What did people do all day without computers, phones, and tablets? How did people copy a poem in Ancient Asia? How did we decorate our clothes in the past? Come get hands-on with history with Castle Nitor. Learn about daily life and try a few crafts. We often think of the past as a foreign [...]
Registration Required - click here to sign up. Can you braid a 10-strand braid? Finger loop braiding goes back 2500 years or more, and there are texts from different periods with unique techniques and patterns. Come get hands-on with history with Castle Nitor. We will show you the fundamental techniques as you create your own [...]
Registration Required - click here to sign up Was the Iron Age dull and drab? Certainly NOT! Learn a simple no loom required weaving technique that has been used for centuries to create beautiful trims, belts, and more. Come get hands-on with history with Castle Nitor. Learn how to set up and weave using tablets [...]
Registration Required - click here to sign up Are you curious about mail armor? Mail dates back to the 5th century BC in texts and is still used today to protect people from cuts. Throughout history and today, mail is used as decoration. Come get hands-on with history with Castle Nitor. Learn how to make [...]
REGISTRATION REQUIRED - Click here to sign up. Join the Clapp Memorial Library on Saturday, October 21 from 2 – 4p.m., when we welcome Kim Larkin of Klassic Kreations for a tea and chocolate workshop & tasting. This is an educational talk highlighting the history and health benefits of tea and dark chocolate (cacao) with [...]
Come join film historian Frank Mandosa at the Clapp Memorial Library on Thursday, October 26 as he shows us the fascinating history of horror films on the big screen - just in time for Halloween! You will view all kinds of spooky and outrageous bits from great scary films through the ages in this fun [...]
Registration Required - click here to sign-up Potato decorating your clothing? YES! Block printing is a fun way to decorate paper, fabric, and any flat surface. Block printing is a craft thought to be thousands of years old. Come get hands-on with history with Castle Nitor. Learn how to make your own block from a [...]
Join local author Leslie Franks for a talk about her newly released book, Stone Medicine: a Chinese medical guide to healing with gems and minerals. She’ll be taking a look at how crystals and stones are used in healing Body, Mind, and Spirit, from both a Chinese medical and a western mineralogical perspective. Leslie Franks [...]
Join Youth Services Librarian, Jennifer Whitehead, at the DCR Les and Terry Campbell Quabbin Visitor Center for some fun with photography. This event is for families with preschool to 4th grade students. We will meet as a group at noon on Sunday, February 11th. After a brief discussion where we'll share ideas on where and [...]
The Clapp Memorial Library is offering a Beginner Photography Workshop for students in grades 5-12 on Sunday, February 11th at 1:00PM. This program will take place at the Les and Terry Campbell Quabbin Visitor’s Center. Learn basic nature photography (landscape and wildlife) from local photographer Ed Comeau who will present on different topics like photography [...]
