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Spring Fling

Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Mason Square Branch
Program Type:
Community Events, Performances
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Event Details:

Stop by Mason Square and meet up with your neighbors! Music, food and fun for all ages, including arts and crafts for kids! Rain or shine. All ages.

Library Location: Mason Square Branch
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Community Events, Performances
Event Details:

Stop by Mason Square and meet up with your neighbors! Music, food and fun for all ages, including arts and crafts for kids! Rain or shine. All ages.

Memorial Day

All Day
Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events

Closed for the holiday

Closing
Branches:
Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events
Description:

Closed for the holiday

Tom Seiling with his guitar and an inflatable shark standing in front of a pond

Music Fun With Tom Sieling

Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:30am
BW Community Room at Brightwood Branch
Program Type:
Performances
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Children
Event Details:

Find your voice this summer! Sing along with Tom on this interactive excursion that will have you movin' and groovin' to your favorite kids' tunes.

Library Location: Brightwood Branch
Room: BW Community Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children
Program Type: Performances
Event Details:

Find your voice this summer! Sing along with Tom on this interactive excursion that will have you movin' and groovin' to your favorite kids' tunes.

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.

Juneteenth

All Day
Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events

Closed for the holiday

Closing
Branches:
Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events
Description:

Closed for the holiday

Tom Knight in a colorful shirt with two puppets and a guitar.

Tom Knight Musical Puppet Show "Library Boogie"

Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Sixteen Acres Branch
Program Type:
Performances
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Children
Event Details:

Move and groove with Tom Knight, in this fun, interactive puppet show about all things library! Tom will have you out of your seat and rockin' away, and humming tunes long after yo...

Library Location: Sixteen Acres Branch
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children
Program Type: Performances
Event Details:

Move and groove with Tom Knight, in this fun, interactive puppet show about all things library! Tom will have you out of your seat and rockin' away, and humming tunes long after you've gone home. 

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.

Independence Day

All Day
Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events

Closed for the holiday

Closing
Branches:
Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events
Description:

Closed for the holiday

Tom Knight in a colorful shirt with two puppets and a guitar.

Tom Knight Musical Puppet Show "Library Boogie"

Wednesday, July 10, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Mason Square Branch
Program Type:
Performances
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Children
Event Details:

Move and groove with Tom Knight, in this fun, interactive puppet show about all things library! Tom will have you out of your seat and rockin' away, and humming tunes long after yo...

Library Location: Mason Square Branch
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children
Program Type: Performances
Event Details:

Move and groove with Tom Knight, in this fun, interactive puppet show about all things library! Tom will have you out of your seat and rockin' away, and humming tunes long after you've gone home. 

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.

Tom Seiling with his guitar and an inflatable shark standing in front of a pond

Music Fun With Tom Sieling

Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Sixteen Acres Branch
Program Type:
Performances
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Children
Event Details:

Find your voice this summer! Sing along with Tom on this interactive excursion that will have you movin' and groovin' to your favorite kids' tunes.

Library Location: Sixteen Acres Branch
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children
Program Type: Performances
Event Details:

Find your voice this summer! Sing along with Tom on this interactive excursion that will have you movin' and groovin' to your favorite kids' tunes.

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.

Two electric guitars and a white keytar

Discover the Northampton Flute Trio

Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
East Forest Park Branch
Program Type:
Performances
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Music general:

Visit the library for a musical performance!

Event Details:

Northampton Flutes performs music from Bach to contemporary on flutes ranging from piccolo (very small) to contrabass (very large). They are a trio of veteran musicians: Sue Kurian...

Library Location: East Forest Park Branch
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Performances
Event Details:

Visit the library for a musical performance!

Northampton Flutes performs music from Bach to contemporary on flutes ranging from piccolo (very small) to contrabass (very large). They are a trio of veteran musicians: Sue Kurian, Nancy Janoson, and George Owens.

Tom Knight in a colorful shirt with two puppets and a guitar.

Tom Knight Musical Puppet Show "Library Boogie"

Monday, July 22, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
East Forest Park Branch
Program Type:
Performances
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Children
Event Details:

Move and groove with Tom Knight, in this fun, interactive puppet show about all things library! Tom will have you out of your seat and rockin' away, and humming tunes long after yo...

Library Location: East Forest Park Branch
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children
Program Type: Performances
Event Details:

Move and groove with Tom Knight, in this fun, interactive puppet show about all things library! Tom will have you out of your seat and rockin' away, and humming tunes long after you've gone home. 

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.

Tom Knight in a colorful shirt with two puppets and a guitar.

Tom Knight Musical Puppet Show "Library Boogie"

Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm
BW Community Room at Brightwood Branch
Program Type:
Performances
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Children
Event Details:

Move and groove with Tom Knight, in this fun, interactive puppet show about all things library! Tom will have you out of your seat and rockin' away, and humming tunes long after yo...

Library Location: Brightwood Branch
Room: BW Community Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children
Program Type: Performances
Event Details:

Move and groove with Tom Knight, in this fun, interactive puppet show about all things library! Tom will have you out of your seat and rockin' away, and humming tunes long after you've gone home. 

