Greater Nashua

NASHUA – The Nashua Public Library will celebrate the start of its signature Summer Reading program with a free party on Library Plaza on June 12 from 6-8 p.m. The all-ages event features a bounce house, an inflatable corn maze, craft activities, lawn games, a plant clipping swap and free ice cream and popcorn from Sub Zero. On the main stage, popular Boston-based cover band Straightjacket will perform top hits from the 1990s. The party’s activities all revolve around this year’s summer reading theme, Plant a Seed, Read, which invites the community to stay motivated, engaged, and inspired to grow through an eight-week reading challenge. From June 12 to Aug. 8, readers of all ages can track their reading to earn free books, small prizes, and raffle tickets. If the community collectively logs 1 million minutes of reading, the library will donate two fruit trees to ...