Meditation Monday
Join us at the Philip Read Memorial Library for Meditation Monday.
🕓 4:30 PM
📍 Philip Read Memorial Library
This calming session offers a perfect way to start your week with tranquility and mindfulness.
All are welcome—no prior meditation experience necessary.
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
📍 Where: Meriden Library – Meeting Space
✨ FREE and open to the public!
Wear comfortable clothing. No registration required.
September 2025 to June 2026
10:30 am to Noon
All are welcome!
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.
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!
Mondays at 9:30 am in the meeting space!
Friends of the Meriden Library sponsored event
Meditation Monday
Join us at the Philip Read Memorial Library for Meditation Monday.
🕓 4:30 PM
📍 Philip Read Memorial Library
This calming session offers a perfect way to start your week with tranquility and mindfulness.
All are welcome—no prior meditation experience necessary.
Happy 2026! Our next meeting is Monday, January 5th, 6:30 pm by ZOOM only. Attached are the updated minutes from our November 3rd meeting and below is the upcoming meeting agenda, ZOOM link, and the 2026 meeting schedule. Mark your calendars!
Also, we have two openings on our team that we hope you will consider: Treasurer and Membership. Barbara Cieslicki has been treasurer for the Friends of the Philip Read Memorial Library for four years. She has decided to step down from the position. Barbara has made many suggestions to improve our budgeting process, investigating interest rates on CDs and proposing a new budgeting process between the library director and the Friends. Her contributions have been tremendously valuable. Helen Davidson has done the honorable job of managing memberships for many years. She would like to step down or change to a co-chair.
Please e-mail prmlfriends@gmail.com if you are interested in volunteering or knowing more about the positions.
Thanks so much,
Jessica
Friends of the Philip Read Memorial Library Meeting
January 5, 6:30pm, Zoom only
Agenda:
1. Approval of Minutes-Nov. 3, 2025
2. Treasurer's Report
3. Membership
4. Discussion on the new budget process between the library director and the Friends
5. General updates: lights, programs, other
6. Proposals/ideas for 2026 programs
7. Set a date for book sale meeting
8. Other
9. Next meeting February 2, 6:30, Zoom only
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84096781704?pwd=a1BHMURJWU1GS1cyUURMdlNxMSt1Zz09
Meeting ID: 840 9678 1704
Passcode: 632979