Vol. 3: No. 29 | July 16, 2021
Events This Week: July 17 - 23
Library Hours
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 9am - 5pm
Tuesday, Thursday: 9am - 9pm
Saturday: 9am - 1pm
Sunday: CLOSED
Announcements
MASKS PREFERRED
Inside the Library
Although no longer required, please continue to wear your mask in the Rodgers Library.

Thank you for helping keep all of us safe!
Summer Reading Program Continues!
Through Tuesday, August 3
Summer Reading is in full swing!

Sign up for our Summer Reading Bingo Card for a chance to win prizes and enter a raffle drawing for grand prizes that include:
Apple AirPods
Harry Potter LEGO set
$100 Gift Card to the business of your choice!
Have fun and learn with lessons, videos, games and more!
All you need is an internet connection, computer or mobile device, and your Rodgers library card!

Click on the button to access Brainfuse!
Book Raffle for July
Golden Girl
by Elin Hilderbrand
through Saturday, July 31
A recently deceased Nantucket novelist is given one final summer to protect her secrets while her loved ones on earth learn to live without their golden girl.

Click on the book cover for the Goodreads description.

How to enter:
  • Visit the library and submit a raffle ticket.
  • Email Adult Services Librarian Amy Friedman by clicking the button below and request she enter your name. Please include your name and phone number. NOTE: You may only enter once by email.
Coming Soon!
Spice Club
Spice Chat & Peppercorn Tasting
Thursday, July 29 @ 10:30am
LIBRARY TENT.  Join us for a live! “Spice Chat” with special guest Nicole Gagliardi, owner of the Spice and Tea Exchange in Portsmouth NH.
  
Nicole will discuss the different types of peppercorns and pepperberries, their flavor profiles, and how to choose the right one for your next dish. 

Share your opinions & experiences with the four pepper blend after Nicole's presentation.

Registration required. Click on the button at right to register.
Summer Concert!
4EverFab: Beatles Tribute Concert
Friday, July 30 @ 6pm
LIBRARY GROUNDS. Join us for an outdoor concert featuring Beatles Tribute Band 4EverFab, a cover band that recreates Beatles hits.

Bring blankets, chairs, and a picnic to enjoy! No registration necessary.

Rain date Friday, August 6 @ 6pm.
National Night Out!
Tuesday, August 3 @ 4:30pm
LIBRARY GROUNDS. Save the date!!

The Rodgers Library will partner with the Hudson Police Department to host 2021 National Night Out!

There will be frisbee dogs! A climbing wall! Giant games! Live music! Competitions! Food Trucks! Touch a Truck! and so much more!

More activities to be announced!
Evening Book Discussion
The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett
Thursday, August 5 @ 7pm
IN-LIBRARY EVENT!

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES * THE WASHINGTON POST * NPR * PEOPLE * TIME MAGAZINE* VANITY FAIR * GLAMOUR 

2021 WOMEN'S PRIZE FINALIST

“Bennett’s tone and style recalls James Baldwin and Jacqueline Woodson, but it’s especially reminiscent of Toni Morrison’s 1970 debut novel, The Bluest Eye.” —Kiley Reid, Wall Street Journal 

The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything.

Books are now available at the library's Circulation Desk. Click on the cover for the Goodreads description and summary.

No registration required.
Events This Week: July 17 - 23
Get Fit With Your Library
Zumba Gold!
Saturday, July 17
ONLINE EVENT. Join fitness instructor Jess of DanceFit with Jess for a new recorded fitness class video each week. 

This week: Zumba Gold!

Registration required. Click on the button below to receive a link to the video that you can access all week!
Qi Gong
Saturday, July 17 @ 10am
LIBRARY TENT. Join Qi Gong instructor Joyce Palmer in the shade of our event tent for Qi Gong for adults. Qi Gong is designed to revitalize your body, mind & spirit.

Wear comfortable clothes and bring water.

Registration required. Click the button at right for more information and/or to register.
Wildlife Encounters!
Tuesday, July 20 @ 10am
LIBRARY TENT
Drop in and meet some amazing LIVE animals, up close and personal!
No registration necessary.
Afternoon Book Discussion
The Island of Sea Women, by Lisa See
Tuesday, July 20 @ 1:30pm
ONLINE EVENT.* (see below)
“A wonderful ode to a truly singular group of women” (Publishers Weekly), The Island of Sea Women is a beautiful story…about the endurance of friendship when it’s pushed to its limits.

Click on the book cover for the Goodreads description.

Books are available at the Circulation Desk.

* Group will meet under the library tent, but will meet on Zoom in case of thunder and lightning. Please register so you can get the Zoom link if weather does not allow us to meet outside.

Registration required. Click the button below for more information and/or to register.
Drop-In Stitchers
Thursday, July 15
9:30am - Noon
LIBRARY TENT. Bring your quilting, knitting, crocheting or any other crafty thing to work on and show off. Join a wonderful group of supportive and enthusiastic fellow stitchers. 

No registration required.
Geopolitics
Thursday, July 15 @ 1pm
ONLINE EVENT. The Geopolitics Class focuses on current world geopolitical events using information from multiple U.S. and world internet sources. Summaries of the source materials are presented on PowerPoint for class discussion.

Registration required. Click on the button below to register.
Rescheduled!
Family Bingo
Friday, July 23 @ 6:30pm
ONLINE EVENT. Play Bingo to win candy, books, and more!

Registration required. Click the button below for more information and/or to register.
Youth Summer Reading Events!
Tails & Tales!
Summer Reading Program Events for Kids
Read for fun and prizes this summer. The library has lots of fun interactive virtual performances, storytelling, events, and arts and crafts for kids of all ages!

(Pssssst! And don't forget to register for a Bingo Card for a chance to win mad prizes! See above.)

Click on the button below to see the full listing.