Adults

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.

September 10 2024, 6:30 PM at Philip Read Memorial Library: Sarah Taylor

Books

Books in Order

Sarah Stewart Taylor presents her new mystery novel, Agony Hill, the first installment in a new series set in a fictional Upper Valley town in the 1960s! Sarah will talk about her research, her writing process, and her interest in this period in Vermont and New Hampshire history. Come and share your own memories from the 1960s and hear about Sarah's new book! 

Sarah Stewart Taylor
WWW.SarahStewartTaylor.com

Wednesdays @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

StoryTime with Na Lee Bae!

Meriden Library 22 Bean Rd, Meriden, NH

Join us at the Meriden library for stories, songs, and friendship. Storytime is designed especially for pre-K children but is open to all.

Plainfield Elementary School PTA

Starts at 7 PM.

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

Below is a summary of my show, “Mike Familant: Live! Searchin' America Tour'24”   

Join Producer, Lead Investigator, and New Jersey Native Mike Familant as he shares his experiences researching and tracking down the truth behind North America’s most iconic cryptid, Bigfoot.   

Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Grassman, Skunk Ape or Big Red Eye, whatever name you choose to call this large, bipedal hominid, Mike has probably tried to track it down.   

Mike has been researching this amazing creature for over 13 years, and has captured some impressive evidence along the way.  From the Florida Swamps to the North Country of Maine and everywhere in between, Mike is the full-time, lead investigator and producer of the show, “In the Shadow of Big Red Eye.”   

He will exhibit some extraordinary evidence backed by facts that he and his team have collected throughout his journey, along with some of the unfortunate experiences that come along with Bigfooting.  A Q&A will be held after the presentation and Mike will be available after for photographs and autographs.   

See all of Mike’s shows, including his docuseries “Squatchables” (how to get into Bigfooting) and his YouTube Channel, “Sussex County Bigfoot,” on his website, shadowofredeye.com. 

Mondays at 9:30 am in the meeting space!

Friends of the Meriden Library sponsored event

Mondays  2-3:30 PM at PRML