Stories, songs and crafts for 2-3 year olds accompanied by an adult. Registration is required. Please sign up for only one session. » More for Children

Tina Weishaus, a certified psychotherapist will talk about eating strategies for use with children. This is a program for parents with children. Children are welcome to attend.» More for Adults

Eadie Allen (Alice Faye) is a chorus girl who dreams of becoming a star. While working at a New York nightclub, she meets Sergeant Andy Mason (James Ellison); they fall in love but he is shipped off to war. As Eadie becomes the headliner at the nightclub, Andy comes home a war hero. But complications arise when Eadie finds out Andy is unofficially engaged to another woman. It's up to Eadie's friend and nightclub co-star Dorita (Carmen Miranda) to set things straight. The Gang's All Here is filled with leggy chorus dancers and lavish musical production numbers including Faye's flashy neon finale "The Polka Dot Polka." Introduced and discussion led by Dr. Robert Knoll 1 hour, 43 minutes.

A very special first story time, with songs and rhymes, for babies and toddlers 6-23 months old accompanied by an adult. Please register. » More for Children

Stories, songs and crafts for 2-3 year olds accompanied by an adult. Registration is required. Please sign up for only one session. » More for Children

Belle is a therapy dog who is eager to listen to children read stories. Each child accompanied by an adult gets 10 minutes to meet with Belle and read to her.
This is a great way to practice reading in a non-threatening atmosphere. Belle is truly a library dog. Registration is required and space is limited.2011-11- » More for Children

Enjoy a jazz concert with pianist Jim Lapidus, a composer and teacher, who will be performing with Nathan Webb on drums and Mike Carino on upright bass. The concert is sponsored by the Friends of the Library» More for Adults

Get ready for Valentine's Day by creating a one of a kind valentine at this card making event. » More for Teens

Stories, songs and crafts for 2-3 year olds accompanied by an adult. Registration is required. Please sign up for only one session. » More for Children

Stories, crafts and creative drama and games for grades K-2.
Registration is required. » More for Children

Come and help plan the up coming May Book Sale. Join the Friends and become an active member of the Library.» More for Adults

A very special first story time, with songs and rhymes, for babies and toddlers 6-23 months old accompanied by an adult. Please register. » More for Children

Stories, songs and crafts for 2-3 year olds accompanied by an adult. Registration is required. Please sign up for only one session. » More for Children

Once a month a different craft will be featured as an after school activity. Specific craft details will be posted each month. » More for Teens

Belle is a therapy dog who is eager to listen to children read stories. Each child accompanied by an adult gets 10 minutes to meet with Belle and read to her.
This is a great way to practice reading in a non-threatening atmosphere. Belle is truly a library dog. Registration is required and space is limited. » More for Children

As the nights grow longer and television choices slimmer, why not exercise your mind with word games? If you are an adult and enjoy word games please join us for Scrabble, Scattergories, Cranium, Boogle and more. If you like, bring a word game you like to play. For more information call the library at 732-572-2750.» More for Adults

Help us set up the room and decorate for the Film Festival as well as test all the equipment. » More for Teens

Enjoy a screening of amazing films by local teens. A small reception will follow. Q and A session with filmmakers. » More for Teens

Stories, songs and crafts for 2-3 year olds accompanied by an adult. Registration is required. Please sign up for only one session. » More for Children

Steven Hart, author The Last Three Miles: Politics, Murder, and the Construction of America's First Superhighway, will talk about his new crime novel, We All Fall Down,(Black Angel Press). His heroine, Karen McCarthy, is a tough cop who defies some of the usual stereotypes. She's down-to-earth, unattractive, and subject to some human foibles usually reserved for the male of the species. Sent to patrol the streets of Bridgeborough, a working class town near the Pine Barrens, Karen stumbles upon the murder of the police chief's wife. Steve is also an award winning journalist who has written for the New York Times, Salon, the online literary magazine and locally for the Home News Tribune.» More for Adults

A very special first story time, with songs and rhymes, for babies and toddlers 6-23 months old accompanied by an adult. Please register. » More for Children

Stories, songs and crafts for 2-3 year olds accompanied by an adult. Registration is required. Please sign up for only one session. » More for Children

Belle is a therapy dog who is eager to listen to children read stories. Each child accompanied by an adult gets 10 minutes to meet with Belle and read to her.
This is a great way to practice reading in a non-threatening atmosphere. Belle is truly a library dog. Registration is required and space is limited. » More for Children

