Please note that Session is full. Belle is a therapy dog who is eager to listen to children read stories. Each child accompanied by an adult gets 10 minutes to meet with Belle and read to her.
This is a great way to practice reading in a non-threatening atmosphere. Belle is truly a library dog. Registration is required and space is limited. » More for Children

There will be lots of books for children, adults, and young adults. Enjoy fiction and every variety of non-fiction including history, biography, memoir, art, cook books and gardening books. Proceeds will benefit library programs. From 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM enter at North Sixth Avenue.» More for Adults

There will be lots of books for children, adults, and young adults. Enjoy fiction and every variety of non-fiction including history, biography, memoir, art, cook books and gardening books. Proceeds will benefit library programs. Help keep the library a strong community cultural center. Please enter at North Sixth Avenue.» More for Adults

Enjoy making a cool craft and snacks. » More for Teens

Please note that Session is full. Belle is a therapy dog who is eager to listen to children read stories. Each child accompanied by an adult gets 10 minutes to meet with Belle and read to her.
This is a great way to practice reading in a non-threatening atmosphere. Belle is truly a library dog. Registration is required and space is limited. » More for Children

Jane Foxglove Volkmann, author of children's book, The Berrylicious Secret will read her book and talk about the writing process. A recipe from her book will be served. Copies of the book will be available for purchasing and signing. » More for Children

One Friday a month we invite teens to play board games with friends in the community room. » More for Teens

The wildly funny author of Flip, Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, Dunk, In the Land of the Lawn Weenies and dozens more, David Lubar will amuse us with a reading and a talk about his writing and life. Having grownup in Morristown,(where he loved his libraries) graduated from Rutgers, and lived throughout the Garden State, he is very much a Jersey guy. Enjoy a Q and A with him as well. » More for Teens

Please note that Session is full. Belle the reading dog will be back to listen to children read. Children can practice and gain confidence while reading to our favorite golden retriever. Registration is required. » More for Children

If you have any interest in Anime or Manga this is the new club for you. » More for Teens

Director Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard) and writer Raymond Chandler (The Big Sleep) adapted James M. Cain's hard-boiled novel into this wildly thrilling story of insurance man Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray), who schemes the perfect murder with the beautiful dame Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck)kill Dietrichson's husband and make off with the insurance money. But, of course, in these plots things never quite go as planned, and Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson) is the wily insurance investigator who must sort things out. From the opening scene you know Neff is doomed yet, to the film's credit, this doesn't diminish any of the tension of the movie. This early film noir flick is wonderfully campy by today's standards, and the dialogue is snappy ("I thought you were smarter than the rest, Walter. But I was wrong. You're not smarter, just a little taller"). Stanwyck is the ultimate femme fatale, and MacMurray, despite a career largely defined by roles as a softy is convincingly cast against type as the hapless, love-struck sap. Introduction and discussion by Dr. Robert Knoll. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. 1 hour 47 minutes.

Poet and English professor Maxine Susman will conduct a poetry workshop. Each participant will produce a poem and have the opportunity to read it to the group. Maxine Susman, formerly a literature and writing professor at Caldwell College, has published in several dozen journals and anthologies, including Paterson Literary Review, CHEST, Runes, Earth’s Daughters, US 1 Worksheets, Home Planet News, and Poet Lore. Maxine has published four poetry collections: Gogama (2006) is about her father, a young Jewish doctor in remote Northern Ontario during the Great Depression. Wartime Address (2009) tells of a young woman trapped in Occupied Paris in World War 2 before escaping to Free France and Tunis. Familiar (2009) focuses on family life, place, and shifting states of mind and body. Creamery Road, published in 2011, tells stories of rural New York State and Maine. Please register at the front desk or call the library at 732-572-2750. » More for Teens

Enjoy board games with friends and snacks! » More for Teens

If you have any interest in Anime or Manga this is the new club for you. » More for Teens

Why should you start a blog? Learn what the difference is between a blog and a website. Find out about easy blogging tools, how often to blog, and what to write in a blog.Do you write? Take photos? Run a business? Work for a non-profit? All or any of the above? We will be exploring both the technical aspects of blogging (how to set up a blog) and the social aspects (how to get and maintain readers). The workshop will touch on blogging for monetary gain as well.
Leora Wenger, the library webmaster will get you started. » More on technology...

Teens can learn to help children learning to read. Come to a fun training session. To register contact Teen Librarian Karen Mitchell at kmitchell@hpplnj.org or call the library at 732-572-2750. » More for Teens

If you missed Walter Choroszewski's excellent class in April, he's back to review and move forward with your digital photography skills. He will show you the next steps after you take the photos. Learn to develop a digital workflow and a photo management plan. He will also suggest photo editing softwar. Well known photographer and author Walter Choroszewski brings humor and a straight talk perspective to an informal introduction photo class that covers the basics of photography in a digital age. He will demystify the terms Menus and Megapixels. Please Register by phone, at the front desk or online at www.hpplnj.org. » More on technology...

Academy award winning film directed by Martin Scorsese from a popular children's novel by Brian Selznick. Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton. » More for Children

Join us for a fun celebration to kick-off the summer. Games and refreshemts. This summer, Dreams will come true with reading. » More for Teens

Seinfeld mocked it. Letterman ranked it in his top ten list. And more than fifteen years later, its infamy continues. Everyone knows the McDonald’s coffee case. It has been routinely cited as an example of how citizens have taken advantage of America’s legal system, but is that a fair rendition of the facts? Hot Coffee reveals what really happened to Stella Liebeck, the Albuquerque woman who spilled coffee on herself and sued McDonald’s, while exploring how and why the case garnered so much media attention, who funded the effort and to what end. After seeing this film, you will decide who really profited from spilling hot coffee.