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.

a great white shark, photographed from below with sunlight filtered through water glittering behind it

Discover Sharktastic Sharks

Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
East Forest Park Branch
Program Type:
Community Events, Performances
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Shark Week started to raise awareness of these fascinating and often maligned creatures and to devote conservation efforts concerning them. Find out the facts and the fiction surro...

Library Location: East Forest Park Branch
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Community Events, Performances
Event Details:

Shark Week started to raise awareness of these fascinating and often maligned creatures and to devote conservation efforts concerning them.

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.

Tom Knight in a colorful shirt with two puppets and a guitar.

Tom Knight Musical Puppet Show "Library Boogie"

Saturday, August 3, 2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
CL Community Room at Central Library
Program Type:
Performances
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Children
Event Details:

Move and groove with Tom Knight, in this fun, interactive puppet show about all things library! Tom will have you out of your seat and rockin' away, and humming tunes long after yo...

Library Location: Central Library
Room: CL Community Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children
Program Type: Performances
Event Details:

Move and groove with Tom Knight, in this fun, interactive puppet show about all things library! Tom will have you out of your seat and rockin' away, and humming tunes long after you've gone home. 

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.

Tom Seiling with his guitar and an inflatable shark standing in front of a pond

Music Fun With Tom Sieling

Tuesday, August 6, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:30am
East Forest Park Branch
Program Type:
Performances
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Children
Event Details:

Find your voice this summer! Sing along with Tom on this interactive excursion that will have you movin' and groovin' to your favorite kids' tunes.

Library Location: East Forest Park Branch
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children
Program Type: Performances
Event Details:

Find your voice this summer! Sing along with Tom on this interactive excursion that will have you movin' and groovin' to your favorite kids' tunes.

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.

Tom Seiling with his guitar and an inflatable shark standing in front of a pond

Music Fun With Tom Sieling

Wednesday, August 7, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Mason Square Branch at Mason Square Branch
Program Type:
Performances
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Children
Event Details:

Find your voice this summer! Sing along with Tom on this interactive excursion that will have you movin' and groovin' to your favorite kids' tunes.

Library Location: Mason Square Branch
Room: Mason Square Branch
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children
Program Type: Performances
Event Details:

Find your voice this summer! Sing along with Tom on this interactive excursion that will have you movin' and groovin' to your favorite kids' tunes.

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.

Animals default image: An owl looking directly at the viewer.

Discover the Zoo at the Library!

Friday, August 9, 2024 at 3:30pm - 4:15pm
East Springfield Branch
Program Type:
Performances
Age Group:
All Ages
Event Details:

Come meet and learn about different animals from the Forest Park Zoo at your library! We'll have animals like snakes, turtles, parrots, or hedgehogs on site and expert educators wi...

Library Location: East Springfield Branch
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Performances
Event Details:

Come meet and learn about different animals from the Forest Park Zoo at your library! We'll have animals like snakes, turtles, parrots, or hedgehogs on site and expert educators will teach us all about them in this hands-on experience. 

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.

A wooden table with pirate treasures and a witches hat. Text reads The Prince of Pirates and the Witch of Wellfleet.

Rona Leventhal Presents "The Prince of Pirates and the Witch of Wellfleet"

Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
CL Community Room at Central Library
Program Type:
Performances
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Wander the bluffs of Cape Cod, Massachusetts and you might hear whispers of the ghost of Maria “Goody” Hallet, calling for (or cursing) her lover, “Black Sam Bellamy”.  Come h...

Library Location: Central Library
Room: CL Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Performances
Event Details:

Wander the bluffs of Cape Cod, Massachusetts and you might hear whispers of the ghost of Maria “Goody” Hallet, calling for (or cursing) her lover, “Black Sam Bellamy”.  Come hear their tale…..this is not your average ‘happily ever after’ endi

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Optional

Registration for this event is encouraged, but optional.

Two electric guitars and a white keytar

Discover PaxSax

Saturday, August 24, 2024 at 11:30am - 12:30pm
East Forest Park Branch
Program Type:
Performances
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Music general:

Visit the library for a musical performance!

Event Details:

PaxSax will present an hour-long concert, playing saxophones ranging from soprano to baritone and bass sax. They perform tightly arranged compositions drawn from an extensive colle...

Library Location: East Forest Park Branch
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Performances
Event Details:

Visit the library for a musical performance!

PaxSax will present an hour-long concert, playing saxophones ranging from soprano to baritone and bass sax. They perform tightly arranged compositions drawn from an extensive collection.

Labor Day

All Day
Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events

Closed for the holiday

Closing
Branches:
Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events
Description:

Closed for the holiday

Indigenous Peoples' Day

All Day
Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events

Closed for the holiday

Closing
Branches:
Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events
Description:

Closed for the holiday

Veterans Day

All Day
Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events

Closed for the holiday

Closing
Branches:
Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events
Description:

Closed for the holiday

Thanksgiving Eve

Wednesday, November 27, 2024 at 5:00pm - 11:45pm
Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events

All libraries close at 5 pm for the holiday.

Closing
Branches:
Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events
Description:

All libraries close at 5 pm for the holiday.

Thanksgiving Day

All Day
Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events

Closed for the holiday

Closing
Branches:
Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events
Description:

Closed for the holiday

Christmas Eve

All Day
Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events

Closed for the holiday

Closing
Branches:
Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events
Description:

Closed for the holiday