Monthly Archives: March 2010

No, not for eating, nor for its tropical juices… and not the flamboyant character from Saturday Night Live, either.

The library’s Mango is a new kind of variety… an online language learning system!  Mango teaches real conversation skills through fun and engaging interactive lessons, right on your computer, anytime you like!  The Mango system is completely web-based and remotely accessible, so you can learn anywhere you have an internet connection — at the library, a coffee shop, or even at home in bed. Choose from Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Farsi, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Pashto, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, and English as a Second Language (ESL), in different levels of fluency. Best of all, with Langdon Library’s subscription now in place, it’s free for Newington residents… All you need is your library card number!

To get started, simply click on the Mango logo here in this posting.  Follow the onscreen directions and you’ll be parlez vous francaising, sprechen sie deutching, or practicing just about any language you like, in no time!

Members of the New Hampshire Astronomical Society will visit the Langdon Public Library in Newington, N.H., Tuesday, March 23 RESCHEDULED TO APRIL 20 to share the wonders of the universe with patrons and residents from the local community.  The group plans to kick off the evening at 5 p.m. with a look at sunspots and solar prominences using special purpose solar telescopes.  The solar viewing will be followed by a short astronomy presentation from 6 to 6:30 p.m. and a public skywatch from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Weather permitting, NHAS astronomers will be targeting a number of celestial objects including the quarter moon, Mars, Saturn, the Pleiades and Beehive star clusters, the Andromeda Galaxy, the Orion Nebula and others.The Langdon Public Library recently became one of 15 libraries across the state to participate in the New Hampshire Astronomical Society’s Library Telescope program.  With guidance from NHAS, the library purchased a 4.5-inch Orion Starblast reflector telescope, observing accessories and literature this past summer. Patrons of the library may now check the telescope out and explore the heavens on their own.

Have an iPhone/iPod Touch?  Check out the new app from NASA!

Note:  Check this page or our Facebook page for postponement/rescheduling info.