Upcoming Events

Mondays  2-3:30 PM at PRML

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!

Hybrid Meditation Class (in-person and virtual)

Join Jim Allen for enriching hybrid meditation sessions. 

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

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.

An Uncommon Look at the Common Loon with Ian Clark

With their haunting cries and beautiful plumage, common loons are an iconic symbol of the northern wilderness. Join us for an Uncommon Look at the Common Loon, a slideshow exploring the natural history of loons in the North Country. West Newbury, VT-based photographer Ian Clark spent over 2,520 hours kayaking with loons over the last 12 years and taken over 350,000 photos of loons and their behaviors.

Ian spent many years operating commercial photo labs and tackling technical photographic problems, including a stint as the Manager of the Photographic Section at NASA’s Langley Research Center. He has a B.S. from the Rochester Institute of Technology and did his master’s work at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. He has been a news stringer off and on since 1975. Ian is a Juried Member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, the New Hampshire Art Association and the 802 Arts House. More information about Ian is available on his website at www.IanClark.com.

10 am

Drop-in board games - 2 pm at the Meriden Library

Learn the basics of using a computer, browsing the Internet, managing your e-mail, cloud storage, and more!

Drop-in any time between 3:00pm and 4:30 pm on Thursdays for a free tech help session.

Bring your own device and bring questions.

Tues Feb 11: Rhythm and Hues: The Harlem Renaissance and Its Legacy

This is a great program for celebrating Black History Month!

The Harlem Renaissance, a cultural explosion in the 1920s, saw African American

artists challenge stereotypes and celebrate their heritage. From the poetic

simplicity of Jacob Lawrence to the cosmopolitan portrait photographs of James

Van Der Zee, this era produced works that continue to resonate today. Discover

the visionaries who gave voice to the African American experience and forever

changed the landscape of American culture.

Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEuduGqrjooHtfctq0mlTI6z2LRsINHZ7QS