Vol. 2: No. 37 | December 4, 2020
Happy Hanukkah
December 10 - 18, 2020
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 9:30am - 4:45pm
Tuesday, Thursday: 9:30am - 8:45pm
Saturday: 9:30am - 1pm
Sunday: 1 - 5pm
Last Chance!
Holiday Cookie Recipe Swap!
Submit your favorite cookie (or bar!) RECIPE between
November 14 through December 7, 2020.

Receive a wonderful assorted recipe collection to try out during your holiday gatherings! Just click on the button at right and complete the online form.

(Names will not be used on recipes when they are distributed).
Access over 3,000 Digital Magazines for FREE!
NO limits and NO waiting!
Just log into our NHDB site (managed by Overdrive) with your library card and PIN and check out any of these new magazine additions. Just click on the button at right to see all the magazines!
Titles include:
  • Architectural Digest  
  • Bon Appetit
  • Cook's Illustrated
  • Family Handyman
  • Family Tree
  • House Beautiful
  • Macworld
  • National Geographic
  • Newsweek
  • Ok!
  • PC World
  • Popular Science
  • The New Yorker
  • This Old House
  • Us Weekly
  • Yoga Journal
Magazines will be available through August 2021
Weekly Book Raffle
Enter to Win Three Titles by Richard Paul Evans
Saturday, December 5 - Friday, December 11
Enter your name for a chance to win The Christmas Box, The First Gift of Christmas and The Mistletoe Inn, all by New York Times best-selling author Richard Paul Evans. 

How to enter:
  • Visit the library and complete a raffle ticket.
  • Email Adult Services Librarian Amy Friedman by clicking the email link below and request she enter your name. Please include your name and phone number.

Only one entry per person per day. Enter your name every day for more chances to win!

Click on the book images for the Goodreads description.

Questions? Email Adult Services Librarian Amy Friedman.
Events This Week: December 5 - 11
Get Fit With Your Library
Strong Seniors - Senior Fitness
Saturday, December 5
11am
ONLINE EVENT. Join Fitness Instructor Jess Salman for a weekly virtual movement class every Saturday at 11am in December!

This Week: Strong Seniors
Next Week, Dec. 12: Senior Fitness Fusion

Registration required. Click on the button at right for more information and/or to register.
Woven Reed Ornament Workshop
Monday, December 7
6:30pm
ONLINE EVENT. Use naturally dyed reeds to create three different star and snowflake ornaments!

Each kit includes materials and templates for three ornaments and can be picked up at the library beginning today. Kits cost $10.

Registration required. Click on the button below for more information and/or to register.
A Celebration of TV Animation
Tuesday, December 8
6:30pm
ONLINE EVENT. Host and author Marty Gitlin leads this program based on his book: A Celebration of Animation: The 100 Greatest Cartoon Characters in Television History, which features cartoon snippets, trivia questions, and cartoon voices you can try to identify - as well as background information about these legendary characters.

Registration required. Click on the button below for more information and/or to register.
Online Games
Christmas Song Lyrics Trivia Challenge!
Wednesday, December 9
3:30pm
ONLINE EVENT. Complete the line of Christmas songs, and compete to win prizes!

Registration required. Click on the button below for more information and/or to register.
Jane Austen Book Club
Sense & Sensibility, by Joanna Trollope
Wednesday, December 9
7pm
ONLINE EVENT. With her sparkling wit, Joanna Trollope casts a clever, satirical eye on the tales of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. Re-imagining Sense and Sensibility in a fresh, modern new light, she spins the novel's romance, bonnets, and betrothals into a wonderfully witty coming-of-age story about the stuff that really makes the world go around. 

Registration required. Click on the button below for more information and/or to register.
Mystery Lovers Book Club
Monkeewrench, by P. J. Tracy
Thursday, December 10
10:30am
ONLINE EVENT. People are dying for the new computer game by the software company Monkeewrench. Literally.

Join us for a discussion on the book critics have claimed is "Stylish, suspenseful, surprisingly funny and wholly satisfying."

Registration required. Click on the button below for more information and/or to register.
Genealogy Club
A Whole New World of Catholic Records
Friday, December 11
1:30pm
ONLINE EVENT. Join Certified Genealogist® Margaret Fortier for a discussion on the genealogical information Catholic records can provide.

Registration required. Click on the button below for more information and/or to register.
Tween & Teen Services
Teen & Tween Services
Fa-la-la Christmas Lyric Trivia
Friday, December 11
TEENS: 3pm
TWEENS: 4:30pm
ONLINE EVENT. How well do you know Christmas music? Play this finish the song lyrics trivia game for Teens in grades 8-12, and Tweens in grades 4-7. Join us on Zoom for fun and prizes.

Registration required. Click on the buttons below for more information and/or to register. 
Children's Events - Hanukkah Activities and more
Virtual Lego Build-Along!
Saturday, December 5
10am
ONLINE EVENT. This week will be a Lego free-for-all! Build whatever your heart desires!

Don't have Legos? No worries! You can grab a bag of them from the library (or call us and have us bring them out to your car.) 

Registration required. Click on the button at right for more information and/or to register.
Graphic Novel Book Club
CatStronauts: Mission Moon
Mondays in December
3:30pm
ONLINE EVENT. Join us in baking and decorating cat and space-themed sugar cookies! This month’s book pick is CatStronauts: Mission Moon, by Drew Brockington.

Registration required. Click on the button below for a list of ingredients, more information and/or to register.
Snack Attack
Reindeer Poop Cookies
Tuesday, December 8
3:30pm
ONLINE EVENT. Join us to make (yummy!) Reindeer Poop cookies!

Registration required. Click on the button below for a list of ingredients and/or to register.
Hanukkah Craft
Menorahsaurus Rex
Friday, December 11
10am
ONLINE EVENT. Join us in making your very own Menorahsaurus Rex!

This program is virtual. Supplies will be available to pick up from the library.

Registration required. Click on the button below for more information and/or to register.
Hanukkah Storytime on Facebook
Friday, December 11
11am
ONLINE EVENT. Hop onto our Facebook and have your littles learn something new.

No registration required, just click on the Facebook icon below!
Hanukkah Game
Dreidel Fun!
Friday, December 11
3:30pm
ONLINE EVENT. Kids and tweens are invited to play dreidel with us on Zoom!
Don't know how to play dreidel? No worries! We'll teach you. 
Dreidels and gelt will be provided by the library. 

Registration required. Click on the button at left for more information and/or to register.
Coming This Month
Pour Painting for Adults
Monday, Dec. 14 - Wednesday, Dec. 16
Various Times

ONLINE EVENT. Book an appointment to create a pour-paint ornament by clicking on the button below. Choose from several different designs! 
Red Cross Blood Drive
Tuesday, December 15
2 - 7pm
Library Community Room

Appointments requested. To make an appointment, please call 1-800-RED CROSS (800-733-2767) or click on the button below and enter RODGERS to schedule an appointment.

Please note: Wearing a mask is required inside the library building at all times.