All Events
Events in July 2021
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Adult Online Tai Chi Class with Susan Halpern now Outdoors!
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Adult Online Tai Chi Class with Susan Halpern now Outdoors!
Adult Online Tai Chi Class with Susan Halpern now Outdoors!
On Thursday, June 3rd at 10 AM
Manchester local Susan Halpern will be moving her weekly series of Tai Chi class for ages 18 and older to the front of the library lawn! To register for this event please email Adult Services Librarian Rachel Meneades at remeneades@manchesterpl.org and fill out the Safety Release Registration Form.
Please wear loose clothing, sneakers or any other low heeled, non-slip shoes, and practice in a space about 6-8 square feet. Also, please keep a chair for resting as needed nearby.
Tai Chi is an ancient form of exercise, some forms created 300 years ago. The class will focus on the Sun style which employs a more upright stance with small arm movements and short steps. Forms demand attention and stimulate good balance, attention, and stress reduction. Anyone can benefit from Tai Chi. Studies have found that regular Tai Chi practice reduces the incidence of falls.
While group practice is how many have been exposed to Tai Chi, a home practice provides many benefits and will prepare everyone for meetings outside when this pandemic is in control.
Your instructor, Susan Halpern has been trained and certified to teach by the Tai Chi for Health Institute and has been teaching at North Shore Medical Center outpatient clinic for 12 years. You can verify on the website taichiforhealthinstitute.org.
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Cancelled due to weather: Stories & Songs on the Library Lawn with Ms. Carol
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Cancelled due to weather: Stories & Songs on the Library Lawn with Ms. Carol
Every Friday at 10:30AM from July 2 - August 20
Our youngest patrons and their caregivers are invited to share songs, rhymes and simple stories on the Library Lawn with Ms Carol. Please bring a blanket and be ready to have fun!
*In the event of rain this program will be cancelled until the following week
Making macrame bracelets–
Making macrame bracelets
For kids in grades 6-12. All supplies and instruction included.
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Library Closed
Library Closed
Summer Weekend Schedule
The Library will be closed on weekends starting in July through Labor Day. Regular Library hours are Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays 11 AM to 5 PM and Thursdays 11 AM to 7 PM.
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Library Closed
Library Closed
Summer Weekend Schedule
The Library will be closed on weekends starting in July through Labor Day. Regular Library hours are Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays 11 AM to 5 PM and Thursdays 11 AM to 7 PM.
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Fourth of July Library Hours
Fourth of July Library Hours
Fourth of July Library Hours
The library will be closed on Monday, July 5th in honor of Independence Day. The Library will resume its regular hours on Tuesday, July 6th from 11 AM – 5 PM.
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Coffee Chat
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Coffee Chat
Join Manchester library staff on Zoom to talk about yours and their favorite reads! We will meet the first Tuesday of the month at 11 AM for 30 minutes. Take this chance to have a coffee and chat about what we've been reading! If you would like to register, please click on the link HERE to go to Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. You do not need a zoom account to join!
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Dungeons and Dragons
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Dungeons and Dragons
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Adult Online Tai Chi Class with Susan Halpern now Outdoors!
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Adult Online Tai Chi Class with Susan Halpern now Outdoors!
Adult Online Tai Chi Class with Susan Halpern now Outdoors!
On Thursday, June 3rd at 10 AM
Manchester local Susan Halpern will be moving her weekly series of Tai Chi class for ages 18 and older to the front of the library lawn! To register for this event please email Adult Services Librarian Rachel Meneades at remeneades@manchesterpl.org and fill out the Safety Release Registration Form.
Please wear loose clothing, sneakers or any other low heeled, non-slip shoes, and practice in a space about 6-8 square feet. Also, please keep a chair for resting as needed nearby.
Tai Chi is an ancient form of exercise, some forms created 300 years ago. The class will focus on the Sun style which employs a more upright stance with small arm movements and short steps. Forms demand attention and stimulate good balance, attention, and stress reduction. Anyone can benefit from Tai Chi. Studies have found that regular Tai Chi practice reduces the incidence of falls.
While group practice is how many have been exposed to Tai Chi, a home practice provides many benefits and will prepare everyone for meetings outside when this pandemic is in control.
