Forbes Library engages with the local and regional community in a variety of literature, history, arts, cultural and educational collaborations.
Forbes initiatives
- Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum
- Hosmer Art Gallery
- Local History at Forbes Library
- Writer in Residence
- Musicians in Residence
- Local Authors List
Partnerships with community organizations
- Our Community Sing
- Franklin Hampshire Career Center
- Arts Night Out Northampton
- Center for New Americans
- Digital Commonwealth
- Help Yourself! edible garden
- Northampton Open Media
- Northampton Film Festival
- Paradise City Cultural District
- Pioneer Valley History Network
- All Hamptons Read (2018)
- Hamptons + Holyoke Read (2017)
- States of Incarceration (2017) [via archive.org]
- Being Mortal (2016)
- Midnight to Midnight (2014)
Guides to community resources
Forbes Library maintains useful guides to the Northampton area.
