Madison Library » Events http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP Madison, New Hampshire's public library Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:07:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 New programs for 2012 http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2012/01/07/new-programs-for-2012/ http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2012/01/07/new-programs-for-2012/#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:39:39 +0000 madisonlibrary http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/?p=2124 Wintertime Play Group: Friday mornings at 9 am

Starting this Friday, we’ll be opening the children’s room at 9 am (an hour before library opens) for a Wintertime Play Group for babies, toddlers, parents, and caregivers. Use the children’s room entrance on the left side of the building. If school’s cancelled because of bad weather, so [...]]]> Wintertime Play Group: Friday mornings at 9 am

Starting this Friday, we’ll be opening the children’s room at 9 am (an hour before library opens) for a Wintertime Play Group for babies, toddlers, parents, and caregivers. Use the children’s room entrance on the left side of the building. If school’s cancelled because of bad weather, so is Play Group. Stop in after dropping off older siblings at school. Story time will start at 10 am on most of the Fridays.

Film Fanatics’ Free Movies: Wednesdays at 1 pm starting January 18.

The Madison Library has purchased a site license to show films! We’re starting off with a series of Oscar winners. Join assistant librarian Leonora to watch and talk about movies and speculate about this year’s Oscar nominees and winners. Bring your own snack or bag lunch. Our license doesn’t allow us to list movie titles on our website, but look for posters around town and at the library, or call us to find out which movie’s playing.

We’re firming up plans for more wintertime events, look for our winter newsletter with all the details soon.

]]> http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2012/01/07/new-programs-for-2012/feed/ 0 Saving the Mountains http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2011/10/30/saving-the-mountains/ http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2011/10/30/saving-the-mountains/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:40:35 +0000 madisonlibrary http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/?p=2028 Join us on Thursday, November 3 at 7 pm for “Saving the Mountains,” and learn about the founding of the White Mountain National Forest. Marcia Schmidt Blaine, Chair of the Department of History and Philosophy at Plymouth State University, will explore the relationship between our mountains and individuals who worked to protect them in this [...]]]> Join us on Thursday, November 3 at 7 pm for “Saving the Mountains,” and learn about the founding of the White Mountain National Forest. Marcia Schmidt Blaine, Chair of the Department of History and Philosophy at Plymouth State University, will explore the relationship between our mountains and individuals who worked to protect them in this New Hampshire Humanities Council/One Book One Valley event.

]]> http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2011/10/30/saving-the-mountains/feed/ 0 Library resources for job seekers http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2011/10/14/library-resources-for-job-seekers/ http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2011/10/14/library-resources-for-job-seekers/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:41:51 +0000 madisonlibrary http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/?p=2008 Representatives from area libraries, including our own Madison Library, will be at the MWV Job & Resource Fair from 10 am to 2 pm on Wednesday, October 19 at Granite State College in Conway. We will share some of the resources available at libraries to help local job seekers.

At Madison Library, these include:

Career Cruising, an [...]]]> Representatives from area libraries, including our own Madison Library, will be at the MWV Job & Resource Fair from 10 am to 2 pm on Wednesday, October 19 at Granite State College in Conway. We will share some of the resources available at libraries to help local job seekers.

At Madison Library, these include:

  • Career Cruising, an online career guidance and planning tool (please ask us about this, it’s loaded with features, call or stop in for password)
  • Books, ebooks, and audiobooks on writing resumes and cover letters, preparing for job interviews, starting your own business, and more
  • Information about NH businesses and industries
  • One-on-one (by appointment) computer help
  • Starting October 21 a Job Seekers Networking and Support Group will meet on Fridays at 10 am in the library’s Chick Room meeting room. Meet with other job seekers, share tips, stories. Free coffee. We’re looking to bring in community resource persons that can answer or provide guidance on job search topics at some of the meetings.
]]> http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2011/10/14/library-resources-for-job-seekers/feed/ 0 Author to speak on October 11 http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2011/10/03/author-to-speak-on-october-11/ http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2011/10/03/author-to-speak-on-october-11/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:40:37 +0000 madisonlibrary http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/?p=2003 Join us on Tuesday, October 11 at 1 pm at the Silver Lake Landing meeting room to hear author Rosamond van der Linde read excerpts of her new book A Piano In Every Room. This event will take place right after the Gibson Center’s congregate meal at Silver Lake Landing, and is free and open [...]]]> Join us on Tuesday, October 11 at 1 pm at the Silver Lake Landing meeting room to hear author Rosamond van der Linde read excerpts of her new book A Piano In Every Room. This event will take place right after the Gibson Center’s congregate meal at Silver Lake Landing, and is free and open to the public.

