Kimball Library News 7/15/19

Summer reading is HALF WAY over, but this means you still have time to register, participate, and win lots of cool prizes.  Bring in youth entering kindergarten through college to get started!  Prizes and events continue until August 15^th.   Shout out to the Friends of Kimball Library who have sponsored the events below and to our generous donors who helped us provide raffle prizes to reward our great readers!

PAINTING PLANET EARTH: 'Suddenly, from behind the rim of the Moon, in long, slow-motion moments of immense majesty, there emerges a sparkling blue and white jewel, a light, delicate sky-blue sphere laced with slowly swirling veils of white, rising gradually like a small pearl in a thick sea of black mystery. It takes more than a moment to fully realize this is Earth . . . home.' — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo Astronaut

Depict the beauty of our planet with water colors and construction paper. Learn some color mixing techniques, view photos and paintings of Mother Earth, and go home with your very own masterpiece.

Please register kids entering grades K-5 in the fall of 2019 for this STEAM event happening on July 29^th at 6:30 PM.

OUTTA THIS WORLD BUTTONS AND BADGES: Come on in and make your own personalized buttons/badges with our brand new button machine!

Show your love of your favorite sport team or cartoon character or use clever text to personalize your gear with buttons.

Join us anytime between 6 and 7:30 on July 30th to plan, design and then operate our button machine. Bring a friend or make one here. We’ll have fun either way. Register t/weens ages 10 and up or at a minimum entering grade 5 in the fall.

OUTTA THIS WORLD ICE CREAM AND ANIMALS: Summer reading participants and their families are invited to enjoy our annual ice cream sundae extravaganza on Wednesday, July 31^st, at 6:30 PM. Summer reading participants will have first dibs on the sundae line, and then other guests are welcome to join them. If you have registered or participated in ANY of the summer reading activities this means YOU.  😊

After you make your sundae … McDonny’s Farm will bring along a cool petting farm, which includes bantam chickens, assorted ducks, mini lop & rex bunnies, and a friendly goat or lamb.  All animals are between 2 – 5 months old and are kept very clean.  They are very friendly, clean and loveable for the children to enjoy.  They set up separate pens for the animals, so the kids can go inside and pat and also interact with the animals.

Visit https://www.mcdonnysfarm.com to peek at McDonny’s website.  This is a ‘Universe of Stories’ summer reading event sponsored by The Friends of Kimball Library.

Please know that ice cream is on rain or shine and we are counting on you registering each family member so we will have enough for everyone.  The animal portion will be rescheduled if the weather does not cooperate.

SUMMER CONCERT IN THE COURTYARD ~ JAY PSAROS: Boston-based singer/songwriter Jay Psaros’ songs range from mellow crooners to root rockers. Jay Psaros plays mostly original folk songs, with a few covers thrown in. Psaros considers himself a folk artist, a singer/songwriter…but says he frequently get calls to support acts so far outside his genre. Jay Psaros is a master of the acoustic and performs a mix of country, blues, folk and pop.  We’d be thrilled to have you join us on August 1^st at 6 PM.

We are thrilled to have Jay Psaros, ‘Male Performer of the Year” for the 2017 New England Music Awards, perform as part of our 2019 summer concert series. Come find out why he’s been called a ‘storyteller of precision’, a ‘master guitar player’, and a musical ‘painter of beautiful, rolling images’.

*In the event of inclement weather this concert will be held indoors. Free, open to the public, and sponsored by the Friends of the Kimball Library.

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!