Don't miss Fooling Banjos this Sunday at 4pm

Sunday May 19th at 4pm

Carolyn Parrott, Lissa Jones and Kathy Barnes will be here to perform songs and instrumentals in the "old time style" featuring banjos, mandolin, fiddle and guitar as well as traditional three-part harmony.
*presented with support from the Hopkinton Public Library Foundation.

Learn about invasive plant species on Thursday May 16th at 7pm

Douglas Cygan, Invasive Species Coordinator for the Dept. of Agriculture, Markets & Food will provide an in-depth look at upland invasive plant species of New Hampshire. Attendees will learn about the various issues, New Hampshire rules and regulations, characteristics, identifying features and control measures of some of the most aggressive non-native plants here in the Granite State. Thursday May 16th at 7pm in the Community Room.

Bio: Douglas Cygan has been the Invasive Species Coordinator for the NH Department of Agriculture for the past 10-years as well as being a nursery inspector and an Authorized Certification Official for the USDA. Prior to this he was a Wetlands Permitting Officer for the NH Department of Environmental Services (DES) for 2-years, and before that he was a Senior Environmental Manager for the NH Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Bureau of Environment for 7-years. In 1992 he graduated from the University of Maine, Orono, with a B.S and an A.S in Plant Science with a minor in Conservation Biology and Wetland Science.

Afghanistan in Photos Slide Show and Discussion - Sunday May 12th at 4pm

Currently in our Gallery
The Enduring People and Lands of Afghanistan
by local photographer Bob LaPree
Read more about the exhibit here
In addition to the exhibit of photographs Bob LaPree made of the Afghan people the Hopkinton Library will host a slide show and discussion of the long term project he undertook for the New Hampshire Union Leader to chronicle the experience of Charlie Company, 172nd Mountain Infantry, New Hampshire Army National Guard as it deployed to Afghanistan, some of its time in the war zone and its return to New Hampshire. The project was intended to emphasize in a personal way the New Hampshire people who undertake the burden of serving their country. 
Join us Sunday afternoon May 12th at 4pm in the Community Room for this special program.
Brought to you with support from the Hopkinton Public Library Foundation.