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Name: Romance Book Club
Start: 2025-01-11T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-01-11T11:00:00-05:00
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Winter Reading Challenge

All Day 1/1 - 2/24

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Book Groups & Reading, Community Events

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

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

Program Type: Book Groups & Reading, Community Events

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This January and February you're invited to compete in the Winter Reading Challenge! Follow the prompts, get a bingo, and earn a prize. Submit your finished bingo sheets to a librarian by February 24. For children, teens, and adults.

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Romance Book Club

Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Online

Program Type:

Book Groups & Reading

Age Group:

Adults

Registration Open

Library Location: Online

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Book Groups & Reading

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: Unlimited

Event Details:

Get your Happily Ever After fix from the Romance Book Club!

We discuss a different romance novel each month - our choices explore all the sub-genres, and a wide representation of characters. One Saturday a month, online via Zoom.

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Optional

Registration for this event is encouraged, but optional.

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Learn Needle Felting - Winter Scene

Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm

CL Community Room at Central Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts

Age Group:

Adults

Registration Open

Library Location: Central Library

Room: CL Community Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 4

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Learn how to “paint” with wool in this seasonal landscape. Use a barbed needle to attach colorful wool to an embroidery hoop. You'll leave the class with a finished piece, basic tools and the knowledge you'll need to felt on your own.

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Registration Required

Registration for this event is required due to space constraints.

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National Rubber Ducky Day

All Day 1/13

Special Events

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts

Age Group:

Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens

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Library Location: Special Events

Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

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It's National Rubber Ducky Day! Find our hidden big ducks to win a prize and make a custom ducky friend to bring home. Drop by any location during open hours.

Springfield's Big Lego Day

Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 3:00pm - 6:00pm

Special Events

Program Type:

Games

Age Group:

Children, Tweens, Teens

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Library Location: Special Events

Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens

Program Type: Games

Event Details:

Celebrate International LEGO Day at the Library. Enjoy snacks, prizes, and, of course, LEGO-building fun! Recommended for grades K-12. All skill levels are welcome.

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Valentine's Day Cards

All Day 2/1 - 2/14

Special Events

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts

Age Group:

Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens

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Library Location: Special Events

Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

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Valentine's Day is February 14. Drop by any location and make a card for that special someone in your life. All supplies are included.

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Black History Month Bookmarks

All Day 2/1 - 2/28

Special Events

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts

Age Group:

Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens

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Library Location: Special Events

Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

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Celebrate Black History Month at the Library! Stop by any location during the month of February to make an artistic collaged bookmark to be inspired by your favorite African American historical figure all year long, every time you read.

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Rotunda Rhythms: Songs and Stories of Appalachia

Sunday, February 9, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Rotunda at Central Library

Program Type:

Performances

Age Group:

Teens, Adults

Registration Open

Library Location: Central Library

Room: Rotunda

Age Group: Teens, Adults

Program Type: Performances

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: Unlimited

Event Details:

The Rotunda Rhythms series presents Songs and Stories of Appalachia!

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Optional

Registration for this event is encouraged, but optional.

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Gender Identity 101

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Computer Lab at Central Library

Program Type:

Community Events, Health & Wellness

Age Group:

Adults

Registration Open

Library Location: Central Library

Room: Computer Lab

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Community Events, Health & Wellness

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: Unlimited

Event Details:

Join us for a hybrid talk called Gender Identity 101 by Transhealth Family Nurse Practitioner J Aleah Nesteby.

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Optional

Registration for this event is encouraged, but optional.

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1 pm		This event is in the "Children" group. This event is in the "Tweens" group. This event is in the "Teens" group. Lego Freestyle Club 1:00pm - 4:30pm Children, Tweens, Teens Sixteen Acres Branch This event is in the "Children" group. This event is in the "Tweens" group. This event is in the "Teens" group. Library Location: Sixteen Acres Branch Room: SA Community Room Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens Program Type: Arts & Crafts Event Details: Attention LEGO enthusiasts! All are invited to drop in for our freestyle Lego Building Club. Make new friends and browse our library's many LEGO-themed books. Have the freedom to build using your imagination. 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.
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6 pm	This event is in the "Teens" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. Western Mass Writers Meetup 6:00pm - 7:45pm Teens, Adults Central Library This event is in the "Teens" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. Library Location: Central Library Room: CL Community Room Age Group: Teens, Adults Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Classes & Workshops Event Details: Join the Western Mass Writers Guild for our monthly meeting at the Springfield Library. Writers of all skill levels are welcome to attend. Meetings include writing “sprints,” idea collaboration and general camaraderie.

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