April 24, 2019 — If you have a musical instrument that works fine but you just don’t feel like playing it anymore, you can de-clutter and make others happy at the same time by donating it to the Forbes Library musical instrument collection! Forbes lends ukuleles, banjos, hand drums, synthesizers and many other string, percussion, and electronic instruments. They’re…
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Online Day of Giving Established to Support Local Libraries
March 26, 2019 — ONLINE DAY OF GIVING ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT LOCAL LIBRARIES Three local libraries are raising funds through an inaugural Library Giving Day campaign. This one-day online fundraising event will occur on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 and will encourage patrons and Library lovers to make a gift to participating local libraries. This is the time of year…
Forbes Trustees Honor Two Coolidge Museum Volunteers
March 21, 2019 — The 32nd Gertrude P. Smith Trustees Award will be presented on Wednesday, April 3 at 6:30 P.M. The event will take place in the Coolidge Museum on the second floor of the Forbes Library. The award presentation will be followed by an illustrated talk about First Lady and longtime Northampton resident, Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge,…
Forbes wins 3rd in Florence Bank’s Customer Choice Awards
March 11, 2019 — The Friends of Forbes Library took third place in the Florence Bank’s Customer Choice Award program. President Martha McCormick accepted the grant of $3,767 from bank president, John F. Heaps, Jr. The Friends will use this donation towards continued support of the library which includes money for books, museum passes and the popular summer reading…
Northampton’s Forbes Library turns page on first 125 years
February 25, 2019 — Springfield Republican/MassLive, February 24, 2019; reproduced by permission https://www.masslive.com/living/index.ssf/2019/02/northamptons_forbes_library_turns_page_on_first_125_years.html By Cori Urban Special to The Republican The Forbes Library in Northampton is turning the page on its first 125 years and beginning a new chapter in the life of the public library that opened in 1894. During the anniversary year Forbes Library is hosting special…
NEW DATE- Forbes Library Presents Living Books: Personal Experiences in Story and Conversation
January 31, 2019 — On Saturday, March 23rd, from 12pm-4pm, Forbes Library will host a community-building event in the Reading Room on the 1st floor. Living Books is an event in which community members share the experiences that have informed their lives and have shaped how they identify with the world, during brief one-on-one conversations. People who have volunteered…
Coolidge Library & Museum Launches Presidential Book Club Series
January 16, 2019 — First new initiative of newly reformed and expanded Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museum Standing Committee (NORTHAMPTON, MA January 14, 2019) – A new book club dedicated to American presidents is being launched by the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museum. The first meeting of the Presidential Book Club is scheduled for Monday, February 25th at 7:30 PM in the museum, which is located on the second floor of Forbes Library.…
Death of a President
January 16, 2019 — by Rich Szlosek During the afternoon and evening of Thursday, January 5, 1933 the nation was stunned to learn of the death in Northampton of Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States. The official cause of death for the sixty year old Coolidge was listed as a coronary thrombosis and, while it was…
“Moondust” wins the fish naming contest
January 3, 2019 — Read all about our new fish in the Gazette! Paco has a new friend in the fishtank next door! Thank you to all the families who contributed to the 292 name suggestions we received. After much deliberation, we’ve chosen the name Moondust (”Dusty” for short). Moondust is a giant gourami fish, and can breathe in…
Food for Fines at Forbes Library
January 3, 2019 — Forbes Library is offering its annual Food for Fines amnesty program during January. This is a time of year to support the needs of people in our community and clear accumulated overdue fines. During this time, patrons may pay overdue fines by donating items in demand by the Northampton Survival Center. The library will be accepting…
125 and Counting
January 1, 2019 — by Rich Szlosek With all the festivities that take place between Halloween and New Year’s Day, you likely have not noticed yet another ongoing celebration that is underway in the Northampton area. Forbes Library, which first opened to the public in 1894 is commemorating its 125th anniversary in 2019 with a year long series of events. …
Fossil Fuel Divestment
November 26, 2018 — The Trustees of Forbes Library have divested their investments from companies involved in extracting fossil fuels. This move was made in an attempt to reduce climate change by tackling its ultimate causes.The board voted unanimously to make this shift in April of this year and the $4.8 million portfolio is now free of fossil fuel…
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