Home School Meetup
Fridays from 2-4pm
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Stop in to: talk and collaborate on art; play chess; work on a project; or work on a puzzle. This is an undefined program meant to encourage collaboration and socialization.
Adult Book Club
Wednesday, March 29 at 6:30pm
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
In person at the Library
In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. Many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered. As the death toll climbed to more than twenty-four, the FBI took up the case. It was one of the organization’s first major homicide investigations and the bureau badly bungled the case. In desperation, the young director, J. Edgar Hoover turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to unravel the mystery. White put together an undercover team, including one of the only American Indian agents in the bureau. The agents infiltrated the region, struggling to adopt the latest techniques of detection. Together with the Osage they began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.
Copies of the book are available at the Library. We welcome new members. If you would like to receive reminders and supplementary materials, join our email list.
Mid Day Meditation
Thursdays at Noon, starting April 6
Meditation helps manage stress, anxiety, seasonal depression and centers you in order to make decisions that come from the heart. Whether you've meditated before or you'd like to start learning, this four session, drop-in program is for everyone.
Co-hosted by the Hampton Falls Recreation Commission and the Hampton Falls Free Library. The program is free and open to the public; optional donations will benefit the Recreation Commission and the Hampton Falls Free Library.
New England Quilts and the Stories They Tell With Pamela Weeks
Wednesday, April 19 at 6:30pm
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Quilts tell stories, and quilt history is full of myths as well as heart-warming tales of service and tradition. Pamela Weeks weaves world history, women's history, industrial history, and just plain wonderful stories into her presentation. Prompted in part by the material culture at hand, the presenter may speak about fashion fads, the Colonial Revival, quilt-making for Civil War soldiers, and anything else quilt-related she can squeeze in. Co-Hosted with the Hampton Falls Historical Society, this program will showcase a special Hampton Falls Historical Society acquisition of an antique Batchelder Family Quilt. Additionally, Participants are invited to bring one quilt that may be used to prompt discussion.
Pamela Weeks is the Binney Family Curator of the New England Quilt Museum. Author of the book Civil War Quilts and articles on quilt history, she lectures nationally on quilt-making and quilt history. Weeks uses quilts to tell stories of the Civil War, women's history, and industrial history.
Sponsored by New Hampshire Humanities. Free and open to the public. Register to attend.
Join our team!
Part-Time Subsitutes:
The Library needs subs for providing vacation coverage for Library staff. Duties will primarily consist of answering customer queries at the circulation desk, helping customers with computers, shelf reading, and shelving returned materials. Positions available until filled. Qualifications are a high school diploma, basic computer skills, excellent customer service skills and the ability to work well with both adults and children.
Interested candidates: Please send cover letter and resume to: hamptonfalls.library@comcast.net
New Books
Art Club
Winter Sessions
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Just for kids! Come to the Library to try your hand at watercolors with a new tutorial by Let's Make Art. Art Club meets on the second Wednesday of each month from 4:00-4:45 AND 5:00-5:45. All materials will be provided. First grade and up.
January 18 * February 15 * March 15 * April 12 * May 17
Sign up here.
"I Survived" Book Club
Winter Sessions
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Once a month, this group reads a book from Lauren Tarshis's "I Survived..." series, short historical fiction books that cover major natural and man-made disasters and events throughout history. Fires, volcanoes, wars, animal attacks, earthquakes, and hurricanes are just some of the topics covered by this series.
Wednesdays: January 25 * February 22 * March 22 * April 19 * May 24 (4:00-4:30pm)
Sign up here.
Lego Club
Winter Sessions
LEGO Club is a once-monthly program here at the Library, usually the first Wednesday of the month, from 4:00-5:00. All children in Kindergarten and up are welcome to join us! We have thousands of LEGO bricks to explore; what will you build?
January 11 * February 8 * March 8 * April 5 * May 3 * June 7 (4:00 - 5:00pm)
Sign up here.
Story Times
Winter Sessions
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Baby/Toddler Story Time will resume on Tuesday, January 10 at 10:30. Preschool Story Time will resume on Wednesday, January 11 at 1:30 and Thursday, January 12 at 10:30. Signup is not required for these programs, but we appreciate having your contact information in case of cancellation due to weather or illness.
We are looking at adding an evening story time once a month at the Library. If you would be interested in attending, please fill out this short form to indicate the best time for your family. We will use your email address to contact you when we have created a schedule.
The first meeting of Kindergarten Club will be on Tuesday, January 10. After-School Story Time for grades 1-4 will return on Thursday, January 12. There will be no Kindergarten Club on January 24 or March 14, and neither club will meet during school vacations. Sign up here.
Email Miss Leah at hamptonfalls.librarykids@gmail.com with any questions.
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