Event Series Tot-Time Talk & Play

Tot-Time Talk & Play

Tilton Library 71 North Main Street, South Deerfield, MA, United States

Join us for this special series of caregiver talk and baby/toddler play time! Contact Amy Battisti with questions amy.battisti@frsu38.org

Teens-Only Drop-In

Have you ever wanted to hang out at the public library without a bunch of little kids or adults around? Come to Tilton Library's Teens-Only Drop-in! We'll be upstairs again at the library on Wednesday, March 1st from 4:30-6:30 p.m., where you can study or just relax. Enjoy some snacks, do an easy craft, play some board games, and lounge in our beach chairs under the ambience of low-lights and lofi hip hop. If you get here early and we're closing the building to the rest of the public, stick around! We won't kick you out in the cold to make you wait outside until 4:30 p.m.

Event Series VIRTUAL WEEKLY CLASS: Qigong for Adults

VIRTUAL WEEKLY CLASS: Qigong for Adults

TILTON IS CO-HOSTING THIS FREE WEEKLY CLASS, SPONSORED BY SUNDERLAND LIBRARY. Dvora Eisenstein leads this free weekly Qigong class on Zoom. Qigong is an ancient Chinese health care system integrating slow movements, breathing techniques, and focused intention. Qigong calms your mind, improves your balance, and enhances health. This practice is suitable for all levels of ability and ages. Anyone may join this free class at any time. TO JOIN, CLICK THIS ZOOM LINK: https://zoom.us/j/117278043

Event Series Knit & Crafts Circle

Knit & Crafts Circle

Tilton Library 71 North Main Street, South Deerfield, MA, United States

Hosted by Sheep & Shawl (Liz Sorenson) at Tilton Library  Bring crafts of your choosing – knitting, crochet, spinning, rug-hooking, mending, any portable craft. Free. The indoor crafts circle requires registration as seats are limited. (But up to 12 are allowed as we will meet upstairs this year!) Masks are strongly recommended. Email  liz@sheepandshawl.com to learn more & get on the registration list or waiting list (updates weekly if seats become available when someone knows they will be away).

Event Series Story Time with Holly

Story Time with Holly

Tilton Library 71 North Main Street, South Deerfield, MA, United States

All ages and abilities welcome! Drop in for a relaxed story hour, listen to books, play, make a seasonal craft, and chat with other grown ups! Masks encouraged

Event Series Visit With J-Lo

Visit With J-Lo

J-lo is a trained therapy dog and she will be visiting the children’s room twice a month. The First Tuesday of the Month, 10:30-11:30am at Story Time The Third or Fourth Tuesday of the Month, 3-4pm After School Stop by to read her a story or just give her some love!

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.

Atlas Farm Book Discussion

Tilton Library & Atlas Farm Store are co-hosting a Book Discussion! Closing the Food Gap "sets out the dream of a nation without poverty and hunger, telling stories of people and community projects that have made a difference in the lives of the food-insecure.” In Closing the Food Gap, food activist and journalist Mark Winne poses questions too often overlooked in our current conversations around food: What about those people who are not financially able to make conscientious choices about where and how to get food? And in a time of rising rates of both diabetes and obesity, what can we do to make healthier foods available for everyone? To address these questions, Winne tells the story of how America’s food gap has widened since the 1960s, when domestic poverty was “rediscovered,” and how communities have responded with a slew of strategies and methods to narrow the gap, including community gardens, food banks, and farmers’ markets. The story, however, is not only about hunger in the land of plenty and the organized efforts to reduce it; it is also about doing that work against a backdrop of ever-growing American food affluence and gastronomical expectations. Over the last three decades, Winne has found a way to connect impoverished communities experiencing these health problems with the benefits of CSAs and farmers’ markets; in Closing the Food Gap, he explains how he came to his conclusions.   @ TILTON LIBRARY 75 NORTH MAIN ST, SOUTH DEERFIELD Books available at the library.