If a library program is cancelled or postponed, we will post that information on this website and our Facebook page.
In case of snow, please see WMUR cancellations.
Thank you very much.
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Upcoming Adult Programs
Men's Coffee!
Every Friday at 9:00 AM
Men's Coffee meets at the Dunbarton Congregational Church Vestry.
Right across the street!
All are welcome! Bring your own coffee.
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Women's Coffee!
EVERY Tuesday at 10:00 AM
We will meet in the library, or around the front foyer table.
This group is not just about caffeine!
There are tremendous benefits of a coffee group. Please join us as we meet and greet our neighbors, and make new friends.
Please bring your own beverage.
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Chair Yoga
with Sherry Gamble
Due to Sherry's injury, all Chair Yoga sessions have been cancelled.
We will keep you posted.
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Online Meditation with Judy Caron
via Zoom on the following Wednesday evenings, 7:00 - 8:00 PM:
December 18
January 8 and 22
February 5 and 19
March 5 and 19
April 2,16 and 30
May 7
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Concord Coachmen Chorus BACK By popular demand
Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Upper Town Hall
Wear your holiday sweaters!
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Learn to play Mahjongg!
We will come back together sometime in January 2025--date and time to be announced.
In the meantime, please view the videos that were suggested.
For more info, please call the library. Thank you!
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Winter Wonderland Forest Bathing: Connecting to Nature for Well-being
Thursday, January 16, 2025
11:00 AM
Presented by Kelly Dwyer, Nature Education Opportunities
With the holidays a distant memory and the promising energy of spring months away, many of us may be feeling the mid-winter blahs. What should be a season of rest has become a time of restlessness. Nature to the rescue!
Using the natural world as our classroom, we will engage our senses to explore fun techniques and ideas to increase our joy and sense of well-being.
Join Kelly Dwyer for a refreshing sensory experience as we meander along the easy and flat Koerber Trail, connecting to the surprises nature provides us when we set the intention to be present!
Please come prepared for 45 minutes outside! Please dress warmly and wear boots or sturdy shoes for walking. We will begin this program in the library and then head out for our gentle stroll.
Kelly Dwyer, founder of Nature Education Opportunities, is an award-winning environmental educator and certified NH elementary teacher. She has been creating and delivering engaging programming for audiences of all ages for over 15 years.
As a certified wellness coach, Kelly also brings a deep understanding of the numerous benefits of connecting with the natural world to reduce stress, improve health and embrace a more mindful approach to life and learning.
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Coming this Winter!
New Hampshire Humanities presents
Covered Bridges of New Hampshire: Past and Present
Presented by Kim Varney Chandler
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM,
Upper Town Hall
New Hampshire was once home to over 300 covered bridges. Today, there are over sixty authentic covered bridges in New Hampshire, forty-six of which are over a century old. These bridges exist solely because of the efforts of a small but powerful community that both recognized their significance and honored their tradition. Join author and photographer Kim Varney Chandler as she shares an overview of covered bridges in the Granite State, along with interesting facts she uncovered while researching her 2022 book, Covered Bridges of New Hampshire. Learn more about both existing and lost covered bridges in your area.
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Wildlife in Our Backyards: Meet Your Neighbors!
February 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM, Upper Town Hall
with Kelly Dwyer
Picture your backyard and envision gray squirrels, those forest acrobats, springing between the thin treetop branches. Chipmunks scampering on the ground, vacuuming up seeds at a frenzied pace. Possums and skunks are active at night, leaving evidence of their presence with prints in the snow or mud (or dug up lawns!).
We see and hear these amazing mammals, including foxes and coyotes, throughout the year as they share outdoor spaces with us. Join Kelly Dwyer as we explore:
- Fascinating natural histories of these animals.
- Essential ecological roles they play in various habitats.
- Strategies we can adopt to keep them safe and healthy and co-exist together!
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Robert Frost On the Farm: New Hampshire Farming as told by the poet.
Presented by Jeff Zygmont
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
6:30 PM Upper Town Hall
While it makes spoken words sing like sauntering music, Robert Frost’s poetry can also help us appreciate the rigor of life on a New England farm in the early 20th century. (Hint: It was hard.) In an exploration of both New Hampshire history and Frost’s poetry, author and poet Jeffrey Zygmont recites a selection of Frost’s poems about farming. Alongside each recitation, he provides background on Frost’s life, offering insight into the poem’s origins, and commentary on the work’s artistic beauty, as well as the experiences and emotions it expresses. Participants will join a lively discussion celebrating Robert Frost’s unique gift for capturing farm life in poetry.
