Knitting Circle

Join fiber arts enthusiasts for casual conversation while you work on your crafts. This group meets in the Lane Family Reading Room

VIRTUAL Qigong Class 10:30 AM

Dvora Eisenstein leads this free weekly Qigong class. Join us virtually on Zoom. https://zoom.us/j/117278043   Qigong is an ancient Chinese health care system integrating slow movements, breathing techniques, and focused intent......More

Dvora Eisenstein leads this free weekly Qigong class. Join us virtually on Zoom. https://zoom.us/j/117278043   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.

Coffee and Conversation

Casual conversation with your friends and neighbors hosted outdoors in the library's backyard, weather permitting.

Mindful Childbirth and Parenting

An 8 week series of classes Fridays from 10:00 am - 11:30 am, September 19th - October 31st. Please register at: ......More

An 8 week series of classes Fridays from 10:00 am - 11:30 am, September 19th - October 31st. Please register at: https://calendly.com/sunderlandpubliclibrary/childbirth Join other expectant parents in this groundbreaking, 8-week in-person mindful birthing course. Learn to engage the mind to work with pain, fear, and anxiety during labor while increasing confidence and courage for the experience of labor and delivery. This course can also carry you through the early stages of parenthood. Partners are welcome to join. In this Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP) course, learn to: Access deep physical and mental relaxation Engage the mind to work with pain during labor Increase confidence and courage for the experience of labor and delivery Practice prenatal movement for strength and flexibility Develop skills for managing stress in pregnancy, parenting, and daily life Enhance partner communication skills Become more aware of your own approach to parenting

Knitting Circle

Join fiber arts enthusiasts for casual conversation while you work on your crafts. This group meets in the Lane Family Reading Room

VIRTUAL Qigong Class 10:30 AM

Dvora Eisenstein leads this free weekly Qigong class. Join us virtually on Zoom. https://zoom.us/j/117278043   Qigong is an ancient Chinese health care system integrating slow movements, breathing techniques, and focused intent......More

Dvora Eisenstein leads this free weekly Qigong class. Join us virtually on Zoom. https://zoom.us/j/117278043   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.

Crazy Quilts

Lauren D. Whitley, Curator of Historic Textiles and Clothing at Historic Deerfield, presents a slideshow on the history of Crazy Quilts. Crazy Quilting is a textile art form that began in the 1800s and is seeing a resurgence today. Rather than the repeating motifs of tr......More

Lauren D. Whitley, Curator of Historic Textiles and Clothing at Historic Deerfield, presents a slideshow on the history of Crazy Quilts. Crazy Quilting is a textile art form that began in the 1800s and is seeing a resurgence today. Rather than the repeating motifs of traditional quilting, crazy quilting utilizes patchwork, seams, exotic fabrics, and heavy embellishments to create unique designs that are works of art. This presentation discusses the history of crazy quilts, how they have impacted the history of art and sewing, and how current crazy quiltists employ the art form today.Lauren D. Whitley is Curator of Historic Textiles and Clothing at Historic Deerfield where she oversees a collection of 8,000 objects focused primarily on early New England life. Prior to that she was senior curator in the David and Roberta Logie Department of Textile and Fashion Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Whitley has a B.A. in Art History from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, an M.A. degree in Museum Studies: Costumes and Textiles from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, and recently completed her Ph. D. in Humanities at Salve Regina University.This program is sponsored by a grant from the Sunderland Cultural Council, a local agency, which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

VIRTUAL Book Club

Email [email protected] for the Zoom link. 

Adaptive Music

Join us for joyful musical experiences in a class planned with disabled and neurodivergent learners in mind! The Adaptive Music Program of Springfield will present this 45-minute session with interactive activities including singing, dancing, playing instruments, and r......More

Join us for joyful musical experiences in a class planned with disabled and neurodivergent learners in mind! The Adaptive Music Program of Springfield will present this 45-minute session with interactive activities including singing, dancing, playing instruments, and responding to music in a sensory-managed environment. Song and activity content will be appropriate for ages 3-7 but participants of all ages, neurotypes and engagement styles are welcome and will be accommodated. Space is limited to 9 participants and their caregivers. Please register at: www.calendly.com/sunderlandpubliclibrary/adaptive-music

Coffee and Conversation

Casual conversation with your friends and neighbors hosted outdoors in the library's backyard, weather permitting.

Knitting Circle

Join fiber arts enthusiasts for casual conversation while you work on your crafts. This group meets in the Lane Family Reading Room

VIRTUAL Qigong Class 10:30 AM

Dvora Eisenstein leads this free weekly Qigong class. Join us virtually on Zoom. https://zoom.us/j/117278043   Qigong is an ancient Chinese health care system integrating slow movements, breathing techniques, and focused intent......More

Dvora Eisenstein leads this free weekly Qigong class. Join us virtually on Zoom. https://zoom.us/j/117278043   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.

Queer Adult Book Club

A book club for queer adults in our community to come together and socialize! Come connect with us over queer narratives across all genres.New members are always welcome. Copies of the book are available to pick up at the library.

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