Library Closing: Independence Day 2026
The Library will be closed in observation of Independence Day
The Library will be closed in observation of Independence Day
Join us to create your own zen masterpiece with crayons! All experience levels welcome. Marie Tucker will lead you step by step to make your own beautiful work of art. Registration required. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/mNY9SWHF3niWJhv78 Celebrate Summer Reading with us! Sign up at clapplibrary.beanstack.com or via the Beanstack app. This program is funded by [...]
Are you ready to puzzle? Sign up in a team of two for a speed puzzling competition where pairs of contestants race to finish a 500 piece puzzle. The 1st place finishers receive a puzzle. Registration required - sign your team up here for our July 8th Puzzle Competition: https://forms.gle/eDR9wxHVh4g5GquF7 The puzzles for this program [...]
Join us at 6PM on in the Town Hall Auditorium for an interactive show with local author, Dorothy Cresswell. Through songs and stories, children will learn about animals and be part of discussions about diversity, welcoming one and all, and recognizing the wonder in the world. https://youtu.be/RHdttS_NuSo?si=O89N5gOuLR-nRNQm Following the show, the Odyssey Bookshop will [...]
Join author Michael Parzymieso at the Clapp Memorial Library on Wednesday, July 8 at 7pm for a discussion of the places and people around Belchertown and the Quabbin that inspired the supernatural thriller, The Dale. This year, he will be doing a reading of the sequel to The Dale. Afterglow is set five years after [...]
Friday, July 10th from 3:00-4:30PM in Town Hall Auditorium Teens ages 12-18 are invited to the library’s fifth annual Summer Reading Bingo program on Friday, July 10th from 3:00-4:30PM. Teens will play bingo for the chance to win big prizes like gift cards, signed books and swag, puzzles, and more! All attendees will earn a [...]
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 July cookbook is Modern Comfort Food by Ina Garten Registration & confirmation required. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/SHmqKTd8ZDVmxr6h8
Saturday, July 11th, 9:00 AM Ages 4-11 Join us to investigate fascinating creatures and critters in Lake Wallace. Local biologists/parents, Caralyn Zehnder and Will Duncan, will show us the life cycles of aquatic invertebrates like dragonflies and damselflies and sample the lake to see what we can find. Lake Wallace is located behind the police [...]
Wednesday, July 15th from 4:00-5:30PM Teens and their adult loved ones are invited to the library on Wednesday, July 15th from 4:00-5:00PM for an Intergenerational Stitched Journal Workshop with Lisa Hersey of Antler Editions! At this beginner class, participants will make two blank journals with pockets in the back. Materials, tools, and instruction will be [...]
Talking Hands Theatre, a woman-owned puppet company based in Shutesbury, brings you this musical tabletop show featuring brightly colored dinosaurs. Meet different kinds of dinosaurs from the Jurassic Era, and find out what the dinosaurs plan to do about that big carnivore, Allosaurus, who is pushing everyone around! No registration required. Children should be registered [...]