March 2019 Events
TNT (Twos and Threes)
Stories and a Craft
Tue, March 26, 2019, 10:30 am
Stories, songs and crafts for children two and three years old accompanied by an adult. Registration is required. Registration is required.
Bookmark Design Contest
Teen Craft
Tue, March 26, 2019, 3:00 pm
Design a beautiful bookmark with a variety of craft supplies. Voting will take place the following week. The winning design will be duplicated in a limited run for distribution in the library.
Nursery Rhyme Time
Ages 6-23 Months
Wed, March 27, 2019, 10:30 am
Stories, songs and rhymes for babies and toddlers 6-23 months accompanied by an adult. Registration is required.
Popsicle Stick Airplanes
After School Specials
Thu, March 28, 2019, 3:15 pm
Make a popsickle stick airplane that you can customize. We provide the popsickle sticks, you provide the imagination! For children already in grade school. Please register.
Writers’ Circle
Join a Writing Group
Thu, March 28, 2019, 7:00 pm
Join the a group of people finding a space in their lives to write. Talk about four poems, receive four prompts and write a first draft of a poem and short prose piece. Animals is this month’s theme.
Origami for Children
ForChildren ages 7 and up
Sat, March 30, 2019, 2:00 pm
Angelina Shi, a student from the Hun School of Princeton, will teach children origami. Angelina’s experience includes teaching children to make Chinese lanterns at Huaxia Edison Chinese School during celebration of Chinese New Year. For children ages 7 and up. Registration is required. The Program is from 2:00 to 3:30pm.
April 2019 Events
Go Game
For Children and Teens
Mon, April 1, 2019, 3:30 pm
Jessica Wu (Level 3 Dan) and Isaac Wu(Level 3 Dan), are Highland Park High School students and excellent Go players. They are sharing their skills at the library. Go is a popular East Asian strategy board game consisting of capturing soldiers, occupying territories, and battles of life and death! This introductory class will teach the basics of Go to children and teens. The program will be from 3:30-4:30 PM.
Library Teen Advisory Board (TAB)
Teen Event
Mon, April 1, 2019, 6:30 pm
Help plan and prepare upcoming teen library programs and events! Please register.
Friends of the Library Meeting
Help Plan the Book Sale
Mon, April 1, 2019, 7:00 pm
Join us for a meeting to plan the upcoming Spring book sale.
TNT (Twos and Threes)
Stories and a Craft
Tue, April 2, 2019, 10:30 am
Story time and craft for children two and three years old. Registration is required.
Red Cup Building Challenge
Teen Afternoon
Tue, April 2, 2019, 3:00 pm
Can you build a tower of 10 red cups without touching the cups with your hands? Teams will be given a variety of materials and tools to complete this task. The team who completes the task the fastest is the winner!
Nursery Rhyme Time
Babies 6 - 23 months
Wed, April 3, 2019, 10:30 am
Stories, songs and rhymes for babies and toddlers 6-23 months accompanied by an adult. Registration is required.
Book Break
For Children Ages Four and Five
Thu, April 4, 2019, 3:45 pm
Stories, crafts and games for 4 and 5 year olds. Please register.
Read to Daisy
Daisy is a Therapy Dog
Thu, April 4, 2019, 6:00 pm
Read to Daisy, a therapy dog, who loves to listen to stories. This is for children who already are reading and need practice to become more confident readers. Each child who registers will read to Daisy for 10-15 minutes each Thursday for the duration of the program. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Sign up now as space is limited. We will meet in the quiet study room.
The Land Was Theirs (1993) and An Artist Reception
A Film About the New Jersey Chicken Farmers
Thu, April 4, 2019, 6:00 pm
The Land Was Theirs, set in New Jersey, is about Jewish farmers and their communities. It opens a window on the wider experience of immigrants who came to America in search of a better life and found it in the rural countryside. The new farmers, a minority group living in dynamic tension with the larger culture, managed to adapt to new lifestyles and conventions while maintaining their religious and cultural heritage. A surprising number of artists were raised on these farms and live in Highland Park and the surrounding community. The Highland Park Arts Commission will present this documentary film along with a panel of artists including Rena Segal, Marion Munk & Ellen Rebarber, who will also be exhibiting their work throughout the month of April in the Meeting Room and Main Hall Display Case.
