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Arrange directly with Durham Police Department by calling 603-868-2324.

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Community Policing: Learn about community policing by riding along in a police cruiser!

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Community Policing: Learn about community policing by riding along in a police cruiser!

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Book Discussions: Palaces for the People

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Book Discussions: Palaces for the People

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Mon., Sept. 12 at 6 pm - Lee Public Library
Wed., Sept. 28 at 6:30 pm - Paul Memorial Public Library (Newfields)

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"There's a term you don't hear these days, one you used to hear all the time when the Carnegie branches opened: Palaces for the People. The library really is a palace. It bestows nobility on people who otherwise couldn't afford a shred of it. People need to have nobility and dignity in their lives. And you know, they need other people to recognize it in them too."

"In a world where we spend ever more of our time staring at screens, blocking out even our most intimate and proximate human contacts, public institutions with open-door policies compel us to pay close attention to people nearby. After all, places like libraries are saturated with strangers, people whose bodies are different, whose styles are different, who make different sounds, speak different languages, give off different, sometimes noxious, smells. Spending time in public social infrastructures requires learning to deal with these differences in a civil manner."

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"There's a term you don't hear these days, one you used to hear all the time when the Carnegie branches opened: Palaces for the People. The library really is a palace. It bestows nobility on people who otherwise couldn't afford a shred of it. People need to have nobility and dignity in their lives.

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Thursday, September 15 at 6:30 pm, Durham Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 20 Madbury Rd., Durham

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Welcome to Leith | Documentary about White Supremacists in North Dakota | Independent Lens | PBS

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Welcome to Leith chronicles the struggles of a tiny North Dakota town against the plans of notorious white supremacist Craig Cobb.

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Text - Palaces for the People by Eric Klinenberg

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Text - Palaces for the People by Eric Klinenberg

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Oyster River Community Read fosters community by bringing the people of Lee, Madbury, and Durham together through books and reading.

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Please check https://www.orcread.org/events-2022 for the most up-to-date event information!

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Contact

Eric Klinenberg
Dept of Sociology
New York University
295 Lafayette St
4th Floor
New York, NY 10012
Email

Eric Klinenberg is Helen Gould Shepard Professor of Social Science and Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University. He is the author of Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life (Crown, 2018), Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone (The Penguin Press, 2012), Fighting for Air: The Battle to Control America's Media (Metropolitan Books, 2007), and Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago (University of Chicago Press, 2002), as well as the editor of Cultural Production in a Digital Age, co-editor of Antidemocracy in America (Columbia University Press, 2019), and co-author, with Aziz Ansari, of the New York Times #1 bestseller Modern Romance (The Penguin Press, 2015). His scholarly work has been published in journals including the American Sociological Review, Theory and Society, and Ethnography, and he has contributed to The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, and This American Life.

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Contact Eric Klinenberg Dept of Sociology New York University 295 Lafayette St 4th Floor New York, NY 10012 Email Eric Klinenberg is Helen Gould Shepard Professor of Social Science and Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University.

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Fall 2022 SCHEDULE

Check our Facebook page for program additions and weather cancellations.

SEPTEMBER

MONDAY, Sept. 12, 6pm. Adult Book Club: Palaces for the People by Eric Klinenberg. Register for online or for in-person discussion with the Lee Public Library .

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TUESDAY, Sept. 13, 6:30pm. Kick-Off All-Ages Trivia Night! The Barn at Powder Major Farm, 6 Cherry Ln, Madbury. RSVP here: EVITE

MONDAY Sept. 19, 6pm. Quest for Happiness presented by Maria Sanders. NH Humanities ZOOM event.
Register with Durham Public Library.
THURSDAY, Sept. 22, 6pm. Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn: The Connected Farm Buildings of New England.

NH Humanities Zoom Event. Register with Lee Public Library.

Pick some produce and deliver it to the local food pantry. 10 N Main Street, Newmarket.

Community Policing: Learn about community policing by riding along in a police cruiser! Arrange directly with the Durham Police Department by calling 603-868-2324.

MONDAYS, Oct. 3- Nov. 14. Weekly Discussions of Heather McGhee's podcast, "The Sum of Us" based on her bestselling book.

Durham Public Library.

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Durham Public Library.

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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12, 6:30pm. New England Colonial Meeting Houses and Their Impact on

American Society presented by Paul Wainwright. NH Humanities ZOOM event. Register with Paul Memorial Library.

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THURSDAY, Oct. 13, 4pm. Author Talk: Dr. Eric Klinenberg Speaks about His Book, Palaces for the People.

