Wishing you good times, good cheer, and a memorable new year.
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All of us at the Rodgers Memorial Library want to thank you for your patronage and support in 2018. We hope to see you again in 2019!
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Monday - Thursday: 9am - 9pm
Friday: 9am - 6pm
Saturday: 9am - 5pm
Sunday: CLOSED except for Second Sundays (see below)
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The library will be closed
Monday, Dec. 24 &
Tuesday, Dec. 25
We'll close at 5pm on
Monday, Dec. 31
and will be closed
Tuesday, January 1
Have a happy and safe holiday!
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Display Your Work or Collection in Our Display Case
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Are you an artist, a craftsperson, or a collector? Do you have art, crafts or a collection you'd like to display to the world?
Call the Reference Department if you would like to exhibit your work in our display case, located in the Library foyer, for a month for all library visitors to see.
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There are currently openings for January and February. Call the Reference Department at 603-886-6030 to reserve your spot!
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Exhibitors can leave business cards and a price list but individual items cannot include a price tag, sticker, etc.
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Announcing: Second Sundays!
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Beginning Sunday, January 13, 2019, the library will be open 1 to 5pm
every second Sunday
of the month through May 12.
Free painting classes (all materials and instruction provided!), special crafts, movies and more will be offered on Second Sundays for the entire family to enjoy.
Sign up for our first Second Sunday Project on January 13: Acrylic Painting!
For more information or to register for one of three time slots, visit our
Events Calendar
or see article below.
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Come view artist Mark Yeaton's work, on display through January in the Community Room. Several of his paintings depict Boston sports scenes.
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Participate in the nationwide 2018 Reading Challenge! Read one or more books from our list of 50 challenge categories between July 2018 and June 2019 to be eligible for our Grand Prize:
A $75 Gift Certificate to the restaurant of your choice!
All participants have a chance to win other prizes at the end of the challenge!
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Tax Filing and Return Assistance provided by AARP
February 2 - April 13
Tuesdays & Saturdays
9am - 2pm
Hills Memorial Library
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AARP will be at the
Hills Memorial Library
providing free tax assistance and help with tax returns. While walk-ins are welcome, making an online appointment is strongly encouraged, since only appointments are guaranteed to receive tax help.
To schedule your free tax appointment, click
here
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*****New Location!*****
Now meeting at Hills Memorial Library!
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Basics of Screenwriting Workshop
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Tuesday, January 8
2:30pm
Have an idea for a movie? Need to know how to start writing it? Come to our Screenplay Basics presentation and meet other scribes!
No registration necessary.
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Create a Vision Board
Tuesday, January 8
6:30pm
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It’s a New Year! What a great time to make a vision board. Join Diane MacKinnon, Master Life Coach, at a hands-on session to create a Vision Board to help you manifest your best destiny in 2019. No art experience necessary and all supplies are provided.
Click
here
for more information or to register. Registration requested.
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Zentangle Workshop: White on Black
Wednesday, January 9
6:30pm
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Join Diane MacKinnon, certified Zentangle teacher, for her workshop on the art of Zentangle. Experiment drawing white tangles on black paper.
Registration requested. For more information or to register, click
here
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NEW! Mystery Readers Book Club
January's book:
Plum Pudding Murder
by Joanne Fluke
Thursday, January 10
1pm
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Love reading mysteries? Need to know whodunnit? Now you can have these, and other burning questions, answered. Our new Mystery Book Club probably won't fix the world, but there may be cookies.
This new book club will meet the second Thursday of every month at 1pm.
Click
here
for more information.
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Genealogy Club
Using The State Library's Early Town Records Transcripts Collection & Name Index
Friday, January 11
1:30pm
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Rebecca Stockbridge from the New Hampshire State Library will go over using the town records transcripts collection & name index, No registration necessary,
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DCU Free Concert Series
Songs With a Brazilian Twist
Saturday, January 12, 2pm
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Deborah & Giovani Rocha perform American standards mixed with some popular Brazilian music and Brazilian inspired originals. For more information, click
here
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Thanks to a generous contribution from Digital Credit Union, the library will be hosting a monthly free concert series through May 2019.
