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Events
Monday, September 09
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 September: the 9th, 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 A
Monday, September 09
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 September: the 9th, 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 A
Monday, September 09
5:30pm - 8:00pm
Parkinson's Support Group
Event Location: Meeting Room B
Monday, September 09
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Work, it's a part of our lives, but what about our entertainment? This month, Liz is looking at how various professions are depicted onscreen, from white collar jobs to gig workers, and even looking at the world's oldest profession.
This program... Read More
Event Location: Online
Tuesday, September 10
9:00am - 12:00pm
GMILCS Circulation and ILL meeting
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Tuesday, September 10
4:00pm - 4:45pm
Come to our Afternoon Fun Club featuring all things Pokemon. We will be doing Pokemon crafts, watching a cute Pokemon episode while eating a Pokemon themed snack, and leaving with your very own Pokemon cards.
Registration is required and... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Tuesday, September 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.
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Tuesday, September 10
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Community meeting with residents - monthly updates
Event Location: Meeting Room B
Wednesday, September 11
1:00pm - 2:30pm
If you are curious as to what Art Journaling is and how to get started, this might be the class for you. You're invited on a true beginner's journey where words and art play together on the page. In this judgement free space, we'll talk about... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Wednesday, September 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!
See the upcoming films here... Read More
Event Location: Online
Saturday, September 14
10:00am - 12:00pm
Monthly meeting of local DAR chapter
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Monday, September 16
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, September 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 September: the 9th, 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 A
Monday, September 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 September: the 9th, 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 A
Monday, September 16
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Library Board of Trustees Meeting
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: New Hampshire Room, Event Location: Online
Tuesday, September 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, September 17
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Welcome Back Meeting for Girl Scouts Troop 59273
Event Location: Meeting Room B
Tuesday, September 17
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Fall is almost here. It's time for apple picking, leaf peeping, and all of our favorite pumpkin spiced drinks. Let's get together to make these adorable woodland coffee cozies to make those delicious fall drinks even better.
Registration... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Tuesday, September 17
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Ready to dive into your genealogical research? A database is a great place to start. We’ll dedicate this hour to Ancestry.com and explore the differences between the personal Ancestry membership and Ancestry Library Edition (available at the Derry... Read More
Event Location: Online
Wednesday, September 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, September 18
1:00pm - 2:30pm
I'm looking forward to our next creative time together!
We will (briefly) go over the use of prompts, the supply list (what we need, what we might want and what is a splurge) and we will make a page using a prompt search and word web activity. I'll... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Wednesday, September 18
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, September 19
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, September 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, September 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, September 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!
See our upcoming reads here!
Please contact Jessica (... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room B
Saturday, September 21
9:30am - 12:30pm
Friends of the Derry Libraries Book Sale
9:30AM - 12:30PM
Event Location: Book Sale Room
Saturday, September 21
10:00am - 4:00pm
Derry Fest
Event Location: Book Sale Room
Saturday, September 21
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Do you love to read? Do you just want to talk about your latest read and hear what others are interested in? Bring your own book, whether its a great book or a dud and share your thoughts. We'll provide the PIZZA you bring your current reads, who... Read More
Event Location: Patio, Event Location: Meeting Room A
Monday, September 23
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, September 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 September: the 9th, 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 A
Monday, September 23
4:00pm - 4:45pm
Story program for children ages 3 - 7 and their caregiver.
Lively time of sharing books, songs, puppets, early literacy, and a craft.... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Monday, September 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 September: the 9th, 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 A
Monday, September 23
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
Tuesday, September 24
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, September 24
4:00pm - 4:30pm
It's apple season! Let's get together and make a cute apple craft and then put together some "edible" apple fun!
PLEASE LET LIBRARIAN KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY FOOD ALLERGIES!
Registration required! Registration opens September 3rd!
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Tuesday, September 24
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, September 25
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, September 25
1:00pm - 2:30pm
If you've taken the intro classes and want to continue exploring, this week we'll be having fun with a gel plate. We'll go over how to use and care for it and we'll make a bunch of papers that we can then use in our art journals.
Supplies are... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Wednesday, September 25
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Few can argue that there's anywhere more beautiful than New England in Autumn. With air as crisp as a freshly picked apple and scents of wood smoke accompanying a crimson, orange, and gold horizon... really, how lucky are we to experience... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A, Event Location: Meeting Room B
Thursday, September 26
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, September 26
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, September 27
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, September 30
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, September 30
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Cozy mysteries, also referred to as "cosy mysteries" or "cozies", are a sub-genre of crime fiction in which sex and violence occur offstage, the detective is an... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Tuesday, October 01
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 01
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Join us for a historic potluck dinner. For this session, we’ll explore food from the acclaimed cookbook Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room A
Tuesday, October 01
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!
See the books we are reading ... Read More
Event Location: Online
Wednesday, October 02
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 02
6:00pm - 8:00pm
It's October! And in honor of Halloween, we'll be showing Kenneth Branagh's A Haunting in Venice!
Plot: In eerie, post-World War II Venice on All Hallows' Eve, Hercule Poirot is now retired and living in self-imposed exile in the world's most... Read More
Event Location: Meeting Room B