Learn new chess strategies from Daniel Zhu and then play them with other chess club members. Join us also June 29. » More for Teens

Learn new chess strategies from Daniel Zhu and then play them with other chess club members. » More for Teens

If you have any interest in Anime or Manga this is the new club for you. » More for Teens

Classic comedy from 1984 with Ghostbusters Bill Murray and Dan Ackroyd defending New York City from a legion of spirits that spread madness from the New York Public Library to the Statue of Liberty. More laughs and special effects than any one movie can handle. 105 minutes. Rated PG » More for Teens

In a small, remote mountain top primary school in the Kenyan bush, hundreds of children are jostling for a chance for the free education newly promised by the Kenyan government. One new applicant causes astonishment when he knocks on the door of the school. He is Maruge (Oliver Litondo), an old Mau Mau veteran in his eighties, who is desperate to learn to read at this late stage of his life. He fought for the liberation of his country and now feels he must have the chance of an education so long denied - even if it means sitting in a classroom alongside six-year-olds. Directed by Justin Chadwick. Rated PG-13. 103 minutes.

If you have any interest in Anime or Manga this is the new club for you. » More for Teens

The classic Disney film that tales the classical film with sweet, comic touches. When Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq, and from her Fairy Godmother. Rated G, 72 minutes. » More for Children

If you have ever wanted to make your own journal to write in join us for this special craft event. Snacks too! » More for Teens

This dark, urban comedy explores one day in the frustrating life of a Palestinian judge, who due to economics is forced to be an over qualified taxi driver in his brother-in-laws borrowed cab. Written and directed by Rashid Masharawi, this is a slice of life from the Palestinian city of Ramallah.
Not Rated. 71 minutes.

Can the game of chess save a marriage? The answer is yes if Dr. Kroger (Kevin Kline) is your chess teacher. This 2011 screwwball French film is also a clever fable about relationships that follows Helene(Sandrine Bonnaire) as she tries to interest her sexy husband Ange (Francis Renaud). Not rated. 1 hour 36 minutes.

New Jersey Blood Services is conducting a life saving summer blood drive at the library. Anyone in good health, 17 years and older, weighing at least 110 pounds can help save lives. This blood drive will help patients during the summer period when there are shortages. To register please call 732-572-2750. » More for Teens

With the help of three fans, The Muppets must reunite to save their old theater from a greedy oil tycoon. Rated PG 103 minutes. » More for Children

This French drama follows a Gypsy family as they travel French roads during World War II, followed by Little Claude, a young boy seeking a new family. Director Tony Gatlif conveys a sense of freedom for a people who would rather be in flight then own their own land in occupied France. Not Rated. 111 minutes.

Winner of three Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Music, this French romantic comedy is also silent and filmed in black and white. Silent movie star George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) bemoans the future era of talking pictures that is forcing him into oblivion. Written and directed by Michel Hazanavicius. Rated PG-13. 100 minutes.

Acoustic English Guitarist Kenny Cunnigham grew up in Liverpool with the voices of the Beatles in his ear. He will reconnect you with your youth and artists the likes of Simon and Garfunkel. Why not introduce your children to your favorite tunes this summer vacation!Don't miss a great night of folk and rock music. » More for Teens

If you have any interest in Anime or Manga this is the new club for you. » More for Teens

A Steven Spielberg film from the classic graphic novels for children. With the help of three fans, The Muppets must reunite to save their old theater from a greedy oil tycoon.Rated PG. 103 minutes. » More for Children

This drama about a Mexican Jewish family, written and directed by Mariana Chenillo, won 7 Mexican Oscars. Nora had a plan. It would bring her ex-husband, Jose, and the rest of their family together for a magnificent Passover feast. But there is a flaw in her plan- a mysterious photograph from the past, hidden under the bed, which leads Jose to reexamine their relationship and rediscover their undying love for each other.

Did you always want to make a sleep mask? This is your chance to design your own unique creation! Snacks. » More for Teens

If you have any interest in Anime or Manga this is the new club for you. » More for Teens

The Friends of the Library Poetry Night Series is in its eighth year and after the featured poet there will be an open mike and refreshments.

Rita Signorelli-Pappas has been writing and publishing poetry for over twenty years. Her poems have appeared in Poetry, Shenandoah, Poetry Northwest, Southwest Review, Prairie Schooner, Southern Poetry Review, Chelsea, The Literary Review, and Poet Lore, among other journals. A Pushcart Prize nominee, she was a finalist for the 2008 May Swenson Award, and she received the 2008 Italian Americana Award in Fiction.Her poems have been compared to those by Slylia Plath and louise Gluck.

Since the publication of his first volume of verse, Turtle, Swan, in 1987, Mark Doty has been recognized as one of the most accomplished poets in America. Hailed for his elegant, intelligent verse, Doty has often been compared to James Merrill, Walt Whitman and C.P. Cavafy. The recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, Doty has also won a number of prestigious literary awards, including the Whiting Writer’s Award, the T. S. Eliot Prize, the National Poetry Series, the Los Angeles Times Book Award, the National Book Critics’ Circle Award, the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for first nonfiction, and the National Book Award for Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems (2008). An open mike follows the reading.