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 23rd, 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 24th, 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 25th 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 25th, 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.
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
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