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Events
Wednesday, October 02
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, October 03
9:30am - 11:30am
GMILCS UXG meeting
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Thursday, October 03
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, October 04
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, October 07
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 07
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 07
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 07
5:30pm - 8:00pm
Parkinson's Support Group
Event Location: Meeting Room B
Monday, October 07
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Trustees Meeting
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Monday, October 07
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Ancient tales, witchcraft, cults and curses. These are a few of the things that await in the ancient cinematic forest of folk horror. Come journey with us through an exploration of the genre demonstrated through several prominent titles of... Read More
Event Location: Online
Tuesday, October 08
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 08
4:00pm - 4:45pm
What is better than all things Halloween? All things Halloween and Science!!! We are going to be having so much fun making Halloween structures with toothpicks and jelly pumpkins, and playdoh monsters.
Registration is required and opens on... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Tuesday, October 08
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 08
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Community board meeting with residents - monthly updates
Event Location: Meeting Room B
Wednesday, October 09
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 09
4:45pm - 5:30pm
We are going to be painting/decorating pumpkins to bring home. Ages 11 - 18
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Wednesday, October 09
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Please join us for an online discussion of Independent, Foreign, and Classic films. We will watch the film at home and gather to discuss it!
See the upcoming films here... Read More
Event Location: Online
Thursday, October 10
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 10
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 11
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, October 12
9:30am - 12:30pm
Friends of the Derry Libraries Book Sale
9:30AM - 12:30PM
Event Location: Book Sale Room
Saturday, October 12
11:00am - 3:00pm
Meetup for AAC
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Saturday, October 12
2:00pm - 4:00pm
The Ultimate Zombie Film!
In honor of Halloween we are showing George Romero's 1968 classic, Night of the Living Dead! One of the scariest and most influential horror films ever made, this movie still manages to... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room B
Monday, October 14
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, October 15
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 15
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Now that it is October, it is time to decorate with all things spooky (and not too spooky). Come make these adorable ghost wall hangings and chat with fellow crafters.
Registration is required and will open on September 24th.
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Tuesday, October 15
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Come join us for this collaborative research session! Bring your laptop, or use one of ours, for this hour-long collaborative cram session. Ask a neighbor if you’re stuck. Help a neighbor if they’re stuck. Share a fun family history story.
Event Location: New Hampshire Room
Wednesday, October 16
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 16
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Space Saved for Program
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Wednesday, October 16
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Please join us for a book discussion. We read a variety of books and love to talk about them!
See what we are reading here!
Registration is required if you want... Read More
Event Location: Online
Thursday, October 17
6:00pm - 7:30pm
The Tradition Continues...
Registered family groups will be given a time to begin their tour of our haunted library. Staff will greet you at the front of the library and when it's time, send your family along the spooky library path! Your haunted... Read More
Event Location: Children’s Room
Friday, October 18
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 18
11:00am - 11:45am
Join us at The Derry Public Library lower-level meeting room with your children ages 0-6 to connect with other families, make a child-friendly craft, enjoy snacks, stories, and useful parenting tips and resources followed by an interactive playtime... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Friday, October 18
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Please join us for an in-person book discussion. We read a variety of books and love to talk about them!
See our upcoming reads here!
Please contact Jessica (... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room B
Saturday, October 19
10:00am - 12:00pm
Monthly meeting of local DAR chapter
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Monday, October 21
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 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
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