New Additions to our "Library of Things"
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PFPL Seed Library This new collection offers a variety of vegetable and herb seeds that Library cardholders can check out. In exchange for the free seeds, they agree to bring back saved seeds from their harvested crops to replenish the seed library for the next growing season. Visit www.pburglib.org/seed-library for more information! Wireless Hotspots Like any library, the Phillipsburg Library lets its members borrow books, magazines, movies and music. Now, members can take home something else – the internet itself. Borrowers can now check out mobile hotspots with unlimited data and have a robust internet connection at home or on the road!
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Friends of PFPL Annual Book Sale
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It's time for the Friends of PFPL B-I-G Annual Spring Book Sale! Sale dates are: Thursday, 5/2/2019 @ 1:00pm to 7:00pm Friday, 5/3/2019 @ 10:00am to 4:00pm Saturday 5/4/2019 @ 10:00am to 4:00pm*
*BAG DAY! We provide the bag, and you fill it for $3 (or 2 for $5).
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Behind the Curtain at Disney's The Lion King
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Tuesday, May 7 at 6:00pm Come hear stories from backstage at The Lion King on Broadway from Phillipsburg resident and veteran stage manager, Carmen Abrazado.
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Small Space Vegetable Gardening
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Wednesday, May 8 at 6:30pm Think you don’t have enough room to grow your own vegetables? Master Gardener Lori Metz will help you discover places to grow edible plants and covers the basics of choosing plants, starting seeds, caring for and maintaining your edibles and more!
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Spring Nutrition Series: The Truth about Nutrition
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Tuesdays, May 14, 21, 28 & June 4 at 6:30pm The Truth About Nutrition class series will take a look at the latest research on Grains and Gluten, Fats and Oils, Sugar and Non-Nutritive Sweeteners and Dairy and Non-Dairy Alternatives to help debunk some of the most common nutrition myths. Participants in this program will become more savvy consumers when it comes to the nutrition information they access. - May 14th – Grains and Gluten
- May 21st – Fats and Oils
- May 28th – Dairy and Non-Dairy Alternatives
- June 4th – Sugar and Non-Nutritive Sweeteners
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Saturday, May 18, 2:30pm Join us for a special family screening of Aladdin ahead of the release of the new live action movie! Light refreshments will be provided. For all ages.
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Ongoing Events for Children
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Laptime - ages 6 - 24 months, Mondays @ 10am Storytime - ages 2-5, Wednesdays @ 10am Lego Club - Grades 1 - 5, Tuesdays, 5/14 & 5/28 @ 4pm After School Club - Grades 1 - 5, Thursdays, 5/9 & 5/23 @ 4pm
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Ongoing Events for Adults
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Laughter Yoga Monday, May 13, 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, May 13, 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 Forum Wednesday, May 15, 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: On the Basis of Sex Thursday, May 16, 7:00pm Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a struggling attorney and new mother who faces adversity and numerous obstacles in her fight for equal rights. When Ruth takes on a groundbreaking tax case with her husband, attorney Martin Ginsburg, she knows it could change the direction of her career and the way the courts view gender discrimination. Rated PG-13; 120 minutes Partial funding is provided by the Warren County Cultural and Heritage Commission. Movie License #196808001
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Happy Bookers: Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef Wednesday, May 22, 7:00pm Before Gabrielle Hamilton opened her acclaimed New York restaurant Prune, she spent twenty years trying to find purpose and meaning in her life. Blood, Bones & Butter follows an unconventional journey through the many kitchens Hamilton has inhabited through the years: the rural kitchen of her childhood; the kitchens of France, Greece, and Turkey, where she was often fed by complete strangers and learned the essence of hospitality; Hamilton’s own kitchen at Prune, with its many unexpected challenges; and the kitchen of her Italian mother-in-law. By turns epic and intimate, Gabrielle Hamilton’s story is told with uncommon honesty, grit, humor, and passion. Multiple copies of the book are available for reserve. See the Happy Bookers website for more information.
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The Great Believersby Rebecca MakkaiA 1980s Chicago art gallery director loses his loved ones to the AIDS epidemic until his only companion is his daughter, who, decades later, grapples with the disease's wrenching impact on their family. Selected by Deb Messling, Library Director
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Untouchableby Jayne Ann KrentzEngaging in deep meditation therapy to navigate the darkness of his work as a cold-case arson investigator, FBI consultant Jack Lancaster is targeted by a returned Quinton Zane, who has resolved to eliminate Anson Salinas's foster sons. Selected by Ruth, Administrative Clerk
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Never Tellby Lisa GardnerWhile D. D. Warren investigates a pregnant woman's suspicious role in the murders of her father and husband, Flora draws on her own haunted past to identify an unsettling link to one of the victims. Submitted by Barbara, Technical Services
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Star of the North : a novelby David JohnMore than two decades after her twin is kidnapped by North Korean operatives, brilliant CIA employee Jenna obtains information that her sister may still be alive and undertakes a daring mission into the heart of the regime, in a thriller that also traces the parallel stories of a peasant-turned-black-market businesswoman and a high-ranking official who discovers his traitorous heritage. Selected by Cindy, Library Assistant
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The Binding : a novelby Bridget CollinsIn a magical world where books are repositories of individual lives, a reviled Bookbinder's apprentice crafts elegant memory volumes to help troubled customers before discovering that others in his profession use their skills for dark ends. Selected by Mariola, Library Assistant
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Internmentby Samira AhmedSet in a futuristic United Sates where Muslim-Americans are forced into internment camps, and Layla Amin must lead a revolution against complicit silence. Submitted by Stephanie, Reference Librarian
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