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Ready, Set, Library!  Celebrate National Library Week April 7-13, 2024 at Manchester City Library

April 8th, 2024 · Books, Children, City Library, Events, Library Displays, Main Branch, National Library Week, News, Teens

The Manchester City Library encourages everyone in the community to visit the library to take part in all the library has to offer.

Libraries give us a green light to experience something truly special: a place to connect with others, learn new skills, and pursue our passions through book clubs, children’s story times, teen movie nights, adult DIY crafts, music events and more. Your library offers a wide array physical and electronic materials, educational programs, and research resources for adults and children at two locations. 

Libraries play a pivotal role in economic development by providing resources and support for job seekers, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. Your library supports Manchester with services such as toddler story times, computer classes, tutoring, teen activities, writer’s clubs and much more.  See our calendar for a full list of library activities. 

No matter where you find yourself on the roadmap through life’s journey—preparing for a new career, launching a business, raising a family, or settling into retirement the library offers the resources and support you need and an inclusive and supportive community where you will feel welcome.

So, get ready to explore, become inspired, and connect with others this National Library Week. Your library is there for you, all the way to the finish line.

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association and libraries of all types across the country each April. #NationalLibraryWeek

For more information, visit the library’s website and social media pages at:

https://www.facebook.com/manchlibrary

@NationalLibraryWeek

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Now available! Adult Take & Make Kit: Cyanotype Print Making

April 6th, 2024 · Adult Take & Make Crafts, Art Room, City Library, Events, Main Branch, News

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Teddy Bear Picnic!

April 6th, 2024 · Ages 0-2, Ages 2-3, Ages 4-5, Ages 6-13, Children, City Library, Events, Grades 3-5, Grades K-2, Main Branch, Teddy Bear Picnic

Come join us for the Manchester City Library’s Annual Teddy Bear Picnic.  Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 11:30 am, we will gather in the Children’s Room.  When everyone is ready, we will parade through the library and then outside to the side lawn for a picnic. Bring your own bag lunch and beverage to enjoy at the picnic. Beginning at 12:00 pm, Musician Mr. Aaron, will be on the south lawn for a foot stomping interactive concert.   Don’t forget to bring your teddy bears!  Registration is not required.  For more information, please call 624-6550 ext. 7628.

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Closed Wednesday Evening and all Thursday due to the Spring Storm

April 3rd, 2024 · City Library, Events, Library Closings, Main Branch, West Branch

The Manchester City Library and the Manchester West Branch Library will be closing at 5:00 PM today (Wednesday April 3rd) and remain closed on Thursday, April 4th, due to the current spring snowstorm. Stay safe everyone!

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April Adult Take & Make Kits: Cyanotype Print Making

April 1st, 2024 · Adult Take & Make Crafts, Art Room, Books, City Library, Events, Library Promotions, Main Branch, News


Ever wonder what it’s like to make a photographic print without a camera? To make a handmade, colorful and vibrant print of your own? Well, look no further! This project will show you how to create beautiful cyanotype prints, which are blue-toned prints created with the power of the sun! Traditionally and most simply, the process is performed outside using sunlight. This technique is a beginner-friendly one and comes with an easy step by step process. These kits come with everything you will need to make your own gorgeous sun-prints. These kits are intended for adults and will be available on Tuesday, April 9th, in the Library Rotunda while supplies last.

For more information, please contact Yvonne at [email protected] or call the Information Desk at 603-624-6550 ext. 7620.

Happy crafting!

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Monday’s Get-Real Book Club

April 1st, 2024 · Book Group, Books, City Library, E-Books, Events, Main Branch, News, West Branch

The Library in conjunction with Liar Publishing Group presents the next going-to-go-viral murder mystery crime novel, “Oh No! Crime!” by Jimmy Patterson. Sometimes there’s crime. Bad crime. It’s not good. In fact, it’s bad. One person stands up to crime. Crime isn’t happy. Join us on Monday, April 1st, from 5:01-7:02 PM by the Mystery Fiction Discard Pile right by the Circulation Desk. For help locating a copy or for more information please call us at 603-624-6550 ext. 7639.

See you at the book discussion.


“Why are you in my office?
Get out!

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An Airing of Grievances – Adult Program

April 1st, 2024 · Adult Take & Make Crafts, City Library, Computer Classes, Curbside Piok-Up, Events, Family Fare, Main Branch, National Poetry Month, Teddy Bear Picnic, Yarn & Yap

  • That’s it, I’ve had about enough. You’re going to hear about it now.

Join us on Monday, April 1st, from 8:15 pm – 12:37 am in the historic and very acoustic Library Rotunda for an airing of grievances. Get it off your chest – you’ll feel a lot better. This program will be held first come first serve and should not be confused with our Spoken Word programming. For more information, please contact the Library at 603-624-6560 ext. 7643.

***Don’t rush me.

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Silent Audiobooks

April 1st, 2024 · Books, City Library, Library Displays, Main Branch, News, Teens, West Branch

Are audiobooks too loud for you? Don’t like hearing someone read to you out loud? Then check out our display of silent audiobooks near the circulation desk! If you liked silent films, then you’ll love silent audiobooks!  

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A Local History Lecture

March 31st, 2024 · Author Talk, Bookmobile, City Library, Culturally Curious Art Series, Events, Local Author Series, Main Branch, News, NH Room

The Manchester City Library is pleased to host the newest local history lecture “The Legends, Lusts, and Lore of the Lake Massabesic Pirates.” Plan to join us on Monday, April 1st at 5:15 PM in the historic Library Attic for a rollicking & shiver’me’timbers good time. This historical gem is brought to you by The Loyal Derryfield Lyceum and Hall of Antiquities, Curiosities, Rare Tomes, Manuscripts and Secret Handshakes. A mandatory attic tour will follow. For more information, please contact the Library at 603-624-6550 ext. 7627.

*****All subjects are guaranteed to contain wild fabrications, so guests are encouraged to bring “friends of a trusting disposition.”

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Hearts and Pockets of Gold

March 20th, 2024 · Books, City Library, Main Branch, News, West Branch

Come to the library and check out exciting romance about cons, thieves, and burglars! These are novels featuring bad boys with hearts of gold or wicked female jewel thieves who outwit the handsome detective.

To give you a sneak peak, here are a few romances on display!

The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian

Kit Webb has left his stand-and-deliver days behind him. But dreary days at his coffee shop have begun to make him pine for the heady rush of thievery. When a handsome yet arrogant aristocrat storms into his shop, Kit quickly realizes he may be unable to deny whatever this highborn man desires.

To Have and to Heist by Sara Desai

To exonerate her best friend, Simi Chopra must mastermind a jewelry heist during the wedding of the season in this hilarious romantic-comedy caper. All she needs to do is transform a ragtag group of strangers into an elite heist crew, infiltrate a high-society wedding and steal the necklace from a dangerous criminal before the happy couple say “I do.” Meanwhile the bride is keeping secrets, a detective with a slow-burn smile keeps showing up at her door, and the ultimate robbery might not be the wedding con, but the way Jack is stealing her heart.

The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton

A prim and proper lady thief must save her aunt from a crazed pirate and his dangerously charming henchman in this fantastical historical romance. Cecilia is the ideal Victorian lady. She’s also a thief. Like the other members of the Wisteria Society crime sorority, she flies around England drinking tea, blackmailing friends, and acquiring treasure by interesting means.

To find more romance books like these check out the display at the Manchester City Library or follow this link to our catalog.

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