Tattoos & Piercings 101 for Teens

Tilton Library 75 North Main Street, South Deerfield, MA, United States

Learn from professional tattoo & piercing artists on how to prepare for your first tattoo and/or piercing, what to expect at the appointment, and how to take care of it once you get it! Info session only. NO tattoos nor piercing s provided at the event!

CANCELLED – Community Nature Observation with iNaturalist

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WE WILL SCHEDULE ANOTHER DATE, TBA.   With over 125 million observations, iNaturalist - a joint initiative of the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society - is one of the world's largest online platforms and communities for sharing and discussing nature observations. Learn the iNaturalist basics like how to make and identify observations, see what others are seeing, and how observations have been used by researchers. See why the New York Times calls this "The Nicest Place Online...As civil discourse online and off increasingly proves elusive, a website devoted to identifying plants and animals may be teaching humans how to get along."

VIRTUAL Cooking: Healthy Amazing Sauces

Healthy Amazing Sauces with Colin McCullough, author and chef: A great sauce is the secret to making healthy foods taste delicious! In this class we'll learn how to make 4 different tasty sauces for hearty and heart-healthy bowl meals using fresh, whole-food ingredients. Right now many people are trying to find uses for their pantry items like beans, grains, etc., and these delicious sauces are a versatile way to put those pantry items to use! EMAIL TILTONLIBRARY@CWMARS.ORG TO SIGN UP – YOU WILL BE SENT A ZOOM LINK SHORTLY BEFORE THE EVENT.   Funded by the Friends of Tilton Library.

Little Women in Deerfield with Barry Dietz

Little Women in Deerfield: a Talk with Storyteller Barry Deitz Join us for an engaging discussion with a master storyteller about Louisa May Alcott’s classic book & the 1994 movie filmed in Deerfield.

CYANOTYPE CLASS: Sign-up Required

In the Tilton Library backyard with artist Madge Evers. Rain date Saturday June 3. Limited to 15: please sign up. Stop by the library, call 413-665-4683, or send an email to tiltonlibrary@cwmars.org to reserve your spot! Magical and simple cyanotypes are a camera-less technique that results in graphic blue and white prints. Developed in 1852, this alternative photographic process uses a light-sensitive solution on paper, sunlight, and pressed plants to make beautiful botanical images. Participants will make one cyanotype print to take home. Funded by the Friends of Tilton Library.

Updated Design: Forum at Town Hall

Save the date! Join the Tilton Library Building Committee, Board of Library Trustees, Library Director, Architect and Project Manager for the public forum where the Deerfield community can see the unveiling of the revised Building Expansion design, ask questions, and give feedback. This forum will take place at Town Hall in South Deerfield on May 16 at 6pm- we look forward to seeing you there!

David Sibley at Tree House: A Library Benefit

TICKETS ON SALE NOW: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/david-sibley-at-tree-house-brewing-company-tickets-621723149677 The Tilton Fund invites you to join us for an evening with Deerfield's own award-winning, nationally acclaimed author and illustrator of Sibley Guide to Birds, and What It's Like to be a Bird, at Treehouse Brewing's state of the art theater. Bring your birding questions! Have dinner and drinks before the talk inside the Tree House taproom. Ticket options include the addition of a beer ticket and a copy of the author's latest book. TICKETS ON SALE NOW: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/david-sibley-at-tree-house-brewing-company-tickets-621723149677 A benefit for the Tilton Library Expansion Project. For more information call 413-665-4683

Fantasy and Science Fiction Festival Benefit

Deerfield Community Center, 16 Memorial Street, Old Deerfield. CASH ONLY – FIRST-COME, FIRST SERVE TICKETS SOLD AT THE DOOR: $20 for adults, $10 for ages 12 and under.   PANEL DISCUSSION! READINGS! BOOK SIGNING! MEET PIONEER VALLEY AUTHORS: HOLLY BLACK Author of The Book of Night, The Stolen Heir, and the Spiderwick series. ANDREA HAIRSTON Author of Will Do Magic For Small Change and Redwood and Wildfire. ALLEN STEELE Author of the Coyote series and the new Captain Future series JAMES CAMBIAS Author of A Darkling Sea and the "Billion Worlds"   Sponsored by the Tilton Fund, Inc., Deerfield. All proceeds benefit the Tilton Library renovation fund.