Join the Clapp Memorial Library on our beautiful Common for an evening of fun with live music and food trucks. We will have crafts and activities for all to enjoy. This event is part of our Summer Reading Program and attending is worth a Kids SRP Raffle Ticket! Make sure to sign your child up [...]
Our fiction book club, Clapp Critics meets every 4th Monday of the Month. Book Club members should email [email protected] for meeting details. Clapp Critics is currently full. Please note, our the November meeting is on 11/20 not 11/27!
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: To Shape a Dragon's Breath / Moniquill Blackgoose (11/26) The Three Body Problem / Cixin Liu (1/28) Witchmark / C.L. Polk (2/25) Cascade Failure / [...]
The Clapp Memorial Library has started a book club for teens entering grades 7-12! This Teen Book Club is in conjunction with the MA Teen Choice Book Awards (MTCBA), the only book award in the state selected by teens. Each month teens will read and meet to discuss one book from the nominee list. On [...]
Virtual Event - click here to sign up! Join author Milo Todd on Zoom as he discusses the Stonewall Rebellion, a grassroots movement that sparked LGBTQ+ rights across the country. What happened during the multi-night rebellion around the Stonewall Inn in June of 1969? What was the first thing thrown and who threw it? Who [...]
Thursday, June 27, 7pm Smell your flowers, and eat them too! Learn about the many types and uses of edible flowers in this class hosted by Lindsey Baird of Oak & Ash Farm. Lindsey will go over which varieties and parts of flowers are edible, and then teach you how best to enjoy them. You’ll [...]
The Library will be closed in observation of Independence Day
9:00-9:45 AM, Mondays, July 8, 15, 22, 29, August 5 & 12 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. Registration open until all slots are filled. If the program is [...]
Monday Firststeps (12-24 months) Spring 2024 10:00-10:45 AM, Mondays, July 8, 15, 22, 29, August 5 & 12 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. Registration open until all slots [...]
On Monday, July 8th at 6:30pm, come to the Clapp Memorial Library for a presentation by Cliff McCarthy, Stone House Museum archivist and author/editor of several books on Belchertown’s history. “The Rescue of Angeline Palmer” is the true story of a free-born, African American girl who was nearly kidnapped and sold into slavery in the [...]
