Volume 10 No. 3 | February 28, 2026

TUTORIAL:

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Poet's Seat

Poetry Contest Ceremony

Save the Date

April 28, 2026 | 6pm

Greenfield Public Library

Wednesday

March 11, 2026

10:00am - 6:00pm

A Spring Book Sale sponsored by the Friends of the Greenfield Public Library is happening on Saturday, May 9 from 10am to 1pm. Money raised through our book sales funds all our library programs.

We are looking for book donations for our May 9th sale and will be available to accept your gently used books on the from 10am to 6pm on the second Wednesday of each month leading up to the sale:

Wednesday, March 11

Wednesday, April 15

We will have more hours to accept donations on 4/30, 5/1, 5/2, and 5/4. Times for that will be determined at a later date.

Books must be in gently used condition with no mold, dog-ears, discoloration, underlining, or broken binding. We cannot accept encyclopedias, textbooks, computer manuals, or media   (CD’s, DVD’s, etc).

If you would like more information, please e-mail fgplbooksalecommittee@gmail.com

Contact: 

Cyndie Rothschild

413-824-0468

CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS FOR LIBRARY ACTIVITIES

If you have volunteered in the past, or you think you might want to volunteer to help out the library or Friends in the future, log in to our new sign-up system today:

CLICK HERE

For detailed information about the many excellent programs presented at the library, listed below, click on the purple "Visit the Full Library Calendar" button,

which you'll find throughout the newsletter:

Teen Programs and Events

Teen programs are intended for youth ages 13 - 20 unless otherwise noted

Mac’s Board Game Night

Tuesday, March 10, 4:00 - 7:00 pm

Meet with a MassHire

Young Adult Career Counselor

Tuesdays, 2:30 - 4:30 pm

Thursday Resources and FREE Pizza!

Thursdays, 3:00 - 4:30 pm

• March 5: Meet Professional Podcasters and make a recording
• March 12: Meet a Doctor and ask questions about health advice on TikTok
• March 19: Money Advice from a Financial Advisor
• March 26: Surprise Guest

Diamond Painting and a True Crime Podcast

• Friday, March 6, 12:00 - 4:00 pm
• Tuesday, March 31, 2:30 - 4:30 pm

Mac’s Movie Night

Wednesday, March 25

Pizza served at 5 pm, Movie starts at 5:30 pm

Teen Graphic Novel Book Club

Friday, March 27, 3:30 - 4:30 pm

Heartstopper *copies will be available in the teen room all month long.

Snack Lab - Sourpalooza!

• Wednesday, March 4, 3:00 - 4
• Tuesday, March 17, 3:00 - 4

Hatsune Miku Day

Monday, March 9, 2:30 - 7:00pm

Get Crafty - Teen Sip and Paint

Wednesday, March 11, 3:00 - 4:00 pm

Teen Room Cafe

Monday, March 23, 2:30 - 4:30 pm

Mac’s Character Kick Off Party!

Monday, March 30, 3:00 - 7:00pm

For more information on teen programs, contact teen librarian Francesca Passiglia at francesca.passiglia@greenfield-ma.gov

or call (413) 772-1544 x5120

Tween Programs and Events

Come enjoy the library's dedicated space for Tweens!

Kids’ Graphic Novel Book Club Meeting: Invisible

Wednesday, March 4, 3:30 pm

Copies of the book are available for check out in the children’s room

Tween Advisory Board Meeting

Wednesday, March 11, 3:35 pm

This month tweens will help assemble a spring bulletin board for the Children’s Room.

