The Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library has a great selection of online and in person events that you can enjoy during the month of April!
We hope you will join us!
Annual Peeps Show and Contest!
Spring is in the air! It must be time for the library's annual Peeps Show and contest!
Create a diorama of a scene from your favorite book or movie using those deliciously sweet, marshmallow Peeps as your main characters.
“Supplies” are available beginning at the library (while supplies last), or use your own. Dioramas and entry forms need to be submitted between April 1-15. You can pick up those forms at the Manchester Library.
The public is then invited to view the Peep submissions through April 29th and cast their vote for the The Peeple’s Choice Award. A panel of library volunteers will judge and award prizes in three age groups: Youth—Grade 5 and below, Teen—Grades 6-12, and Adult. Winners will be announced on May Day!
Tai Chi Moves to Wednesdays at the Manchester Community Center!
Wednesdays From 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Manchester local Susan Halpern will continue her weekly Tai Chi class for ages 18 and older on Wednesdays at the Manchester Community Center. At this time the meetings plan to continue through May.
We also ask that you fill out the Safety Release Registration Form before joining.
The class will focus on the Sun style which employs a more upright stance with small arm movements and short steps, and the forms demand attention and stimulate good balance, attention, and stress reduction.
Wednesdays, 10:30-12 (or 12:30 if you want to stay)
Remember that novel you started writing seven years ago? Is it time to finish it? Maybe you want to write your first screenplay? Pour some poems onto the page? Settle into a daily writing habit?
Join a community of writers and artists who just want to write. Here’s how it works: Join the Zoom meeting. Say hello if you want. Write. Stay the full 90 minutes or leave early. Hang out after if you feel like reading your work or hearing someone else's.
Interested? Contact mblack@manchesterpl.org for Zoom details.
On Thursday, April 7th at 6:30 PM
To register for this program please click HERE
Join an online author talk with Park Ranger Andrew Vietze, the author of “This Wild Land” which describes the two decades Andrew spent as a ranger in Baxter State Park in Maine which is also home to Katahdin, the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail. Andrew will share the compelling details of life as a park ranger, including his time spent managing relationships with his fellow rangers, and the 60,000 visitors Baxter State Park sees each summer.
Monday, April 11th at 6:30 PM
To register for this program please click HERE
Join the president and historian of the American Light Foundation’s Jeremy D’Entremont and his virtual presentation on “Lighthouses of New Hampshire and Southern Maine”. Jeremy will focus on the long and rich history of these coastal icons in New Hampshire and Maine, and share the fascinating stories of the lighthouse keepers and their families who lived there.
Diversity Matters Book Group
Tuesday, April 12th 5:00 PM
For the Zoom information for this program please click HERE
On Tuesday, April 12th from 5-6 PM the diversity book group meeting will meet online on Zoom to discuss “The Big Sea: Autobiography of Langston Hughes” and “The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes”.
The group will also meet on Tuesday, May 10th from 5-6 PM to discuss “The Souls of White Folk” by W.E.B DuBois. Copies of these titles are available at the circulation desk.
Thursday, April 21st at 6:00 PM
To register for this program please click HERE
Nick Lund from the Maine Audubon Society will share an online presentation on the Common Loon, a bird that is an iconic denizen of the state of Maine. This program will look at the physiology and habits of the Common Loon, how it’s body is built to be an effective underwater hunter, and the timing of its arrival on Maine breeding lakes. In addition, the presentation will explore threats faced by loons, and how the Maine Audubon has worked for more than 35 years to count loons in the state, and to examine the causes of loon mortality to help inform policies necessary to protect loons.
The Final Friends of the Library Book Donation Day
Saturday, April 23 from 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
Join the final spring book donation day! The Friends of the Library will be holding their final book drive near the Children’s Room side entrance of the library on Church St to get ready for their summer book sale on August 6th!
Please bring your books in bags and boxes no bigger than beer cases. The Friends are looking for small and large paperbacks and books of fiction and nonfiction and on special interests such as gardening, cooking, children/young adult, sports, games and more!
April 26th at 6:30 PM
To register for this program please click HERE
Join the 2021 recipient of the Maine History Society’s Neal Allen Award Bob Greene for his online presentation of the Black history of Maine to explore and celebrate this often hidden side of Maine’s history. A native of Portland, Greene describes Maine’s Black history which goes back to at least 12 years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, and how the history of the Pine Tree State includes many Black builders, farmers, fishermen, ship captains, educators, and more whose lives have often been forgotten or ignored.
Mystery Book Group
Friday, April 29th on Zoom at 10:30 AM
The Manchester Mystery Book Group will meet to discuss "The Widow" by Fiona Barton. Copies of this title are available at the Circulation Desk at the Library. To join this group please contact Adult Services Librarian Rachael Meneades at rmeneades@manchesterpl.org.
