Celebrate the kickoff of the Teen Summer Reading Program with a Teen Pizza & Movie Night on Friday, June 27th at 6:00PM! Pizza, popcorn, and drinks will be provided for free as the library hosts a showing of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle! Pizza will come from Antonio’s, which placed highly in both categories at [...]
At Farmers Market on the Town Common Come meet live ducks and learn about their diet, habitat, behavior and more. Duckworld Rescue at Ripley Farm will bring ducks and give children a chance to hold them and watch them swim. And the Belchertown Fire Department will be visiting with a truck for kids to explore. [...]
Grab your popcorn for this program series! Mondays in June we’re showing a series of films for Pride Month in our Activity Room! Features include a black & white classic, a teen coming of age, a cross country drive, and a documentary. Snacks provided, no registration required. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995), [...]
Come out to play with the Wendell Warriors drumming ensemble and their leader Jafar Manselle! Jafar and his performance group will first perform and discuss the history of the rhythms and their meanings as used for village celebrations. He will then demonstrate the basic hand placements used to create the tones and participants will get [...]
The Clapp Memorial Library and the Belchertown Creative Economy Committee invite you to the ViewFinder Nature Photography contest exhibit reception and awards ceremony on Tuesday, July 1st from 6-7pm The winning photographs will be exhibited at the Library throughout the month of July and announced publicly in June, and viewable on the Library website. The [...]
PROGRAM FULL The Clapp Memorial Library hosts a bi-weekly writing group for adults aged 18+. Whether you write romance, mystery, fantasy, non-fiction, poetry, children’s books, or screenplays, you’re welcome to join us! Come meet with other writers and share what you’ve been working on over the past month, work on your writing, and more. If [...]
The library's What "YA" Readin'? Book Group, a group for adults who read Young Adult books, will meet on Thursday, June 5th at 7:00PM to discuss Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the circulation desk. New members are welcome!
The Library will be closed in observation of Independence Day
Babytime Story time (3-12 mo) Summer 2025 9:00-9:45 AM, Mondays, Jul 7, 14, 21, 28, Aug 4 & 11 Babytime is for ages 3 – 12 months and begins @ 9:00 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/fkMk9ovQtvXjEUSw7. [...]
Monday Firststeps (13-24 months) Spring 2025 10:00-10:45 AM, Mondays, Jul 7, 14, 21, 28, Aug 4 & 11 Firststeps is for ages 12 – 24 months and begins @ 10:00 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/pyy9xjVYx6zcUBR57. Registration [...]
