Clapp Memorial Library

Mindfulness Meditation
2026-10-15 19:00 - 20:15, 2026-10-08 19:00 - 20:15, 2026-10-01 19:00 - 20:15 (America/New_York) | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
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, help decrease stress levels and improve general well-being and health. Skills covered in the course are gentle and free of judgment. Because each session of this course builds on the previous week, we ask that you register only if you are able to attend all sessions. Sessions will take place on the main library floor.
Registration required, sign up here: https://forms.gle/p86MRBhwWEEePnet6
If you have any questions, please email clapp@cwmars.org
This course will be taught by Magda Bechar, a retired nursing professor who has taught mindfulness meditation skills to many groups, including at the Clapp Memorial Library, for many years.

Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library Meeting
2026-10-15 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-09-17 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.

Fiber Arts with the Woolies
2026-10-15 17:00 - 18:30, 2026-10-08 17:00 - 18:30, 2026-10-01 17:00 - 18:30, 2026-09-24 17:00 - 18:30, 2026-09-17 17:00 - 18:30, 2026-09-10 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.

Anime & Manga Club
2026-10-14 16:00 - 17:00, 2026-09-09 16:00 - 17:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
The Clapp Memorial Library is hosting an Anime and Manga club for tweens and teens in grades 6-8! The club meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 4-5pm in the library’s Activity Room. During club meetings, we will watch 1-2 episodes of an anime, discuss manga, share artwork, eat snacks, and more! Registration is required–email macona@cwmars.org to sign up.

Wednesday Whodunnits
2026-10-14 14:00 - 15:00, 2026-09-09 14:00 - 15:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
Our Mystery Book Group is held on the second Wednesday of each month at 2:00 p.m. Join us as we discuss a different mystery novel each month. Copies of the current month’s pick available at the library. Email mmarszalek@cwmars.org with any questions.

Library Closing: Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2026
2026-10-12 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
The Library will be closed in observation of Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Clapp Writing Group
2026-10-07 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-09-16 18:00 - 19:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
The Clapp Memorial Library hosts a bi-weekly writing group for adults aged 18+. Whether you write romance, mystery, fantasy, non-fiction, poetry, children’s books, or screenplays, you’re welcome to join us! Come meet with other writers and share what you’ve been working on over the past month, work on your writing, and more. If you are interested, contact Annie at the library to sign up: macona@cwmars.org

Ukulele Play Along (Virtual Event)
2026-10-05 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!

Drop-in Tech Support with Tech Foundry
2026-10-05 16:00 - 17:00, 2026-09-28 16:00 - 17:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
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 support sessions. Read more about the class series here.

Computer Classes with Tech Foundry
2026-10-05 15:00 - 16:00, 2026-09-28 15:00 - 16:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
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 12th in observation of Indigenous People’s Day. Computer Basics classes run from 3-4 in our Activity Room, with Drop-In Tech Support immediately following from 4-5!

9/28: Computer Basics
10/5: Computer Maintenance
10/19: Online Safety Basics
10/26: Avoiding Misinformation
11/2: Career Search Skills
11/9: LinkedIn Basics

Sign up for any or all of the computer classes here: https://forms.gle/qhUhSTFwJicZvsFLA

Clapp Critics
2026-09-28 18:00 - 19:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
Our fiction book club, Clapp Critics meets every 4th Monday of the Month. Email mmarszalek@cwmars.org with any questions.

Library Closing: Belchertown Fair 2026
2026-09-26 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
The Library will be closed during the Belchertown Fair

Early Closing: Belchertown Fair 2026
2026-09-25 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
The Library will close at 4pm.

SFF Book Club
2026-09-22 18:00 - 19:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
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)
The Mimicking of Known Successes / Malka Older (11/24)

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

Upcycling Workshop
2026-09-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
Saturday, September 19: Upcycling Workshop 10-12pm
Join Elena Wang, former sustainable fashion professor in an upcycling jam session! You’ll learn easy, no-sew upcycling tricks, including cropping, fabric painting, spray painting and dye techniques. Bring anything you rarely or never wear from your closet.
Registration is not required but it helps us plan. Sign up here to let us know if you plan to attend: https://forms.gle/j8Fn9e1ntQZS3svd7
This program is funded by the Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library.

Fall Foraging Walk
2026-09-16 16:30 - 17:30 | Foley Field, 66 State Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
Fall Foraging Walk, 4:30-5:30pm
Gain greater food security by learning wild and feral edible and medicinal plants and fungi. On Wednesday, September 16 at 4:30pm using the Wallace Lake Sensory Trails, we will learn how to identify and prepare foods using common wild edibles that you can find near where you live. Join naturalist and wild edibles enthusiast Arianna Alexsandra Collins of Offerings for Community Building on our foraging walk. She will discuss flora and fungi characteristics for proper identification as well as meal and medicinal preparation. Trailside nibbling during this 1-hour walkabout is encouraged.
Registration is required; sign up here: https://forms.gle/EUBcUDVYge1g2Wso8
All ages welcome. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
The Lake Wallace Sensory Trail is located at 70 State Street, behind the Police and Recreation Departments buildings.
Sponsored by the Friends of Clapp Memorial Library.

Plant Swap
2026-09-15 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. The 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
