Fiber Arts with the Woolies
2025-06-14 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-06-21 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-06-28 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
The Woolies are a local fiber arts group who meet twice a week at the library to socialize and work on their various projects. Whether you’re interested in knitting, crocheting, felting, weaving, embroidery, needle point, sewing, or another fiber art, you’re welcome to join the fun.

Building Closed: Construction & Repair
2025-06-16 - 2025-06-18 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
The Clapp Memorial Library will be closed on Monday, June 16-Wednesday, June 18 due to safety concerns during installation of the stained glass window and new side entry. The Library will also be closed Thursday, June 19 in observance of
the Juneteenth Holiday.
Materials due while the building is closed will have their due dates automatically extended and items will remain on hold for an additional four days upon reopening.
The Pride Movie Matinee on June 16 will take place in the Town Hall Auditorium. The Belchertown & Around Plant Swap will still take place on June 17 on the library’s front lawn.

Pride Movie Matinee: Dracula’s Daughter
2025-06-16 15:00 - 16:30 | Lawrence Memorial Hall (Town Hall) Auditorium, Belchertown, 01007, United States
Location Update: Program will take place in the Town Hall Auditorium, due to safety concerns during installation of the stained glass window and new side entry in the Library.
Grab your popcorn for this program series! Mondays in June we’re showing a series of films for Pride Month! Features include a black & white classic, a teen coming of age, a cross country drive, and a documentary. Snacks provided, no registration required.
Dracula’s Daughter (1936), 69 min
Although Count Dracula was destroyed by Van Helsing (Edward Van Sloan), who is now being tried for his murder, Dracula’s daughter, the Countess Marya Zaleska (Gloria Holden), is still alive — and her father’s death has brought her no closer to eradicating her vampiric thirst for blood. When attempts to free herself of the disease fail, she turns to psychiatrist Dr. Garth (Otto Kruger) for assistance, but soon finds herself struggling with the desire to make him one of the undead as well.
Dracula’s Daughter was filmed under the constraints of the Motion Picture Production Code, also known as the Hays Code. From 1934 to 1968, the Hays code was a set of guidelines designed to regulate the moral content of Hollywood films and has left a lasting impression on the visual language and coding of American cinema. In order to meet approval under the Hays Code, Dracula’s Daughter went through script revisions, costuming changes, and film edits. The Hays Code was replaced in 1968 by motion-picture rating system still in use today.
Public performance rights provided through SWANK

Plant Swap
2025-06-17 18:00 - 19:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
Bring a plant (or not!) to the library and swap it for a new one. Program takes place on the library lawn. Monthly on the third Tuesday of the month from May to September.
This program is funded by the Belchertown & Around Plant Swap

Library Closing: Juneteenth 2025
2025-06-19 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
The Library will be closed in observation of Juneteenth

Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library Meeting
2025-06-19 18:30 - 19:30 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
All are invited to the The Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library Board Meeting in the Activity Room at 6:30pm. For information email friendsofclappmemoriallibrary@gmail.com
http://www.friendsofclapplibrary.org/
​The Friends of Clapp Memorial Library is a volunteer not-for-profit organization dedicated to raising monies to assist the Library beyond the ordinary scope of the Library’s budget to reach its potential in our community. The group’s additional purpose is to promote and maintain close relationships between the Library and the people it serves, to increase public awareness of Library resources, and to encourage community participation in Library activities.

Learn Computer Basics!
2025-06-20 12:00 - 13:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
Learn Computer Basics at the Clapp Memorial Library!
We’re partnering with Tech Foundry to offer a series of computer basics classes and drop in tech-support on alternating Fridays starting on April 25th and running through June 20th. Computer Basics classes run from 12-1 in our Activity Room, with Drop-In Tech Support available for everyone’s computer questions in the Main library from 1-2.
Sign up for all or just some of the classes by visiting the Circulation Desk or calling the library, 413-323-0417
Computer Basics (4/25)
This beginner workshop helps you get comfortable with computers, covering basic skills like using a mouse, keyboard, and navigating the internet. Gain the confidence to handle everyday tasks!
Internet Basics (5/9)
Conquer the internet in this beginner-friendly workshop! Learn to use search engines, browse websites, and explore the online world with confidence—no prior experience needed.
Email Basics (5/23)
Connect with friends and colleagues from across town or across the world. Learn the basics of using e-mail and use this powerful tool to your advantage.
6/6: Online Safety & Avoiding Misinformation
This workshop teaches online safety basics, including creating strong passwords, securing information, and avoiding scams. Learn how to protect your privacy and navigate the web safely, as well as learn how to spot red flags, fact-check, and navigate the web confidently, becoming a savvy and critical consumer of online information.
6/20: Social Media Basics
This beginner workshop covers using Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger to connect, share posts, and manage privacy—no experience needed.

