UPDATE: County Funding of Phillipsburg Library
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The Warren County Freeholders will meet on Wednesday, August 10 at 7:30 for the final vote on the plan to pull its funding from Phillipsburg Library and renovate an industrial property on Route 519 for a library branch. If you have questions or concerns about the County's plan, you can attend the meeting and voice your opinion. Note: the venue for the meeting has been moved to the school theater at the Warren County Technical School, 1500 Route 57, Washington, NJ 07882. If you cannot attend the meeting but want to share your opinion, the Freeholders welcome phone calls, letters and emails. The library can provide you with contact information. If you have questions about this or other issues, you can call the library at 908-454-3712.
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Teen Summer Reading Events
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Events for our Teen Summer Reading Program, Get in the Game: Read!, take place on Thursdays at 6:30pm. We have two final events planned for August: August 4, 6:30-8:30pm: Game Night: Join us for a round of Xbox Kinect, Board games and more! August 11, 6:30-8:30pm: Pizza Party: Join us for some pizza and music to end the Teens Summer Reading Program. Our Grand Prize Drawing of $50 will be pulled at the end of the night!
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Due to popular demand, we are bringing back Cynthia Curtis of Funny Farm Laughter Club to lead monthly Laughter Yoga sessions! This program will take place on the second Monday of the month at 6:00pm. Our next Laughter Yoga program will be August 8 at 6:00pm. Call the library at 908-454-3712 to sign up, or register online!
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Sensory Friendly Movie: Minions
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Friends of PFPL, in partnership with Family Support Organization, proudly presents a “Sensory Friendly Movies” screening of Minions on Wednesday, August 10 at 4:30pm. The lights will be left on and the sound turned slightly down in order to provide a more accepting and comfortable setting for individuals on the autism spectrum. Families are encouraged to bring their own snacks from home as well as blankets, pillows, stuffed animals and other soft, quiet toys. Audience members are welcome to get up and dance, walk, shout or even sing! – quiet policy will not be enforced unless the safety of the audience is in question. Being able to relax and enjoy quality family time without worrying if someone will complain or be disturbed by noise or movement is a wonderful experience. Many others, not on the autism spectrum, can also enjoy Sensory Friendly Movies – it’s a great opportunity for families to meet, siblings of children with autism to get to know other kids, and anyone to enjoy a movie in a climate of acceptance and understanding.
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Do you have any Legos taking up space in your basement or attic? The children's department is beginning a Lego program in October and would be most appreciative of any donations, used or new! Please bring any donations to the children's department.
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Ongoing Events for Adults
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Classic Book Club: The House of Mirth Tuesday, August 16, 7:00pm Set among the elegant brownstones of New York City and opulent country houses like gracious Bellomont on the Hudson, the novel creates a satiric portrayal of what Wharton herself called “a society of irresponsible pleasure-seekers” with a precision comparable to that of Proust. And her brilliant and complex characterization of the doomed Lily Bart, whose stunning beauty and dependence on marriage for economic survival reduce her to a decorative object, becomes an incisive commentary on the nature and status of women in that society.
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Book Forum Wednesday, August 17, 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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Film Screening: The Lady in the Van Thursday, August 18, 7:00pm The Lady in the Van tells the true story of Alan Bennett's strained friendship with Miss Mary Shepherd, an eccentric homeless woman whom Bennett befriended in the 1970s before allowing her temporarily to park her Bedford van in the driveway of his Camden home. She stayed there for 15 years. As the story develops Bennett learns that Miss Shepherd is really Margaret Fairchild, a former gifted pupil of the pianist Alfred Cortot. She had played Chopin in a promenade concert, tried to become a nun, was committed to an institution by her brother, escaped, had an accident when her van was hit by a motorcyclist for which she believed herself to blame, and thereafter lived in fear of arrest. Rated PG-13; 104 minutes. The public is invited to stay for a brief discussion after the film. All films in this series are recommended for adults. For more information, call the library at 908-454-3712. Partial funding is provided by the Warren County Cultural and Heritage Commission. Movie License # 504025064
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Happy Bookers Discussion: You're Not You by Michelle Wildgen Wednesday, August 24, 7:00pm Hoping to revitalize her lackluster existence by taking a job as a caregiver for a married woman with ALS, college student Bec finds herself profoundly moved by her relationship with her employer, with whom she experiences unanticipated life changes. Kirkus calls it "a novel that tackles challenging material with honesty and a clear eye." Multiple copies of the book are available for reserve. See the Happy Bookers website for more information.
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PFPL Writers Group Thursday, August 25, 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! Call the library at 908-454-3712 to sign up, or register online!
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A spool of blue threadby Anne TylerThe changing needs of aging parents impact a family gathering during which Abby Whitshank relates how her husband and she fell in love during the summer of 1959 and shared decades of marriage impacted by children and long-held secrets. Reading-group guide available. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Breathing Lessons. Selected by Deb Messling, Library Director
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Waiting for normalby Leslie ConnorAddie tries to cope with her mother's erratic behavior and being separated from her stepfather and half-sisters when she and her mother go to live in a trailer by the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Schenectady, New York. Selected by Norma, Circulation Staff
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A murder in time : a novelby Julie McElwainWhile attempting to flee an assassin, Kendra Donovan, a rising star at the FBI, inadvertently travels back to 1815 and becomes involved in discovering the identity of a vicious serial killer, without the benefit of her 21st century tools. Submitted by Maureen, Circulation Staff
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A tale for the time beingby Ruth L. OzekiA novelist on a remote island in the Pacific is linked to a bullied and depressed Tokyo teenager after discovering a Hello Kitty lunchbox that washed ashore in this new novel from the award-wining, best-selling author of My Year of Meats. Submitted by Angela, Library Associate
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Magic Bitter, Magic Sweetby Charlie N. Holmberg Maire is a baker with an extraordinary gift: she can infuse her treats with emotions and abilities, which are then passed on to those who eat them. She doesn’t know why she can do this and remembers nothing of who she is or where she came from. When marauders raid her town, Maire is captured and sold to the eccentric Allemas, who enslaves her and demands that she produce sinister confections, including a witch’s gingerbread cottage, a living cookie boy, and size-altering cakes. Submitted by Mariola, Circulation Staff
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'Til death do us partby Amanda QuickOperating an exclusive matchmaking service for nobles in Victorian London, Calista is stalked by a dangerously obsessed individual and turns to a reclusive author, who is fighting mysterious demons from his past, for help. By the best-selling author of the Ladies of Lantern Street series. Submitted by Ruth, Administrative Clerk
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