“How my heart gladdened, as the light of spring came from the sun, with zephyrs, and with showers, waking the earth to beauty, and the woods to music.”
James G. Percival
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Exciting 2019 upcoming “How To” nights and Spring Programs:
Tuesday, March 26, 6 pm, “How To” Simplifying Medicare-Part I with Donna Wilton
Three part series continued on last Tuesday of the month April 30 and May 28.
Are you turning 65 or Retiring? Are you or a loved one enrolling in Medicare? This series can help and make the transition smoother and remove the stress for Medicare eligible clients transitioning into Medicare Insurance. Thoroughly educated in the matters of Medicare, Donna will take the time to ensure understanding of Medicare Part A, B, C and D, and offer a focus on educating and guiding people thru the transition into Medicare and avoiding lifetime penalties Her mission is to help others understand the complexities of Medicare.
Tuesday, April 16, 6 pm, Easter Cards and Decorations with Debbie Dunn
Debbie Dunn has been a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator for 9 years, and a stamper for 18! Come and join us to learn how to make your own hand stamped cards and peep decoration. You’ll leave with Easter items that you hand stamped yourself along with a basic understanding of rubber stamping.
Wednesday, April 17, 6 pm, Walking France with Gale Carey-One pilgrim’s story of 500 miles on the Chemin de St. Jacques
The Chemin de St. Jacques is an amazingly beautiful walking route cherished by the French and traveled by pilgrims for nearly 1000 years. The journey through lush woodlands, flower-laden fields, volcanic formations, and ancient villages and towns, allows for meditative walking, engaging conversation, and introspection. Gale made this 35-day trek one summer and brings us the story of her journey as a modern day pilgrim- from the practical to the philosophical.
Tuesday, April 23, 6:30 pm, NH Covered Bridges with Glenn Knoblock –a New Hampshire Humanities event
Covered wooden bridges have been a vital part of the NH transportation network, dating back to the early 1800s. Given NH’s myriad streams, brooks, and rivers, it’s unsurprising that 400 covered bridges have been documented. Often viewed as quaint relics of a simpler past, they were technological marvels of their day. It may be native ingenuity and NH’s woodworking tradition that account for the fact that a number of nationally noted covered bridge truss designers were NH natives.
Also, coming in May and June:
Wednesday, May 8, 6 pm, “How To” Interior Design with Cynthia Cheney
Wednesday, May 15, 6 pm, Redwing Hiking with Steve Hale
Thursday, May 30, 6 pm Family Collage class with Currier Art Museum instructor
In this class, parents will work side by side with their children to create a collage inspired by both the Mount Washington Cog Railway as well as artwork of the Railway in the Currier Museum of Art collection. Led by an Art Center instructor, students will use colorful cut paper and pastels to make their own scene of a train coming down a mountain.
Tuesday, June 11, 6 pm New England Sea Serpent talk, with historian, Mike Failea
Wednesday, June 12, 6 pm “How To” Ebay class with Robbin Levin
These events are free and open to the public. Please call the library for further information at 483-8245. We look forward to hosting and hope to see you there!
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NOW LIVE-Kanopy downloadable movies
With Kanopy, Smyth Public Library Patrons Will Have Access to more than 30,000 Films, For Free With the motto of “thoughtful entertainment,” Kanopy provides you with four per month access to films of unique social and cultural value (browse for your first download at www.smythpl.kanopy.com).
Check out these FUN New Items to take home for a week!
Ukulele kit-comes with instruction booklet, tuner, strap, case and more for musical fun!
Baking pans for special cakes and treats for all your family, friends and loved ones! (Football, Heart, Flower, Mickey, Monkey, Teddy, Cross, Bunnies, Donuts & more!)
Don’t forget the Orion StarBlast 4.5″ telescope which is available for individual patron checkout. This is provided to the library through the generous donation of the Friends of Smyth Public Library. We hope you will try it out and enjoy the crisp, clear winter nights under the stars!
Hoopla downloadable media-an enormous selection of digital video (movies and TV shows), music, audiobooks, ebooks and comics to patrons to borrow content immediately, removing artificial availability constraints and maximizing the power of digital content and Internet distribution.
Special Exhibits at the Smyth Library Art Gallery and Glass Display Case:
Special Art Exhibits through April at the Smyth Library Art Gallery: Moore School Art students present: Grid Portraits
Seventh grade students chose a photograph of a hero, created a grid to enlarge it and used shading to add value. Come see the amazing results!
