Program is FULL. All new registrations will be added to a waitlist. 9:30-10:30 am, Thursdays, July 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th, Aug 4th & 11th Explorers Story time is for children ages 3 to 6, and begins @ 9:30 AM. Registration is required. Our story times feature age-appropriate stories, songs, finger plays and art activities. Program [...]
Teens entering grades 7-12 are invited to the library's first-ever Summer Reading Bingo program on Friday, August 12th at 6:00PM. Teens will play bingo for the chance to win awesome prizes like Wii U games, board games, gift cards, books, and more! All attendees will earn a raffle ticket for the Teen Summer Reading Program. Teens can [...]
By invite only! For children & families that have completed our Summer Reading Program. Entertainment by The ToeJam Band. Sponsored in part by Country Bank.
Teens entering grades 7-12 are invited to tie-dye their free summer reading shirts outside the Clapp Memorial Library on Friday, August 19th from 5:30-6:30PM. The program will take place on the library's lawn. Teens who did not sign up to receive a shirt may bring their own clean shirts to tie-dye. There will also be [...]
A monthly book group for lovers of high fantasy, hard science fiction, fable, far future, and all of the speculative fiction options. We are currently meeting virtually on the 4th Tuesday of the month at 6PM. Upcoming Meetings: July 26th - Light from Uncommon Stars - Ryka Aoki August 23rd - A Memory Called Empire [...]
The Friend of the Library are hosting a one-day $1 DVD & Music CD Sale on August 27th, from 8am-3PM in the Library parking lot!
The Library will be closed in observation of Labor Day
Wednesday, September 7 @ 7pm Author Tim Spofford joins us to talk about his new book, What the Children Told Us: The Untold Story of the Famous "Doll Test" and the Black Psychologists Who Changed the World. Spofford tells the story of the towering intellectual and emotional partnership between two Black scholars who highlighted the [...]
Saturday, September 10 @10:30am (Activity Room) Local author Lu Wanda Cheney joins us to talk about her new book, On Her Feet, which she wrote with her daughter, Ashley Cheney. When she was 14, Ashley jumped off a roof, thinking it would be fun, and suffered a permanent spinal cord injury. Her doctors tell her [...]
Wednesday, September 21 @ 7pm This program is an overview of the history of the Belchertown State School and its place in special education and the treatment of individuals with disabilities. Based on the Images of America: Belchertown State School book, Kate Anderson will present a collection of historical images and artifacts illustrating the evolution [...]