Week Calendar

The Bookmobile will be at the following school stop. All patrons are welcome to visit the Bookmobile at any of its stops.

8:30 AM - 11:00 AM Funkstown Elementary @ 23 Funkstown Rd, Hagerstown, MD 21740

The Bookmobile will be at the following school stop. All patrons are welcome to visit the Bookmobile at any of its stops.

8:30 AM - 2:30 PM Maugansville Elementary @ 18023 Maugans Ave, Maugansville, MD 21767

The Bookmobile will be at the following community stop. All patrons are welcome to visit the Bookmobile at any of its stops.
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Children's Learning Center @ 11400 Robinwood Dr, Hagerstown

The Bookmobile will be at the following community stop. All patrons are welcome to visit the Bookmobile at any of its stops.
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM Stonecroft Apartments, Hagerstown

The Bookmobile will be at the following school stop. All patrons are welcome to visit the Bookmobile at any of its stops.

9:00 AM - 11:30 PM Greenbrier Elementary @ 21222 San Mar Rd, Boonsboro, MD 21713

The Bookmobile will be at the following school stop. All patrons are welcome to visit the Bookmobile at any of its stops.

9:30 AM - 11:45 AM Ruth Ann Monroe Elementary @ 1311 Yale Dr, Hagerstown, MD 21742

The Bookmobile will be at the following community stop. All patrons are welcome to visit the Bookmobile at any of its stops.
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM My Favorite Place Daycare @ 22527 Jefferson Blvd, Smithsburg

Read books, sing songs, make friends, and have fun at the library!  For ages 18-36 months.  Pre-registration with the Children's Department is required.  Current session runs January-March.

Bring your project and join this group.

Share books, rhymes, and music with your baby at the library.  Open to children 6-18 months.  Pre-registration for the session with the Children's Department for the session is required.

The Bookmobile will be at the following community stop. All patrons are welcome to visit the Bookmobile at any of its stops.
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Pleasant Valley Road, Smithsburg

Read books, sing songs, make friends, and have fun at the library!  For ages 18-36 months.  Pre-registration with the Children's Department is required.  Current session runs January-March.

The Bookmobile will be at the following community stop. All patrons are welcome to visit the Bookmobile at any of its stops.
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM  Kare'N for Kids @13105 Bikle Road, Smithsburg

Sing, dance, and learn together! For ages 0-6 with a caregiver.

Read with us.

The Bookmobile will be at the following community stop. All patrons are welcome to visit the Bookmobile at any of its stops.
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM  Noland Village Head Start @ 1048 Noland Drive, Hagerstown

Share books, rhymes, and music with your baby at the library.  Open to children 6-18 months.  Pre-registration for the session with the Children's Department for the session is required.

Join us at theHancock Veteran's Memorial Branch Library at 11:30 a.m. for our weekly storytime! This event is geared toward ages 2-5, but all ages are welcome.

Books, music, and educational activities! For children ages 2-6 with a caregiver.

Children ages 18 - 36 months and their caregiver will enjoy songs, fingerplays, flannelboard stories and books.  Pre-registration for a 12 week session is required.  Call the library to sign up.

Join us for fun songs, rhymes, and bubbles.

Children ages 3 - 5 and their caregiver will enjoy books, songs, flannelboard, fingerplays and a craft each week. 

Stories, songs, movement and more.  Ages 2-5 with their caregivers.

Storytime for children ages 3-5. No registration required.

Family Story Time- All are invited to a themed Story Time with a craft.

Join us for a hands-on science adventure exploring sounds! Pre-registration with the Children's Department is required. For ages 3-5 and an adult caregiver.

Join us in the Children's Room for a story time.  This event is for all ages.

Our fun group meets to knit and crochet every week, share ideas, and show off current projects.

The Bookmobile will be at the following community stop. All patrons are welcome to visit the Bookmobile at any of its stops.

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Elgin Station @ Elgin Blvd, Hagerstown

Program designed for homeschoolers.

