Teen Book Club
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesPick up a copy of Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld at the Library. Then come talk about it. For grades 8-12.
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TAB Night
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesTeens grades 7-12 are invited to join the Teen Advisory Board for this monthly meeting and evening of fun.
Evergreen Database Maintence
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesEvergreen database maintence is planned for Monday, February 20th (President's Day). Evergreen will be down while we upgrade Postgres and the operating system on the database servers. This process will start early in the morning and we expect to be back online by mid-afternoon. All Evergreen services will unavailable while we upgrade the database. This [...]
Story time with MacDuffie’s Teen Authors
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesMeet students from the 11th grade at The MacDuffie School, a day and international college preparatory school in Granby, as they read illustrated children's books they wrote. Each book is inspired by a historical figure/writer they studied in class, designed for ages 4-9, and about modern-day issues. From 9:00 am to 9:30 am: Cocoa, The [...]
Lego Day
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesChildren ages 6 and up are invited to spend the morning creating with Lego. We will be doing our zip line challenge! We provide the bricks, you provide the imagination. Registration is required. All Lego pieces will stay at the Library but you can take a picture of your creation.
Hot Diggity Dog: Hot Stories for a Cold Winters Night!
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesCome by at 6:30 pm to visit with Frosty the Snowman and check out some cool books! At 7:00 pm, sit back, put your feet up, take off your coat and join Storyteller Rona Leventhal for a journey around the world and back with her back pocket full of multi-cultural stories! Rona Leventhal is one [...]
3-D & Robotics Makerspace Event
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesChildren ages 10 to 17 are invited to check out some cool new technology at the Clapp Memorial Library! Registration is required. See, learn and use some of the coolest new tech out there, such as a 3D Printer, 3D Design software, 3D Scanning, 3Doodler, Ozobots, Little Bits Electronics and Sphero. Participants will learn how to create 3D [...]
Teen Trivia and Movie Night
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesMore trivia fun happens from 7 pm to 8 pm. Watch Marvel's "Doctor Strange" at 8. Sign up for either event or both. For grades 7-12.
Four Seasons of the Quabbin
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesArea wildlife photographer, Dale Monette, shares his stories and photographs of the animals of Quabbin as they go about their daily routines throughout the four seasons. Monette has documented the thousands of hours he has spent on the Quabbin Reservoir watershed. From eagles and loons to otters, bear, moose and more, it’s all been captured on [...]
Author Talk and Reading: Ed Orzechowski author of “You’ll Like it Here”
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesEd Orzechowski will discuss and read from his new book "You'll Like it Here: Donald Vitkus-- Belchertown Patient #3394". Donald Vitkus was given up for adoption at 27 days old. After bouncing between foster homes, he was sent to the Belchertown State School at age 6. Labeled a “moron”, he was not allowed to leave [...]