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Create a Floral Painting
Sunday, January 13
Three time slots available:
1:30, 2:30, 3:30pm
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Come join us for our first Second Sunday project: Acrylic painting! Instructions and all materials provided. Register for one of three slots available:
1:30
,
2:30
or
3:30
pm. Click on any of the times listed to register for that particular time.
For more information on Second Sundays, please see article above.
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Get Moving @ Your Library
Free Chair Yoga
Friday, January 18
1pm
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Join us for a gentle yoga session with instructor Deb Shaw. Chair yoga is appropriate for all ages and body types. No floor poses involved.
Click
here
for more information or to register. Walk-ins welcome on a space-available basis.
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Monthly Lithuanian Cooking Class
Grybų Paŝtetas and Obuolių Riekės
Saturday, January 26
11am - 1pm
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Join Chef Oonagh Williams as she prepares "Grybų Paŝtetas," a mushroom pate which can be used as a dip, a spread or stuffing for meat and raviolis; and "Obuolių Riekės," a pastry made with sweet dough, apples and corn flake crumbs.
Registration requested. For more information or to register click
here
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Eighty Years After the Holocaust: The Duty to Remember - But What?
Saturday, January 26
3pm
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Join Hudson resident Mick Grzonka for a presentation dispelling some commonly held myths about events and social conditions that led to the Holocaust.
No registration required.
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Symphony New Hampshire Discount Passes
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Discount passes to Symphony New Hampshire concerts at the Keefe Center for the Arts in Nashua are now available. Each pass is good for two concert tickets for $10 each. A limited number of passes for each concert are available through the
Museum Pass system
on our website.
Once tickets have been reserved through our museum pass site, call the Rodgers Library Reference Department at 603-886-6030 for a discount code that must be used at
Symphony New Hampshire's website
to finalize the online purchase of the discounted tickets.
You may also call Symphony New Hampshire at 603-595-9156 if you wish to purchase the discounted tickets by phone.
Upcoming concerts include:
Mozart & Beethoven
January 26 @ 8pm
Mozart 40 & Elgar Cello concerto
March 9 @ 8pm
Barber's Adagio & Mozart's Jupiter Symphony
April 6 @ 8pm
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Friends of the Library Events
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Second Hand Prose Book Sale
Sunday, January 13
11am - 3pm
Hills Memorial Library Basement
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Proceeds from the SHP Book Sale support library programs such as the recent "Visit With Santa" and the"Visit and Tea with Queen Victoria," and the light pole banners in the Library parking lot.
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Friends of the Library Meeting
Tuesday, January 15
7pm
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Agenda items may include a review of Friends Holiday Activities, as well as planning for February Children's Room activities and Love Your Library month.
All are welcome to join us as we welcome the New Year!
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Additional January Events
For more information, call the library at 603-886-6030
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Movies at the Library
Free Film
Crazy Rich Asians
Tuesday, 1/22, 2 & 6:30pm
Snacks will be served
NOTE:
Our Monthly films have been moved to 4th Tuesdays.
Free Family Film
The Incredibles 2
Saturday, 1/19, 1pm
Snacks will be served
Films are generously sponsored by the Friends of the Library
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Monthly Events
Evening Book Discussion
What We Lose
by Zinzi Clemmons
Thursday, 1/3, 7pm
Monthly Writing Group
Friday, 1/4, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Borderline Spinners
Monday, 1/7, 6pm
Secondhand Prose Book Sale
Sunday, 1/13, 11am - 3pm
Hills Memorial Library Basement
Book Discussion Group
The Distant Hours
by Kate Morton
Tuesday, 1/15, 1:30pm
Copies available at the circulation desk
Friends of the Library Meeting
Tuesday, 1/15, 7pm
All are welcome!
Singalong at Fariview Healthcare
Monday, 1/21, 2-4pm
Meet in Laurel Place Lobby by 2pm
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Weekly Programs
U'Decide Quilters
Tuesdays, 10am
Geopolitics in Today’s World
Thursdays, 11am - 1pm
Walk-ins Welcome
Crochet Slam, Drop in Crocheting
Thursdays, 6:30-8
Ages 10 –Adult
Drop in Stitchers
Fridays, 9:30-11:30
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