Name: Discover Springfield Birding!
Start: 2024-09-11T17:30:00-04:00
End: 2024-09-11T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Connecticut River Walk And Bikeway

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Library Card Sign-Up Month

All Day 9/1 - 9/30

Special Events

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Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages

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Library Location: Special Events

Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages

Program Type: Community Events

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Celebrate Library Card Sign-up Month this September with Springfield City Library and the American Library Association!

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Discover Springfield Birding!

Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Off Site

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Community Events, Classes & Workshops, Health & Wellness

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Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages

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Library Location: Off Site

Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages

Program Type: Community Events, Classes & Workshops, Health & Wellness

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Join us at parks around Springfield to discover local birds and our city's beautiful places to view them.

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Springfield and the Green Book

Saturday, September 14, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm

CL Community Room at Central Library

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Community Events

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Adults

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Library Location: Central Library

Room: CL Community Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Community Events

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Seats Remaining: Unlimited

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Explore the history of The Green Book and its ties to Springfield, MA, with Calvin Alexander Ramsey, author of Ruth and the Green Book.

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Registration for this event is encouraged, but optional.

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Lunch & Learn: Financial Wellness

Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm

CL Community Room at Central Library

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Classes & Workshops

Age Group:

Adults

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Library Location: Central Library

Room: CL Community Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Classes & Workshops

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Seats Remaining: 19

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Spend a lunch break at the Library and get financially fit with Dawn Creighton of Liberty Bank! Join Dawn for a series of engaging lunch-time workshops about budgeting, money management, saving, credit-building, home-buying, and more.

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Registration for this event is required due to space constraints.

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Sourdough Starter Workshop with Sourdough Brandon

Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

EFP Community Room at East Forest Park Branch

Program Type:

Food & Cooking

Age Group:

Teens, Adults

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Library Location: East Forest Park Branch

Room: EFP Community Room

Age Group: Teens, Adults

Program Type: Food & Cooking

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: Unlimited

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Learn how to make, maintain, and store a sourdough starter from an expert sourdough baker and food blogger Sourdough Brandon.

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Registration Required

Registration for this event is required due to space constraints.

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Book Sale

Saturday, September 28, 2024 at 10:00am - 2:00pm

CL Community Room at Central Library

Program Type:

Book Groups & Reading, Community Events

Age Group:

Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages

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Library Location: Central Library

Room: CL Community Room

Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages

Program Type: Book Groups & Reading, Community Events

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Come explore the Central Library's Book Sale! 📀🎶📚

With pricing of $5 to fill your own bag or $7 to fill an adorable and handy Springfield City Library branded bag, there's no better time to stock up on your favorite books, CDs, and DVDs.

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Local Author Fair

Saturday, September 28, 2024 at 10:00am - 12:00pm

Rotunda at Central Library

Program Type:

Book Groups & Reading, Community Events

Age Group:

Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults

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Library Location: Central Library

Room: Rotunda

Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults

Program Type: Book Groups & Reading, Community Events

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Come to the Local Author Fair to meet recently published authors and enjoy their works in this showcase of local talent and achievement. Authors will be on-hand to meet the public, discuss their books, and sell and sign copies.

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Flash Fiction Horror Story Contest

10/01/2024 @ 9:00am to 10/31/2024 @ 5:00pm

Central Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts

Age Group:

Teens

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Library Location: Central Library

Age Group: Teens

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

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Can you scare us in 500 words or less? Enter our horror flash fiction contest between October 1-31st, and you might be one of our grand prize winners!

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Music of the West African Kora with Sean Gaskell

Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm

EFP Community Room at East Forest Park Branch

Program Type:

Performances

Age Group:

Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages

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Library Location: East Forest Park Branch

Room: EFP Community Room

Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages

Program Type: Performances

Event Details:

Sean Gaskell will present an educational performance on the kora, a 21-stringed West African harp. Many songs featured on the kora preserve an 800 year history dating back to the founding of the Mande empire.

An Evening with Esmeralda Santiago / Una noche con Esmeralda Santiago

Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at 5:30pm - 8:00pm

BW Community Room at Brightwood Branch

Program Type:

Community Events, Book Groups & Reading

Age Group:

Teens, Adults

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Registration Open

Library Location: Brightwood Branch

Room: BW Community Room

Age Group: Teens, Adults

Program Type: Community Events, Book Groups & Reading

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 74

Event Details:

Meet award-winning author Esmeralda Santiago in conversation with Springfield resident Haydee Rodriguez. Santiago's books include When I Was Puerto Rican, Almost a Woman, and her latest Las Madres.

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