It's tax time! Forms & instruction booklets for the 1040 will be available soon, as well as reproducible copies of additional Federal Tax forms and instructions. In addition, our staff can help you download forms from the Internet. As always, assistance in tax preparation will be offered to qualified residents. Volunteers will be available at the library on Tuesdays and Fridays throughout tax season. An appointment is required: call 1-888-387-9830 ext. 3502 to schedule time with a preparer.
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Pain Relief: Understanding the Messages of Your Body
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Wednesday, February 6, 6:30pm In this engaging talk, Kathleen B. Covalt, Ed.D will explore the link between our thoughts, emotions, and body. We will examine how pain in specific parts of the body, including the 7 major chakra areas, tends to be correlated with underlying emotional/psychological issues. In many cases, when we understand the messages of the body and make appropriate life changes, we can significantly contribute to pain relief.
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Sing-along Theater: The Princess and the Frog
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Saturday, February 16, 2:30pm Patrons of all ages are invited to join us for a special sing-along screening of The Princess and the Frog. Light refreshments will be provided. Registration is required. Please arrive on time; your seat will be held until 2:30. Register by Friday, February 15.
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Who are the Friends? The Friends of the Phillipsburg Free Public Library are a group of library advocates who raise funds for special projects, and sponsor entertaining and educational programs. We meet at 6:30pm on the second Thursday of each month and discuss programming, fundraising, and other ways to support the library. New members are always welcome! Mark your calendars! The Friends of the Phillipsburg Free Public Library will be holding their annual Spring Book Sale May 2-4. Over the next few months, the Friends will need volunteers to help sort, set up, and work the sale. If you are interested in helping out with the sale, please email Friends President Jessie Bacho at jessica.bacho@gmail.com. The Friends are also planning 2019 fundraisers and events to help support the library. If you have an idea for a program or fundraiser, please don’t hesitate to reach out!
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Ongoing Events for Children
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Our children's programs continue this month! Laptime - ages 6 - 24 months, Mondays @ 10am Storytime* - ages 2-5, Wednesdays @ 10am Lego Club - Grades 1 - 5, Tuesday, 2/5 & 2/19 @ 4pm After School Club - Grades 1 - 5, Thursday, 2/14 & 2/28 @ 4pm *February 6th Storytime will be a "Special Edition." Don't miss the exciting reveal of the latest addition to our children's department!
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Ongoing Events for Adults
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Laughter Yoga Monday, February 11, 12:00pm 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, February 11 & 25, 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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Classic Book Club: Crime and Punishment Tuesday, February 12, 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. On February 12 at 7:00pm, we will discuss Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Visit the Classic Book Club webpage for details!
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Book Forum Wednesday, February 20, 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: Blindspotting Thursday, February 21, 7:00pm Collin (Daveed Diggs) a parolee facing his final three days of probation, needs to stay clear of trouble. Miles (Rafael Casal), Collin’s hot-tempered best friend, can’t stay out of it. When Collin witnesses a police shooting, the two men’s friendship is tested, sending Collin and Miles on a collision course with each other in this bold and thought-provoking film that bursts with energy, style, and humor.
Rated R; 95 minutes Partial funding is provided by the Warren County Cultural and Heritage Commission. Movie License #196808001
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Happy Bookers: The Turner House Wednesday, February 27, 7:00pm The Turners have lived on Yarrow Street for over fifty years. Their house has seen thirteen children grown and gone—and some returned; it has seen the arrival of grandchildren, the fall of Detroit’s East Side, and the loss of a father. The house still stands despite abandoned lots, an embattled city, and the inevitable shift outward to the suburbs. But now, as ailing matriarch Viola finds herself forced to leave her home and move in with her eldest son, the family discovers that the house is worth just a tenth of its mortgage. The Turner children are called home to decide its fate and to reckon with how each of their pasts haunts—and shapes—their family’s future.
Multiple copies of the book are available for reserve. See the Happy Bookers website for more information.
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The perfect nanny : a novelby Leïla SlimaniA U.S. release of an award-winning best-seller from Morocco follows the relationship between a working French-Moroccan couple and their too-good-to-be-true nanny, whose devotion to their children spirals into a psychologically charged cycle of jealousies, resentments and violence. Selected by Deb Messling, Library Director
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A study in Charlotte : a Charlotte Holmes novelby Brittany CavallaroRival teens Charlotte and Jamie, descendants of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, investigate the mystery of why they are being framed for murder at their American boarding school. Selected by Stephanie, Reference Librarian
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The rain watcherby Tatiana de RosnayA patriarch's birthday gathering in Paris is violently disrupted by a natural disaster, revealing to a charismatic young photographer hidden fears and secrets that test the limits of family bonds. Selected by Cindy, Library Assistant
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Paradoxby Catherine CoulterWhen divers discover the bones of multiple murder victims during a search of Lake Massey, agents Sherlock and Savich make a connection between the bones and an escaped psychopath who attempted to kidnap five-year-old Sean Savich. Submitted by Barbara, Technical Services
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