Presidential Series with Doodler Heather Rogers: George Washington (Hybrid)

You can watch this presentation from home or at the library. Register below for the Zoom link or come to the library to watch in person - no registration necessary.  Welcome to our yearlong series in which “America’s Preeminent Presidential Doodler”, Heather Rogers, ......More

You can watch this presentation from home or at the library. Register below for the Zoom link or come to the library to watch in person - no registration necessary.  Welcome to our yearlong series in which “America’s Preeminent Presidential Doodler”, Heather Rogers, shares facts, factoids, and fun illustrations about the presidents of these United States. We'll start off at the beginning with George Washington! His lack of biological children made him an attractive starter president — no chance of unleashing a monarchy accidentally! Hooray! He was the grandson of an indentured servant; illegally inoculated his troops; a prominent doctor proposed a three-part plan to bring him back to life. Don't you want to know more? In 2026, journey through Heather's sketchbooks as she shares some of her favorite tidbits, doodles, observations, and resurrection stories about the first 12 presidents. RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program. About Heather: Heather Rogers isn’t a historian, an academic, or an impartial storyteller… but she has read more than one book about every U.S. president. Out of spite. She was dubbed “America’s Preeminent Presidential Doodler” by one of her favorite biographers and she’s been repeating it ever since. When she’s not reading or doodling history books, she’s a freelance graphic designer, illustrator, and content creator. To keep her interest during her accidental spite project, Heather Rogers filled hundreds of sketchbook pages doodling her way through presidential biographies. Doing so heightened her curiosity and turned her into an insufferable presidential nerd. Along the way, she discovered unexpected threads connecting seemingly unconnected people, times, and events. She can’t get enough of the weird trivia, coincidences, and quirks. Like the fact that English wasn’t the first language of the first president born in the U.S. Or that a three-part plan was proposed to bring George Washington back to life. Don’t even get her started on William Henry Harrison – he was only president for a month, but she could talk about him for hours. *All illustrations for this series have been created by Heather Rogers and are her property therein. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Manchester Public Library and is in collaboration with a multitude of MA and NH libraries. https://manchesterpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/presidential-series-with-doodler-heather-rogers-george-washington-hybrid-4/

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Early Childhood Partners CFCE's Second Saturday

Please join teacher and musician Mr. Jeremy for a fun, early literacy music and movement story time for children ages 0-6 and their adult. Registration is requested but not required. Please register at https://www.earlychildhoodpartners.com/. https://manchesterpl.as......More

Please join teacher and musician Mr. Jeremy for a fun, early literacy music and movement story time for children ages 0-6 and their adult. Registration is requested but not required. Please register at https://www.earlychildhoodpartners.com/. https://manchesterpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/early-childhood-partners-cfces-second-saturday-3/

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Increase your comfort level with technology or try out a digital service you have always wanted to try. Need someone to walk you through setting up the Libby app to use our ebooks and digital audiobooks? Want to back up the photos on your phone? Want to try out some ......More

Increase your comfort level with technology or try out a digital service you have always wanted to try. Need someone to walk you through setting up the Libby app to use our ebooks and digital audiobooks? Want to back up the photos on your phone? Want to try out some of the technology we have to loan here at the library? Like a Wifi hotspot or Cricut-a computer controlled cutting machine? We have guidance for easy to moderate tech issues. Please bring your device, a charger and any passwords associated with your device or project. This is a program to offer one on one instruction on how to better utilize your technology, we cannot do a tech project for you and some issues will be outside of our digital expertise. If you want to check that we can help you with your tech question call 978-526-2017 or email [email protected] https://manchesterpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/digital-advice-492/

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Increase your comfort level with technology or try out a digital service you have always wanted to try. Need someone to walk you through setting up the Libby app to use our ebooks and digital audiobooks? Want to back up the photos on your phone? Want to try out some ......More

