Calendar
APRIL
3 Sprague School Waterbury CT afterschool story club
4 Killam Elem. School, Reading, MA 1:30 ESH show
5 Willard School, Berlin CT 9 Reading Rocks Show
7 FAIR–(Family Adventures in Reading) Holyoke Lib. 2nd fl. Holyoke City Hall, Mass. Humanities Council (MHC)
8th NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
11 Wood End Elem School Reading MA afterschool
11 Spencer Lib 6-7 Travel the World*
13 Silver Lane School, E. Hartford, CT 2 pm multicultural
14 FAIR (Family Adventures in Reading) Holyoke Lib. 2nd fl. Holyoke City Hall, Mass. Humanities Council (MHC)
SCHOOL VACATION WEEK MA begins April 15th
16 Montgomery MA Lib Wild About Wabbits*
16 PATRIOT’S DAY
16 Montgomery MA Library/Town Hall, Wild About Wabbits 1*
17 Peabody Essex Museum 2 shows Essex, MA Or Would You Rather Be a Fish?
18 Sprague School Waterbury CT afterschool story club
19 Lakeville MA Lib Travel the World 1 pm*
20 Family Ties 130 Leeds St. Worcester MA
21 FAIR–Holyoke City Hall reading series MHC 1-2:30
22 EARTH DAY–CELEBRATE WITH “LAKE OF THE CROAKING FROGS” also–
WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD
24 Sprague School Waterbury CT family show with story club
25 Barrows Elem School Reading MA after school
27 Clapp Memorial Library AT OLD TOWN HALL, Belchertown MA 10 Preschool Palooza
28 FAIR–Holyoke City Hall MHC reading series
WEEK OF YOUNG CHILD 22-18 “Preschool Palooza” makes a perfect fit
All Saturdays–March 31-28 and May 12: FAIR in Holyoke–reading and storytelling come together! Family Adventures in Reading
funded by the Mass. Humanities Council–held upstairs in auditorium while the Holyoke Library undergoes expansion.
Register for this fabulous program, free books & fun family booktime–FOR AGES 6 UP–not younger
MAY
CHILDREN’S BOOK WEEK May 7-12
2 Birch Meadow Elem School, Reading, MA 1:30 afterschool
5 Alford Lib 10 Travel the World tent. *
9 Joshua Eaton Elem School Reading MA 1:30 after school
10 Hall Mem. Lib, Ellington CT 10:15 Preschool Palooza thanks to CT Humanities Council
11 Sabis Internat’l Charter School, Spfld kinders 10 am Wild About Wabbits
17 Lisbon CT Central School 3 shows
JUNE
5 Maloney Magnet Sch Waterbury CT 3 shows Asian
21 Norton Lib 1 Cabaret Show
26 Groton MA Library Dream Big 11 a.m.
27 Palmer MA Library Sun Moon Stars 10:30
28 Adams Free Lib MA 6 Dream Big@Your Library*
29 Phoebe Noyes Griffith Lib, Old Lyme, CT Dream Big 5:30 pm
JULY
2 South Hadley MA Lib* Dream Big 6:30
5 Grace Mem. Library/Montgomery MA Town Hall 5:30-6:30 Dream Big/pizza after!
10 Merriam-Gilbert Lib W. Brookfield MA “Dream Big” 6:30 tent.*
11 Rowley MA Lib Dream Big tent. 11 a.m.*
12 Attleboro Lib Dream Big tent* 2 pm
16 Prosser Lib, Bloomfield CT 2 Dream Big
17 Southwick MA Lib Urban Legends for Teens 6:30 tent.*
19 Sutton MA Lib 4 Dream Big, tent.*
20 Greenfield Sr. Center CABARET 2 pm tent.*
22 Gregory Maichack teaches at Boston MFA/MJ is Sancho Panza (metaphorically)
23 Later Library Lisbon CT 2 Dream Big
24 Hatfield MA Lib 11 Dream Big
25 Granville Lib Dream Big 6:30
26 New Britain Lib CT Dream Big 6:30
30 not available–touring with Gregory Maichack Pastel workshop, Wellfleet, MA
31 Salt Pond Visitor Center Cape Cod 7 pm Or Would You Rather Be a Fish?
AUGUST
7 traveling day
8 Ticonderoga NY Festival 10:15 Or Would You Rather Be a Fish
9 Guilderland NY Lib 2 pm Dream Big
9 Sanford Library, Loudonville, NY 6:30 Dream Big
14 Berkshire Atheneum, Pittsfield MA 1 pm summer reading club Dream Big
15 Springfield MA Museums Minstrel’s Revels show 1 pm
17 Clapp Lib, Belchertown, MA Dream Big 6:30 *
25-Sept 1 Southern Maine
SEPTEMBER
11 Murdoch Sr. Center Winchendon MA Cabaret–7? tba
12 Windsor MA town hall 1 pm Cabaret*
* Denotes Mass. Cultural Council support: Thank you!
This program is supported in part by (name of town) Cultural Council, a local agency, supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.