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For patrons who are unable to make it to the library themselves, we have several options to bring the library to YOU! These include as-needed, short-term, and long-term arrangements in which volunteers or library staff deliver and pick up library materials from your home. These services are open to residents of Northampton, Florence, and Leeds.
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Magnificent Monster Circus with Cactus Head Puppets Saturday, August 13, 2022, 11 am
Come one, come all, to a circus like no other! Encounter magnificent creatures from the wilds of your imagination as their quirky human caretaker tries to teach them new tricks. Kids can lend a hand to Eustice the Unicycling Unimonster, make friends with a Fiery Fanged Worm, cheer for Agnes the many-legged Acropod, and more! Join us for this colorful, silly, multi-sensory show full of friendly monsters - show length is 40 minutes plus a Q&A after the show. Recommended for ages 3+.
This event is sponsored by the Friends of Forbes Library. |
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Lego Club Mondays, 3:30 pm We've got bricks, baseplates and minifigs--now all we need is you! Limited to 15 people ages 4+
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Baby Storytime Tuesdays, 10 am Join us to read books, sing songs, play with puppets and toys, and meet other babies and caregivers! The first 20 minutes are storytime, followed by 40 minutes of free play with toys. Ages 0-18 months and their caregivers. Space will be limited to 15 patrons.
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Bilingual Storytime/Libros y Canciones Wednesdays, 10 am
Sing songs and read books in English and Spanish! This event is best suited for children ages 1.5-3. We will meet outside on the library lawn. In inclement weather, we will move to the community room and cap attendance at 15.
¡Canta canciones y lee libros en ingles y español! Este evento es apropriado para niños de edades 1.5-3. Reuniremos en el jardín de la biblioteca. Si hay clima inclemente, iremos a la sala de comunidad y nos limitará asistencia a las 15.
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Good Grief: How to Grieve the Loss of a Pet Wednesday, August 17, 2022, 7 pm
Author E.B. Bartels will discuss her new book, Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter, in this Zoom webinar. E.B. Bartels has had a lot of pets—dogs, birds, fish, tortoises. As varied a bunch as they are, they’ve taught her one universal truth: to own a pet is to love a pet, and to own a pet is also—with rare exception—to lose that pet in time. But while we have codified traditions to mark the passing of our fellow humans, most cultures don’t have the same for pets.
Register directly on Zoom. Sponsored by the Friends of the Tewksbury Public Library , the Corning Foundation, and Forbes Library. |
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Know Your Sheriff Wednesday, August 17, 2022, 6:30 pm
Sheriffs have the power to make our communities safer and more just for all—but most Massachusetts voters don’t even know who their sheriff is. It’s time to change that. It’s time to Know Your Sheriff. Know Your Sheriff is a public education campaign by the ACLU of Massachusetts to build voter awareness about the life-changing decisions that sheriffs make.
Knowing your sheriff means knowing that YOU have the power to demand safer communities and a more just criminal legal system.
In Hampshire County, three candidates are running in the Democrat primary on September 6: Patrick J. Cahillane (incumbent) Yvonne C. Gittelson Caitlin Sara Sepeda
Please register directly on Zoom. Presented by ACLU Massachusetts and Decarcerate Western Mass. |
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Preschool Storytime on the Lawn Thursdays, 10 am
Enjoy books, songs, puppets and props outside on the lawn! For ages 3-5. In the event of inclement weather, we'll move indoors and cap attendance at 15 people. |
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Teen Art Lounge Fridays, 4 pm Drop in and work on your own project, or use our supplies to start something new! We'll have everything you need to knit, crochet, draw, paint, and more. Meet other teen artists in a relaxed, do-it-yourself space. We'll meet every Friday from 4-5pm in the YA Room. This program is for teens only. Email mbishop@forbeslibrary.org for more info.
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Friday Afternoon Book Discussion Friday, August 19, 2022, 1 pm
This month's book is The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett. About the book: The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, Southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities.
Request a copy of this month's book. Join us on Zoom to discuss this book and choose our next few selections for fall! |
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Paintings by Ryan Murray and Jeff Wrench Textile Arts by Yoni Glogower
August 2-30, 2022
RYAN MURRAY Through the unflinching medium of spray paint stenciling, I unearth and examine unsettling but important conversations about the stigma of mental illness, with the goal of normalizing the discussion and treatment of mental health in black communities. To examine Black mental health is to examine the effect of events in both the past and present, socioeconomic factors, how patterns of suffering repeat themselves, and the burden of certain societal expectations. By utilizing repeated symbolism and autobiographical elements, my work not only seeks to address the reality and the reasons that people of color suffer in silence more than their white counterparts, but urges me to navigate my own upbringing as an African-American struggling with mental illness and raised in a predominantly white community.
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YONI GLOGOWER I use textiles to consider new ways of interpreting my personal world. Subjects include people and things of note in my life; family members, wildflowers, video game imagery, Hebrew, and found natural objects all make their way into my compositions. Using hand-dyed fabric, strategic piecing, applique and embroidery, I bring these elements into unexpected dialogue.
This show explores new limits of textile collage at all stages of the process. The gallery includes a series of 8×8” samplers that each focus on a different set of embroidery stitches. These will be presented alongside portrait pieces that combine these techniques to render figures and landscapes on tapestries and garments. |
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JEFF WRENCH In my paintings I try to balance realistic likeness vs. letting the paint be the center of attention with bold brush marks and colors and other surprises that the messiness of paint brings. When you study faces for a long time you realize there’s something beautiful and interesting in all of them, and I’ve been hooked on painting them since I started about 10 years ago. Many of my paintings are on found surfaces like wallpaper or paint chips which I think, like faces themselves, are examples of beauty in the ordinary. |
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