Past Events

Lynchtown:Modern Dance and Multi-Media Lecture

Modern dance pioneer Charles Weidman choreographed Lynchtown in 1936 in response to witnessing a lynching as a boy at the turn of the century in Lincoln, Nebraska. Dancers from Nimbus Dance Works will perform from Lynchtown. Jeff Friedman, an associate professor from Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, will also provide a multi-media lecture about Lynchtown, to draw parallels to current social issues and to help the audience to experience the important legacy of social and political expression in modern dance. This program was made possible by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.

International Film Festival – As It Is In Heaven (2010)

Nominated for Best Foreign Film at the 2005 Academy Awards, the Swedish film is the story of Daniel, a successful international conductor who returns to his childhood village. When he is asked to lead the local church choir, nothing is ever the same.

Teen Craft- Make An Edible Bird’s Nest

Celebrate spring by making an edible candy bird’s nest.

Library Board Meeting

Friends of the Library Book Sale

The Friends of the Library Book Sale will be held May 18 and May 19 from 9 AM to 5 PM. When the library is not open please enter on North Sixth Avenue. There will be books for every age and of every genre including bestsellers, mysteries, science fiction, and many non-fiction subjects such as gardening, cooking, history, biography and memoir.

Library Closed

Friends of the Library Book Sale

The Friends of the Library Book Sale will be held May 18 and May 19 from 9 AM to 5 PM. When the library is not open please enter on North Sixth Avenue. There will be books for every age and of every genre including bestsellers, mysteries, science fiction, and many non-fiction subjects such as gardening, cooking, history, biography and memoir.

Please Donate Books For Friends Book Sale

Books will be accepted in the meeting room through Thursday, May 16. All books are requested except for textbooks, magazines, Reader’s Digest Condensed books, and encyclopedias. Please do not drop off books when the library is closed. Proceeds from the sale will support library programs.

Please Donate Books to Friends Book Sale

Books will be accepted in the meeting room through Thursday, May 16. All books are requested except for textbooks, magazines, Reader’s Digest Condensed books, and encyclopedias. Please do not drop off books when the library is closed. Proceeds from the sale will support library programs.

Please Donate Books For Friends Sale

Books will be accepted in the meeting room through Thursday, May 16. All books are requested except for textbooks, magazines, Reader’s Digest Condensed books, and encyclopedias. Please do not drop off books when the library is closed. Proceeds from the sale will support library programs.

Please Donate Books for Friends Book Sale

Books will be accepted in the meeting room through Thursday, May 16. All books are requested except for textbooks, magazines, Reader’s Digest Condensed books, and encyclopedias. Please do not drop off books when the library is closed. Proceeds from the sale will support library programs.

Library Closed

Mother’s Day Card Making For Teens

Make your own special creation for Mom!

Film in the Dawn of the Television Age: Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Film historian Dr. Robert Knoll will introduce the cynical 1950s’classic, Sweet Smell of Success. Directed by Alexander MacKendrick and starring Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis, Broadway gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker, coerces Sidney Falco, the unprincipled press agent, into destroying the romance between an up and coming jazz musician and his beloved sister. 2 hours.

Teen Photo Booth Program

Make your own props and strike a prose at this DIY photo program.

Library Closed

Art Reception for Reflections Exhibit

Reflections: Paintings by Sangeeta Bhagat, Monika Sinha, Geeta Acharya, Rohini Zutshi, Sarmishtha Patel, Shimta Gupta, Yoginit Shroff and Jayant Shroff is the new May exhibit at the library.

TNT (Twos and Threes)

Stories, crafts, and songs for children ages two and three years of age accompanied by an adult. Registration is required.

Book Break

Story time for children four five years. Crafts, stories and creative dramatics.

TNT (Two and Three Year Olds)

Stories, crafts, songs, and rhymes for children two and three years of age accompanied by an adult. Please register.

Library Closed

Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace – American Jewish Women’s Activism, 1890-1940

Dr. Melissa R. Klapper teaches American, Jewish, and Women’s History at Rowan University. Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace explores the social and political activism of American Jewish women from the 1890s to the beginnings of World War II. Written in an engaging style, the book demonstrates that no history of the birth control, suffrage, or peace movements in the United States is complete without analyzing the impact of Jewish women’s presence. The volume is based on years of extensive primary source research in more than a dozen archives and among hundreds of primary sources, many of which have previously never been seen. Voluminous personal papers and institutional records paint a vivid picture of a world in which both middle-class and working-class American Jewish women were consistently and publicly engaged in all the major issues of their day and worked closely with their non-Jewish counterparts on behalf of activist causes.This extraordinarily well researched volume makes a unique contribution to the study of modern women’s history, modern Jewish history, and the history of American social movements.

