Jul
17
Mon
Building Challenge: Gumdrop Structures!
Jul 17 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Join Moira for our second building challenge of the summer. The list of supplies may be limited, but the possibilities are endless! What can you build? Recommended for ages 5-12.

Jul
18
Tue
ART-chitecture!
Jul 18 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Lois is back with more awesome art projects! Join her each Tuesday during the Summer Reading Program to explore your creative side with open-ended art projects based around building! Recommended for ages 5-12.

 

Jul
24
Mon
World Builders: Minecraft with Jonathan!
Jul 24 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

We know you love Minecraft — we can’t keep our books about it on the shelf — so come play with us! Meet other Minecraft enthusiasts and work together in a shared world to build fantastic creations! Some accounts will be available for new players, but you’re encouraged to use your own if you have one. Recommended for ages 6-12.

Jul
25
Tue
ART-chitecture!
Jul 25 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Lois is back with more awesome art projects! Join her each Tuesday during the Summer Reading Program to explore your creative side with open-ended art projects based around building! Recommended for ages 5-12.

 

Jul
27
Thu
Rockets: There and Back! Session 1
Jul 27 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

The Boston Science Museum visits the Library for the first of TWO SESSIONS of this out-of-this-world workshop. Participants will create an air rocket that launches across the room, and engineer a way for a payload to return safely to Earth. This hands-on workshop explores the science behind rockets and space exploration. Use your imagination to plan, build, and test your own design. Recommended for ages 5-12.

Rockets: There and Back! Session 2
Jul 27 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

The Boston Science Museum visits the Library for the second of TWO SESSIONS of this out-of-this-world workshop. Participants will create an air rocket that launches across the room, and engineer a way for a payload to return safely to Earth. This hands-on workshop explores the science behind rockets and space exploration. Use your imagination to plan, build, and test your own design. Recommended for ages 5-12.

Aug
1
Tue
ART-chitecture!
Aug 1 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Lois is back with more awesome art projects! Join her each Tuesday during the Summer Reading Program to explore your creative side with open-ended art projects based around building! Recommended for ages 5-12.

 

Aug
4
Fri
Building Challenge: Articulated Hands!
Aug 4 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

What does that mean?! Join Moira for our third and final building challenge of the summer. We’ll learn how, using a few basic supplies, we can make artificial hands with moving fingers, just like ours! Recommended for ages 8-12.

Apr
10
Tue
Edible Plants Slideshow by Blanche Cybele Derby
Apr 10 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

This is a drop-in slide show, presented by local author and illustrator Blanche Cybele Derby. Blanche will talk about how some common, early spring weeds can be used as food. You’ll discover how to identify and use often overlooked plants for delicious additions to your meal.
Blanche Cybele Derby is author and illustrator of My Favorite Plants, My Wild Friends (out of print) and More My Wild Friends, and creator of the film trilogy Edible Plants: Wild and Tame (Spring, Summer, and Fall). She has led numerous walks, lectured extensively and regularly includes wild plants in her meal.

Check out her website to learn more!

May
1
Tue
Chemistry Adventure Day!
May 1 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

In collaboration with the Dreyfus Foundation and the National Science Foundation, the Mount Holyoke College Passport to Chemistry program presents: “Put Your Resources to Work”! Join us to experience the “power” of chemistry… Parent/child teams will explore hands-on experiments to learn about different ways that energy can be created by putting their brains, arms, lungs, and a source of light to work. Following the event, Chemistry Kits will be available for patrons to check out to continue the adventure at home!