Kick Back and Craft (drop-in)

Tuesday, March 3, 2:30 - 3:45 pm

Learn Dungeons & Dragons with Dan

Two separate sessions:

• Mondays, March 2, 9, 16, 23, 4:30 - 6:30 pm 
• Fridays, March 6, 13, 27, April 3, 2:30-4:30 pm

*Pre-registration required

For more information on children’s programs, contact children’s librarian Ellen Lavoie at ellen.lavoie@greenfield-ma.gov 

or call (413) 772-1544 x5104

Children's Programs and Events

An adult is required to be present with children under 8 participating in GPL programs

STORY TIMES

Book Babies

Intended for birth -18 months

Tuesdays at 10am

Toddler Time with Ellen Lavoie

Wednesdays at 10:00 am  

ACTIVITIES & SPECIAL EVENTS

Local Author Storytime with Sylvia Wetherby

Saturday, March 7, 10:30 am

Make a Gimp Bracelet

Wednesday, March 25, 3:30-4:30 pm

ONGOING PROGRAMS

1000 Books Before Kindergarten (self-directed)

Drop by the Children's Room to sign up for our early-literacy program for families with children ages 0-5!

Baby Wearing Meetup

Monday, March 16, 10 am

Family Board Game Night (drop-in)

Monday, March 23, 5:30 - 7:30 pm

GPL Lego Club (drop-in)

Mondays, 3:30-5pm

Drop-in Playgroup

Fridays, 9:30-11:30am

Meet a Therapy Dog (drop-in)

Friday, March 6, 3:30 - 4:30 pm

For more information on children’s programs, contact children’s librarian Ellen Lavoie at ellen.lavoie@greenfield-ma.gov

or call (413) 772-1544 x5104

Love Letters to the Wild

Tuesday, March 24 6:00 pm

Community Meeting Room

The Greenfield Public Library is pleased to welcome local poet Janet MacFayden for a reading and talk about her latest book, Love Letters to the Wild, on Tuesday, March 24 at 6:00pm in the library’s Community Meeting Room.

Love Letters to the Wild shines, yearns, and sings through an interior and exterior journey tracing the essential bond between human beings and the natural environment. 

Janet MacFadyen is the author of four full-length collections—most recently Love Letters to the Wild (Dos Madres) and State of Grass (Salmon Poetry)—and four chapbooks, including the poetry-photo praise songs to the earth Adrift in the House of Rocks and Ribbon of Sandstone, both in collaboration with the photographer Stephen Schmidt. 

Books will be available for purchase at the event.

For more information, contact Lisa Prolman at librarian@greenfieldpubliclibrary.org or call (413) 772-1544.

This program, generously sponsored by the Friends of the Greenfield Public Library, is free and open to the public.

Frriday, March 20, 2:00 - 4:00pm

Makerspace

Thinking about starting some seeds indoors? 

Join us for a workshop with Paulina Borrego from UMass Mass Aggie Seed Library on Friday, March 20 at 2:00 pm, in the Makerspace and learn about the benefits of soil blocking. In this workshop you will make soil blocks without using plastic trays. 

All materials will be supplied to make a few soil blocks for you to take home and begin starting seeds indoors.

This program is free, space is limited to 10 participants, and registration is required. 

Register at: https://greenfieldpl.libcal.com/event/14420452

For more information, contact Nancy Little at nancy.little@greenfield-ma.gov or call (413) 772-1544

This program, generously sponsored by the Friends of the Greenfield Public Library, is free and intended for ages 16+. The Library would also like to thank the Common Seed Project at UMass Amherst. For more information about their work, visit https://guides.library.umass.edu/commonseed.

Join local author/illustrator Sylvia Wetherby to hear her read from her book Oak Seed. After the reading, she will lead an art activity, sell, and sign copies of her book.

For more information, contact Ellen Lavoie at ellen.lavoie@greenfield-ma.gov or call (413) 772-1544 x5104.

This program, made possible through the generosity of the Friends of the Greenfield Public Library, is free and recommended for children ages 6-12. 

Join Greenfield’s Looky Here on Monday, March 2 at 6:00 pm, in the Makerspace for a colorful zine workshop! Looky Here is a local arts non-profit and community risograph print shop. In this workshop, we’ll learn different ways to experiment with the zine format.

What’s a zine again? A zine is a DIY, self-published, print work, often on a subject that falls outside of what’s traditionally seen in publishing. 

