Tilton Library

Groundbreaking Ceremony
2024-05-10 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | MA

The Flying Jackrabbits fiddle concert
2024-05-11 11:00 - 12:00 | MA

Virtual Book Talk with Yellowface Author R.F. Kuang
2024-05-21 19:00 - 20:00 | MA
As part of the Library Speakers Consortium, join the author as she chats with us about her New York Times bestselling novel, Yellowface. Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media.
In Yellowface, Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena’s a literary darling. June Hayward is literally nobody. Who wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks.
So when June witnesses Athena’s death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena’s just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers during World War I.
So what if June edits Athena’s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song—complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? Doesn’t this piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller? That’s what June claims, and the New York Times bestseller list seems to agree.
But June can’t get away from Athena’s shadow, and emerging evidence threatens to bring June’s (stolen) success down around her. As June races to protect her secret, she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.
White lies, dark humor, and deadly consequences await within the pages of Yellowface. With its totally immersive first-person voice, Kuang’s novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable. Register to join the conversation!
About the Author: Rebecca F. Kuang is the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Poppy War trilogy, Babel: An Arcane History, and Yellowface. A Marshall Scholar, she has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford; she is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale, where she studies diaspora, contemporary Chinese literature, and Asian American literature.
https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/47584
Funded by The Friends of Tilton Library

Pride Party
2024-06-08 13:00 - 16:00 | Deerfield Elementary School Grounds, 21 Pleasant St, South Deerfield, MA, 1373, United States

Virtual Author Talk with Freida McFadden
2024-06-13 20:00 | MA
As part of the Library Speakers Consortium, you’re invited to get your popcorn and take a seat as we pick the brain of the queen of twists herself! Freida McFadden will join us online to chat about writing psychological thrillers and her mega-bestselling hit The Housemaid series.

Register Now: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/48970
Funded by The Friends of Tilton Library

Summer Reading Kick Off Event
2024-06-15 10:00 - 13:00 | Deerfield Elementary School Grounds, 21 Pleasant St, South Deerfield, MA, 1373, United States
Join us at the pavilion behind the Deerfield Elementary School for games, crafts, and bubbles. Sign up for summer reading and get a sweet treat!
Funded by the Friends of Tilton Library

Virtual Author Talk: Tiffany Jewel
2024-06-20 14:00 - 15:00 | MA
As part of the Library Speakers Consortium, you’re invited to hear #1 New York Times bestselling author, Tiffany Jewell, highlights the inequities Black and Brown students face from preschool through college as she presents lessons and knowledge from her new book Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned In School.

Register Now: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/49395
Funded by The Friends of Tilton Library

CANCELLED: Playful Engineers: Artful Mechanisms
2024-06-22 10:30 - 12:00 | Deerfield Elementary School Grounds, 21 Pleasant St, South Deerfield, MA, 1373, United States
Due to possible storms this event is cancelled and will be rescheduled.

Balloon Twisting and Storytime with Brie’s Balloons
2024-06-29 10:30 - 11:30 | Deerfield Elementary School Grounds, 21 Pleasant St, South Deerfield, MA, 1373, United States
Registration Required – Space is limited, Please sign up at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/balloon-twisting-and-storytime-with-bries-balloons-tickets-914803320357?aff=oddtdtcreator
Join us at the pavilion behind the Deerfield Elementary School for stories, balloons, and crafts! In the event of bad weather, the event will be inside the Deerfield Town Hall.
Funded by the Friends of Tilton Library

SIGN UP: Upcycled T-Shirt Workshop
2024-07-08 17:00 - 18:30 | MA
FREE workshop for adults at Tilton Library. With gently used t-shirts we will make Market Bags, Japanese Style Gift Wrap, and Dog Toys. All materials provided. Please sign up, 8 spots available.
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/upcycled-t-shirt-workshop-at-tilton-library-tickets-906097019577

Tot-Time Talk and Play
2024-07-10 10:00 - 11:00 | Tilton Library, 75 North Main Street, South Deerfield, MA, 01373, United States

Crop Swap Saturdays
2024-07-13 10:00 - 16:00 | MA
*PLEASE NOTE: AS WE HAVE LIMITED SPACE, PLEASE ONLY BRING MODEST AMOUNTS OF SURPLUS VEGGIES FROM YOUR GARDEN. AFTER CLOSING ON SATURDAYS ALL LEFTOVER PRODUCE WILL BE BROUGHT TO COMPOST OR LOCAL FARMS FOR ANIMALS.

