Dec
21
Wed
Light Up the Night: Solstice Crafts for All Ages
Dec 21 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Light-filled paper crafts for all skill levels to bring us safely together through the year’s longest night. Come celebrate the solstice and our hopes for the return of the sun.

This event involves drop in, self-guided crafting and will take place upstairs at the long tables by the computers. A limited number of grab-and-go versions of the activities will also be available.

Jan
17
Wed
Junior Librarian January!
Jan 17 @ 3:45 pm – 4:45 pm

Do you love the library and want to dive in even more? During this three week series, we will have all sorts of creative library fun including designing new labels for the non-fiction section, making book reviews to be displayed in the library, and curating our own book displays! Registration is required (stop by in person, email us at youthdept@ewmlibrary.org, or call us at 413-527-1031. Feel free to come to one, two, or all three of the sessions. Ages 8-12

Jan
24
Wed
Junior Librarian January!
Jan 24 @ 3:45 pm – 4:45 pm

Do you love the library and want to dive in even more? During this three week series, we will have all sorts of creative library fun including designing new labels for the non-fiction section, making book reviews to be displayed in the library, and curating our own book displays! Registration is required (stop by in person, email us at youthdept@ewmlibrary.org, or call us at 413-527-1031. Feel free to come to one, two, or all three of the sessions. Ages 8-12

Jan
31
Wed
Junior Librarian January!
Jan 31 @ 3:45 pm – 4:45 pm

Do you love the library and want to dive in even more? During this three week series, we will have all sorts of creative library fun including designing new labels for the non-fiction section, making book reviews to be displayed in the library, and curating our own book displays! Registration is required (stop by in person, email us at youthdept@ewmlibrary.org, or call us at 413-527-1031. Feel free to come to one, two, or all three of the sessions. Ages 8-12

Feb
14
Wed
Meat for Tea Author Reading with John Sheirer
Feb 14 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Meat for Tea Author Reading with John Sheirer

Can an author tell a complete story in just 100 words? John Sheirer answers that question as he reads from and discusses his new book, For Now: One Hundred 100-Word Stories. These stories combine humor, depth, meaning, love, loss, and connection–all in exactly 100 words each. Copies of the book will be available for purchase.

“Here, in these finely wrought tales, is a universal current of humanity that connects us all.” – Robert Scotellaro, author of Ways to Read the World. “Unsettling in their precise focus, Sheirer’s brief and crystalline works sharpen the reader’s awareness of the irrevocable. – Gina Barreca, author of They Used to Call Me Snow White, but I Drifted. “With so many big stories in such compact spaces, John Sheirer will titillate and delight you.” – Joshua Michael Stewart, author of Love Something.

Author Bio: John Sheirer lives in Western Massachusetts and is in his 31st year of teaching at Asnuntuck Community College in Northern Connecticut. He writes a monthly column for The Daily Hampshire Gazette. His most recent books are For Now: One Hundred 100-Word Stories and Stumbling Through Adulthood: Linked StoriesFind him at JohnSheirer.com.