Memorial Union Building, UNH.

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TUESDAY, Oct. 25, 6:30pm. How to Have Difficult Conversations with James McKim. Zoom event. Register with Newmarket Public Library.

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THURSDAY. Oct. 20, 12:30pm. National Day on Writing Party. For all ages. Register with the Community Literacy Center, UNH Morrill Hall.

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Fall 2022 SCHEDULE Check our Facebook page for program additions and weather cancellations. SEPTEMBER MONDAY, Sept. 12, 6pm. Adult Book Club: Palaces for the People by Eric Klinenberg. Register for online or for in-person discussion with the Lee Public Library . ​ TUESDAY, Sept. 13, 6:30pm. Kick-Off All-Ages Trivia Night!

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The Unexpected Power of Random Acts of Kindness

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The Unexpected Power of Random Acts of Kindness

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The Unexpected Power of Random Acts of Kindness

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New research shows small gestures matter even more than we may think.

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Thursday, September 15 at 6:30 pm, Durham Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 20 Madbury Rd., Durham

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Welcome to Leith | Documentary about White Supremacists in North Dakota | Independent Lens | PBS

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Welcome to Leith chronicles the struggles of a tiny North Dakota town against the plans of notorious white supremacist Craig Cobb.

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Thursday, September 29 at 6 pm, St. George's Episcopal Church, 1 Park Ct., Durham

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Documentary: The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

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Documentary: The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

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Discussion after the film will feature past and present Durham Town Planners: Larry Brickner-Wood, Duane Hyde, and Michael Behrendt.

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Social Life of Small Urban Spaces (1980) - IMDb

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Social Life of Small Urban Spaces: Directed by William H. Whyte. With William H. Whyte. This highly influential film in architecture and planning circles by William H. Whyte analyzes the success and failures of urban spaces. Observing the natural order of spaces and the way people move through them,…

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The Public: Directed by Emilio Estevez. With Alec Baldwin, Taylor Schilling, Emilio Estevez, Jena Malone. An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.

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Monday, September 19, 6 pm on ZOOM. Register with Durham Public Library

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New Hampshire Humanities : The Quest for Happiness

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Thursday, September 22, 6pm on ZOOM. Register with Lee Public Library

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

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

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

Presenter: Thomas Hubka

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.
This program is also available as an online presentation.

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

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Presenter: Thomas Hubka 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.

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Tour the Newmarket Food Pantry Community Garden wtih Head Gardener, Bob Selfe on Saturday, September 14 at 9am.

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NEWMARKET - When most people think of donations for a food pantry, peanut butter, tuna and canned spaghetti sauce are usually the items near the top of the list.

But Katelyn Clough, administrative assistant at the Newmarket Community Church, is hoping to change that with the construction of a community garden specifically for the church's food pantry.

"What really made me want to do this was when we'd gotten in some fresh produce and I was volunteering in the food pantry," Clough explained. "I overheard a person saying it'd been so long since she'd had a fresh banana. I almost cried. They are so used to having canned produce, it was a treat to have a piece of fresh fruit."

Clough said she'd been thinking of starting a community garden run by volunteers, with all produce given to the food pantry, for about three years, since she joined the church staff.

She put together a committee comprised of herself, Bob Selfe and Cristina Purdum of the Newmarket Community Garden, and residents Addie Tarbell and Sean Murphy. Selfe, in addition to working with the Newmarket Community Garden, also tends the garden at the Sunrise Sunset Senior Center.

"I approached the church, I knew they had the property, and offered to help them start a community garden," Selfe said.

Last year they did a trial run at the food pantry and it was very well received, according to Clough.

The food pantry does offer produce when it's donated by local grocery stores, usually stock that is about to go bad, Clough explained.

While the town has a community garden, most of that produce goes to people who volunteer to maintain the 32 plots, according to Purdum. They frequently donate any abundance to the food pantry.

"The two gardens won't be all that different," Purdum explained. "They are both about community, dependent upon volunteers, and believing in the same practices. The community garden is self-sustaining. Our hope for the food pantry community garden is that we exceed what we need for the pantry and are able to sell the surplus. Then the profits will go back to the food pantry."

The committee reached out to many contacts to get donations to get the project rolling. Clough said they have raised close to $1,800. Donors included Blooming Newmarket Garden Club, the Newmarket American Legion, Gather Food Pantry (Portsmouth), the Cheney Companies, Newmarket Boy Scouts and the Newmarket Polish Club.

On Wednesday night, Blooming Newmarket members presented the group with a check for $500.

