Stop by the Storrs Library during our Curbside hours to pick up a Take & Make Book Craft Kit. Kits make use of used books or book pages to create imaginative literary decorations for the home. Materials are available on a first come, first served basis while supplies last.

Stop by the library to pick up a fun craft or activity to complete at home! Kid Craft Kits will be available on a first come, first serve basis, while supplies last, during curbside services or appointment-based visits.

Magic Trick Monday is back! Thanks to local magician Ed Popielarczyk for getting us through the winter with some magic! Tune in weekly to learn a new trick.

For this trick, you will need a Ziplock bag with water in it, a pen, a pencil, and something to use as a magic wand. 

Join our 3rd-5th grade book group and find a reason to laugh each month! We'll read weird and funny stories with a matching activity and meet up on Zoom to talk about them. Every reader who registers will receive an additional book to add to their own library. This month's book selection is RA THE MIGHTY: CAT DETECTIVE by Amy Butler Greenfield. Register and pick up your copy and activity from our curbside pickup, or during an appointment-based visit. Make sure to register in advance to receive the meeting link.     

The Library is closed in observance of Patriots' Day. 

Stop by the library to pick up a fun craft or activity to complete at home! Kid Craft Kits will be available on a first come, first serve basis, while supplies last, during curbside services or appointment-based visits.

From the time she was old enough to be a nurse within her own family, Clara Barton’s life was dedicated to helping others. She accepted no pay as she taught poor children whose parents had no money to send them to school. She raised warehouses full of food, medicine and clothing during the Civil War, and then courageously went to the front to nurse the wounded and dying. Finally, Clara started the American Red Cross, which is her legacy today. Join Storrs Library for an historical portrayal of Clara Barton by Sheryl Faye. 
 
Please register in advance. This is a prerecorded performance available on Vimeo from 4:00-8:00pm only. The video is about 35 minutes long, so be sure to allow yourself enough time to watch the entire video because it will automatically turn off at 8:00pm. A link and password will be emailed to registrants the day of the program.
 
This program is funded by a grant from the Longmeadow Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Please join us for Amy Dane’s travel lecture on Colorful Colombia on Zoom on Thursday, April 22nd at 12:30pm.

Colombia is dream destination for lovers of nature and culture including pre-Hispanic, colonial, religious and modern. Once infamous as the home of Pablo Escobar and the drug cartels, Medellin is better known today as the home of Colombia’s most famous artist, Fernando Botero. Biodiversity includes endemic species of birds, butterflies and orchids. Varied landscapes include the Tatacoa desert; largest mountain range in the Andes; spectacular rivers and waterfalls and both Pacific and Caribbean coastlines. Enjoy scenic valleys rich with lush vegetation yielding tropical fruit, coffee and cacao beans. From below ground emerge the purest emeralds in the world.

Sponsored by FOLOCA and cohosted by Longmeadow Adult Center and Storrs Library.

We will be using Zoom for this presentation. You will need a computer, smartphone, iPad, or similar device that has a camera and audio ability.

New to Zoom? Watch one of their short videos to help you get started: Join a Meeting or Joining & Configuring Audio & Video.

New to videoconferencing and web chats? Download our Video Conferencing Privacy Tips handout for steps that you can take to safeguard your privacy online.

Register in advance. You will receive an email invitation to join shortly before the program begins.

Join us for live virtual storytime for babies 0-18 months old and their caregivers. We'll read some stories together, sing some songs, and bounce along! Make sure to register in advance to receive the Zoom meeting link.

Stop by the library to pick up a fun craft or activity to complete at home! Kid Craft Kits will be available on a first come, first serve basis, while supplies last, during curbside services or appointment-based visits.

Julia Mitchell returns to Storrs Library for another spectacular virtual cooking demonstration, "Light as Air Southern Biscuits." Julia will walk us through three different biscuit recipes with tips, techniques, and pairing suggestions. Registrants will receive recipes for the menu below, plus bonus recipes with additional variations and tasty sides to pair with your biscuits!
 
