The Friends of Madison Library have been busy getting ready for this year’s book sale, to be held (as always) on the first Saturday of Old Home Week, this year on August 7, from 9 am to 1 pm in the library’s Chick Room. Thanks to everyone who donated books for the sale. We are [...]
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The Friends of Madison Library invite everyone to a musical program on Thursday, April 29 at 7pm. This New Hampshire Humanities Council program, “Old Time Rules Will Prevail: The Fiddle Contest in New Hampshire and New England,” will be presented by fiddler Adam Boyce.
Whether large or small, fiddle contests tried to [...]
Join the Friends of Madison Library on Thursday, February 11 at 7 pm in the library’s Chick Room. Local author Peter Pinkham, who wrote both the recently-published thriller Killer Mountain and its prequel Hidden Mountain, will speak about his inspiration for these stories, his writing, and what goes into plotting a thriller. Sponsored by the [...]
Join the Friends of Madison Library on Tuesday, November 10th at 7 pm for a NH Humanities Council program, “Our National Thanksgiving,” presented by performers Steve and Sharon Wood. Reenacting Sarah Josepha Hale’s decades-long quest to make Thanksgiving a national holiday, the Woods, in period costume, take on the roles of President Lincoln and pioneer woman publisher Hale to tell [...]
Last week’s program, “Life in the Freezer: a Trip to Antarctica” was videorecorded, and will be broadcast tonight on Madison TV after the Selectmen’s meeting, at about 7:10 pm. The Friends of Madison Library hosted this well-attended program on May 29th. Hersh Sosnoff, a Madison resident, presented a slideshow of his recent trip to Antarctica [...]