Every day is, or should be, Library Customer Appreciation Day. The past few months have not always been smooth sailing, and we appreciate the patience and understanding of our patrons as we deal with the aftermath of several roofing mishaps. Rest assured, we will be made whole, and our library will soon look as good as ever – no, better than ever. In his theory of the five laws of library science, S. R. Ranganathan famously wrote, “The library is a growing organism” and we expect to keep growing and changing for years to come. What service or collection would you like to see next in your library? Send an email to director@pburglib.org with your ideas. - Deb Messling, Library Director
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Saturday, August 3 is the deadline to turn in a game card to enter the Raffle. We will call winners on Wednesday, August 7. The last day to submit an entry in our Alien Contest is Saturday, August 3. Voting will take place between August 5 and August 10, with the winners announced on August 12. Final Prizes will be awarded starting August 5, consisting of a hard cover book of your choice and a goody bag! Each child must be registered in the Summer Reading Program and have turned in at least one game card to qualify. - August 1: Movie/Cookie Decorating – Create an edible masterpiece while watching a film. (No shushing during this movie!)
- August 8 – Program Finale – Pizza Party, Prize Drawings & Games—OH, MY!!
Weekly prize drawings will take place August 2, August 9, and August 16, followed by our GRAND PRIZE DRAWING on Monday, August 19. Visit the library to enter, or submit your entry online!
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Arts Experience: Nature-Themed Craft
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Wednesday, August 14 at 6:00pm Join us for a hands-on arts experience, assisted by members of the Phillipsburg Area Arts Community! All skill levels are welcome. This event is FREE but space is limited and registration is required.
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Ongoing Events for Adults
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Yarn Crafts Group Tuesday, August 6 & 20, 5:30pm
Our Yarn Crafts Group meets at 5:30pm on the first and third Tuesday of each month. Join us for knitting, crocheting, and more - all skill levels welcome!
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Laughter Yoga Monday, August 12, 12:00pm & 7:00pm Laughing is a vocalization that anyone can do. It relieves stress, which helps keep disease away. Laughter has both psychological and physiological health benefits. Increased oxygen intake clears the lungs and the mind. Laughter is a cardiovascular exercise, ‘internal jogging,’ that burns calories. Here is your chance to try it for yourself! Cynthia Curtis from Funny Farm Laughter Club will lead an hour-long laughter yoga session.
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PFPL Writers Group Monday, August 12 & 26, 6:00pm 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! Call the library at 908-454-3712 to sign up, or register online!
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Book Club: Rebecca Tuesday, August 13, 7:00pm In 2019, the Classic Book Club is choosing books from those voted as favorites in the PBS Great American Read program. They are not all novels written by Americans, just novels read (and loved) by Americans.
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Film: To Dust Thursday, August 15, 7:00pm A Hasidic cantor ( Géza Röhrig ) in upstate New York, distraught by the untimely death of his wife, befriends a local community college biology professor (Matthew Broderick) and the two embark on an increasingly literal undertaking into the underworld. Rated R; 92 minutes Partial funding is provided by the Warren County Cultural and Heritage Commission. Movie License #504025064
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Book Forum Wednesday, August 21, 1:30pm The book club with no assigned reading. Share light refreshments and talk about whatever you have been reading lately.
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Happy Bookers: The $64 Tomato Wednesday, August 28, 7:00pm Bill Alexander had no idea that his simple dream of having a vegetable garden and small orchard in his backyard would lead him into life-and-death battles with groundhogs, webworms, weeds, and weather; midnight expeditions in the dead of winter to dig up fresh thyme; and skirmishes with neighbors who feed the vermin (i.e., deer). Not to mention the vacations that had to be planned around the harvest, the near electrocution of the tree man, the limitations of his own middle-aged body, and the pity of his wife and kids. When Alexander runs (just for fun!) a cost/benefit analysis, adding up everything from the live animal trap to the Velcro tomato wraps and then amortizing it over the life of his garden, it comes as quite a shock to learn that it cost him a staggering $64 to grow each one of his beloved Brandywine tomatoes. But as any gardener will tell you, you can't put a price on the unparalleled pleasures of providing fresh food for your family. Multiple copies of the book are available for reserve. See the Happy Bookers website for more information.
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The Time Collectorby Gwendolyn WomackA psychometrist who can experience the past of anything he touches searches for a close friend who goes missing after uncovering several "out-of-place" objects, in this new magical thriller from the best-selling author of "The Fortune Teller." Selected by Ruth, Administrative Clerk.
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Highland Healerby Florence Love Karsner Scotland has just suffered the ravages of the Battle of Culloden and must heal itself physically and spiritually. Will the magickal touch of the Healer be needed? The story centers on the Healer who possesses magickal powers that appear at moments of great distress. What is she supposed to do with these powers? Is she truly a Healer-or is she a wicked woman with abilities to harm others? Selected by Mariola, Library Assistant
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Breatheby Sarah CrossanStruggling for survival in a dystopian world where air is restricted, resistance member Alina and once-privileged new friends Quinn and Bea embark on a dangerous journey outside their protective dome environment to pursue free lives in the face of dwindling oxygen supplies. Selected by Stephanie, Reference Librarian
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The Book of Pollyby Kathy HepinstallA 10-year-old girl in a small conventional Texas community resolves to keep up with her aging, crazy-as-a-fox mother in order to keep them both alive and learn the truth about her mother's long-secret past. Selected by Norma, Library Assistant
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Resistance Women: A Novelby Jennifer ChiaveriniResisting the power grabs of an increasingly formidable Nazi Party in 1930s Berlin, the courageous American wife of a German intellectual and her circle of women friends engage in a clandestine battle to sabotage Hitler's regime. Selected by Cindy, Library Assistant
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Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? : A Memoirby Roz ChastA graphic memoir by a long-time New Yorker cartoonist celebrates the final years of her aging parents' lives through four-color cartoons, family photos and documents that reflect the artist's struggles with caregiver challenges. Selected by Deb Messling, Library Director
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