Clapp Critics
Clapp Critics
Our fiction book club, Clapp Critics meets every 4th Monday of the Month. Email mmarszalek@cwmars.org with any questions.
Our fiction book club, Clapp Critics meets every 4th Monday of the Month. Email mmarszalek@cwmars.org with any questions.
Have you ever wanted to take the time to discuss a novel in depth? In this six-session group, we will discuss the Gothic novel, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. The discussion will be introduced and facilitated by retired professor David Spector. After registration is confirmed, participants can pick up a copy of the novel to [...]
A monthly book group for lovers of high fantasy, hard science fiction, fable, far future, and all of the speculative fiction options. We meet online via Google Meet. Upcoming reads: Cascade Failure / LM Sagas (3/25) Ink Blood Sister Scribe / Emma Törzs (4/22) Bindle Punk Bruja / Desideria Mesa (5/27) Persephone Station / Stina [...]
All ages are invited to the Clapp Memorial Library on Thursday, February 27th to celebrate Pokémon Day! Did you know the library is a gym on PokémonGo? Challenge a staff member to a battle! Complete a Pokémon word search or crossword puzzle. Bedazzle an Eeveelution keychain. Play Pokémon Bingo! And more! The schedule of events [...]
Part of our Pokemon Day festivities! Join our Head of Children’s Services for a special Pikachu & Friends Storytime, followed by Pokémon Bingo and a Pikachu craft in the library's Activity Room.
Part of our Pokemon day festivities! Learn how to cross stitch a Pokémon or two or more! Rymaz will demonstrate cross stitching and assist others in learning on the main floor of the library. (Open to all patrons old enough to use a needle. Patrons under 10 must be accompanied and continually supervised by a [...]
Part of our Pokemon Day festivities! Students in grades 6-12 are invited to diamond-paint Eevee or one of its Eeveelutions! Teen Services Coordinator Ruthie Sterling will teach the basics of diamond-painting. All materials will be provided. Space is limited; email clapplibrarytab@gmail.com to register.
The program is full. If you'd like more information, please email Marcin. Do you like browsing cookbooks and trying new recipes? In the Cookbook Club, we each make a recipe from a cookbook and bring it for everyone to try. Taste, enjoy and chat with your new cookbook friends!
The Friends of Clapp Memorial Library invite you to come by the Library on March 1st, 7PM to 9PM, when they will be hosting their annual free wine tasting event Light refreshments and nonalcoholic beverages will be available. This is a great opportunity to meet your neighbors and see your library. You must be 21+ [...]
The Woolies are a local fiber arts group who meet twice a week at the library to socialize and work on their various projects. Whether you're interested in knitting, crocheting, felting, weaving, embroidery, needle point, sewing, or another fiber art, you're welcome to join the fun.
Strum along with the Ukulele Play Along on the first Monday every month! Grab your ukulele and play along - because playing your ukulele is more fun when you do it with others. We'll be focusing on 3 and 4 chord songs, with lyrics and chords provided on screen. Participants will be muted, so don't [...]
Have you ever wanted to take the time to discuss a novel in depth? In this six-session group, we will discuss the Gothic novel, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. The discussion will be introduced and facilitated by retired professor David Spector. After registration is confirmed, participants can pick up a copy of the novel to [...]
Join us at the Clapp Memorial Library on Tuesday, March 4 at 7 PM for a public screening of the classic 1939 William Wyler film version of Wuthering Heights with Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon. Popcorn will be provided. All are welcome - even if you haven’t read the book, come see the movie!
PROGRAM FULL The Clapp Memorial Library hosts a bi-weekly writing group for adults aged 18+. Whether you write romance, mystery, fantasy, non-fiction, poetry, children’s books, or screenplays, you’re welcome to join us! Come meet with other writers and share what you’ve been working on over the past month, work on your writing, and more. If [...]
The library's What "YA" Readin'? Book Group, a group for adults who read Young Adult books, will meet on Thursday, April 3rd at 7:00PM to discuss "The Boy Lost in the Maze" by Joseph Coelho. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the circulation desk. We meet on the first Thursday of the [...]
The Woolies are a local fiber arts group who meet twice a week at the library to socialize and work on their various projects. Whether you're interested in knitting, crocheting, felting, weaving, embroidery, needle point, sewing, or another fiber art, you're welcome to join the fun.
Embark on a captivating musical journey with "Jazzified Pop," and immerse yourself in an evening that not only celebrates the enduring appeal of popular music but also delves into the boundless realms of jazz interpretation. From iconic melodies of The Beatles to the timeless tunes of Elvis Presley and the legendary tracks of Queen, both [...]
