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Virtual Hosmer Gallery

Welcome to the Virtual Hosmer Gallery Community Art Exhibition! From April 2020 through March 2024, we invited the community to participate in an online art exhibit. The original inspiration was…M Redzko website Peacock, oil and India ink on canvas by Greta M Redzko website Awww, Let’s get this Party Started, Oil and India Ink, by Greta M Redzko website Historical Romances, pen and ink on catalog card, by Library Friend Weyerhaeuser, pen and ink on catalog card, by Library Friend La Haute Savoie, pen and ink on catalog card, by Library Friend After the Fall – Plein Air Oil on Linen Panel by Anna Jacke website Mt. Holyoke Views at Summit H…

Art Galleries in the Northampton Area

Looking for a place to show your art? Check out these local galleries. Call to artists listings Arts Hub Western Mass: Opportunities Valley Arts Newsletter Northampton Arts Council Community lists…venue A, Turners Falls Valley Photo Center http://thevalleyphotocenter.yolasite.com/ 1500 Main Street, Springfield Art for the Soul Gallery https://www.artforthesoulgallery.com/ 1500 Main Street, 2nd Floor and 235 State Street, Springfield … and don’t forget Restaurants and other local businesses Schools and educational institutions Cultural festivals, craft fairs and farmers’ markets Know another resource that should be listed here? Let us know….

Borrow museum passes

Passes giving free or reduced admission to area museum can be borrowed with a CW MARS library card and are available for check out from the Main Circulation Desk. Museum…, Senator Justin S. Morrill Historic Site, and Mount Independence Historic Site. For site details and admission prices, visit HistoricSites.Vermont.gov. Individual coupons, good until 10/31/2023, are available at the Circulation Desk. A circulating pass will be available in 2024. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (check availability) www.thewadswoth.org Valid for Free general museum admission for Two adults, age 18 and up. Free for ages 17 and youn…

Social Networking Policy

In keeping with the Forbes Library’s mission “to provide a wide range of information and materials to all of the people of Northampton, using traditional and innovative technology, and to…ir own “profiles” or virtual presences with the Library’s profile on these sites. Examples of such sites are Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and YouTube. As with more traditional resources, the Library does not act in place of or in the absence of a parent and is not responsible for enforcing any restrictions which a parent or guardian may place on a minor’s use of this resource. The Library does not collect, maintain or otherwise use the personal info…

Social Services

General Resources Community Action Pioneer Valley’s Community Resources & Advocacy program https://www.communityaction.us/ 413-582-4230 or 1-800-339-7779 For information about programs throughout Hampshire County, such as fuel assistance, food stamps, health needs, employment,…es and applications. Mass.gov’s page on Health and Social Services https://www.mass.gov/topics/health-social-services Directories 413Cares https://www.413cares.org/ 413Cares is an innovative community portal that provides online access for residents of Western Massachusetts to available resources from housing, to healthcare, early education and more. Mass 211 https://mass211.org/ Mass 211 is an easy to remember telephone number that connects calle…

Meeting Facilities in the Northampton Area

Here is a selection of places in Northampton & nearby where it is possible to reserve space for meetings. (Forbes Library also has meeting rooms which may be reserved.) Meeting…date groups from five – 200. Equipped with audio/visual capabilities and onsite professional-scale kitchen for catering. https://www.smith.edu/about-smith/emo/conference-center Emily McNally,emcnally@smith.edu, 413 585-6977 Summit View Banquet & Meeting Hall 555 Northampton Street, Holyoke https://www.hamelssummitview.com/about-hamels-creative-catering/summit-view/413-538-7431 The Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence Main Street, Northamp…

Support Groups in the Northampton Area

AANE Women’s Support Group Support for women on the autism spectrum. Contact: Stephanie Birkdale (events@aane.org) Please register: www.aane.org/events/ ADHD Parent/Caregiver Support Group 1st TUESDAY of Every Month 6:30 pm to…ealth support group.P.O. Box 623 (Northampton) freedomcenterinfo@gmail.com www.freedom-center.org Gamblers Anonymous Meets Mondays at 7 p.m. 35 Fruit St. (Northampton) Nonsmoking.Mass. GA Hotline: (855) 222-5542 More meetings and resources: www.gamblersanonymous.org/ga/locations The Garden Children’s bereavement support at Cooley Dickinson Hospital (Northampton).Contact Shelly Bathe Lenn at 413-582-5312 or slenn@cooleydickinson.org www.cooleydicki…

CANCELED: Friends of Forbes bus trip to Hyde Park, NY, National Historic Sites

February 1, 2017 — [Update: The Friends of Forbes Bus Tript to Hyde Park has been canceled due to low enrollment. 3/28/2017] The Friends of Forbes are presenting a 1-day bus trip on Saturday,…y and the Vanderbilt mansion, plus lunch. Both homes are National Historic Sites. The cost is $139 per person, which includes a donation to the Friends of Forbes and is based on 42-50 participants. Motor coach departs at 7:00 a.m. from Forbes Library, 20 West St., Northampton. Estimated return is 7:00 p.m. If you have not reserved a seat yet, you may use PayPal (below) or mail a check to Friends of Forbes Library, P.O. Box 1363, Northampton, 01061…

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The National Library of Medicine’s gateway to over 14 million abstracts and citations for biomedical journal articles dating back to the 1950s. Links to sites providing full text articles. If full-text isn’t available online, ask the Reference Librarian about getting a copy through Interlibrary Loan!

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Look up, or look for, a doctor. Good for finding specialists in an area as well as seeing hospital affiliation, education, malpractice, disciplinary actions, etc.

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Health and Medicine

Want to know more about a health issue? These online resource are a good place to start your research. Forbes Library has lots of art and music resources. Try searching the…Want to know more about a health issue? These online resource are a good place to start your research. Forbes Library has lots of art and music resources. Try searching the catalog or asking a librarian….

Food Assistance

Information on free meals and food subsidies in the Northampton area. Information as listed on organization websites and subject to change. Free meals in Northampton Manna Soup Kitchen Manna Soup…eetinghouse, 121 North Pleasant St. at the corner of Kellogg Ave. ​https://www.craigsdoors.org/​ http://www.uusocietyamherst.org/action/community-breakfast/ Food Pantries and Survival Centers Northampton Survival Center Food Distribution Hours: Monday 2pm-6pm Wednesdays 12pm-3pm Fridays 12pm-3pm Outdoors at the Northampton Survival Center at 265 Prospect St. https://www.northamptonsurvival.org/ Amherst Survival Center Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursda…

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