Bring a plant (or not!) to the library and swap it for a new one. The program takes place on the library lawn. Monthly on the third Tuesday of the month from May to September. This program is funded by the Belchertown & Around Plant Swap
Fall Foraging Walk, 4:30-5:30pm Gain greater food security by learning wild and feral edible and medicinal plants and fungi. On Wednesday, September 16 at 4:30pm using the Wallace Lake Sensory Trails, we will learn how to identify and prepare foods using common wild edibles that you can find near where you live. Join naturalist and [...]
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 you are [...]
Saturday, September 19: Upcycling Workshop 11-1pm Join Elena Wang, former sustainable fashion professor in an upcycling jam session! You’ll learn easy, no-sew upcycling tricks, including cropping, fabric painting, spray painting and dye techniques. Bring anything you rarely or never wear from your closet. Registration is not required but it helps us plan. Sign up here [...]
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: A Letter to the Luminous Deep / Sylvie Cathrall (8/25) Kaiju Preservation Society / John Scalzi (9/22) Of Monsters and Mainframes / Barbara Truelove (10/27) [...]
Learn about no-cost Home Energy Assessments (HEAs) and other MassSave benefits for homeowners and renters. The goal of these assessments is to make residents’ homes safer, healthier, and more comfortable, while identifying ways to lower energy consumption, carbon emissions, and utility bill costs. There will be a table with resources and representatives of HomeWorks Energy [...]
Mondays, 3PM - 9/28, 10/5, 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9 Learn computer basics or polish up your computer skills at the Clapp Memorial Library! This fall we’re partnering with Tech Foundry to offer a weekly series of computer basics classes and drop in tech-support on Mondays, September 28th-November 9th. There will be no class on October [...]
Mondays, 3PM - 9/28, 10/5, 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9 Have computer questions? Keep running into dead ends? Stop in at the Clapp Memorial Library Activity Room on Mondays this fall between 4-5PM for help with your computer troubles. Tech Foundry is also offering a series of computer basics classes immediately preceding these drop in tech [...]
Our fiction book club, Clapp Critics meets every 4th Monday of the 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, October 1 at 7 PM and runs every Thursday through November 19. 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, [...]