Read To Rumi
Rumi is a Therapy Dog
Sun, April 7, 2019, 2:00 pm
Rumi is a greyhound therapy dog. He is 4 years old, loves kids, and in his spare time likes to listen to stories. This program is for children who already are reading and need practice to become more confident readers. Each child will read to Rumi for 10-15 minutes on the Sunday they are registered for. We will meet in the quiet study and each reader must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is limited so check your calendar to see if one or all Sundays work for you.
Have you had The Conversation?
Signing Day
Sun, April 7, 2019, 2:00 pm
Join Mayor Gayle Brill Mittler and other guest speakers discuss the importance of Advance Care Planning. Learn how to have The Conversation about your End-Of-Life care planning with your loved ones. Invite your family and friends to start The Conversation. Refreshments will be served.
Go Game
For Grades 1-5
Mon, April 8, 2019, 3:30 pm
Jessica Wu (Level 3 Dan) and Isaac Wu(Level 3 Dan), are Highland Park High School students and excellent Go players. They are sharing their skills at the library. Go is a popular East Asian strategy board game consisting of capturing soldiers, occupying territories, and battles of life and death! This introductory class will teach the basics of Go to children and teens. The program will be from 3:30-4:30 PM.
TNT (Twos and Threes)
Stories and a Craft
Tue, April 9, 2019, 10:30 am
Stories, songs and crafts for children two and three years old accompanied by an adult. Registration is required. Registration is required.
After School Games
Teen Afternoon
Tue, April 9, 2019, 3:00 pm
Hang out with your friends and play some games. We’ll provide the snacks!
Nursery Rhyme Time
For Children 6-23 Months of Age
Wed, April 10, 2019, 10:30 am
Rhymes, songs, and stories for our patrons 6-23 months of age accompanied by an adult. Please register.
Game Day
For Children in Grade School
Wed, April 10, 2019, 3:15 pm
Join us for an afternoon of snacks and games. For children already in grade school.
Book Break
For Children Ages Four and Five
Thu, April 11, 2019, 3:45 pm
Stories, songs and crafts for children two and three years old accompanied by an adult. Registration is required.
Lois Marie Harrod
Friends of the Library Poetry Night Series
Thu, April 11, 2019, 7:00 pm
Join us for a National Poetry Month reading with Lois Marie Harrod. Her 16th and most recent collection Nightmares of the Minor Poet appeared in June 2016 from Five Oaks. And She Took the Heart (Casa de Cinco Hermanas) appeared in January 2016, Fragments from the Biography of Nemesis (Cherry Grove Press) and the chapbook How Marlene Mae Longs for Truth (Dancing Girl Press) appeared in 2013. The Only Is won the 2012 Tennessee Chapbook Contest (Poems & Plays), and Brief Term, a collection of poems about teachers and teaching was published by Black Buzzard Press, 2011. Cosmogony won the 2010 Hazel Lipa Chapbook (Iowa State). Dodge poet, 3-time recipient of a New Jersey Council on the Arts fellowship and lifetime teacher (high school and college), she is widely published in literary journals and online eZines from American Poetry Review to Zone 3.
Go Game
For Children and Teens
Mon, April 15, 2019, 3:30 pm
Jessica Wu (Level 3 Dan) and Isaac Wu(Level 3 Dan), are Highland Park High School students and excellent Go players. They are sharing their skills at the library. Go is a popular East Asian strategy board game consisting of capturing soldiers, occupying territories, and battles of life and death! This introductory class will teach the basics of Go to children and teens. The program will be from 3:30-4:30 PM.
Twilight Tales
For Families with children 3-5 years of age
Mon, April 15, 2019, 6:30 pm
Evening story time and craft with our own Miss Karen!
Books and Brews
Genre Book Club
Mon, April 15, 2019, 7:00 pm
Highland Park Library’s Genre Book Club is here again! Read any book originally published in a foreign language. Join us for a lively discussion. Stumped on what to read? See a Librarian for a list of suggested titles. Questions ask Sherry at sjohnson@hpplnj.org or call the reference desk at 732-572-2750
TNT (Twos and Threes)
For Children 2-3 Years of Age
Tue, April 16, 2019, 10:30 am
Stories, finger plays and art activity for children two and three years old. Registration is required.
