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Join Janet Aalfs for a series of Tai Chi classes! Twice on Tuesday evenings and twice on Friday mornings. Registration is strongly encouraged. Call or come in to sign up.

Janet, poet laureate emeritus of Northampton, MA and a master instructor of integrative arts including Poetry, TaiChi & Qigong, Karate, Filipino Stick Arts, and Empowerment Self-protection Strategies, has been teaching and performing locally, nationally, and internationally for 40 years. Founder/Director of Lotus Peace Arts at Valley Women’s Martial Arts, a non-profit school started in 1977, and located in Easthampton since 1984, Aalfs enjoys helping to create community sites for revelation and enjoyment. Her writing has been widely published, and she has received awards for her leadership in the arts as well as prizes for her poetry. Her most recent book of poems is Bird of a Thousand Eyes (Levellers Press).

Join Janet Aalfs for a series of Tai Chi classes! Twice on Tuesday evenings and twice on Friday mornings. Registration is strongly encouraged. Call or come in to sign up.

Janet, poet laureate emeritus of Northampton, MA and a master instructor of integrative arts including Poetry, TaiChi & Qigong, Karate, Filipino Stick Arts, and Empowerment Self-protection Strategies, has been teaching and performing locally, nationally, and internationally for 40 years. Founder/Director of Lotus Peace Arts at Valley Women’s Martial Arts, a non-profit school started in 1977, and located in Easthampton since 1984, Aalfs enjoys helping to create community sites for revelation and enjoyment. Her writing has been widely published, and she has received awards for her leadership in the arts as well as prizes for her poetry. Her most recent book of poems is Bird of a Thousand Eyes (Levellers Press).

PLEASE NOTE: This session of the Computer Collaborative is canceled. 

Computer classes offered in collaboration with the Easthampton Council on Aging and Enrichment Center. Topic changes monthly. Held at the Eastampton Council on Aging. Seats are limited! Call 527-1031 or email slevine@ewmlibrary.org to register!

Computer classes offered in collaboration with the Easthampton Council on Aging and Enrichment Center. Topic changes monthly. Held at the Eastampton Council on Aging. Seats are limited! Call 527-1031 or email slevine@ewmlibrary.org to register!

Computer classes offered in collaboration with the Easthampton Council on Aging and Enrichment Center. Topic changes monthly. Held at the Eastampton Council on Aging. Seats are limited! Call 527-1031 or email slevine@ewmlibrary.org to register!

Lianne from the Stepping Up Dance Center joins us to share the art of Jazz dancing. This is the first of three different dance classes at the Library this summer! Registration required. Recommended for ages 5 and up.

Lois returns for another artful summer workshop series! She has once again devised a broad spectrum of open-ended art projects, this time around the summer’s theme, Libraries Rock! We may even listen to some music to inspire us while working on our projects. Come to one or come to all of these fun programs. Registration is required. Recommended for ages 5 and up.

Learn to make your own soap, topped off with a rockin’ rubber duckie! Getting ready to wash up has never been this fun. Registration is required, and there will be some hot supplies, so the help of a grown up is recommended. Ages 5 and up.

Use your creativity and problem-solving skills to transform everyday materials into musical instruments. Participants will experiment with a variety of found materials to construct their own sound machines. Registration is required. For ages 4 and up.