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Teen Advisory Board (“TAB” for short) is a group of teens that meets once a month on ZOOM. The TAB works with library staff to improve events, space, and collection that we offer to teens. Take ownership of these services and help us create the library that you want to see! The TAB is open to any students ages 12 – 18, whether they attend public, private, or home school.  Contact youthdept@ewmlibrary.org

Easthampton Public Schools, Easthampton Healthy Youth Coalition, Emily Williston Memorial Library and the Easthampton PTO present a FREE ZOOM webinar: Raising Humans in a Digital World 

For Parents of Children from 0-11 October 13, 6:30 p.m. EST 

This is a virtual program and will be presented via Zoom.

Our digital media world can be a scary, dangerous place, especially for children. Digital Literacy educator, advocate, and frequent contributor to Psychology Today Diana Graber will share with us how parents and caregivers can help our kids navigate this environment and build a healthy relationship with technology.

This presentation is addressed to parents of young children and will cover: a developmentally appropriate introduction to tech, social and emotional skill development, screen time, over-sharenting, alternative phones, parental controls, the games young kids love (Roblox & Minecraft) and more.

This event is sponsored by the Easthampton Learning Foundation.

The Book Sale is BACK, out on the Library Lawn! Come score bargains galore and help the Emily’s Friends of the Library do what they do best–support Library programs and projects!

Donations for the sale will be accepted at the Library through Saturday, October 1st. Please refer to our materials donation policy to learn what we can accept, and bring all donations to a staff member to evaluate.

If you are interested in volunteering at the sale, or helping to make it happen, please email kschapiro@ewmlibrary.org.

Easthampton Public Schools, Easthampton Healthy Youth Coalition, Emily Williston Memorial Library and the Easthampton PTO present a FREE ZOOM webinar: Raising Humans in a Digital World 

For Parents of Middle Schoolers and Up

This is a virtual program and will be presented via Zoom.

Our digital media world can be a scary, dangerous place, especially for children. Digital Literacy educator, advocate, and frequent contributor to Psychology Today Diana Graber will share with us how parents and caregivers can help our kids navigate this environment and build a healthy relationship with technology.

This presentation will be addressed to parents of children approximately 12 years of age and up. Topics will include: digital reputation management, screen time and balance, the most popular social media platforms amongst teens (TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat), maintaining online privacy, and much more. It overviews other topics in my book and a discussion guide would be sent to you afterwards so attendees may continue to discuss topics after the presentation.

This event is sponsored by the Easthampton Learning Foundation.

Join the Library and Meat for Tea in welcoming local authors Jane Yolen and Peter Tacy! Jane and Peter will read selections from “The Black Dog Poems” (pub. 2022), and other works, including pairs of poems written by them that they call “back and forth poetry”. Masks are required at this in-person program.

Author Bios:
Jane Yolen is best known as the author of many best-selling and award-winning children’s books.  However, among her 400 published books are 14 books of adult poetry — many of which have recently won awards, including the Sophie Brody Medal and the Sydney Taylor Body of Work Award.  Her husband Peter Tacy is a retired independent-school educator.  He and Jane first met through their shared interest in poetry during the 1950’s, when they were at Smith and Williams Colleges; but then they went separate ways and into separate marriages — until, both widowed, they re-connected and began writing with and to each other in 2019.  They divide their time between Jane’s home in Hatfield and Peter’s in Mystic, CT.

Teen Advisory Board (“TAB” for short) is a group of teens that meets once a month on ZOOM. The TAB works with library staff to improve events, space, and collection that we offer to teens. Take ownership of these services and help us create the library that you want to see! The TAB is open to any students ages 12 – 18, whether they attend public, private, or home school.  Contact youthdept@ewmlibrary.org

Teen Advisory Board (“TAB” for short) is a group of teens that meets once a month on ZOOM. The TAB works with library staff to improve events, space, and collection that we offer to teens. Take ownership of these services and help us create the library that you want to see! The TAB is open to any students ages 12 – 18, whether they attend public, private, or home school.  Contact youthdept@ewmlibrary.org

Join the Valley Bloomers garden club for a talk from Marty Klein of the Pascommuck Conservation Trust.

Join the Valley Bloomers garden club for a talk with Larri Cochran of the Western MA Master Gardeners Association
If the weather is favorable, this event will take place outside at the Northampton Community Gardens.

The Spring Book Sale is coming up, out on the Library Lawn! Come score bargains galore and help the Emily’s Friends of the Library do what they do best–support Library programs and projects!

Donations for the sale will be accepted at the Library through Saturday, May 6th. Please refer to our materials donation policy to learn what we can accept, and bring all donations to a staff member to evaluate.

If you are interested in volunteering at the sale, or helping to make it happen, please email kschapiro@ewmlibrary.org.