Play Bingo! Win Prizes!
June 24th - July 29th
How it works:
- Come in to sign up. We have cards for ages 5 - Adult.
- Each square completed gets you a raffle ticket.
- Each Bingo gets an extra ticket.
- Place your raffle tickets in the bucket of the prize you hope to win! We have over 50 prizes this year!
Notes:
Children who bring in their bingo card each week get to pick a prize from the Treasure Chest.
Names for prizes will be drawn at the Finale on Tuesday, July 30th. Can't make it? No worries, we'll call you if you're a winner!
Rules:
- This is a 5-week program. As such, it is only open to cardholders that are able to participate all summer.
- Books must be from our library or Overdrive/Libby, checked out on or after the date you sign up to play. No previous checkouts are eligible.
- Bingo cards must be turned in no later than Monday, July 29th at 7pm.
- Bingo sheet is stamped only when books are returned, so you’ll need to bring them in with you.
- Books read should correspond with your reading level, unless noted. Ex: adults need to read adult-reading-level books.
- Entry implies permission for use of name and picture of winners for library use, posted in the library, online and in the media.
Simple Living: Pest & Weed Control
Friday, July 12th 11:30am
It's a jungle out there! Join our discussion of what's bugging you in your garden. 
Bring a photo if you need help identifying your foe.
Part of our Simple Living program series
Readers Cafe
Thursday, July 18th Noon OR July 20th 9am
Let our librarians inspire you to read a variety of books - join our monthly book discussion!
July’s book is I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
"Part true-crime page-turner, part campus coming-of-age" (San Francisco Chronicle) -- from the author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist The Great Believers.
A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past--the family tragedy that marred her adolescence, her four largely miserable years at a New Hampshire boarding school, and the murder of her former roommate, Thalia Keith, in the spring of their senior year. Though the circumstances surrounding Thalia's death and the conviction of the school's athletic trainer, Omar Evans, are hotly debated online, Bodie prefers--needs--to let sleeping dogs lie.
But when the Granby School invites her back to teach a course, Bodie is inexorably drawn to the case and its increasingly apparent flaws. As she falls down the very rabbit hole she was so determined to avoid, Bodie begins to wonder if she wasn't as much of an outsider at Granby as she'd thought--if, perhaps, back in 1995, she knew something that might have held the key to solving the case. [Syndetics Unbound]
Trivia Night
WEDNESDAY July 24th 6pm
Come alone, or come as a group to this monthly program! All ages welcome!
**For July, Trivia will be on Wednesday**
Author Kevin Martin
Thursday, July 25th 6pm
New Hampshire author, Kevin Martin, will discuss his new book, Big Trees of Northern New England.
Big Trees of Northern NE directs you on 66 trips to find 166 of the largest trees that are on public land or in the cities where the public can see them up close. Author and wooden boat builder Kevin Martin brings you through the woods and into some cities in the 4 states to find these impressive living parts of our landscape. Some of the trips include old growth pine or hemlock forests and a city tour with a horse chestnut in Portsmouth NH that was planted by a signer of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. One of the big trees is in Bethlehem!
Books will be available for purchase and signing.
Not All Who Wander
Friday, July 26th 11:30am
Using virtual reality, we will visit fascinating places. 
Our virtual reality programs are made possible through the generosity of the Friends of Bethlehem Public Library, and a NH State Library Summer Learning Grant provided by the Saul O. Sidore Memorial Foundation in memory of Rebecca Lee Spitz.
Let's Talk
Fridays 10:15-11:15am
An informal conversation with a different topic/theme each week. A thoughtful, safe, and open discussion. Coffee included!
July topics:
7/5 - no program
7/12 - Amazon and Big Chains
7/19 - First Drink
7/26 - Personal Acts of Rebellion
Tech Time
Call for an appointment
Make an appointment for one-on-one help with your device, learning to use the card catalog, how to research using our geneaology databases. Ask us anything!
Call the library 603-869-2409 to reserve a time.