Kimball Library News 4/19/21

We look forward to seeing your faces more often in the warmer days. Please note that Kimball Library does require masks and social distancing. We couldn’t be more proud of our patrons choosing safe practices.

WRITING FAMILY STORIES: What family stories do you carry with you? What story do you tell over and over? What landscape do you cherish the most?

 One of the deepest human instincts is to tell our life stories, to figure out who we are and what it means to be human. ‘FAMILY, MEMORY PLACE’ is an interactive workshop led by Maura MacNeil explores how the landscapes of our lives shape the stories that we tell. Participants explore the themes of family, memory, and place through sample narratives and a series of short writing exercises, gaining a deeper awareness of how their stories can preserve personal, generational, and communal history.

Maura MacNeil, writer and editor, is the author of the poetry collection A History of Water (Finishing Line Press, 2007). Her writing has been published in numerous journals over three decades and anthologized in The Breath of Parted Lips: Voices from the Frost Place, Volume II and Shadow and Light: A Literary Anthology on Memory. Committed to community-based creative collaboration, MacNeil facilitates the Professional Writing Series hosted through the New England College Danforth Library. Her current memoir project titled Sugar explores family illness. Professor of Writing at New England College, MacNeil has long taught students to tell their stories and look forward to working with public audiences.

 This program is taking place via Zoom on Thursday, May 6, at 6:00 PM and is sponsored by the New Hampshire Humanities and the Friends of the Kimball Library.  Register ASAP in person, over the phone, or on our website to receive your Zoom link. This program has a limited registration.

 MISA’S CLEAN KITCHEN: Looking for nutrient-dense food options for your family? Want your children to have fun in the kitchen, while developing life-long kitchen skills? Please join Misa, from Misa's Clean Kitchen in baking simple and delicious food, free of gluten, dairy, and processed sugar. Class will take place via Zoom with Kimball Library on Tuesday, May 4, at 4:30 PM.

This fourth and final class is making ‘Cookie Monster Dip’. Once you register you’ll be sent an email that has the Zoom link as well as the baking supplies and tools that your children will need to make the recipe.

So far, children have made Popeye’s Pancakes, Hulk Muffins, and Rainbow Fish Nuggets. Don’t miss out!

 READERS THEATER: Get your reading and drama practice ON! Reader’s Theater is a fun way to expand your reading and speaking skills. Join other children in grades 2-5 via Zoom on Thursday, May 13, at 6:30 PM.

We have the plays and will email the script to you so you can practice your part or it can be available for pick-up. Register ASAP to get your Zoom link and a script will be prepared for you. Maybe this will be your start toward Broadway and the big world out there!

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