Richards Free Library will be closed Wednesday, December 31st, 2025 and Thursday, January 1st, 2026 in observance of the holidays. Happy New Year!!!
RFL closed December 31st and January 1st
Calendar
RFL Closed at 5pm Monday, 12/29/25
Due to the dangerous weather conditions, the library will be closing early on Monday, December 29th at 5pm.
The RFL will be open again on Tuesday the 30th from 10am-6pm.
The library is closed for the New Year Holiday Wednesday the 31st and Thursday January 1st.
Thank you for your patience. We wish all our patrons safe travels!
RFL January Calendar
To download the calendar, scroll to the bottom of this post!
1/1 Closed for New Years Day
1/5 Friends of the RFL meeting 10am. Monthly business and taking down holiday decorations!
1/6 LEGO Day (Kids and families),Drop in 1-5pm. Let your imagination loose to build anything at all with the library’s LEGOs! This month’s challenge is a balloon-powered car!
1/7 Needle Felt an Evergreen Tree, (Kids age 6-11) Drop in between 1 and 4. Make a lovely evergreen tree that stands on its own and learn very basic needle felting skills along the way!
1/8 Mystery Book Club (adults) 6pm. Join us for a cup of tea and a chat about Stephanie Barron’s Jane Austen mystery Jane and the Year Without a Summer. adults
1/8 Writer’s Workshop (adults) 6pm. Writers of any genre, interest area, and experience level. We meet virtually, so for info email mchurchill@newport.lib.nh.us
1/9 Board Games (Teens grades 6-12) 3pm. Play board games from our collection with your friends!
1/12 Snowflake Cardboard Lacing Craft, (Kids and families), Drop in all week, while supplies last. Littles practice their hand-eye coordination lacing string through these cardboard snowflakes, + big kids create a snowflake masterpiece!
1/14 Faux Stained Glass Bookmarks, (Teens Grades 6-12), 3pm. Come make a bookmark with a “faux stained glass” look, and bring your friends!
1/15 Adult Craft Night: 2026 Vision Boards (adults) 6pm. Help manifest the year you desire by creating 2026 Vision Boards.
1/19 Board Games, (Teens grades 6-12) 3pm. Play board games from our collection with your friends!
1/20 Salt Crystal Snowflake Painting activity, (Kids and teens), 3:30pm. Science meets art in this neat activity to make a salt-crystal snowflake craft and use a pipet to add color to your creation!
1/21 Bead Bracelets Craft Drop In: (Kids and families) Stop by today to make beaded bracelets– we’ll keep supplies out the rest of the week so long as we don’t run out.
1/23 “Exquisite Corpse” Drawing Game (Teens Grades 6-12) 3pm. Play a drawing game created by the Surrealist artists, to come up with the wackiest artistic creations with your friends.
1/26 Needle Felting Drop in (Kids age 6-11) Drop-in between 1 and 4pm. Learn how to needle felt! Make a melting snowman or invent your own project!
1/27 Brown Bags Book Club (adults)12pm. This month the group is meeting to discuss Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt! Interested participants welcome.
1/29 LEGO Day (Kids and Families) Drop-in 1-5pm. Let your imagination loose to build anything at all with the library’s LEGOs!
RFL Closing Early – Wednesday 12/10/25
Due to inclement weather, the Richards Free Library will close at 4 PM today, Wednesday, December 10th in order to keep staff and patrons safe. Thank you for understanding.
We will reopen on Thursday morning, December 11th, from 10 am to 8pm. See you soon!
RFL December Calendar
To download the calendar, scroll to the bottom of this post!
12/1 Friends of the RFL meeting 10am. Monthly business and decorating for the Holidays!
12/3 Temporary Tattoo Drawing (Kids and teens), 3pm. Come use our stencils and skin safe markers or make your own designs!
12/4 Teen Hangout (Teens grades 6-12), 2:30-4pm. Join a librarian in the Elaine Frank room on the third floor to hang out, draw, write, color, read, do a simple activity, or just chat.
12/6 Holiday Photo Taking Event (All ages), 10am. Take your holiday photos in our historic Lowell Room. Antique furniture and Christmas decorations make the perfect backdrop for your family’s 2025 holiday cards!
12/8 DIY Shiny Button Magnets (Kids and Teens), Drop-in all week. Drop in at the library this week to make your own shiny or iridescent magnet or button pin!
12/9 Learn To Play Gloomhaven (Teens and Adults), 2:30pm. Teens and adults are invited to come learn one of the coolest games at the library. Defeat monsters and clear a dungeon with strategy!
12/10 Free Winter Holiday Picture Book Giveaway (Kids), Drop-in all day. Stop by to pick out a free winter or holiday themed picture book from our donated books. One book per child, child need not be present!
12/11 Teen Hangout (Teens grades 6-12), 2:30-4pm. Join a librarian in the Elaine Frank room on the third floor to hang out, draw, write, color, read, do a simple activity, or just chat.
12/11 Writer’s Workshop (Adult) 6pm. Writers of any genre, interest area, and experience level. We meet virtually, so for info email mchurchill@newport.lib.nh.us
12/12 Reindeer Light-Up Ornament (Kids), 3:30pm. Kids 6-11 can come in to make a Reindeer decoration with a real light-up nose!
12/15 Board Game Day (Teens), 2:30pm. play board games from our collection with your friends! Grades 6-12.
12/16 Brown Bags Book Club 12pm. This month we’ll meet for a potluck and select the next year of reading! Interested participants welcome.
12/17 Needle Felting (Kids and Teens), 1pm. Learn how to needle felt! Make a holiday ornament out of wool, or try your own project! Drop in between 1 and 4 to learn or practice your skills!
12/18 Adult Craft Club: Scherenschnitte Paper Snowflakes 6pm. Make a beautiful cut-paper 6-pointed snowflake to take home or to decorate the library!
12/22 Drop-In Snowflake Ornament Center (Kids), Drop-in all week. Drop-In Snowflake Ornament Center opens on the 22nd! Make a beautiful, beaded snowflake ornament all winter break while supplies last.
12/23 LEGO Day (Kids), 1pm. Let your imagination loose to build anything at all with the library’s LEGOs; Or build an ornament to decorate the tree in the children’s room.
12/29 Design a 3D Ornament (Kids and Teens), 2:30pm. Design your own ornament to print on the 3D printer, for kids and teens ages 6-18. We’ll print your ornament for you, but you will have to come back to pick it up in the new year as they will take time to print.
