyone is welcome!

Come join us for a fun Storytime with rhymes, songs, and a craft.

Bookmobile Stop. All are welcome!

Join Ms Susan for stories, activities, and a craft! 

Come get creative with Ms. Bonnie on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month!

Join us in the Community Room to build with LEGOs.  In May we will be building a castle or free build.  Registering is preferred.

We are celebrating AAPI month with a cooked sushi making event.  You will learn how to build, roll, and stick together the tasty Japanese inspired recipe.

Drop in to try your hand at a new or old hobby. Each month we will try something different, incuding; yo-yoing, Rubik’s cube, string games, brain teasers, and hand puzzles. All ages are welcome. 

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Join us for silly and fun hands-on games. Compete against your own family or others in this goofy minute-to-win-it-style event.

NEW! A weekly hangout and advisory board for 9 through 12 year olds. We will eat snacks, play games, make crafts, and talk about what fun things we should do at the library. No registration necessary. Be there or be square!

Welcome to our new Art Club for Adults and Teens, a monthly group for all art lovers. Art supplies will be provided, but you are also welcome to bring your own!

Wish you could attend our Teen Escape room but you're not a Teen? We now offer our Escape Room for Adults. Find clues, solve puzzles, and face down timed challenges to escape the room before the clock runs out!

Join us every Thursday for Game Night!

1st Thursday - Switch Night

2nd Thursday - Card Games

3rd Thursday - Board Games

4th Thursday - Competition Night

Come to a short orientation to familiarize yourself with the expectations, potential jobs, and benefits of our VolunTeen program.  Then you will be all set to earn SSL hours!

This reception is held in honor of the winners of the 2025 Writers and Poets Contest. Winners will be contacted directly by a library representative in April.

The library is hosting game night.  Board games are available.  Ages 12 and up please. Registering will give us an idea of how many people to prep for.  Bring your favorite board game.

Please join us in the Community Room for a showing of the movie It Ends With Us.  This movie is rated PG-13.  Light refreshments will be served.

Join us on Wednesday, May 7 at 6:00pm for a group book chat! Whether you're reading 50 books or just want to chat about what you're reading, we'll be happy to see you! 

Join us for our Family Story Night for children of all ages.