Event Calendar

DIY Popsockets 2-4pm: Use felt to design the top of a popsocket! For Middle and High Schoolers

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

Crayon Sun Catcher, 11am: color our world with crayons and make a cute sun catcher!

Side-Walk Chalk 12-2pm: for kids, families, and teens! Join us outside the library to color our sidewalks!  

Join Ms Mo for story time on the town common! Listen to stories and check out the cool venders at the farmer's market. If you [...]

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

Frozen T-Shirt Challenge 2pm: Compete to be the first person to unfold a frozen solid t-shirt and put it on! For kids and teens.  

Paint/Color Your Own Jigsaw Puzzle 3pm: For Middle and High Schoolers

Join us for an Author Talk presentation by small boat fisherman and New Hampshire resident David Goethel 5:30pm-7:00pm  

Children’s Summer Reading Ice Cream Finale! 3pm. Celebrate the end of summer reading with ice cream and friends!

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

Join Ms Mo for story time on the town common! Listen to stories and check out the cool venders at the farmer's market. If you [...]

Teen Lock-In 6-8pm: Celebrate the end of Summer Reading with an after hours teen lock-in! You must have attended two summer reading events. For Middle [...]

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

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

Get ready for some screwball comedy and join us for the first screening of our new Classic Movie Club, “My Man Godfrey” (1936), starring Carol [...]

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 [...]

Join Ms Mo for story time on the town common! Listen to stories and check out the cool venders at the farmer's market. If you [...]

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

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

We are collaging! Come with your creative juices ready to play with some scrapbooking materials. Make a card or two, collage a page, etc! 5:30pm-7:30pm [...]

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

Join Ms Mo for story time on the town common! Listen to stories and check out the cool venders at the farmer's market. If you [...]

Join the Friends of the Richards Free Library in the library parking lot on Friday, August 22, 2025 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for [...]

Come to our library's Annual Book Festival!!! We collect items throughout the year to present at this huge annual fundraiser. Always the 4th Saturday in [...]

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

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

Book Club meeting at 12pm, this month's book is:  The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

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

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 [...]

Join Ms Mo for story time on the town common! Listen to stories and check out the cool venders at the farmer's market. If you [...]

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 Labor Day.  

BookTok 3pm book group, ages 11-18 welcome! Discuss a book and make a bookish Tiktok! This month's book: The Inheritance Games by Jannifer Barnes  

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 [...]

Join Ms Mo for story time on the town common! Listen to stories and check out the cool venders at the farmer's market. If you [...]

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