Pine Cone Deer

Create a pine cone deer and learn about an animal seen even on the streets of Highland Park. For children already in grade school. Please register.

TNT (Twos and Threes)

Stories, crafts, and songs for children ages two and three years of age accompanied by an adult. Registration is required.

TNT (Twos and Threes)

Rhymes, songs, and stories for our youngest patrons ages 6-23 months accompanied by a parent. Please register.

Teen Gaming Day

Try out some X-Box Kinect games!

Book Break

Story time for children four five years. Crafts, stories and creative dramatics.

TNT (Twos and Threes)

Stories, crafts, and songs for children ages two and three years of age accompanied by an adult. Registration is required.

Library Board Meeting

Library Closeed

Gardening at the Library

Join us when we plant our community vegetable garden again with Meredith Carman, parent and master gardener. Be prepared to get dirty. For grade school children and teens.

Glenis Redmond – Performance Poet – State Theatre-Artist-In-Residence

Glenis Redmond is poet, educator, performer, and counselor rolled into one passionate soul. She presents her poetry in performances that cause the printed word to spring from the page and dance, sing, weep, and laugh. Glenis tells stories with poetry—tales from her life, her family, her African-American heritage, and her sensitive observations of the world around her—inspiring audiences of all ages. Her original poetry pays tribute to those who lift us up: mothers and grandmothers, sisters and brothers, and those in the world who dare to write, to speak, to dance, to sing for us all. Her performance is for adults and teens and is a State Theatre Artist-in-Residence, sponsored by the Horizon Foundation for New Jersey. Her performance is one of three events in Celebration of April as Poetry Month.

Musical Mornings

Join us for a preschool romp as we make music with Ann Wild. This program is recommended for children ages two through five, but everyone is welcome.

Nick Virgilio – A Film and Talk about Haiku Poetry

Rick Black, a poet and publisher will be presenting a film and reading about one of the most notable haiku poets. Nick Virgilio, who started writing in the 1960s and was a pioneer of American haiku poetry, penned some of this country’s most elegiac and memorable haiku. Born and bred in Camden, New Jersey, he was a legend to some, an inspiration to others. He spent countless hours in his cellar at his Remington typewriter, writing haiku about nature, the people of Camden and south Philadelphia, and his family. In particular, he detailed the deep sense of loss that affected him and his family when his youngest brother, Larry, was killed in Vietnam.

Nursery Rhyme Time

A very special first story time, with songs, rhymes, books, and manipulatives for babies and toddlers 6-23 months old accompanied by an adult. Please register.

TNT (Twos and Threes)

Stories, crafts, and songs for children ages two and three years of age accompanied by an adult. Registration is required.

International Film Festival – Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2012)

Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt star alongside Oscar nominee Kristin Scott Thomas and Amr Waked in this extraordinary, beguiling tale of fly fishing and political spinning. Unexpected heroism and late blooming love make the impossible, possible. Based on Paul Torday’s acclaimed novel by the same title.

Book Break

Story time for 4-5 year olds. No registration required.

TNT (Twos and Threes)

Stories, crafts, and songs for children ages two and three years of age accompanied by an adult. Registration is required.

Anime/Manga Club

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

Friends of the Library Meeting

Join us for a meeting to plan the upcoming May book sale.

POSTPONED – Sixth Annual Teen Film Festival

Enjoy films created by Highland Park teens. From writing a script, to casting, to filming, film club members have created documentaries, features, and animated shorts throughout the year.

Library Closed

Rescheduled for Friday, April 19 – Gardening at the Library

Join us when we plant our community vegetable garden again with Meredith Carman, parent and master gardener. Be prepared to get dirty. For grade school children and teens.

Parent Program

April is Autism Awareness Month. Rachel Kremen will speak about a play therapy program called On-Rise that transformed her severely autistic son into a little boy who loves meeting people and playing with friends and family.

Perler Bead Craft for Grade School Children

Create a pine cone deer and learn about a majestic animal seen even on the streets of Highland Park. For grade school children. Please register.

Nursery Rhyme Time

Rhymes, songs, and stories for babies 6 – 23 Months. registration is required.

TNT (Two and Three Year Olds)

Stories, crafts, songs, and rhymes for children two and three years of age accompanied by an adult. Please register.

Reception for Judith Rosenstein

Art reception for Judith Rosenstein on Tuesday, April 9 from 6:30 – 8:30 PM. in the meeting room

Book Break

Story time for 4-5 year olds. No registration required.