Spend the morning creating with Lego. We'll provide the bricks, you provide the imagination. Ages 6 & up. Registration required. All Lego pieces will stay at the Library, you are invited to take a picture of your creation.
Join us to give old books a new life! The Clapp Memorial Library is hosting a book art workshop on Wednesday, April 17th from 5:30-6:30PM downstairs in the CAR. We'll be taking weathered books and transforming them into beautiful sculptures, wall paintings, and other pieces of art, which you're welcome to take home with you [...]
A brief Teen Advisory Board meeting after the Book Art Workshop! Stick around and tell us what you want to see for future library programs!
An auditioned group from the larger Pioneer Valley Symphony Chorus under the direction of Greg Brown, performing works from the Renaissance to the current day. Featuring pieces by John Dowland, Thomas Tallis, Giuseppe Pitoni, Thomas Weelkes, Orlando diLasso, Samuel Barber, and others.
Get ready for spring and with Jana Milbocker, author of the Garden Tourist! In this armchair tour of some the best public gardens and hidden gems of the Northeast you will learn about each garden’s history, horticultural highlights and special events that will inspire you to plan your own visit!
Registration required, please visit the Circulation desk to sign-up. Ages 18+ Bring your story to life with pictures that lift off the page! Learn the basic skills of pop-up engineering and make a small pop-up book. All supplies provided. Workshop leader Jeannie Hunt is a book artist and illustrator.
Music with Pop (infants – age 5) 10:00 am, Wednesdays, March 27, April 3rd, 24th, May 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th Music in the morning! Sign-up online and join us for Music with Pop Hooten. Spaces will be filled first by children who reside within Belchertown. Funded by the Friends of the Clapp Memorial [...]
A fun educational activity for families. Follow the signs featuring a children’s picture book around the Library lawn. 4/26-5/4, weather allowing!
A relaxing evening of creative writing (and snacks)! Whether you've been writing for years or only just begun, you're invited to share your work, talk to other writers about things such as plot, technique, and characters, and - of course - have dedicated time to work on your writing. Poets, novelists, short story authors, playwrights, [...]
Kicking off Belchertown Art Week! The Sugarloaf String Band explores traditional cowboy music from the 1800's and 1900's. Hit the trail with "Ghost Riders," "Cool Water," "Old Cowhand from Rio Grande" and more.