Now that the summer is officially
behind us, we are back to the weekly pattern of movies on Tuesdays at 1 PM starting
mid-October. Movies tend to be a very
popular event so we suggest you arrive early
to obtain seating and your free popcorn.
On the October film horizon is
planned--- Yesterday (Oct 1), Maiden (Oct 15), Pavarotti (Oct 22), and Wild
Rose (Oct 29). Please note that movies are subject to change beyond our
control. The website is your best place
to look for undated titles.
STEVE
BLUNT HALLOWEEN CONCERT: Join us for silly and spooky songs and
stories with the ever-popular local songwriting artist and performer, Steve
Blunt! Wear a costume (non-gruesome, please) and shake your scaries out! Invite
your friends and neighbors to get in the Halloween spirit with us. Register all
ages as we do have a space restriction.
This Halloweenish event is taking place on Wednesday, October
23, starting promptly at 6 PM. The last time Steve was at the library we were
'sold out'! Be prepared to get on the list early to reserve your family's
seats. You won't be disappointed.
Note: All ages are
welcome but material content is best suited for ages 3-10. Children under the
ages of 6 are expected to sit with an adult caregiver.
THE
CAPITAL CRIME OF WITCHCRAFT: On first impression, the witchcraft trials of the
Colonial era may seem to have been nothing but a free-for-all, fraught with
hysterics. Margo Burns explores an array of prosecutions in seventeenth century
New England, using facsimiles of primary source manuscripts, from first formal
complaints to arrest warrants, indictments of formal charges to death warrants,
and the reversals of attainder and rescinding of excommunications years after
the fact; demonstrating how methodically and logically the Salem Court worked.
This program focuses on the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692 and 1693, when
nineteen people were hanged and one crushed to death, but also examines a
variety of other cases against women in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and
Connecticut.
About the Presenter: Margo Burns is the 10th-generation
great-granddaughter of Rebecca Nurse, who was hanged in Salem in 1692 on the
charge of witchcraft. She is the project manager and an associate editor of
Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt, published in 2009 by Cambridge University
Press. This work is the definitive collection of transcriptions of the legal
records of the episode. Burns is also a life-long fan of cartoons, cutting her
teeth on Popeye and Yogi Bear on Saturday mornings as a child, then formally
studying animation for two years in the Rhode Island School of Design's
Continuing Education Program as an adult. She has been leading computer
animation projects with middle and high school students since 2001 at UNH's
Tech Camp in Durham, where each crew makes a complete film in a week. Burns currently works at St. Paul's School,
as the Director of The Language Center, where she is also the adviser to a
student club, the International Lunchtime Animation Festival (iLAF), which taps
her personal library of animation of over 750 titles.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Kimball Library and a grant
through the New Hampshire Humanities. Free and open to the public. Please
register to attend this event on Thursday, October 24, at 6:30 PM.
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
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