Menu:
Cream Biscuits
Southern Biscuits
Sweet Potato Biscuits

Julia Mitchell has worked for Southern Living magazine for 15 years developing new magazines,  lifestyle shows, and cooking demonstrations. She has also worked with chefs developing shows and online articles. She has taught cooking classes for all ages and loves to pass on easy traditional techniques for people to fall in love with entertaining, food, and cooking. With her Southern heritage in tact, Julia and her family moved to Massachusetts from Canada two years ago. In their many moves they've discovered how even more important it is to keep alive Southern traditions and entertaining ideas.

We will be using Zoom for this presentation. You will need a computer, smartphone, iPad, or similar device that has a camera and audio ability.

New to Zoom? Watch one of their short videos to help you get started: Join a Meeting or Joining & Configuring Audio & Video.

New to videoconferencing and web chats? Download our Video Conferencing Privacy Tips handout for steps that you can take to safeguard your privacy online. 

Register in advance.  You will receive an email invitation to join shortly before we begin.

Jane Christian presents virtual STEAM: Glitter Slime and More! Children in PreK-2nd grade, with an accompanying adult, are invited to have the slime of their lives! This group offers an activity that will incorporate Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math. Registration required in advance. Registration required in advance.  Please pick up STEAM supplies from Storrs Library during Curbside Services, or an appointment-based visit. 

This program is sponsored by Pathways for Parents. Pathways for Parents is administered by Ludlow Public Schools and is funded by the Coordinated Family Community Engagement Grant through the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care.

Storrs Library invites you to join us as Ron Feuchs and Jackie Tepper, partners at Stand Out for College, LLC., walk us through the changes in the college admissions landscape this year for Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors. They will discuss the holistic admissions review process and focus on the greater consideration admissions officers are giving to extracurricular activities and essays as they will have fewer data points to rely on due to the disruptions from COVID-19. This program covers how admissions officers are handling the current situation and how students can position themselves to develop a compelling narrative to increase their chances for admission.

Make sure to register in advance to receive the link to the Zoom meeting. 

This program is presented by Stand Out for College, LLC., an organization unaffiliated with Storrs Library. 

Soil health has become a popular topic in agriculture lately. But what does this really mean? What does this entail? This discussion is an overview of what is going on beneath our feet and how this creates healthy soil, plants and people. We will discuss some fundamental soil health issues as well as composting, soil biology, and mulching. We will end the chat by demonstrating a lasagna garden, which is a really simple (and cheap!) way to create new beds on your property without disturbing the soil. 

About the Hampden Hampshire Conservation District (HHCD):

The Hampden Hampshire Conservation District works with landowners and communities in Hampden and Hampshire Counties in the conservation and management of natural resources; farmland, woodland, wildlife management and farmland preservation.

Diana Laurenitis has been working in the agricultural field for 18 years. She is currently employed by the HHCD doing farmer outreach and community education on agricultural issues.

Please bring a blanket or lawn chair as this program will be held on the Front Lawn of Storrs Library. This program is weather-dependent, and the rain date is May 10.

Advanced registration is required and space is limited. Masks and social distancing are required.

Children from birth to fifteen months, with their caregivers, are invited to join Physical Therapist Lisa Erickson in Movement Across Milestones on Zoom. This program will focus on motor development education, with suggestions for caregivers to promote typical motor development. Caregivers will also receive ideas on floor time play. Please register, and registration will be for the four Wednesdays in May.  

This program is sponsored by Pathways for Parents. Pathways for Parents is administered by Ludlow Public Schools and is funded by the Coordinated Family Community Engagement Grant through the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care.

We will be using Zoom for this presentation. You will need a computer, smartphone, iPad, or similar device that has a camera and audio ability. New to Zoom? Watch one of their short videos to help you get started: Join a Meeting or Joining & Configuring Audio & Video. 

New to videoconferencing and web chats? Download our Video Conferencing Privacy Tips handout for steps that you can take to safeguard your privacy online.  

