Drop in baby group 0-2 years of age. Free breakfast and parent social.

Join us for a fun, interactive literacy event designed to engage children and adult audiences in stories and arts.

Children are invited to come hear several stories, play games and meet new friends.

Dungeons & Dragons is a tabletop role playing game where players create characters and go on adventures to explore dangerous dungeons, fight monsters, uncover mysteries and make all kinds of new friends (and enemies) along the way. This session is open to teens regardless of their experience with roleplaying games, and will explain the very basics while participants create their own characters and plan our first adventure.
No supplies or experience necessary, but feel free to bring your own dice if you so wish!
Further meetings will be determined very soon!

Children can have some hands-on fun with (S)cience, (T)echnology, (E)ngineering, (A)rts and (M)ath based activities and games. 

Radio Plasma is a podcast by and for the teens of the Holyoke Library. This weekly Wednesday workshop will teach teens how to record and edit audio, and give them the tools to conduct interviews and produce their own podcast. There’s something new every week, and teens decide what they want to do. Music lovers, musicians, and audiophiles encouraged to attend!

House of Colors, Holyoke's LGBTQ+ youth resource center, also attends these events. Come say hi!

Children are invited to come hear several stories, play games and meet new friends.

Drop in baby group 0-2 years of age. Free breakfast and parent social.

Join us for a fun, interactive literacy event designed to engage children and adult audiences in stories and arts.

Children are invited to come hear several stories, play games and meet new friends.

Radio Plasma is a podcast by and for the teens of the Holyoke Library. This weekly workshop will teach teens how to record and edit audio, and give them the tools to conduct interviews and produce their own podcast. There’s something new every week, and teens decide what they want to do. Music lovers, musicians, and audiophiles encouraged to attend!

House of Colors, Holyoke's LGBTQ+ youth resource center, also attends these events. Come say hi!

Drop in baby group 0-2 years of age. Free breakfast and parent social.

If a person died in Holyoke in times past, where would that person have been buried? It depends!  Bob Comeau draws on his extensive research into burial ground, cemetery, and church history to answer this question, exploring the many factors that determined burial places at different points in Holyoke’s history. The talk will focus on cemeteries and burial grounds established before 1900, including lesser-known graveyards that pre-date the founding of Holyoke.  While the talk is aimed at a general audience, genealogists will find Comeau’s case examples particularly useful.

Bob Comeau has been researching family history for over two decades and specializes in French-Canadian genealogy.  He has led numerous historic walking tours of Holyoke’s cemeteries, canals, and reservoirs. His current project involves genealogical identification of 70 known victims of the Precious Blood Church fire in Holyoke in 1875.

Pre-registration not required. 

Join us for a fun, interactive literacy event designed to engage children and adult audiences in stories and arts.

Mr. Pickle promises a “safe place for all children to express themselves creatively.''

Mr. Pickle is local drag performer, and Holyoke resident, Danielle Pikul. She began “Mr. Pickle and Friends Story Hour” as a way to show children that with compassion, education, and a little exposure, acceptance and inclusion become second nature.  Each story hour will feature a guest from the local drag community.  If any performer is interested in being a guest of Mr. Pickle, please email pickledpikul@gmail.com.

Anime and Manga Club is a time and space for teens to read, watch, explore and share their favorite anime and manga series, or create their own original anime and manga-style art. Come hang out and get your fandom on!

Kids can make their own bookmarks using paper,glue,crayons and other craft materials provided by the library.

Radio Plasma is a podcast by and for the teens of the Holyoke Library. This weekly workshop will teach teens how to record and edit audio, and give them the tools to conduct interviews and produce their own podcast. There’s something new every week, and teens decide what they want to do. Music lovers, musicians, and audiophiles encouraged to attend!

House of Colors, Holyoke's LGBTQ+ youth resource center, also attends these events. Come say hi! 

Children are invited to come hear several stories, play games and meet new friends.

Leave your Valentine's Day projects to the last minute? No worries, drop by the Teen Room and turn your trash into treasure with recycled art Valentines! 

Bring old magazine clippings, scrap paper, doodles, bottle caps, or any other clean materials (or just use some of ours!). We'll supply the glue!

8:00 Refreshments and Networking

8:30 Mayor Morse, Representative Vega, and Representative Velis and others will speak on library legislative priorities statewide.  The public is welcome to attend. 

Drop in baby group 0-2 years of age. Free breakfast and parent social.

Children are invited to come hear several stories, play games and meet new friends.

Drop in baby group 0-2 years of age. Free breakfast and parent social.

Join us for a fun, interactive literacy event designed to engage children and adult audiences in stories and arts.

The Holyoke Public Library's Bookworm Book Club is a group for children in grades 3-5 and their parents/guardians. We will meet on the fourth Tuesday of each month to talk about our book of the month and have some snacks.

This month's book is The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. Pick up your copy at the circulation desk in the Children's Room.

Mr. Pickle promises a “safe place for all children to express themselves creatively.''

Mr. Pickle is local drag performer, and Holyoke resident, Danielle Pikul. She began “Mr. Pickle and Friends Story Hour” as a way to show children that with compassion, education, and a little exposure, acceptance and inclusion become second nature.  Each story hour will feature a guest from the local drag community.  If any performer is interested in being a guest of Mr. Pickle, please email pickledpikul@gmail.com.

Black History Movie Night will be held in the community room.  Snacks and seating will be provided, but you are encouraged to bring your own cushions and blankets if the floor is more your style.

The films are to be determined, keep an eye on this space and our Instagram account (@HOLYOKELIBRARYTEENS) for more information!

The Storycatchers Book Club is a brand new book club for kids in sixth and seventh grade where we'll have snacks and discuss this month's book, Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman. Pick up your copy at the circulation desk in the Children's Room.

Drop in baby group 0-2 years of age. Free breakfast and parent social.

Everyone is welcome to come down to see Dan Shanahan perform selections from his new book of Holyoke poetry.  The event starts at 2pm in the library community room. 

Fun for the whole family!  18 "holes" of mini golf INSIDE the library -- our 5th annual Mini Golf in the Library!  

New for 2020:  a tournament of human Foosball outside the Library!

Save the date!  Details will be posted as the date approaches.

Come party in the Community Room (bar and refreshments), and play 18 holes of Mini Golf in the Library!    Ages 21+

$20 Ticket includes 1 Margarita, snacks, and unlimited mini golf.

Save the date for this evening party and fundraiser to benefit the library.