Manchester City Library

Books, fingerplays, signing and movement activities. For age 2-3 years old. Registration is requested. For more information, please contact the Children’s Department at 624-6550 ext. 314.

In 1955, a tough, skinny guitar-slinger who called himself J.R. Cash walked into the soon-to-be-famous Sun Studios in Memphis. It was a moment that would have an indelible effect on American culture. With his driving freight-train chords, steel-eyed intensity and a voice as deep and black as night, Cash sang blistering songs of heartache and survival that were gutsy, full of real life and unlike anything heard before. That day kicked off the electrifying early career of Johnny Cash. As he pioneered a fiercely original sound that blazed a trail for rock, country, punk, folk and rap stars to come, Cash began a rough-and-tumble journey of personal transformation. In the most volatile period of his life, he evolved from a self-destructive pop star into the iconic ‘Man in Black,’ facing down his demons, fighting for the love that would raise him up, and learning how to walk the razor-thin line between destruction and redemption. Rated PG-13; 135 minutes; 2005.

For more information contact Steve Viggiano at 624-6550 x 323.

Our first Guitar Hero Tournament season is underway for teens in grades 6-12. Compete at the library September 25th from 3:30-5:30 in the Winchell Room. Participants receive 25 points for showing up plus 50 points if they come in third, 75 points for second and the winner receives 100 points! The top three finishers after our December event will win prizes. For more information or to suggest a prize that you would like to win contact our Teen Librarian, Kate Norton.  Registration for this event is required.

Contact:
Kate Norton, knorton@manchesternh.gov, AIM: katehwtt, 624-6550 x 342.

The morning of Tunde’s graduation party things have already begun to unravel. Tunde has managed to alienate his sister, Simisola. His older brother, Ade, persistently plagues him with criticism, and their mother has started drinking again. Unbeknownst to most, Tunde has orchestrated the return of his long estranged father, resurrecting unresolved family anguish against the backdrop of Tunde’s celebration. Not Rated; 81 minutes; 2008.

For more information contact Steve Viggiano at 624-6550.

Group will read Mystic River, a novel by Dennis Lehane - Riveting character studies of three childhood friends from a working class Boston neighborhood who are brought together when the daughter of one of the three is violently murdered.
For more information, please contact Arlene Letourneau at 624-6550 ext. 605.