Forbes Library

05/29/2026

The Trustees of Forbes Library cordially invite you to the Gertrude P. Smith Trustees Award Ceremony on Thursday, June 11 at 6:30pm.

This year, the Trustees will honor Debin Bruce and J.R. Greene for their extraordinary dedication and volunteer service to Forbes Library.

Following a brief award ceremony, Tracy Grammer and Jim Henry will perform on the Hess Performance Stage on the Forbes Library’s grounds.

While serving as a Trustee of Forbes Library, Debin Bruce worked tirelessly to advocate and support the needs of the library so that it could best serve the community. Among her accomplishments was chairing the Building and Grounds Committee where she worked tirelessly to bring the library’s long standing dream of a performance stage on the library’s grounds to a reality.

J.R. Greene served as President of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum Standing Committee for many years. Always very generous with his historical knowledge of Coolidge, he was a steadfast presence for the committee and champion for the importance of the collection and the museum.

05/27/2026

Look at all the fun we’ve had in our new Youth Programming Room! In the month since our grand opening, kids and families have gotten to:

Explore contemporary Chinese picture books 📚
Learn ballet moves with Pioneer Valley Ballet🩰
Meet Caldecott Honoree Brian Lies (thanks to Massachusetts Center for the Book) 🐈
Display their LEGO creations for all to admire 🧱
Eat pizza and play video games 🍕
Read “Ruthie” with Esme Shapiro 🐩 and buy their own copies from High Five Books

What do you and your kiddos want to do in the Youth Programming Room this summer?

(Photo 1 & 2 credit to James Arnold)

05/27/2026

New England tick season is here - please join us on Thursday for a Tick Talk with Northampton DHHS Public Health Nurses. Learn how to protect yourself, your family, and pets from tickborne illness.

The first 15 attendees will receive a free Tick Kit to take home, so be sure to arrive early.

Every year, “The Tick Guy” Thomas Mather is asked if the tick season will be bad, and his answer is always yes. “Most tick experts will say, ‘Oh, they’re probably going to be bad,’ and they will never be wrong, because to the average person, one tick is a bad tick year,” said Mather, d...

05/22/2026

Thank you to everyone who stopped by the Forbes Library table at this week’s Senior Center Health Fair!

Forbes librarians and volunteers enjoyed the chance to meet community members and discuss library resources and programming. Those who visited our table also got to sign up for library cards, explore items from our Library of Things, including the air quality monitor and (most importantly) the “30 Second Dance Party” Button.

05/20/2026

What We’re Checking Out!
Here is what Melinda’s cat Cece is keeping watch over while they’re borrowed!

Books:
- A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon

- We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman

- The Lais Of Marie De France

- The Wolf And His King by Finn Longman

- Obsidio and Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

- Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation by Ari Folman and David Polonsky

05/20/2026

We’re having a blast at the Health Fair at the Senior Center today! Come by if you have time. 😀

05/19/2026

Forbes Library wouldn't be what it is today without the leadership of Russell Carrier! Thanks, Daily Hampshire Gazette, for this lovely feature.

In what its Board of Trustees referred to as the largest amount raised through a Giving Day fundraiser, Forbes Library raised more than $46,000 for the creation of a youth programming room — a tribute to the former Board of Trustees President Russ Carrier's 44 years of service.Carrier, now 78, ste...

05/18/2026

🤩 New museum pass available at Forbes Library! 🤩

You can now use your library card to check out a pass to in Easthampton 🤖 This pass admits one person for free, or two people working on the same project.

Check out our full selection of museum passes right next to the first floor elevator 🎟️

05/18/2026

Forbes Library: there for you since 1894!

When you need a moment (or a few hours!), is always there for you. 📚