Your instructor, Susan Halpern has been trained and certified to teach by the Tai Chi for Health Institute and has been teaching at North Shore Medical Center outpatient clinic for 12 years. You can verify on the website taichiforhealthinstitute.org.
Beginner Mushroom Specimen Identification - New Location for EventBeginner Mushroom Specimen Identification - New Location for Event
Beginner Mushroom Specimen Identification
Due to the expected bad weather this program has been moved to Seaside One in Manchester.
On Thursday, July 8th at 5 PM on the library’s front lawn, Gary Gilbert of the Boston Mycological Club will introduce you to mushrooming identification and how fungi function in the ecosystem. Using real mushrooms, he will explain the macroscopic terms & features used in all the field guides, followed by a brief tour of the major genera of mushrooms explaining how those features play out in different groups.
Gary is an architect and builder who began studying mushrooms in the Pacific Northwest in the '80s. He is an identifier and lecturer for the Boston Mycological Club and a board member of the North American Mycological Association. He originated the idea for "MycoCards.com" mushroom identification flashcards which are a new learning tool for fungal study. He is also an amateur chef with recipes soon to be featured in the "Fantastic Fungi" cookbook being issued in 2021. He regularly teaches classes on fungi identification and leads walks in the Cape Ann area of Massachusetts.
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Cancelled due to weather: Stories & Songs on the Library Lawn with Ms. Carol
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Cancelled due to weather: Stories & Songs on the Library Lawn with Ms. Carol
Every Friday at 10:30AM from June 25 - August 20
Our youngest patrons and their caregivers are invited to share songs, rhymes and simple stories on the Library Lawn with Ms Carol. Please bring a blanket and be ready to have fun!
*In the event of rain this program will be cancelled until the following week
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Library Closed
Library Closed
Summer Weekend Schedule
The Library will be closed on weekends starting in July through Labor Day. Regular Library hours are Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays 11 AM to 5 PM and Thursdays 11 AM to 7 PM.
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Library Closed
Library Closed
Summer Weekend Schedule
The Library will be closed on weekends starting in July through Labor Day. Regular Library hours are Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays 11 AM to 5 PM and Thursdays 11 AM to 7 PM.
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Lessons from a (Probably Should be) Committed Writer
Lessons from a (Probably Should be) Committed Writer
On Tuesday, July 13th at 1 PM
Join fiction author and audiobook narrator Elizabeth Splaine on the Manchester Library’s front lawn for a fun author talk and informative discussion on the writing process and how to learn more about the journey to becoming published! Elizabeth Splaine is based in Rhode Island and has written the Dr. Julian Stryker series of “Blind” thrillers, as well as two children’s books.
Online Diversity Matters Book GroupOnline Diversity Matters Book Group
Manchester Library is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
We will be discussing anything on this topic you have read and been intrigued, frustrated, agitated or enlightened by on the
Diversity topic. Books currently available in multiple copies at the front desk (call 978-526-7711 and ask for one or both)
that can be included in this, and the August meeting/discussion are:
Four Hundred Souls, edited by Ibram X. Kendi (with 400 short pieces by 400 authors, you can truly pick this up and read some on any given day)
Me and White Supremacy-Layla Saad
Topic: Diversity Matters
Time: Jul 13, 2021 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Every month on the Second Tuesday, until Oct 12, 2021, 4 occurrence(s)
Jul 13, 2021 05:00 PM
Aug 10, 2021 05:00 PM
Sep 14, 2021 05:00 PM
Oct 12, 2021 05:00 PM
Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.
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Join Zoom Meeting
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Passcode: 031064
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Dungeons and Dragons
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Dungeons and Dragons
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Adult Online Tai Chi Class with Susan Halpern now Outdoors!
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Adult Online Tai Chi Class with Susan Halpern now Outdoors!
Adult Online Tai Chi Class with Susan Halpern now Outdoors!
On Thursday, June 3rd at 10 AM
Manchester local Susan Halpern will be moving her weekly series of Tai Chi class for ages 18 and older to the front of the library lawn! To register for this event please email Adult Services Librarian Rachel Meneades at remeneades@manchesterpl.org and fill out the Safety Release Registration Form.
