Your Weekly News & Updates: February 27 - March 5 |
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- Library Hours
- Announcements
- Coming Soon!
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- This Week's Events
- Children's Events
- Teen & Tween Events
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Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 10am - 4pm
Tuesday, Thursday: 12 - 6pm
Saturday: 9am - 1pm
Sunday: CLOSED
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Now Available!
The Nashua Telegraph Collection: Sunday Color Edition
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The Sunday edition of the Nashua Telegraph is now available with your library card!
Browse the full color edition of the latest issue by clicking on the button below and following the links.
You will need your 14-digit library card number.
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Monthly Book Raffle: Enter to Win!
Signed copy of:
Where the Crawdads Sing
by Delia Owens
Friday, Feb. 26 - Friday, March 5
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Enter your name for a chance to win a signed copy of Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens!
The book raffles are now held monthly. Enter once a day all month long!
How to enter:
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Visit the library and complete a raffle ticket.
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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 image for the Goodreads description.
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Questions? Email Adult Services Librarian Amy Friedman by clicking on the button below.
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The Rodgers Library, in cooperation with the IRS, is sponsoring a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.
In order to utilize this service, taxpayers need to:
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Have an email address, phone number OR computer camera,
- Have an income of $57,000 or less to qualify, and
- Obtain and complete a tax preparation package.
To obtain your packet, visit the library during its regular operating hours, OR email the following addresses to have the forms electronically sent to you:
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The library can make an appointment for you to drop off completed forms with a VITA member at the Hills Library. Questions? Call the library at 603-886-6030 and ask for the Reference Desk.
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Jane Austen Book Club
Emma: A Modern Retelling
by Alexander McCall Smith
Wednesday, March 10
7pm
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ONLINE EVENT. Carriages have been replaced by Mini Coopers and cups of tea by cappuccinos, but Alexander McCall Smith’s sparkling satire and cozy sensibility are the perfect match for Jane Austen’s beloved tale.
Join us to discuss Alexander McCall Smith's interpretation of the vivacious Emma. McCall Smith is the author of the international phenomenon The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie Series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, and the 44 Scotland Street series.
Copies are available at the Circulation Desk.
Registration required. Click on the button below for more information and/or to register.
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Mystery Lovers Book Club
Before She Was Helen
by Caroline B. Cooney
Thursday, March 11
10:30am
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A 2021 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel
When Clemmie goes next door to check on her difficult and unlikeable neighbor Dom, he isn't there. But something else is. Something stunning, beautiful and inexplicable.
Although what Clemmie finds is a work of art, what the police find is a body. . . in a place where Clemmie wasn't supposed to be. Suddenly, the life Clemmie has built for herself in her South Carolina retirement community comes crashing down as her dark past surges into the present.
Copies are available at the Circulation Desk.
Registration required. Click on the button at left for more information and/or to register.
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Events This Week: February 27 - March 5 |
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Get Fit With Your Library
Balance & Stability
Saturday, February 27
11am
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ONLINE EVENT. Join Fitness Instructor Jess Salman for a weekly virtual movement class!
Saturdays at 11am in February and March 2021!
This Week: Balance & Stability for Seniors
Next week, March 6: Senior Fitness Fusion
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Registration required. Click on the button below for more information and/or to register.
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The Re-enactor's Cookbook Presentation
Saturday, February 27
1:30pm
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ONLINE EVENT. Join M. Allyson Szabo, author of The Re-enactors Cookbook, for a presentation on preparing Medieval and Renaissance recipes over an open fire and on your stove. Learn about the varied and sometimes exotic foods and cooking methods of this period. Enjoy a taste of the past in your life today!
Registration required to receive a link to the event. Please register below.
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Spice Club Chat!
Monday, March 1
11:30am
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ONLINE EVENT. Did you experiment with February's spice: Paprika? Which recipes did you use from the kit or from our databases? Want to share some culinary tips about the spice?
Join our Spice Club Chat Group (Paprika) and share your opinions, experiences, and love (or not) of the spice of the month.
Registration required to join the Spice Club Chat Group. Click on the button at right to register.
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Lunch Break Stress Relief!
Animal Crossing
Tuesdays and Thursdays
12:30pm
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ONLINE EVENT. Play Animal Crossing with us! Beginners and experienced players are welcome to join us for a break from stress and real life!
Sign up as often as you like!
