Adults

May 14th

Meriden Library

6:00 PM

Meriden Library

Wednesdays 10-11 am

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

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)

Presenter: Richard Adams Carey 

On August 19, 1997, in little Colebrook, New Hampshire, a 62-year-old carpenter named Carl Drega, a man with long-simmering property rights grievances, murdered state troopers Scott Phillips and Les Lord at a traffic stop in a supermarket parking lot. Then Drega stole Phillips's cruiser and drove downtown to settle some old scores. By the end of the day, three more were dead, Drega among them, and four wounded. Occurring on the eve of America's current plague of gun violence, this tragic event made headlines all over the world and shocked New Hampshire out of a previous innocence. Touching on facets of North Country history, local governance, law enforcement, gun violence, and the human spirit, Richard Adams Carey describes a community that was never a passive victim but a brave and resilient survivor.

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.

Please register in advance and you will be sent the Zoom class link; click here: 

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0td--urT0vHtBLCMQfLJu9wAH__p0aRZP3 

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

PRML 9:30 am to 11:30 am in the meeting room.

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.

Meriden Library

Wednesdays 10-11 am