Library Closing: Labor Day 2025
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesThe Library will be closed in observation of Labor Day
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Genealogy Basics
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesLearn the basics of effective family research with Dave Robinson of Old Bones Genealogy of New England. Dave will introduce research strategies and best practices when exploring records and documents on ancestry.com, familysearch.org, and others. There will be a Q&A session at the end of the program. This program is funded by the Friends of [...]
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Cookbook Club (Sep 2025)
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesFriday, September 12, 6:30pm Do you like browsing cookbooks and trying new recipes? In the Cookbook Club, we each make a recipe from a cookbook and bring it for everyone to try. Taste, enjoy, and chat with your new cookbook friends! This month’s book is The Ikaria way by Diane Kochilas. Please register and choose [...]
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Shadow, Sound, Spectacle
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesA unique perspective on the works of Edgar Allen Poe, Mary Shelley, Washington Irving, Emily Dickinson and others is coming to the Clapp Memorial Library through the marriage of original music, shadow puppetry and cinematography and special effects. The group, known as Shadow, Sound, Spectacle, will be performing Literary Monsters on Saturday, September 13 at [...]
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Plant Swap
Plant Swap
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesBring a plant (or not!) to the library and swap it for a new one. 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
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Seed Saving: the Why & How
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesNo matter your level of gardening, saving seeds is easy. Some people save seeds to save money, while others selectively save seeds from favorite varieties to further a particular trait. Come learn some simple seed saving basics as well as resources to further your knowledge. Paulina Borrego, Wrangler of the Mass Aggie Seed Library at [...]
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The Flood: a One-Person Play by Jason Mellin
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesPart of Quabbin Days Join the Clapp Memorial Library on Friday, October 10th at 7pm when award-winning storyteller Jason Mellin presents “The Flood,” a one-person play blending personal narrative with historical reflection. Mellin, a director, poet, and performer, pulls from his own experience with bipolar disorder to connect the remarkable story of the drowned towns [...]
Library Closing: Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2025
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesThe Library will be closed in observation of Indigenous Peoples’ Day
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Clapp Critics
Clapp Critics
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesOur fiction book club, Clapp Critics meets every 4th Monday of the Month. Email mmarszalek@cwmars.org with any questions.
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SFF Book Club
SFF Book Club
Virtual MAA 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: Monstress (graphic novel) / Marjorie M. Liu (7/22) Six Wakes / Mur Lafferty (8/26) A Half-Built Garden / Ruthanna Emrys (9/23) Someone You Can Build [...]