Special Events

To view a calendar of library events, click here.

For ongoing groups and programs, click here.

Summer Reading Programs

The Etna Library's Summer Reading Programs offer challenges, prizes, and fun for all ages all summer long! Find out more!

America's 250th Birthday
Chalk Art Contest

June 22 - 26

(During the Library's open hours)

Participate in a special 250th birthday version of the Etna Library’s annual Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest!

Come into the library for a supply of chalk and an assigned slab of sidewalk and then let your creativity run wild.

Gift card prizes will be awarded across multiple patriotic categories!

Morphs & Milestones
Live Reptile Program

Tuesday, June 23

3pm

Please Note: This event will now be held at TRUMBULL HALL, 195 Etna Rd. (connected to the First Baptist Church)

Morphs & Milestones is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping reptiles, including them in educational events, and incorporating them into therapies for persons with special needs.

At this event, their knowledgeable staff will bring multiple reptilian ambassadors and offer hands-on learning opportunities to engage and inspire young minds.

Join us to see - and learn all about - some incredible creatures!

Dinosaur Walk

Thursday, June 25

@4 pm

(The Etna Library, 130 Etna Rd.)

Create cool dinosaur feet and hats at the library and then wear them as we go on a Dinosaur Walk, reading a dino-themed story along the way.

America's 250th Birthday
Bicycle Parade

Saturday, June 27

@9:30 am (start decorating your bike)

@10:30 am (parade begins)

(The Hanover Center Common, Parade Ground Rd.)

Adorn your bicycles (or tricycles, or scooters, or anything else with wheels) with the decorations provided.

Then, once your bike looks perfect, join everyone else with their decorated bikes for a parade!

After the parade, the library will have a craft table set up where you can create something cool!

Part of the Old Timer's Fair which will also include activities like games, ox pulling, a book sale, and a quilt show!

History of the Hanover Town Library

Wednesday, July 1

5:30 - 7:30 pm

(The Etna Library, 130 Etna Rd.)

The Etna Library (officially named the ‘Hanover Town Library) was founded in 1898 as Hanover, NH's original public library, with its building constructed in 1905.

At this event, the library’s rich past will be celebrated with a self-guided history tour and free food and refreshments (using recipes popular in the early 1900s)!

Drop in anytime between 5:30 - 7:30pm, and let us transport you back to the early 1900s as you visit with neighbors and explore the Etna Library's 128-year history.

Dinosaur Egg Craft

Tuesday, July 7

11 am

(The Etna Library, 130 Etna Rd.)

Create and hatch dinosaur eggs with this fun craft!

VINS: Birds are Dinosaurs

Wednesday, July 15

5 pm

(Trumbull Hall, 195 Etna Rd.)

What did 65 million years of evolution turn the dinosaurs into? Birds!

Celebrating the summer reading theme “Unearth a Story," VINS is excited to introduce you to some live birds of prey and learn all about their dinosaur ancestry together.

We’ll explore the ways modern birds became masters of the air, and understand the immense timescale over which these dinosaur-descendants adapted!

Sub Zero
STEM & Ice Cream

Friday, July 17

5 pm

(Trumbull Hall, 195 Etna Rd.)

A fun science presentation that educates attendees using the unique properties of liquid nitrogen while making fresh and delicious ice cream to enjoy.

Registration required.

The Wild Side of Fairy Tales

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Saturday, July 25

1pm

(Etna Library, 130 Etna Rd.)

Join naturalist Susie Spikol and step into the magical world of fairy tales from around the world and hear stories and legends from long ago.

Meet mischievous fairies, talking animals, and naughty trolls and discover where nature and story meet. Let your imagination go on an adventure with these stories from the wildside of once upon a time and happily ever after.

Lindsay & Her Puppet Pals

Wednesday, August 12

5pm

(Costello Field, 195 Etna Rd.)

Lindsay & Her Puppets will entertain Hanover with a brand new show!

Lindsay’s comedic animation and timing, high energy, and uncanny knack for silly voices electrifies young crowds! She believes the visual and interactive nature of puppetry can access the imaginations of even the youngest children.

The Etna Library has hosted Lindsay the past two summers and everyone has had a blast - mark your calendars, now!

(This event is co-sponsored by Hanover Parks & Recs as part of the summer-long Picnic in the Park series of events).