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    A Narrative of Dwight Village in Belchertown, Part 2

    Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United States

    Michael Carolan returns for the second part of his narrative history of Dwight Village in Belchertown. Known as Logg-town, Hopetown, Dwight’s Station and Pansy Park, this narrowly-defined, eight-square-mile district has been subsumed historically into the larger community. The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher—the “most famous man in America”—gave his first sermon here. The hamlet was celebrated [...]

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    Free Food Friday

    Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United States

    Teens are invited to the library after school on the third Friday of the month for free snacks as they visit and use the library! Students must be in grades 7-12 and arrive between 2:00-3:30PM for a free snack, courtesy of the library, as supplies last.

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    Celebrate our Steinway with Stephen Page

    Join the Clapp Memorial Library on Friday, November 15 at 7pm at the Belchertown United Church of Christ for a Jazz Piano Concert by Stephen Page. The concert will be performed on the Library’s newly restored 1877 Steinway Grand Piano, which we are welcoming back to Belchertown! The piano restoration was made possible through a [...]

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    Novel Writing Month Write-In

    Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United States

    Join us at the library for a Novel Writing Month Write-in! Bring your laptop, notebook & pen, or even your typewriter and participate in some timed word sprints, where we’ll challenge ourselves to write as many words as we can. This event is for adults 18+. For more information, contact Annie: macona@cwmars.org

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    Maltese Falcon Book Group

    Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United States

    Have you ever wanted to take the time to discuss a novel in depth? In this six-session group we will discuss the classic detective novel The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett. The discussion will be introduced and facilitated by retired professor David Spector, who has some expertise on birds in literature. There are, indeed, birds, [...]

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    Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library Meeting

    Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United States

    All are invited to the The Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library Board Meeting in the Activity Room at 6:30pm. For information email friendsofclappmemoriallibrary@gmail.com http://www.friendsofclapplibrary.org/ ​The Friends of Clapp Memorial Library is a volunteer not-for-profit organization dedicated to raising monies to assist the Library beyond the ordinary scope of the Library’s budget to reach its [...]

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    Community Mosaics in Guatemala

    Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United States

    Cynthia Fisher has been making trips to Guatemala since 2013 creating community mosaic murals. Come learn how she got started and how a small lakeside town is filling up mosaics that represent the indigenous community and beautiful natural environment.

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    Clapp Critics

    Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United States

    Our fiction book club, Clapp Critics meets every 4th Monday of the Month. Email mmarszalek@cwmars.org with any questions.

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    SFF Book Club

    Virtual MA

    A 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 Naming Song / Jedediah Berry (1/27) The Children of Blood and Bone / Tomi Adeyemi (2/24) The Tainted Cup / Robert Jackson Bennett (3/24) [...]

  • Early Closing: Thanksgiving 2024

    Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United States

    The Library will close at 5pm in observation of the Thanksgiving holiday. Safe travels!