The Library will be closed on the morning of Thursday, June 13, for an all staff training. We will open at 1pm on that day. Thank you for your understanding.
Mar
30
Mon
CANCELLED: “Live Like No One Else” Financial Education Series
Mar 30 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Learn the basics of personal finance your Grandma lived by, but you never learned in school

On 3/16
– Session #1: Real Budgeting, Debt Elimination and Financial Plan Major Components Overview
On 3/23 – Session #2: The Zero-Dollar Based Budget (And Introduction to Online App: EveryDollar)

On 3/30 – Session #3: Financial Plan Major Components Breakdown (With “To-Do” Items for participants at the end).

Led by Gil Hogan, Financial Coach, RPC. Gil’s mission is to help everyone experience the freedom of being debt free. He assists with budgeting, paying off debt, and crafting financial plans. Gil and his wife Jennifer live in Easthampton, with the only threat to their debt free status being their frequent trips to Small Oven Bakery.
Jun
26
Mon
Learn to Draw Diary Comics with Incendavery!
Jun 26 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Join local artist Dave Wallace (incendavery.com) to learn about his process for creating diary comics, and turn your own life into a work of art! Dave will lead participants through exercises that incorporate free writing, character creation, and scripting, before helping us put it all together into a finished comic. Recommended for ages 10 and up. Registration is required–register at the library in person or by calling us at 413-527-1031 or emailing us at youthdept@ewmlibrary.org

Jun
28
Wed
Learn to Draw Diary Comics with Incendavery!
Jun 28 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Join local artist Dave Wallace (incendavery.com) to learn about his process for creating diary comics, and turn your own life into a work of art! Dave will lead participants through exercises that incorporate free writing, character creation, and scripting, before helping us put it all together into a finished comic. Recommended for ages 10 and up. Registration is required–register at the library in person or by calling us at 413-527-1031 or emailing us at youthdept@ewmlibrary.org

Jul
18
Tue
Learn to Draw Diary Comics with Incendavery!
Jul 18 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Join local artist Dave Wallace (incendavery.com) to learn about his process for creating diary comics, and turn your own life into a work of art! Dave will lead participants through exercises that incorporate free writing, character creation, and scripting, before helping us put it all together into a finished comic. Recommended for ages 10 and up. Registration is required–register at the library in person or by calling us at 413-527-1031 or emailing us at youthdept@ewmlibrary.org

Jul
19
Wed
Learn to Draw Diary Comics with Incendavery!
Jul 19 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Join local artist Dave Wallace (incendavery.com) to learn about his process for creating diary comics, and turn your own life into a work of art! Dave will lead participants through exercises that incorporate free writing, character creation, and scripting, before helping us put it all together into a finished comic. Recommended for ages 10 and up. Registration is required–register at the library in person or by calling us at 413-527-1031 or emailing us at youthdept@ewmlibrary.org

Dec
19
Tue
Heartstopper #5 Release Party
Dec 19 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Have you fallen in love with Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper??  Come celebrate the release of the fifth graphic novel with us! Hang out with other fans, have snacks, make friendship bracelets and pronoun/pride pins, try your hand at fan fiction, and listen to music from the Netflix series.

May
8
Wed
Books and Bikes Workshop with author Christina Uss!
May 8 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Join us for this special event, which is part of, and made possible by, the Mass Kids Lit Fest !

Christina Uss, author of A Girl Called Bicycle and many other “odd books with guaranteed happy endings” will be leading a workshop about how to fix a flat tire while talking about her own 4,000-mile bicycle trip across the United States! Recommended for school aged children; registration encouraged. Sign up here in person or by calling us at 413-527-1031 or emailing us at youthdept@ewmlibrary.org