Author Patricia Brady-Danzig will read her delightful new picture book, Fabrizio's Fable (La Favola di Fabrizio)in English and Italian. The story, about Fabrizio, a smart little Italian mouse, who outwits Lugi, the cat, also unfolds in both languages. A great night for children, adults and anyone interested in learning Italian. You will be transported to Italy for the evening! » More for Teens

Relax after a long week with board games and refreshments at the library. » More for Teens

Preschoolers and their parents are invited to join Ann Wild in a variety of musical activities. Enjoy bells, balls, shakers, and a variety of percussion instruments. » More for Children

Enjoy a storytime for four - five year olds. Stories, songs and craft. Please register. » More for Children

Stories, songs and crafts for 2-3 year olds accompanied by an adult. Registration is required. Please sign up for only one session. » More for Children

Stories, crafts and creative drama and games for grades K-2.
Registration is required. » More for Children

Poet and English professor Maxine Susman will conduct a poetry workshop. Each participant will produce a poem and have the opportunity to read it to the group. Maxine Susman, formerly a literature and writing professor at Caldwell College, has published in several dozen journals and anthologies, including Paterson Literary Review, CHEST, Runes, Earth’s Daughters, US 1 Worksheets, Home Planet News, and Poet Lore. Maxine has published four poetry collections: Gogama (2006) is about her father, a young Jewish doctor in remote Northern Ontario during the Great Depression. Wartime Address (2009) tells of a young woman trapped in Occupied Paris in World War 2 before escaping to Free France and Tunis. Familiar (2009) focuses on family life, place, and shifting states of mind and body. Creamery Road, due out summer of 2011, tells stories of rural New York State and Maine. Please register at the front desk or call the library at 732-572-2750. » More for Teens

A very special first story time, with songs and rhymes, for babies and toddlers 6-23 months old accompanied by an adult. Please register. » More for Children

Stories, songs and crafts for 2-3 year olds accompanied by an adult. Registration is required. Please sign up for only one session. » More for Children

Belle is a therapy dog who is eager to listen to children read stories. Each child accompanied by an adult gets 10 minutes to meet with Belle and read to her.
This is a great way to practice reading in a non-threatening atmosphere. Belle is truly a library dog. Registration is required and space is limited. » More for Children

Have a ball building with the Library's Lego collection. For children ages 4 and up. You can bring your own Legos if you wish. Refreshments will be served. » More for Children

Enjoy a storytime for four - five year olds. Stories, songs and craft. Please register. » More for Children

Stories, songs and crafts for 2-3 year olds accompanied by an adult. Registration is required. Please sign up for only one session. » More for Children

Stories, crafts and creative drama and games for grades K-2.
Registration is required. » More for Children

In the opening sequence of The Letter, director William Wyler delivers a primer on film directing: at a rubber plantation, in the tropical funk of a Malaysian night, the heavy stillness is suddenly broken by shots... and a woman with a gun, descending a staircase. She is the wife of the plantation owner, and the dead man is, ahem, not her husband. Holding the gun so securely is Bette Davis, in one of her greatest performances. The story is taken from one of those sturdy Somerset Maugham tales that has proved itself in many versions, but this is the keeper; it was nominated for seven Oscars®, including best picture, director, and actress. Wyler's impeccable direction, and Davis's take-no-prisoners approach to an "unsympathetic" character, make for a completely satisfying picture.
Discussion and Introduction by Dr. Robert Knoll.. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. 1 hour, 35 minutes.

A very special first story time, with songs and rhymes, for babies and toddlers 6-23 months old accompanied by an adult. Please register » More for Children

Stories, songs and crafts for 2-3 year olds accompanied by an adult. Registration is required. Please sign up for only one session. » More for Children

Belle the reading dog will be back to listen to children read. Children can practice and gain confidence while reading to our favorite golden retriever. Registration is required. » More for Children

Enjoy a storytime for four - five year olds. Stories, songs and craft. Please register. » More for Children

Belle is a therapy dog who is eager to listen to children read stories. Each child accompanied by an adult gets 10 minutes to meet with Belle and read to her.
This is a great way to practice reading in a non-threatening atmosphere. Belle is truly a library dog. Registration is required and space is limited. » More for Children

Stories, crafts and creative drama and games for grades K-2.
Registration is required. » More for Children

Belle is a therapy dog who is eager to listen to children read stories. Each child accompanied by an adult gets 10 minutes to meet with Belle and read to her.
This is a great way to practice reading in a non-threatening atmosphere. Belle is truly a library dog. Registration is required and space is limited. » More for Children

Preschoolers and their parents are invited to join Ann Wild in a variety of musical activities. Enjoy bells, balls, shakers, and a variety of percussion instruments. » More for Children

Open mike follows the featured reader. Maxine Susman, formerly a literature and writing professor at Caldwell College, has published in several dozen journals and anthologies, including Paterson Literary Review, CHEST, Runes, Earth’s Daughters, US 1 Worksheets, Home Planet News, and Poet Lore. Maxine has published four poetry collections: Gogama (2006) is about her father, a young Jewish doctor in remote Northern Ontario during the Great Depression. Wartime Address (2009) tells of a young woman trapped in Occupied Paris in World War 2 before escaping to Free France and Tunis. Familiar (2009) focuses on family life, place, and shifting states of mind and body. Creamery Road, due out summer of 2011, tells stories of rural New York State and Maine.

