Solar Eclipse: April 8, 2024
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Monday, April 8, 2:00 - 4:00pm We have some exciting events planned for the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024! Beginning April 2, 2024, current, valid library card holders may visit our circulation desk to request a pair of eclipse glasses. We are making 50 pairs available to our cardholders on a first-come-first-served basis. Glasses will be limited to one pair per cardholder. On April 8 beginning at 2:00pm, meet us at Bentley Field next to the library for some eclipse-themed fun and to view the solar eclipse! We will have additional eclipse glasses available to event attendees, available while supplies last, on a first-come-first-served basis. Make solar eclipse art, make a pinhole eclipse viewer, enjoy some light refreshments, and more!
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Gardening for a Healthier You
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Tuesday, April 30, 11:00am April is National Garden Month! Let’s explore the health benefits gardening has to offer, from mental to physical health. ShopRite Dietitian Kaysha, and Reference Librarian Stephanie, will gear you up for gardening during this brief presentation, followed by a hands-on activity. Call the library for more information, or register online!
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SAVE THE DATE: Home Food Preservation Basics
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Friday, May 7, 10:00am The Home Food Preservation Basics presentation will introduce participants to the steps to take to begin food preservation in the home, including safe canning, dehydration and freezing of food. Examples of tools and equipment used in food preservation will be on display and resources will be provided. Call the library for more information, or register online!
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Upcoming Events for Children
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Monday, Apr. 8, 15, 22, & 29, 10:00am Ages 6 months - 2 years old An active program of rhymes, music, play, and stories for babies and their adult caregivers. Little Movers lasts approximately 20 minutes and is a perfect introduction to the library for our smallest patrons.
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Tuesday, Apr. 2 & 16, 3:30pm Grades 1 - 5 Any day with LEGOs is a good day! We alternate free play days with Challenge days, so come show off your building skills!
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Wednesday, Apr. 17, 4:00pm For ages 4 - 8, but all ages are welcome. This programs brings literacy and movement together which allows children the opportunity to experience yoga and mindfulness in a fun environment. Through breath work, movement, music, mindful art, team building, and story book adventures, we will explore techniques to feel our best! Hope to see you on our next adventure!
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Thursday, Apr. 4, 11, & 25, 10:00am Ages 2 - 5 Our Storytime programs are filled with stories, flannel boards, songs, and fun!
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Wednesday, Apr. 10, 4:00pm Ages 5 - 12 Welcome to our Kid’s Steam Club, where curious young minds explore the wonders of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics! Join us for hands-on experiments, creative projects, and exciting adventures that spark imagination and learning. Our club offers a fun and safe space for kids to discover, create, and grow together! Register by Monday, April 8.
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Wednesday, Apr. 24, 6:00pm Join us for a magical pajama story time adventure! Wear your coziest pajamas and bring your favorite stuffed animal as we gather under the starry sky of imagination. This is a perfect way to wind down and create memories before bedtime.
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Thursday, Apr. 18, 10:00am Ages 2 - 5 This program brings literacy and movement together, which allows the opportunity to experience yoga and mindfulness in a fun environment. Call the library at 908-454-3712 to sign up, or register online.
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Upcoming Events for Teens
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Thursday, April 25, 3:30pm We’re breaking out the glitter, glue, and pom-poms to create some truly dreadful art! Turn off the self judgment & perfection that stops your creativity, and let loose on a canvas. Open to all 13 - 18 year
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Tuesday, April 30, 3:30pm Drop in for an afternoon of free crafting in our new YA space! Open to 13 - 18 year olds.
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Ongoing Events for Adults
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PFPL Writers Group Monday, April 1 & 15, 7:00pm Do you have a story to tell? Join the PFPL Writers Group! We welcome all levels of writers from beginner to published professionals. We'll discuss fiction, poetry, nonfiction (including memoir), and more. Bring your ideas, a notebook, and your magic pen! This event will be held on Zoom. Call the library for more information, or register online!
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Classic Book Club: The Story of My Life Wednesday, April 10, 7:00pm
“Classic” books are classic for a reason – their literary excellence transcends passing fads, and they continue to engage readers generation after generation. If there are classics you have always meant to read “someday,” or if you read them in school before you were ready to appreciate them, now is the time to enjoy them with other adult readers.