Also featuring Gabi Bedard artwork and one piece made with friends.
Be sure to visit the glass display case featuring our special exhibits. Dolls and silver pieces by the late Elizabeth Nutt, Candia Silversmith.
We hope you enjoy these exhibits and please pass the word to artists and artisans of the Smyth Library art gallery’s oak display shelves. We would love to present local art work and look forward to hosting local pieces.
Ongoing Programs:
Thursday, March 28, 7:30pm Monthly Reading Group
Book feature: The Long Haul, A Trucker’s Tales of Life on the Road by Finn Murphy (pick up your copy at the front desk)
More than thirty years ago, Finn Murphy dropped out of college to become a long-haul trucker. Since then he’s covered more than a million miles as a mover, packing, loading, hauling people’s belongings all over America. In The Long Haul, Murphy recounts with wit, candor, and charm the America he has seen change over the decades and the poignant, funny, and often haunting stories of the people he encounters on the job.
April title is Salt Houses by Hala Alyan
NEW Thursday Morning Book Group :
Smyth Public Library is making space for a new reading club on the second Thursday of the month at 11-noon. Come in and pick up the title for the next meeting on April 25.
Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
A mesmerizing debut set in Colombia at the height Pablo Escobar’s violent reign about a sheltered young girl and a teenage maid who strike an unlikely friendship that threatens to undo them both
Seven-year-old Chula and her older sister Cassandra enjoy carefree lives thanks to their gated community in Bogotá, but the threat of kidnappings, car bombs, and assassinations hover just outside the neighborhood walls, where the godlike drug lord Pablo Escobar continues to elude authorities and capture the attention of the nation.
When their mother hires Petrona, a live-in-maid from the city’s guerrilla-occupied slum, Chula makes it her mission to understand Petrona’s mysterious ways. But Petrona’s unusual behavior belies more than shyness. She is a young woman crumbling under the burden of providing for her family as the rip tide of first love pulls her in the opposite direction. As both girls’ families scramble to maintain stability amidst the rapidly escalating conflict, Petrona and Chula find themselves entangled in a web of secrecy that will force them both to choose between sacrifice and betrayal.
Drop in Coloring night for all ages, all supplies provided, every Friday 6-7 pm. (packets also available for use in library anytime we are open)
Friday, April 12 and 26 at 6:30 pm
“The next thing most like living one’s life over again seems to be a recollection of that life, and to make that recollection as durable as possible by putting it down in writing.”
Benjamin Franklin
We have a wonderful writing group at Smyth Public Library that meets on the second and fourth Friday of each month from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. Please let us know if you would like to be a part and sign up or just come by and start writing.
Special Congratulations to Writing Group member, Jennifer Wise, who recently published an article in Northern Woods magazine, which we now have available for checkout.
The thing that benefited me the most was joining writing classes and ultimately taking a writing M.A. It wasn’t the teaching itself–though of course this can be useful–but meeting other students who became my writing friends and peers. Having this support network can be absolutely invaluable, as they are the best placed to give feedback, encouragement, deadlines and maybe even the uncomfortable truths that are needed to make your writing as good as it can be. –Luke Tredgit, debut author of Kismet.
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS!
Monthly Family Movie Night on Friday, March 22, 6 pm featuring “Ralph Breaks the Internet”; rated PG. Join us for popcorn and a movie!
Book Clubs!
NEW CCC KIDS! Mrs. Lindsey’s Candia Conservation Commission KIDS! Two classes on the 1st and 2ndMondays of the month (3-4:30 pm)
Do you love nature? Animals? The forests and the ponds? Join Mrs. Lindsey for her new nature club! Please register at the library.
- Meet in the Moore School lobby·Take walks in nature to discover plants, animals and more· Create art projects based on the environment· Come dressed and prepared to go outside in all kinds of weather!
Magic Tree House Book Club (K-2)-Third Thursday 3pm; Meeting: April 18
Reading Day of the Dragon King by Mary Pope Osborne
NEW~Cupcake Book Club- Wednesday, April 3, 3 pm
Reading Peace Love and Cupcakes (by Sheryl Berk)
Comic Book Club – Wednesday, April 10, 3 pm
Also, possible future Cookbook Book Club and Creative Writing Club. Please let us know if you are interested!