Storrs Library invites you to a virtual presentation with Professor Kiara M. Vigil exploring how popular representations of the West and Native Americans have evolved over time and the role Indian people themselves played in these shifts. We'll examine these cultural representations alongside the histories of Native actors and the dichotomy of their lives as workers and activists. This presentation is based on Vigil's research for her new book Natives in Transit: Indian Entertainment, Urban Life, and Activism.

Kiara M. Vigil (Dakota/Apache heritage) is currently an associate professor of American Studies at Amherst College. She is a Council Member for the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, and was named the Jan Cohn Fellow and Lecturer in American Studies for 2020 by Trinity College. Kiara’s PhD is in American Culture from the University of Michigan. She holds a master’s degrees from Columbia University’s Teachers’ College and Dartmouth College, as well as a B.A. in History from Tufts University. Her research and teaching interests are grounded in Native American and Indigenous Studies.

Kiara is the author of Indigenous Intellectuals: Sovereignty, Citizenship, and the American Imagination, 1890-1930 (2015). Her articles and essays have appeared in peer-reviewed journals and books, one of which, “Who was Henry Standing Bear? Remembering Lakota Activism from the Early Twentieth Century,” won the Frederick C. Luebke Award for Outstanding Regional Scholarship from the Great Plains Quarterly. Kiara is currently collaborating on a project about the new PBS show “Molly of Denali” in a study about how Native Americans have been represented in children’s television programs. She is also collaborating with Dakota language teachers on a new project to make 19th century Dakota-language texts more widely available.

This program is cosponsored by Storrs Library, Longmeadow Historical Society, Longmeadow Adult Center as part of our "Hidden Voices of History" series. This program is made possible through CARES Act funding to Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.

We will be using Zoom for this presentation. You will need a computer, smartphone, iPad, or similar device that has a camera and audio ability.

New to Zoom? Watch one of their short videos to help you get started: Join a Meeting or Joining & Configuring Audio & Video.

New to videoconferencing and web chats? Download our Video Conferencing Privacy Tips handout for steps that you can take to safeguard your privacy online. 

Register in advance.  You will receive an email invitation to join shortly before we begin.

For caregivers with littles under age 1, grab your strollers and children and come meet others who haven't slept properly in weeks. We'll meet where the Story Walk is posted on the front sidewalk. A library staff member will be on hand to facilitate distanced sharing about our experiences caring for a tiny human. Come when you can, leave when you must, and hope that the littles will nap for us. Registration is required. Adult participants need to wear masks and adhere to social distancing. This program is weather-dependent.

Come learn the ins and outs of fixing a flat tire with Christina, our resident long-distance cyclist and author of books with bikes in them. You'll learn the best ways to find a puncture and keep from getting another one, plus hear about some terrific bicycle adventure books for all ages. Each registrant will receive their own flat-fixing kit, courtesy of Speed & Sprocket Cycle Works, the Pioneer Valley's Mobile Bike Shop. Bring your own bike if you like, plus a bike pump if you have one. For kids 8+, teens, and adults. 

This program will be held on the Front Lawn under tents, socially distanced and masks are required. Advanced registration is required. If there is inclement weather, the program will be rescheduled.

Children from birth to fifteen months, with their caregivers, are invited to join Physical Therapist Lisa Erickson in Movement Across Milestones on Zoom. This program will focus on motor development education, with suggestions for caregivers to promote typical motor development. Caregivers will also receive ideas on floor time play. Please register, and registration will be for the four Wednesdays in May.  

This program is sponsored by Pathways for Parents. Pathways for Parents is administered by Ludlow Public Schools and is funded by the Coordinated Family Community Engagement Grant through the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care.

We will be using Zoom for this presentation. You will need a computer, smartphone, iPad, or similar device that has a camera and audio ability. New to Zoom? Watch one of their short videos to help you get started: Join a Meeting or Joining & Configuring Audio & Video. 

