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This Week at Your Library: Oct. 5


Jersey Sound Oldies Band - Second Saturday

  
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Weather Fun For Grades 3-5

Extraordinary Exit Berlin Author Bonelli to Speak 
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 Friday Night Frights
  
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Raspberry Pi and Other Idea Farm Classes

150th Anniversary  Alice in Wonderland Scavenger Hunt


Dear Library Member:

Oldies will come alive with the Jersey Sound seven-piece band. The band will provide an afternoon of entertainment all ages will enjoy. Jersey Sound was selected to perform at Frankie Valli's Man of the Year Dinner in 2006 and Tommy DeVito's (founding member of the Four Seasons) birthday party in 2008.  Please come to the Library and enjoy one of New Jersey's most sought after bands, Jersey Sound, on Saturday, October 10 at 2:30 pm (doors will open at 2:15).  Funded by the Cultural Arts Committee.  Free and open to all.
  
Join local science teacher, Audra, for fun, interactive experiments about the weather!   Observe your surroundings, learn cool facts about weather and how it effects you each day.  For grades 3 through 5 on Tuesday, October 6 at 5:30 pm.  Please register here.

Critically acclaimed author, Charlotte Bonelli, will speak about her book Exit Berlin on Wednesday, October 7 at 7 pm.  The book presents a family saga of escape from Nazi Germany after Kristallnacht through letters and personal accounts.  Charlotte Bonelli will present a vantage point rich with historical context, from biographical information to background on U.S. immigration laws, conditions at Vichy internment camps, refuge in Shanghai, and many other topics, thus transforming the letters and accounts into a riveting narrative.  Please join us for this special presentation.  Free and open to all.

This week's Friday Night Fright film will be Poltergeist at 6:30 pm on October 9.  Look out for other frightful films such as Insidious on our calendar.  Also on Friday night at 7 pm will be a Lego Construction Challenge at 7 pm for grades 3-12.  Both programs are free and open to all.

Upcoming Idea Farm activities are:
  • Drop-In Sewing Workshop on Monday a 7 pm
  • Crochet and More on Tuesday at 7 pm
  • Safety Class on Wednesday at 3:30 pm
  • Intro to 3D Printing Class on Thursday at 7 pm
  • Raspberry Pi Class on Sunday at 2 pm
Register here for the Safety, 3D and Raspberry Pi classes.

In honor of the 150th anniversary of the publication of English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson's (under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland the Library will be hosting a themed scavenger hunt starting Sunday, October 11.  This activity is for children of all ages ending with a prize drawing on Sunday, October 18. Free and open to all.
  
Have a wonderful week and see you in the Library!  
  


Regards,
Nancy Cohen, Library Director
Events This Week
Monday
10am: Preschool Storytime/Craft
12:30pm: Bridge Club
4:30pm: Kids Chess Club
6-8pm: Tech Buddies - come get help from a tech-savvy teen!
7pm: Drop-in Sewing Workshop
Tuesday
10am: Canasta Club
5:30pm: Weather Fun with Audra Wood (Grades 3-5) [Registration Required]
6pm: Harbor Night at the Movies: "Beetlejuice" (1988, PG) - Laurence Harbor
7pm: Book Buddies - Practice your reading skills. Be paired up with a Trained
Teen Buddy and read to them. [Registration Required]
7pm: Crochet and More
Wednesday
3:30-5pm: Math Tutoring (Grades 6+)
3:30pm: Safety Class for Idea Farm [Registration Required]
4:30pm: Book Buddies - Practice your reading skills. Be paired up with a Trained
Teen Buddy and read to them. [Registration Required]
6:30pm: Chess Club
7pm: Special Author Talk: "Exit Berlin" by Charlotte Bonelli
Thursday
1pm: Craft Club
1pm: Scrabble Club
4:15pm: Stories and More (Grades K-3)
6:30pm: Bookenders' Book Discussion: "Broken for You" by Stephanie Kallos
7pm: Intro to 3D Printing in Idea Farm [Registration Required]
Friday
1:30pm: Friday Film: "Alice in Wonderland" (2010, PG)
6:30pm: Friday Night Frights:"Poltergeist" (1982, PG)
7pm: Lego Construction Challenge (Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12)
Saturday
10am: Book Buddies - Practice your reading skills. Be paired up with a Trained
Teen Buddy and read to them. [Registration Required]
10am-12pm: Math Tutoring (Grades 6+)
11am-1pm: Tech Buddies - come get help from a tech-savvy teen!
11:30am: Toddler Dance Party
12pm: LEGO Lab
2pm: Laurence Harbor Family Movie: "Hotel Transylvania" (2012, PG)
2:30pm: Second Saturday Performance: Jersey Sound
2:30pm: Teens Taking Action Project: Pumpkin Painting
3pm: Family Pumpkin Painting [Registration Required]
Sunday
Alice in Wonderland Scavenger Hunt Begins through October 18 (Grades 1-12)
1-3:30pm: Children's Sewing Class: Make Your Own PJs (Ages 8-12)
2pm: Raspberry Pi Class in Idea Farm [Registration Required]
Upcoming Events Next Week
 Monday 10/12, 10am: Preschool Storytime/Craft
2:30pm: Facebook [Registration Required]
7pm: Ladies' Book Discussion: "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern 
and "The Art of Racing in the Rain" by Garth Stein
7pm: Drop-in Sewing Workshop 
Tuesday 10/13, 3:30pm: Safety Class for Idea Farm [Registration Required]
4:30pm: Let's Play Bingo! (Grades 4-6)
6pm: Laurence Harbor Night at the Movies: "Poltergeist" (1982, PG)
Wednesday 10/14, 3:30-5pm: Math Tutoring (Grades 6+)
7pm: MS Word 2007 Basics [Registration Required]
7pm: Teens Taking Action Meeting
Thursday 10/15, 4:15pm: Stories and More (Grades K-3)
7pm: Vinyl Cutter/Decal Class in Idea Farm [Registration Required]
Friday 10/16, 11am: Alphabet Art (Ages 2+ with adult)
1:30pm: Friday Film: "Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (2007, PG-13)
6:30pm: Friday Night Frights: "Insidious" (2010, PG-13)
Saturday 10/17, 10am-12pm Math Tutoring (Grades 6+)
10:30am-1pm: Teen/Adult Sewing Class Part I [Registration Required]
2pm: Sensory Storytime (Ages 3-7 with special needs)
2:30pm: War of the Worlds: The Iconic Radio Program will be reeenacted by
The Garden State Speculative Fiction Writers Group
3pm: Crochet and More
Sunday 10/18, 1pm: Family Movie: "Alice in Wonderland" (2010, PG)
2pm: Safety Class for Idea Farm [Registration Required]
2:30pm: Scavenger Hunt Drawing
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