Adult Programs

Storyteller, Rebecca Rule, entertained an audience of 40 at her April 24th program, Better Than a Poke in the Eye.  Your friends and neighbors described the performance as, "I loved the program. I have not laughed this much in ages. It is the best medicine in the world." "Excellent presentation." "Rebecca is a N.H. gem!"

For a printable list of May 2008 events @ RPL click here.

SPECIAL EVENTS

	Spring Program on Pruning Lilacs, Trees, & Bushes
	Thursday, June 19th from 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. A lecture and demonstration by Bill Warren and DJ Dupere . Free and open to the public.

ON GOING PROGRAMS

ART DISPLAYS

Now on display through June 2008 in the Community Meeting Room, are "Seascapes" by local artists.

Artist and teacher, Sally Michel, is exhibiting her paintings and those of her students on the Library's upper level through May. 

The Rye Public Library is also participating in "Faces of Caring,"sponsored by Compass Care.  This photographic exhibit spotlights the amazing seniors in our Seacoast communities and their dedicated family caregivers.  Located on the Library's upper level meeting room windows.

COMPUTER INSTRUCTION

Beyond Basics 1 - Intermediate skills for  Personal Computers

Thursday, May 29th from 6:00 - 8:00 pm / Instructor, Jonathan Ramsay
From turning your computer on, to opening, creating, and saving your very own document - to more advanced tricks of getting things done quickly. Get comfortable and ask questions while you find out what your computer can do for you. Do you feel like your computer only does a small fraction of what it is capable of doing? Get practice with Windows, options, and file maintenance.  Organize, Create files and store your documents exactly where you intend to find them. 

Sponsored by the Friends of the Rye Public Library. Note: Pre-Registration is Required.

Beyond Basics 2 - Workplace Workflow

Thursday, June 5th from 6:00 - 8:00 pm / Instructor, Jonathan Ramsay

A sample of MS Office -- including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and other office related skills will be addressed in this class. Learn how to incorporate information from one program into another, and about different file types, finding lost information and other office related skills. Find out what helpful software can be "downloaded" from the Internet, and how to do it. How to navigate the menus to get the software to do some of the work for you by employing macros. Sponsored by the Friends of the Rye Public Library. Note: Pre-Registration is Required.

Environmental Book Discussion by Town of Rye Energy Committee

Sponsored by committee members, Mimi and Steve White, and Jaci Grote    

Wednesday evenings, April 16th and May 21st from 7 to 8 PM.

Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy by Jay Inslee

KNITTING ASSISTANCE
Bring in your knitting projects and questions for help and good conversation
~ Every Thursday morning beginning September 6th from 10:00 to11:00 am

Check out the site http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com/directory.php for free knitting patterns to help you locate your next project!

MILITARY BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

The military book discussion group meets the first Thursday of the month at 6:30pm.

June 5th - Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II by Robert Kurson Recounts the discovery of a sunken German U-boat by two scuba divers, tracing how they devoted the following years to researching the identities of the submarine and its crew, correcting historical texts and breaking new ground in the world of diving.

MONTHLY BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
The adult book discussion group meets the third Tuesday of every month from 7:00 – 8:00pm. Newcomers are always welcome. Upcoming discussions are as follows:  

MOVIES at 1 PM ON WEDNESDAYS