
Babytime Story Time (3-12 months) Fall 2025
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown
First Steps Storytime (12-24 months) Fall 2025
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown


Preschool Storytime (3-5 year olds) Fall 2025
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown

Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library Meeting
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, BelchertownMindfulness Meditation for Stress Reduction
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, BelchertownBelchertown Community Health & Wellness Resource Fair
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown
Halloween Harvest: Ghost Stories with Davis Bates
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown

Music & Movement with Julie (ages 0-7) Fall 2025
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, BelchertownWeek of Events
Featured Halloween Spook-Tacular
Halloween Spook-Tacular
Belchertown Pollinator Garden, 57 State Street Sign up for Sunday, October 19th or Thursday, October 23rd 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Children and their families are invited to the Belchertown Pollinator Garden and School Garden for an evening of fun, spooky stories and activities. Bring a flashlight, wear a costume, and be ready for some adventure. [...]
Featured Babytime Story Time (3-12 months) Fall 2025
Babytime Story Time (3-12 months) Fall 2025
Babytime Story time (3-12 mo) Fall 2025 9:00-9:45 AM, Mondays, Sep 22, 29, Oct 6, 20, 27 & Nov 3 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: [...]
First Steps Storytime (12-24 months) Fall 2025
First Steps Storytime (12-24 months) Fall 2025
Monday Firststeps (12-24 months) Fall 2025 10:00-10:45 AM, Mondays, Sep 22, 29, Oct 6, 20, 27 & Nov 3 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. This program is full, [...]
Featured Astral Evening – Stargazing with the Library
Astral Evening – Stargazing with the Library
Telescopes will be set up on Foley Field and a representative of Springfield STARS will lead us on a tour of the night sky and some of its most interesting and impressive sights. Please wear comfortable footwear and clothing to be able to stand outside for an extended period of time. To get to the [...]
Toddler Time (2 year olds) Fall 2025
Toddler Time (2 year olds) Fall 2025
Tuesday Toddler Time (2 years) Fall 2025 9:30-10:30 am, Tuesdays, Sep 30, Oct 7, 21, 28 & Nov 4 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. This program is full, [...]
Featured Who Goes There…
Who Goes There…
Are you interested in local paranormal investigations? Join us as Rob Goff from Agawam Paranormal showcases some local sites and investigations done there. Beginning with an introduction as to the historic value and events that happened there, we will get into the actual investigations that were conducted and finally end with the potential evidence captured [...]
Featured Preschool Storytime (3-5 year olds) Fall 2025
Preschool Storytime (3-5 year olds) Fall 2025
Preschool Story Time (3-6 years) Fall 2025 9:30-10:30 am, Thursdays, Sep 25, Oct 2, 9, 23, 30 & Nov 6 Preschool Story Time is for ages 3-6 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/XcoGi3Naao7iMtkP8. [...]
Fiber Arts with the Woolies
Fiber Arts with the Woolies
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.
Featured Halloween Spook-Tacular
Halloween Spook-Tacular
Belchertown Pollinator Garden, 57 State Street Sign up for Sunday, October 19th or Thursday, October 23rd 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Children and their families are invited to the Belchertown Pollinator Garden and School Garden for an evening of fun, spooky stories and activities. Bring a flashlight, wear a costume, and be ready for some adventure. [...]
Featured Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library Meeting
Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library Meeting
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 [...]
Featured Mindfulness Meditation for Stress Reduction
Mindfulness Meditation for Stress Reduction
Clapp Memorial Library is offering a Stress Reduction Awareness course. The eight-week introductory course starts on Thursday, September 25 at 7 PM and runs every Thursday through November 20 (excluding October 16). The course is designed to teach and practice mindfulness-based skills. Mindfulness meditation skills teach us to be fully present in the moment and, [...]
Belchertown Community Health & Wellness Resource Fair
Belchertown Community Health & Wellness Resource Fair
Clapp Memorial Library and BOAT welcome community members in need of accessing health care, mental health care, substance use resources, and family resources. Free lockboxes, Naloxone, Fentanyl Test Strips, and health screenings will be available. Health care organizations such as MA Behavioral Health, Hampshire Hope, Tapestry and more will be here in addition to Baystate [...]
Featured Teen Advisory Board (Oct 2025)
Teen Advisory Board (Oct 2025)
The Clapp Memorial Library’s Teen Advisory Board will meet Friday, October 24th from 4:30-5:30PM on the main floor of the library. TAB is a group of 7th-12th grade students who meet monthly during the school year to propose library programming for teens, provide input on teen services, volunteer, and have fun! At this meeting, teens [...]
Featured Halloween Harvest: Ghost Stories with Davis Bates
Halloween Harvest: Ghost Stories with Davis Bates
The Clapp Memorial Library is excited to welcome back award-winning storyteller Davis Bates on Friday, October 24th at 6:00PM for a night of ghost stories, supernatural songs, and harvest tales. His performance will conclude with a workshop for teens on telling their own ghost stories. Will a certain library or local state school be a [...]
Fiber Arts with the Woolies
Fiber Arts with the Woolies
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.
Featured Music & Movement with Julie (ages 0-7) Fall 2025
Music & Movement with Julie (ages 0-7) Fall 2025
10:30-11:15 am, Saturday, Sep 27, Oct 4, 25 & Nov 1 Music and Movement with Julie. Join us for a music series on Saturday mornings at the Clapp Memorial Library. Julie’s programs let babies and young children explore music in a fun and creative environment. Her program is geared toward ages 0 to 7, but [...]