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[ August 13, 2010; 7:00 pm; August 14, 2010; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Friday the 13th at 7:00 town  prebook sale at the town hall.  Come browse at your leisure before the crowds on Saturday.  All proceeds benefit the library.

Saturday the 14th, 9 am to noon, book sale at the town hall.  Come early to pick up some good reads for the year.   At noon there will be [...]

Published on July 21st, 2010 | Category: Calendar, Library |
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Scott Jameson Magic

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[ August 11, 2010; 6:30 pm; ] Free and Fun at the library
2010 Make a Splash -  READ!
Watch water appear and disappear, drawings of sea creatures come to life, giant pieces of shimmering blue fabric manipulated in a fluid swirl of motion, a bowl of water transformed into a time machine…

This summer, to tie into the 2010 Collaborative Summer Library Program  theme [...]

Published on July 13th, 2010 | Category: Calendar, Cultural, Entertainment, Library |
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Library Summer Forum | Norman Barres | Helping People Help Themselves

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[ July 29, 2010; 7:00 pm; ] AN ORDINARY MAN WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY DESIRE TO HELP PEOPLE HELP THEMSELVES

The Olivia Rodham Memorial Library
Summer Lecture Series
At the Nelson Town Hall
Gather after 6:30, listen to live music.
Program starts at 7:00 (Nelson time)
Usually runs for about an hour, followed by refreshments and socializing in the library.

The library has sponsored this program for several years. Each [...]

Published on June 2nd, 2010 | Category: Calendar, Community Gathering, Cultural, Educational, Library |
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Library Summer Forum | Mike French | The Blackbird Spyplane: An Eyewitness Account

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[ July 22, 2010; 7:00 pm; ] The Olivia Rodham Memorial Library
Summer Lecture Series
At the Nelson Town Hall
Gather after 6:30, listen to live music.
Program starts at 7:00 (Nelson time)
Usually runs for about an hour, followed by refreshments and socializing in the library.

The library has sponsored this program for several years. Each speaker is from (or strongly connected to) Nelson, and brings unique [...]

Published on June 2nd, 2010 | Category: Calendar, Community Gathering, Cultural, Educational, Food, Library |
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Library Summer Forum | Frankie Brackley Tolman and Harvey Tolman | The Story of Cape Breton Music

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[ July 15, 2010; 7:00 pm; ] The Olivia Rodham Memorial Library
Summer Lecture Series
At the Nelson Town Hall
Gather after 6:30, listen to live music.
Program starts at 7:00 (Nelson time)
Usually runs for about an hour, followed by refreshments and socializing in the library.

The library has sponsored this program for several years. Each speaker is from (or strongly connected to) Nelson, and brings unique [...]

Published on June 2nd, 2010 | Category: Calendar, Community Gathering, Cultural, Educational, Library |
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Library Summer Forum | Jeff Littleton | Wildlife Habitats of Nelson

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[ July 8, 2010; 7:00 pm; ] The Olivia Rodham Memorial Library
Summer Lecture Series
At the Nelson Town Hall
Gather after 6:30, listen to live music.
Program starts at 7:00 (Nelson time)
Usually runs for about an hour, followed by refreshments and socializing in the library.

The library has sponsored this program for several years. Each speaker is from (or strongly connected to) Nelson, and brings unique [...]

Published on June 2nd, 2010 | Category: Calendar, Community Gathering, Cultural, Educational, Library |
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Olivia Rodham Memorial Library Book Discussion

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[ June 21, 2010; 10:30 am; ] We will be discussing

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
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Mary Ann Shaffer
Books may be borrowed from the library

From Bookmarks Magazine
“Traditional without seeming stale, and romantic without being naïve” (San Francisco Chronicle), this epistolary novel, based on Mary Ann Shaffer’s painstaking, lifelong research, is a homage to booklovers and a nostalgic portrayal of an era. [...]

Published on May 19th, 2010 | Category: Calendar, Library |
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[ May 17, 2010; 10:30 am; ]

We will be discussing

Here If You Need Me

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Kate Braestrup

Books may be borrowed from the library

Here If You Need Me is the story of Kate Braestrup’s remarkable journey from grief to faith to happiness. It is dramatic, funny, deeply moving, and simply unforgettable, an uplifting account [...]

Published on April 7th, 2010 | Category: Calendar, Educational, Library | Leave a comment
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Library Book Group

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[ April 19, 2010; 10:30 am; ] We will discuss My Brother by Jamaica Kincaid

Coming in May

Olivia Rodham Memorial Library Book Discussion

Monday morning, May 17, 2010 at 10:30 am

We will be discussing

Here If You Need Me

by

Kate Braestrup

Books may be borrowed from the library

Here If You Need Me is the story of Kate Braestrup’s remarkable journey from [...]

Published on April 7th, 2010 | Category: Calendar, Educational, Library | Leave a comment
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Library Use Up 25%

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It’s no secret that the Olivia Rodham Memorial Library is a nice place to hang out. In addition to being a resource for borrowing books, audio and video recordings, there’s a good collection of current issues of a wide variety of magazines, and of course, computers. National trends show folks are spending more time in [...]

Published on May 10th, 2009 | Category: Library, Uncategorized | Leave a comment