Family Craft!

On Saturday, August 24th, from 11-12 Bethany Hawkins leads this class designed just for families! You and your little ones can create your own unique photo frame that is perfect for gift-giving. Sign up at the desk to reserve your spot. A $5 materials fee will be collected for each craft at the time of registration. Be sure to bring a favorite photo (2x3 or slightly larger) to personalize your craft!
Kiss & Cry Coffee Hour

Summer has been full of games, late nights, ice cream, and swimming…. but, now it’s time for school and you might be feeling
a little sad at the thought.

So, parents, on the first day of school, instead of tearing up as you watch the bus drive off, come down to the library and share a box of tissues with other parents who feel the same way.

Join us in the Maxfield Library’s meeting room for coffee and goodies on Tuesday, Aug. 27, and talk with other parents as your child begins their school year.

Kiss and Cry begins at 8:45 am; the library will open for business at 10:00 am.
Drop-In Tech Help

Need help navigating Facebook? Want to learn more about e-readers and our Libby app? Come by Maxfield Library on Wednesday, August 14th between 3-5pm for tech help from one of our staff. Be sure to bring your device!

No appointment is needed, but please know that multiple people may show up. Our staff may limit sessions to 15 minutes if demand is high.

*Our Drop-In Tech Help is meant to provide basic technology help and we are unable to help with in-depth issues, repairs, or specialized software instruction.
Extreme Couponing 101

Thursday, August 15th, join Hannah Seigen and let her teach you how to cut costs on your grocery and household purchases by gathering, organizing, and using coupons!

Registration is required but the class is FREE! Reserve your seat by calling 798-5153 or by signing up at the circulation desk.
Dungeons & Dragons Night

Join us at 5:30 on Tuesday, August 20th for a Stranger Things-inspired adventure! Pre-made character sheets will be provided, but feel free to bring your own character to play if you have one!

We're changing our hours!

*Library hours are scheduled to change September 1st:
Tues & Thur 10-7pm
Wed & Fri 10-5pm
Sat 10-2pm
Closed Sun & Mon

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Current Library Hours

Monday	2 pm - 7:30 pm
Tuesday	10 am - 7:30 pm
Wednesday	2 pm to 7:30 pm
Thursday	10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Friday	Closed
Saturday	9 a.m. to 1 p.m
Sunday	Closed

Check out our telescope!

The Library has recieved a gift of an Orion StarBlast 4.5-inch Astronomical Telescope with a zoom eye piece and supportive material and an instruction manual. The telescope is easy to use and is robust. There is nothing to assemble. The telescope is of manageable size, but has a relatively large optical tube. This means that the Moon and deep sky objects will show far more detail than one could see with the common "beginners" telescopes. It also has a large field of view that allows the object to stay in the eyepiece longer. This is a quality instrument, reviewed by a number of astronomical publications and found quite worthy.

Many thanks to the New Hampshire Astronomical Society and Loudon resident Curtiss Rude for the generous gift.

Library Passes

The Library offers passes to area attractions. For a full list and description, check our Library Information tab.

Daytime Book Discussion

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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? is a memoir about a life’s work to find happiness. It is a book full of stories: about a girl locked out of her home, sitting on the doorstep all night; about a religious zealot disguised as a mother who has two sets of false teeth and a revolver in the dresser, waiting for Armageddon; about growing up in a north England industrial town now changed beyond recognition; about the universe as a cosmic dustbin. It is the story of how a painful past, which Winterson thought she had written over and repainted, rose to haunt her later in life, sending her on a journey into madness and out again, in search of her biological mother. It is also a book about other people’s literature, one that shows how fiction and poetry can form a string of guiding lights, a life raft that supports us when we are sinking.

Join us on Thursday, August 22nd at 2pm for an exciting discussion!

Story Time

Join us Tuesdays at 10:30 am for stories, songs, crafts and more!

Evening Book Group

Join us Thursday, August 22 at 6:30pm as we discuss Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver.

Author Barbara Kingsolver and her family abandoned the industrial-food pipeline to live a rural life—vowing that, for one year, they’d only buy food raised in their own neighborhood, grow it themselves, or learn to live without it. Part memoir, part journalistic investigation, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle is an enthralling narrative that will open your eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat.

Stitch & Chat

Join us to knit, crochet, or do other needlecraft on Wednesdays from 2:30-4:30pm in the Children's Room. This friendly, social gathering welcomes everyone to bring a project to work on in a pleasant, supportive environment.