Author: faith

May 6, 2015 — There will be a vacancy on the Forbes Library Board of Trustees for the term beginning January 2016. The volunteer, four year, elected position will be decided at the city elections Tuesday, November 3, 2015. Potential candidates must be Northampton residents and at least 18 years old. Election papers are available at the City Clerk’s office in City Hall. These…

April 10, 2015 — April is Poetry Month and we’re celebrating with the annual Book Spine Poetry Contest! How to Participate: Create a poem using book spines. The poem can incorporate any element of the spine you like (color, text, whatever). Theme/length/format is entirely up to you. If you need some inspiration, take a look at last year’s entries:…

March 31, 2015 — The Friends of Forbes Library sponsor The Edible Book, an annual fun and fundraising event on May 3, 2015. Event Details Visit Edible Book Northampton on Facebook Registration and participant info

February 5, 2015 — Northampton, MA – February 5, 2015 – All Hamptons Read  will launch its Big Read program in celebration of The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett with a program about American Crime Fiction on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 7 PM at the Forbes Library. The Big Read is presented by All Hamptons Read, a collaboration…

December 10, 2014 — The Friends produce four electronic newsletters and two printed newsletters each year. Here’s the winter newsletter, both in a short electronic version and available as a longer more complete print edition. Winter 2014-15 Newsletter

December 3, 2014 — November 30-January 2 Gifts collected will be shared with children ages 0-16 Gifts should not be wrapped Please new items only Gift cards for tweens and teens appreciated Donations may be dropped off in the Children’s Department from November 30-January 2 Mon & Wed 9-6 Tues & Thurs 1-5 Fri & Sat 9-5 Please contact…

October 8, 2014 — Forbes Library, the public library in downtown Northampton, has been awarded a two year grant to improve library services to people with disabilities. The project is being funded through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners with funds from LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act), a Federal source of library funding provided by the Institute of…

October 3, 2014 — Fall 2014 Newsletter