The Friends of Clapp Memorial Library announce that they will hold their annual meeting for this year at 7 PM on October 22, 2026, in the Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA 01007. The meeting will review actions from the past year, hold elections for Board members, and discuss plans for the [...]
Clapp Memorial Library is offering a Stress Reduction Awareness course. The eight-week introductory course starts on Thursday, October 1 at 7 PM and runs every Thursday through November 19. The course is designed to teach and practice mindfulness-based skills. Mindfulness meditation skills teach us to be fully present in the moment and, when practiced regularly, [...]
This magical Halloween performance with Tommy James will mystify you and have you laughing at the same time. Come experience a magic wand that takes on a life of its own, a haunted Jack-O-Lantern, Dracula’s skull, Frankenstein and much more spooky fun. This program is geared towards kids ages 4 to 12. Costumes are welcome [...]
Babytime Story Time (3-12 months) 9:00-9:45 AM, Mondays, Sep 28, Oct 4, 19, 26, Nov 2 & 9 Babytime is for ages 3 – 12 months and begins @ 9:00 AM. Registration & confirmation required, sign up here: https://forms.gle/YXbeBvYF9z7rfcff7. Our story times feature age-appropriate stories, songs, finger plays and art activities. If the program is [...]
First Steps Story Time (13-24 months) 10:00-10:45 AM, Mondays, Sep 28, Oct 4, 19, 26, Nov 2 & 9 First Steps is for ages 12 – 24 months and begins @ 10:00 AM. Registration & confirmation required, sign up here: https://forms.gle/JXUvanoTmZF814AH7. Our story times feature age-appropriate stories, songs, finger plays and art activities. If the [...]
Mondays, 3PM - 9/28, 10/5, 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9 Learn computer basics or polish up your computer skills at the Clapp Memorial Library! This fall we’re partnering with Tech Foundry to offer a weekly series of computer basics classes and drop in tech-support on Mondays, September 28th-November 9th. There will be no class on October [...]
Mondays, 3PM - 9/28, 10/5, 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9 Have computer questions? Keep running into dead ends? Stop in at the Clapp Memorial Library Activity Room on Mondays this fall between 4-5PM for help with your computer troubles. Tech Foundry is also offering a series of computer basics classes immediately preceding these drop in tech [...]
Our fiction book club, Clapp Critics meets every 4th Monday of the Month. Email mmarszalek@cwmars.org with any questions.
Tuesday Toddler Time (2-3 years) Fall 2026 9:30-10:30 am, Tuesdays, Sep 29, Oct 6, 20, 27, Nov 3 & 10 Toddler Time is for children 2-3 years old, and begins @ 9:30 AM. Registration & confirmation required, sign up here: https://forms.gle/zh6erS7Jieg18nai7. Our story times feature age-appropriate stories, songs, finger plays and art activities. If the [...]
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: A Letter to the Luminous Deep / Sylvie Cathrall (8/25) Kaiju Preservation Society / John Scalzi (9/22) Of Monsters and Mainframes / Barbara Truelove (10/27) [...]