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Events

Monday, October 21
3:45pm - 4:30pm
Come in and learn how to make simple meals in a mug! Ages 11 - 18    
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Monday, October 21
3:45pm - 4:30pm
Minecraft Monday is back!  Work together with friends in our Realm and hone your "craft".  This group runs for three Mondays in October: the 7th, 21st, and 28th, from 3:45 to 4:30. Recommended for ages 8-11.  Please contact Ray Fontaine at... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Monday, October 21
4:45pm - 5:30pm
Minecraft Monday is back!  Work together with friends in our Realm and hone your "craft".  This group runs for three Mondays in October, the 7th, 21st, and 28th, from 4:45 to 5:30. Recommended for ages 8-11.  Please contact Ray Fontaine at... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Monday, October 21
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Library Board of Trustees Meeting
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: New Hampshire Room, Event Location: Online
Tuesday, October 22
10:00am - 10:45am
Join Ms. Eileen for this lively music and dance program for children ages 3-5 years old and their caregiver. Celebrate early childhood with songs, stories, games, and movement.... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Tuesday, October 22
4:00pm - 4:30pm
When autumn leaves start to fall, it's time to come to the Derry Public Library!  We will be painting leaves and making a leaf wreath! Ages 5 - 10 Registration required - Registration opens October 1st
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Tuesday, October 22
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Do you enjoy knitting and/or crocheting? Meeting other fiber friends? Bring a project to work on and make some new friends.       
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Tuesday, October 22
6:30pm - 7:30pm
  Join us for a virtual meeting where we discuss books about science. Do you read Ed Yong and Mary Roach, Brian Greene and Sam Kean? Are you looking for a group where you can talk about science? Then this is the group for you!  Join us for an... Read More
Event Location: Online
Wednesday, October 23
10:00am - 10:30am
All infants and their caregivers are welcome at this lapsit storytime for babies (birth through 12 months). Learn fingerplays, songs, and nursery rhymes to share with your baby as she/he sits in your lap. Connect with other parents and caregivers... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Wednesday, October 23
1:00pm - 2:30pm
More information to come.
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Wednesday, October 23
6:30pm - 8:00pm
  This is a one-hour slide presentation that utilizes present-day photographs of all the sites as well as historical period photographs. The presentation melds historical fact together with legend and myth to produce an interesting and... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Thursday, October 24
10:00am - 10:45am
Join Ms. Eileen for this exciting toddler storytime for children 12 to 36 months and their caregivers. This storytime engages young children using music, finger plays, props, and movement.... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Thursday, October 24
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Let's get together and game on the library's Nintendo Switch on the TV. Snacks included.   Ages 9- 15  
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Friday, October 25
10:00am - 10:45am
Join Mr. Ray for an all ages family storytime featuring fun stories and songs.  Weather permitting, this storytime will be outside on the patio, otherwise we will meet in the Meeting Room.... Read More
Event Location: Patio, Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Friday, October 25
7:00pm - 9:00pm
In Partnership with the Taylor Library, The Marion Gerrish Community Center, and the Greater Derry Arts Council   Jeff Rapsis returns, and this time, we're celebrating October with one of the best horror movies ever made- Nosferatu... Read More
Event Location: Offsite
Monday, October 28
10:00am - 10:45am
Story program for children ages 3-5 and their caregiver. Lively time of sharing books, songs, puppets, early literacy, and a pre-school craft.... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Monday, October 28
2:00pm - 3:00pm
The kickoff to a cozy mystery book club.  Cozy mysteries, also referred to as "cosy mysteries" or "cozies", are a sub-genre of crime fiction in which sex and... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Monday, October 28
3:45pm - 4:30pm
Minecraft Monday is back!  Work together with friends in our Realm and hone your "craft".  This group runs for three Mondays in October: the 7th, 21st, and 28th, from 3:45 to 4:30. Recommended for ages 8-11.  Please contact Ray Fontaine at... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Monday, October 28
4:45pm - 5:30pm
Minecraft Monday is back!  Work together with friends in our Realm and hone your "craft".  This group runs for three Mondays in October, the 7th, 21st, and 28th, from 4:45 to 5:30. Recommended for ages 8-11.  Please contact Ray Fontaine at... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Tuesday, October 29
10:00am - 10:45am
Join Ms. Eileen for this lively music and dance program for children ages 3-5 years old and their caregiver. Celebrate early childhood with songs, stories, games, and movement.... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Tuesday, October 29
6:00pm - 7:00pm
  Newspaper collections are treasure troves when it comes to genealogical research, but each collection is different than the next. Join us as we explore the collections at GenealogyBank, Newspapers.com, The British Newspaper Archive, Advantage... Read More
Event Location: Online
Wednesday, October 30
10:00am - 10:30am
All infants and their caregivers are welcome at this lapsit storytime for babies (birth through 12 months). Learn fingerplays, songs, and nursery rhymes to share with your baby as she/he sits in your lap. Connect with other parents and caregivers... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Wednesday, October 30
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Do you enjoy knitting and/or crocheting? Meeting other fiber friends? Bring a project to work on and make some new friends.       
