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Adult

Mental Health First Aid: Dealing with Trauma

Do you know how to effectively come alongside someone who has just suffered a traumatic event?  Natalie Larson, Executive Director of Soulsafe, will be offering a 90 minute seminar where you will learn the physical, emotional and spiritual damage done by extreme stress and loss.  You will learn ways to offer comfort and specific tools that can begin to bring healing to someone who is in severe emotional pain.  You will also learn ways that a care giver is also vulnerable to secondary stress and ways to promote personal resiliency.  This wor

The Real Eastern Coyote

Learn the true story of the eastern coyote – how and when it arrived in New England, how it lives among us but is rarely seen and how it contributes to keep our forests and fields healthy.  Learn why it is a creature of our own making!  It is smart, beneficial and by its presence, gives “wild” back to our wild lands. 

Derry Author Fest

Derry Author Fest is a day of writing workshops, panels and networking for aspiring authors, dreamers and dabblers alike. We bring in reputable authors to teach in areas of their expertise. As an attendee, you can stay all day, half day, or just drop in for a session. Book sales and signings are interspersed in between our workshops so you will have time to buy books, support a local indie and  get some face time with our teachers.

 

Derry Library Evening Book Group

Do you like to read?  Do you often wish to discuss the book or want to know what others think of it?  Well we have just the thing. Take part in our evening book group!  We meet on the third Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm and the book will be available for pick-up at the front desk.   Come join the discussion!  

All About Seagulls

Gulls were once described by a medieval Welsh poet as “immaculate loveliness,” but closer to home they are often derided as “dumpster ducks.” No matter where you stand on the subject, there is no arguing that against a leaden gray sky, few sights are more pleasing than a “swift-proud” gull “breasting the combers.” Three species of gull can be encountered in Derry year-round with others making an appearance on the seacoast at various times during the year. Local wildlife enthusiast T.J.

Sharks in the Gulf of Maine

Get an early jump on “Shark Week” and learn about the shark species that can found in the Gulf of Maine to include the New Hampshire seacoast and neigboring Massachusetts. Over a dozen species of sharks are regularly encountered in local waters. These range from the lowly dogfish, the bane of deep-sea fishing trips, to the Basking Shark, the second largest species of shark in the world.

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