Thursday November 29th @ 7:00 PM!

Thursday Nov. 29th @ 7:00 pm

HOW TO DRAW A NEKKID MAN with Tricia Rose Burt

HANCOCK WRITER AND FEATURED MOTH STORYTELLER DEBUTS UPCOMING MEMOIR

Local writer, performer, and award-winning artist Tricia Rose Burt will read from her upcoming memoir How to Draw a Nekkid Man, at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 29, at the Hancock Library.

How to Draw a Nekkid Man is based on Burt’s one-woman show of the same name (formerly called I Will Be Good), which was selected for the 2011 New York International Fringe Festival and further honored to appear in the FringeNYC Encore Series. The show has toured New England and the South to critical acclaim.

Burt is a featured storyteller with The Moth, a national storytelling collective that The Wall Street Journal calls NYC’s “hippest, hottest, literary event.” She has appeared on the Peabody Award-winning radio show, The Moth Radio Hour, which is broadcast on more than 250 NPR stations nationwide. Her Moth podcast, “How to Draw a Nekkid Man,” was downloaded by more than a quarter million people.

A Southern girl who was raised to conform, Burt decided to take a different path. Her memoir, which is currently in development, takes the reader on her witty and poignant journey from corporate executive to contemporary artist.

“Tricia Rose Burt is a master storyteller who could make a grocery list sound interesting,” says Jamie Trowbridge, publisher of Yankee Magazine. “Her story reveals how life’s rare epiphanies can both elude and transform us, and Burt tells it with humor and power.”

Burt’s been a guest artist at the StoryCollider in Brooklyn and at the WOW Café Theater in Manhattan, and a visiting artist at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, NH. She performed at the 16th Annual Nantucket Film Festival as part of the popular signature program Late Night Storytelling, hosted by Anne Meara and Mike O’Malley.

This program is free and open to all thanks to the Friends of the Hancock Town Library.

In addition to performing and speaking engagements, Burt writes a weekly blog at www.triciaroseburt.com, and frequently contributes to BetterAfter50.com, a weekly online magazine.

For more information about Burt and her creative work, go to www.triciaroseburt.com.

Library Minutes October 2012

Library Trustees Meeting

October 24, 2012 Minutes

Present:

Laurie Bryan, Mary Garland, Amy Markus

Meeting began at 8:55 am

Minutes of Sept. 26, 2012 approved

Treasurer’s report was approved.

Director’s Report:

·       Children’s programming is on hold this Fall until Rennie has recovered from her shoulder injury

·       Fuel oil price is up – this will be reflected in the 2013 budget

·       Amy and Laurie presented the library budget request to the select board and had a good discussion with the board.

·       Library has been very busy this fall with both kids using computers after school, adults using computers, and good program attendance.

·       Amy is working on updating the investment policy

·       Copier needs to be replaced – Amy is looking at options.

·       We are continuing to explore options for a new sign for the front of the building

Next meeting is November 28^th at 9 am.

Meeting adjourned: 9:30 am

Respectfully submitted,

Laurie Bryan

Thursday November 15th at 7:00 PM ~ Author Ernest Hebert

Keene native Ernest Hebert will be at the Hancock Town Library to read from his latest work, Never Back Down. The New York Times has this to say about Hebert’s work: “He writes with a grace, precision, and humor that makes one feel he will do for the hinterlands what John Updike did for the suburbs.” Hebert is the first and only fiction writer to be granted tenure at Dartmouth College. He is currently director of creative writing at Dartmouth but is best known for the six-book Darby series of connected novels revolving around the imaginary New Hampshire town of Darby. Free & open to all thanks to the Friends of the Hancock Town Library. For more information please call the library at 525-4411.

Sunday November 11th @ 7:00 PM

Sunday November 11^th at 7:00 PM

The Hidden Sky Star Party with Scott McCartney

At the Norway Hill Xmas Tree Farm

Everyone knows the night sky is filled with stars, along with the moon and the planets, but there's so much more to see!  Join us at 7 pm, Sunday, November 11 on Norway Hill as we explore the hidden wonders of the sky through a telescope, including double stars, galaxies, and the moons of Jupiter!  Dress warmly. Carpool if you can! Free & open to all. Call the library at 525-4411 if you have questions about weather conditions. We'll leave a new message on the answering machine if we are postponing to November18th.

