Upcoming Events @ Your Local Library

Weekly Storytimes are Wednesdays at 10 am for lapsitters (ages 0-3) and on Thursdays at 10 am for preschoolers (ages 4 and up). There are no storytimes June 6-7 and June 13-14.

MakerPlay Saturdays
Saturday, April 28 @ 10 am – noon
Drop-in STEM activities for families featuring Gears!Gears!Gears!, crafts, and more!
Saturday, May 5 @ 10 am – noon
Drop-in to create a Mother’s Day craft.

Practices that Grow the Brain
Thursday, May 3 @ 6:30-8:30 pm
Join us for a two-hour sessions on Mindfulness, Gratitude, Loving-Kindness, and Compassion with Liz Korabek-Emerson, whose mindfulness training helps reduce stress, promotes health and well-being, and provides tools to cope with challenges. This free event for adults is sponsored by the Friends of the Dunbar Free Library.

First Friday Movie Night series
Come to the library on the first Friday of each month at 6:30 pm for a free movie presentation — with popcorn!

May 4 @ 6:30 pm — Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (PG-13, 119 minutes)
Four teenagers are sucked into a jungle-themed video game.
June 1 @ 6:30 pm — Paddington 2 (PG, 105 minutes)
Paddington Bear tries to buy an antique book for his aunt’s 100th birthday, but his quest brings him into conflict with an unscrupulous actor who also wants the tome.

Mom & Me event
with special guest storyteller Simon Brooks
Saturday, May 5 @ 6:00-8:00 pm
Grantham Town Building, lower level
Moms, Grandmas, and Aunties! Gather your little ones and join us for an entertaining evening of stories performed by professional storyteller Simon Brooks. Simon presents stories from his new book of folk and fairy tales, Under the Oaken Bough, on sale at the event. Following the event, please stay for refreshments! This free, all-ages event is co-sponsored by Grantham Activities and the Friends of the Dunbar Free Library.

Book-to-Movie Discussions
Our next book to movie will be Joy Luck Club: A Novel by Amy Tan.
Monday, May 7 at 6:30 pm – book discussion
Thursday, May 10 at 6:30 pm – movie presentation
In 1949, four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, meet to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. (1993, rated R, 140 minutes).

THE DUNBAR LITTLE FREE LIBRARY
Located in Rum Brook Plaza, 249 Route 10 North
This project was generously funded by the Friends of Dunbar Free Library and the Eastman Charitable Foundation. Participants of Eastman’s Youth Conservation Corp built the structure.

Here’s the crew that built it! The DLFL is the one on the left, the other two are located at Brookside Park and on a trail in Eastman.

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If you want to request something you DON’T find in our catalog, try searching the NH Union Public Access Catalog or NHU-PAC (link on the left). You can check to see if what you want is available anywhere in other NH public libraries. Most of the college libraries have to be searched for in different ways now. If you can’t find it, send us an  e-mail with the title, author if available, format (book, DVD, CD), publishing date if you know it. If you have the time, tell us how you heard about it. We’ll call you when it’s in or to tell you that we can’t get it for you, usually the former.