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Michael Parzymieso Meet the Author
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, BelchertownWeek of Events
Sunday, July 5, 2026
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Monday, July 6, 2026
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Featured July 6, 2026 -Featured Seeds Storytime (3-12 mo)
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July 6, 2026 -Sprouts Storytime (13-24 mo)
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Featured July 6, 2026 -Featured Summer Teen D&D
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Featured July 6, 2026 -Featured Zen Coloring with Crayons
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Featured July 6, 2026 -Featured Ukulele Play Along (Virtual Event)
Seeds Storytime (3-12 mo)
Monday Seeds Storytime (3-12 mo) Summer 2026 9:00-9:45 AM, Monday, July 6th - August 10th Sign up here: https://forms.gle/TEq5hWYAQuH5ryvh8 Children participate in stories, finger plays, songs, dancing, instrument play and crafts. Come spend some quality time with your child. We encourage all children to also register for Plant A Seed, Read!, our summer reading program. [...]
Sprouts Storytime (13-24 mo)
Monday Seeds Storytime (13-24 mo) Summer 2026 10:00-10:45 AM, Monday, July 6th - August 10th Storytime full. Please email jwhitehead@cwmars.org with any questions. Children participate in stories, finger plays, songs, dancing, instrument play and crafts. Come spend some quality time with your child. We encourage all children to also register for Plant A Seed, Read!, [...]
Summer Teen D&D
Calling all Belchertown Teens for Summer D&D Mondays, 1-2:30, July 6, 13, 20, & 27, August 3 & 10 Join us for summer Dungeons & Dragons fun! The Undying Sands are a shifting, treacherous place. Treasures and monsters hidden by dunes, waiting for someone brave enough to journey forth. Prophecies of a Great Worm rising [...]
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Zen Coloring with Crayons
Join us to create your own zen masterpiece with crayons! All experience levels welcome. Marie Tucker will lead you step by step to make your own beautiful work of art. Registration required. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/mNY9SWHF3niWJhv78 Celebrate Summer Reading with us! Sign up at clapplibrary.beanstack.com or via the Beanstack app. This program is funded by [...]
Ukulele Play Along (Virtual Event)
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 [...]
Tuesday, July 7, 2026
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July 7, 2026 -Seedlings Storytime (2-3 years)
Seedlings Storytime (2-3 years)
Tuesday Seedlings Storytime (2-3 years) Summer 2026 9:30-10:30 AM, Tuesday, July 7th - August 11th Storytime full. Please email jwhitehead@cwmars.org with any questions. Children participate in stories, finger plays, songs, dancing, instrument play and crafts. Come spend some quality time with your child. We encourage all children to also register for Plant A Seed, Read!, [...]
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
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Featured July 8, 2026 -Featured Wednesday Whodunnits
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Featured July 8, 2026 -Featured Puzzle Competition
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Featured July 8, 2026 -Featured The Curious Giraffe Show
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Featured July 8, 2026 -Featured Michael Parzymieso Meet the Author
Wednesday Whodunnits
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.
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Puzzle Competition
Are you ready to puzzle? Sign up in a team of two for a speed puzzling competition where pairs of contestants race to finish a 500 piece puzzle. The 1st place finishers receive a puzzle. Registration required - sign your team up here for our July 8th Puzzle Competition: https://forms.gle/eDR9wxHVh4g5GquF7 The puzzles for this program [...]
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The Curious Giraffe Show
Join us at 6PM on in the Town Hall Auditorium for an interactive show with local author, Dorothy Cresswell. Through songs and stories, children will learn about animals and be part of discussions about diversity, welcoming one and all, and recognizing the wonder in the world. https://youtu.be/RHdttS_NuSo?si=O89N5gOuLR-nRNQm Following the show, the Odyssey Bookshop will [...]
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Michael Parzymieso Meet the Author
Join author Michael Parzymieso at the Clapp Memorial Library on Wednesday, July 8 at 7pm for a discussion of the places and people around Belchertown and the Quabbin that inspired the supernatural thriller, The Dale. This year, he will be doing a reading of the sequel to The Dale. Afterglow is set five years after [...]
Thursday, July 9, 2026
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Featured July 9, 2026 -Featured Sunflowers Storytime (3-7 years)
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July 9, 2026 -Fiber Arts with the Woolies
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Featured July 9, 2026 -Featured What “YA” Readin’ Book Club
Sunflowers Storytime (3-7 years)
Thursday Sunflowers Storytime (3-7 years) Summer 2026 9:30-10:30 AM, Thursday, July 9th - August 13th Sign up here: https://forms.gle/vZFCtPDePbaARTxD9 Children participate in stories, finger plays, songs, dancing, instrument play and crafts. Come spend some quality time with your child. We encourage all children to also register for Plant A Seed, Read!, our summer reading program. [...]
Fiber Arts with the Woolies
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.
What “YA” Readin’ Book Club
The library's What "YA" Readin'? Book Group, a group for adults who read Young Adult books, will meet Thursday, July 9th at 7:00PM in the Select Board Meeting room at the Town Hall to discuss The Wilderness of Girls by Madeline Claire Franklin. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the circulation desk. [...]
Friday, July 10, 2026
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Featured July 10, 2026 -Featured Big Prize Bingo
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Featured July 10, 2026 -Featured Cookbook Club (July 2026)
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Big Prize Bingo
Friday, July 10th from 3:00-4:30PM in Town Hall Auditorium Teens ages 12-18 are invited to the library’s fifth annual Summer Reading Bingo program on Friday, July 10th from 3:00-4:30PM. Teens will play bingo for the chance to win big prizes like gift cards, signed books and swag, puzzles, and more! All attendees will earn a [...]
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Cookbook Club (July 2026)
Do you like browsing cookbooks and trying new recipes? In the Cookbook Club, we each make a recipe from a cookbook and bring it for everyone to try. Taste, enjoy, and chat with your new cookbook friends! The July cookbook is Modern Comfort Food by Ina Garten Registration & confirmation required. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/SHmqKTd8ZDVmxr6h8
Saturday, July 11, 2026
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Featured July 11, 2026 -Featured Aquatic Macroinvertebrates at Lake Wallace
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Featured July 11, 2026 -Featured Magic: the Gathering
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Aquatic Macroinvertebrates at Lake Wallace
Saturday, July 11th, 9:00 AM Ages 4-11 Join us to investigate fascinating creatures and critters in Lake Wallace. Local biologists/parents, Caralyn Zehnder and Will Duncan, will show us the life cycles of aquatic invertebrates like dragonflies and damselflies and sample the lake to see what we can find. Lake Wallace is located behind the police [...]
Magic: the Gathering
Join us for Magic the Gathering in the Activity Room. Bring your own deck or use one of our learning decks. Everyone is welcome, however players must be fluent readers. Players under the age of 10 must have a caregiver who is at least 14 years old on the Library premises. Join us for every [...]