Think spring and beat the winter blues! Join our Folk Art Workshop and paint a ‘Welcome’ sign for your door sporting a bunny in the lavender. Friends of the Library are sponsoring a two-session class on Saturday, March 13 and March 20, 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Kimball Library. The cost of $25.00 includes instructions, sign and paint. Register at the library to pick up your sign, instructions on preparation and list of supplies to bring to class. For further information, call Carolyn Birr at (603) 362-5234 or Ellen Witherell at (603) 362-5655.
Thinking about spring cleaning? How many unfinished crafts or painting projects do you have hanging around the house? Procrastinate no more! Join the Thursday ‘painting and crafters’ determined to finish! You’ll find partners in crime on Thursdays from 10am to noon each week working on finishing paints or crafts. Come when you can and leave when you must, but do come.
March into Kimball Library and be part of the trend that libraries are the hopping places to be especially during low economic times. “Library Buddies” is one of the events that has been bursting at the seams for the past 3 years and thus is returning by popular demand. This crowd-pleasing event will be happening for 6 consecutive weeks on Wednesdays from 4-5pm beginning March 17th and ending on April 21st. Each week teens (youth in grades 6-12) will be assigned to little buddies (kindergarten age through grade 3). Library buddies will read or be read to (depending on desire and ability) for the first 30 minutes followed by puzzles, games, and/or craft activities. This is a great opportunity for the younger set to practice listening to books of their choice or for emerging readers to try out their skills on an older buddy. Need a buddy? Want to be a buddy? We need your children to participate and experience the joy of being a literary encourager or participant. You may register your little buddy online at our website, kimballlibrary.com, on the children’s calendar, call us, or drop in and personally speak to either Kathy Watson or Carolyn Birr. All interested big buddies must speak with Kathy directly and be committed to an early arrival time. Due to the high demand for this program, all little buddies must be registered and committed for all six weeks. Each year we book early and registration is limited.
Also, if you are a crafter in any shape or form, take part in the March for crafts! We have a myriad of possibilities in front of you. On Tuesdays from 10:30-noon the knitters gather and will welcome you, and on Thursdays the painters/crafters gather and will welcome you. Scrap bookers unite and meet on the 4th Wednesday from 6:15-7:45pm, while kid scrap bookers meet on the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 4:30-5:30pm. On two Saturdays (the 13th and the 20th) a folk art workshop is available, and on the 1st Monday of the month from 11-12 the Craft Bunnies await you. Phew, is that all? Check out the March calendar online for details as it is packed full of things for you to do. Some of these activities require registration so be sure to sign up if necessary.
Feeling craft impaired? We have the Big Read activities going on throughout the month and there are numerous events to take part in that do not require any crafts. Please consider attending some or all of the following: several showings of the film “To Kill A Mockingbird,” a book discussion led by UNH Professor Emeritus of English, and a special presentation by New Hampshire Criminal Defense Attorney, Stephanie Hausman. She will discuss the role of defense lawyers in the criminal justice system. Dates and times can be found online, in house, or in future articles so stay tuned as March is a hopping month at Kimball Library.
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