"Our group is excited to be helping this garden get started, it's a perfect fit with our mission to help promote the love and appreciation of gardening, plus so many people in our community will benefit from what will be grown here," said Blooming Newmarket President Joan DeYoreo.

The food pantry community garden will be located next to the thrift shop on North Main Street. Over the next week, the volunteers will set up the raised beds they built. They will be planting in the near few weeks and hope that there will be vegetables ready to harvest next month.

"I am going to do a survey of people coming into the food pantry to figure out what types of vegetables they'd most like to have," Clough said.

The committee is depending upon the philanthropic nature of residents to get the project off the ground. Tarbell is a program coordinator for RSVP, a senior volunteering group that matches seniors to volunteer positions. She will be reaching out to find people to volunteer at the garden. In addition, Clough will reach out to Pines residents to see if there are any residents with green thumbs who want to help.

"The sense of community in Newmarket is so important here," Purdum said. "Nothing happens by itself. This is a true community. After a recent fire in town, within a couple of hours, it was on Facebook, so many people were reaching out to help. It takes a community to be a community; it makes amazing things happen."

Selfe agreed that Newmarket is very civic-minded.

"Newmarket is an exceptional town for its size," he said. "I just want to do my part."

Tarbell is optimistic the group will find the volunteers needed to keep the project going.

"The produce can be available for clients at the food pantry and we're hoping to have a produce cart at the garden with the day's 'harvest' available to the public, with all proceeds going right back to supporting the food pantry. It's a win-win for the community," said Tarbell.

Anyone who wants to donate (they are still in need of seedlings and gardening tools) or volunteer should reach out to Clough at the church.

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Community Church planting garden for food pantry

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NEWMARKET - When most people think of donations for a food pantry, peanut butter, tuna and canned spaghetti sauce are usually the items near the top of the list. But Katelyn Clough, administrative assistant at the Newmarket Community Church, is hoping to change that with the construction of a community garden specifically for the church's food pantry.

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Thursday, September 29 at 6 pm, St. George's Episcopal Church, 1 Park Ct., Durham

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Documentary: The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

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Documentary: The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

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Discussion after the film will feature past and present Durham Town Planners: Larry Brickner-Wood, Duane Hyde, and Michael Behrendt.

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Social Life of Small Urban Spaces (1980) - IMDb

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Social Life of Small Urban Spaces: Directed by William H. Whyte. With William H. Whyte. This highly influential film in architecture and planning circles by William H. Whyte analyzes the success and failures of urban spaces. Observing the natural order of spaces and the way people move through them,…

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Wed., Oct. 19 at 6 pm - Madbury Public Library

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"There's a term you don't hear these days, one you used to hear all the time when the Carnegie branches opened: Palaces for the People. The library really is a palace. It bestows nobility on people who otherwise couldn't afford a shred of it. People need to have nobility and dignity in their lives. And you know, they need other people to recognize it in them too."

"In a world where we spend ever more of our time staring at screens, blocking out even our most intimate and proximate human contacts, public institutions with open-door policies compel us to pay close attention to people nearby. After all, places like libraries are saturated with strangers, people whose bodies are different, whose styles are different, who make different sounds, speak different languages, give off different, sometimes noxious, smells. Spending time in public social infrastructures requires learning to deal with these differences in a civil manner."

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"There's a term you don't hear these days, one you used to hear all the time when the Carnegie branches opened: Palaces for the People. The library really is a palace. It bestows nobility on people who otherwise couldn't afford a shred of it. People need to have nobility and dignity in their lives.

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Book Discussions: Palaces for the People

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Book Discussions: Palaces for the People

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Tues., Nov. 1 at 6 pm - Newmarket Public Library

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"There's a term you don't hear these days, one you used to hear all the time when the Carnegie branches opened: Palaces for the People. The library really is a palace. It bestows nobility on people who otherwise couldn't afford a shred of it. People need to have nobility and dignity in their lives. And you know, they need other people to recognize it in them too."

"In a world where we spend ever more of our time staring at screens, blocking out even our most intimate and proximate human contacts, public institutions with open-door policies compel us to pay close attention to people nearby. After all, places like libraries are saturated with strangers, people whose bodies are different, whose styles are different, who make different sounds, speak different languages, give off different, sometimes noxious, smells. Spending time in public social infrastructures requires learning to deal with these differences in a civil manner."

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"There's a term you don't hear these days, one you used to hear all the time when the Carnegie branches opened: Palaces for the People. The library really is a palace. It bestows nobility on people who otherwise couldn't afford a shred of it. People need to have nobility and dignity in their lives.