STEM Club (K-3)
Combined Math and Science
Second and Fourth Thursday 3pm; Meeting: April 11 only
Art Club (K-5)
First Thursday 3pm
Meeting: April 4
Read to Simon, Gwen Paprocki’s therapy dog.
Want to boost reading confidence? Read to Simon
Why is reading to a dog educational AND fun? Because Simon is soft, furry and warm and he loves the attention you give him when you practice your reading out-loud skills! In the Children’s Library Room ~ one-on-one with Ms. Gwen and Simon present. (Simon and Gwen Paprocki are certified through Therapy Dogs International) Please sign up if interested.
Please Sign Up at the Front Desk
More Exciting Children’s program:
*Storytime with Jessica on Thursdays 10 am (ages: preschool and babies welcome) NEW! Storytime Thursday evenings- 6pm with Maryjo!
* Monthly FUN Night-(first Friday of each month) Family Game night drop in!
*Snap Circuits: (2nd Friday of each month 6:30 pm) Build exciting projects including computer interfaced experiments.
*Monthly Lego night -Third Friday of the month 6:30pm-all ages welcome.
*1000 BOOKS before Kindergarten- Personal memory registers and book bags are available for parents
NEW TEEN PROGRAMS! (please sign up at the Front Desk!)
Teen Book Club-Wednesday, April 17, at 4 pm
Discussing Crossover by Kwane Alexander (pizza included!)
Teen Creative Club- Wednesday, March 27 at 4 pm
Making Chocolate pops
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THANK YOU to all who have filled out the survey! But, if you have not yet, please complete the survey below and help us reach our goal of 500 responses. Every member of the family is welcome to complete this survey. You can also pick up paper copies at the library. Thank you so much for sharing your time and input! Click on the link for the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NG76JLN
Enjoy a Digital Magazine!
The 25 digital magazines in the collection can be checked out without impacting how many eBooks or audiobooks you can borrow at once. They can be read on a computer browser or within the Libby app on a mobile device. Enjoy!
Smyth Library has available:
2019 Candia Conservation Calendars-Local scenery featured by Candia’s own talented photographers. ($5 to the Candia Conservation Commission-all proceeds go toward sending a Candia student to Barry Conservation camp)
The Candia Heritage Commission is pleased to announce the acquisition of a valuable historical resource, bound volumes of the Rockingham County News encompassing the years 1978-1998. A two week loan of a volume can be arranged by contacting Sis Richter 483-2585, president of the Historical Society or Diane Philbrick 483-8239, chair of the Heritage Commission.
Heritage Commission is now seeking your Library Memories
Leave your special memories of time spent at our library at the front desk or email:Heritage@candianh.org
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Checkout one of our free passes at Smyth Public Library to visit one of these exciting museums.
No big trips this spring? No problem! Smyth Public Library has you covered with historical novels to take you away to fascinating destinations while you’re still curled up in your favorite reading spot. Check them out at the library!
Note-You can now reserve online at www.smythpl.org (Museum Pass tab)
Aviation Museum
Boston Museum of Science
Boston Museum of Fine Arts Pass
NEW Childrens Museum in Dover, NH –through April 30
Christa McAulliffe Discovery Center
Currier Museum of Art
Libby Museum
NH Park Passes
Seacoast Science Center at Odiorne State Park
SEE Science Center
Squam Lakes Science Center
Strawbery Banke
Woodman Museum, Dover , Established 1916 To Engage Minds, Ignite Curiosity, and Provoke Thought
Friends of Smyth Public Library-
More Friends welcomed! Would you like to help the library? Then please consider becoming a Friend! See Heidi for more information!
Please visit the Smyth Library In House Book Sale.
See the new cookbook for sale-just $1
Thanks to all who attended the annual book sale. If you missed it or want more, please visit our in-house book sale. We have a brand new selection to choose from. All proceeds benefit the Friends of Smyth Library. Also, if you are looking for a suggestion, please ask, we would love to help you find some new literary adventures to borrow or buy for your own! Hidden treasure awaits you at Smyth Public Library, come and discover!
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Please see our Smyth Library Calendar for April happenings! Print it out, hang it up and don’t miss anything!
April is Poetry month so pick out a volume or two and be swept away by verse or be inspired to script your own.
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils.
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
William Wordsworth
Happy Spring!
Heidi and Staff
Smyth Public Library
55 High Street
Candia, NH 03034
603.483.8245
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