Thursday Sunflowers Storytime (3-7 years) Summer 2026 9:30-10:30 AM, Thursday, July 9th - August 20th Storytime full. Please email jwhitehead@cwmars.org with any questions Children participate in stories, finger plays, songs, dancing, instrument play and crafts. Come spend some quality time with your child. We encourage all children to also register for Plant A Seed, Read!, [...]
The Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library are holding a one day sale featuring assorted puzzles, DVDs, and CDs! Check it out in the Activity Room on Saturday, August 22, 8:00AM to 1:30PM Everything is $1, cash only. We are not collecting items for this sale and are unable to store new donations of books, [...]
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! The September cookbook is Eat yourself healthy by Jamie Oliver. Registration & confirmation required. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/GeC7X91ZfwSLNQkMA
The Library will be closed in observation of Labor Day
Break out your dice and join us for a monthly game! Our current RPG campaign, Vaesen: The Lost Mountain Saga & Other Tales, is a dark Gothic setting steeped in Nordic folklore and the old myths of Scandinavia! Dive into mysteries where old struggles against the new, and myths come alive. Players can expect to [...]
Join us on September 8th at 7 p.m. at the Clapp Memorial Library in Belchertown, MA, for a special presentation of the new book No To Nuclear: Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress and Provokes War, with author Linda Pentz Gunter. The climate crisis is very clearly upon us. The nuclear power industry [...]
Bring a plant (or not!) to the library and swap it for a new one. The program takes place on the library lawn. Monthly on the third Tuesday of the month from May to September. This program is funded by the Belchertown & Around Plant Swap
Fall Foraging Walk, 4:30-5:30pm Gain greater food security by learning wild and feral edible and medicinal plants and fungi. On Wednesday, September 16 at 4:30pm using the Wallace Lake Sensory Trails, we will learn how to identify and prepare foods using common wild edibles that you can find near where you live. Join naturalist and [...]
Saturday, September 19: Upcycling Workshop 10-12pm Join Elena Wang, former sustainable fashion professor in an upcycling jam session! You’ll learn easy, no-sew upcycling tricks, including cropping, fabric painting, spray painting and dye techniques. Bring anything you rarely or never wear from your closet. Registration is not required but it helps us plan. Sign up here [...]
The Library will close at 4pm.