Book it for Cook! Ordination Rock 5K Family Race on July 4th

The Ordination Rock 5K Family Race on July 4th through Tamworth Village starts at 8:30 am. Race day Registration & number pick-up: 7:30-8:00 a.m. K.A. Brett School, Tamworth, NH Click here for Registration Form Spread the word! PDF of 5K Poster Start: Ordination Rock – outside Tamworth Village up Cleveland Hill Road Finish: K.A. Brett [...]

Artist(s) of the Month(s): May & June

Oil by Elaine Klement Mabel Doyle and Elaine Klement are the Artist(s) of the Month(s) for May and June. They call themselves M&E Expressions. Mabel Doyle lives in Wakefield, NH and paints with oils and pastels. Elaine Klement lives in Center Conway, NH and works in oil, watercolor, and acrylics. During May, their art will [...]

Found at Auction

Photo, courtesy of John Maloof’s collection We all love Antiques Roadshow and American Pickers. Here’s a story I stumbled upon which really fires the imagination. Found at Auction: The Unseen Photographs of a Legend that Never Was Vivian Maier was a nanny who took photos as a hobby. Read this extraordinary story of the chance [...]

May Film: Silver Linings Playbook on Tuesday, May 21st, 5 pm

May Film: Silver Linings Playbook on Tuesday, May 21st, 5 pm In lesser hands than director David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook could have been a typically cringe-inducing throwaway Hollywood rom-com. As it is, this unusual and deeply affecting story of crazy love is a bold observation about the joys and tragedy of life lived [...]

Perennial Plant & Book Sale on Saturday, June 1st, 9 am to 1 pm

At left are some of our trusty workers who make this sale happen. The Perennial Plant & Book Sale will take place at the library on Saturday, June 1st, from 9 am to 1 pm. This event is co-sponsored by Altrusa and The Friends of Cook Memorial Library. All plants will be donated by your [...]

Paying it Forward Day on April 25th This story will warm you better than coffee on a cold winter day

Photo from March 2012 Washington Post report on the homeless. We enter a little coffeehouse with a friend of mine and give our order. While we’re approaching our table two people come in and they go to the counter: ”Five coffees, please. Two of them for us and three suspended”. They pay for their order, [...]

National Library Week is April 14-21

In honor of National Library Week, we’ve compiled some interesting facts about New Hampshire and its libraries. The beginning chapter of the NH State Library was established in 1717 and it is generally considered to be the oldest such institution in the United States. In 1833 the first free public library in the United States [...]

Steve Grasse’s Plans for the Tamworth Inn

The Tamworth community is invited to send comments on the architect’s drawings and plans for Quaker City Mercantile’s new and rehabbed buildings on the Tamworth Inn site. are posted on the wall at the Lyceum in the Village (also viewable in attached pdf) and Steven Grasse, Jamie Oakes et al encourage us all to come [...]

Tuesday Film Night in April: Rust and Bone

Rust and Bone is our film for April. It will be shown on Tuesday, April 16th at 5 pm. Here is the trailer. Rust and Bone: French with English subtitles; Rated R From the director of the multi-award-winning ‘A Prophet’ comes a gripping tale of two souls finding strength in each other after tragedy reunites [...]

New automation system coming in June

We will be going live with a new automation system in June 2013. In order to migrate the data and be ready for opening on Tuesday, June 3rd, the library will be closed on Friday, May 31st and Saturday, June 1st. This change is necessary as our current system, InfoCentre, has seen no development since [...]