Registration required. Click on the button at right for more information and/or to register.
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Geopolitics
Thursday, March 4
1pm
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ONLINE EVENT. The Geopolitics Class focuses on current world geopolitical events using information from multiple U.S. and world internet sources. Join us for some learning and informative discussions!
Registration required. Click on the button at right for more information and/or to register.
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Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum!
Sea Shanty Singalong
Thursday, March 4
7pm
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ONLINE EVENT. Fill your mugs with your favorite grog and sing along to sea shanties with a shanty leader.
Registration required. Click on the button below for more information and/or to register.
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First Friday Tech Chat
What Does Google Know About Me?
Friday, March 5
11am
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ONLINE EVENT. What does Google know about me?
Quite a bit! Learn more about what Google "sees" - and how you can tighten up your data restrictions.
Registration required. Register by clicking on the button below.
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Kids Switch Club
Saturday, February 27
12pm
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Have a switch? Have some fun multiplayer games? Just looking to hangout for an hour?
Then let's all play together over Zoom!
Registration required. Register by clicking on the button below.
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Share Your Scary Stories!
Saturday, February 27
7pm
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ONLINE EVENT. Know some good scary stories? Then tell them to us over Zoom!
Registration required. Register by clicking on the button below.
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Kids Graphic Novel Book Club
Bird & Squirrel: On the Run by James Burks
Monday, March 1
4pm
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ONLINE EVENT. Our weekly graphic novel book club continues!
This month we'll be reading Bird & Squirrel: On the Run. Copies are now available to pick up from the library.
Don't feel comfortable coming into the library? Just give us a call and we'll run out a copy to your car!
Registration required. Register by clicking on the button below.
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Bedtime Storytime
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
March 1, 3 & 5
7pm
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ONLINE EVENT. Join us for a Zoom Bedtime Storytime!
This program is ideal for children ages 3-6.
Registration required. Click on the button below to register.
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Snack Attack
Oreo Balls!
Tuesday, March 2
4pm
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ONLINE EVENT. Join us in making something delicious!
This Week: Oreo Balls!
Registration required. Click on the button below for a list of ingredients and to register.
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Animal Crossing Kids!
Tuesday, March 2
6pm
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ONLINE EVENT. Join us weekly on a Zoom meeting where we visit each other's islands, share tips and make friends!
Registration required. Click on the button below for more information and/or to register.
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Every Thursday
Percy Jackson Book Club
Thursday, March 4
4pm
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ONLINE EVENT. Have a kid who you think would enjoy a weekly Percy Jackson-themed book club full of fun Percy-inspired games and activities? Yes? Then register for this program!
Registration required. Click on the button below for more information and/or to register.
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Every Thursday
Virtual Pokémon Club
Thursday, March 4
6pm
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ONLINE EVENT. Got some new Pokémon cards? Want to talk Pokémon? Want to draw Pokémon? Want to learn how to play Pokémon?
Join us for VIRTUAL Pokémon Club!
Registration required. Click on the button at right for more information and/or to register.
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Every Friday
Kids Writing Workshop
Friday, March 5
3pm
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ONLINE EVENT. Know a kid that loves to write? Sign them up for a virtual writing workshop!
Registration required. Click on the button below for more information and/or to register.
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New Program!
Kids Minecraft Club
Friday, March 5
5pm
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ONLINE EVENT. Love Minecraft? Join our new Minecraft Club! Play Minecraft together on the library's realm, playing various different game modes.
Minecraft Kids Club welcomes new players as well as seasoned Minecraft veterans!
Program is geared for children ages 7 - 12.
Registration required. Click on the button at right for more information and/or to register.
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TWEEN Graphic Novel Book Club
"Estranged" by Ethan Aldridge
Wednesday, March 3
4pm
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ONLINE EVENT. Tween graphic novel book club will focus on relevant tween issues.
This program meets every other Wednesday and is geared for kids ages 10-14.
This month we will be reading Estranged by Ethan Aldridge. Copies can be picked up from the Children's Room (or we can run them out to your car if you are more comfortable with that.)
Registration required. Click on the button below for more information and/or to register.
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Every Friday
Play "Among Us"
Friday, March 5
3:30pm
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ONLINE EVENT. Teens and tweens are invited to join us to play Among Us over Zoom.
Download the free Among Us app to your device before the event.
Registration Required. Click on the button below for more information and/or to register
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