The Woolies are a local fiber arts group who meet twice a week at the library to socialize and work on their various projects. Whether you're interested in knitting, crocheting, felting, weaving, embroidery, needle point, sewing, or another fiber art, you're welcome to join the fun.
Community Can!... make a difference! The Clapp Memorial Library’s Teen Advisory Board will be collecting nonperishables at the library in their first ever Community Can! Food Drive March 10th through the 14th. There will be a designated donation box inside the library during those dates. Donations will be sorted by Teen Advisory Board members and [...]
The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, in partnership with SNAP-Ed, offers a nutrition education program at the Clapp Memorial Library. Learn about Explore MyPlate healthy eating guidelines, learn to decipher the nutrition facts labels and how to make a budget-friendly meal, and get tips to add more exercise into your daily routine.
Babytime Story time (3-12 mo) Spring 2025 9:00-9:45 AM, Mondays, Mar 10, 17, 24, 31, Apr 28 & May 5 Babytime is for ages 3 – 12 months and begins @ 9:00 AM. Registration is required. Our story times feature age-appropriate stories, songs, finger plays and art activities. Registration and confirmation required, sign up here: [...]
Monday Firststeps (12-24 months) Spring 2025 10:00-10:45 AM, Mondays, Mar 10, 17, 24, 31, Apr 28 & May 5 Firststeps is for ages 12 – 24 months and begins @ 10:00 AM. Registration is required. Our story times feature age-appropriate stories, songs, finger plays and art activities. Registration and confirmation required, sign up here: https://forms.gle/jdQiaTGikFYtMPVt7. [...]
Tuesday Toddler Time (2 years) Spring 2025 9:30-10:30 am, Tuesdays, Mar 11, 18, 25, Apr 1, 29 & May 6 Toddler Storytime is for children aged 2 years, and begins @ 9:30 AM. Registration is required. Our story times feature age-appropriate stories, songs, finger plays and art activities. Registration and confirmation required, sign up here: [...]
Our Mystery Book Group is held on the second Wednesday of each month at 1:00 p.m. Join us as we discuss a different mystery novel each month. Email mmarszalek@cwmars.org with any questions.
Clapp Memorial Library is offering a Stress Reduction Awareness course. The eight-week introductory course starts on Thursday, March 13 at 7 PM and runs every Thursday through May 1. The course is designed to teach and practice mindfulness-based skills. Mindfulness meditation skills teach us to be fully present in the moment and, when practiced regularly, [...]
Preschool Story Time (3-6 years) Spring 2025 9:30-10:30 am, Thursdays, Mar 13, 20, 27, Apr 3, May 1 & 8 Preschool Story Time is for ages 3-5 and begins @ 9:30 AM. Registration is required. Our story times feature age-appropriate stories, songs, finger plays and art activities. Registration and confirmation required, sign up here: https://forms.gle/mYromqYwNvYb2gpNA. [...]
The Woolies are a local fiber arts group who meet twice a week at the library to socialize and work on their various projects. Whether you're interested in knitting, crocheting, felting, weaving, embroidery, needle point, sewing, or another fiber art, you're welcome to join the fun.
Teens are invited to the library after school on the second Friday of the month for free snacks as they visit and use the library! Students must be in grades 7-12 and arrive between 2:00-3:30PM for a free snack, courtesy of the library, as supplies last.
The Clapp Memorial Library’s Teen Advisory Board will meet Friday, March 14th from 4:30-5:30PM in the library’s Activity Room to sort cans from their first-ever Community Can Drive! TAB is a group of 7th-12th grade students who meet monthly during the school year to propose library programming for teens, provide input on teen services, volunteer, [...]
The Woolies are a local fiber arts group who meet twice a week at the library to socialize and work on their various projects. Whether you're interested in knitting, crocheting, felting, weaving, embroidery, needle point, sewing, or another fiber art, you're welcome to join the fun.
Babytime Story time (3-12 mo) Spring 2025 9:00-9:45 AM, Mondays, Mar 10, 17, 24, 31, Apr 28 & May 5 Babytime is for ages 3 – 12 months and begins @ 9:00 AM. Registration is required. Our story times feature age-appropriate stories, songs, finger plays and art activities. Registration and confirmation required, sign up here: [...]
Monday Firststeps (12-24 months) Spring 2025 10:00-10:45 AM, Mondays, Mar 10, 17, 24, 31, Apr 28 & May 5 Firststeps is for ages 12 – 24 months and begins @ 10:00 AM. Registration is required. Our story times feature age-appropriate stories, songs, finger plays and art activities. Registration and confirmation required, sign up here: https://forms.gle/jdQiaTGikFYtMPVt7. [...]
