Open to Kids going into 4th-6th Grade Read Diverse Books! Help Your Community! Make Bookish Friends! Join us at our next meeting to talk about this month's book, Ways to Make Sunshine by Renée Watson, and to decorate kindness rocks! The Beyond the Book Club meetings are hosted by Jennifer Whitehead (Head of Youth Services) [...]
Wed, July 27th 5:30-7:00PM Teens ages 12-18 are invited to a special Teen Write Night outside the Clapp Memorial Library! S'mores are included! No creative writing experience is necessary to attend this creative writing program. Teens who attend will earn an additional raffle ticket for the Teen Summer Reading Program. Email [email protected] or visit the [...]
Hosted by Clapp Memorial Library at the gym at Jabish Brook Middle School Frisbee Fun with two-time Freestyle Frisbee Champion, Todd Brodeur. Todd educates, entertains and motivates his audience with his captivating Frisbee show. He promotes staying active throughout your life by playing disc sports. He focuses on healthy lifestyles, creativity, flexibility and balance, all [...]
A musical program exploring some fun and funny campfire songs, chants and call and responses. All ages welcome Wednesday, August 3rd at 6 pm Bring chairs, sleeping bags or blankets to join the fun on the library lawn. If it rains, we move inside to the town hall auditorium.
Saturday, August 6 at 8pm Come to the Clapp this Saturday for a free evening of opera with McKenna Troy (soprano) and Ryan Nash (tenor). Having just returned from their international debut together in Novafeltria, Italy, they’re very excited to share the beautiful Italian music they fell in love with in the Belchertown community. Amidst [...]
Trap the Zhu Zhu - August 8th at 10:00 AM Come join real scientists as we use the engineering design process to create a trap to stop a moving 'animal'. Use your ingenuity, creativity, and reasoning skills to design a prototype trap and then re-design it to make it even better! Students ages 5-10 are [...]
Wednesday, August 10th at 6:00 pm Library Lawn (Town hall auditorium if rain) Come for a family comedy magic show with professional magician, balloon sculptor, and flea circus ring master Ed Popielarczyk.
Teens entering grades 7-12 are invited to the library's first-ever Summer Reading Bingo program on Friday, August 12th at 6:00PM. Teens will play bingo for the chance to win awesome prizes like Wii U games, board games, gift cards, books, and more! All attendees will earn a raffle ticket for the Teen Summer Reading Program. Teens can [...]
By invite only! For children & families that have completed our Summer Reading Program. Entertainment by The ToeJam Band. Sponsored in part by Country Bank.
Teens entering grades 7-12 are invited to tie-dye their free summer reading shirts outside the Clapp Memorial Library on Friday, August 19th from 5:30-6:30PM. The program will take place on the library's lawn. Teens who did not sign up to receive a shirt may bring their own clean shirts to tie-dye. There will also be [...]