GLOW at the Library
For Children 3 to 5 years old
Tue, April 16, 2019, 10:30 am
Students from Highland Park High School’s GLOW program will lead children through a craft and movement activity. For ages 3-5 accompanied by an adult. Registration is required.
Craft Wars
Teen Craft
Tue, April 16, 2019, 3:00 pm
Form a creative team and make something with the craft supplies given according to a surprise theme—you will have a time limit and judging will happen the same day. Prizes will be given!
Bye Bye Germany (Not Rated)
Friends International Film Festival
Tue, April 16, 2019, 6:30 pm
David Berman and his friends, all Holocaust survivors, have only one purpose, to go to America as soon as possible. For this they need money. Close to his goal, David is not only deprived of his savings but also overtaken by his shady past. One hour, 42 minutes.
Nursery Rhyme Time
For Children 6-23 Months of Age
Wed, April 17, 2019, 10:30 am
Stories, rhymes, and songs for children ages 6-23 months of age accompanied by an adult. Registration is required.
Book Break
For Children Ages Four and Five
Thu, April 18, 2019, 3:45 pm
Stories, songs and crafts for children four and five years old accompanied by an adult. Registration is required.
Colon Cancer Awareness Program
ScreenNJ Cancer Prevention
Thu, April 18, 2019, 7:00 pm
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and ScreenNJ are a free educational session.The program offers information on colorectal cancer prevention and risk reduction as well as screening options and resources for our community members. Please join us for this 45-minute workshop and learn how to become a healthier, happier you. Nicole Hernandez, MS, CHES, Community Outreach Coordinator at the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey will bring in educational models and answer questions.
Teen Movie Matinee
Teen Film
Tue, April 23, 2019, 1:30 pm
The library will screen a teen movie of your choice! Voting will take place the week before. (Movies with PG-13 Ratings will be included as choices.)
Writers’ Circle
In the Neighborhood of Time and Place
Thu, April 25, 2019, 6:30 pm
Join the a group of people finding a space in their lives to write. Talk about four poems, receive four prompts and write a first draft of a poem and short prose piece. This month’s theme is The Neighborhood of Time and Place.
May 2019 Events
Read to Daisy
Read to Daisy The Therapy Dog
Thu, May 2, 2019, 6:00 pm
Read to Daisy, a therapy dog, who loves to listen to stories. This is for children who already are reading and need practice to become more confident readers. Each child who registers will read to Daisy for 10-15 minutes each Thursday for the duration of the program. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Sign up now as space is limited. We will meet in th quiet study room.
Read To Rumi
Sun, May 5, 2019, 2:00 pm
Rumi is a greyhound therapy dog. He is 4 years old, loves kids, and in his spare time likes to listen to stories. This program is for children who already are reading and need practice to become more confident readers. Each child will read to Rumi for 10-15 minutes on the Sunday they are registered for. We will meet in the quiet study and each reader must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is limited so check your calendar to see if one or all Sundays work for you.
Library Teen Advisory Board (TAB)
Teen Evening
Mon, May 6, 2019, 6:30 pm
Help plan and prepare upcoming teen library programs and events! Please register.
GLOW at the Library
For Children 3 to 5 years old
Tue, May 7, 2019, 10:30 am
Don’t Miss Students from Highland Park High School’s GlOW program as they lead children through an exciting craft and movement activity.
For ages 3-5 accompanied by an adult. Registration is required
Mother’s Day Craft
Tue, May 7, 2019, 3:00 pm
Make something special for your mom or mother figure in your life!
Shrinky Dink Creations
Teen Craft
Tue, May 14, 2019, 3:00 pm
Learn how to create one of a kind creations out of Shrinky Dinks. Just draw or trace any image onto a Shrinky Dinks sheet and bake to shrink!