Drop-In Tech Support
2025-06-20 13:00 - 14:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
We’re partnering with Tech Foundry to offer drop-in tech support on alternating Fridays starting April 25th through June 20th!
Bring in your computer questions and quandaries, and let the troubleshooting begin. Find our Tech Foundry expert on the main floor of the library from 1-2PM, no appointment needed.

Ask-a-Nurse
2025-06-20 14:00 - 15:30 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
Come and see the Public Health Nurse, Kirsten Krieger RN, BSN, Quabbin Health District! No appointments needed, no charge!

Blood pressure and blood sugar screening
Health and wellness education
Community resource connection
Harm Reduction resources
And more!

Food Truck Friday
2025-06-20 16:00 - 20:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
Join the Clapp Memorial Library on our beautiful Common for an evening of fun with live music and food trucks on June 20th, from 4-8PM. We will have crafts and activities for all to enjoy. Stop by to say hi and let us know if you need help registering for any of our summer reading programs.

Pride Movie Matinee: Kiki
2025-06-23 15:00 - 16:30 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
Grab your popcorn for this program series! Mondays in June we’re showing a series of films for Pride Month in our Activity Room! Features include a black & white classic, a teen coming of age, a cross country drive, and a documentary. Snacks provided, no registration required.
Kiki (2017), Documentary, Unrated, 1hr 33min
25 years after “Paris Is Burning” introduced the art of voguing to the world, Kiki revisits New York City’s thriving underground ballroom scene. It’s a larger-than-life world in which LGBTQ youths of color are empowered by staging elaborate dance competitions. It’s also a safe haven for struggling, at-risk teens who find acceptance within the Kiki community. Going beyond the glamour of the balls highlights the serious challenges facing queer black and Latino youth.
Documentary is unrated, but contains discussions of difficult topics, lived experiences, and strong language.
Public performance rights provided through Kanopy

Teen Book Club (June 2025)
2025-06-25 15:00 - 16:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
The Clapp Memorial Library has started a book club for teens entering 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, June 25th from 3:00-4:00PM, teens will discuss I Will Never Leave You by Kara A. Kennedy. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the library’s circulation desk and on the Libby app. Snacks will be provided at the meeting. Email clapplibrarytab@gmail.com with any questions.

Drawstring Fabric Bag
2025-06-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
People have always needed a way to carry things along with them. There are many common shapes in bag design. Ultimately, the purpose is to help us carry our belongings with us easily.
Come get hands-on with history with Castle Nitor. Learn how to make your own Drawstring Bag. Our teachers will show you the fundamental techniques as you create your own piece of history. Learn the basics of hand sewing. We will have all the necessary supplies and tools for you to create a fun project. Enjoy a break in a different time!
This class is run by Allison, the Lady of Castle Nitor; she is a history lover who collects craft skills and loves teaching and creating a fun, relaxing environment for all. Castle Nitor helps people live fully by learning from historical daily life and bringing the arts of the past to life again.
Class is limited to 12 participants. Registration & confirmation required, sign up here: https://forms.gle/ura5YZD8kyDujb8y8
Sponsored by the Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library.
Celebrate Summer Reading with us! Sign up at clapplibrary.beanstack.com or via the Beanstack app.

Fiber Arts with the Woolies
2025-06-26 17:00 - 18:30, 2025-07-03 17:00 - 18:30 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
The Woolies are a local fiber arts group who meet weekly at the library to socialize and work on their various projects. Whether you’re interested in knitting, crocheting, felting, weaving, embroidery, needle point, sewing, or another fiber art, you’re welcome to join the fun.

