Outdoor Teen Tuesdays

Teens meet on the front lawn with Miss Karen for games, crafts and other fun activities. Please wear a mask and social distance. Weather permitting.

Virtual Story Time

Miss Karen leads young children in storytelling, singing, and playing through Facebook Live each Wednesday morning at 10:30am. Although the target age is 2-5 years, all ages have been enjoying Miss Karen’s real time animated reading of stories.

In Person Book Break

Enjoy an outdoor story time with Miss Karen, Youth Librarian. Masks are required, social distancing and weather permitting.

Bob Andrews Trio

Bob Andrews, Dave Sherman and Peter Hagan will perform singer/song writer acoustic music outside the library entrance as part of our mini concert series. They have performed recently in Princeton, Island Heights and Ocean County. Please wear a mask and social distance. Weather permitting.

Outdoor Afternoon Crafts for Children

Simple crafts, stories and games for children in Kindergarten through fifth grade. Registration required.

Outdoor Teen Tuesdays

Teens meet on the front lawn with Miss Karen for games, crafts and other fun activities. Please wear a mask and social distance. Weather permitting.

Virtual Storytime

Miss Karen leads young children in storytelling, singing, and playing through Facebook Live each Wednesday morning at 10:30am. Although the target age is 2-5 years, all ages have been enjoying Miss Karen’s real time animated reading of stories.

In Person Book Break

Enjoy an outdoor story time with Miss Karen, Youth Librarian. Masks are required, social distancing and weather permitting.

Kids Take and Make Craft Pick-Up

Each third Monday of the month this summer children in Kindergarten through fifth grade can pick up a take and make kit at the front entrance of the library beginning at 10:30am. First come, first served!

Next Chapter Book Club

The Library’s community-based book club for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities is affiliated with the international Next Chapter Book Club organization. We get together to read or listen to books, talk about books and generally socialize with each other. We have successfully transitioned to an online format and are meeting on Tuesdays via Zoom. […]

Untangling and Reweaving: the Challenges of Writing Feminist Historical Fiction -Via Zoom

This is a writing workshop, via Zoom, about writing historical fiction with a feminest perspective. We’ll experience the challenges and the fun of fem-envision: re-telling history and stories from a feminist point of view.
Judy Petsonk is the author of two feminist historical novels: “Queen of the Jews,” and “Justice: Maccabees and Pharisees.” She also wrote the non-fiction “Taking Judaism Personally,” an account of the havurah, and Jewish feminist movements. Email valeri84@hpplnj.org to register, receive worksheets and for Zoom link.

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Meeting ID: 892 2727 3099
Passcode: 120242

Virtual Pajama Storytime

Miss Karen will read bed time stories on Facebook Live for young children and their families.

Next Chapter Book Club

The Library’s community-based book club for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities is affiliated with the international Next Chapter Book Club organization. We get together to read or listen to books, talk about books and generally socialize with each other. We have successfully transitioned to an online format and are meeting on Tuesdays via Zoom. […]

Next Chapter Book Club

The Library’s community-based book club for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities is affiliated with the international Next Chapter Book Club organization. We get together to read or listen to books, talk about books and generally socialize with each other. We have successfully transitioned to an online format and are meeting on Tuesdays via Zoom. […]

Virtual Crime Fiction Author Panel

Mark Leichliter, James L’Etoile, DonnaRae Menard, and Marlie Wasserman showcase their passion for crime fiction in their summer 2021 novels from Level Best Books. These authors write mysteries, procedurals, thrillers, and historicals, all with crime at the center. They look forward to sharing their work and discussing how a story idea turns into a novel, via Zoom. Some of the specific area they will will share include: How have their backgrounds informed subject matter and themes? How do the ways they deal with mental illness inform their work? What is the role of research for both contemporary and historical novels? How do they decide on what point of view to use in their writing? How did they become writers?
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Meeting ID: 852 1581 5907
Passcode: 803518

Next Chapter Book Club

The Library’s community-based book club for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities is affiliated with the international Next Chapter Book Club organization. We get together to read or listen to books, talk about books and generally socialize with each other. We have successfully transitioned to an online format and are meeting on Tuesdays via Zoom. […]

Outdoor Concert with Tommy Strazza

ommy Strazza has been a staple of the New Jersey music scene for the better part of the last decade as both a singer/songwriter and lead guitarist for several bands(Hey Bulldog, Okra Winfrey, G-Man Syndicate.) and solo artists (Anthony Walker, Anjelia, Emily Grove, and Michael Askin to name a few.). His last album “The Model Citizen L.P.” earned him a “Top Local Release” nomination at the 2010 Asbury Music Awards, and his guitar work earned him a “Top Guitarist” victory at the 2011 Asbury Music Awards.

Next Chapter Book Club

The Library’s community-based book club for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities is affiliated with the international Next Chapter Book Club organization. We get together to read or listen to books, talk about books and generally socialize with each other. We have successfully transitioned to an online format and are meeting on Tuesdays via Zoom. […]

Singer Ellen LaFurn and Pianist Bob McHugh

Singer Ellen LaFurn and accompanist Bob McHugh will entertain you with the best melodies from the American Song Book under the stars at the entrance of the library for our Mini-Series. Ellen LaFurn started singing professionally at the age of 17 with a group called Chang Lee and the Zaniacs.At Kean University she was the featured vocalist with the Big Band Workshop and later was a vocalist with the Bob Ackerman Group. Weather permitting. Masks and social distancing is required.

Next Chapter Book Club

The Library’s community-based book club for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities is affiliated with the international Next Chapter Book Club organization. We get together to read or listen to books, talk about books and generally socialize with each other. We have successfully transitioned to an online format and are meeting on Tuesdays via Zoom. […]

Rita Signorelli-Pappas Zoom Poetry Reading

Rita Signorelli-Pappas’ poems have been widely published in such journals as Poetry, Shenandoah, Southwest Review, Prairie Schooner, The Literary Review, Poet Lore, The Women’s Review of Books, Southern Poetry Review, and Notre Dame Review, and also in such online publications as Poetry Daily and Verse Daily.  I have two published collections of poetry, Satyr’s Wife (2010) and Labyrinth (2019), both published by Serving House Books; currently, I am completing a third collection, Love in the Halocene. Her other poetry activities include being a regular poetry reviewer for World Literature Today and having given a number of poetry readings at places like the Cornelia Street Café and Queensborough Community College in New York; Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania; Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana; Barnes and Noble in Princeton, New Jersey; The Writer’s Room in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and the Highland Park Public Library. Email valeri84@hpplnj.org for Zoom link.

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Meeting ID: 833 5370 3740
Passcode: 431010