Library Closing: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2025
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesThe Library will be closed in observation of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
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Creative Art with Crayons
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesTuesday, January 21, 7PM Come and create Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night with crayons! Marie Tucker will lead you step by step to make their own beautiful work of art. All supplies provided. Please register in advance as space is limited, sign up here: https://forms.gle/n9KSJYjN5dXjRpEm8 This is an adult program. This program is made possible [...]
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Teen Crafternoon: DIY Mood Board
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesTeens in grades 7-12 are invited to the library’s Activity Room on Wednesday, January 22nd for a Teen Crafternoon from 4:00-5:00PM. Teens will create a 2025 “mood board” collage using magazines, photos, and scrapbooking materials. All materials will be provided. Teens should email [email protected] to register.
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Teen Advisory Board (Jan 2025)
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesThe Clapp Memorial Library’s Teen Advisory Board will meet Friday, January 24th from 4:30-5:30PM in the Teen Section of the library. TAB will decorate the Teen Section for winter and create a new sign for the space. TAB is a group of 7th-12th grade students who meet monthly during the school year to propose library [...]
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Aída O’Brien in Concert
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesAída O’Brien is an Americana and roots musician from Belchertown, Massachusetts. Her music is a blend of old time, indie rock, blues and country. In June of 2020, she released an EP called Girl in the Blue Dress, chronicles the unfolding of her gender transition spanning seven years of heartfelt songwriting. She has performed at [...]
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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 [email protected] with any questions.
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Wuthering Heights Book Group
Wuthering Heights Book Group
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesHave you ever wanted to take the time to discuss a novel in depth? In this six-session group, we will discuss the Gothic novel, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. The discussion will be introduced and facilitated by retired professor David Spector. After registration is confirmed, participants can pick up a copy of the novel to [...]
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Minding Midwinter Moods: Hygge for Adults
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesDo you get the blues as winter drags on? Are you itching for spring and resisting the cold months ahead? Have you been curious about hygge (pronounced HOO-GA), the Danish term for a sense of comfort, contentment, and pleasurable coziness? The Clapp Memorial Library's Ruthie Sterling invites you to “Minding Midwinter Moods: Hygge for Adults,” [...]
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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: The Three Body Problem / Cixin Liu (1/28) Witchmark / C.L. Polk (2/25) Cascade Failure / L.M. Sagas (3/25) Ink Blood Sister Scribe / Emma [...]
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Legacy with Cliff McCarthy
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesFor the first time, local historian Cliff McCarthy will speak publicly about his mixed-race family, telling the story of his grandfather’s “passing” over the color line, his accomplished family members, and describing how his family’s incredible story illuminates many aspects of African American history and the history of our nation – from Negro League baseball [...]