KENSINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY

Story Time
2025-06-03 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-06-10 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-06-17 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-06-24 10:30 - 23:30 (America/New_York)
Join us for Story Time! Each week we explore a different theme through stories, songs, games, and a craft, followed by playtime.

Summer Reading Kick-Off Concert w/ Steve Blunt & Marty Kelley
2025-06-09 14:00 - 15:00
Join us for our Summer Reading Program Kickoff Concert featuring Steve Blunt & Marty Kelley in the KES Multipurpose room.

Summer Reading Registration Begins
2025-06-17
Register during the first week, and be entered into a raffle to win two passes to Water Country!
Stop by the Library to register and pick up your reading book bag. The first 50 bags picked up will contain a FREE ice cream card for Twin Lanterns!

Mad Science of Maine
2025-07-08 10:00 - 11:00 | Sawyer Park, 16 Trundle Bed Ln, Kensington, NH, 03833, United States
Join us at the Sawyer Park Pavilion to see Mad Science of Maine!
Please call or e-mail the Kensington Public Library to sign up for each program.
(603) 772-5022 • kensingtonlibrary@comcast.net

Chameleon Hunt
2025-07-15 10:00 - 2025-07-26 17:00
Find all the chameleons hiding in the library and get a prize!
This program will be running for two weeks during the library’s open hours.

Learn to draw Comic Book Characters
2025-07-24 15:30 - 16:30 | Kensington Public Library, 126 Amesbury Road, Kensington, NH, 03833, United States
Learn to draw Comic Book Characters w/ Ryan L. Higgins!
Please call or e-mail the Kensington Public Library to sign up for each program.
(603) 772-5022 • kensingtonlibrary@comcast.net

Jumbo Animal Collages
2025-07-31 15:00 - 16:00
Join us in making Jumbo Animal Collages at the library!
Please call or e-mail the Kensington Public Library to sign up for each program.
(603) 772-5022 • kensingtonlibrary@comcast.net

Movie and Popcorn
2025-08-07 15:00 - 17:00
Join us for a movie and popcorn at the library!
Please call or e-mail the Kensington Public Library to sign up for each program.
(603) 772-5022 • kensingtonlibrary@comcast.net

Ice Cream Social
2025-08-12 18:00 - 19:00
Join us in for our Annual Ice Cream Social at the library!

Last day to turn in Reading Logs
2025-08-16
Today is the last day to turn in your Summer Reading Logs.
We will draw prizes at the end of the day, so be sure to get yours in before we close!

Mah Jongg Club
2025-09-02 13:00
Open to all!
Every Tuesday at 1PM.

Cribbage
2025-09-03 14:00, 2025-09-10 14:00, 2025-09-17 14:00, 2025-09-24 14:00, 2025-10-01 14:00, 2025-10-08 14:00
Open to all!
Every Wednesday at 2PM

Mah Jongg Club
2025-09-09 13:00, 2025-09-16 13:00, 2025-09-23 13:00, 2025-09-30 13:00, 2025-10-07 13:00
Open to all!
Every Tuesday at 1PM

Impossible Realities: The Art of M.C. Escher presented by Jane Oneail
2025-09-17 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual Event
Jane Oneail returns virtually to present another wonderful art talk. This time she will present: Impossible Realities: The Art of M.C. Escher
M.C. Escher, the Dutch graphic artist, was a master of mind-bending creations,blending art and mathematics. Born in 1898, Escher’s journey from a struggling student to a renowned artist is as fascinating as his intricate lithographs and woodcuts.
This program will explore Escher’s life, his unique artistic vision, and the mathematical concepts that underpin his most famous works, offering a glimpse into the imagination of one of the 20th century’s most innovative artists.
Please contact the library for the link for virtual events.

Craft Mornings
2025-09-24 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-10-01 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-10-08 10:30 - 12:00
A drop-in social group for stitchers of all types! (and former Stitching in the Stacks members)
If you love to knit, crochet, needlepoint, or sew.

Claire Evans will present: From Uptown Girls to Downton Abbey: How American Gilded Age Heiresses Invaded the British Aristocracy
2025-09-24 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual Event
Cash-flush Gilded Age American socialites were willing to trade their family’s money for an ancient title and often a chilly reception in the British aristocracy. Fans of “Downton Abbey” and “The Gilded Age” on television and film will delight as Anglophile and former U.K. resident Claire Evans recounts the tales of some of the famously loaded young Americans who infused bank accounts of many stately homes, including close relatives of Winston Churchill and Princess Diana.
And! Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale hits theaters Sept. 12.

Please contact the library for the link for virtual events.
