Come to the library for a night of Massachusetts based paranormal mystery and exploration with Tim Weisberg! Ghosts of the Bridgewater Triangle: How a paranormal vortex in southern New England has captured the imagination of the world through stories of ghosts, UFOs, cryptids, and true crime. Includes real-life ghost stories and ghostly voices captured in [...]
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The Clapp Memorial Library will be having a free outdoor Pumpkin-Carving program for teens in grades 7-12 on Wednesday, October 30th from 3:30-4:30PM. Registration for this program is required, and teens can sign up at the library or by emailing clapplibrarytab@gmail.com. In the event of rain, this program will be moved inside to the library’s [...]
Always wanted to learn how to can foods but aren’t sure where to start? Well Lindsey Baird of Oak & Ash Farm is here you teach you that you can, can! Using the USDA guidelines for safe canning, Lindsey will teach you the basic rules and simple tips and tricks. Maybe you want to preserve [...]
Celebrate International Games Month at the library! Patrons of all ages are invited to the library’s Games Day on Friday, November 8th, from 2:30-5:30PM. Drop in and play a board game or two, roll some dice and try a RPG with Tegan, maybe even learn to play Magic: the Gathering, Disney Lorcana, or Pokemon TCG [...]
The Clapp Memorial Library’s Teen Advisory Board will meet Friday, November 8th from 4:30-5:30PM in the upstairs of the library to celebrate Games Day! Board games and snacks will be provided for attendees. TAB is a group of 7th-12th grade students who meet monthly during the school year to propose library programming for teens, provide [...]
The Clapp Memorial Library is hosting a Teen Trivia Night on Friday, November 8th at 6:00PM. Test your knowledge on everything from pop culture, to worldwide holidays, to the oceans and the universe! The winner will receive the choice to pick between a Barnes & Noble and a Friends of the Library Book Sale gift [...]
The Library will be closed in observation of Veterans' Day
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, [...]
Do you get the winter blues when the clocks change? Are you interested in learning self-care strategies for the winter months? Have you been curious about hygge (pronounced HOO-GA), the Danish term for a sense of comfort, contentment, and pleasurable coziness? Teens in grades 7-12 are invited to the library’s Activity Room on Wednesday, November [...]
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 [...]