Sourdough Starter Workshop

Wednesday, September 18, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

A loaf of sourdough bread, cut in half. Learn how to make, maintain, and store a sourdough starter with this one hour presentation. You'll even leave with some of Brandon's sourdough starter!

Email meekins@cwmars.org to register.

Book Donation Collection

Saturday, September 21, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

A stack of multi-colored books It's that time again: donate your unwanted books for the Friends October Book Sale! Donate the books you would want to buy: clean, unmarked—and no textbooks, magazines, encyclopedias, or media, please!

Chess Club

CANCELED: TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 10

CHESS CLUB IS CANCELED TODAY, TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 10th.

A variety of black and white chess pieces

Meekins Book Club

Monday, September 30, 6:00 PM

The Meekins Book Club is a monthly program. We generally read compelling, critically acclaimed, recently published books. Our next read is The Delight of Being Ordinary by Roland Merullo. Copies of our current book are available at Meekins.

Please call, stop by or email meekinsbooks@cwmars.org for more information, suggestions, or to register for this month's meeting. For mature readers.

Art Exhibition: Portraits by Samuel Rowlett

Artist Reception: Friday, Sept. 20, 5-7pm

A painting depicting two men, one dressed in a blue shirt, engaged in conversation against a neutral background. Visit the Neil Hammer Gallery this month to see Portraits, a new exhbition by Samuel Rowlett. Rowlett's work and writings have been featured widely in a variety of artistic institutions across the country. Portraits represents an exploration of community, identity and familiarity.

Available for viewing during open hours this September. The artist reception will be held on Friday, September 20, from 5:00 - 7:00pm.

Mooncake Workshop

Monday, September 16, 4:00 - 6:00pm

Make your own snowskin mooncake, and learn about the origins of this delicious Mid-Autumn Festival treat! All ages welcome.

To register, please email wniu@cwmars.org

A photograph of 4 mooncakes

Note: Snowskin mooncakes contain common allergens such as sesame, gluten, and dairy. We will be working with pre-made red bean paste and pre-made lotus seed paste, both of which may contain peanut oil.

LEGO Day: Create a Submission for the Williamsburg Grange Fair!

Thursday, September 12, 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Drawing of red, blue, and yellow LEGO bricks. Want to enter the LEGO creation category, but don’t have legos of your own? Stop by Meekins and use our library legos for your submission. Completed submissions will be transported to the Grange by the library.

Reading the Forested Landscape with Tom Wessels

Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at 4:00 PM

Join us for a discussion with Tom Wessels, author of Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural History of New England. Tom will interpret and discuss landscape photos live during the presentation. To submit your original landscape photos for consideration, please send to meekins@cwmars.org.

Tom will be joining virtually. Audience members may join in person in the Coolidge Museum or via Zoom.

Registration is required to attend via Zoom; please register here.

The cover of Tom Wessel's book, entitled "Reading the Forested Landscape"

This program is presented by the Pioneer Valley Library Collaborative, as part of Climate Preparedness Week 2024.