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"March comes in like a lion, goes out like a lamb."
~ English Proverb
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Your Weekly News & Updates: March 6 - 12 |
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Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 10am - 4pm
Tuesday, Thursday: 12 - 6pm
Saturday: 9am - 1pm
Sunday: CLOSED
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Now Available: Nashua Telegraph Sunday Edition |
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
Through Friday, April 3
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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 button at left 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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Tax Services Continue through April 13 |
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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Afternoon Book Discussion
The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies
by Jason Fagone
Tuesday, March 16
1pm
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ONLINE EVENT. Jason Fagone chronicles the life of Elizebeth Smith who played an integral role in our nation's history for forty years. After World War I, Smith used her talents to catch gangsters and smugglers during Prohibition, then accepted a covert mission to discover and expose Nazi spy rings that were spreading like wildfire across South America, advancing ever closer to the United States.
Join us to discuss one of the greatest codebreakers that ever lived.
Registration required. Click on the button below to register.
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What To Watch?
Thursday, March 18
6:30pm
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ONLINE EVENT. Looking for some ideas of what to watch next? Share some of your favorite movies and series, hear from others about theirs.
Registration required to receive a link to the event. Please register by clicking on the button below.
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Spice Club for March: CUMIN
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Pick up your Spice Club Kit for March featuring cumin.
Click on the button at left to reserve your kit, or visit the Circulation Desk to pick up a kit while supplies last.
Each kit features:
- a small sample of the spice,
- a brief history of the spice, and
- a link to a curated list from our library databases featuring recipes that use the spice.
ONLINE EVENT. Register for our Spice Club Chat Group on March 31 by clicking on the button at left.
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Events This Week: March 6 - 12 |
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Get Fit With Your Library
Senior Fitness Fusion
Saturday, March 6
11am
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ONLINE EVENT. Join Fitness Instructor Jess Salman for a weekly virtual movement class!
Saturdays at 11am in March 2021!
This Week: Senior Fitness Fusion
Next week, March 13: Range of Motion & Fall Prevention
Registration required. Click on the button at right for more information and/or 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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Online Games
Boggle!
Wednesday, March 10
3:30pm
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ONLINE EVENT. Play the famous head-to-head word search game in a virtual format!
Registration required. Click on the button at right for more information and/or to register.
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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. Join us for a discussion on McCall Smith's modern adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Emma.
Registration required. Click on the button bel 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
ONLINE EVENT. 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 right for more information and/or to register.
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Geopolitics
Thursday, March 11
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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Genealogy Club
A Vermont Family for Hazen: Assembling Indirect Evidence
Friday, March 12
1:30pm
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ONLINE EVENT. Join credentialed genealogist Catherine Desmarais for a case-study lecture on finding the Vermont family of origin for a Maryland man using indirect evidence.
Registration required. For more information on the program, Ms. Desmarais and/or to register, click on the button below.
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Bedtime Storytime
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
March 8, 10 & 12
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
Chewy Coconut Macaroons!
Tuesday, March 9
4pm
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ONLINE EVENT. Join us in making something delicious!
This Week: Chewy Coconut Macaroons!
Registration required. Click on the button below for a list of ingredients and to register.
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Animal Crossing Kids!
Tuesday, March 9
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 11
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 11
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 12
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 12
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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Every Friday
Play "Among Us"
Friday, March 12
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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