Wednesday, March 7th Events

Teen Tech Week: Tutor.com Tutorial

Time: 3:00 PM-5:00 PM
Place: Keene Public Library, Kay Fox Room, Keene, NH
Price: Free
Ages: Recommended 13+

Tutor.com is the fastest, easiest way to get your homework done. You get an expert tutor whenever you need help—24/7—and you work together in our easy-to-use online classroom until your problem is finished.  After the tutorial, you can take part in a library scavenger hunt to find out more about library resources.  Free pizza will be provided to all guests. 

Film: Who Killed the Electric Car

Time: 7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Place: Keene Public Library, Auditorium, Keene, NH
Price: Free
Ages: Older 

This film surveys the development of electric-powered cars in the late 1990s, and looks at events that kept them from being made available in the consumer marketplace.  'Writer-director Chris Paine attempts to assess the actual viability of the project through interviews with political figures, the division’s sales staff, environmental activists, industry writers, and drivers, while also recounting the ultimately futile efforts of supporters to save the car and apportioning blame for its demise .... A salutary warning about backroom skullduggery in corporate America, this is recommended.' (Video Librarian, Nov. 2006).

Sony Pictures Classic, 2006, 1 hour and 33 minutes

Beatles Trivia Film Night

Time: 7:00 PM
Place: Phelps Barn, Grafton, VT (about 32 miles from Keene)
Price: Free
Ages: All 

Join us for free at the Phelps Barn at 7pm on March 7 for Beatles Night! The evening will be narrated by Daniel Star-Tambor and activities will include showings of the film "Yellow Submarine" (March 7). Fresh popcorn will be provided, and there will be a beer special available. Come one come all and celebrate the Beatles through Trivia and Film!

Book of Kells

Time: 7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Place: Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro, VT (about 18 miles from Keene)
Price: Free
Ages: Older

Dartmouth professor Jane Carroll considers one of the treasures of Western civilization, the Book of Kells, and how the Irish monks’ lavish illustrations of the twelve-hundred-year-old Gospel manuscript illuminate the artists’ thoughts about theology and the power of the word.

The lecture is a First Wednesday program sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council.
Supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Vermont Department of Libraries. 

Snow Detectives

Time: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM
Place: Amoskeag Fishways, 4 Fletcher St., Machester, NH (about 60 miles from Keene)
Price: $5 per family
Ages: Preschool age

The Amoskeag Fishways presents a preschool program about snow.  What secrets can we find in the snow?  What stories does snow tell?  Children will put on detective caps, get out hand lenses, and search for clues to reveal which animals are out and about in winter.  Two sessions: 10am or 1pm.  Cost: $5 per family.  Advance registration with payment required.  Call 626-3474 for more information.  www.amoskeagfishways.org

March Madness Celebration

Time: 6:00 PM-7:00 PM
Place: Gilsum Congregational Church, 13 Main St., Gilsum, NH (about 8 miles from Keene)
Price: Free
Ages: All

Pot luck dinner theme: International Night - bring ethnic dishes! Spiritual Study: "Dealing with Doubt." A 20 minute discussion precedes dinner. 

Abenaki Culture & History Group

Time: 4:30 PM-6:30 PM
Place: Historical Society of Cheshire County, Keene, NH
Price: $25 for 4 week session
Ages: Older

HSCC will offer an Educators Book Group on Abenaki culture and history. The four session book group will give educators an opportunity to enhance their knowledge through a variety of readings and facilitated by Bob Goodby, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Franklin Pierce University. Topics to be discussed through the readings will include the archaeology in the Monadnock Region, interpreting local Native American history, Abenaki history in northern New England, how Abenaki people maintained aspects of their culture and identity during the 19th and 20th century, and appropriate children's books to use in the classroom. Each session will be from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Participants will receive eight professional development credits, handouts, and a tour of the HSCC library and archive to learn what local resources are available to the region's educators. Cost for the four sessions are $25.00 and includes all books and handouts. To register or for further information, please contact Tom Haynes by email or at 352-1895.
The Educators Book Group is supported by a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities Council.

Live Music

Time: 6:30 PM
Place: Toadstool Bookshop, 12 Depot Square, Peterborough, NH (about 22 miles from Keene)
Price: $7
Ages: All

Redwing Blackbird, Klessa, and Shea Vaccaro. All ages welcome. 924-3543.

What's special about today?

National cereal day
Alexander received a patent for the telephone, 1876
Sir John Herschel birthday, 1792
Monopoly game invented