The Queen City will soon have a formal monument honoring its World War II veterans. The new Manchester, NH World War II Memorial in Veteran’s Park will be dedicated during the week of August 16th – 23rd, with a variety of events scheduled to mark the occasion. The library is pleased to be participating in [...]
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Honoring Manchester’s World War II Veterans
August 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Events, Main Branch, Movies, News
Tags: dedication·Films·memorial·monument·Movies·veterans·World War II
The Book Sale is coming!
June 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Ages 0-2, Books, Events, Main Branch, Movies, News
The book sale is coming! It is just two days away. It was announced in the Express (pdf) yesterday on page 10 and I visited several grocery stores on Saturday. We’ll be open from 2:30p to 6:30p, hoping for some good foot traffic by piggy backing on the Thursday afternoon Farmer’s Market.
For $5.00 [...]
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And Summertime means Family Fare!
June 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Ages 0-2, Children, City Library, Events, Family Fare, Main Branch, Movies, News, Teens, West Branch
Our Mary has been working hard all winter bringing together some really neat stuff for our summertime family entertainment series. If you’ve never come before, it happens on Thursday evenings in the Victory Park, across the street from the Library. We took some super photos last year and this year sounds just [...]
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Cancelled: Indie/foreign film for Tue., May 12th
May 8th, 2009 · No Comments · City Library, Main Branch, Movies
Due to a scheduling conflict, we won’t be showing “Under the Bombs” on Tuesday, May 12th. Please call Steve Viggiano at 624-6550 x 323 if you have any questions or concerns.
Tags: cancellations·independent films·Movies·under the bombs
Big Read: a brief rundown
March 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Ages 2-3, Ages 4-5, Book Group, Books, City Library, Events, Grades 6-12, Main Branch, Movies, Newsletter, Teens
While we’ve already hosted a few book discussions already, The Big Read: Southern New Hampshire Reads The Great Gatsby officially starts this week. Here’s a brief rundown on our upcoming events.
Here’s what we will be doing.
- Wed. 3/25, 1 p.m. Auditorium. Film: 1974 adaptation of the novel The Great Gatsby.
- Thu. 4/2, 7 p.m. Auditorium. [...]
Tags: Big Read·book discussion·Concert·currier museum·dance·Films·Humanities Council·instruments·Jazz·kickoff·NEA·Northeast Cultural Coop·West High School
Winter Film Schedule
December 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment · City Library, Events, Main Branch, Movies, Newsletter, West Branch
Wednesday afternoon films – 1:00 PM
12/17/08 Lawrence of Arabia (epic, PG)
12/24/08 Elf (comedy, PG)
12/31/08 About a Boy (drama, PG-13)
1/7/09 Contact (sci-fi, PG)
1/14/09 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (adventure, PG-13)
1/21/09 The Candidate (drama, PG)
1/28/09 Forrest Gump (comedy/drama, PG-13)
2/4/09 Groundhog Day (romantic comedy, PG)
2/11/09 Mask of Zorro (adventure, PG-13)
2/18/09 Dave (comedy/drama, PG-13)
2/25/09 Star [...]
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10 Ideas how the library can get you into the Holiday Spirit
December 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Books, City Library, Main Branch, Movies, News, Teens
Now that Thanksgiving is over, the Christmas season is upon us with a vengeance. If you’re like me and find the traffic jams, the holiday music in every store, the mammoth “Toys R Us” flyers a little annoying try a different take on the season. Here’s how the library can help…and you don’t need to [...]
Silent Film Tonight
November 10th, 2008 · No Comments · City Library, Main Branch, Movies, News
In honor of Veteran’s Day, Hippo Press and the New Hampshire Aviation Musuem are showing a silent film called Wings tonight in the library auditorium.
From the press release:
‘Wings’ which won the very first Academy Award for Best Picture, is generally recognized as one of the greatest achievements of the silent film era. This screening [...]
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Twilight Release Party
October 16th, 2008 · No Comments · Grades 3-5, Grades 6-12, Main Branch, Movies, Teens
It’s Twilight at the Manchester City Library! Stephanie Meyer’s critically acclaimed novel, Twilight, is hitting the big screen on November 21st. To celebrate the movie, we are throwing a party for those in grades 4 and up who are as excited about the movie as we are. Come enjoy refreshments and activities as well as [...]
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Computer trouble
October 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments · City Library, Main Branch, Movies, News, Technology, West Branch
I am truly distressed to report that we are having severe problems with our public access computers in both library buildings. They are available for use but may reboot during your session. If they do, please see a staff member who will reset them and get you logged in again.
We are working with [...]
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