Jun
29
Tue
“Tails & Tales” Summer 2021 Reading Programs
Jun 29 – Aug 7 all-day

Join us for 6 weeks of adventures in “Tails & Tales” Virtual Programs!

All Summer Reading Program Youth and Teen participants will receive a gift certificate for an ice cream cone/cup from our favorite-Mt Tom’s Homemade Ice Cream! Registration begins on June 28th, ends August 7th. Weekly and Grand Final Raffle! ewmlibrary.org/tailsandtales-kids

Read all about our Adult Summer Reading Program and submit your online raffle tickets at ewmlibrary.org/tailsandtales

 

Jul
2
Fri
Tales and Tunes with Andy!
Jul 2 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am

Join our Local Musician and Story Teller Andy Goulet! Each week Andy will be presenting Tunes and Tales using creativity and imagination! Registration is required for this Live Zoom Program!  Ages 3+

“This program is supported in part by a grant from the Easthampton Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported
by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.”

http://www.easthamptonculturalcouncil.org

Jul
9
Fri
Tales and Tunes with Andy!
Jul 9 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am

Join our Local Musician and Story Teller Andy Goulet! Each week Andy will be presenting Tunes and Tales using creativity and imagination! Registration is required for this Live Zoom Program!  Ages 3+

“This program is supported in part by a grant from the Easthampton Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported
by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.”

http://www.easthamptonculturalcouncil.org

Jul
16
Fri
Tales and Tunes with Andy!
Jul 16 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am

Join our Local Musician and Story Teller Andy Goulet! Each week Andy will be presenting Tunes and Tales using creativity and imagination! Registration is required for this Live Zoom Program!  Ages 3+

“This program is supported in part by a grant from the Easthampton Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported
by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.”

http://www.easthamptonculturalcouncil.org

Jul
23
Fri
Tales and Tunes with Andy!
Jul 23 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am

Join our Local Musician and Story Teller Andy Goulet! Each week Andy will be presenting Tunes and Tales using creativity and imagination! Registration is required for this Live Zoom Program!  Ages 3+

“This program is supported in part by a grant from the Easthampton Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported
by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.”

http://www.easthamptonculturalcouncil.org

Jul
30
Fri
Tales and Tunes with Andy!
Jul 30 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am

Join our Local Musician and Story Teller Andy Goulet! Each week Andy will be presenting Tunes and Tales using creativity and imagination! Registration is required for this Live Zoom Program!  Ages 3+

“This program is supported in part by a grant from the Easthampton Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported
by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.”

http://www.easthamptonculturalcouncil.org

Aug
4
Wed
Crimson Canary Concert on the Lawn!
Aug 4 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Crimson Canary is BACK and playing a lovely evening concert for us on the Library lawn! Bring a blanket or chair, relax, and let the music move you. RAIN DATE is Friday, August 6th at 6pm.

Crimson Canary consists of guitarist/vocalist David Chu and vocalist Lonnie Chu, known for their vintage music sung in various languages. They also perform and educate about flamenco music. This year they are joined by talented vocalist and bassist Erik Valdes.

David Chu began his music career as a teen playing piano and percussion, but soon switched to guitar. An accomplished soloist, he provides accompaniment and is the group’s arranger and composer. He delights audiences with the variety of genres he plays on either guitar, including flamenco, jazz, blues, Brazilian, and even Beatles.

Lonnie Chu, manager and singer, has also played folk guitar and bluegrass mandolin and enjoys singing in various languages and genres. A professor of Spanish by day, she delights in teaching audiences how to participate in flamenco’s rhythmic hand-clapping (palmas).

Erik Valdes is a former attorney turned home-schooling dad and part time multi-instrumentalist with a passion for music and languages from all over the world. 

Aug
6
Fri
Tales and Tunes with Andy!
Aug 6 @ 10:30 am – 11:00 am

Join our Local Musician and Story Teller Andy Goulet! Each week Andy will be presenting Tunes and Tales using creativity and imagination! Registration is required for this Live Zoom Program!  Ages 3+

“This program is supported in part by a grant from the Easthampton Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported
by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.”

http://www.easthamptonculturalcouncil.org

Apr
19
Tue
Author Talk with Carol Weis
Apr 19 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Author Talk with Carol Weis

Come join local author, Carol Weis, for a reading from her memoir, STUMBLING HOME: Life Before and After That Last Drink. Carol will also answer questions about the book, her writing process and her own personal journey, as well as sign copies of her book for those who are interested.

Masks are required at this event.

Author Bio:
Carol Weis, who became a writer when she got sober, has been an actor, teacher, professional cook and baker, and for years, ran poetry workshops in local schools. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, AARP, The Independent, ESPN, Good Housekeeping, OZY, Cosmo, Salon, and numerous other venues, and has been read as commentary on NPR. She’s also the author of the Simon & Schuster picture book, WHEN THE COWS GOT LOOSE, and the poetry chapbook, DIVORCE PAPERS.

To RSVP for this event, please email ehampton@cwmars.org with your name and the number of people attending.

May
18
Wed
Virtual Author Talk With Caroline Ailanthus
May 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Virtual Author Talk With Caroline Ailanthus

Register at tinyurl.com/ewml-authortalk-518

If you liked Flight Behavior, by Barbara Kingsolver or The Overstory, by Richard Powers

Caroline Ailanthus’ novel, Ecological Memory, is set twenty years after a catastrophic global pandemic. It is part scientific detective story, part post-apocalyptic travelogue. It is NOT a dystopia—although the author uses catastrophe as a starting point, her vision for the future is quite optimistic. The story explores how the characters, society, and the planet find ways to heal. It’s a book about what happens AFTER you lose everything. Caroline wrote the book well before our real pandemic, but now finds her story has become unexpectedly timely.

Caroline will briefly talk about the book’s plot, main characters, and other relevant points, then will read several excerpts and use them as starting points to discuss two themes:

1) creating a fictional pandemic vs. living in a real one

2) looking to the science of ecology as a source of perspective and hope in the face of loss

She’ll end with a question-and-answer period, and may read additional excerpts as part of the discussion.

Author Bio:
Caroline Ailanthus is primarily a science writer; even her fiction blends science and story. She is also the author of the Climate in Emergency blog. Ecological Memory is her second published novel. She grew up in Delaware and attended various small, odd schools, mostly in New England, earning BA in Environmental Leadership and an MS in Environmental Studies. She lives in Maryland with her husband and assorted animals.