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Stitch & Sip Yarn Group Friday, April 12 & 26, 10:00amCalling all knitters, crocheters, and other fiber artists! Join us on the second and fourth Friday of each month - Bring your latest WIP, and help yourself to a cup of tea provided by us! Call the library for more information, or register online!
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Everyday Art Wednesday, April 24, 6:30pm EveryDay Art workshops focus on mindfulness, intention, preparing a work of art with purpose; maybe to give to someone as a gift for outstanding service or just because we care or love the other person. We also can keep the artwork for ourselves! Each month usually has a topic or theme, and it is always a surprise! Judi Painter is the facilitator with experience as a corporate trainer, trauma Chaplain, business woman, and is a local artist. She is the founder of “Artisans Insieme”, Rome, Italy. **Please Note** Bring your own coloring pencils or markers-some will be available. Call the library for more information, or
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Happy Bookers Discussion Group: Amazing Grace Adams Wednesday, April 24, 7:00pm Grace Adams gave birth, blinked, and now suddenly she is forty-five, perimenopausal and stalled—the unhappiest age you can be, according to the Guardian. And today she’s really losing it. Stuck in traffic, she finally has had enough. To the astonishment of everyone, Grace gets out of her car and simply walks away. Grace sets off across London, armed with a £200 cake, to win back her estranged teenage daughter on her sixteenth birthday. Because today is the day she’ll remind her daughter that no matter how far we fall, we can always get back up again.
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It’s spring and time for me to return to cookie recipes. Of course, lemon-blueberry is the flavor I chose to play with. This is a delightful cookie that looks like an individual little tart. It looks like it should take a lot of time, but they actually come together pretty quickly. I have used my jumbo muffin tin as well as a standard one to bake these and both work well. The main difference is the size of the cookies. If you’d like to try a different flavor, replace the lemon zest with 1 teaspoon of almond extract and the blueberry jam with seedless raspberry—delicious. Strawberry would go well with the lemon as well. If I’m going to be honest, I did make these twice within four days. They are that good.
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Sleep No Moreby Jayne Ann KrentzHoping to connect with others who also had a lost night they can't remember, Pallas, after receiving a tip on her podcast, travels to a small college town to explore an abandoned asylum where she helps her mysterious tipster investigate a murder that isconnected to them both. Selected by Ruth, Administrative Clerk
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Everyone but Myself: A Memoirby Julie ChavezFor Julie, an elementary school librarian and mother of two boys, there was no time for debilitating anxiety. Yet the terrifying aftershocks of her first panic attack left her grappling with questions about the causes of her mental health crisis and where it would lead next. What follows is a hopeful, honest account of love and loss, a husband who can't read minds, disastrous family outings, and finding a path (with help from loved ones and a few key new friends) to the joy of a well-lived life. Sure to resonate with mothers spread thin by the demands of modern family life, Everyone But Myself offers an intimate portrait of how one woman found her way back to herself. Selected by Lori, Library Assistant
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Stone Blindby Natalie HaynesAttacked by Poseidon in Athene's temple, Medusa, the most beautiful of the Gorgon sisters, is punished and transformed into a monster whose gaze will turn any living creature to stone, forcing her into a life of solitude until Perseus embarks upon a fateful quest. Selected by Vic, Library Assistant
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Our Crooked Heartsby Melissa AlbertTold in alternating voices, years after it began, seventeen-year-old Ivy and her mom Dana's shared story comes down to a reckoning among a daughter, a mother, and the dark forces they never should have messed with. Selected by Zully, Library Associate
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The Violin Conspiracyby Brendan SlocumbWhen, right before the cutthroat Tchaikovsky Competition– the Olympics of classical music, his priceless Stradivarius is stolen, with a ransom note for five million dollars in its place, Ray McMillian must piece together the clues to reclaim the violin before it's too late. Selected by Cindy, Library Assistant
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The Watchmaker's Daughter: The True Story of World War II Heroine Corrie Ten Boomby Larry LoftisThis first major biography of the female Dutch watchmaker who sheltered Jews from the Nazis at the cost of losing her family and being sent to a concentration camp, shows how, upon her release, she embraced the power of forgiveness to minister to people in need around the world. Selected by Rosemary, Library Assistant
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