Please wear loose clothing, sneakers or any other low heeled, non-slip shoes, and practice in a space about 6-8 square feet. Also, please keep a chair for resting as needed nearby.
Tai Chi is an ancient form of exercise, some forms created 300 years ago. The class will focus on the Sun style which employs a more upright stance with small arm movements and short steps. Forms demand attention and stimulate good balance, attention, and stress reduction. Anyone can benefit from Tai Chi. Studies have found that regular Tai Chi practice reduces the incidence of falls.
While group practice is how many have been exposed to Tai Chi, a home practice provides many benefits and will prepare everyone for meetings outside when this pandemic is in control.
Your instructor, Susan Halpern has been trained and certified to teach by the Tai Chi for Health Institute and has been teaching at North Shore Medical Center outpatient clinic for 12 years. You can verify on the website taichiforhealthinstitute.org.
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Stories & Songs on the Library Lawn with Ms. Carol
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Stories & Songs on the Library Lawn with Ms. Carol
Our youngest patrons and their caregivers are invited to share songs, rhymes and simple stories on the Library Lawn with Ms Carol. Please bring a blanket and be ready to have fun!
*In the event of rain this program will be cancelled
The Circus Comes to Town: Kevin O'Keefe's One-Man Circus in a Suitcase!–
The Circus Comes to Town: Kevin O'Keefe's One-Man Circus in a Suitcase!
Join the circus with Kevin O'Keefe's One-Man Circus-in-a-Suitcase, where an entire circus emerges from his suitcase: tent, band, lights, the boisterous ringmaster Steve Fitzpatrick, the officious Mervin Merkle, the incredible Bumbilini Family, the Magician to the Stars Clyde Zerbini, and Keefer–an innocent trying to run-away and join the circus. Certain to delight all ages, you won't want to miss the show!
This performance will be held at the Masconomo Park Gazebo. In the event of rain, the program will take place on Friday, July 23
We thank the Hooper Fund for sponsoring this awesome program
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Library Closed
Library Closed
Summer Weekend Schedule
The Library will be closed on weekends starting in July through Labor Day. Regular Library hours are Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays 11 AM to 5 PM and Thursdays 11 AM to 7 PM.
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Library Closed
Library Closed
Summer Weekend Schedule
The Library will be closed on weekends starting in July through Labor Day. Regular Library hours are Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays 11 AM to 5 PM and Thursdays 11 AM to 7 PM.
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Let's Make Music on the Library Lawn with Ms. Teresa
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Let's Make Music on the Library Lawn with Ms. Teresa
We are pleased to welcome Teresa Coelho for a morning of music sure to delight our youngest patrons and their caregivers. Please bring a blanket and be ready to make music together!
This program will be rescheduled in the event of rain. We thank The Hooper Fund for their generous support!
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Dungeons and Dragons
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Dungeons and Dragons
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Adult Online Tai Chi Class with Susan Halpern now Outdoors!
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Adult Online Tai Chi Class with Susan Halpern now Outdoors!
Adult Online Tai Chi Class with Susan Halpern now Outdoors!
On Thursday, June 3rd at 10 AM
Manchester local Susan Halpern will be moving her weekly series of Tai Chi class for ages 18 and older to the front of the library lawn! To register for this event please email Adult Services Librarian Rachel Meneades at remeneades@manchesterpl.org and fill out the Safety Release Registration Form.
Please wear loose clothing, sneakers or any other low heeled, non-slip shoes, and practice in a space about 6-8 square feet. Also, please keep a chair for resting as needed nearby.
Tai Chi is an ancient form of exercise, some forms created 300 years ago. The class will focus on the Sun style which employs a more upright stance with small arm movements and short steps. Forms demand attention and stimulate good balance, attention, and stress reduction. Anyone can benefit from Tai Chi. Studies have found that regular Tai Chi practice reduces the incidence of falls.
While group practice is how many have been exposed to Tai Chi, a home practice provides many benefits and will prepare everyone for meetings outside when this pandemic is in control.
