Calendar
FEBRUARY –Black History Month
Perfect show fit: “The People Could Fly” Book early
Winter theme: “King Frost”
1 Enfield Family Resource Center 10 & 10:45 preschool music & story
2 St. Mary’s Ware MA 12:45 “A Drop of Honey” show for Catholic Schools Week
3 Quaboag Reg. M.S. Greek Myths & Urban Legends 8:45 & 10*
6 Enfield St. (Ct) School People Could Fly 7
7St. Mary’s Shrewsbury 10 & 1 A Drop of Honey/Catholic Schools Week
8 Pitkin School East Hartford 2 shows People Could Fly African PTO! 10 & 12:15
9 Bentley Mem Lib, Bolton CT 2 pm Folktales for Seniors
10* Leicester MA Primary School 9:15 & 10:30
13 Liberty School grade 1 residency
14 VALENTINE’S DAY!
15 Langford School, E. Htfd. residency grade 1 via CT Storytelling Center
16 Erving Elem Sch 6:30 Travel the World Family show*
17 Langford School, E. Htfd CT residency, kinders, CT Storytelling Center
18 Danbury CT Lib 11 People Could Fly
School Vacation!
21 Randall Boys & Girls Club Ludlow MA 10 & 11:15 “Be a Storied Star” workshops*
22 Ashby Free Library MA–thank you, Friends. 3 pm King Frost
23 Winchester MA Lib 2 People Could Fly. Thank you, Friends
24 Family Ties, 130 Leeds St. Worcester, MA King Frost 11
25 Case Library Orange CT 2 King Frost
28 Quarry Hill School, Monson MA 2 shows, one show by LCC*
29 Langford School E Htfd, CT residency grade 1 via CT Storytelling Center
MARCH
READ ACROSS AMERICA–Book your super-fun reading shows (“Books Are Celebrations”)
1 NY Performers’ Showcase Wm K. Sanford Town Library Loudonville NY
2 Melbourne Place Assisted Living 3 pm Irish Tales & Tunes for Adults
6 Duggan School Waterbury CT after-school 4th & 5th gr 2:20 2 shows
7 St. Thomas the Apostle School W. Spfld 9 preschool show
13 Sprague School Waterbury CT afterschool story club session 1
14 U. Htfd preschool shows via CT Storytelling Center (tent.)
16 Preschool Enrichment Team 32nd Annual Early Childhood Conference
Workshop in Storytelling & Music in Pre-literacy, Sheraton Hotel, Spfld MA
ST. PATRICK’S DAY (17th but celebration shows all month long) Show recommendation: “The Kildare Pooka”
17 Mason Library Great Barrington Kildare Pooka 1:30
18 Children’s Museum of W. Hartford 2:30 & 3:30 1/2 hour shows for Sonic Sunday
20 Sprague School Waterbury CT after-school story club
24 FAIR (Family Adventures in Reading) Holyoke Lib. 2nd floor Holyoke City Hall, Mass. Humanities Council (MHC)
30 State St. School 9:30 Waterbury CT
31 FAIR (Family Adventures in Reading) Holyoke Lib. 2nd fl. Holyoke City Hall, Mass. Humanities Council (MHC)
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*
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
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
22 EARTH DAY–CELEBRATE WITH “LAKE OF THE CROAKING FROGS”
24 Sprague School Waterbury CT family show with story club
25 Barrows Elem School Reading MA after school
WEEK OF YOUNG CHILD 22-18 “Preschool Palooza” makes a perfect fit
All Saturdays–7-28 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 5 UP–not younger
MAY
CHILDREN’S BOOK WEEK May 7-12
2 Birch Meadow Elem School, Reading, MA 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
JUNE
5 Maloney Magnet Sch Waterbury CT 3 shows Asian
21 Norton Lib 1 Cabaret Show
25 Blackstone MA Lib 6:30 Minstrel’s Revels tent.*
27 Palmer MA Library Su Moon Stars 10:30
28 Adams Free Lib MA 6 Dream Big@Your Library*
JULY
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 South Hadley MA Lib* Dream Big 6:30
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.*
24 Hatfield MA Lib 11 Dream Big
26 New Britain Lib CT Dream Big 6:30
AUGUST
2 Granby MA Lib Dream Big 6:30*
8 Ticonderoga NY Festival 10:15 Or Would You Rather Be a Fish
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 *
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.