Get Free Books, Music and Movies Without Getting Cold!

It's shaping up to be a brutal New England winter. I didn't want to go outside today, and I don't want to go out tomorrow.  If you feel the same way, I have a suggestion as to how you can keep entertained when your library books, music and movies run out.
Sign up for a free account at Hoopla with your Dover Public Library card. 
Hoopla offers over 280,000 music albums, 145,000 eBooks, 37,000 audiobooks, and 12,000 movies and TV shows that you can stream or download instantly!

A free hoopla app is available for many Android, iOS and Kindle devices. Use the app to watch, listen to or read any hoopla titles.

You can also play titles on your computer. To play titles using Internet Explorer or Safari, you'll need to install the free Widevine plugin on your web browser.
You can watch hoopla movies and TV shows on your TV with the hoopla iOS or Android app and Apple TV or Chromecast devices. Or you can connect your device to your television using an HDMI adapter. 

You may borrow 8 items per month.
Most movie and TV content is available for 3 days (a very small number of movie titles are available for 2 days).
Music albums are available for 7 days,
Audiobooks are available for 21 days.

eBooks are available for 21 days.

Borrowed titles will be automatically returned when lending period is over.

December is a Busy Month @ Your Library

There are quite a few fun things going on at the Library this weekend!

 

Looking for unique Dover gifts?

Start your Christmas shopping at the Library. We offer an assortment of gifts unique to Dover.

Dover Public Library Bookbag. The latest design of our popular bookbags has a zippered pocket inside, handy for keys and library cards, as well as a pocket on the front of the bag. $15.00

Birds Eye View of Dover 1888, a poster sized map from the Friends of the Library.$5.00

Library Notepaper  $7.00

The Port of Dover: Two Centuries of Shipping on the Cochecho by Robert Whitehouse and Cathleen Beaudoin. $25.00

Factory on Fire! Cocheco Mill Blaze of 1907 Revealed DVD. $20.00

The Great Blaze: A Look Back at Dover's Deadly Mill Fire DVD. 12.95

Tri-Cities Memories photo book by Foster's Daily Democrat $39.50


Dover Jigsaw Puzzle $20.00

Come on in and see what else we have to offer!

Library Hours for the Thanksgiving Weekend

Library hours for the Thanksgiving Holiday will be:

Wednesday, Nov. 23 - 9am to 5:30pm
Thursday and Friday, Nov. 24 & 25 - Closed
Saturday, November 26 - 9am to 5:00pm
Sun., Nov. 27 - Closed

Happy Thanksgiving to you all!

 

Hour of Code Event

Dover Public Library
Celebrating Computer Science Education Week
with Hour of CodeTM Sessions

The Library is pleased to host 4 sessions of Hour of Code during Computer Science Education Week, December 5 – 11.  All ages sessions will be held on Monday, December 5 from 6pm to 7pm or 7pm to 8pm.  Sessions for kids in grades 3 and up will be on Saturday, December 10 from 10am to 11am or 11am to 12pm.

 Registration is required to use one of the Library’s computers.  No registration is required to use your own laptop.  Register by calling 516-6050 or online at library.dover.nh.gov.   "The Hour of Code is designed to demystify code and show that computer science is not rocket science—anybody can learn the basics," said Hadi Partovi, founder and CEO of Code.org. "Over 100 million students worldwide have tried an Hour of Code. The demand for relevant 21st century computer science education crosses all borders and knows no boundaries."  If you have any questions please call Denise LaFrance at 516-6050.

Send Us Your Best Bookface!

Gothic Victorian Tales by Candlelight

       On November 15 at 7pm, the Friends of the Dover Public Library will present an evening of theatrical storytelling by Rita Parisi of Waterfall Productions. “Gothic Victorian Tales by Candlelight” will feature a trio of stories by South Berwick’s noted author, Sarah Orne Jewett (1849—1909), one of the most prolific female writers of the 19^th century. The tales feature a father and daughter embroiled in a family curse, a stranger who comes to a small town and lives in the local haunted house, and a very old lady with a mysterious past.

