Category: News

October 13, 2017 — VIETNAM PHOTOGRAPHS: 50 YEARS AGO A collection of 34 photographs taken in 1967 in South Vietnam is on display in the Forbes Library lobby through the end of October. These photographs were taken in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, in 1967, by a photographer with the United States Information Agency. Quang Ngai is the 5th…

October 6, 2017 — October 21st, 2017 12-3 PM Do you have old 8mm, Super 8mm or 16mm home movies you haven’t seen in years? Bring them in to the Forbes Library Arts & Music Department by October 13th and we will have them inspected by a film conservator and show them at the big event 10/21!! Come watch…

September 1, 2017 — by Lilly Lombard https://www.gazettenet.com/Columnist-Lilly-Lombard-celebrates-the-stately-row-of-oak-trees-in-front-of-Forbes-Library-12183381 The iconic row of shade trees lining the front of Forbes Library is grand and stately like the building itself. In 1897, four years after the library’s completion, one of Forbes’ founding trustees, Arthur Watson, planted 13 pin oak trees precisely along the property line, fulfilling the Greek proverb, “A society…

August 21, 2017 — The Franklin Hampshire Career Center and Forbes Library announce a partnership to provide Career Center satellite services at the Library. The Career Center will out-station staff on a weekly basis at the Library to continue providing Employment Services to job seekers in Hampshire County. Loss in federal funding is requiring the Northampton Career Center to…

August 17, 2017 — Forbes Library has a limited number of eclipse viewing glasses set aside for families that have pre-registered for the Scientific Kids Club on Monday, August 21 at 2:00 PM. A limited additional number may be available for people who come to the event who haven’t pre-registered. Everyone is welcome to join the party, despite the…

July 26, 2017 — Alene has worked at Forbes for two years as an Information Services Librarian, focusing on helping patrons, connecting people with books, making enticing displays, and maintaining the library’s collections. Her favorite thing about being a librarian is giving someone a book they will enjoy. In her new role, she looks forward to continuing to work…

July 13, 2017 — Please click to read the Trustees’ statement about the Agreement of June 29, 2017. Sound clip of interview: Trustee Chair Russell Carrier and Director Lisa Downing on the Bill Newman Show, July 12, 2017 Full text of the Agreement: Agreement for Judgement between the City of Northampton and the Trustees of Forbes Library Editorial about…

June 29, 2017 — On Thursday, June 29, 2017 there was a hearing before Judge Fidnick of the Hampshire Probate and Family Court about the Agreement for Judgement between the City of Northampton and the Trustees of Forbes Library. Both parties characterize the agreement as providing clarification on the original will of Charles Forbes by which the library was…

June 8, 2017 — Thank you to the 1060 people filled out the Forbes Library Community Survey. We are thrilled to hear from so many people who care about the future of Forbes Library. The survey is one part of our new strategic plan to identify priorities for services and programs for the next five years. Knowing your needs…

June 2, 2017 — Friends of Forbes Newsletter Summer 2017

May 3, 2017 — Forbes Library raised $7,905 from 134 generous donors on Valley Gives Day 2017. This exceeded the library’s matching challenge grant of $6,000 from the Friends of Forbes Library. The library was the lucky winner of a $500 “golden ticket” as well, bringing the total for the day to $14,405. “We are so touched by the…