Dance Party for Preschoolers

Fresh Theatre Arts will host a dance party for children 2-5 years of age and for their families!

Sun Art and Sidewalk Chalk

Make beautiful solar prints and chalk art at this all ages outdoor event! We will be meeting on the library’s back lawn. (Rain date July 22nd)

Books and Brews

Highland Park Library’s Genre Book Club is here again! Read any book about food and 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.

Book Break

Bring a bag lunch to the library, and listen to stories on the back lawn while you munch lunch. In case of inclement weather we will gather in the meeting room. Please Register.

DIY Nebular Jar

Learn how to make a beautiful nebula (space cloud) in a jar.

Capernaum (R)

After fleeing his negligent and abusive parents, a hardened, streetwise twelve-year-old boy sues them to protest the life they’ve given him. Two hours, 3 minutes.

Book Break

Bring a bag lunch to the library, and listen to stories on the back lawn while you munch lunch. In case of inclement weather we will gather in the meeting room.
. Please Register.

The Kid Who Would Be King (PG)

Alex believes he is just another nobody until he stumbles upon Excalibur, the mythical sword in the stone. He unites the wizard Merlin, his enemies, and his friends to take on Morgana, the enchantress. One hour, 42 minutes.

Shoplifters (R)

On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by fierce loyalty, a penchant for petty theft, and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence. Two hours.

Book Break

Bring a bag lunch to the library and join us on the back lawn as we read stories and lunch together. Recommended for families with children ages four to five years.

Light Painting

Learn the photographic technique of shining light at the camera to “draw” while taking a long exposure photograph to create one of a kind photos!

Things To Come (PG-13)

Nathalie is a philosophy teacher with a seemingly settled existence, juggling a rich life of the mind with the day-to-day demands of career and family. But beginning with the bombshell revelation that her husband of twenty-five years is leaving her, one by one the pillars of Nathalie’s life start to crumble. With nothing to hold her back, Nathalie sets out to rediscover herself. One hour, 42 minutes.

Out of the World Dance Party

Come and dance with us at the library. Tova Halpern from Fresh Theatre Arts will lead grade school children and their families in an out of this world dance party. For ages 5 and up. Sponsored by Friends of the Library.

Art Reception for Z. Mo and Joyce Mo

The opening reception for the daughter and father art show and Mo’s poetry reading will be held on Saturday, August 3 at 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM in the meeting room. Hanging in There: Drawings & Paintings by Joyce Mo, daughter and Poetry & Calligraphy by Z. Mo, Father, will be displayed in the meeting room through August 30. Z.

TNT (Twos and Threes)

Stories, crafts, and songs for children ages 2 and 3 years of age accompanied by an adult. Registration is required.

Book Break

Bring a bag lunch to the library, and listen to stories on the back lawn while you munch lunch. In case of inclement weather we will gather in the meeting room.
Please register!

Galaxy Painting

Use different alcohol ink techniques to create abstract galaxy art! All participants will go home with a unique and beautiful work of art.

Phoenix (Not Rated)

Set in a rubble-strewn Berlin in 1945, is like no other film about post-World War II Jewish identity. After surviving Auschwitz, a former cabaret performer, her face disfigured and reconstructed, returns to her war-ravaged hometown to seek out the gentile husband who may or may not have betrayed her to the Nazis. Without recognizing her, he enlists her to play his wife in a bizarre hall-of-shattered-mirrors story that’s as richly metaphorical as it is preposterously engrossing. One hour, 38 minutes.

TNT (Twos and Threes)

Rhymes, songs, and stories for our patrons ages 2-3 years accompanied by an adult. Please register.

Book Break

Bring a bag lunch to the library, and listen to stories on the back lawn while you munch lunch. In case of inclement weather we will gather in the meeting room. Please register.

A Dog’s Way Home (PG)

As a puppy, Bella finds her way into the arms of Lucas, a young man who gives her a good home. When Bella becomes separated from Lucas, she soon finds herself on an epic 400-mile journey to reunite with her beloved owner. Along the way, the lost but spirited dog meets a series of new friends and manages to bring a little bit of comfort and joy to their lives. One hour, 36 minutes.

Stan & Ollie (PG)

One of the world’s great comedy teams set out on a variety hall tour of Britain in 1953. Diminished by age and with their golden era as the kings of Hollywood comedy now behind them, they face an uncertain future. As the charm and beauty of their performances shine through, they re-connect with their adoring fans. The tour becomes a hit, but Stan and Ollie can’t quite shake the specter of Laurel and Hardy’s past. One hour, 38 minutes.

Writers’ Circle

The Writers’ Circle is a group of people carving out a time to write and talk about poems. Tonight our theme is rebirth.

Green Screen Fun

Plan out, stage, and take interesting or wacky photos of you and your friends using the green screen! (Green screen is when you replace the real background of a video or photo with a digital background.)

Library Closed

Poet Laura Boss

Laura Boss, a national award-winning poet, is a first prize winner in Poetry Society of America’s Gordon Barber Poetry Contest and, in 1998, was one of ten finalists in the country in PSA’s Alice Fay Di Castagnola contest for a manuscript. She is also the founder and editor of Lips poetry magazine. Her most recent books include Arms: New and Selected Poems, Flashlight (both Guernica Editions) and THE BEST LOVER (NYQ Books, 2017). A Dodge Poet, her poems have appeared in The Poets of New Jersey from Colonial to Contemporary and The New York Times.

Poetry Writing Workshop with Nikki Stiller

Nikki Stiller is author of five books of poetry: Notes of a Jewish Nun, On Both Frontiers, Burial Ship, My Own Afghanistan, and My Mother Did Not Like to Hug-New and Selected Poems.Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Home Planet News, Primavera, Response, Mainstream, Lilith, and Poetry New York. She has taught at Hunter College, Tel Aviv University, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Baruch College and for many years at the New Jersey Institute of New Jersey where she won two teaching awards. Each participant will leave with the first draft of a poem.

Library Board Meeting