Rosamond van der Linde co-founded a music school unlike any other, blending love of music, love of people and a passionate commitment to education, and community service. A Piano in Every Room tells how van der Linde founded, along with her husband, the Sonatina School of Piano in their home in Vermont, living and teaching in a 42-room home with 34 pianos while they raised their five children with love and music. The story is about a dynamic family that created a music enterprise and thrived within it.

For close to forty years the entire family has been involved in teaching piano, building the music school, summer and adult camps all of which have been written up in books, magazines, The New York Times, Forbes Magazine, and profiled on PBS, New England Channel News, and CNN News. This has generated hundreds of questions as to how it all came about and how the van der Lindes did it. This book provides the answers by the founder herself.

]]> http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2011/10/03/author-to-speak-on-october-11/feed/ 0 They’re here! http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2011/09/20/theyre-here/ http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2011/09/20/theyre-here/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:04:52 +0000 madisonlibrary http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/?p=1985 Our copies of Following Atticus, this year’s One Book One Valley book have arrived! Madison Library book group will discuss this title at its October 25 meeting. Pick up a copy, and join us, or join in any of the One Book One Valley events.

]]> Following Atticus booksOur copies of Following Atticus, this year’s One Book One Valley book have arrived! Madison Library book group will discuss this title at its October 25 meeting. Pick up a copy, and join us, or join in any of the One Book One Valley events.

]]> http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2011/09/20/theyre-here/feed/ 0 Book and Author luncheon http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2011/08/23/book-and-author-luncheon-2/ http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2011/08/23/book-and-author-luncheon-2/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:45:00 +0000 madisonlibrary http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/?p=1948 Join us this Saturday, August 27 at 12:30 pm, for the Friends of Madison Library Book and Author Luncheon with crime novelist Cornelia Read, author of the Madeline Dare series of mysteries. Read’s first novel, “A Field of Darkness,” was nominated for an Edgar Award and she won a Shamus Award from the Private Eye [...]]]> cover of Invisible BoyJoin us this Saturday, August 27 at 12:30 pm, for the Friends of Madison Library Book and Author Luncheon with crime novelist Cornelia Read, author of the Madeline Dare series of mysteries. Read’s first novel, “A Field of Darkness,” was nominated for an Edgar Award and she won a Shamus Award from the Private Eye Writers of America for her short story “Hungry Enough.” Definitely not a “cozy” mystery writer, Read’s murder mysteries include pointed social observations and biting wit for readers who appreciate irreverence and dark humor.

This event will begin with a homemade luncheon featuring a variety of summer salads (choices include chicken or shrimp), breads, cookies and a cold beverage. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the library; seating is limited. There will be copies of Cornelia Read’s books available for purchase and signing after the program.

]]> http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2011/08/23/book-and-author-luncheon-2/feed/ 0 Let it snow! and other vacation week news http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2010/12/27/let-it-snow-and-other-vacation-week-news/ http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2010/12/27/let-it-snow-and-other-vacation-week-news/#comments Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:33:40 +0000 madisonlibrary http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/?p=1474 We’re happy to see snow for school vacation week. As the storm continues on Monday, the Madison Library will be closed as our town’s road crews work hard to clear roads first, then parking lots like ours once the blizzard is done.

We have two children’s programs lined up for this week:

Tuesday, Dec. 27 at 2 [...]]]> We’re happy to see snow for school vacation week. As the storm continues on Monday, the Madison Library will be closed as our town’s road crews work hard to clear roads first, then parking lots like ours once the blizzard is done.

We have two children’s programs lined up for this week:

  • Tuesday, Dec. 27 at 2 pm: Craft a great thank you: a workshop for children 6 and up. What goes into a good thank you note? Want to make some points with grandparents and other relatives? Hear a funny story that explains it all, then make your own note cards to take home so you can get started writing your thank yous.
  • Friday, Dec. 31 at 10:30 am: For children 4 to 8 (older children who like to listen to stories are also welcome). Join us for some snowman stories, make a snowman finger puppet. If we have snow, we’ll go outside and make snow lanterns to light up tonight to welcome the new year.

