Upcoming Events

Mondays at 9:30 am in the meeting space!

Friends of the Meriden Library sponsored event

Mindful Mondays are designed for you to start your week with an intentional pause and practice a meditation exercise with your community. All you need to do is show up, turn your phone off, and be!

Join Jim Allen for meditation sessions. 

If you are a frequent practitioner or have never done meditation, please join us.

All are welcome!

7/21 - 6 PM @ ML

 To join by Zoom: 

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/8zt1K182Rpq0LmkpGWCUYA

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

🌿 Free Tai Chi Class 🌿
Find Balance, Energy, and Relaxation

Join us for a gentle and revitalizing Tai Chi Class open to all experience levels.
Learn the Yang Short Form, Tai Chi principles, and Qigong exercises for health and well-being.

🕘 When:
Tuesdays | 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Starting: May 20, 2025

📍 Where:
Meriden Library – Meeting Space
Meriden, NH

✨ FREE and open to the public!
Wear comfortable clothing. No registration required.

Who: Seniors in Plainfield, and Meriden, and their families, caregivers, and friends.
 

When: 2nd & 4th Tuesdays – Social Coffee Hours
June, July, and August. Come and visit with other local seniors. Bring games, puzzles, or hand crafts like knitting if you like. Coffee provided.

Where: Philip Read Memorial Library 1088 NH-12A, Plainfield, NH 03781 Phone: (603) 675-6866

Questions: Call Jim Allen at 603-558-2576

Our goal is to provide our seniors with social time, stimulating conversation, and puzzles, games etcetera. Seniors living in Plainfield and Meriden, are warmly invited to attend. We also welcome our seniors’ caregivers, family members, and friends.

This is a drop-in time for you to come with your tech questions.

Please come with your device(s) and all necessary passwords. We can take this time to make sure you are
set up properly to take advantage of all the library has to offer, or to help you get up and running with your
email program, social media, and the like. If we can’t help you, we’ll find an answer or point you in the direction of finding it yourself. We hope you’ll take advantage of this new service. If the time is not right for you, just let us know and we can set up an appointment.
 

Tech Tuesdays @ PRML - 10:30-11:30 am (drop in help)
Tech Thursday @ ML - 3-4: 30 pm (drop in help)

Tuesdays at 4:30 pm.

All levels welcome.

What is cribbage?

Cribbage, or crib, is a card game, traditionally for two players, that involves playing and grouping cards in combinations which gain points. It can be adapted for three or four players.[1]

Cribbage has several distinctive features: the cribbage board used for score-keeping; the crib, box, or kitty (in parts of Canada and New England) two distinct scoring stages; and a unique scoring system, including points for groups of cards that total 15. It has been characterized as "Britain's national card game" and the only one legally playable in licensed pubs and clubs without requiring local authority permission.[2]

The game has relatively few rules yet many subtleties, which accounts for its ongoing appeal and popularity. Tactical play varies, depending on which cards one's opponent has played, how many cards in the remaining pack will help the hand one holds, and what one's position on the board is. A game may be decided by a single point, and the edge often goes to an experienced player who utilizes strategy, including calculating odds and making decisions based on the relative positions of players on the board.

Both cribbage and its close relative costly colours are descended from the old English card game of noddy. Cribbage added the distinctive feature of a crib and changed the scoring system for points, whereas costly colours added more combinations but retained the original noddy scoring scheme.

Friends of the Philip Read Memorial Library Meeting
Tuesday, July 22, 6:30 pm

Philip Read Memorial Library (Zoom and in-person)

Agenda:

1. Approval of Minutes

2. Treasurer's Report

3. Membership

4. Parade report

5. Upcoming Programs

        Ventriloquist-August 2, 2pm, town hall

        Film, "Thrasher Road," August 18, 6:30pm, Samantha Green, library

        Friday craft with Sue Gattie, September 26

        Author Program with Harry Bliss, date to be set, library. Jim has asked if the Friends would make some light refreshments.

6. Please come with new ideas for programs

7. Director-Jim, if you wish

8. Adopt a Highway-week of August 17

9. Book Sale, September 13 and 14

10. Other

11. Next meeting - Tuesday, September 2, 6:30, library

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84096781704?pwd=a1BHMURJWU1GS1cyUURMdlNxMSt1Zz09

Meeting ID: 840 9678 1704

Passcode: 632979

Plainfield Democratic Committee Meeting

Join us for Board Game Club at the Meriden Library every Thursday at 2 PM! Whether you're a seasoned strategist or just looking for a fun way to spend the afternoon, we have a variety of classic and modern board games for all skill levels. Bring your friends or make new ones as we roll the dice, play our cards right, and enjoy some friendly competition. No registration required—just drop in and play!