This program is free, but space is limited and pre registration is required. Register at: https://greenfieldpl.libcal.com/event/15755854.  

For more information, contact Jesse Cole at jesse.cole@greenfield-ma.gov, or call (413) 772-1544 x5122.

This program, generously sponsored by the Friends of the Greenfield Public Library, is free and intended for ages 13 and older.

Tweens ages 10-12: Would you like to learn how to play Dungeons and Dragons? Are you interested in learning how to be a Dungeon Master so you can run your own campaigns?

Pre-register for one of two special intro sessions we’re hosting in March!

Players will meet for four weeks and during that time will create a character, play in a short campaign and learn the ins and outs of being the Dungeon Master. Upon completion, they should feel confident running a campaign with their friends!

Space is limited. Choose the session that works best for you. Due to the amount of material being covered, players are expected to attend all four sessions, arrive on time and stay for the entire two hours:

Mondays, 4:30-6:30pm (March 2, 6, 16, 23): https://greenfieldpl.libcal.com/event/16355661

Fridays, 2:30-4:30pm (March 6, 13, 27 and April 3) *no class on March 20: https://greenfieldpl.libcal.com/event/16360172

For more information, contact Ellen Lavoie at ellen.lavoie@greenfield-ma.gov or call (413) 772-1544 x5104.

Monday, March 16, 6:00 pm

 Community Meeting Room

Join Librarians Francesca and Pamela as we take a cookbook out for a test drive with GPL's New Cookbook Club! First, check out a copy of Deb Perelman's Smitten Kitchen EVERY DAY, and choose a recipe you'd like to make. Then bring your dish to our Cook Book Club Potluck on Monday, March 16, where we will taste everyone's dishes, talk about the cookbook, and choose our next cookbook!

This program is free, but space is limited, and registration is required. Pre-register at greenfieldpl.libcal.com/event/15955762

After registering, you will receive an email confirmation asking which dish you are cooking (to avoid duplicate recipes)

For more information, reach out to Pamela McBride or Francesca Passiglia at librarian@greenfield-ma.gov, or call (413) 772-1544.

Do you have questions about the Hope Street Lot redevelopment process? Would you like to offer your thoughts on guidelines and priorities to be included in the upcoming Request for Proposals to be issued to prospective developers interested in the Hope Street site? Stop by the Library and talk with Amy Cahillane, Community & Economic Development Director for the City of Greenfield.

For further information, contact Pamela McBride at pamela.mcbride@greenfield-ma.gov or call (413) 772-1544.

Community Conversations and the Greenfield Public Library are delighted to invite you to join our community art project: Dear Neighbor: Letters of Light During Dark Times.

We invite individuals to write letters to someone who has brought light into their lives—a friend, a family member, a stranger, a mentor—especially during moments of personal or political darkness. In an era marked by social division and political tension, this project offers a space to celebrate small acts of kindness, everyday heroes, and moments of hope. Stop by the Greenfield Public Library and find one of the letter-writing tables throughout the library!

Leave the letter, and we will hang it up on our wall of positivity!

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Greenfield Public Library and open to everyone in our community.

Friday, March 6, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Wednesday, March 18, 1:00 to 3:00 pm

Join artist and librarian Francesca on Friday, March 6 at 10:00 am or Wednesday, March 18 at 3:00 pm, for a fun and educational class learning the art of Pysanky. 

We will learn a basic traditional pysanky pattern and create a single colored egg writing with melted beeswax and a kistka. The tradition of pysanky egg writing as well as the symbolism of the images used will also be covered.

All materials will be provided.

Pre-registration required:

March 6: https://greenfieldpl.libcal.com/event/16466619

March 18: https://greenfieldpl.libcal.com/event/16466649

For more information please contact librarian Francesca: francesca.passiglia@greenfield-ma.gov or 413-772-1544 x5120

This program, generously supported by the Friends of Greenfield Public Library, is free and intended for teens and adults, ages 13+. No experience is necessary.