Read to Daisy
Daisy is a Therapy Dog
Thu, May 16, 2019, 6:00 pm
Read to Daisy, a therapy dog, who loves to listen to stories. This is for children who already are reading and need practice to become more confident readers. Each child who registers will read to Daisy for 10-15 minutes each Thursday for the duration of the program. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Sign up now as space is limited. We will meet in the quiet study room.
Poets Ilene Millman and Coleen Marks-Schaffler
Friends of the Library Poetry Night Series
Thu, May 16, 2019, 7:00 pm
Join us for readings from two poets!Ilene Millman is a speech/language therapist whose poetry has been published in a variety of print journals including the Sow’s Ear, Adanna, The Paterson Review, Poem Memoir Story, U.S. 1 Worksheets and others. Poet Coleen Marks-Schaffler will also be reading. Book signing follows. Coleen Marks-Schaffler recently published Naked,her very first book of poetry. An artist’s model in her salad days, she then had a long day job as a Human Resources executive, while always keeping her finger in the arts. She is an award-winning photographer whose work is in several corporate and many private collections. She is a graduate of Rutgers University, where she was fortunate to study with Alicia Suskin Ostriker, who steered her Irish storytelling sensibility onto the lyric path of poetry.
Read to Rumi
Rumi is a Therapy Dog
Sun, May 19, 2019, 2:00 pm
Rumi is a greyhound therapy dog. He is 4 years old, loves kids, and in his spare time likes to listen to stories. This program is for children who already are reading and need practice to become more confident readers. Each child will read to Rumi for 10-15 minutes on the Sunday they are registered for. We will meet in the quiet study and each reader must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is limited so check your calendar to see if one or all Sundays work for you.
Back to Burgundy (Not Rated)
Friends International Film Festival
Tue, May 21, 2019, 6:30 pm
After a 10 year absence, Jean returns to his hometown shen his father falls ill. Reuniting with his sister Juliette and his brother Jeremie, they must rebuild their relationship and trust as a family. One hour, 53 minutes. French.
Read to Daisy
A Therapy Dog
Thu, May 23, 2019, 6:00 pm
Read to Daisy, a therapy dog, who loves to listen to stories. This is for children who already are reading and need practice to become more confident readers. Each child who registers will read to Daisy for 10-15 minutes each Thursday for the duration of the program. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Sign up now as space is limited. We will meet in the quiet study room.
Read to Daisy
A Therapy Dog
Thu, May 30, 2019, 6:00 pm
Read to Daisy, a therapy dog, who loves to listen to stories. This is for children who already are reading and need practice to become more confident readers. Each child who registers will read to Daisy for 10-15 minutes each Thursday for the duration of the program. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Sign up now as space is limited. We will meet in the quiet study room.
June 2019 Events
The Life and Writing of James Baldwin
Public Scholars Project
Thu, June 13, 2019, 7:00 pm
The influence of writer and social critic James Baldwin reached far and wide. In this unique exploration of Baldwin’s groundbreaking literary and social justice work, actor/comic Grant Cooper and scholar Dr. Lindsey Swindall engage participants in an interactive dialogue that unravels the truths of racism in this country and examines other themes in Baldwin’s writings. Mr. Cooper’s dramatic interpretations of Baldwin’s writing are complemented by historical context from Dr. Swindall, leading to thought provoking questions that spark audience participation.
Grant Cooper has been performing at comedy clubs in and around New York City for over twenty years. As an actor, he is an alumnus of the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, has acted in national television commercials, and started a repertory theater for original works by African American playwrights in the 1990s.
Dr. Swindall completed her doctorate at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and has taught at numerous colleges across the country. Her books include: The Politics of Paul Robeson’s Othello, a biography of Robeson, Paul Robeson: A Life of Activism and Art, and a book on early civil rights activism, The Path to the Greater, Freer, Truer World: Southern Civil Rights and Anticolonialism, 1937-1955. She has also co-edited the book American Appetites: A Documentary Reader and published the article “Looking Through Prism Optics: Toward an Understanding of Michelle Obama’s Food Reform.” You can follow her blog on contemporary issues here: https://lindseyrswindall.wordpress.com/
This program has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the New Jersey Council for the Humanities (NJCH). Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the NEH or NJCH.