Adult

Event appropriate for adults

Mike Familant: Live! Searchin' America Tour'24

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.   

Library Lego Club

Library Lego Club

Lego Club begins on Saturday, June 1, 2024

Meriden Library

Join us and Click Some Bricks!

10:00 am — 12:00 pm

For children ages 5 and older.

There are a few important rules for all members of the Library Lego Club to abide by:

Antique Hand Fans with Shelly Goncalves

Come and see 100 antique hand fans from around the world, including French, Chinese, Japanese, American and novelty fans. This presentation will explore the history, designs, and different materials used for this art such as mother of pearl, bone, ivory, and celluloid. Have an antique hand fan at home? Bring it for identification. Shelly J. Goncalves has been collecting antique hand fans for over fifty years. She is a member of the Fan Association of North America (FANA) and on the board of the Fan Circle International (FCI). Her favorite hand fans are made of mother of pearl.

Ethical Aspects of Converging and Emerging Technologies (Virtual Humanities To Go Program)

Virtual

Presenter: Herman Tavani

Information technology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology have converged in ways that were not easily anticipated. As a result, new fields of applied ethics, such as digital ethics and AI ethics, have also emerged in response to the cluster of ethical problems generated by recent technologies. Herman Tavani examines a range of ethical issues – from privacy and autonomy to trust and dependency. He also considers the question: What does it mean to be human in an age of AI and Chatbots?

Summer Reading Kick-Off: Smokey Bear Reading Challenge

Thursday, June 20, 2024 @ Meriden Library - 3:30 PM

Nathan Blanchard, an NH Forest Ranger who supports our area of the state, will talk about the Smokey Bear Reading Challenge. The New Hampshire Forest Rangers are excited to support the Smokey Bear Reading Challenge and the 2024 Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) “Adventure Begins at Your Library”.