Special Events

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For ongoing groups and programs, click here.

Migration of the Monarchs

Tuesday, September 23 @ 4:30pm

Come and learn about Monarch butterflies!

At this time of year, Monarchs undertake an amazing migration to Mexico. At this program, we'll learn about their migration and about how to create a Monarch garden to help them along their journey!

Enjoy story time and take part in coloring and writing letters to Mexico as part of a symbolic migration.

Feel free to bring your wings, and wear orange and black clothing if you’d like!

This program is for all ages! All are welcome!

Fall Fest

Friday, September 26, from 4-6pm

@ Storrs Pond (59 Oak Hill Drive, Hanover)

The Etna Library will be in attendance at Hanover’s Fall Fest 2025, with multiple tables of craft activities!

Other activities will include a Petting Zoo, a Dog Trick Show, and Touch-A-Truck with the Hanover Police Department.

Join us at Storrs Pond for some fall fun!

A Pig Named Mercy Watson

Saturday, October 4 @10:30am

Come and celebrate Kate DiCamillo’s adorable character Mercy Watson!

Enjoy story time and toast with butter, plus learn how to draw Mercy and try out illustrator Chris Van Dusen’s favorite medium: gouache paint!

Feel free to bring your pig stuffy, or dress up as a pig if you’d like. (We'll even have pig noses to hand out at the event)! It’s going to be an oink-of-a-kind morning at the library!

For all ages.

Redcoats & Rebels:
NH & the Revolutionary War

Monday, October 6 @5:30pm

Trumbull Hall (195 Etna Rd)

Join author and historian Mary Adams for a fascinating talk that will make you see the American Revolution like never before.

NH often gets overlooked in the narrative of the American Revolution, overshadowed by its noisy neighbor to the south.

Nowadays, few people know, for instance, that two-thirds of the troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill were from NH. Nor do they realize that NH’s Provincial Congress adopted the first state constitution in January 1776, making no mention of royal authority and essentially declaring independence from Great Britain six months before anyone else.

And these facts are just the beginning of NH’s revolutionary story!

Halloween Costume Swap

Friday, October 10, from 12-5pm

Saturday, October 11, from 10am-2pm

Want to transform your old costume into a new one?

From September 17 through October 9, the library is accepting gently used costumes for all ages.

On October 10 & 11, come browse our costume collection and head home with something new to wear this Halloween! We'll also have a fun photo booth set up so that you can take pictures of yourself in different costumes!

No need to donate a costume to bring one home! All are welcome.

Pumpkin Decorating

Monday, October 13

The Etna Library's popular annual event returns!

We'll pile the table with pie pumpkins that can be taken home and decorated with the included kit, packed with fun decorative supplies!

We'll have 150 pumpkins to give out this year. Pumpkins will be available starting Monday, October 13 and are first-come-first-served.

One pumpkin per child, please!

Apple Cider Festival

Saturday, October 18 @11am

Come to the library's beautiful Reading Garden, where we'll have an apple press on-site, making fresh apple cider to enjoy. Kids can help with the process, making cups of cider for themselves and others!

Home-baked treats will be available and fun fall-themed activities will be spread throughout out the garden, as well!

For all ages.

Haunted Story Walk

Saturday, October 25, from 6:30-9pm

For the second year in a row, the library's Story Walk will be transformed with a spooky story, glowing lights, decorations, and costumed characters!

We'll equip you with flashlights and glowsticks. As you walk up into the fields behind the library, you'll collect candy and have a Halloween tale read to you.

Back at the library, enjoy hot chocolate and Halloween-themed games. It's sure to be a spooky good time!

For all ages.