Mah Jongg
Tuesdays 12:30-2:30pm
All skill levels welcome!
Let’s Talk
Fridays 10:15-11:15am
An informal conversation with a different topic/theme each week. A thoughtful, safe, and open discussion. Coffee included!
- 6/5 Dangerous childhood fun
- 6/12 Standardized testing
- 6/19 – no program, library closed
- 6/26 Useless skills
June Programs
Un-Book Club
Saturday, June 6th 11am
Want to talk about books, but short on time? This is the book club for YOU! No required reading! Come as you are, and talk about what you’ve been reading! Come away with awesome book recommendations! We have coffee!
Want even less pressure? Join us via Google Meet (you can stay in your PJs!)
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/mwj-mwpm-bfv
Or dial: (US) +1 252-376-1101 PIN: 150 369 625#
**This is a new link and QR code, effective for the June meeting**
Death Cafe
Friday, June 12th 11:30am
A respectful and confidential place to discuss death, with no agenda, objective or theme. Refreshments will be served.
Portraits of a Revolution
Monday June 15th 6pm
This program explores American portraits painted and sculpted during the years leading up to, and the decades after, the Revolution. The ideals, values and virtues expressly stated in our founding documents are easily identifiable in these portraits once we know how to “read” them. We will examine portraits of founding “fathers” and “mothers,” as well as of lesser-known individuals, as documents that can be read like texts. We will also discuss the tradition of portraiture, and the influences of earlier art movements, artists, and artifacts, that inform these American portraits. Audiences will be introduced to, and practice, some skills of art analysis and learn how art works can reveal so much about a culture.
New Hampshire Humanities programs are made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Investigative Genealogy and the DNA Doe Project
NEW DATE: Wednesday, June 17th 6pm
Chelsea Hanrahan will speak on investigative genetic genealogy, the emerging practice of using genetic information to identify suspects or victims in criminal cases. Hanrahan’s talk explains what she does and how she uses science to help identify John and Jane Doe cases.
Readers Cafe Book Discussion
Wednesday, June 17th 1:30pm AND Saturday, June 20th 9am
This month we discuss So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Ijeoma Oluo offers a revelatory examination of race in America
Protests against racial injustice and white supremacy have galvanized millions around the world. The stakes for transformative conversations about race could not be higher. Still, the task ahead seems daunting, and it’s hard to know where to start. How do you tell your boss her jokes are racist? Why did your sister-in-law hang up on you when you had questions about police reform? How do you explain white privilege to your white, privileged friend?
Oluo guides readers of all races through subjects ranging from police brutality and cultural appropriation to the model minority myth in an attempt to make the seemingly impossible possible: honest conversations about race, and about how racism infects every aspect of American life.
Beginner Beekeeping
Monday, June 22nd 6pm
Think you might want to add bees to your land? Janice Mercieri of White Mountain Apiary will discuss how to get started. Just curious about these wonderful creatures? Join us to learn more.
This program is part of our Simple Living program series.
Trivia Night
Wednesday, June 24th 6pm
Join our monthly Trivia Night! Come alone or with a group. All ages welcome for this friendly competition.
Annual Book Sale
Begins Saturday, June 27th 9am-3pm
All types of books, audiobooks, and DVDs for sale under the tent and in the library.
Book sale continues June 29th-July 3rd during library hours.
Tech Time
Call for an appointment
Make an appointment for one-on-one help with your device, learning to use the card catalog, how to research using our genealogy databases. Ask us anything!
Call the library 603-869-2409 to reserve a time.