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More Wonderful News! New Library Project Surpasses $1 million!
We are delighted to announce that more than $1 million has been contributed to the New Library Campaign! These donations will be added to $1.2 million previously given to the Trustees specifically for a new building. All told, the Trustees and donors will contribute at least $2.2 million as the private portion of the project expenses.
Unrestricted donations over the $900,000 campaign goal will be used to reduce the bond request as the Town's share of the project costs.
Storytime Next Week- Magic! Plus, PJ Storytime on Tuesday night!
Tuesday and Thursday, Feb. 21 and Feb. 23 at 10:30 a.m.
A la Kazaam! Hocus Pocus! Abracadabra! It's magic week at storytime!Join us for stories, fingerplays, feltboard, songs and a craft.
All are welcome!
Don't forget Pajama Storytime with Oyster River Parents and Preschoolers on Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m. Come wearing your pajamas! This month we invite you to come and learn about magic! We will read stories about magic, do some magic, and make a craft. This is a fun time for kids and for networking parents and all are welcome.
Lego Club at the Library!!
Thurs., Feb. 23 from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m.
Like to build with Legos?Join the library's Lego Club for 1st-5th graders! We will meet for six Thursdays and get creative while constructing with the popular building blocks.
Dates are Feb. 9, Feb. 16, Feb. 23 (no meeting March 1st due to Oyster River Vacation Week), March 8 (no meeting March 15 due to UNH Spring Break), March 22 and March 29.
CPR and AED Training
Wed., Feb. 22 at 6 p.m.
McGregor Memorial EMS offers the two-year certification through the
American Heart Association. To register, call 862-3674 or cprregistration@megreorems.org. Cost is $20
The Art and History of Porcelain Doll Making: A Hands-On Demonstration
Wednesday, March 6 at 6:30 p.m.
Priscilla Nickerson, Doll Artisan Guild
Grandmaster, will present a program
detailing the history of porcelain dollmaking. She will present a hands-on
demonstration of casting greenware
using liquid porcelain slip and plaster
molds.
From there she will show the casting in a mold, explain the process from casting to finished dolls, have samples of each stage with hands-on samples for "touch and feel." She also will bring some finished dolls and samples of different types of doll bodies and assembly.
Priscilla is the proud owner and operator of Mystical Merriment Doll Studio in Durham, New Hampshire where she teaches the art of porcelain dollmaking to eager dollmakers.
Join the Friends Book Discussion Group
Wednesday, March 7 at 10:30 a.m.
Please join the book discussion of Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri, led by Jennifer Lee. Books are available at the library now.Jhumpa Lahiri's prize-winning first book, a collection of short stories Interpreter of Maladies (1999), paints vivid pictures of the lives of ordinary immigrants, expatriates and first-generation Americans of Indian (India) descent as they navigate between Boston and Bombay.
The discussion will focus on the title story and the stories "When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dinner," "Mrs. Sen's," "The Third and Final Continent," and others as time allows.
2011 IRS Tax Forms Available Now at the Library!
2011 IRS Tax Forms are available in the library! Copies can be made for a $.10 per page fee. Patrons can find all federal tax forms on the IRS website www.irs.gov.
Museum of Fine Arts Passes NOW AVAILABLE!
Attention Museum of Fine Arts Pass Users. Museum of
Fine Arts passes ARE NOW AVAILABLE! We upgraded our membership. We now have 360 passes available for the next year - one for each day the museum is open. You can schedule your next museum visit on our TIXKEEPER reservation system..