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Keene Public Library and Horatio Colony House Museum Host American Girl Tea Party
Girls age seven to eleven can come dressed in their finest to the Horatio Colony House Museum and learn all about what it meant to be an American girl growing up in 1904 at our annual VictorianTea Party. The event will take place 3 p.m., September 30, at the Horatio Colony House Museum, 199 Main Street, Keene.
Free Movies for Seniors Offered The First Tuesday of Each Month
Free movies for seniors are screened once a month at the Keene Public Library. The free screening is presented in cooperation with the Keene Senior Center and takes place the first Tuesday of the month at 1 pm.
Library Offers Programs for Babies, Toddlers, Preschoolers & their Caregivers
Babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and their caregiers are invited to enter a wonderful world filled with songs ad rhymes, clapping hands and smiling faces, wide eyes and comfortable laps at the Keene Public Library, 60 Winter Street. A new series of storytime progrms begins the week of septemer 20 and continues through the week of November 8. Although registration will continue throughout the series until each session is ful, interested famileis should call 603-352-0157 to register now. Registration does not commit families to attend each program. Please attend when yo
Music Together Demonstration Offered
Wednesday September 8, 2010 at 10 am
Share the joy of music making with activities that build on children's natural enthusiasm for music, and provide playful, engaging ways for children and adults to relate to each other musically with singing, movement and instrument play. Certified Music Together teacher Nancy Salwen, will lead this free demonstration class. For Babies and children through age 5.
Music Together is an internationally recognized early childhood music program, whose classes are based on the belief that all children are musical.
Award Winning Children’s Music Peforming Artist Presents Family Concert at Library
On Tuesday August 17th from 6:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m., the Keene Public Library is celebrating the finale of our summer reading programs including “Make a Splash Read’ and “Make Waves Read.” Our special guest is Judy Pancoast, a New Hampshire performer of children’s music.
Keene Public Library hosts weekly Anime Club
Enjoy cutting-edge anime and manga each Monday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Keene Public Library's auditorium.Headed up by Jon Solari, a PlusTime NH AmeriCorps Member serving with the Keene Public Library, the Anime and Manga Fan Club meets once a week to watch Japanese animation, or Anime. New manga comics will be showcased and snacks provided.New members are always welcome. Participating in the Anime Club is free and open to the public. No registration is required. However, the suggested age range for the club is 13 through 18 years old.
Children and Families Invited To Learn About Dragonflies
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 1 pm in Heberton Hall
The Keene Public Library announces a free children's and family program on dragonflies to be held at the library on Tuesday, August 10th at 1:00 PM. "Dragonflies: Majesties of the Pond" will be presented by Jerry Schneider (The Butterfly Guy) and is a wonderful slide show about dragonflies, their behavior, anatomy, life cycle and habitat.
Movies for Seniors: Invictus
On Monday, August 2, 2010 at 1 pm, the Keene Pubic Library and the Keene Senior Center present the 2009 movie Invictus.
The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team to help unite their country. Believing he can bring his racially and economically divided country together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies his underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match
Terrific Tuesdays: Wonderful Water Wizardry; Science & Magic Show
On Tuesday August 3, 2010 at 1:00 PM in Heberton Hall, don't miss this water and science magic show. Through simple tricks and demonstrations, Steve Lechner, owner and operator of The Science Works! explores the wonders of water and science. The exciting and interactive show truly demonstrates the 'magic' of science.
Keene Public Library Offers Fly Fishing Workshops
New Hampshire Fish and Game Pairs Up With Keene Public Library To Offer August Workshop Series
The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department’s “Let’s Go Fishing” Program is pairing up with the Keene Public Library to host “Fly-Fishing A-Z” on Tuesday evenings in June. Classes will be held at the Keene Public Library on Thursday, August 5th, August 12th, August 19th, and August 26th, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, August 28th, from 8:00 a.m. to noon. The library is located at 60 Winter Street.
Croquet with Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass
Tuesday July 27, 2010 at 7:00 PM
Horatio Colony House Museum, 199 Main Street
Join Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass in a game of croquet and get in the mood for Keene Chautauqua.
Flood Control and the Ashuelot Watershed for Families
Monday, July 26, 2010 at 10 a.m.
For over 60 years the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been responsible for the flood control on the Ashuelot River. To find out what exactly flood control is and what makes Keene such a special area for flood control join Park Ranger, Eric Chouinard for answers to these and many other questions as he explains how flood control works.