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Adult

Genealogy Series: Using American Ancestors with Rhonda R. McClure

This program introduces the viewer to American Ancestors – New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS). With a focus on what is available to virtual viewers, this program talks about navigating the website, exploring databases, finding subject guides, research templates, and more. The online accessible collections cover a wide range of genealogical records from the 17th to 21st century and span geographic locations from New England, the rest of the United States, as well as Canada and Europe.

Folk Horror Cinema 101

 

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 yesterday and today.

 

This program will be presented via Zoom.

 

IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK – Celebrating 100 Years of the Red Arrow, America’s Most Beloved Diner

Local Historian Mike Morin comes to Derry to talk about NH's most famous diner, The Red Arrow Diner!

 

Mike Morin, NH radio personality and author, visits The Derry Public Library to present his book on local history, If These Walls Could Talk: Celebrating 100 Years of the Red Arrow, America's Most Beloved Diner!

The Life of Gene Siskel

It's a sequel! As a follow-up to last year's program on Roger Ebert, we're looking at Gene Siskel- the other half of Siskel and Ebert. We'll look at his early life, his path to film criticism, and his favorite films.

Oh, and some fun disagreements with Roger.

This program will be presented via Zoom.

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