Are you a Friend?  There's never been a better time to join!  Your membership goes to support many programs and services offered by the CPL.  If you or your family have participated in the summer reading program, played Wii or listened to the piano in the Community Room, or checked out a Museum Pass from the Circulation desk, you've benefited from the Friends' efforts.  Please join us in helping the Library to provide these "wish list extras."  Your membership dues support the community!

Individual 2010 Memberships cost $10, and Lifetime Memberships cost $100.  Use our Online Membership Application or stop by a Branch of the Chicopee Public Library to sign up. 

This year, we'll be offering a 20% off coupon good for your purchase of Friends Merchandise.  We've got great Chicopee items that can only be found here-- Chicopee Landmark Ornaments, Tapestry Afghans, bookbags, cookbooks, and more.  You can check out our online store or come in to the Main Branch to do some local holiday shopping. 

The Sixth Annual Fine Art Friends Art Exhibit will be held at the Emily L. Partyka Central Branch of the Chicopee Public Library at 449 Front Street from March 1-March 31. The exhibit will be housed in the Henry J. Bazan Community Room on the lower level of the Library during March 2010.  It is free and open to the public.

The exhibit kicks off with our Awards Reception on March 11 from 6:30-8:30pm.  Join us for an evening of art and music in our beautiful library. 

Arthur Moses, Lecturer in Art at Elms College, will be judging the entries.  Awards will be given out at the reception to winners in the following categories:

• Best in Show
• Oil or Acrylic Painting
• Pastels
• Graphic Arts
• Watercolors
• Mixed Media or Sculpture
• Honorable Mentions

Pictures of our last two exhibits, taken by Ralph Mitchell Jasinski, are available at: http://friendsofchicopeelibrary.blogspot.com.