Deerfield Reads! Registration and Books Available February 1

What if everyone in Deerfield read the same book?  Reading great books prompts us to think about ourselves, our environment and our relationships.  Talking about books with friends, family and neighbors often adds a richness and depth to the reading experience.  We hope you will read and enjoy "Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash" by former western Mass. resident Edward Humes and - talk about it with your friends and neighbors - attend the book discussion and related programs listed on this calendar and at Tilton Library - meet new people and share ideas - read more for pleasure and encourage your children to do so "The real secret at the heart of Garbology may well be the potential for a happy ending buried in our landfill.  Waste, Humes writes, is the one environmental and economic harm that ordinary working Americans have the power to change - and prosper in the process." All programs are free and open to the public. Events include:  STEM workshops for kids; Worm Bin Workshop; Lou's Upcycling Workshop; Mobile Art; Book Art Workshop; Book Discussion, Eat It Up Food Challenge; Highway 91 Talk.  Watch this calendar for a complete listing of dates and times. Program length: February 16-March 28, 2016. This project made possible with funds provided by: a grant from the Deerfield Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency; Friends of Tilton Library; Greenfield Cooperative Bank; Greenfield Savings Bank and private donations from library users.

STEM Workshops for Kids

This session, in conjunction with our Deerfield Reads program will focus on re-use and recycle.  We'll have stations to visit and a few ongoing projects.  Everything will be made of something that already had a use.  Some questions we hope to answer: How can you make a piece of paper big enough to walk through? How can you use empty chip bags for other uses? Activities at the sessions will help us answer these questions. This enrichment activity is funded by Frontier Regional Coordinated Family and Community Engagement Program which is funded by the MA Department of Early Education and Care and by Tilton Library.

Preschool Story Time

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, READ to grow. (Lawrence Clark Powell) – Come grow with us! No sign up needed – all children 0-5 (and their caregivers) are welcome.

STEM Workshop for Kids

This session, in conjunction with our Deerfield Reads program will focus on re-use and recycle.  We'll have stations to visit and a few ongoing projects.  Everything will be made of something that already had a use.  Some questions we hope to answer: How can you make a piece of paper big enough to walk through? How can you use empty chip bags for other uses? Activities at the sessions will help us answer these questions. This enrichment activity is funded by Frontier Regional Coordinated Family and Community Engagement Program which is funded by the MA Department of Early Education and Care and by Tilton Library.

Worm Bin Workshop – Live!

Join us to welcome Amy Donovan, Program Coordinator, Franklin County Solid Waste District and a clump of live worms who will set up shop in a corner of the children's room and eat our food scraps and old newspapers.  Amy will explain how the bin works and how to set one up at home. 2016 Deerfield Reads Community Discussion Event Free and open to all ages. This project made possible with funds provided by: a grant from the Deerfield Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency; Friends of Tilton Library; Greenfield Cooperative Bank and Greenfield Savings Bank.

STEM Workshop for Kids

This session, in conjunction with our Deerfield Reads program will focus on re-use and recycle.  We'll have stations to visit and a few ongoing projects.  Everything will be made of something that already had a use.  Some questions we hope to answer: How can you make a piece of paper big enough to walk through? How can you use empty chip bags for other uses? Activities at the sessions will help us answer these questions. This enrichment activity is funded by Frontier Regional Coordinated Family and Community Engagement Program which is funded by the MA Department of Early Education and Care and by Tilton Library.

Third Thursday Book Discussion – Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg

“Clegg is both delicately lyrical and emotionally direct in this masterful novel, which strives to show how people make bearable what is unbearable.” Booklist Third Thursday is an informal group, open to all, no sign up necessary. Reserve your book at the adult circulation desk or online.

STEM Workshop for Kids

This session, in conjunction with our Deerfield Reads program will focus on re-use and recycle.  We'll have stations to visit and a few ongoing projects.  Everything will be made of something that already had a use.  Some questions we hope to answer: How can you make a piece of paper big enough to walk through? How can you use empty chip bags for something else? Activities at the sessions will help us answer these questions. This enrichment activity is funded by Frontier Regional Coordinated Family and Community Engagement Program which is funded by the MA Department of Early Education and Care and by Tilton Library.

Art at Tilton – Found Objects, Upcycled & Mixed Media

Artists Candace Bradbury-Carlin, Allen Fowler, Sue Katz and Reba-Jean Pichette display found object art, mixed media and art constructs through March upstairs on and over the mantle piece.  This display is in conjunction with Deerfield Reads - Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash by Edward Humes, a program which is supported in part by a grant from Deerfield Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, Friends of Tilton Library and Greenfield Cooperative Bank.  Sale of all art work is between the artist and buyer - Tilton Library receives a percentage of sales.  Come see what can be done with found and used objects and materials.  Pictured - Pure Full Blast by Candace Bradbury-Carlin.

Lou’s Upcycling Workshop

Join Lou Leelyn from Lou's Upcycles to learn how to turn your plastic bags and wrappers into a fun and functional textile.  Participants will learn how to use heat and pressure to fuse plastic bags and will complete a final upcycled wallet project.  Sign up at the adult circulation desk or call or email Tilton Library. This project made possible with funds provided by: a grant from the Deerfield Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency; Friends of Tilton Library; Greenfield Cooperative Bank; Greenfield Savings Bank and private donations from library users.