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Special FX makeup with Decimated Designs (virtual)

October 14 at 3:30pm Just in time for Halloween, learn how to “gore”ify your Halloween costume using basic, everyday materials.  Zombie? Mummy? Ghoul? Join the professionals at Decimated Designs and get a chance to see how it’s really done.   Interact with the designers and if time allows, get a short studio tour.  This program is […]

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Banned Books Week 2021

Every September, the American Library Association (ALA) holds Banned Books Week which celebrates our freedom to read. It highlights attempts (both past and current) of the censorship of books in schools and libraries. Unsurprisingly, most challenged books contain LGBTQ+ content, race, sexual situations, or anti-Christian viewpoints. The vast majority of challenged books are also titles […]

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Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms

Annie is a top student, but her anti-social behavior makes the guidance counselor think she’ll have trouble getting into college and recommends that she tries some extracurriculars. Annie’s mom did cheerleading when she was in high school and convinces her to try out for the cheerleading team. Through cheer, Annie reconnects with an old friend, […]

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Pirates!

September 19 is Talk Like a Pirate Day! Did you know that you can learn Pirate on the Mango Languages app? Create a free account with your library card and become an expert in Pirate! Check out one of these swashbuckling tales! Click the image to request that title from our catalog. Books Movies

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Teen Zines

September 21 at 4pm Make a zine! What’s a zine? It’s a homemade pamphlet focusing on a topic of your choice! It can be focused on a fandom you love, educational, social justice related – whatever you want! This class is offered in person and virtually – if you would like to participate virtually you […]

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Hispanic Heritage Month

Hispanic Heritage Month is held each year from September 15 to October 15. Check out a selection of fiction, graphic novels, and non-fiction titles below (click on the images to request the title from our catalog)! We also have a collection of Spanish language materials for teens in the library as well. Fiction Graphic Novels […]

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Among Us

Wednesday, September 15 at 3:30 Play Among Us and find the impostor! We play virtually over Zoom, all you need is the game (free to download!) and a mic. All experience levels welcome. Open to those in grades 6-12. Registration is required. Among Us sessions typically meet one Wednesday a month!

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Teen Comics Workshop with Marek Bennett

August 2nd at 2pm on Zoom Join NH cartoonist Marek Bennett’s COMICS WORKSHOP on a quest to create wild new comics that ONLY YOU can draw… Using blank paper, pencils, ink, and four basic “storytelling elements,” we’ll design original animal cartoon characters with their own personalities, powers, & points of view — Then we’ll learn […]

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Go for Gold! 2020 Olympics

It’s almost time for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo! The games will run from July 23 to August 8, 2021. Check out these books below about historic Olympics events as well as memoirs and biographies from former Olympians! Click on the covers below to request that title from our catalog!