Friday, November 4th Events

Contra Dance @ the Library

Time: 6:30 PM-8:30 PM
Place: Keene Public Library, Herberton Hall
Price: Free
Ages: All

Join us for a fun family dance with caller Mary DesRosiers.

The Keene Public Library hosts a monthly free family dance for children and adults of all ages and abilities. Family Dances started at the Keene Public Library in the summer of 2003.  Now the dances are held the first Friday of each month from November through May.  Over the years, the series has become an important library program that helps to develop early literacy skills and is fun too.  Folk dancing helps to encourage the basic concepts of rhythm, repetition, sequencing, patterning, predictability, anticipation, musical cues, auditory discrimination, and counting.  These are all important early learning skills.  Traditional dance also is a great way to introduce children to the world’s rich diversity, to teach the enjoyment of dance, music, and rhythm and to begin a livelong habit of the social enjoyment and physical activity of dancing.

KidCraft at Mariposa Museum 

Time: 5:00 PM
Place: Mariposa Museum,  26 Main St, Peterborough, NH (19.9 miles from Keene)
Price: Free
Ages: All

To celebrate the continued exhibition, "Along the Silk Road," a reception will follow from 6-7 PM. All events from 5-9 PM are free and open to the public.


Film Festival of Chinese Cinema

Time: See description
Place: Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT (30.9 miles from Keene)
Price: Free

Ages: Older crowd

Marlboro College is pleased to present a weekend–long film festival showcasing some of the best new works in Chinese cinema. The six films include features and documentaries; half the films focus on China’s contemporary environmental challenges, while the other half address a range of social themes. Two scholars of Chinese cinema will give talks placing the films in historical and artistic context.

Friday, November 4, 7:30pm Before the Flood (2005)
Saturday, November 5, 1:00pm Manufactured Landscapes (2006)
Saturday, November 5, 3:30pm Blind Shaft (2003)
Saturday, November 5, 7:30pm Mountain Patrol (2004)
Sunday, November 6, 10:00am Getting Home (2007)
Sunday, November 6, 1:00pm Last Train Home (2009)

Friday Night Rainbow Lights Drop in Group for Teens

Time: 6:00 PM-9:00 PM
Place: Marlboro Graduate School, Brattleboro, VT (about 20 miles from Keene)
Price: Free
Ages: Teens

Beginning on November 4, Marlboro College will sponsor a monthly “Friday Night (rainbow) Lights,” a drop-in group for lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgendered, queer and questioning teens. The social and support group, which will take place from 6:00-9:00pm on the first Friday of each month at the Marlboro College Graduate School, will be a place where teens can relax, watch a movie, play a board game, vent, bond and talk about whatever they want. “We work so hard at Marlboro College to create a climate where difference can be discussed and embraced, and are thrilled to offer this opportunity to the local community,” said Ken Schneck, dean of students, Brattleboro select board member host of This Show is SO Gay. Pizza and soda will be provided. 

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