Interested in learning a relaxing drawing style? Come learn Zentangle! Monday, March 30 from 7-8pm in the Community Room. This is an adults only program and space is strictly limited. Registration is required, so sign up now! The Zentangle Method is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create […]
Yearly Archives: 2015
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Have a smartphone? A tablet? Some other cool device that downloads apps? If the answer is yes, you should download Bookmyne today! Bookmyne is a mobile app that allows catalog searching, placing holds, barcode scanning and more! You can learn more about it here. We like it because the new version is easy […]
This is an easily readable novel in verse, and the staffer who read this absolutely loved this version of the Shakespeare authorship question and wishes it were true. “On May 30th, 1593, a celebrated young playwright was killed in a tavern brawl in London. That, at least, was the official […]
The Reading Connection has won an award! The NJ State Library awards four grants, the Best Practices in Early Literacy Award, to four libraries in the state for outstanding programs that foster literacy skills in young children, and our Reading Connection program is one of the winners for 2015. The […]
It’s National Reading Month! Even though Winter Reading ends today, we want to encourage you to keep reading, especially since spring officially starts tomorrow (despite the snow)! If you haven’t started our Read Harder Challenge, it’s a great time to start (find flyers at Circulation and Reference). Don’t know where […]
You may or may not have heard that author Terry Pratchett died this past Thursday at the age of 66. A wonderfully imaginative author, he is best known for his Discworld novels. We recommend one of his books as this week’s Staff Pick. A couple staff favorites are Small Gods […]
Come see My Wife, Abigail Adams this Wednesday, March 11 at 7pm to see a live performance about Abigail Adams, and how she defied her times. Dressed in the clothes he wore as the Second President (1797-1801), John Adams will discuss his views of history and society and describe how […]
The Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas is this week’s staff pick of the week. Below is the synopsis for the first book, and the series just gets better with every installment. Our staffer says that the first book is pretty decent, the second is very good, and […]
For the second year in a row, our Children’s Department has won the Best Practices in Early Literacy Award! Last year our Scribble Time program won the prize, this year our Reading Connection program won! We are extremely proud of our Children’s Department, and receiving this award two […]
Birdman or ‘The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance’ is a black comedy that tells the story of an actor (Michael Keaton)—famous for portraying an iconic superhero—as he struggles to mount a Broadway play. In the days leading up to opening night, he battles his ego and attempts to recover his family, […]