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Open Mic Night w/ Featured Guest Surya Sarkhel!

Thursday, May 19th @7:00pm Are you a performing artist, established or aspiring? Join HPL for an Open Mic Night on Thursday, May 19 at 7:00 PM! Come and sing, play an instrument. read poetry, or more! Share your art with us. Our featured guest this month is Surya Sarkhel! Surya (Arundhati) is a trained classical […]

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There’s an App for That @ the Library!

Wednesday, May 4th @2:00pm Have a smart phone or a tablet, and would like to get on the mobile technology path with the library? This class is designed just for you. We will introduce you to the world of “apps”, and to our library apps such as Kanopy, OverDrive, Hoopla, MVLCMobile,  Freegal and Mango. This class is open […]

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Bilingual Computer Classes – Open to All!

Over the course of 10 weeks, the Haverhill Public Library will be offering a variety of hands-on computer classes – from basic internet skills to using Microsoft products like Word and PowerPoint.  The instructor will be able to assist limited English-speaking individuals, but this class is designed for speakers of English and other languages who […]

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The Painter’s Palette: A History of Color

Wednesday, April 20th at 11:30am **PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Meeting via email.** We may take for granted the use of color in art, but historically, much thought, effort and expense has gone into that choice. Drawing on the […]

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Evil Spirits Witchcraft Legacy: Stories from the Big Attic

Monday, April 11th at 6:00pm As a child, author Richard Brewster discovered a book in his attic that once belonged to the chief judge of the 1692 Salem witch trials and which contained eerie, handwritten notes about being haunted by “Evil Spirits.” Witchcraft Legacy: Stories from the Big Attic” traces the journey of that book and the lives it touched […]

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Haverhill Reads: Faith and Folktales: Russian Storytelling Through Images

Wednesday, April 6th at 6:30pm Over the centuries Russian artists perfected the use of visual language to tell stories and teach tradition through pictures. Russian Iconographers, creators of Orthodox religious art, would use form and color to depict complex beliefs and messages. These same techniques were later used by secular artists to depict history, fairy […]

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How Opera Looks: Contemporary Music and Notation – Virtual

Wednesday, March 9th at 7:00pm In this event, we will look at the different ways composers score contemporary opera pieces. We will compare them and explore what elements of music are center stage in each opera. Then, you will get the opportunity to create your own kind of musical notation. Presented by Maggi Chauby, Artistic Associate at Guerilla Opera. […]

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The Power of Protest Images in the Black Freedom Struggle – Virtual

Wednesday, February 23rd at 7:00pm Since World War II, African Americans’ fight for civil rights, social equality, and equal justice has increasingly unfolded through visual media. The question of black freedom is consistently put before the public through photographic and video images. Americans in the 1960s saw footage of civil rights marches, sit-ins, and boycotts […]