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Stay after story time or arrive just for this special toddler and preschool art-making time to celebrate the Week of the Young Child! Wear clothes that can get messy 🙂

Pick up a copy of the book at the Library. Please RSVP at tinyurl.com/ewml-women-clothes

Join us for an informal discussion about how women use fashion/clothing as a means of self-expression, self-care, as armor or disguise, to reinvent themselves, to transform how others see them, to communicate, or to enhance confidence and individuality. Please book-mark your favorite sections of “Women in Clothes,” and share your thoughts about your relationship with clothing, shopping, and what influences your daily ritual of getting dressed.

“Women in Clothes,” the 2014 book edited by the ­novelist-critics Sheila Heti and Heidi Julavits and the artist Leanne Shapton, is a compilation of lessons, fears and wishes. It pushes against the prevailing rules that have governed women’s self-presentation for thousands of years.

As mentioned in this 2014 New York Times article, Sheila Weiss writes, “The book began as a survey consisting of an “ever-evolving” list of questions that the editors sent out to more than 600 women… The questions are provocative and psychological. They suggest that a closet is an archive of emotion. The questions also resist the idea, commonly held, that paying too much attention to dress is frivolous… Clothing is as much a means for defiance and privacy as it is a vehicle for pleasing self-presentation.”

Susan W. Berry MS, MFA, CHC, CIC is a Certified Holistic Health Coach and Certified Personal Style, Wardrobe and Image Consultant. She resides in Easthampton, MA.

Bring your stuffie for a sleepover they’ll always remember: crafts, stories, & more! When it’s time to go, you’ll tuck them in and say goodnight. Then, come back any time the following day to pick them up, and see what they were up to after the lights went out. Space is limited and registration is required. Recommended for ages 4-8. Younger and older siblings welcome.

Art Buffet is back! Join Katya and Lois to make spring-themed collages or use our materials to inspire the creation of your choice.

It’s a half-day for Easthampton Public Schools, so come to the library and have fun! We’re going to have a family storytime with some silly books about birds and then we’re going to paint our own (indoor, decorative) birdhouses! Geared for ages 4-8, younger and older siblings welcome to join. Registration encouraged so that we will have enough birdhouses. Stop by, email youthdept@ewmlibrary.org or call us at 413-527-1031.

Art Buffet is back! Join Katya and Lois to make spring-themed collages or use our materials to inspire the creation of your choice.

Join us upstairs to explore the Japanese concept of ‘notan’ – ‘light-dark harmony’.

Pattern and color with ‘bleeding’ tissue paper.

Come and turn basic materials like corks and lids into creative and cool stamps! Program geared for elementary ages; siblings and others who are interested are welcome to join.

Join us upstairs to explore the Japanese concept of ‘notan’ – ‘light-dark harmony’.