Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a fun, creative morning at Meriden Library! Families are invited to stop by and make a Valentine-themed craft, enjoy time together, and connect with other families in the community.
📅 Saturday, February 7, 2026
🕙 10:00 am–1:00 pm
📍 Meriden Library
All materials provided. No registration required—drop in anytime!
LEGO Club at the Plainfield Libraries
Let your imagination run wild at LEGO Club! Join us for a fun, relaxed drop-in program full of creativity, collaboration, and plenty of LEGOS.
Build, create, and explore—whether you come with a plan or just see where the bricks take you. All ages are welcome, and no registration is required.
We hope to see you there!
Many thanks to those that reached out to express interest in getting together to share their excitement as we look to the upcoming gardening season.
For those that didn’t see last month's posting, I am interested in gathering at the Masonic Hall in Cornish Flat, and the Plainfield and Meriden libraries for a relaxed sharing of our thoughts, suggestions and gardening resources. Whether it is a variety of tomato, a favorite recipe, gardening for pollinators, or how to keep your pruning shears sharpened, let’s see what we can do to support each other and local gardening.
So that you can mark your calendars, I have put together a schedule for us to look forward to. As we get closer to these dates, I will put out a reminder so that you will be sure to set aside some time for yourself and your neighbors. Please text, call, or email me your thoughts and questions:
Hank Ruppertsberger (603)-675-2907, hruppert3@gmail.com
Saturdays at 4:00 PM:
2/7 Meriden Library
2/21 Plainfield Library
3/21 Meriden Library
4/4 Plainfield Library
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.
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.
Tuesday, February 10, 6:30 pm - Made for Each Other: Famous Couples in Art
Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/9lXOcvPeQc-kDHYiyjBMhA
The art world is fueled by passion and competition. This program looks at famous artist
couples throughout the history of art and examines how they inspired, pushed and
influenced each other. The program will include Dutch Baroque artists Judith Leyster
and Jan Molenaer, early modernists Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz as well as
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.
About the presenter:
Jane Oneail curates and delivers art appreciation programs to audiences throughout New
England and beyond. Jane holds a master’s in Art History from Boston University and a master’s in Education from Harvard University. A New Hampshire native, she has worked at some of the state's most esteemed cultural institutions, including the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, where she served as Executive Director, and the Currier Museum of Art, where she held the role of Senior Educator. Jane has also taught at the college level for more than a decade, most recently at Southern New Hampshire University. For more information visit iamculturallycurious.com
Wednesday, February 11th, from 4:15-6:30?