Kimball Library News 4/29/19

Register for this last NH Boating Safety Course happening in our meeting room on May 21 and 23 from 6:00 to 9:30 PM through the NH Marine Patrol at https://register-ed.com/programs/newhampshire/174.

The New Hampshire Classroom Course covers a variety of topics including boat navigation, boating safety equipment, invasive aquatic species and laws and rules. This instructor-led class incorporates a range of learning methods consisting of lecture, videos, and student discussion.

Upon successful completion of the course, students will leave with a boating certificate which is valid for 45 days. The permanent certificate card will be automatically mailed to the student's address.

GLOBAL BANJAR: International Voices in Antebellum Banjo Music (NH Humanities)— The Hardtacks (Marek Bennett and Woody Pringle) deliver an engaging overview of global politics prior to the American Civil War through the lens of early banjo music. Between 1820 and 1860, the banjo transformed from a slave instrument found only on Southern plantations to an international pop phenomenon: songs and playing techniques carried far and wide in the emerging global economy, from the streets of New York's Five Points slum to the gold fields of California and the elite drawing rooms of London, from the battlegrounds of Nicaragua to official diplomatic receptions in Japan. How did this African-derived, slave-borne folk instrument come to symbolize all the best and worst of a young United States of America?

Find out by attending this free public event on Thursday, May 30^th, at 6:30 PM. Please help us plan accordingly and register yourself and anyone in your party planning to attend. This program is made possible by a grant from New Hampshire Humanities and sponsored by the Friends of the Kimball Library.  For more information on NH Humanities, visit www.nhhumanities.org.

About the Presenters: Marek Bennett teaches music and comics in New England and the world beyond. He holds an M. Ed from Keene State College, and is a rostered teaching artist with the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. His work includes the graphic novel The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby and the NH history webcomic Live Free and Draw. Woody Pringle is both a musician and educator teaching at many NH colleges and organizations. His credentials include an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and his music is often aired on NH Public Radio’s Folk Show and many radio stations throughout the country.

We hope you will join us to see NH Magazine’s ‘Best of NH’ band in 2016 perform and inspire.

HOLIDAY HOURS: Stock up in advance for an extra long weekend of loans.  Kimball Library will be closed from May 25-27 in honor of Memorial Day weekend.  Per usual, members in good standing have access to the Libby App, Hoopla, Overdrive Media Console, and all our databases.  

To remain a member in good standing be sure to visit us once a year (before your card expires) with a photo ID displaying your Atkinson address so that we can renew you for another year and keep any outstanding fees under the $15 suspension rule.  We do appreciate you having your card ready and available for check out.  If you don’t like to carry your card please see a staff member about adding your card electronically to your smartphone via the Keyring app.  

SUMMER READING REGISTRATION: Registration starts June 5 for youth entering kindergarten all the way up through youth entering college, and the final day for earning prizes will be Aug 15.  More about that in future articles, so stay tuned about joining us for ‘A UNIVERSE OF STORIES’.  

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’. Miss a news article?  Go to https://kimballlibrary.blogspot.com to read each and every one!