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Wednesday, October 30
6:00pm - 7:30pm
   In Partnership with The Taylor Library!Kenneth Gloss, internationally known rare book specialist and appraiser who runs the Brattle Book Shop in Boston, will give an in-person and virtual presentation for Taylor Library and Derry Public... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Thursday, October 31
10:00am - 10:45am
Join Ms. Eileen for this exciting toddler storytime for children 12 to 36 months and their caregivers. This storytime engages young children using music, finger plays, props, and movement.... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Friday, November 01
10:00am - 10:45am
Join Mr. Ray for an all ages family storytime featuring fun stories and songs.  Weather permitting, this storytime will be outside on the patio, otherwise we will meet in the Meeting Room.... Read More
Event Location: Patio, Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Monday, November 04
10:00am - 10:45am
Story program for children ages 3-5 and their caregiver. Lively time of sharing books, songs, puppets, early literacy, and a pre-school craft.... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Monday, November 04
3:45pm - 4:30pm
Minecraft Monday is back!  Work together with friends in our Realm and hone your "craft".  This group runs for three Mondays in November: the 4th, 18th, and 25th, from 3:45 to 4:30. Recommended for ages 8-11.  Please contact Ray Fontaine at... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Monday, November 04
4:45pm - 5:30pm
Minecraft Monday is back!  Work together with friends in our Realm and hone your "craft".  This group runs for three Mondays in November: the 4th, 18th, and 25th, from 4:45 to 5:30. Recommended for ages 8-11.  Please contact Ray Fontaine at... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Monday, November 04
5:30pm - 8:00pm
Parkinson's Support Group
Event Location: Meeting Room B
Monday, November 04
6:30pm - 7:30pm
William Shakespeare has inspired many films, and we're going to look at a few of them. We'll discuss which adaptations work, which don't, why Shakespeare seems to go with any time period, and maybe answer an ago-old question: what is the best... Read More
Event Location: Online
Tuesday, November 05
10:00am - 10:45am
Join Ms. Eileen for this lively music and dance program for children ages 3-5 years old and their caregiver. Celebrate early childhood with songs, stories, games, and movement.... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Tuesday, November 05
4:00pm - 4:45pm
More information to come.    
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Tuesday, November 05
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Do you enjoy knitting and/or crocheting? Meeting other fiber friends? Bring a project to work on and make some new friends.       
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Wednesday, November 06
10:00am - 10:30am
All infants and their caregivers are welcome at this lapsit storytime for babies (birth through 12 months). Learn fingerplays, songs, and nursery rhymes to share with your baby as she/he sits in your lap. Connect with other parents and caregivers... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Wednesday, November 06
1:00pm - 2:30pm
More information to come.
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Wednesday, November 06
6:30pm - 7:45pm
TJ Cullinane talk about Alan Shepard's military career  
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Wednesday, November 06
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Join us as we read and discuss everything from world-building fantasies to thought provoking science fiction. Whether you have been reading them for years, or are just curious about the genre, this is a group for you! Registration is required so... Read More
Event Location: Online
Thursday, November 07
10:00am - 10:45am
Join Ms. Eileen for this exciting toddler storytime for children 12 to 36 months and their caregivers. This storytime engages young children using music, finger plays, props, and movement.... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Friday, November 08
10:00am - 10:45am
Join Mr. Ray for an all ages family storytime featuring fun stories and songs.  Weather permitting, this storytime will be outside on the patio, otherwise we will meet in the Meeting Room.... Read More
Event Location: Patio, Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Saturday, November 09
9:30am - 12:30pm
Friends of the Derry Libraries Book Sale 9:30AM - 12:30PM
Event Location: Book Sale Room
Saturday, November 09
10:00am - 12:00pm
Monthly meeting for the local DAR chapter
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Monday, November 11
9:00am - 9:00pm
The library will be closed today for the holiday.
Event Location: Adult Floor, Event Location: Children’s Room, Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Tuesday, November 12
10:00am - 10:45am
Join Ms. Eileen for this lively music and dance program for children ages 3-5 years old and their caregiver. Celebrate early childhood with songs, stories, games, and movement.... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Tuesday, November 12
6:30pm - 7:30pm
More information to come.
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Tuesday, November 12
6:00pm - 7:00pm
  Join us to chat about your genealogical research. What have you found recently? What will you work on next? Are you wrestling with a big genealogical question? This is an opportunity to share family history finds and bounce research conundrums off... Read More
Event Location: New Hampshire Room
Tuesday, November 12
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Community board meeting with residents - monthly updates
Event Location: Meeting Room B
Wednesday, November 13
10:00am - 10:30am
All infants and their caregivers are welcome at this lapsit storytime for babies (birth through 12 months). Learn fingerplays, songs, and nursery rhymes to share with your baby as she/he sits in your lap. Connect with other parents and caregivers... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Wednesday, November 13
4:45pm - 6:00pm
A crime has been commited, who did it? Ages 11 - 18    
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Wednesday, November 13
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Stone Gate Five Condo Association Meeting
Event Location: Meeting Room A

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