The Manchester City Library and the Manchester West Branch Library will be closed on Tuesday, November 5th, in observance of Election Day. If you need to locate information regarding voter registration or for questions about where to vote in Tuesday’s State General Election here in Manchester please follow these links to the City of Manchester’s website. If you have any questions regarding voting or sample ballots, please feel free to call the Information Desk at 624-6550 ext. 7620.
Both libraries will be closed on Monday, November 11th in observance of Veterans Day. We will reopen at our normal times on Tuesday, and we look forward to seeing you then. We wish you all a safe and happy holiday. Thank you, veterans, for your bravery, dedication and service.
Just a reminder that Trick-or-Treat is tonight from 6-8 pm here in Manchester. (We’ve been getting calls!) There’s still time to run out and grab that last minute bag of candy!
Also, here’s a list of times for other towns in New Hampshire.
Do you have any expired or unused prescription medications in your homes that are in need of disposal? Consider bringing them into one of the many DEA Takeback Sites in New Hampshire on October 26th from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. A full list of sites is listed in the attached flyer. Manchester sites include the Manchester Police Department, the Manchester VA Hospital and the Elliot Pharmacy at Rivers Edge.
We are very pleased to welcome the Leach Library in Londonderry to our GMICS consortium. Library card renewals and library card application services are also available now. For questions or assistance locating materials please contact us at (603) 624-6550 x 7620 or email us at [email protected].
Thank you for your patience as we endeavor to improve and expand library services for you.
How many of us are fascinated by the Tudor Dynasty, from the saga of Henry VIII’s six wives to the renaissance of the Elizabethan Era? A lesser-known story is how the Tudors colonized Ireland during their time on the throne, attempting to take control of land that had been in the hands of the Irish kings and people for centuries. Join us for a tour of that land through its castles and sacred spaces while learning about the conflicts that transpired between the English crown and the Celtic clans.
Presenter Debra LeClair is a psychologist, author, and English/Celtic history enthusiast. It wasn’t until she unearthed that that her own Irish ancestors tangled with the Tudors that the grip Queen Elizabeth I had on her psyche made sense. She wrote The Common Hours, a time travel tale, from a need to explore the story as it resides in her DNA.
Copies of The Common Hours will be available to purchase at the event.
For questions, call Caitlin at 603-624-6550 x7620 or email [email protected]
Signup for this program is not required, but if you’d like a reminder email, you can sign up through our library calendar! Visit www.manchesterlibrary.org and click on “Upcoming Events” to view the library calendar. Click here to be taken directly to the event, or copy and paste the link below into your browser.
For October our Brown Bag Book Club will be reading and discussing Malice Aforethought: A True Story of the Shocking Double Crime that Horrified Nineteenth-Century New England by Avree Kelly Clark. In 1874, a schoolteacher is discovered mutilated in the woods in the village of St. Albans, Vermont. A year later, news arrives of a similar crime committed in peaceful Pembroke, New Hampshire.
As an extra bonus, author Avree Kelly Clark will attend to discuss her theory of the events that occurred with the group. See you at the book discussion.
Listen to free music with your library card. Stream your favorite albums online or download and listen on the go with our mobile app. Discover our most popular albums from genres like pop, country, Christian, live albums, 80s music, classical, and more!
Music available to you includes (but not limited to) Michael Bublé, Bilie Eilsih, Taylor Swift, KidzBop 2024, George Strait, rap classics and of course classical and jazz music. Free with your valid Manchester City Library card. For help with hoopla or for more information please call the Information Desk at 603-624-6550 ext. 7620.
The library’s catalog will be unavailable Mon., 10/21-Wed., 10/23 as we bring the Leach Library in Londonderry into the GMILCS consortium. Here’s what you need to know. During those three days:
You must bring your library card if you wish to check out library materials. We cannot look up your account by name.
You will not be able to search the library’s catalog or request books. Neither can library staff.
No library materials will be due Mon. 10/21-Wed. 10/23. Any materials that would have been due during those dates are due Thu. 10/24.
You cannot renew library materials or pay fines.
For museum passes, contact the children’s reference desk at (603) 624-6550 x 7628.
Access to eBooks, music and movies through Libby, CloudLibrary, Hoopla and Kanopy will remain available, as will our research databases during the down time.
The Internet, WiFi and printing will also remain available.
Please contact us at (603) 624-6550 x 7619 or [email protected] if you have any questions.
Did you enjoy the library’s 3rd annual Staff Art Show? Check out one of these arts and crafts books on display in the rotunda and try your hand at it yourself. We have a variety of books on painting, crocheting, drawing, needle point, macramé, and many more in the library’s art room located on the second floor.
