Clapp Memorial Library

Sourdough Workshop
2026-07-17 16:30 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
Program Full & Wait List Full
Join Amanda of Morning Glory Bread to learn how to make sourdough bread using a basic and intuitive approach. You will learn simple strategies for maintaining a sourdough starter, a straightforward method for mixing and working with dough, and various methods to bake your own sourdough bread. All attendees leave the class with bread dough ready to proof and bake, a jar of starter, and a freshly baked loaf of bread. No prior experience required!
Registration required, program full.
This program is funded by the Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library.

Comic Workshop with Jarrett J Krosoczka
2026-07-30 18:00 - 19:00 | Town Hall Auditorium, 1 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
July 30th at 6PM in the Town Hall Auditorium!
Join us at the Town Hall auditorium for an engaging live webinar with New York Times-bestselling graphic novelist Jarrett J. Krosoczka! Learn how to make comics and collaborate live with JJK to create characters and get a look around his art studio! This program is for ages 7 and up. No registration required but students must be registered for either our children’s or teen’s summer reading program.
Funded by the Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library and our Community Sponsors.

Ukulele Play Along (Virtual Event)
2026-08-03 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-09-07 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-10-05 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-11-02 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-12-07 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual, MA
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 worry about how you sound!
To join, email Julie Stepanek (julie@musicjulie.com) for the Zoom link and to receive the songs for the program. Don’t have a Ukulele? Don’t worry – you can borrow one from us!

Sweet Seeds of Summer Drawing Series
2026-08-04 16:30 - 18:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
Come explore using the basic elements of art (with a focus on line, shape, value) to learn to draw some summer fruits and their seeds! Each class is seeded with sketching, story, and the juicy goodness of summer fruits. We will slurp up some tasty stories as we read a book that celebrates each fruit we draw.
These are introductory, instructional drawing classes for kids 7 to 11 to be held in the Clapp Memorial Library’s Activity Room. During the class, we will work out our drawing muscles and draw the fruit from what we know. Then learn to draw what we see. Completed artwork from the first two classes will be put on display at the Library during the month of August.
Registration required. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/1YTr4WEsPwa5szkk9
Thursday June 25th – Tart Art – Let’s Draw a Lemon
Monday, July 13th – Sweet Sketches – Let’s Draw a Watermelon
Tuesday, August 4th – Peaches, Peaches, Peaches – Let’s Draw a Peach

Fall Foraging Walk
2026-09-16 16:30 - 17:30 | Foley Field, 66 State Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
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 wild edibles enthusiast Arianna Alexsandra Collins of Offerings for Community Building on our foraging walk. She will discuss flora and fungi characteristics for proper identification as well as meal and medicinal preparation. Trailside nibbling during this 1-hour walkabout is encouraged.
Registration is required; sign up here: https://forms.gle/EUBcUDVYge1g2Wso8
All ages welcome. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
The Lake Wallace Sensory Trail is located at 70 State Street, behind the Police and Recreation Departments buildings.
Sponsored by the Friends of Clapp Memorial Library.

Upcycling Workshop
2026-09-19 11:00 - 13:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
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 to let us know if you plan to attend: https://forms.gle/j8Fn9e1ntQZS3svd7
This program is funded by the Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library.

Computer Classes with Tech Foundry
2026-09-28 15:00 - 16:00, 2026-10-05 15:00 - 16:00, 2026-10-19 15:00 - 16:00, 2026-10-26 15:00 - 16:00, 2026-11-02 15:00 - 16:00, 2026-11-09 15:00 - 16:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
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 12th in observation of Indigenous People’s Day. Computer Basics classes run from 3-4 in our Activity Room, with Drop-In Tech Support immediately following from 4-5!

9/28: Computer Basics
10/5: Computer Maintenance
10/19: Online Safety Basics
10/26: Avoiding Misinformation
11/2: Career Search Skills
11/9: LinkedIn Basics

Sign up for any or all of the computer classes here: https://forms.gle/qhUhSTFwJicZvsFLA

Drop-in Tech Support with Tech Foundry
2026-09-28 16:00 - 17:00, 2026-10-05 16:00 - 17:00, 2026-10-19 16:00 - 17:00, 2026-10-26 16:00 - 17:00, 2026-11-02 16:00 - 17:00, 2026-11-09 16:00 - 17:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
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 support sessions. Read more about the class series here.

Mindfulness Meditation
2026-10-01 19:00 - 20:15, 2026-10-08 19:00 - 20:15, 2026-10-15 19:00 - 20:15, 2026-10-22 19:00 - 20:15, 2026-10-29 19:00 - 20:15, 2026-11-05 19:00 - 20:15, 2026-11-12 19:00 - 20:15, 2026-11-19 19:00 - 20:15 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
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, help decrease stress levels and improve general well-being and health. Skills covered in the course are gentle and free of judgment. Because each session of this course builds on the previous week, we ask that you register only if you are able to attend all sessions. Sessions will take place on the main library floor.
Registration required, sign up here: https://forms.gle/p86MRBhwWEEePnet6
If you have any questions, please email clapp@cwmars.org
This course will be taught by Magda Bechar, a retired nursing professor who has taught mindfulness meditation skills to many groups, including at the Clapp Memorial Library, for many years.
