Manchester City Library

The Urban Dictionary defines mirthquake as “an episode of laughter that entails shaking or violent motion.” At the library you can come and experience the phenomenon first hand. We have partnered with the Hippo to co-sponsor this year’s Mirthquake in celebration of National Library Week. It’s a three-day vintage film festival taking place in the library’s auditorium. Yesterday, the sounds of the live piano accompaniment wafted through the library. Even from my office on the third floor I could occasionally hear it - a lovely compliment to a spring day. I wonder if the player knew that he was providing mood music for much more than what was on the screen.

As cool as that is, though, I just did a search and discovered the Mirthquake is much more than what is happening here in the library. It also includes evenings of Harold Lloyd films at the Franco American Centre around the corner, the new Red River Theatre in Concord, and the Palace Theatre around the other corner. In addition to that they’re offering a tour of historic NH theaters - and each stop features a film. The entire weekend sounds like a blast to me and I hope they get an excellent turnout.

Thanks to Yvonne for digging up the mirthquake definition and inspiring this post.