Plainfield Events

The Friends of PRML - Flower Pot Luck on Sunday October 19 in the afternoon from 3:00 to 5:00 pm.

 

September 2025 to June 2026

10:30 am to Noon

All are welcome!

October 23, 2025: 6:00 at Philip Read Memorial Library: 

Jeff Friedman & Brinda Charry

Jeff Friedman is a poet, micro story writer, and translator based in New Hampshire. He is the author of eleven collections of poetry and prose, including Ashes in Paradise and The Marksman. His work has appeared in leading journals such as American Poetry Review, Poetry, and The New Republic, and has been widely anthologized. Known for his wit, emotional depth, and surreal imagery, Friedman’s writing often blurs the line between dream and reality. He has received numerous awards and fellowships, and his translations from Hebrew and Polish have expanded his reach as an international literary voice.

Brinda Charry is a novelist, short story writer, and scholar of Elizabethan literature. Her acclaimed debut novel, The East Indian, is inspired by the true story of the first documented Indian in colonial Virginia. Richly imagined and historically grounded, the novel explores identity, displacement, and belonging in early America. Charry brings deep literary insight and lyrical storytelling to her fiction, shaped by her background in both creative writing and early modern studies.

WINNER OF THE 2025 SOCIETY OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS PRIZE (JAMES FENIMORE COOPER PRIZE) FOR HISTORICAL FICTION

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BARNES AND NOBLE DISCOVER PRIZE, THE CROSSWORD FICTION PRIZE.

LONGLISTED FOR THE MARK TWAIN VOICE IN AMERICAN LITERATURE PRIZE, THE JCB PRIZE.

Sunday October 26th at 3PM. 

The Plainfield Historical Society program will be Roger Ballou speaking about Cornish Colony artist Willard Metcalf. Following his numerous visits to Plainfield and Cornish between 1909-1920, many during winter, the artist Willard Metcalf was deemed by his colleagues “The Painter Laureate of the Cornish Hills.”  Roger Ballou, Docent at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester who has studied Willard Metcalf’s career extensively, will offer a program covering Metcalf’s artistic work in and around Plainfield and Cornish. Of particular interest on October 26 are photos of present day Plainfield and Cornish locations where Metcalf created some of his most famous paintings.

All are welcome!

September 2025 to June 2026

10:30 am to Noon

All are welcome!

Cookbook Book Group
Join us for our next Cookbook Book Group meeting on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at 6:30 PM at the Philip Read Memorial Library. This month we’ll be exploring recipes from The New Mediterranean Diet Cookbook: A Delicious Alternative for Lifelong Health by Nancy Jenkins.

Bring a dish to share (optional) and enjoy good food, conversation, and community!

Signup: click here

6:30 pm

Art Reception: AVA Gallery Senior Art Program
🗓 Monday, November 10, 2025
🕓 4:00–6:00 PM
📍 Philip Read Memorial Library (PRML)

Join us for a special art reception featuring the creative works of participants in AVA Gallery’s Senior Art Program. This drop-in group celebrates artistic expression, community, and lifelong learning through painting, drawing, and mixed media. Come meet the artists, enjoy refreshments, and explore the vibrant work created by local seniors in partnership with AVA Gallery and Art Center.

All are welcome — bring a friend and be inspired!

11/17 6 pm

Plainfield Democratic Committee Meeting