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10/1 Needle Felting (Kids age 6-11) Drop-in between 1 and 4.
Learn how to needle felt or practice your skills! Make an acorn decoration out of wool or try your own project!
10/6 – 10/8 Leaf Pictures (Kids age 6-11) Drop in during typical library hours.
Stop by the children’s room to make your own picture with a leaf-rubbing using real fall leaves.
10/7 Temporary Tattoo Creation (Grades 6-12) 3pm.
Come use our stencils and skin safe markers or make your own designs.
10/8 LEGO Day (Kids age 6-11) Drop-in 2-4pm.
Let your imagination loose to build anything at all with the library’s LEGOs.
10/8 TAB Meeting (Teens and tweens ages 11-18) 3pm.
We encourage those interested to join the Teen Advisory Board to help plan programs and events at the library.
10/10 Newport Rec Building Play Group story time (kids) 10-11am.
We’ll be hanging out and reading stories at the Rec’s play group! Stop in and play and listen.
10/14 Kid’s crafts with popsicle sticks (kids) 3:30-4:30.
Come up to the dePaola Children’s Program Room to experiment with popsicle stick crafts like Pom Pom Catapults and picture frames.
10/16 The Scam Landscape: Staying Safe! (adults) 5:30PM.
Presented by AARP NH Speakers Bureau and the Newport Police Departmen
AARP will be here for a scam presentation that talks about fraud trends, key warning signs, ways to protect ourselves. The program is open to everyone, not just people 50+!
10/16 Adult Craft: Create Your Own Book Jacket (adults) 6:00PM.
Celebrating National Book Month
Everyone has their favorite book, the one that you reread over and over. Now’s your chance to design your very own book jacket! Your artistic creations will cover the books and be put on display in the library for everyone to appreciate.
10/16 Sunshine Knitting Club (adults) 6:00PM.
Meets monthly on the 3rd Thursday of the month
Free to join for everyone! Bring your needles or hook and some yarn!
10/20 LEGO Day (Kids age 6-11) Drop in 2-4pm.
Let your imagination loose to build anything at all with the library’s LEGOs.
10/21 Board Games (Grades 6-12) 3pm.
play board games from our collection with your friends!
10/22 Notebook Decorating (kids and teens) 2:30-4pm.
Decorate a notebook with stickers, paper, coloring supplies, and more.
10/23 Spooky Movie Night: “The Witch” (2015) (adults) 5:30PM.
Celebrate Halloween with a screening of Robert Egger’s “The Witch” (2015). A tale of one Puritan family’s experiences in the woods of colonial New England, this film is perfect to wrap up “Spooky Season” 2025!
Please note that viewer discretion is advised.
10/23 Poetry Group (adults) 7:00PM.
Meets monthly on the 4th Thursday of the month
Whether you write, read or simply enjoy listening to poetry come join us for a relaxed evening as we share poetry together.
10/24 Keep Sarah Warm Kick off and Yarn Swap (all welcome) Drop-in 2-4pm.
We begin to accept scarf pieces (and it’s Sarah’s Birthday). Pick up and drop off yarn as crafters begin to bring in pieces for the community knit scarf!
10/27 Stitch-for-a-bit 2pm.
This is a craft meet-up group, where you can bring your work and socialize.
10/28 Historic (Haunted) Library Tour (families, small groups, and the general public) 4:30.
Join Mo for a tour of the building featuring the history of the house, the family, and the ghosts.
10/29 Mini Pumpkin Painting (For kids and teens) 2:30-4pm.
Decorate a tiny pumpkin to take home for Spooky week!
10/30 Ghosts of Mount Washington (adults) 6:00PM.
Presented by Marianne O’Connor
Author Marianne O’Connor will be presenting the memorials of Mount Washington, some of which are said to be haunted by supernatural beings. Marianne will share stories related to “The Presence.” Some believe it to be a spiritual being related to the many deaths on the infamous mountain!
10/31 Trick-or-Treat for books all day, 10-6pm. Stop by in your Halloween costume to trick or treat for children’s books.
10/31 Historic (Haunted) Library Tour (families, small groups, and the general public) 4:30.
Join Mo for a tour of the building featuring the history of the house, the family, and the ghosts.
10/31 Scarf Put-together! 2:00.
Assembly sessions each Friday leading up to the Keep Sarah Warm wrap up, where crafters can help assemble the pieces of the scarf together and add to our “contributors” list! This will be repeated weekly until the end of this project, November 21st.
Wednesdays Family Storytime! 11am.
Everyone is welcome at this traditional Storytime with singing and stories! Babies and children up to age 5 will find something to enjoy.
Some Thursdays Teen Hang Out (Teens grades 6-12) 2:30-4pm. Teens grades 6-12 are welcome to join a librarian in the Elaine Frank room on the third floor to hang out, draw, write, color, read, or just chat.
