Fall 2022 Adult Programing
September Adult Take-and-Make
Washcloth Owl
Come on down to the library and pick up this months take-and-make craft, which is an adorable washcloth owl. Stay in the library and create your owl here, or take it home to make there.
For a how to guide to creating this super fun and easy craft, go to our take-and-make instructions page.
Washcloth Owl
Come on down to the library and pick up this months take-and-make craft, which is an adorable washcloth owl. Stay in the library and create your owl here, or take it home to make there.
For a how to guide to creating this super fun and easy craft, go to our take-and-make instructions page.
Morning trail walk
Friday, October 7 at 10:30 am
Come join us in exploring the newly refurbished Cogswell Mountain Conservation Area trails behind the library. Get in your steps and socializing at the same time!
Perspectives Book Discussion- The Forty Rules of Love
Tuesday, October 25th, 6:30 pm.
As part of New Hampshire Humanities' Perspectives Book Groups, we're reading "The Forty Rules of Love," by Elif Shafak. In this lyrical, exuberant tale, acclaimed Turkish author Elif Shafak, author of The Island of Missing Trees (a Reese’s Book Club Pick), incarnates Rumi’s timeless message of love.
The Forty Rules of Love unfolds two tantalizing parallel narratives—one contemporary and the other set in the thirteenth century, when Rumi encountered his spiritual mentor, the whirling dervish known as Shams of Tabriz—that together explore the enduring power of Rumi’s work.
Ella Rubenstein is forty years old and unhappily married when she takes a job as a reader for a literary agent. Her first assignment is to read and report on Sweet Blasphemy, a novel written by a man named Aziz Zahara. Ella is mesmerized by his tale of Shams’s search for Rumi and the dervish’s role in transforming the successful but unhappy cleric into a committed mystic, passionate poet, and advocate of love. She is also taken with Shams’s lessons, or rules, that offer insight into an ancient philosophy based on the unity of all people and religions, and the presence of love in each and every one of us. As she reads on, she realizes that Rumi’s story mirrors her own and that Zahara—like Shams—has come to set her free.
We will be joined by Mohamed Defaa, who will facilitate our discussion. Pick up a copy of the book at the library today, and get reading in preparation for our discussion.
Tuesday, October 25th, 6:30 pm.
As part of New Hampshire Humanities' Perspectives Book Groups, we're reading "The Forty Rules of Love," by Elif Shafak. In this lyrical, exuberant tale, acclaimed Turkish author Elif Shafak, author of The Island of Missing Trees (a Reese’s Book Club Pick), incarnates Rumi’s timeless message of love.
The Forty Rules of Love unfolds two tantalizing parallel narratives—one contemporary and the other set in the thirteenth century, when Rumi encountered his spiritual mentor, the whirling dervish known as Shams of Tabriz—that together explore the enduring power of Rumi’s work.
Ella Rubenstein is forty years old and unhappily married when she takes a job as a reader for a literary agent. Her first assignment is to read and report on Sweet Blasphemy, a novel written by a man named Aziz Zahara. Ella is mesmerized by his tale of Shams’s search for Rumi and the dervish’s role in transforming the successful but unhappy cleric into a committed mystic, passionate poet, and advocate of love. She is also taken with Shams’s lessons, or rules, that offer insight into an ancient philosophy based on the unity of all people and religions, and the presence of love in each and every one of us. As she reads on, she realizes that Rumi’s story mirrors her own and that Zahara—like Shams—has come to set her free.
We will be joined by Mohamed Defaa, who will facilitate our discussion. Pick up a copy of the book at the library today, and get reading in preparation for our discussion.
Learn all about Black Bears!
November 3rd, 6pm
Dungeons and Dragons
Join our experienced game master for Dungeons and Dragons sessions at the library!
Adults and teens welcome, game play experience not required.
Thursday, November 3rd, 5-7pm
Thursday November 17th, 5-7 pm
Community Book Clubs
Gilmanton Gathers Book Club
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Gilmanton Gathers book club meets once a month in person. Book selections are available to borrow at the library desk each month. Call Laura at (603) 493-6067 for more information and meeting locations. September's book is "The Talk-Funny Girl" by Roland Merullo, and will take place September 22nd at 6:30 pm. |
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