Event Calendar

Penguin Poppers Kids Craft 1pm and again at 3:30pm. Come make an adorable penguin that can launch pompoms! Can your penguin pop off pompoms the [...]

Book Club meeting at 12pm, October's theme is "Read something from the year you graduated high school"

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 [...]

Postponed until Friday 1/31st at 3pm. Thanks for understanding! Paint + Pass 3pm: Ages 11-18. Start a painting and pass it to the next person [...]

Writing Games 3pm: Ages 11-18. Play some writing games and practice your writing skills!  

Family Pajama Storytime and Craft! 6:30pm. Bring the family for a special night-time storytime at the library! Let us read the bedtime stories! We’ll also [...]

Now Friday the 31st, postponed from Wednesday the 29th. Paint + Pass 3pm: Ages 11-18. Start a painting and pass it to the next person [...]

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 crafts with us!

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

Jenn Alford-Teaster, the Program Manager for Community Health at New London Hospital (NLH) invites patrons to join her for a conversation and review of the [...]

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 [...]

Kids’ Science: Snap Circuits 1pm and also 3:30pm. Learn about how electrical circuits work with fun, hands-on experimentation! Kids ages 6-11 and their families!

BookTok 3pm book group, ages 11-18 welcome! Discuss a book and make a bookish Tiktok! This month's book: Thirsty by Jas Hammonds  

DIY Valentines Craft for kids: 1pm and also 3:30pm. Make Valentines for your familie the old-fashioned way, with paper and glitter and glue!

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 [...]

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

RFL Parade Float Sign-Ups and Cowboy Hat Craft! Drop in 1:30-5pm. Families are invited to walk with our RFL Winter Carnival parade float on the [...]

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! February's book is: [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Oregon Trail Card Game 3pm: Kick off Winter Carnival by playing the classic game Oregon Trail as a card game. Ages 11-18

The Yarn Bomb will be an evening “guerilla art installation,” taking place in the evening with warm drinks to enhance the experience. We will attach [...]

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 [...]

RFL Parade Float Building: Drop in 1-5pm to help when you can!

Gold Rush Scavenger Hunt 2:30-5:30 for kids, teens, and families

Newport Winter Carnival Parade: 10 am. Watch for our float from the library lawn!

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 President's Day.

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

Fingerprint Activity 3pm: learn how to take fingerprints and dust for fingerprints! 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 [...]

Pages and Panels 3pm Graphic Novel book group, ages 11-18 welcome! This month's read: Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser

Make and bake your own polymer clay sweetheart. We will provide supplies! This program is free and open to the public.

LEGO Day, Drop in between 1-6pm. Come build with our LEGOS! Challenge: Make a habitat for your favourite animal.

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 [...]

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

Let your imaginations run wild: Make anything at all with the supplies on the craft table! For families of all ages.    

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, February's Book is "Ice Bound" by Jerri Nielson

Board Games 3pm: Ages 11-18. Join us in the Oval Room to play a few of our games from our collection!

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 Temporary Tattoo Creation 3pm: Ages 11-18

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 [...]

Kids’ Science: Snap Circuits 1pm and also 3:30pm. Learn about how electrical circuits work with fun, hands-on experimentation! Kids ages 6-11 and their families!

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