New to videoconferencing and web chats? Download our Video Conferencing Privacy Tips handout for steps that you can take to safeguard your privacy online.  

For caregivers with littles under age 1, grab your strollers and children and come meet others who haven't slept properly in weeks. We'll meet where the Story Walk is posted on the front sidewalk. A library staff member will be on hand to facilitate distanced sharing about our experiences caring for a tiny human. Come when you can, leave when you must, and hope that the littles will nap for us. Registration is required. Adult participants need to wear masks and adhere to social distancing. This program is weather-dependent.

Jane Christian presents Virtual STEAM: Sensory Bottles! Children ages 3-5, with an accompanying adult, are invited to join the fun of a virtual STEAM experience. This group offers an activity that will incorporate Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math. Registration required in advance.  Please pick up STEAM supplies from Storrs Library during Curbside Services, or an appointment-based visit.  

This program is sponsored by Pathways for Parents. Pathways for Parents is administered by Ludlow Public Schools and is funded by the Coordinated Family Community Engagement Grant through the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care.

Love to cook? Join us for Virtual Cookbook Club! We will be sharing our experiences cooking recipes from the Chef Bill website. Chef Bill has kindly granted permission to use recipes from his Zoom classes as our inspiration this month. Novice cooks are welcome! You are welcome to list a recipe when registering, but there is no need to do so as with our previous Cookbook Club meetings.

Children from birth to fifteen months, with their caregivers, are invited to join Physical Therapist Lisa Erickson in Movement Across Milestones on Zoom. This program will focus on motor development education, with suggestions for caregivers to promote typical motor development. Caregivers will also receive ideas on floor time play. Please register, and registration will be for the four Wednesdays in May.  

This program is sponsored by Pathways for Parents. Pathways for Parents is administered by Ludlow Public Schools and is funded by the Coordinated Family Community Engagement Grant through the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care.

We will be using Zoom for this presentation. You will need a computer, smartphone, iPad, or similar device that has a camera and audio ability. New to Zoom? Watch one of their short videos to help you get started: Join a Meeting or Joining & Configuring Audio & Video. 

New to videoconferencing and web chats? Download our Video Conferencing Privacy Tips handout for steps that you can take to safeguard your privacy online.  

Join our K-2nd Grade book group so we can discover great, funny stories together! Each month we will have a take-and-make craft and read something hilarious that may--or may not--have a banana in it. We will meet virtually to talk about what made us laugh the most. This month's book selection is YASMIN THE SUPERHERO by Saadia Faruqi. Register and pick up your copy and craft from our curbside pickup, or during an appointment-based visit. Make sure to register in advance to receive the Zoom link. 

A practical pantry doesn’t have to be Pinterest-pretty with dry goods decanted into jars with artful labels. It's more than just a place to store food; it’s a space that can support your goals – from eating healthier, creating a snack station for kids, or stocking up on supplies without losing control of where everything is.
 
Storrs Library invites you to join us with professional organizer Susan McCarthy to listen, learn, and enjoy or to set up your device near your pantry to go through the process during the program. We’ll use a minimal mess method so if you don't finish, you won’t be stuck with the contents of your pantry strewn over the floor. No need to buy organizing products before class; you’ll see what, if anything, you need after you go through your pantry. Have a box available for donations, a trash can nearby, and cleaning supplies on hand.
 
Susan McCarthy realized she was a minimalist midlife while going through her parents' house packed full of stuff. She founded A Life Less Cluttered to help others develop peaceful decluttered spaces in their homes. Susan is a certified member of NAPO, National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals.
 
This program is sponsored by Friends of Storrs Library.

We will be using Zoom for this presentation. You will need a computer, smartphone, iPad, or similar device that has a camera and audio ability.

New to Zoom? Watch one of their short videos to help you get started: Join a Meeting or Joining & Configuring Audio & Video.

New to videoconferencing and web chats? Download our Video Conferencing Privacy Tips handout for steps that you can take to safeguard your privacy online. 