Heartstopper

A monthly book club for fans of graphic novels! Join us each month at 3:30 pm, to discuss what graphic novels we’re reading plus a deep dive into the book of the month. In March, we are reading Heartstopper by Alice Oseman.

Copies of the book will be available in the Teen Room throughout the month of March.

For more information, contact Francesca Passiglia at francesca.passiglia@greenfield-ma.gov or call (413) 772-1544 x5120.

This program, made possible through the generosity of the Friends of the Greenfield Public Library, is free and recommended for youth ages 13-20.

If you ever cut an apple in half, dipped it in paint and pressed it on paper, you can learn to do Gelli Printing. Artist Gail Callahan will demonstrate how to use all of the materials on Wednesday, March 25 at 5:30 pm, and provide them for you to use in the workshop.

Gelli Printing is part skill and part serendipity. All skill levels welcome! You will learn the basics and leave with skills to experiment on your own.

Space is limited , and pre-registration is required: https://greenfieldpl.libcal.com/event/16467056

For more information please contact librarian Francesca: francesca.passiglia@greenfield-ma.gov or 413-772-1544 x5120

This program generously supported by the Friends of Greenfield Public Library is free and intended for teens and adults, ages 13+. No experience is necessary.

Calling all quilters, painters, illustrators, basically anyone who loves to create with color! 

Join the Kangaroo Dyer, Gail Callahan, on Wednesday, March 11 at 5:30 pm, and play with a variety of art materials on paper. Along the way you will learn the basics of Color Theory.

Gail Callahan invented The Color Grid when writing her book Hand Dyeing Yarn and Fleece. While writing her book, she serendipitously discovered a way to play with a grid of colored

squares to select pleasing color palettes. All materials are supplied for this 2 hour workshop and you will receive your very own Color Grid.

Pre-registration is recommended but not required: https://greenfieldpl.libcal.com/event/16466798

For more information please contact librarian Francesca: francesca.passiglia@greenfield-ma.gov or 413-772-1544 x5120

This program, generously supported by the Friends of Greenfield Public Library, is free and intended for teens and adults, ages 13+. No experience is necessary.

Stop by the Teen Room on Thursday afternoons to get the support you need in a fun and inclusive atmosphere:

• Free pizza and after school snacks
• Homework help from local seniors and reference librarians
• Tech help and chit chat with digital navigator Rich Vaden
• Toiletries and contraceptives

Special drop-in life skills sessions with the following local experts:

March 5th: Professional Podcasters  

Have you ever thought about creating your own podcast? The creators and hosts of the award winning Tumble Podcast, Marshall and Lyndsay, will be on hand to answer questions and they’ll bring some fun equipment to try out, too!

March 12: Baystate Medical Center 

Do you have questions about wellness trends you see on TikTok? Are you wondering why you are tired or stressed all the time? Get sound medical advice from Dr. Dhaliwal and find out what it's like to be a doctor. Also on hand will be Katie Caron, volunteer coordinator for Baystate Franklin if you’d like to get some hands-on experience in the medical field.

March 19: Money Advice from a Financial Advisor -

Are you having a hard time saving your hard earned money for a big ticket item? Never fear, Natty Hussey from EdwardJones is here to help you! Natty has all kinds of advice and tips on how to stretch your dollar a little further.

March 26: To Be Announced

This program is made possible through the generosity of the Library Initiative for Teens and Tweens.

March Art Exhibits

Exhibits are on display throughout the month and accessible when programming is not taking place in our meeting rooms. The galleries are always open for viewing on Saturday mornings from 9:30 - 10:30 am.

Mark Fraser: People and Times, Black and White Photographs, Conference Room

GCC Student Painting Exhibit, Community Meeting Room

ECard registration can be found at https://www.bpl.org/ecard-registration/ 

Greenfield Public Library Hours

Monday - Wednesday: 9:30 am – 8 pm

Thursday - Friday: 9:30 am – 5 pm

Saturday: 9:30 am – 2 pm

For security purposes, the upstairs floor closes 15 minutes before closing time. Main doors are locked 5 minutes before closing.

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