The next session of children’s programming will begin the week of Tuesday, November 12th. Sign up here for baby, toddler, and pre-kindergarten storytimes, Crafternoon, and LEGO Club!
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Friends of the Library Book Sale is ongoing through Wednesday, November 13th!
Stop by during open hours to peruse a wide selection of adult, young adult, and juvenile books and media!
Beginning Saturday, November 9th, at 9 AM, shoppers can fill a bag with books and other media for just five dollars!
N.B. We are no longer able to accept donations at this time! Thank you for your consideration.
Game & Gab :: Tuesday, November 5th :: 1:00 PM
Shoot the breeze, and play a hand or two! Join us for Game and Gab on Tuesday, November 5th, at 1:00 PM.
Yoga Pre-K Storytime with Cathy Arnault :: Friday, November 8th :: 10:30 AM
Join us for a special Pre-K storytime with local yoga instructor Cathy Arnault. Through stories and rhymes, Cathy will lead children through a simple yoga flow.
Parts of the featured image used under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic (Author: FiberArtGirl on Flickr, 10 July 2012).
Meeting of the Nottingham Garden Club :: Thursday, November 7th :: 6:30 PM
Join the Nottingham Garden Club for a monthly meeting on Thursday, November 7th, at 6:30 PM.
Kids Halloween Parties! :: Wednesday, October 30th and Thursday, October 31st :: 3:00 PM
Stop by the library on Wednesday, October 30th at 3:00 PM for a frightening film and a creepy craft! That’s the trick; popcorn and more is the treat! See papier-mache masks designed by the kids of Crafternoon. Wear your costume if you so desire!
Then, on the day of Halloween, join us again at 3:00 PM to view LEGO Haunted Houses constructed by the children of the LEGO Club. View also a topical and spooky movie. Treats once again provided, and costumes certainly welcome!
These parties are particularly geared toward children in the K-5 grade range, but we welcome also their families and friends!
Join the Cookbook Group! Next meeting: Thursday, October 17th, 2019 :: 6:30 PM
How does it work?
1. Stop by the circulation desk to browse this month’s title; choose a recipe or two and make a photocopy.
2. Register at the desk, so that everyone knows who is cooking what.
3. Cook your chosen recipe, and bring it to the monthly meeting to share!
This month’s book is:
Sylvia’s Table : fresh, seasonal recipes from our farm to your family
by Liz Neumark with Carole Lalli
(New York, NY : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013)
Starting Friday, October 25th, the Friends of the Library will begin accepting book donations for their annual book sale!
Beginning at 10:00 AM on Friday, October 25th, 2019, the Friends of the Blaisdell Memorial Library will begin accepting donations of gently used books for their annual book sale in support of the Blaisdell Memorial Library.
Donations (up to two (2) boxes) must be brought to the circulation desk during operating hours, where they will be screened by a member of Library staff.
We will gratefully accept: gently used books (adult, young adult, and juvenile fiction and nonfiction), as well as audio/visual materials in CD, DVD, and Blu-Ray disc formats. Individuals or families may bring up to two boxes of books to be screened at a time.
We cannot accept materials that are moldy or mildewed, marked up, or shopworn.
We cannot accept text books, reference books (encylopedia sets, dictionaries, etc.), magazines, periodicals, or audio/visual materials in cassette formats.
We cannot accept more than two boxes per individual or family at one time.
To assist patrons in disposing of books and other materials not suitable for the Friends’ book sale, information regarding alternative outlets for recycling and disposal will be available at the circulation desk. Thank you for your understanding!
Our book sale will begin on Friday, November 1st, and run through Sunday, November 10th. All sales will benefit the Blaisdell Memorial Library.
NH Humanities to Go: New Hampshire Cemeteries and Gravestones, presented by Glenn A. Knoblock :: Wednesday, October 16th, 2019 :: 6:30 PM
Rubbings, photographs, and slides illustrate the rich variety of gravestones to be found in our own neighborhoods, but they also tell long-forgotten stories of such historical events as the Great Awakening, the Throat Distemper epidemic, and the American Revolution. Find out more about these deeply personal works of art and the craftsmen who carved them with Glenn Knoblock, and learn how to read the stone “pages” that give insight into the vast genealogical book of New Hampshire.
Glenn A. Knoblock is an independent scholar and author of fifteen books and over 100 articles. He is also the author and historian on projects relating to Northern New England bridges, New Hampshire cemeteries, and brewing history, and African-American military history. Knoblock has served as the main military contributor to Harvard and Oxford University’s landmark African-American Biography Project. He holds a BA in History from Bowling Green State University.
Author Terry Nelson reads from his new book Hidden History of the New Hampshire Seacoast :: Thursday, 10 October 2019 :: 6:00 PM
Thursday, 10 October 2019
6:00 PM
Join us for a reading and Q&A with Terry Nelson, author of Hidden History of the New Hampshire Seacoast (The History Press, 2019).
From the back of the book: “The New Hampshire Seacoast has a wealth of overlooked history. Some remnants are hidden in plain sight, and others are just plain hidden. Meet the minister and early religious founder who was involved in an armed confrontation in Dover with another preacher in 1640. Find out how a onetime high school assistant principal in Rochester became a world-famous business leader and ended up meeting President Grover Cleveland. Discover the story of “ghost” racetracks in Somersworth before they disappear, as well as the “pile of rocks” that stopped a multimillion-dollar building project in Windham. Author Terry Nelson reveals some of New England’s most fascinating history, from Durham and Madbury to North Hampton and Portsmouth.”
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