Kimball Library News 9/29/14

Due to popularity we have added an additional ‘Wiggle Words’ to our list of fun things to do.  Wiggle Words for children ages 2-5 is so overbooked that we now are offering it on FIRST THURSDAYS AT 1PM or THIRD THURSDAYS AT 10:30am.   Please register for your preferred time each month (NOT both).  *Hint: The morning class is generally full, so I strongly recommend that you try for the afternoon class.  The next available PM class is November 6 at 1pm.  Please respect our age restrictions.

The Great Stone Face Book Club is onto the next book and we are looking for more readers.  Join us every THIRD Thursday of each month from 4:30-5:30pm to discuss a nominated Great Stone Face book. Thoughtful discussion and snacks will be provided. This book group is for children in grades 3-5 only. Please ask for a copy of the current book at the children’s desk and register with your intent to participate. 

On October 16^th at 4:30pm, the book of the month is ‘The Tell-tale Start’ by Gordon McAlpine.  With a mix of literary humor, mystery, a little quantum physics, and fun extras like fortune cookie messages, letters in code, license plate clues – and playful illustrations throughout – this series opener is a perfect choice for smart, funny tweens. Sign up your smart, funny tween today!

Got any hungry budding chefs in grades 3-5?  ‘Let’s Cook Tonight!’ is a sweet time for all.  This is the perfect time to enjoy good flavors, great smells and fun food! Each class (October through November) is independent and requires registration. Please watch our calendar for the November class, so you can enjoy that one with us too!

October “Let’s Cook”: Look What We Can Do With Apples!' Come make apple and cheese quesadillas, apple Faces, and apple pie. Be prepared to enjoy dinner here after you prepare it!  Sound yummy?  Sign up and see!

LIBRARY CLOSED: The library will be closed on Monday, October 13, in honor of Columbus Day observed.  Please stock up accordingly.

For more information or a list of upcoming programs, please visit our website at kimballlibrary.com, call (603) 362-5234, or email us at staff@kimballlibrary.com.  We also have some great pictures our facebook page.

Kimball Library News 9/22/15

‘WEATHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT’ KITCHEN SCIENCE: Ever wonder why the wind blows?  Or how ocean currents move? How can a nice peaceful day suddenly can erupt into a stormy one?  And how DOES a storm turn into a hurricane? 

Like a tornado, we will twist and turn through experiments that will answer these questions about weather.  Science is interesting and fun!

Resident and local science instructor, Craig Richard, is bringing kitchen science to grades 1-5 on Wednesday, October 15, at 6:30pm at Kimball Library 'WEATHER' you like it or not!  Please register your children ASAP.  Non-residents are welcome to register 24 hours before the program starts if there is available seating.

HOW FOOD DEFINES A REGION:  Following the baked beans supper at 6:30pm you may attend ‘Baked Beans and Fried Clams: How Food Defines a Region’.  Baked beans, fried clams, fish chowder, Indian pudding and so many foods are distinctive to New England. This talk offers a celebration of these regional favorites along with an examination of how contemporary life has distanced us from these classics. What makes them special and how do these foods define our region? Edie Clark draws from such diverse resources as Fannie Farmer, Julia Child, and Haydn S. Pearson for enlightenment and amusement as well as on her own experiences, writing and traveling for Yankee magazine over the past thirty years to places where baked beans are still featured prominently on the menu.

This program is sponsored through a grant from the NH Humanities To Go and the Friends of the Kimball Library.  Registration is not required for the talk, just for supper.  Light refreshments will be served.

LIBRARY CLOSED: The library will be closed on Monday, October 13, in honor of Columbus Day observed.  Please stock up accordingly.

For more information or a list of upcoming programs, please visit our website at kimballlibrary.com, call (603) 362-5234, or email us at staff@kimballlibrary.com.  We also have some great pictures our facebook page.

Kimball Library News 9/15/14

WII IS BACK ON FRIDAYS:  Starting up again in October after an extended summer hiatus, adults are invited to play on our Wii system.  This is a great time to come and participate or just observe until your feel comfortable.  Wii will give you the opportunity to try bowling, golf, tennis, baseball, or skiing, but the current crowd will twist your arm to bowl with them.  Come for part or all of the time allotted.  This is an adult only event.  Invite your friends and make some new ones while you’re here.

TWEENS & TEENS DISCUSSIONS: Register your tween (middle school age) or teen (high school age) for one of the following~ ‘The Ghost’s Grave by Peg Kehret or ‘The Summoning’ by Kelly Armstrong.  The tweens will meet on October 1 at 6:30pm to discuss ‘The Ghost’s Grave’ and teens will meet on October 8 at 6:30pm to discuss ‘The Summoning’.  Books are currently available for pick-up for both groups.  Register your t/ween and help them get here.  It will be a ghostly good time for all!

SHAKESPEARE’S HAMLET ON THE GREEN:  The Timberlane High School Drama Team will perform '15 minutes of Hamlet' by Tom Stoppard featuring six characters in a shortened and hilarious version of Hamlet. The skit will be put on by Eric Constantineau and his English students. Eric is an English/Drama teacher at Timberlane High School. Weather permitting, the skit will be performed at the Kimball Library Courtyard amphitheater. Weather not permitting, we will have the Hamlet skit inside the library. Stop in at 5pm on Thursday, October 2^nd, and enjoy this fine performance.

SHAKESPEARE BY ANOTHER NAME:  Following ‘Hamlet on the Green’ starting at 6pm, Mark Anderson will present a 45 minute discussion of Hamlet, a play considered by many to be the greatest play ever written in the English language. Why is the play considered truly great and who did Hamlet truly represent? Mark will address some of these very interesting historical questions.  As seen in the recent movie 'Anonymous', some believe that the character of Hamlet is based on the life of Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford. Some famous people in the past like Sigmund Freud and Helen Keller seem to have come to the same conclusion and argued that Edward de Vere actually wrote Hamlet. This is known as the 'Oxfordian' theory of Shakespeare authorship which hold that de Vere wrote the plays, poems and sonnets attributed to William Shakespeare. Many others disagree and side with the William Shakespeare camp. They are known as the 'Stratfordians' because William Shakespeare was from Stratford-upon-Avon. Sides have been taken and an interesting debate has been ongoing for many years. Many people consider this a literary and historical mystery that should be solved once and for all time.   Note that this presentation is free to the public and refreshments will be served. Mark will also stay to sell and sign his book and answer questions.

For more information or a list of upcoming programs, please visit our website at kimballlibrary.com, call (603) 362-5234, or email us at staff@kimballlibrary.com.  We also have some great pictures our facebook page.