Tuesday Toddler Time (2 years) Spring 2025 9:30-10:30 am, Tuesdays, Mar 11, 18, 25, Apr 1, 29 & May 6 Toddler Storytime is for children aged 2 years, and begins @ 9:30 AM. Registration is required. Our story times feature age-appropriate stories, songs, finger plays and art activities. Registration and confirmation required, sign up here: [...]
PROGRAM FULL The Clapp Memorial Library hosts a bi-weekly writing group for adults aged 18+. Whether you write romance, mystery, fantasy, non-fiction, poetry, children’s books, or screenplays, you’re welcome to join us! Come meet with other writers and share what you’ve been working on over the past month, work on your writing, and more. If [...]
All are invited to the The Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library Board Meeting in the Activity Room at 6:30pm. For information email friendsofclappmemoriallibrary@gmail.com http://www.friendsofclapplibrary.org/ The Friends of Clapp Memorial Library is a volunteer not-for-profit organization dedicated to raising monies to assist the Library beyond the ordinary scope of the Library’s budget to reach its [...]
Clapp Memorial Library is offering a Stress Reduction Awareness course. The eight-week introductory course starts on Thursday, March 13 at 7 PM and runs every Thursday through May 1. The course is designed to teach and practice mindfulness-based skills. Mindfulness meditation skills teach us to be fully present in the moment and, when practiced regularly, [...]
Preschool Story Time (3-6 years) Spring 2025 9:30-10:30 am, Thursdays, Mar 13, 20, 27, Apr 3, May 1 & 8 Preschool Story Time is for ages 3-5 and begins @ 9:30 AM. Registration is required. Our story times feature age-appropriate stories, songs, finger plays and art activities. Registration and confirmation required, sign up here: https://forms.gle/mYromqYwNvYb2gpNA. [...]
Magic: the Gathering Saturdays in March and April March 22nd, 29th, April 19th, 11 am to 1:30 pm April 26th, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm Come play Magic: the Gathering in the Activity Room. Bring your own deck (and mats and dice) or use one of our learning decks. Everyone is welcome, however players must [...]
Jonathan Kranz offers an introduction to mushrooms: what they are, how they live, why they’re fascinating. The talk will cover the basics of fungal life with insights on foraging for food and avoiding toxins, with a special emphasis on common mushrooms you are likely to find in our neck of New England. This program is [...]
The Woolies are a local fiber arts group who meet twice a week at the library to socialize and work on their various projects. Whether you're interested in knitting, crocheting, felting, weaving, embroidery, needle point, sewing, or another fiber art, you're welcome to join the fun.
Our fiction book club, Clapp Critics meets every 4th Monday of the Month. Email mmarszalek@cwmars.org with any questions.
Babytime Story time (3-12 mo) Spring 2025 9:00-9:45 AM, Mondays, Mar 10, 17, 24, 31, Apr 28 & May 5 Babytime is for ages 3 – 12 months and begins @ 9:00 AM. Registration is required. Our story times feature age-appropriate stories, songs, finger plays and art activities. Registration and confirmation required, sign up here: [...]
Monday Firststeps (12-24 months) Spring 2025 10:00-10:45 AM, Mondays, Mar 10, 17, 24, 31, Apr 28 & May 5 Firststeps is for ages 12 – 24 months and begins @ 10:00 AM. Registration is required. Our story times feature age-appropriate stories, songs, finger plays and art activities. Registration and confirmation required, sign up here: https://forms.gle/jdQiaTGikFYtMPVt7. [...]
A monthly book group for lovers of high fantasy, hard science fiction, fable, far future, and all of the speculative fiction options. We meet online via Google Meet. Upcoming reads: Cascade Failure / LM Sagas (3/25) Ink Blood Sister Scribe / Emma Törzs (4/22) Bindle Punk Bruja / Desideria Mesa (5/27) Persephone Station / Stina [...]
Tuesday Toddler Time (2 years) Spring 2025 9:30-10:30 am, Tuesdays, Mar 11, 18, 25, Apr 1, 29 & May 6 Toddler Storytime is for children aged 2 years, and begins @ 9:30 AM. Registration is required. Our story times feature age-appropriate stories, songs, finger plays and art activities. Registration and confirmation required, sign up here: [...]
Clapp Memorial Library is offering a Stress Reduction Awareness course. The eight-week introductory course starts on Thursday, March 13 at 7 PM and runs every Thursday through May 1. The course is designed to teach and practice mindfulness-based skills. Mindfulness meditation skills teach us to be fully present in the moment and, when practiced regularly, [...]
