Kimball Library News 7/8/19

Preregister and sign up for the great events below!  In a blink of an eye they will fill up.  BLAST OFF!

OUTTA THIS WORLD SHARPIE TIE-DYE: Decorate a t-shirt, socks, bandana, or any article of white clothing using unique template ideas.  Your design can be elaborate or just a modge-podge of dots depending on your mood and level of confidence.  ANYone (even the craft impaired) can do this and make an item look cool.

Register t/weens ages 10 and up or at a minimum entering grade 5 in the fall for this crafty and colorful event happening on Tuesday, July 23^rd, at 6:30 PM.  YOU MUST BRING a prewashed white article of clothing to design.  We recommend you bring more than one item just in case.  We will provide the rest of the materials needed.

This is a ‘UNIVERSE OF STORIES’ summer reading event sponsored by The Friends of Kimball Library.

OUTTA THIS WORLD BOTTLE ROCKETS: Join our resident scientist and science teacher, Craig Richard, to build and test bottle rockets.  Launch night is slated for Wednesday, July 24^th, at 6:30 PM. You’ll learn the science behind the launch and get to practice. It’s possible yours might have a tail-fin and parachute…  You’ll only know if you register and attend! This particular class is registration only for youth ages 8-12 or kids entering grades 3-7.  Rockets can only be launched outside so hope for great weather as this program will be ‘outta this world’! 

This is a ‘UNIVERSE OF STORIES’ summer reading event.  We are grateful to Loral Press Inc of Atkinson for their donation of funds for the launching set. 

BUDDING ARTISTS: This is the last ‘Budding Artists’ workshop of the summer on Thursday, July 25^th from 6:00-7:15 PM.  Join members of the Atkinson Garden Club to learn some arranging techniques and floral design. Beginners are welcome! Today's workshop is 'kinetic design' which involves making a hanging arrangement that moves.  Please register t/weens ages 10+ or at a minimum entering grade 5 in the fall.

This is a 'UNIVERSE OF STORIES' summer reading event sponsored by the Atkinson Garden Club.

BIG HOUSE, LITTLE HOUSE, BACK HOUSE, BARN: Through architecture unique to northern New England, this illustrated talk focuses on several case studies that show how farmers converted their typical separate house and barns into connected farmsteads. Thomas Hubka's research in his award-winning book, Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn: The Connected Farm Buildings of New England, demonstrates that average farmers were, in fact, motivated by competition with farmers in other regions of America, who had better soils and growing seasons and fewer rocks to clear. The connected farmstead organization, housing equal parts mixed-farming and home-industry, was one of the collective responses to the competitive threat.

Presenter, Thomas Hubka earned his Bachelor's in Architecture from Carnegie-Mellon University and Master's from the University of Oregon. His publications include Big House, Little House, Back House Barn: The Connected Farm Buildings of New England; Resplendent Synagogue: Architecture and Worship in an 18th Century Polish Community; Houses without Names: Architecture Nomenclature and the Classification of America's Common Houses. His forthcoming book is entitled The Transformation of Working-Class Houses and Domesticity, 1890-1940: Improved Homes for a New Middle Class. Hubka's research primarily interprets the historic development and relationships between architecture/buildings and culture/people.

Free and open to the public on July 25^th, at 6:30 PM. Help us plan accordingly and register to attend this event.  Our space is not infinite!  This event is sponsored by a grant from the NH Humanities and the Atkinson Historical Society.

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