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Upcoming Cultural Programs


Cultural Programs

       The cultural committee lines up interesting programs each year. Your suggestions are requested.  We offer new  programs,  and programs  returning by popular demand.

The remaining 2002 - 2003 presentations are listed below.
TIME: Presentation at 7:00; Set-up at 6:15 (Set-Up helpers always needed).
PLACE: Youth Room, West Springfield Library


December Bus Trip

To New York City!

Friends of The West Springfield Library
Fun and Funds Raiser
December 14, 2002

NEW YORK CITY HERE WE COME!!!!

We leave from the West Springfield Municipal Parking Lot (between the Library and Town Hall) at 7:30 AM Sharp.

$30.00 Round Trip. Make checks payable to Friends of West Springfield Public Library.
Mail to:
E.A.Sokol
Box 872
West Springfield, MA 01090

Drop off locations in NYC include:

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Rockefeller Plaza
  • Ticketron (discount theater ticket kiosk)
  • South Street Seaport (Near China Town and Little Italy).
Meet in back of St. Patricks Cathedral at 6:30PM for return trip.

This is a non-smoking bus trip.
Questions? Please call 788-4712

RSVP DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 2, 2002

CULTURAL PROGRAMS TRHOUGH MAY 2003

Thurs, Jan 23 Living Simply in a Culture of Excess with Charlie Spencer
Thurs, Feb 20 Feng Shui - Harmonious Spaces with Rose Diamond
Wed, Mar 26 Orphan Trains with Lu Parchick
Thrus, Apr 17 Bhutan: Land of the Thunder Dragon with Claire Carocci
Thurs, May 15 Bear Hole Watershed with Bernie Lally


More Details Available at Your West Springfield Public Library


AVAILABLE TO WEST SPRINGFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY PATRONS:

FREE passes to area museums and attractions. Call or come in to reserve a pass at the library for the day you wish to use it; pick it up when the library opens, return it before 9:00 AM the next day.
  • Springfield Museums/Quadrangle, Springfield, MA
              Science Museum
              George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum
              Connecticut Valley Historical Museum
              Museum of Fine Arts
    Open Thursday to Sunday 12:00pm to 4:00pm
    Pass value up to $16.00/day; Adults $4.00, 6-18 $1.00, under 6 free.
  • Forest Park Zoo, Springfield, MA
    Pass for up to five (5) people; there is a parking charge.
    10% off gift shop merchandise.
    April 15 - November 15 open daily;
    November 15 - April 15 open weekends and school vacations.
    Closed the month of January.
  • Holyoke Children's Museum, Holyoke, MA
    Pass for up to six (6) people; under 18 months free.
    Open Tuesday through Saturday 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM;
    Sunday 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM; closed Monday.
    NOT good for special events, workshops and performance fees.
  • Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA
    Pass for up to four (4) people.
    Open year round except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.
    May - October open 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
    November to April open weekdays 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM, weekends 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
  • COMING SOON:
    Passes to the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, CT and the Trolley and Fire Museum in Connecticut.

LIBRARY HOURS

  • 9am to 8pm Monday through Thursday, 9am to 5pm Friday & Saturday.
  • 9am to 5pm Friday & Saturday.
  • 1pm to 5pm Sundays.
The Library is located at 200 Park Street (corner of Elm St, Rt. 20). Phone 736-4561

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