Preschool Story Time (3-6 years) Spring 2025 9:30-10:30 am, Thursdays, Mar 13, 20, 27, Apr 3, May 1 & 8 Preschool Story Time is for ages 3-5 and begins @ 9:30 AM. Registration is required. Our story times feature age-appropriate stories, songs, finger plays and art activities. Registration and confirmation required, sign up here: https://forms.gle/mYromqYwNvYb2gpNA. [...]
The Woolies are a local fiber arts group who meet twice a week at the library to socialize and work on their various projects. Whether you're interested in knitting, crocheting, felting, weaving, embroidery, needle point, sewing, or another fiber art, you're welcome to join the fun.
Teens in grades 7-12 are invited to a movie night at the Clapp Memorial Library on Friday, March 28th from 6:00-8:45PM! Come dressed in pink or green and watch the movie about the wonderful witches of Oz based on the Tony-award winning Broadway musical! Popcorn and beverages will be provided. Register by emailing clapplibrarytab@gmail.com.
Magic: the Gathering Saturdays in March and April March 22nd, 29th, April 19th, 11 am to 1:30 pm April 26th, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm Come play Magic: the Gathering in the Activity Room. Bring your own deck (and mats and dice) or use one of our learning decks. Everyone is welcome, however players must [...]
The Woolies are a local fiber arts group who meet twice a week at the library to socialize and work on their various projects. Whether you're interested in knitting, crocheting, felting, weaving, embroidery, needle point, sewing, or another fiber art, you're welcome to join the fun.
Babytime Story time (3-12 mo) Spring 2025 9:00-9:45 AM, Mondays, Mar 10, 17, 24, 31, Apr 28 & May 5 Babytime is for ages 3 – 12 months and begins @ 9:00 AM. Registration is required. Our story times feature age-appropriate stories, songs, finger plays and art activities. Registration and confirmation required, sign up here: [...]
Monday Firststeps (12-24 months) Spring 2025 10:00-10:45 AM, Mondays, Mar 10, 17, 24, 31, Apr 28 & May 5 Firststeps is for ages 12 – 24 months and begins @ 10:00 AM. Registration is required. Our story times feature age-appropriate stories, songs, finger plays and art activities. Registration and confirmation required, sign up here: https://forms.gle/jdQiaTGikFYtMPVt7. [...]
The Clapp Memorial Library is kicking off National Poetry Month with Gather in Poems, a program reflecting on how sharing poems can create a sense of community. Based on Shelter in Poems, an event established by the Academy of American Poets during 2020, Gather in Poems will take place on the main floor of the [...]
Tuesday Toddler Time (2 years) Spring 2025 9:30-10:30 am, Tuesdays, Mar 11, 18, 25, Apr 1, 29 & May 6 Toddler Storytime is for children aged 2 years, and begins @ 9:30 AM. Registration is required. Our story times feature age-appropriate stories, songs, finger plays and art activities. Registration and confirmation required, sign up here: [...]
PROGRAM FULL The Clapp Memorial Library hosts a bi-weekly writing group for adults aged 18+. Whether you write romance, mystery, fantasy, non-fiction, poetry, children’s books, or screenplays, you’re welcome to join us! Come meet with other writers and share what you’ve been working on over the past month, work on your writing, and more. If [...]
Clapp Memorial Library is offering a Stress Reduction Awareness course. The eight-week introductory course starts on Thursday, March 13 at 7 PM and runs every Thursday through May 1. The course is designed to teach and practice mindfulness-based skills. Mindfulness meditation skills teach us to be fully present in the moment and, when practiced regularly, [...]
The library's What "YA" Readin'? Book Group, a group for adults who read Young Adult books, will meet on Thursday, April 3rd at 7:00PM to discuss The Boy Lost in the Maze by Joseph Coelho. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the circulation desk. New members are welcome! We meet on the [...]
Preschool Story Time (3-6 years) Spring 2025 9:30-10:30 am, Thursdays, Mar 13, 20, 27, Apr 3, May 1 & 8 Preschool Story Time is for ages 3-5 and begins @ 9:30 AM. Registration is required. Our story times feature age-appropriate stories, songs, finger plays and art activities. Registration and confirmation required, sign up here: https://forms.gle/mYromqYwNvYb2gpNA. [...]
The Woolies are a local fiber arts group who meet twice a week at the library to socialize and work on their various projects. Whether you're interested in knitting, crocheting, felting, weaving, embroidery, needle point, sewing, or another fiber art, you're welcome to join the fun.