If you got a nook e-reader for Christmas, Bobbi Slossar from the NH State Library has put together easy-to-follow slideshows on how to use your computer to get free e-books for your nook from the library. If you want to see the process in person, the Madison Library will hold a “Checking Out Library e-books” workshop on Tuesday, January 4 at 2pm.

IMPORTANT to know: you will need to put the digits “4393″ ahead of your library card number to make a 7- or 8-digit library card number to use with NH Downloadable Books. See the NH Downloadable Books website for information on what other devices are compatible with library e-books.

We will close at 4 pm on Friday, December 31, and be closed on Saturday, January 1.

]]> http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2010/12/27/let-it-snow-and-other-vacation-week-news/feed/ 0 Holiday Open House http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2010/12/16/holiday-open-house/ http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2010/12/16/holiday-open-house/#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:26:53 +0000 madisonlibrary http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/?p=1433 Please stop by the library on Saturday between 10 am and 1 pm for our annual holiday open house. We’ll have some seasonal music playing, festive food, coffee, and eggnog. Take a minute to visit with neighbors, library staff, Trustees, and Friends.

Be sure to notice the lovely wreaths (made in Madison by Mrs. Brooks) that [...]]]> Wreath on libraryPlease stop by the library on Saturday between 10 am and 1 pm for our annual holiday open house. We’ll have some seasonal music playing, festive food, coffee, and eggnog. Take a minute to visit with neighbors, library staff, Trustees, and Friends.

Be sure to notice the lovely wreaths (made in Madison by Mrs. Brooks) that the Friends of Madison Library purchase to decorate the library each holiday season.

]]> http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2010/12/16/holiday-open-house/feed/ 0 National Gaming Day http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2010/11/05/national-gaming-day/ http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2010/11/05/national-gaming-day/#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:52:17 +0000 madisonlibrary http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/?p=1395 Come to the library on Saturday, November 13, 2010, as the Madison Library joins with thousands of libraries across the country to celebrate the educational, recreational, and social value of games with a community gaming day. This event is multigenerational, so bring yourself, your friends, your family. All games will be taught, and novices as well as [...]]]> Come to the library on Saturday, November 13, 2010, as the Madison Library joins with thousands of libraries across the country to celebrate the educational, recreational, and social value of games with a community gaming day. This event is multigenerational, so bring yourself, your friends, your family. All games will be taught, and novices as well as seasoned gamers are welcome.

From 10 am to 12 noon, games for age 6 through adult players will be featured. These will include board games like Pictureka, card games like Apples to Apples Junior, and video games like Wii racing or bowling.

Then, from 1 pm to approximately 3 pm, games will be for players ages 10 and up, and may include role-playing games, card games like cribbage, board games like Settlers of Catan, and video games.

Volunteers are needed to lead and teach games; contact Mary Cronin at the Madison Library by Friday, November 12 to volunteer.  

National Gaming Day is organized by the American Library Association, which plans this annual event to encourage libraries to bridge generations and explore new literacy models through gaming as players read, learn, and play.

]]> http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2010/11/05/national-gaming-day/feed/ 0 Criminal Investigations program October 28 http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2010/10/19/criminal-investigations-program-october-28/ http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/2010/10/19/criminal-investigations-program-october-28/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:02:55 +0000 madisonlibrary http://madisonlibrary-nh.org/WP/?p=1375 The Madison Library will host a presentation on Criminal Investigations on Thursday, October 28 at 7 pm in the library’s Chick Room. New Hampshire State Police Detective Justin Rowe will speak about criminal investigations in New Hampshire, focusing on how they are handled in rural areas.

This program is part of the One Book, One Valley [...]]]> The Madison Library will host a presentation on Criminal Investigations on Thursday, October 28 at 7 pm in the library’s Chick Room. New Hampshire State Police Detective Justin Rowe will speak about criminal investigations in New Hampshire, focusing on how they are handled in rural areas.

This program is part of the One Book, One Valley community read program taking place at the Madison Library and other area libraries this October.  This year’s book is Go With Me by Castle Freeman, Jr., a tightly written crime novel set in northern New England. At the Madison Library presentation, Det. Rowe will answer questions following the presentation, including ones related to the types of crimes and investigations described in the book “Go With Me.”

All are welcome to attend this free program. Participation in the One Book, One Valley reading program is encouraged, but not required. Copies of Go With Me are available at the library.

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