Friday, March 30, 2018

Kimball Library News 3/19/18


Upcoming Tuesday afternoon movies at 1pm on the horizon to be served with free popcorn are as follows: Darkest Hour (April 3), Lady Bird (April 10), Phantom Thread (April 17), The Greatest Showman (April 24).  Please arrive early for the best seats.  

RECREATE A BOOK COVER ART CONTEST (Grades K-12): Put your creativity and reading together! Pick out a children's book that can be found in our children's department and use the book cover as a model for your artwork. Use paper, paints, crayons, clay, markers, or any other type art medium to make your own version of the cover of the book. Work on it at home, at school, or anywhere you feel creative! Spend hours or weeks perfecting your art work. It can be an exact copy of the book cover or your own unique take.

Submissions will be displayed in Kimball's youth department during school vacation week April 23rd through the 27th. Youth in grades K through 12 visiting the library anytime during that week will be able to vote for their favorite entries. There will also be independent judging. Prizes will be awarded the first week in May.

Please register in person for this contest at the Kimball Library with your intent to compete starting in March until the submission deadline. Card carrying youth or their caregivers may sign up any person in grades K through 12 for this contest. Children or t/weens are required to complete the artwork independently. Please submit the title and author of the book along with your name, age and your artwork.

Registration in person ONLY. Entries must be submitted no later than Friday, April 20th, at 5 PM.

A VISIT WITH QUEEN VICTORIA: In 1837, teenaged Victoria ascended to the British throne, untrained and innocent. Those who would try to usurp her power underestimated this self-willed intelligent young woman whose mettle sustained her through her 63-year reign. Using Queen Victoria's diary and letters, this program reveals the personal details of a powerful yet humane woman, who took seriously her role as monarch in a time of great expansion. She and her husband, Albert, set an example of high moral character and dedication, a novelty in the royal house after generations of scandal. During her reign, she survived seven assassination attempts and there were 17 Presidents of the United States.  With passion, charm and wit, Sally Mummey dispels the myths and fables that obscure Queen Victoria. In a first person portrayal, Miss Mummey captures the essence of the Queen by using Victoria’s own words and performs this living history in proper 19th century clothing resplendent with Royal Orders.  
               
About Sally Mummey: For more than twenty years Sally Mummey has brought First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln to life for hundreds of audiences throughout the eastern U.S. Using storytelling and a good dash of humor, she engages audiences of all ages in dynamic, interactive, first-person portrayals. Mummey is an award-winning lifetime member of the Association of Lincoln Presenters. She is also a member of the Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, the Society of Europe, the Victorian Society, and the Surratt Society, as well as Solo Together, a New England-based organization of re-enactors who portray political figures from 19th- and 20th- century America.

Open to the public, this program on Thursday, April 12 at 6:30pm is made possible by a grant from New Hampshire Humanities.  For more information on New Hampshire Humanities visit www.nhhumanities.org

MORE INFO: Go to www.kimballlibrary.com to register for events or use the data bases. You may also call us Monday-Friday from 10-8 and on Saturday from 10-3 at 603.362.5234 to register with a ‘human’.

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