Writers’ Circle

Block out a time for writing each month. January’s theme is fog, storm and mystery. Explore four poems and receive prompts. Write a first draft of a poem or prose piece. Join our Writers’ Circle. Register at the front desk or call the library at 732-572-2750.

Snowflakes and Hot Cocoa

Make a beautiful beaded snowflake while you sip hot cocoa!

Book Break

Stories, crafts and games for 4 and 5 year olds. Please register.

Introduction to the Sewing Machine

Stephanie McIntyre is bringing sewing machines to the library to do an introductory workshop for beginners. Now is your chance to learn the skills with a draw sting bag project you can take home. Please register at the front desk.

Library Board Meeting

Miniature Winter Scene Starring You

Help create a miniature winter scene that will include real photos of you and the other participants! The Miniature Winter Scene will be displayed in the Children’s Display Case, outside of the Children’s Room.

Book Break

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

Read to Daisy

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 Rumi

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.

Book Break

Stories, songs and crafts for children four and five years old accompanied by an adult. Registration is required.

Escape the Room

Solve a series of puzzles and riddles using clues, hints, and strategy to complete the objectives at hand and escape the room! Space is very limited. Registration is required. Register for either the 3:00 PM or 7:00 PM session.

Book Break

Stories, songs and crafts for children four and five accompanied by an adult. Registration is required.

Read to Daisy

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.

Writers’ Circle

Block out a time for writing each month. Join us fora special Writers Circle devoted to the theme of love. We will look at four poems, four prompts and write a first draft of a poem or short prose piece. Enjoy dark chocolate to help inspire you. Please register at the front desk or call 732-572-2750.

Perler Bead Creations

Make one of a kind creations out of plastic beads that melt! You can make key chains, jewelry and magnets!

Book Break

Stories, songs and crafts for children Four and five years old accompanied by an adult. Registration is required.

Read to Daisy

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.

Blues Legacy

acquese Armstrong is a poet and writer living in Central New Jersey. Blues Legacy (Broadside Lotus Press) is her new collection of poems celebrating various genres of African American music. The collection won the 2019 Naomi Long Mudgetti Poetry Award. Armstrong will read from this new collection and sign books. Her first poetry chapbook, dance of the shadows, was released June 2017. She has been published in For Harriet, A Gathering of the Tribes, The Rising Phoenix Review, Black Magnolias Literary Journal and Ourselves/Black. Ms. Armstrong was a 2015 recipient of the Ambassador Award from the State of New Jersey Governor’s Council on Mental Health Stigma for promoting wellness and recovery and reducing stigma through the arts.

Brinner Party (Breakfast for Dinner Themed Party)

Who desn’t love breakfast for dinner? Join us for breakfast themed snacks, games and activities after school!

Book Break

Stories, songs and crafts for children four and five years old accompanied by an adult. Registration is required.

Read to Daisy

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.

Medicare Workshop

The subject of Medicare can sometimes be confusing. This workshop presented by Michael Salum of Senior Advisors will try to answer the most asked questions about Medicare. The topics covered will include: the five biggest mistakes made by beneficiaries, original Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage, enrollment periods and penalties, working past the age of 65, how Medicare supplement policies work, how prescription programs(Part D) work, and what some of the proposed changes to Medicare in the future might be. To register for the Medicare Workshop please call the library at 732-572-2750. The program is not connected with or endorsed by the United States government or the Federal Medicare program.

Maria Mazziotti Gillan Poetry Reading and Art Reception

Celebrate Women’s Month and the First Full Day of Spring and the opening of The Friends of the Library Poetry night Series with New Jersey’s beloved Poet Maria Mazziotti Gillan. Also enjoy an Art Reception of her New Paintings that will be up through March. She is a recipient of the 2014 George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature from AWP (Association of Writers & Writing Programs), the 2011 Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award from Poets & Writers and the 2008 American Book Award for her book, All That Lies Between Us (Guernica Editions). She is the Founder /Executive Director of the Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College in Paterson, NJ, and editor of the Paterson Literary Review. She is also Director of the Creative Writing Program and Professor of Poetry at Binghamton University-SUNY. Maria has published 22 books of and about poetry, and 4 anthologies. Her most recent books are the poetry and photography collaboration with Mark Hillringhouse, Paterson Light and Shadow (Serving House Books, 2017) and the poetry collection, What Blooms in Winter (NYQ, 2016). Her collection of poems along with some of her paintings is The Girls in the Chartreuse Jackets (Redux Consortium).

Origami for Adults

The kids are doing it and having fun, now it’s time for you to have your turn! Artist and teacher Shelley Phillips will demonstrate how to create origami works of art for adults. To register call the library at 732-572-2750 or visit the front desk.

Read to Daisy

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.

Lois Marie Harrod

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.

GLOW at the Library

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