Your instructor, Susan Halpern has been trained and certified to teach by the Tai Chi for Health Institute and has been teaching at North Shore Medical Center outpatient clinic for 12 years. You can verify on the website taichiforhealthinstitute.org.
Ask a Somm on Summer Wines–
Ask a Somm on Summer Wines
On Thursday, July 22nd at 7 PM join certified sommelier Gillian Katz on Zoom for a presentation on great wines to enjoy on these hot summer days! Learn about the basics of wine tasting, and discover some perfect pairings to enjoy this season. There will also be a time to 'ask a somm,' so bring your wine-related questions. And if you're over 21 please feel free to sip on some wine during this fun and interactive workshop!
To register directly for the program on Zoom, please click HERE. You do not need a Zoom account to participate.
Once you register you will receive an email with the Zoom login details.
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Library Closed
Library Closed
Summer Weekend Schedule
The Library will be closed on weekends starting in July through Labor Day. Regular Library hours are Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays 11 AM to 5 PM and Thursdays 11 AM to 7 PM.
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Library Closed
Library Closed
Summer Weekend Schedule
The Library will be closed on weekends starting in July through Labor Day. Regular Library hours are Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays 11 AM to 5 PM and Thursdays 11 AM to 7 PM.
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Dungeons and Dragons
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Dungeons and Dragons
Henna Before Dinna'!–
Henna Before Dinna'!
People in Grades 5-12 welcome!
Join Amanda Roberge on Wednesday, July 28th, 5-7 PM
Henna tattoos, also known as Mehndi, are temporary tattoos made from the powdered leaves of the henna plant. Amanda will tattoo each participant and will also have extra bottles of henna on hand (heh) so you can learn and practice your own designs!
Your tattoo will last 2-4 weeks.
People in Grades 5-12 welcome!
Join Amanda Roberge on Wednesday, July 28th, 5-7 PMHenna tattoos, also known as Mehndi, are temporary tattoos made from the powdered leaves of the henna plant. Amanda will tattoo each participant and will also have extra bottles of henna on hand (heh) so you can learn and practice your own designs!
Your tattoo will last 2-4 weeks.
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Adult Online Tai Chi Class with Susan Halpern now Outdoors!
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Adult Online Tai Chi Class with Susan Halpern now Outdoors!
Adult Online Tai Chi Class with Susan Halpern now Outdoors!
On Thursday, June 3rd at 10 AM
Manchester local Susan Halpern will be moving her weekly series of Tai Chi class for ages 18 and older to the front of the library lawn! To register for this event please email Adult Services Librarian Rachel Meneades at remeneades@manchesterpl.org and fill out the Safety Release Registration Form.
Please wear loose clothing, sneakers or any other low heeled, non-slip shoes, and practice in a space about 6-8 square feet. Also, please keep a chair for resting as needed nearby.
Tai Chi is an ancient form of exercise, some forms created 300 years ago. The class will focus on the Sun style which employs a more upright stance with small arm movements and short steps. Forms demand attention and stimulate good balance, attention, and stress reduction. Anyone can benefit from Tai Chi. Studies have found that regular Tai Chi practice reduces the incidence of falls.
While group practice is how many have been exposed to Tai Chi, a home practice provides many benefits and will prepare everyone for meetings outside when this pandemic is in control.
Your instructor, Susan Halpern has been trained and certified to teach by the Tai Chi for Health Institute and has been teaching at North Shore Medical Center outpatient clinic for 12 years. You can verify on the website taichiforhealthinstitute.org.
Touch-a-Truck & Bike Rodeo - New Date: August 5th–
Touch-a-Truck & Bike Rodeo - New Date: August 5th
Due to the weather this program has been postponed to August 5th!
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Mystery Book Group
Mystery Book Group
Meets the last Friday of the month at 10:30 AM. New Members are always welcome. For the date, times, and book of the month please click on the link below.
Preschool Bunny Time with Mrs. Turpel–
Preschool Bunny Time with Mrs. Turpel
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Library Closed
Library Closed
Summer Weekend Schedule
The Library will be closed on weekends starting in July through Labor Day. Regular Library hours are Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays 11 AM to 5 PM and Thursdays 11 AM to 7 PM.
