Jul
5
Tue
Brick Builder’s Club!
Jul 5 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Calling all builders! Bring your friends and let your imagination run wild. Creations will remain on display at the Library until the Club’s next meeting.

Jul
6
Wed
Off the Beaten Path Scavenger Hunt on The Manhan Rail Trail!
Jul 6 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am

What will be looking for and what will we find? Meghan from the Hampden Hampshire Conservation District will lead us through the scavenger hunt! Meet at the library (Youth Department) and we will walk together down to the Manhan Bike Trail to start our scavenger hunt (or meet us at Tandem on the trail). A wonderful event to kick off the Summer Reading Program! Contact Youth/Teen department for more information. youthdept@ewmlibrary.org

Jul
12
Tue
Brick Builder’s Club!
Jul 12 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Calling all builders! Bring your friends and let your imagination run wild. Creations will remain on display at the Library until the Club’s next meeting.

Jul
13
Wed
A Travel Writer’s Toolkit with Laurie McMillan
Jul 13 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Registration is required. In-person with a max of 15 participants. Click here to register.

Do you have a sense of adventure, a desire to experience new vistas, a keen eye for detail and a storyteller’s flair? These are a few of the elements of the travel writer’s toolkit that Laurie will discuss in this travel writing workshop. You’ll practice in-class writing exercises to awaken the imagination and help guide your interest in writing about the places you’ve traveled or want to travel. You’ll walk away with some ideas to begin, methods to engage your reader, and stimulate your own sense of wonder! This is also a class for those who don’t travel but would like to armchair travel and write about what places intrigue them.

Facilitator Bio:
Laurie McMillan has an MFA in fiction and has led writing workshops for 21 years in all genres. She was the co-founder of the Pittsburgh Memoir Workshop, and several workshop series in venues as diverse as art museums, outpatient clinics, and at the VA. She believes that creativity and community in a safe and supportive environment can help writers do their best work. She is published in several magazines including American Journal of Nursing and the Healing Muse.

This program was funded in part by Emily’s Friends of the Library.

Jul
19
Tue
Brick Builder’s Club!
Jul 19 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Calling all builders! Bring your friends and let your imagination run wild. Creations will remain on display at the Library until the Club’s next meeting.

Jul
26
Tue
Brick Builder’s Club!
Jul 26 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Calling all builders! Bring your friends and let your imagination run wild. Creations will remain on display at the Library until the Club’s next meeting.

Aug
2
Tue
Brick Builder’s Club!
Aug 2 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Calling all builders! Bring your friends and let your imagination run wild. Creations will remain on display at the Library until the Club’s next meeting.

Aug
4
Thu
New Graphic Novel Book Club for Youth!
Aug 4 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Join us for our “New” Graphic Novel Book Club. Title will be announce soon! We provide copies of each title for participants to check out. Refreshments and fun conversation! Ages 7+

Aug
5
Fri
Teen Game Night!
Aug 5 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Come hang out after hours at the Library, and play some games with your friends! We’ll have a broad selection of board games to choose from, and our Nintendo Switch will be set up to play any of the games in our collection.

Anyone interested in tabletop roleplaying should attend as well, for an introduction to a new gaming opportunity coming to the Library!

Food and drink will be available for those who feel comfortable with it.

Aug
8
Mon
All about butterflies with Jerry Schneider, the butterfly guy
Aug 8 @ 1:30 pm – 2:15 pm

Fun for all kids: Learn all about butterflies through beautiful pictures and stories. Discover their habitats, flowers that will attract them to your yard and garden, the difference between butterflies and moths, and how they behave in the wild. Create your own butterfly t-shirt. Bring your own 100% cotton shirt. Registration required