Musical Storytelling by Eli Elkus
2024-07-13 10:30 - 11:30 | Deerfield Town Hall, 8 Conway Street, South Deerfield Village, MA, 01373, United States
Eli Elkus is a Musical Storyteller, SongCraftsman & Folk Activist. Join us at the Deerfield Town Hall for Tales of Mother Earth & The Natural World – Songs & Stories weaving our summer reading program themes of ecology, conservation, protecting endangered species, restoring natural habitats, and living in harmony with nature.
This program is supported by a grant from the Deerﬁeld Cultural Council

Worm Bin Compost Demonstration
2024-07-16 13:00 - 14:00 | Tilton Library, 75 North Main Street, South Deerfield, MA, 01373, United States
Join us for a presentation by the Franklin County Solid Waste Management District to learn how to make a worm bin for compost. Worms are one of Earth’s recycling creatures because they eat food waste and transform it into compost that can be used to help plants grow.

CANCELLED: Exploring Visual Identity Through Street Art Style
2024-07-17 16:30 - 18:30 | MA
CANCELLED:
We are sorry to announce that due to low registration this workshop has been cancelled and will be rescheduled in the late fall of 2024. Stay tuned for details.

FREE workshop for TEENS
Local artist S.T. Gately will offer reflections on the history and origins of street art. S.T. will share artistic alphabet styles that have been inspired by street art and guide you in creating your own tag – a visual representation of your own identity – on paper. You will consider parts of your personality and life, values and goals, to create your own unique piece of art.

Insect Handling Session
2024-07-20 10:30 - 11:30 | Deerfield Elementary School Grounds, 21 Pleasant St, South Deerfield, MA, 1373, United States
Join us at the pavilion behind the Deerfield Elementary School for an interactive insect handling session by the UMass Amherst Fernald Club.
Club T-shirts, featuring artwork by students will be available for sale at $30 each, cash and Venmo accepted. Proceeds from sales go to support the live insect zoo.

Bubba's Reptile Experience
2024-07-27 11:00 - 12:00 | Deerfield Elementary School Grounds, 21 Pleasant St, South Deerfield, MA, 1373, United States
Join us at the pavilion behind the Deerfield Elementary School for an interactive reptile experience!

Clothing Shoes and Linens Recycling
2024-08-02 08:00 - 20:00 | MA

Virtual Author Talk: Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
2024-08-07 14:00 - 15:00 | MA
You’re invited to virtually step inside one of the greatest international achievements with a behind-the-scenes guide to space exploration with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum curator Dr. Jennifer Levasseur.
Revealing a new perspective into the world of space exploration and the daring astronauts who make it possible, Dr. Levasseur will guide you through the Smithsonian’s Behind the Scenes at the Space Station and take you on a once-in-a-lifetime virtual tour of the International Space Station.

Register Now: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/52488
Unable to attend on that date? You can view the recording of this talk and all other past talks at: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/archive
Funded by The Friends of Tilton Library

Pictionary and Pizza for Teens
2024-08-14 17:00 - 19:00 | MA

Virtual Talk on College Admissions
2024-08-15 14:00 - 15:00 | MA
Another college application season is around the corner, and stress is already beginning to ratchet up for teens and their parents. You’re invited to join us for this must-watch talk by Irena Smith, PhD. You will hear about constructive and healthy ways to approach the college application process, preserve your relationship with your teen, and help them define success on their terms instead of chasing the elusive “golden ticket.”

Irena is a former Stanford Admissions Officer who has spent 18 years advising accomplished, tightly-wound students in Palo Alto and around the world. She saw firsthand the extreme measures parents took to help their children gain admission to highly selective colleges and the toll it took on the children as well as on their parents.
At the same time, Irena’s own children struggled with developmental delays, learning differences, severe depression, and anxiety. She kept her double life—successful college counselor at work, anxious mom at home—tightly under wraps for years until a stunning realization: she was exactly like the anxious parents of the students she worked with, all of whom were equally terrified about their children’s future. Irena’s memoir, The Golden Ticket: A Life in College Admissions Essays, which candidly explores her personal as well as professional life, was published in 2023, and she has since devoted her time to speaking out about hard things: the heavy burden of generational expectations, teen and young adult mental health, and the importance of embracing a broader, more generous vision of what it means to succeed. To learn more about Irena’s personal experience as a parent, professional experience as a college admissions officer, and leave with tips on how to help your child approach the application process in practical, healthy ways–register now!

