Drop-in knitting circle for all abilities. Free yarn and patterns are available. All handcrafters welcome!

How many animals can fit in the umbrella? Join us for fun stories, songs, and a simple craft.

This month’s selection is Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan. Copies available at the Library.

Drop-in knitting circle for all abilities. Free yarn and patterns are available. All handcrafters welcome!

Coffee with the Classics is back with We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson.  Join Barry and Wendy at the Conant Public Library in Winchester for another fascinating discussion on Wednesday, June 4, at 6:00 p.m.  

Join us for our monthly program “Richmond Reminisces.” Attendees are encouraged to tell stories of Richmond that they might remember, and the tales are recorded for future generations to enjoy.

Bugs, bugs, bugs! Join us for fun stories, songs, and a simple craft.

Drop-in knitting circle for all abilities. Free yarn and patterns are available. All handcrafters welcome!

Come hop away in this frog filled storytime. Join us for fun stories, songs, and a simple craft.

Drop-in knitting circle for all abilities. Free yarn and patterns are available. All handcrafters welcome!

Toot toot! The train is coming down the track. Join us for fun stories, songs, and a simple craft.

Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn:  The Connected Farm Buildings of New England

The Richmond Historical Society and the Richmond Public Library has received a grant from New Hampshire Humanities to present Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn:  The Connected Farm Buildings of New England.  The lecture will be presented on Monday, May 19 at 6:30, at the Veterans Hall. This program is free and open to the public and refreshments will be provided.

Through architecture unique to northern New England, this illustrated talk focuses on several case studies that show how farmers converted their typical separate house and barns into connected farmsteads. Thomas Hubka's research in his award-winning book, Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn: The Connected Farm Buildings of New England, demonstrates that average farmers were, in fact, motivated by competition with farmers in other regions of America, who had better soils and growing seasons and fewer rocks to clear. The connected farmstead organization, housing equal parts mixed-farming and home-industry, was one of the collective responses to the competitive threat.