This month's events

Kids’ programs:

• Outdoor Nature-based Storytime for young children, every Tuesday at 10:30 AM outside behind the library. Be sure to dress for the weather! NOTE: No storytime on April 29.
• Baby Time in the Children’s Room, Tuesdays at 11:30 AM (following outdoor storytime). NOTE: No babytime on April 29.
• Community Dancing for Young Children, Saturdays, April 5 & 19, May 3 & 17, 10:30-11:45 AM. Welcoming children (ages 3+) with their caregivers to join hands, dance to live music and sing! Jennifer McHone Villalobos, caller & fiddler, with musicians from the Trad Dance Band.  This program series is funded by the Friends of Cook Memorial Library and The Yeoman's Fund for the Arts.
• Bibliomaniacs Reading Club for kids age 10 and up, Monday, April 14 at 5:00 PM. Stop in to sign up and borrow a copy of The Night War by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley to read ahead of time.
• Tamworth Recreation’s Lego Legends, Tuesdays March 19 through April 23, 3:30-5:00 PM for kids in grades K-6 (ages 5-12) will be held in the library’s meeting room, a time for Lego challenges and play. Transportation from K.A. Brett School to the library is available, request at sign up.  Sign up using this online form.

Board Games, Tuesdays, 5:00-8:00 PM. For teens and adults. Come play a variety of board games in our historic front room. Feel free to bring a game you’d like to teach others.

Daytime programs, thanks to an ALA/LTC Accessible Small and Rural Libraries grant:

• Bingo Club: No cost, for fun only! Come play Bingo in our meeting room from 1:00 to 2:00 PM, alternating Wednesdays. In April, Bingo Club will meet on April 9 and 23.
• Connections reading series for adults with developmental disabilities, Tuesdays, April 1, 8, & 15 at 1:00 PM. Led by facilitator Cindy Pulkkinen, participants will read and listen to picture books together. This program is funded by a grant from New Hampshire Humanities. To sign up, see Mary Cronin.

“Trips, Slips, Oops!” Learn About Fall Prevention, Wednesday, April 2 at 11:00 AM at the library. Joann Vasconcellos PT will discuss major fall risks, how physical therapists assess patients, and steps you can take to prevent future falls. Co-hosted by Cook Memorial Library and Tamworth Community Nurse Association.

When We Just Can’t Do the Thing, Wednesday, April 2 at 6:30 PM: Join Polly Mahoney for a discussion about why we tend to stand in our own way when it comes to doing things that we know would be helpful, and how we can try something different to move ourselves forward.

“Loving Vincent” film and art activity, rescheduled to Saturday, April 5, 13, 1:00 - 3:30 pm. Arts Council of Tamworth is partnering with Cook Memorial Library to present a free screening of Loving Vincent, a beautiful film about the life and death of painter Vincent van Gogh that was animated entirely through oil paintings. Included with the film will be free snacks and a "Make-Your-Own-van-Gogh" watercolor activity. The film is rated PG-13.

Take a reading road trip! Northern NH Library Cooperative celebrates National Library Week April 6-12 by welcoming visitors at open houses at each member library. If you have a Cook Memorial Library card, you are welcome to check out most items at our partner libraries. Each library will give away a special bookmark on their day. Go collect all five!

• Monday, April 7: open house at Madison Library 9-5
• Tuesday, April 8: open house at Jackson Public Library 10-7
• Wednesday, April 9: open house at Cook Memorial Library, Tamworth 10-8
• Thursday, April 10: open house at Ossipee Public Library 10-6
• Friday, April 11: open house at Conway Public Library 9-5

Mountains to the Sea writing group, Wednesday, April 9, 10:30 AM IN PERSON this month at the library: Meets monthly to write and read together. Register to join at https://bit.ly/mtns-sea-24-25.

Stories from an Expert Wildlife Tracker, Friday, April 18, 6:00 PM at the library: Come hear stories by Nate Harvey, an expert wildlife tracker. Cosponsored by Chocorua Lake Conservancy, Cook Memorial Library, and New England Wildlife Tracking. Find more info at chocorualake.org/events.

Earth Day activity - Knit a washable/reusable dishcloth/washcloth, Tuesday, April 22, 3:00-5:00 PM: Join Tamworth Recycling Project’s Maud Anderson, along with other crafty volunteers, and learn how to knit or crochet a washcloth. We will teach kids (10 and up), teens, and adults. If you are an experienced knitter or crocheter, please come help teach!  We’re using cotton yarn, knitting needles, and crochet hooks that were part of our Craft Supplies Swap. If you have cotton yarn you’re not using, please donate it for this project.

Brown Bag Book Group, Monday, April 28, 1:00 PM: Bring a bag lunch and come discuss Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke. Copies of the book can be borrowed from the library ahead of time.

Poetry Hour, Monday, April 28 at 5:00 PM: Come to read or simply to listen to poems.