Week Calendar

Bookmobile stop for WCPS students, families and staff.

Bookmobile stop. Everyone is welcome!

Bookmobile Stop. All are welcome!

Bookmobile Stop. All 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 January-March.

Bookmobile stop. Everyone is welcome!

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 January-March.

Come and spend time with other seniors creating a craft, having good conversation and enjoying occasional speakers on subjects of interest to our older patrons. Light healthy snacks will be provided.

Bring your project and join this group.

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 January-March.

Sing, dance, and learn together at Toddler Time. A small activity will be provided after story time. All ages are welcome!

Join us after storytime to wiggle and play in our storytime area.

Gather with other Toddles 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 January-March.

Books, music, and educational activities! Preschool Story Time takes place every Wednesday. 

Join us after storytime to wiggle and play in our storytime area.

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 us for Little Explorers STEM as we decorate popsicle stick snowflakes and learn about snow on Saturday January 18th from 11am-12pm. Storytime and instruction begin promptly at 11am, but the room is open to complete activities until 12pm.

We'll read about polar bears and build polar bear dens using marshmallows and toothpicks!  Ages 2+

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

Children and families come to the First United Bank and Trust for a fun story time and tour of the facility.  Please meet us at the First United Bank and Trust, 22940 Jefferson Blvd. Smithsburg, MD. Sign up online.  

Craft Time for adults with developmental disabilities. Join us for a craft each month at our center table with your companion. All supplies are provided.  

January's Craft: watercolor painting 

Elgin Station Headstart: Children, families, and staff are welcome. 

Each month, pick up:

*Your sample of the spice

*History and info about the spice

*Recipes including the spice

January -Sumac Berries

February-Galangal

March-Sassafras

Everyone is welcome!

 Home schoolers grades 1 through 8 welcome. This month, we read "The Wild Robot" and "Layla and the Bots", and for a special treat, we will watch the new movie "The Wild Robot".

Everyone is welcome! 

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

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

Legos at the Library is BACK at Fletcher Branch, with a new date and time: The third Saturday of each month, from 2-3 p.m. Stop by and show off your engineering skills! 

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

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

January is National Tea month!  We made scones last week, and this Monday we will taste different teas, eat some tea sandwiches and treats, and pick a book to check out based on the “taste” of the plot revealed on the cover.

Come put down your phone and pick up a game or a conversation over snacks!

Find clues, solve puzzles, and face down timed challenges with your team to escape the room before the clock runs out!

Join us to learn about great scientists, their lives and achievements.  Each session will include hands on activities.  For the month of January we will be learning about Albert Einstein. For ages 6 - 12.

Join the Washington County Health Department for tips on preventing falls and keeping your balance. All are welcome, registration is preferred. 

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

Join this lively and fun book discussion. Each month participants will discuss a book chosen by members of the group.

Harold and the Purple Crayon rated PG.  We will be handing out purple crayons.  Draw and have some popcorn while watching the movie! 

Join us every Thursday for Game Night:

1st Thursday - Switch Night

2nd Thursday - Card Games

3rd Thursday - Board Games

4th Thursday - Competition Night

Snacks will be provided.

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!

Come visit Bleu, the certified therapy rabbit!

Join us for Movie Night for Grown-ups showing a different movie for adults every 2nd Tuesday on the month at 6:00PM

A Smithsburg native, Emily Clayton Bishop won multiple scholarships to art institutes in Baltimore and Philadelphia, and studied in Europe on travel fellowships.

Join us for our Family Story Night on Thursday January 16th from 6:30-7pm for a special "Snowman" themed Storytime. Come meet a snowman who loves warm hugs, and get your picture taken. Dress in your favorite winter gear.