Their Butt does WHAT?!??!
2025-06-27 10:00 - 11:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
June 27th, 10 AM – 11 AM
Town Hall Auditorium
Susie Maguire, from the Poop Museum returns with another educational, funny, and sometimes gross, science presentation. No registration required. Program is geared towards children ages 4 and up.
Not every animal has a butt, but for those that do, there is an almost infinite variety of ways in which their butts can surprise! Yes … there is a remarkable number of super powers built into the butts of the world! And we’re going to discover some true wonders!
In this program you’ll learn about …

an inflating butt
a deflating butt
a butt with it’s own chemical lab
butts that can grow eyes and a brain
butts that talk
butts that attack
butts that breath
and so many more!

We humans are endlessly curious, and the world of animals butts is full of crazy curiosities. So bring your curiosity and join Susie for another fun, funny and fearlessly fact filled program, delivered with her trademark blend of science and silliness.
Program is funded by Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library and our Community sponsors
This event is part of our Summer Reading Program and attending is worth a Kids SRP Raffle Ticket! Make sure to sign your child up for Summer Reading at clapplibrary.beanstack.com or via the Beanstack app.

SFF Book Club
2025-06-27 18:00 - 19:00 | Virtual, MA
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:

The Naming Song / Jedediah Berry (1/27)
The Children of Blood and Bone / Tomi Adeyemi (2/24)
The Tainted Cup / Robert Jackson Bennett (3/24)
Nettle & Bone / T. Kingfisher (4/28)
Stories of Your Life and Others / Ted Chiang (5/26)
The Last Hour Between Worlds / Melissa Caruso (6/23)

To sign-up or ask questions email Tegan at tmannino@cwmars.org

Teen Pizza & Movie Night
2025-06-27 18:00 - 20:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
Celebrate the kickoff of the Teen Summer Reading Program with a Teen Pizza & Movie Night on Friday, June 27th at 6:00PM! Pizza, popcorn, and drinks will be provided for free as the library hosts a showing of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle! Pizza will come from Antonio’s, which placed highly in both categories at last year’s Teen Pizza-Tasting Contest! Teens ages 12-18 are asked to call the library or email clapplibrarytab@gmail.com to register. All attendees will earn a raffle ticket for the Teen Summer Reading Program. This program is funded by the Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library.

Ducks & Trucks
2025-06-29 11:30 - 13:30 | MA
At Farmers Market on the Town Common
Come meet live ducks and learn about their diet, habitat, behavior and more. Duckworld Rescue at Ripley Farm will bring ducks and give children a chance to hold them and watch them swim. And the Belchertown Fire Department will be visiting with a truck for kids to explore.
This event is part of our Summer Reading Program and attending is worth a Kids SRP Raffle Ticket! Make sure to sign your child up for Summer Reading at clapplibrary.beanstack.com or via the Beanstack app.
Made possible by the Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library and our Community Sponsors

Pride Movie Matinee: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything
2025-06-30 15:00 - 16:30 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
Grab your popcorn for this program series! Mondays in June we’re showing a series of films for Pride Month in our Activity Room! Features include a black & white classic, a teen coming of age, a cross country drive, and a documentary. Snacks provided, no registration required.
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995), PG13, 108min
Three New York drag queens travel cross-country on their way to Hollywood, but a broken-down car strands them in a narrow-minded Midwestern town, where they share makeup tips with
the ladies and show the hostile men how to treat women right. Starring Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, and John Leguizamo.
Public performance rights provided through SWANK

West African Drumming Workshop
2025-06-30 18:00 - 19:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
Come out to play with the Wendell Warriors drumming ensemble and their leader Jafar Manselle! Jafar and his performance group will first perform and discuss the history of the rhythms and their meanings as used for village celebrations. He will then demonstrate the basic hand placements used to create the tones and participants will get to practice making the sounds. As a group, the ensemble and the participants will all play together and celebrate the day.
All the drums and percussion instruments will be provided, however if anyone has their own drum they can feel free to bring it.
All available drums have been claimed, but everyone is welcome to come and listen to the music. If you’d like to sign up for the waitlist for a drum, sign up here: https://forms.gle/2TkPV72UEjZ4xpa66
Celebrate Summer Reading with us! Sign up at clapplibrary.beanstack.com or via the Beanstack app.
This program is funded in part by a grant from the Belchertown Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

ViewFinder Exhibit Reception and Awards Ceremony
2025-07-01 18:00 - 19:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
The Clapp Memorial Library and the Belchertown Creative Economy Committee invite you to the ViewFinder Nature Photography contest exhibit reception and awards ceremony on Tuesday, July 1st from 6-7pm The winning photographs will be exhibited at the Library throughout the month of July and announced publicly in June, and viewable on the Library website. The exhibition opening will include an awards ceremony to acknowledge the creative achievements of our local photographers in capturing the beauty and natural diversity of Belchertown.
The ViewFinder program is funded in part by a grant from the Belchertown Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency. Additional funding is provided by the Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library.

