Event Calendar

Open to the Public. Starting at 6:30, in person and broadcast via Zoom. for questions or a Zoom link invitation, email Sally at: director@newport.lib.nh.us

This is our classic storytime, featuring 3 picture books with songs and rhymes mixed in to help keep young listeners engaged. We'll be easy to [...]

LEGO Day, Drop in between 1-5pm. Come build with our LEGOS! Challenge: Make a habitat for your favourite animal.

We're bringing back the Books on Tap book group which meets at Salt Hill Pub. We meet the first Thursday of the month. This month [...]

Kids Paint a Flower-Pot Craft: 1 pm. Kids and Families are invited to come paint a flower pot and pick out some seeds to take [...]

D&D at the RFL! Join DM Reggie (From The Dragon Maze). The system is Pathfinder! Register @ the library - space is limited

Teen Temporary Tattoo Creation 3pm: Ages 11-18

This is our classic storytime, featuring 3 picture books with songs and rhymes mixed in to help keep young listeners engaged. We'll be easy to [...]

BookTok 3pm book group, ages 11-18 welcome! Discuss a book and make a bookish Tiktok! This month's book: To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill [...]

Kids Craft: Yarn Lambs! 3:30pm. Learn how to make a spring lamb with yarn and a chenille stem. Ages 6-11.

Flower Pot Painting 3pm: Come decorate a flower pot! This would make a great Mother’s Day Gift. Ages 11-18.

Join us for a documentary about ground-breaking Asian-American actress Anna May Wong, followed by one of her feature films.  

Writer's Workshop is a monthly meeting of local adults who love to write! We welcome writers of any genre, interest area, and experience level. Every [...]

After School Coloring Party: Stop by after you get out of school to join our coloring party with your friends!

D&D at the RFL! Join DM Reggie (From The Dragon Maze). The system is Pathfinder! Register @ the library - space is limited

Needle Felt Workshop Drop in 1-4pm. Children ages 6-11+ and their grownups are invited to make needle-felted leaf or flower pins with us!  

we will eat a snack, walking through the pictures, read the book aloud together, and then reading through silently or with our grownups, before coming back together to talk about the book and enjoy some imaginative play.

We'll start a chapter book together and discuss it! for grades 2-5, depending on reading level. Parents will be expected to stay! This month's book: [...]

Board Game Night with The Friends of the Library! Join us for a fun evening of board games 6:00pm-7:30pm

This is our classic storytime, featuring 3 picture books with songs and rhymes mixed in to help keep young listeners engaged. We'll be easy to [...]

Video Games 3pm: Ages 11-18. Join us in the ballroom to play popular multiplayer Nintendo Switch Games

Newport Rec Building Play Group story time: 10-11am. We’ll be hanging out and reading stories at the Rec’s play group! Stop in and play and [...]

Kids Drop-In Find-The-Books Challenge. 11-5 Library books each have their own home on the shelves. How many books in my challenge can you find? Learn [...]

D&D at the RFL! Join DM Reggie (From The Dragon Maze). The system is Pathfinder! Register @ the library - space is limited

Kids Stomp Rockets 3:30; Weather permitting! Make a paper rocket and launch it with a stomp. For kids age 6-11 and their families. Rain day: [...]

Open to the Public. Starting at 6:30, in person and broadcast via Zoom. for questions or a Zoom link invitation, email Sally at: director@newport.lib.nh.us

Bookmark Craft 3pm: Ages 11-18

Meet Maine author and humorist Retired Ranger Tim Caverly and his wife Susan. Renowned outdoorsman, Caverly, will take you on a virtual canoe trip down [...]

Knitting Group 6pm - all experience and interest levels welcome! For questions, email msalvatore@newport.lib.nh.us

This is our classic storytime, featuring 3 picture books with songs and rhymes mixed in to help keep young listeners engaged. We'll be easy to [...]

  Graphic Novel book group, ages 12-18 welcome! This month's read is: Ready or Not by Andi Porretta

Adult Craft Club: Airdry Clay Flower Frogs 6pm. We will provide the supplies. All welcome to this free and public event.  

Air Dry Clay DIY 3pm: Mix food coloring with air dry clay to make a unique creation! Ages 11-18

Beaded Necklace Kids Craft: 1 pm and again at 3:30 pm. Kids 6-11 and their families are invited to string a necklace or bracelet to [...]

Poetry Group meets at the library on the 4th Thursday of the month. We take turns reading our favorite poems, sharing new ones and discussing [...]

D&D at the RFL! Join DM Reggie (From The Dragon Maze). The system is Pathfinder! Register @ the library - space is limited

The Library will be closed today in observance of Memorial Day.

Kids STEM Snap Circuits: Drop in from 11 to 4 to try out our Snap Circuit kits to play and learn about how circuits work. [...]

Book Club meeting at 12pm, this month's book is: The Bird Hotel by Joyce Maynard

This is our classic storytime, featuring 3 picture books with songs and rhymes mixed in to help keep young listeners engaged. We'll be easy to [...]

Teens and tweens grades 6th-12th are welcome to join the Teen Advisory Board to help plan programs and events at the library.

  Teen Notebook Decorating 3pm: decorate mini notebooks with stickers and fabric markers - Ages 11-18

Project RABBIT Night: Read A Book Because It’s Terrific! Join us for a special night of read-alouds with some of your favorite folks around town [...]

LEGO Day Drop in 2-5pm. Let your imagination loose to build anything at all with the library’s LEGOs.

D&D at the RFL! Join DM Reggie (From The Dragon Maze). The system is Pathfinder! Register @ the library - space is limited