The Bookmobile will be at the following community stop. All patrons are welcome to visit the Bookmobile at any of its stops.

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Unified Community Connections @ 118 E Oak Ridge Dr, Hagerstown

Most of us are drowning in a sea of cardboard from the holidays.

The Bookmobile will be at the following community stop. All patrons are welcome to visit the Bookmobile at any of its stops.
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM  Brookdale Assisted Living @ 20009 Rosebank Way, Hagerstown

The Bookmobile will be at the following community stop. All patrons are welcome to visit the Bookmobile at any of its stops.
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM  Francis Murphy Senior Apartments @ 20014 Rosebank Way, Hagerstown

The Bookmobile will be at the following community stop. All patrons are welcome to visit the Bookmobile at any of its stops.

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Williamsport Retirement Village @ 154 N Artizan St, Williamsport

The King (Elvis Tribute Artist Randoll Rivers) is back to ring in the new year with style! As a child, Randoll would hear Elvis tunes around the house and fell in love with the music instantly.

The Bookmobile will be at the following community stop. All patrons are welcome to visit the Bookmobile at any of its stops.
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM  Foxleigh Meadows @ Johnnycake Lane, Longmeadow

Joseph "Jake" Jacobs holds a doctorate in the psychology of sport from the University of Maryland, College Park.  He has shared health and fitness strategies in hospitals, community organizations, colleges and universities and commerical and

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

Join our middle school bookclub as it meets on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 3:30 PM.  Ask at the Children's Desk about obtaining a copy of the month's book.  For grades 5-8. 

Stories, activities, songs and a craft!

Come build with LEGOs at the Library. Each month we will have a new theme that children are encouraged to build. The challenge for January is to build your favorite winter animal(s) out of Legos.  For ages 4 and up.

Stop by the library to explore and learn with STEM activities and toys.

Come out to Teen Game Night! Games are provided or Bring your Own and get others to play with you.

Get your game on and challenge your fellow teens!  In Game Club, we mainly play Super Smash Bros.

Join us to build with LEGOS at the library.  The LEGOS will be provided and for the month of January we are building a snowman or free build. No registration required.

You are cordially invited to join us at the Hancock Veterans Memorial Branch Library for our Adult Book Club the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 5:00pm.

Teens will learn and practice the art of sculpture under the direction of local artist Anthony Jones.

This program brought to you by Teen Connect Tuesday @ WCFL YA.

Come join us at the Teen Library Council!  You can earn SSL hours, write and/or create artwork for the Washingteenian blog, meet other teens, and help plan special events for teen library patrons.  All teens are welcome to participate!

Join us for the American Girl Book Club reading a different book every month to learn about American History in different eras through the lives of girls.

On January 14, we are excited to be launching our new Cookbook Club!  If you're interested in joining, please come for more information, and to share a few "starters."

Join us for Movie Night showing a different movie each month on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.

January's movie will be Blinded by the Light (PG-13; 2019; 1hr 58 min).

Lean to "knit"  and make a potholder to take home or bring your own project and knit with us.    Please give us a call if you would like to attend so we will have plenty of supplies. 

Teens, create a cool snowflake to hang in your room.  All materials provided.  Please register online or call the library.  This is a teen event.

Bring your teddy bear, wear your pajamas if you want, and join us for stories, songs, crafts, and fun before bedtime. No registration required. For all ages.

Comunidad Latina de Washington County and the Washington County Free Library host evenings of casual conversation aimed at letting learners of Spanish and English practice speaking each others' language.

Children will dissect an owl pellet and learn about what owls eat.  Ages 5 - 12.  Registration is limited.  Please call  301-824-7722 to sign up.

Author Sean Daniels will talk about his research into writing his historical fiction book, Half A Day Late.  Daniels worked for thirty-two years at a television network news bureau in Washington and was the Key Editor from DC for the internal

Can YOU read 50 books in a year? Try it! Join our book group for adults and enjoy fun activities, get new book recommendations, and converse with fellow book lovers to help motivate you to reach a goal of reading 50 books in a 12-month period.