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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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Are you Ready for a Solar Phenomenon?

March 2nd, 2024 · Books, Children, City Library, Events, Library Displays, Main Branch, News, Teens, West Branch

A total eclipse is coming to parts of New Hampshire on April 8th.  There will be a total eclipse in the upper third of New Hampshire and 95% eclipse coverage in Manchester.  Check out the display for a map on the eclipse in New Hampshire and materials on the eclipse and other related topics.

The library is excited about the eclipse and we are offering eclipse glasses to ensure that everyone can view the eclipse safely.  Feel free to pick up a pair of eclipse glasses at the Information Desk starting March 1st while supplies last.  See the resources below for times, maps, and ways to get involved in this fun, rare event.

Manchester eclipse times data 

New Hampshire coverage percentage area map

Resources and eclipse activities from NASA

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West Adult DIY: Bath Bombs

February 27th, 2024 · Adult Take & Make Crafts, Art Room, Books, City Library, Events, News, West Branch

Take a relaxing soak with your homemade bath bombs! Use the included ingredients to customize your own bath bombs. Kits will include most of the material needed, including essential oils and skin-safe pigments (some water necessary)!  Each kit makes 2 bath bombs.

These creative kits will be available at the WEST Branch Information Desk starting Tuesday, March 12. These kits are for adults only and are available while supplies last. For more information, call Caitlin at 603-624-6550 x 7620 or email [email protected]

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Todays Tidbit

February 20th, 2024 · Books, Children, City Library, Main Branch, Teens, Today's Tidbit, West Branch

“A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.”

~Madeline L’Engle

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