Arts Experience: Haunted Centerpieces
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Wednesday, October 9 @ 6:00pm Join us for a hands-on arts experience, assisted by members of the Phillipsburg Area Arts Community! All skill levels are welcome. Supplies will be provided, but feel free to bring any ghoulish embellishments you want to add to your centerpiece. This event is FREE but space is limited and registration is required.
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Tuesday, October 22, 6:30pm Join L’Aura Hladik Hoffman of NJ Ghost Hunters Society for a presentation based on the investigative stories in two of her books: Ghosthunting New Jersey and Ghosthunting New York City.”
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Teen Program: Scary Stories & Costume Party
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Thursday, October 10 @ 6:00pm Dress up & listen to “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark!” (Prizes will be given for creative costumes.)
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Ongoing Events for Children
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LaptimeMonday, October 7 & 28 @ 10:00am Laptime is an active program of rhymes, music, play, and stories for babies ages 6-24 months and an adult caregiver. Registration is required. Call 908-454-3712 to sign up, or register online! StorytimeWednesday, October 2, 9, 23, & 30 @ 10:00am Our Storytime programs are filled with stories, flannel boards, songs, and fun! A craft will be included in the last storytime of the month. For ages 2-5 years. After School ClubThursday, October 10 & 24 @ 4:00pm Relax after school with fun and educational games and crafts in our After School Club. For grades 1-5. Lego ClubTuesday, October 1, 15, & 29 @ 4:00pm Build anything you can imagine in our Lego Club. For grades 1-5
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Ongoing Events for Adults
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Yarn Crafts Group Tuesday, October 1 & 15, 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, September 9, 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, October 28, 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, October 16, 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: What They Had Thursday, October 17, 7:00pm After her ailing mother wanders off during a blizzard, Bridget (Hilary Swank) returns to her childhood home in Chicago, accompanied by her rebellious daughter. Forced to referee between her father's (Robert Forster) stubborn insistence that his wife (Blythe Danner) remains at home and her equally determined brother's efforts to place her in a "memory care" facility, Bridget struggles to make sense of a lifetime of family conflict. With her mother's decline becoming increasingly obvious, long-simmering resentments bubble to the surface. Rated PG-13; 101 minutes Partial funding is provided by the Warren County Cultural and Heritage Commission.
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Classic Book Club: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Tuesday, October 22, 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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Happy Bookers: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Wednesday, October 23, 7:00pm Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now? Summoned to Evelyn's luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the '80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. (Goodreads). Multiple copies of the book are available for reserve. See the Happy Bookers website for more information.
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Lady in the Lake: A Novelby Laura LippmanA divorced reporter in racially torn 1966 Baltimore triggers unanticipated consequences for vulnerable community members while investigating the murder of an African-American party girl. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Sunburn. Selected by Deb Messling, Library Director
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