       Sarah Orne Jewett’s stories mirrored the everyday lives of local New Englanders, and often reflected the mysterious and supernatural. Each character and the author will be acted out by Parisi.

Slideshow/talk on Dover's Cotton Mills, Mon. Nov. 21, 7pm

       They still physically dominate our downtown. They still influence our business community, our traffic patterns, and our commercial and residential development. They still affect our urban vibrancy and livability. And they still proudly stand as a symbol of Dover’s industrial heritage, even almost eight decades after they closed.

       They are the mills at the center of our town, perched over the Cochecho River and its Falls, the brick factories which began as the nascent Dover Cotton Factory, matured into the flourishing Dover Manufacturing Company, grew to become the renowned and highly prosperous Cocheco Manufacturing Company and Print Works, and sputtered to an inglorious close as the Pacific Mills.

       Along the way, from their beginnings in 1812 to their demise in 1937, both astounding and abysmal events occurred in these mills including the first strike by women in the United States (1828), a worldwide calico operation that printed 65 million yards of fabric annually during the 1880s, industrial spying, “dung baths”, waves of immigrants, and some disastrous fires and floods. The mills shaped not only the generations of people who worked there, but also the civic direction and economic development of the City of Dover.

      If you would like to know more about the history of these massive structures which have truly made Dover “Dover”, you are invited to the Dover Public Library on Monday, November 21 at 7pm for a talk and slide show by Library Director Cathy Beaudoin which will explore the cotton mills’ rollicking saga in our city. The lecture is free. For more information, please contact the Dover Public Library at 603-516-6050.

Where To Vote In Dover

Unsure where you are supposed to vote this election? The City of Dover web site has the answer to your question. Click on the Dover Votes picture at the top of the City's web page.

Then click on the map on the right hand side of your screen.

Click on the search box and enter your address and hit the enter key.

Your Ward number and city council representative will be listed on the left side of the screen.

Polling places are located in each City ward. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the day of the election, Tuesday, Nov. 8.

Dover has the following six polling places:

Ward 1 - St. Mary's Church Hall, Chestnut Street.
Ward 2 - First Parish Congregational Church, 218 Central Avenue
Ward 3 - Langdon Place, 60 Middle Road
Ward 4 - Elks Lodge, 282 Durham Road
Ward 5 - St John's Methodist Church, 28 Cataract Avenue
Ward 6 - Riverside Rest Home, 276 County Farm Road

Or you can skip all these steps and call the Library. We would be happy to tell you what ward you live in and where you will vote.

Hear Sarah Orne Jewett's "Victorian Tales" reenacted here on Tuesday, November 15 at 7pm

       On November 15 at 7pm, the Friends of the Dover Public Library will present an evening of theatrical storytelling by Rita Parisi of Waterfall Productions. “Gothic Victorian Tales by Candlelight” will feature a trio of stories by South Berwick’s noted author, Sarah Orne Jewett (1849—1909), one of the most prolific female writers of the 19^th century. The tales feature a father and daughter embroiled in a family curse, a stranger who comes to a small town and lives in the local haunted house, and a very old lady with a mysterious past.

       Sarah Orne Jewett’s stories mirrored the everyday lives of local New Englanders, and often reflected the mysterious and supernatural. Each character and the author will be acted out by Parisi.

       Rita Parisi has been entertaining audiences for over 20 years in the New England area. In 2002, she founded Waterfall Productions to create shows that highlight her passion for theatre, literature and costuming, performing them in New England, New Jersey, New York and Florida.  

      Rita is also actively involved in the independent film scene in Boston and some of her films have been debuted at the Boston International Film Festival and Cannes film Festival. She is a proud member of the largest acting union in the country: SAG/AFTRA. This performance is free and all are welcome! For more information, please contact the Dover Public Library at 603-516-6050.