Here’s just a tease of what’s to come during April vacation week (4/22-27) for the young people in your life. Stay tuned for future articles for the full story with details on each event. Here is your snapshot--April 22: Mother Goose (infants to age 2), Reader’s Theater (grades 2-5), April 23: Bitty Spring Dancers (ages 2-3), Little Spring Dancers (ages 3-6), Recycled Art Fun (ages k-5), Trading Faces (grades 6-12), April 24: Watercolor Wonders (grades 3 and up), Dress Me Up (high school), Comic Mime Theatre (all ages), April 25: Hopping and Popping Corn (grades k-5), Kentucky Derby Party (grades 3 and up), April 26: Scavenger Hunt (grades k-5), PJ Peeps (ages 4-8), April 27: Scavenger Hunt (grades k-5). Most events require registration. If you can’t wait for details, check our online calendar and register before the rush.
Amy Brnger from Portsmouth,
NH will have her still life artwork on display at the Kimball Library from
April 1st through May 15th and will be available on Tuesday, April
9, from 6-7pm to answer questions about her artwork. For more information
about Amy and her paintings go to www.amybrnger.com.
Artist Statement: “I have painted still life, flowers,
interiors, and landscape for a long time.
I enjoy all genres, probably because I just like to paint, and I like to
paint places and things that I know and/or find interesting. I often paint still life, interiors, and
landscapes together, as each influence the other equally, in my mind. These subjects are strongly related, since
the kinds of still life objects I often choose to paint are themselves directly
derived from the landscape: flowers; leaves; fruits and vegetables; bird's nests,
etc. I also enjoy painting flowers and fruit on their own, as well as observed
landscapes. And the interior, or room,
somehow ties the small and large organic forms together. All images are painted rapidly, in an effort
to capture the changing nature of life.
My landscape paintings are
also a way to record and enjoy the region where I reside which is made up of
small neighborhoods, cities, towns, woods, and sometimes some pretty ugly
places. My world is representative of
many similar places in the United States, and it is special to me. I enjoy being outside and painting, whatever
the image, as I am immersed with the places in which I am familiar.”
It’s Not About the Hike is an event
that will be at Kimball Library on April 16th at 6:30pm. It will
bring you into your heart, lift your spirits, and inspire you to climb that
next mountain in your life. It is not a presentation of "look at these two
women...see what they did." It is a "look inside you...you can do it
too." You will want to go back and hear it again and
again.
This hour-long program highlights the journey of
two 50 plus year old non-hikers who one day decided to climb the 67 mountains
in New England over 4,000 feet. Nancy Sporborg and Pat Piper are two ordinary
women who went on an extraordinary journey over the mountain summits and into
their hearts. This is the story of what they found inside themselves as they
hiked over 1,600 miles to the tops of over 244 mountains through all four
seasons. This talk is a multi-media
presentation including movies, music and photographs. It is both humorous and
touching, as the speakers share their personal lives in a way that makes the
message and learning universal.
The book, It’s Not About the Hike, will be offered
for sale after the program. The book contains 360 pages, over 245 color
pictures, and 60 inspirational hike reports for $35. If you enjoy the
presentation, you will love the book!
For more information or a list of
upcoming programs, please visit our website www.kimballlibrary.com, call (603)
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