WARWICK — The Warwick Free Public Library is co-sponsoring “Museum of Bad Art: Tough Times — Having a Bad Day to Dystopian Apocalypse” via Zoom on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 7 p.m.
Since 1994, the Museum of Bad Art (MOBA) in Somerville has acquired works that deal with good times and bad. This presentation explores some of the ways artists react to disasters small and large, real and imagined.
Registration is required. Call or email the Warwick Free Public Library at 978-544-7866 or warwick@cwmars.org by 3 p.m. on the day of the event to register and receive a Zoom link.
WARWICK — After more than seven months of offering curbside delivery only, the Warwick Free Public Library is offering limited browsing by appointment.
Browsing will be limited to one person or party at a time for 20-minute periods, Tuesdays from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon. Appointments will be made on the hour or half-hour, as will 20-minute computer station appointments.
Mask wearing and hand sanitizing will be required to enter the building; there will be a supply at the door.
Patrons are encouraged to continue to order items remotely and use curbside delivery. Given the uptick in COVID-19 cases in some Western Massachusetts communities, the library may decide to suspend browsing by appointment in the future to help protect public health.
To contact the library, email warwick@cwmars.org or call 978-544-7866 during operating hours: Mondays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesdays from 1 to 8 p.m., Thursdays from 5 to 8 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
BERNARDSTON — In honor of Thanksgiving, the Bernardston Senior Center will provide traditional Thanksgiving items like cranberry sauce, stuffing, pie filling, etc. during its pop-up food pantry on Nov. 18 at 4:30 p.m.
Those who would like to donate can call 413-834-7200. Patrons must call to sign up to receive food by Nov. 11.
BERNARDSTON — The Bernardston Senior Center is holding a raffle to raise money to maintain its services for seniors. Tickets are $5, for a chance to win gift cards from local businesses.
There is over $800 in prizes, and all proceeds from ticket sales benefit the Senior Center. Gift cards include those for Dunkin’, Cumberland Farms, Sunoco, Big Y, Stop & Shop, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Antonio’s II, Four Leaf Clover, Hillside Pizza and Walmart. On Thanksgiving and Christmas, patrons could win a $100 Visa/Mastercard gift card.
The drawing starts on Thursday, Nov. 26, with a $100 Visa gift card and ends Dec. 25. Winners are entered back into the raffle, meaning they can win on multiple days. Winners will be announced daily on the Senior Center’s Facebook page.
Tickets can be purchased anytime between 9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Call the Senior Center at 413-834-7200 to inquire.
WARWICK — The Pioneer Valley Regional School District is continuing to provide five days’ worth of breakfasts and lunches free of charge at Friday curbside pickups through the end of the school year. Meals are available for remote learners and any child under 21 years of age.
Those who are interested in receiving food must fill out a form online for each child, each week. With questions, contact Food Service Director Michael Onorato at 413-498-2911, ext 602 or onoratom@pvrsdk12.org.
The Warwick curbside pickup site for meals is at the former Warwick Community School each Friday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. If that time is difficult, reach out to Onorato to request your family’s meals be delivered to the Metcalf Chapel, where they can be held until 4 p.m. on Fridays.
Those who need assistance, or who wish to volunteer, can call, text or email Warwick Mutual Aid at 978-633-5323 or warwickmutualaid@gmail.com.
LEYDEN — The deadline to submit applications for Leyden Cultural Council grants — which support cultural activities in the arts, humanities and sciences — has been extended to Dec. 14. The amount of grant money available to the town is not yet known.
Cultural Council Chair Rhonda Wainshilbaum said the grants support a variety of programs and activities such as workshops, performances, children’s programs, outdoor presentations, exhibits and remote online projects.
Applications are submitted online. The forms, and more information about local cultural council programs, are available at mass-culture.org.