Library Closing: Independence Day 2025
2025-07-04 - 2025-07-05 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
The Library will be closed in observation of Independence Day

Babytime Storytime (3-12 mo) Summer 2025
2025-07-07 09:00 - 09:45 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
Babytime Story time (3-12 mo) Summer 2025
9:00-9:45 AM, Mondays, Jul 7, 14, 21, 28, Aug 4 & 11
Babytime is for ages 3 – 12 months and begins @ 9:00 AM. Registration is required. Our story times feature age-appropriate stories, songs, finger plays and art activities.
Registration and confirmation required, sign up here: https://forms.gle/fkMk9ovQtvXjEUSw7. Registration open until all slots are filled.
If the program is full you will be placed on a wait list. Confirmations and program information will be sent out several days before the program starts.

First Steps Storytime (13-24 months) Summer 2025
2025-07-07 10:00 - 10:45 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
Monday Firststeps (13-24 months) Spring 2025
10:00-10:45 AM, Mondays, Jul 7, 14, 21, 28, Aug 4 & 11
Firststeps is for ages 12 – 24 months and begins @ 10:00 AM. Registration is required. Our story times feature age-appropriate stories, songs, finger plays and art activities.
Registration and confirmation required, sign up here: https://forms.gle/pyy9xjVYx6zcUBR57. Registration open until all slots are filled.
If the program is full you will be placed on a wait list. Confirmations and program information will be sent out several days before the program starts.

Summer Teen D&D
2025-07-07 16:00 - 17:30 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
Calling all Belchertown Teens for Summer D&D
Mondays, 4-5:30, July 7, 14, 21, & 28
Sign up to play in a Summer D&D campaign with GM Zia!
The scenario takes place in Bremen, the remote village and part of the area collectively known as ten towns, located in Icewind Dale. Icewind dale is ruled by Auril the frostmaiden, who keeps a spell over the area, so that the sun will never rise and winter will never end. To keep the ire of the frost maiden at bay, all the villages of ten towns must sacrifice something, the biggest towns sacrifice people, the others food, and the smallest (like Bremen) who have nothing else to spare sacrifice warmth.
When each of the adventurers was approached by a snow white great horned owl. The owl said that warmth was not enough, and neither was food, the thing that the frost maiden wanted was people. The adventurers have been tasked with finding a worthy sacrifice.
The adventurers is player driven (though they are given a objective) and mainly heist based, with politics or combat as well (depending on what players choose)
Space is limited! Sign up here: https://forms.gle/kJHYdpby9wHWssU16
Confirmations will be sent out to teens confirming enrollment or waitlist status.
Please email any questions to tmannino@cwmars.org

Ukulele Play Along (Virtual Event)
2025-07-07 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual, MA
Strum along with the Ukulele Play Along on the first Monday every month!
Grab your ukulele and play along – because playing your ukulele is more fun when you do it with others. We’ll be focusing on 3 and 4 chord songs, with lyrics and chords provided on screen. Participants will be muted, so don’t worry about how you sound!
To join, email Julie Stepanek (julie@musicjulie.com) for the Zoom link and to receive the songs for the program. Don’t have a Ukulele? Don’t worry – you can borrow one from us!

Toddler Time (2-3 year olds) Summer 2025
2025-07-08 09:30 - 10:30 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
Tuesday Toddler Time (2-3 years) Summer 2025
9:30-10:30 am, Tuesdays, Jul 8, 15, 22, 29, Aug 5 & 12
Toddler Storytime is for children aged 2 years, and begins @ 9:30 AM. Registration is required. Our story times feature age-appropriate stories, songs, finger plays and art activities.
Registration and confirmation required, sign up here: https://forms.gle/8nZpFboyZYt6PAG49. Registration open until all slots are filled. If the program is full you will be placed on a wait list. Confirmations and program information will be sent out several days before the program starts.