Register Now: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/52919
Unable to attend on that date? You can view the recording of this talk and all other past talks at: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/archive
Funded by The Friends of Tilton Library

Virtual Author Talk: Remarkably Bright Creatures
2024-08-21 19:00 - 20:00 | MA
We invite you to join us as we chat with the amazing New York Times bestselling author Shelby Van Pelt about her beloved novel Remarkably Bright Creatures. You don’t want to miss this deep-dive exploration of friendship, reckoning, hope, and so much more!
Remarkably Bright Creatures is a luminous debut novel about a widow’s unlikely friendship with a giant Pacific octopus reluctantly residing at the local aquarium—and the truths she finally uncovers about her son’s disappearance 30 years ago.
After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in the Puget Sound over 30 years ago.
As she works, Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine, but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight tentacles for his human captors—until he forms an unlikely friendship with Tova.
Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova’s son disappeared. As his affection for Tova grows, Marcellus must use every trick his old, invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it’s too late.
Charming, compulsively readable, and full of wit, Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a beautiful exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope–a reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible. Register now for a conversation you just don’t want to miss!

Register Now: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/53350
Unable to attend on that date? You can view the recording of this talk and all other past talks at: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/archive
Funded by The Friends of Tilton Library

Mushroom Workshop & Sale with Mycoterra Farm
2024-08-24 10:00 - 12:00 | MA
If you’ve ever wanted to grow your own mushrooms at home, Mycoterra Farm in South Deerfield offers ready-to-grow kits and plug spawn for home growers. Our workshop provides an in-depth introduction to our home grower products. Inoculating logs with plug spawn is a fantastic long-term method for cultivating mushrooms, as the larger log substrate provides more nutrients for the mycelium, allowing mushroom logs to fruit for several years. You’ll learn everything you need to know about growing mushrooms at home.
Workshop from 10-11. Products sale 11-12.

LIMITED TO 8 PEOPLE. PLEASE SIGN UP HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mushroom-workshop-sale-with-mycoterra-farm-at-tilton-library-tickets-983886058687?aff=oddtdtcreator

Sign a Beam and Be a Part of The Library
2024-09-04 08:00 - 20:00 | MA
Help us celebrate a construction milestone – the steel frame is just about complete! You can sign the last beam to go up. Stop by the Tilton Library – IN FRONT OF THE THE TEMP LIBRARY SPACE /CHURCH ON THE LAWN NEAR THE FENCE – on 8:00 AM Wednesday September 4 through 8:00 PM Thursday September 5, and become a permanent part of your new library!
Join your friends and neighbors in signing the steel beam, which will be a part of the building. Come to the library construction site area (there will be signs saying where) and add your signature; markers will available, but you are welcome to bring your own.
Open to everyone, this is a rain or shine event. Don’t miss this chance to add your name to a part of Deerfield history!
ALSO: The children’s room will construct their own non-structural item for kids to sign, which will be placed or hung in the children’s room. Stay tuned for information on what/when this will be!

Tot-Time Tilton Library Playgroup
2024-09-04 10:00 - 11:00 | Tilton Library, 75 North Main Street, South Deerfield, MA, 01373, United States

Virtual Author Talk: GARRETT M. GRAFF
2024-09-10 14:00 - 15:00 | MA
Don’t forget to register for this incredibly moving virtual chat with New York Times bestselling author Garrett Graff! An expert at capturing the human drama, Graff will speak about his body of work with particular focus on his oral histories, The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 and When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day.
Much has been written and said about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the profound impact they had on America and the world. But those names, stories, and memories have never before been collected in one place to tell the full, 360-degree story of what happened that day, and in the days after. In The Only Plane in the Sky, award-winning journalist Garrett Graff draws on never-before-published transcripts, recently declassified documents, and original interviews and stories from nearly five hundred government officials, first responders, witnesses, survivors, friends, and family members to paint the most comprehensive, minute-by-minute account of the September 11 attacks yet, all told in the words of those who experienced that dramatic and tragic day.
In his most recent work, When the Sea Came Alive, Graff explores the full impact of a world changing event: D-Day, one of history’s greatest and most unbelievable military and human triumphs. Though the full campaign lasted just over a month, the surprise landing of over 150,000 Allied troops on the morning of June 6, 1944, is understood to be the moment that turned the tide for the Allied forces and ultimately led to the defeat of the Axis powers in World War II. This book dives deep into the complexities—from the secret creation of landing plans by top government and military officials and organization of troops, to the moment the boat doors opened to reveal the beach where men fought for their lives and the future of the free world.
Graff’s work, filled with impressive detail, captures a human drama and history like no other. Register today!
Register Now: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/55728
Unable to attend on that date? You can view the recording of this talk and all other past talks at: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/archive
Funded by The Friends of Tilton Library

