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Events
Tuesday, October 03
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 03
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Southern NH 4H Group Weekly meeting
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Tuesday, October 03
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Join Teen Art and Writing Club, bi-weekly, to do writing prompts, share stories, illustrations and animations. We'll also finalize and produce our teen magazine, Thinking and Inking.
Event Location: Online
Tuesday, October 03
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Please join us for an online discussion of popular books about history! Do you love history? So do we! Join us as we make our way through the pages of the past!
Registration is required so that you can join us virtually via Zoom.
This group will... Read More
Event Location: Online
Wednesday, October 04
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 04
4:30pm - 5:30pm
Come in and learn how to make simple meals in a mug! Ages 11 - 18
Pizza Dip in a Mug!
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Wednesday, October 04
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Learn about your rights and responsibilities as a Tenant in NH. The law provides protections and avenues to keep your housing secure. We will give an educational session on the process of evictions and provide an opportunity to ask questions.... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Thursday, October 05
8:00am - 10:00am
Maintenance on the meeting room divider
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Thursday, October 05
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 06
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 09
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 10
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 10
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Southern NH 4H Group Weekly meeting
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Tuesday, October 10
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Let's get together and game on the library's Nintendo Switch on the TV monitor. Snacks included. Ages 9- 15
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Tuesday, October 10
5:30pm - 8:00pm
Parkinson's Support Group
Event Location: Meeting Room B
Tuesday, October 10
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.
We will be meeting every other Tuesday evening.
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Tuesday, October 10
6:00pm - 7:00pm
The Internet Archive might not be the first stop in your genealogical research, but it’s well worth a look. With a core mission to provide universal access to all knowledge, IA has a robust collection of 41 million books and texts and 4.4 million... Read More
Event Location: Online
Wednesday, October 11
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 11
4:00pm - 4:45pm
Fall is here and Halloween is coming! Let's get together and make Glow Pumpkins, a cool spider and a spooky snack!
Please let librarians know if there are any allergies
Registration required, as supplies are... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Wednesday, October 11
6:30pm - 8:00pm
The Official DPL discussion for Andrew Kirvak's The Bear. This is a part of NH Humanities The Big Read.
UPDATE: Now in-person!
In an Edenic future, a girl and her father live close to the land in the shadow of a lone mountain. They possess a... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Wednesday, October 11
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!
Registration is required so that you can join us virtually via Zoom.
We will contact you 1 hour prior to... Read More
Event Location: Online
Thursday, October 12
10:00am - 10:45am
Ms. Eileen is away today, but that's okay, because we have some much to explore! Join us for interactive sensory play activities designed to stimulate toddlers' growing minds.
For toddlers ages 1, 2, and 3 with their caregivers.... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Friday, October 13
10:00am - 10:45am
Join Ms. Michelle 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 14
9:30am - 12:30pm
Friends of the Derry Libraries Book Sale
9:30AM - 12:30PM
Event Location: Book Sale Room
Monday, October 16
10:00am - 10:45am
Story program for children ages 3-5 years old and their caregiver.
Lively time of sharing books, songs, puppets, nursery rhymes, early literacy, and pre-school activities.... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Monday, October 16
1:00pm - 1:45pm
Due to popular demand we have added a second session!
Story program for children ages 3-5 years old and their caregiver.
Lively time of sharing books, songs, puppets, nursery rhymes, early literacy, and pre-school activities.... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Monday, October 16
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 2nd, 16th, and 23rd from 3:45 to 4:30.
Recommended for ages 8-11. Please contact Ray Fontaine at... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room B
Monday, October 16
4:00pm - 5:30pm
This is a Halloween themed class, where the students all work together on one film making the characters, props, sets, and doing the animation. It is a 7 week class with the last class being a premiere for friends, family and anyone else who wants... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Monday, October 16
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 2nd, 16th, and 23rd from 4:45 to 5:30.
Recommended for ages 8-11. Please contact Ray Fontaine at... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room B
Monday, October 16
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Library Board of Trustees Meeting
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: New Hampshire Room, Event Location: Online
Tuesday, October 17
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 17
11:00am - 11:45am
Join us when Let's Play Music & Make Art of Derry brings their Music for Little Mozarts Program to the Derry Public Library! Your 3, 4, 5 & 6 year olds will get a chance to explore musical concepts with hands-on instrument discovery in a fun... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room B
Tuesday, October 17
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Southern NH 4H Group Weekly meeting
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Tuesday, October 17
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Join Teen Art and Writing Club, bi-weekly, to do writing prompts, share stories, illustrations and animations. We'll also finalize and produce our teen magazine, Thinking and Inking.
Event Location: Online
Tuesday, October 17
4:00pm - 4:45pm
It is spooky season!!! Let's get together for some not too spooky fun. We will be making haunted lanterns, spider donuts, and reading a fun book.
Recommended for ages 5-9 with a caregiver. Registration is... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Tuesday, October 17
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Hillcrest HOA Meeting
Event Location: Meeting Room B
Tuesday, October 17
6:30pm - 7:30pm
It's almost Halloween. Let's get together to paint ceramic spellbooks. They are a perfect piece of spooky decor for book lovers.
... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Wednesday, October 18
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 18
4:30pm - 5:30pm
Come in and learn how to make simple meals in a mug! Ages 11 - 18
Spaghetti and Meatballs
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Wednesday, October 18
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Please join us for a book discussion. We read a variety of books and love to talk about them!
Registration is required if you want to join us virtually.
Meetings will be held at 6:30 pm in the NH Room. If you are joining us virtualy, we will... Read More
Event Location: New Hampshire Room, Event Location: Online
Wednesday, October 18
7:00pm - 8:00pm
It's a special in-person event, in partnership with the Leach library in Londonderry: Jeff Belanger LIVE at the Derry Opera House, for one night only!
Ghosts and Legends: Come explore the haunts around the world and those in your... Read More
Event Location: Offsite
Thursday, October 19
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 20
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 20
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 20
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!
Please contact Jessica (jessicad@derrypl.org... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room B
Monday, October 23
10:00am - 10:45am
Story program for children ages 3-5 years old and their caregiver.
Lively time of sharing books, songs, puppets, nursery rhymes, early literacy, and pre-school activities.... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Monday, October 23
1:00pm - 1:45pm
Due to popular demand we have added a second session!
Story program for children ages 3-5 years old and their caregiver.
Lively time of sharing books, songs, puppets, nursery rhymes, early literacy, and pre-school activities.... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Monday, October 23
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 2nd, 16th, and 23rd from 3:45 to 4:30.
Recommended for ages 8-11. Please contact Ray Fontaine at... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room B
Monday, October 23
4:00pm - 5:30pm
This is a Halloween themed class, where the students all work together on one film making the characters, props, sets, and doing the animation. It is a 7 week class with the last class being a premiere for friends, family and anyone else who wants... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Monday, October 23
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 2nd, 16th, and 23rd from 4:45 to 5:30.
Recommended for ages 8-11. Please contact Ray Fontaine at... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room B