September Feature Film: Unaccompanied Minors

Wilmer Valderrama, Brett Kelly, Tyler J. Williams
Warner Bros.; Directed by Paul Feig
Rated PG; 95 minutes; 2006

“It’s the holiday season and a huge blizzard has shut down the Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. Five unaccompanied minors are determined to have their own holiday fun running wild inside the terminal, joyriding on golf carts and plummeting through baggage chutes all while outwitting and outrunning an uptight airport official and his gullible assistant.”
Copyright 2006 Swank Motion Pictures, Inc.

Join us on September 4th at 6:30pm in the Hebert Media room at the Hooksett Library to watch the movie. Both movie and popcorn are free!

Reading Road Trip: USA, with Simon Brooks as driver

On Thursday, August 16th at 6:00pm, storyteller Simon Brooks will lead listeners on a trip through the USA, using folk, faerie, historical, and tall tales as methods of transport! We might find out how stories first came to Turtle Island, or where a dead man’s handprint refuses to be removed in PA, as we follow tales across the American Continent. These rich, sometimes scary, sometimes humorous, always fun and exciting tales draw from the different cultures found in America. With Native American tales from time immemorial, to stories in the near past, Simon will also take you through time. Funny fables, historical hauntings, and tales so tall you cannot see the top, can all be found in Simon’s retellings as he takes you on Reading Road Trip USA. Materials given away will include a small map of the USA and story sources, stating where each tale geographically comes from. The storytelling lasts between 40-60 minutes. The program is best suited for those aged 5 and up, but suitable for the whole family. Registration is not required. Contact us at 485-6092 or at hplbooks@hooksett.lib.nh.us for more info. This event is sponsored by the Hooksett Kiwanis.

Fall Book Discussion Series

This Fall the Hooksett Library will host a four-part book discussion series under the title of "New Hampshire Voices." Thanks to a grant from the NH Humanities Council, visiting scholars have been engaged to present and facilitate discussions on pre-selected titles authored by NH authors and related to NH history. The schedule is as follows:

• Sep 6, Thurs, 6:30pm - Amoskeag: Life and Work in an American Factory City by Tamara Hareven & Randolph Langenbach.
• Oct 4, Thurs, 6:30pm - The Kinship by Ernest Hebert.
• Nov 1, Thurs, 6:30pm - Peyton Place by Grace Metalious.
• Dec 6, Thurs, 6:30 pm - Journal of a Solitude, by May Sarton.

Books will be provided. Stop by or call us at 485-6092 to reserve your book, or just email us by clicking here.