Library Closing: Belchertown Fair 2025
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, United StatesThe Library will be closed during the Belchertown Fair
The Library will be closed during the Belchertown Fair
On Tuesday, September 23 from 6:30-8:30pm, the Clapp Memorial Library will be hosting Handwriting the Constitution as a culminating event for Constitution Week. The library will provide copies of the Constitution to participants and a variety of paper, pens, and other art supplies will be available for people to use. Handwriting the Constitution is a [...]
The Clapp Memorial Library has a book club for teens in grades 7-12! This Teen Book Club is in conjunction with the MA Teen Choice Book Awards (MTCBA), the only book award in the state selected by teens. Each month teens will read and meet to discuss one book from the nominee list. On Wednesday, [...]
Join local vocalist, Keir White, for a special program of love songs and standards from artists such as Billy Joel, Josh Groban, Nat King Cole, and Elton John. Keir enjoys singing and sharing uplifting and inspirational music. This program is funded by the Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library.
Teens in grades 7-12 are invited to the library on Wednesday, October 8th, a BPS early release day, for Drama 101, a teen program for drama and theater enthusiasts and those looking to try their hand at acting for the first time! From 2:00-3:00PM, the library’s Teen Services Coordinator (a former theater kid herself) will [...]
Free Food Fridays are back! Teens are invited to the library after school on the second Friday of the month October-December for free snacks as they visit and use the library! Students must be in grades 7-12 and arrive between 2:00-3:30PM for a free snack, courtesy of the library, as supplies last. This program is [...]
Part of Quabbin Days Join the Clapp Memorial Library on Friday, October 10th at 7pm when award-winning storyteller Jason Mellin presents “The Flood,” a one-person play blending personal narrative with historical reflection. Mellin, a director, poet, and performer, pulls from his own experience with bipolar disorder to connect the remarkable story of the drowned towns [...]
The Library will be closed in observation of Indigenous Peoples’ Day
The Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library Book Sale Monday: 4:00-8:00pm Members Night – memberships available at the door Tuesday-Friday: 10:00am-8:00pm Saturday: 9:00am-3:00pm The Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library Book Sale accepts cash, check, and credit card. Want to join the Friends? The Friends meet every third Thursday of the month at 6:30PM!
Celebrate Taylor Swift’s new album at the library’s Taylor Swift Diamond-Painting program for teens in grades 7-12! Make your own *bejeweled* Diamond-Painted Swiftie Eras bookmark as we listen to Swift’s “The Life of a Showgirl” at the library on Saturday, October 18th from 2:00-3:30PM! Space (and Eras) are limited so don’t wait a *fortnight*! Email [...]