Register in advance.  You will receive an email invitation to join shortly before we begin.

For caregivers with littles under age 1, grab your strollers and children and come meet others who haven't slept properly in weeks. We'll meet where the Story Walk is posted on the front sidewalk. A library staff member will be on hand to facilitate distanced sharing about our experiences caring for a tiny human. Come when you can, leave when you must, and hope that the littles will nap for us. Registration is required. Adult participants need to wear masks and adhere to social distancing. This program is weather-dependent.

Join our 3rd-5th grade book group and find a reason to laugh each month! We'll read weird and funny stories with a matching activity and meet up on Zoom to talk about them. This month's book selection is HOW TO GROW UP AND RULE THE WORLD by Scott Seegert. Register and pick up your copy and activity from our curbside pickup, or during an appointment-based visit. Make sure to register in advance to receive the meeting link.     

Children from birth to fifteen months, with their caregivers, are invited to join Physical Therapist Lisa Erickson in Movement Across Milestones on Zoom. This program will focus on motor development education, with suggestions for caregivers to promote typical motor development. Caregivers will also receive ideas on floor time play. Please register, and registration will be for the four Wednesdays in May.  

This program is sponsored by Pathways for Parents. Pathways for Parents is administered by Ludlow Public Schools and is funded by the Coordinated Family Community Engagement Grant through the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care.

We will be using Zoom for this presentation. You will need a computer, smartphone, iPad, or similar device that has a camera and audio ability. New to Zoom? Watch one of their short videos to help you get started: Join a Meeting or Joining & Configuring Audio & Video. 

New to videoconferencing and web chats? Download our Video Conferencing Privacy Tips handout for steps that you can take to safeguard your privacy online.  

For caregivers with littles under age 1, grab your strollers and children and come meet others who haven't slept properly in weeks. We'll meet where the Story Walk is posted on the front sidewalk. A library staff member will be on hand to facilitate distanced sharing about our experiences caring for a tiny human. Come when you can, leave when you must, and hope that the littles will nap for us. Registration is required. Adult participants need to wear masks and adhere to social distancing. This program is weather-dependent.

The Library is closed in observance of Memorial Day. 

Storrs Library invites you to this presentation to consider how the early feminist anti-violence movement was transformed once institutionalized by the criminal justice system and advocacy organizations. Drawing from ethnographic research, the talk will provide the perspective of victims of domestic violence as they react to intervention by government officials and attempt to re-establish their lives.

Professor Kristin Bumiller is the author of In an Abusive State (Duke University Press, 2008) which examines the relationship between the feminist movement against sexual violence and criminal justice policy. She is also the author of a seminal book on employment discrimination, The Civil Rights Society (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988).  Her has written numerous articles span a broad range of interests in anti-discrimination policy, feminist theory, gender and punishment, and disability rights. Professor Bumiller received her PhD in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the George Daniel Olds Professor of Economic and Social Institutions in the Department of Political Science at Amherst College.

This program is cosponsored by Storrs Library, Longmeadow Historical Society, Longmeadow Adult Center as part of our "Hidden Voices of History" series. This program is made possible through CARES Act funding to Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.

We will be using Zoom for this presentation. You will need a computer, smartphone, iPad, or similar device that has a camera and audio ability.

New to Zoom? Watch one of their short videos to help you get started: Join a Meeting or Joining & Configuring Audio & Video.

New to videoconferencing and web chats? Download our Video Conferencing Privacy Tips handout for steps that you can take to safeguard your privacy online.

Register in advance. You will receive an email invitation to join shortly before the program begins.

For caregivers with littles under age 1, grab your strollers and children and come meet others who haven't slept properly in weeks. We'll meet where the Story Walk is posted on the front sidewalk. A library staff member will be on hand to facilitate distanced sharing about our experiences caring for a tiny human. Come when you can, leave when you must, and hope that the littles will nap for us. Registration is required. Adult participants need to wear masks and adhere to social distancing. This program is weather-dependent.