Wednesday, August 9th at 6 pm on the Library lawn (Town Hall auditorium if rain) Singing dancing and fun for all agat the library with Ann Marie Messbauer and Jacques "Pop" Hooten This event is part of our Summer Reading Program and attending is worth a Kids SRP Raffle Ticket! Make sure to sign your [...]
STORYTIME FULL WITH WAITLIST. Raising Readers Story Time (3-6 years) Summer 2023 9:30-10:30 am, Thursdays, July 13, 20, 27, August 3, 10, 17 Raising Readers Story Time is for ages 3-6 and begins @ 9:30 AM. Registration is required. Our story times feature age-appropriate stories, songs, finger plays and art activities. Registration and confirmation required, [...]
Celebrate the end of the Teen Summer Reading Program by picking out a free teen book to keep for good! The Clapp Memorial Library is having “Free Teen Book Hours” on August 2nd from 3:00-4:00PM and August 11th from 5:00-6:00PM. A table with bins of books will be set up outside the side door of [...]
The Friends of the Library are collecting donations for their Fall Book Sale! Clearing your shelves? Have boxes of books that need a home? Load your car up and drive up on Saturday, July 15th or Saturday, August 12th, from 9am-12PM. Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library will be on hand to unload any book [...]
Visit the Clapp Memorial Library for the public premiere of the documentary "The Muddy Ground of Fences that Kept Me," a documentary on the Belchertown State Schools. The documentary was created by local high school seniors Nora Dyer-Murphy and Ori Sussman and features local author and historian Kate Anderson. A Q&A will follow.
Open to kids ages 10-12 If you love reading, hanging out with friends, and crafting, this is the group for you. Beyond the Book Club meetings are hosted by Jennifer Whitehead and Camryn Scoon. During the school year, bus 18 is available for students to ride to the library, but they need to bring a [...]
Teens are invited for free pizza and tie-dye at the Teen Summer Reading Finale Party at the Clapp Memorial Library on Wednesday, August 16th! Pizza will be served at 5:30PM in the library's Activity Room. At 6:00PM, the winners of the Teen Summer Reading prizes will be announced after which the Party will move outside [...]
PROGRAM FULL 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 [...]
All are invited to the The Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library Board Meeting in the Activity Room at 6:30pm. For information email friendsofclappmemoriallibrary@gmail.com http://www.friendsofclapplibrary.org/ The Friends of Clapp Memorial Library is a volunteer not-for-profit organization dedicated to raising monies to assist the Library beyond the ordinary scope of the Library’s budget to reach its [...]
There will be a Taylor Swift Appreciation Party for teens ages 12-18 at the Clapp Memorial Library on Friday, August 18th from 6:00-7:00PM. Be fearless; come dressed in your best "eras" costume and compete in our Eras Costume Contest! Can I ask you a question? How well do you know all things Taylor Swift? Play [...]