Increase your comfort level with technology or try out a digital service you have always wanted to try. Need someone to walk you through setting up the Libby app to use our ebooks and digital audiobooks? Want to back up the photos on your phone? Want to try out some of the technology we have to loan here at the library? Like a Wifi hotspot or Cricut-a computer controlled cutting machine? We have guidance for easy to moderate tech issues. Please bring your device, a charger and any passwords associated with your device or project. This is a program to offer one on one instruction on how to better utilize your technology, we cannot do a tech project for you and some issues will be outside of our digital expertise. If you want to check that we can help you with your tech question call 978-526-2017 or email [email protected] https://manchesterpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/digital-advice-516/

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MBTS Monday Writing Group

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Crafting a Legacy: How the PEM Brought Edmonia Lewis's Sculpture to Life

The Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library is ecstatic to introduce PEM Curator, Jeffery Richmond-Moll, for a conversation covering the artistic career of Edmonia Lewis. Gain insights into the behind-the-scenes making of the show, Edmonia Lewis: Said In Stone, including......More

The Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library is ecstatic to introduce PEM Curator, Jeffery Richmond-Moll, for a conversation covering the artistic career of Edmonia Lewis. Gain insights into the behind-the-scenes making of the show, Edmonia Lewis: Said In Stone, including new discoveries, exciting restoration projects, and the collaborative process of recovering and retelling Lewis's story. Registration is required. Due to the registration volume we will be hosting this event offsite at the FPC Community Hall (next door to the library at 17 Union Street behind Santander Back). Want to check out the show at the PEM? The library has a museum pass for discounted access to the Peabody Essex Museum that you can check out with your library card. The promo code will admit up to two (2) adult visitors at a reduced admission rate of $12 per person. Children age 16 and under are always admitted free. Click here to find out more about museum passes. About Jeffrey Richmond-Moll, Ph.D., The George Putnam Curator of American Art Jeffrey Richmond-Moll joined PEM in 2023 and now oversees an expansive collection that encompasses over four centuries of American art, culture and creative expression. Most recently, he served as co-curator for the traveling exhibition Making History: 200 Years of American Art from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and is co-curator of the nationally-touring exhibition Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone, co-organized by PEM. Previously the curator of American art at the Georgia Museum of Art, on the campus of the University of Georgia, Richmond-Moll has a wide range of expertise in American art from the colonial era to the late 20th century. He pursues interdisciplinary, experimental curatorial strategies to tell compelling, inclusive stories about our nation’s past, present, and future. His highly collaborative practice seeks to forge connections across media and time periods and unlock new ideas about American art and identity. Richmond-Moll received his Ph.D. and M.A. in art history from the University of Delaware and a B.A. in art and archaeology from Princeton University. He is the former co-chair of the Association of Historians of American Art. He is the editor and lead author of Extra Ordinary: Magic, Mystery, and Imagination in American Realism (2021) and Reckonings and Reconstructions: Southern Photography from the Do Good Fund (2022), and his essays have appeared in numerous journals and exhibition catalogues, including Winterthur Portfolio, Archives of American Art Journal and Panorama: Journal of the Association of Historians of American Art. About the show - Edmonia Lewis: Said In Stone Born in Greenbush, New York, in 1844, Lewis became the first sculptor of Black and Indigenous (Mississauga) descent to achieve international recognition. Beginning her career in Boston in 1863, she traveled to Rome in 1866 to join the leading American sculptors of her generation, breaking international, racial and gender barriers. "Sometimes the times were dark, and the outlook was lonesome, but where there is a will, there is a way,” Lewis recalled in 1878. “That is what I tell my people whenever I meet them, that they must not be discouraged, but work ahead until the world is bound to respect them for what they have accomplished.” Following her death in 1907, Lewis’ legacy endured in Black communities, yet her contribution to American sculpture has largely been underrecognized. Some of her great masterpieces were rediscovered decades later, while others remain lost today. Her vivid, naturalistic stone sculptures feature abolitionists and social reformers, engage with Indigenous identity, and give new life to religious and mythological figures. The FPC Community Hall is made available through the generous memorial gift of Ron Borel. The library trustees have voted to rent the FPC Community Hall every month from September-June as a way to contend with the space limitations that the library building has - especially in the colder months when we can't hold activities outside. Look for special programming on the 2nd Saturday of every month. https://manchesterpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/crafting-a-legacy-how-the-peabody-essex-museum-brought-edmonia-lewiss-sculpture-to-life/

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