Virtual Author Talk: NATE KLEMP
2024-09-18 14:00 - 15:00 | MA
Join us as New York Times bestselling author and philosopher Nate Klemp helps us explore pathways back to openminded living when he talks to us about the core tenets in his new book Open: Living with an Expansive Mind in a Distracted World.
With the avalanche of information we get every day, closing down our minds and hearts seems to be the only way to survive. We close off to ourselves by compulsively checking our devices. We close to each other by getting caught in echo chambers of outrage. But what if there’s another way? In this climate of distraction and division, Nate Klemp’s Open offers a path back to a way of living that is expansive, creative, and filled with wonder.
Drawing on personal stories, scientific findings, and traditional wisdom, Klemp explores why we close down when faced with stressors or threats―then reveals why training ourselves to fully engage even with discomfort, pain, and sadness leads to greater well-being in the long run.
Register Now: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/56181
Unable to attend on that date? You can view the recording of this talk and all other past talks at: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/archive
Funded by The Friends of Tilton Library

CANCELLED - Playful Engineers: Artful Mechanisms
2024-09-21 10:30 - 11:30 | Deerfield Town Hall, 8 Conway Street, South Deerfield Village, MA, 01373, United States
Due to low registration this event has been cancelled and will be rescheduled for this summer.

Virtual Author Talk: LIANE MORIARTY
2024-09-21 19:00 - 20:00 | MA
If you knew your future, would you try to fight fate? If you were told you only had a certain amount of time left to live, would you do things differently? Would you try to dodge your destiny? Join us as we chat with mega-bestselling author Liane Moriarty about her newest novel Here One Moment. Moriarty’s Here One Moment is a brilliantly constructed tale that looks at free will and destiny, grief and love, and the endless struggle to maintain certainty and control in an uncertain world.
In Here One Moment, aside from a delay, there will be no problems. The flight will be smooth, it will land safely. Everyone who gets on the plane will get off. But almost all of them will be forever changed. Because on this ordinary, short, domestic flight, something extraordinary happens. People learn how and when they are going to die. For some, their death is far in the future—age 103!—and they laugh. But for six passengers, their predicted deaths are not far away at all.
How do they know this? There were ostensibly more interesting people on the flight but none would become as famous as “The Death Lady.” Not a single passenger or crew member will later recall noticing her board the plane. She wasn’t exceptionally old or young, rude or polite. She wasn’t drunk or nervous or pregnant. Her appearance and demeanor were unremarkable. But what she did on that flight was truly remarkable.
A few months later, one passenger dies exactly as she predicted. Then two more passengers die, again, as she said they would. Soon no one is thinking this is simply an entertaining story at a cocktail party.
A modern-day Jane Austen who humorously skewers social mores while spinning a web of mystery, Moriarty asks profound questions in her newest I-can’t-wait-to-find-out-what-happens novel. Be sure to register now!
Register Now: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/56634
Unable to attend on that date? You can view the recording of this talk and all other past talks at: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/archive
Funded by The Friends of Tilton Library

Virtual Author Talk: Hidden World of Tropical Bats
2024-10-02 14:00 - 15:00 | MA
Join us in kicking off October as we welcome three Smithsonian-affiliated scientists to teach us about the remarkable world of tropical bats!
For decades, scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute have studied the remarkable biodiversity of bats on Barro Colorado Island in Panama, where an astonishing seventy-six species coexist. Now, for the first time, Smithsonian scientists’ expertise pairs with the stunning photography of National Geographic contributor Christian Ziegler for a captivating visual journey into the fascinating world of these elusive night creatures, to bring you the book Bat Island: A Rare Journey into the Hidden World of Tropical Bats.
Bats are unique among mammals: they have acquired true flight, they provide essential ecosystem services, and represent the ecologically most diverse group of mammals worldwide. Synthesizing decades-worth of intensive study, Drs. Rachel Page, Dina Dechmann, Teague O’Mara, and Marco Tschapka provide authoritative insight alongside 150 photographs that showcase bats’ extraordinary environmental adaptations and rich natural history.
This presentation will cover topics from the book, such as the diverse sensory abilities of bats, their foraging strategies, roosting ecologies, and social systems. Bat Island presents decades of study of the hyper diverse bat population on Barro Colorado Island in addition to the most comprehensive and long-term datasets on tropical bats. The book and this presentation highlights how bats are threatened by habitat fragmentation and land degradation, and communicate the initiatives needed to ensure the survival of these animals, which are critical to maintaining healthy, balanced ecosystems.
And let’s not forget, the award-winning photojournalist Christian Ziegler’s photography as the images within the book illuminate the unique beauty and allure of bats and the tropical rainforest in Panama. Register now for this rare look into Bat Island!
Register Now: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/57646
Unable to attend on that date? You can view the recording of this talk and all other past talks at: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/archive
Funded by The Friends of Tilton Library