Thursday November 8th at 7:00 PM

Around the World on a Square-Rigged Ship with Jim Salmon
 
We all have those days, the days when we think to ourselves: “I wish I could just get away from it all.” Jim Salmon, author of Rime of the Ancient Underwriter, did much more than think these words in 2000 when he left his job as an insurance underwriter and embarked on a nineteen-month trip around the world. Rime of the Ancient Underwriter is the personal account of his journey on board the Picton Castle, a three-masted barque sailing out of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Jim weathered storms at sea and stormy relations aboard ship, tramped through a steamy Panamanian jungle, climbed the rarified summit of Kilimanjaro, and tracked wildlife on the high plains of East Africa and the Australian Outback. There are pirates and a mutiny, but mostly his account is about people, places, and the human condition as seen through the eyes of a corporate exec turned seafarer. These lively, witty and inclusive stories invite readers to explore their own uncharted waters. Jim Salmon, whose ancestors were also seafarers, lives in New Hampshire and continues to stay close to the water, spending his summers as a part-time schooner captain. This program is free and open to all thanks to the Friends of the Hancock Town Library.

POSTPONED TO DECEMBER 3rd @ 7:00 PM

Due to illness, our evening of opera duets originally scheduled for Monday November 5th at 7:00 pm, has been postponed to December 3rd at 7:00 pm. Please make a note of it because you won't want to miss this!

Sunday November 4th at 4:00 PM

Library Events for November 2012

SONGS OF LOVE & SEDUCTION HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO
DECEMBER 3rd @ 7:00 PM DUE TO ILLNESS! SO SORRY!!
Monday November 5th at 7:00 PM
Songs of Love and Seduction: An Evening of Illuminated Opera Duets and Arias with Amy Knight and Tom Cochran

Wednesday November 7th at 7:00 PM
First Wednesday Book Club

Anyone is welcome to join us anytime. This month’s book is Donna Leon’s Through A Glass Darkly. While here you can pick up December’s book which will be Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women by Harriet Reisen. The Chicago Tribune raved about the book: “Superb . . . punctuates the myths of the Alcott family, rendering Louisa May with nuance.” Copies will be available at the front desk after November 7th.

Thursday November 8th at 7:00 PM
Around the World on a Square-Rigged Ship with Jim Salmon
 
We all have those days, the days when we think to ourselves: “I wish I could just get away from it all.” Jim Salmon, author of Rime of the Ancient Underwriter, did much more than think these words in 2000 when he left his job as an insurance underwriter and embarked on a nineteen-month trip around the world. Rime of the Ancient Underwriter is the personal account of his journey on board the Picton Castle, a three-masted barque sailing out of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Jim weathered storms at sea and stormy relations aboard ship, tramped through a steamy Panamanian jungle, climbed the rarified summit of Kilimanjaro, and tracked wildlife on the high plains of East Africa and the Australian Outback. There are pirates and a mutiny, but mostly his account is about people, places, and the human condition as seen through the eyes of a corporate exec turned seafarer. These lively, witty and inclusive stories invite readers to explore their own uncharted waters. Jim Salmon, whose ancestors were also seafarers, lives in New Hampshire and continues to stay close to the water, spending his summers as a part-time schooner captain. This program is free and open to all.
 
Sunday November 11th at 7:00 PM (Cloud/Rain/Snow Date Nov. 18th)
The Hidden Sky Star Party with Scott McCartney
At the Norway Hill Xmas Tree Farm
Everyone knows the night sky is filled with stars, along with the moon and the planets, but there's so much more to see! Join us at 7 pm, Sunday, November 11 on Norway Hill as we explore the hidden wonders of the sky through a telescope, including double stars, galaxies, and the moons of Jupiter! Dress warmly. Carpool if you can! Free & open to all.

Thursday November 15th at 7:00 PM
Author Ernest Hebert

Keene native Ernest Hebert will be here to read from his latest work, Never Back Down (check it out at the library). The New York Times has this to say about Hebert’s work: “He writes with a grace, precision, and humor that makes one feel he will do for the hinterlands what John Updike did for the suburbs.” Hebert is the first and only fiction writer to be granted tenure at Dartmouth College. He is currently director of creative writing at Dartmouth but is best known for the six-book Darby series of connected novels revolving around the imaginary New Hampshire town of Darby. Free & open to all.