Program has been canceled, and will be rescheduled at a later date. Taylor Swift will never go out of Style! Have The Best Day at the library at this Diamond-Painting program for teens ages 12-18! Make your own Bejeweled Diamond-Painted Swiftie Eras bookmark! Space (and Eras) are limited so don’t wait a Fortnight! Email clapplibrarytab@gmail.com [...]
TREVOR will delight young and old from the moment he arrives on his stilts way up in the air at over 9' tall! The fun will begin with some really High-Fives... it will get the kids up in the air right from the start, too! The second half of the show will be games for [...]
Preschool Storytime (3-6 years) Summer 2025 9:30-10:30 am, Thursdays, Jul 10, 17, 24, 31, Aug 7 & 14 Preschool 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, sign up here: https://forms.gle/uMiU45Siq5qBZUgr8. Registration open [...]
PROGRAM FULL - to join waitlist, please email jwhitehead@cwmars.org Beyond Billy Goats: Wildlife Bridge STEM Challenge Presented by the Hitchcock Center for the Environment Three goats crossing a bridge? Sounds like a fairytale, but it's actually a great way to keep animals safe! Join a Hitchcock Center educator for this hands-on children's program. We'll read [...]
Have boxes of books you're looking to get out of the house? Load up the car and come by on Saturday, July 19th and Saturday August 16th for Drive By & Drop Off with the Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library. Volunteers will be in the Clapp Memorial Library parkin lot who will unload Books, [...]
Monday, August 18th, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Doors open at 5:45 PM All the children that complete Level Up at Your Library are invited to join the fun at our finale. The Toe Jam Band will perform in the Belchertown High School auditorium (subject to change). Following the show, everyone will go to the [...]
The Library will be closed in observation of Labor Day
Learn 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 [...]
The Clapp Memorial Library’s Teen Advisory Board will meet Friday, September 12th from 4:30-5:30PM in the library’s Activity Room for its first meeting of the 2025-2026 school year! TAB is a group of 7th-12th grade students who meet monthly during the school year to propose library programming for teens, provide input on teen services, volunteer, [...]
Friday, 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 [...]