Talk Like a Pirate Day

All Day
Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens, All Ages
Central Library
Library Location: Central Library
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Games
Event Details:

Celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day with themed crafts, games, and other nautical nonsense!

All day in the Central library's children's room 

Raymond Jordan Senior Center Book Club

10:00am - 11:00am
Adults
Off Site
Offsite Event
Library Location: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Groups & Reading
Event Details:

Come join us for a book club at the Raymond Jordan Senior Center! 

Love to read? If so, then meet us at the Raymond Jordan Senior Center for our monthly Book Club, where we delve into the heart of historical fiction, non-fiction, and even memoir. Adults 18+

Wiggle Worms Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Babies & Toddlers
Central Library
Library Location: Central Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytimes & Playgroups
Event Details:

Join us each week for a quiet and sensory friendly storytime for babies and toddlers who are not yet walking. Siblings welcome!

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Circle Time Fun

10:30am - 11:30am
Babies & Toddlers
Sixteen Acres Branch
Library Location: Sixteen Acres Branch
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytimes & Playgroups
Event Details:

Join us for songs, rhymes and a story or two at Circle Time Fun.

Come join us for education fun and learning at a librarian facilitated playgroup!  An adult must accompany and consistently supervise children.  No registration required, just drop in. Birth to 5 years, siblings welcome. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Tiny Tots Sensory Fun

10:30am - 11:15pm
Babies & Toddlers
East Forest Park Branch
Library Location: East Forest Park Branch
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytimes & Playgroups
Event Details:

Bring your little ones for some sensory fun this fall and let us worry about cleaning up the mess!

Every Thursday we will offer an array of toddler friendly sensory activities to work on motor skills. Aimed at toddlers, but siblings welcome.

Weather permitting, this program will be held on the children's patio!

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Chair Yoga for Seniors and Friends

11:00am - 12:00pm
Adults
Indian Orchard Branch
At Capacity
Registration
Library Location: Indian Orchard Branch
Room: IO Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Using gentle stretching while seated, chair yoga allows adults of all abilities to improve flexibility and balance. 

Join us for 45 minutes of outdoor chair yoga lead by Cindy Senk, a certified personal trainer and yoga instructor. Using gentle stretching while seated,chair yoga allows adults of all abilities to improve flexibility and balance.

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Required

Registration for this event is required due to space constraints. 

Reservation

Baystate Health Community Engagement and Listening Session #4

11:30am - 1:30pm
Mason Square Branch
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Location: Mason Square Branch
Room: MS Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

In May 2024, Baystate Health announced exciting plans to build a new comprehensive community health center in the heart of Springfield, made possible by the generous support of MassMutual.

Not Your Ordinary Coloring Club

1:00pm - 5:00pm
Tweens, Teens
Indian Orchard Branch
Library Location: Indian Orchard Branch
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Want to hang out with other artists? Join our Not Your Ordinary Coloring Club. 

We supply the artist-quality crayons, pencils and pens and coloring pages, to spark your creativity. Just drop by The Homework Center and color your stress away. For tweens and teens. 

Adult Chess Club

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Teens, Adults
Central Library
Library Location: Central Library
Room: Rice Hall
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Games
Event Details:

The adult chess club is for chess players of all levels, from beginner to advanced. Whether you're looking for a casual game or a competitive match, check out the library's adult chess club. It meets every Thursday from 2:00 - 4:00

Reservation

Coffee with a Recovery Coach

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Sixteen Acres Branch
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Location: Sixteen Acres Branch
Room: SA Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

The purpose of this Coffee with a Recovery Coach event is to bring information to those who seek it regarding what a Recovery Coach does and how we can help those in recovery.

STCC Information Table

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Adults
Central Library
Library Location: Central Library
Room: Rotunda
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Work & Careers
Event Details:

Stop by to learn about free job training and adult education classes offered by Springfield Technical Community College. 

Free classes include 

Sew Fun! Drop-In

2:00pm - 5:00pm
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
East Forest Park Branch
Library Location: East Forest Park Branch
Room: Makerspace
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Drop-in for our weekly studio session. From sewing a button or hemming pants, to following a pattern to construct a garment using a sewing machine, our sewing volunteer can help you get started!

Paracord Projects

3:00pm - 4:30pm
Tweens, Teens
East Forest Park Branch
Library Location: East Forest Park Branch
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Drop in to the Teen Room to make projects using paracord. Key chains, bracelets, pet collars, and more! All materials provided, you bring the imagination. While supplies last.

Meet Me at the Library

3:00pm - 4:45pm
Children
Sixteen Acres Branch
Library Location: Sixteen Acres Branch
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes & Playgroups
Event Details:

It's an afterschool playdate at the library! Stop by between 3:00 - 4:45 for plenty of family friendly fun.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Art Explorers

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Children, Tweens, Teens
Central Library
Registration Open
Registration
Library Location: Central Library
Room: CL Community Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Classes & Workshops
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 19
Event Details:

Thursdays this fall, get messy and make some art! Artists will explore different materials and styles, learn some art history, and most importantly get their hands dirty and have fun! For art lovers 8-14, no art experience required.

Sensory Playgroup

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Children
Central Library
Registration Open
Registration
Library Location: Central Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes & Playgroups
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Event Details:

Join us in a sensory friendly space to read together, make friends, and explore sensory activities.  This program is inclusive, but primarily created with children on the Autism Spectrum in mind. For ages 5 and up.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Registration Optional

Registration for this event is encouraged, but optional.

Ukulele Club

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Tweens, Teens
East Springfield Branch
Library Location: East Springfield Branch
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Classes & Workshops
Event Details:

Always wanted to learn an instrument? Drop in to our beginner ukulele club and start learning your favorite songs! Ages 12-18

Freestyle Lego Club

3:30pm - 4:45pm
Children, Tweens, Teens
East Forest Park Branch
Library Location: East Forest Park Branch
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Family Air Fryer Fun

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Mason Square Branch
Library Location: Mason Square Branch
Room: Mason Square Branch
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Food & Cooking
Event Details:

Stop by the Mason Square Library to learn how to use an air fryer and sample a tasty treat.

Pokemon Go Club

4:00pm - 5:30pm
Teens, Adults
Forest Park Branch
Library Location: Forest Park Branch
Room: Program Den
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Games
Event Details:

Still play Pokemon Go? Come join us to play Pokemon Go at Forest Park! We will meet to raid, trade and discuss the game! 

Reservation

Sector F Meeting

5:30pm - 7:30pm
Mason Square Branch
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Location: Mason Square Branch
Room: MS Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

The primary purpose of the beat community meeting is to allow beat residents, other community stakeholders, and police to discuss chronic problems on the beat and to engage in problem-solving.