Belle is a therapy dog who is eager to listen to children read stories. Each child accompanied by an adult gets 10 minutes to meet with Belle and read to her.
This is a great way to practice reading in a non-threatening atmosphere. Belle is truly a library dog. Registration is required and space is limited. » More for Children

Hollywood's first all-black film since The Green Pastures tells the vibrant fable of rascally Little Joe, torn between the love of his good wife Petunia and the wiles of good-time bad girl Georgia Brown...and caught in a tug-of-war between emissaries from the Lord and Satan. How can virtue triumph over evil? Well, as Petunia says, "Sometimes when you fight the devil, you gotta jab him with his own pitchfork." Debuting movie director Vincente Minnelli (An American in Paris, Gigi) and stars Ethel Waters, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington are more than a match for the devil in this musical treasure. With a soundtrack of dazzling standards including Taking a Chance on Love, Cabin in the Sky is a joyous classic. Introduction and discussion leb by Dr. Robert Knoll. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
1 hour, 38 minutes.

Have a ball building with the Library's Lego collection. For children ages 4 and up. You can bring your own Legos if you wish. Refreshments will be served. » More for Children

Diane Lockward is the author of four collections of poetry, most recently, Temptation by Water (Wind Publications, 2010). Her earlier books are What Feeds Us, which received the Quentin R. Howard Poetry Prize; Eve’s Red Dress; and a chapbook, Against Perfection. Her poems have been published in several anthologies, including Poetry Daily: 366 Poems from the World’s Most Popular Poetry Website, Garrison Keillor's Good Poems for Hard Times, and The Poet's Cookbook. Her poems have also appeared in such journals as Beloit Poetry Journal, Spoon River Poetry Review, Harvard Review, Poet Lore, and Prairie Schooner. An open mike will follow the reading.

The first film starring the legendary screen team of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, this savvy dramatic comedy from 1942 plays off the unlikely match of polar opposites--the brash sports reporter Sam Craig (Tracy) and the brilliant political commentator Tess Harding (Hepburn) from the New York Chronicle--whose marriage grabs front-page headlines. Balancing her flashy career with marital bliss turns out to be a complicated challenge for the worldly Tess, whose down-to-earth husband struggles to support her ambition while keeping their marriage from falling apart. This sparkling comedy is still relevant to today's demanding professional lifestyles, and the Hepburn-Tracy chemistry is a wonder to behold in some of their all-time favorite scenes. Woman of the Year was gracefully directed by George Stevens, from a screenplay by Ring Lardner Jr. and Michael Kanin. Discussion and Introduction by Dr. Robert Knoll. sponsored by the Friends of the Library. 1 hour, 55 minutes.

Featured reader will be followed by an open mike. Lauren Schmidt’s poems have been published or are forthcoming in The Progressive, Alaska Quarterly Review, New York Quarterly, Rattle, Nimrod, Fifth Wednesday Journal, Ekphrasis Journal, Wicked Alice and other journals. Her poems have been selected as finalists for the 2008 and 2009 Janet B. McCabe Poetry Prize, the Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry, Intro to Journals Project, and the Dancing Girl Press Chapbook Contest. Her awards include the 2009 So to Speak Poetry Prize, the 2011 Neil Postman Prize for Metaphor, and the 2012 Bellevue Literary Review’s Marica and Jan Vilcek Prize for Poetry. Her chapbook, The Voodoo Doll Parade (Main Street Rag), was selected as part of the 2011 Author’s Choice Chapbooks Series. Her first full-length collection, Psalms of The Dining Room (Wipf & Stock) is forthcoming.

Director Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard) and writer Raymond Chandler (The Big Sleep) adapted James M. Cain's hard-boiled novel into this wildly thrilling story of insurance man Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray), who schemes the perfect murder with the beautiful dame Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck): kill Dietrichson's husband and make off with the insurance money. But, of course, in these plots things never quite go as planned, and Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson) is the wily insurance investigator who must sort things out. From the opening scene you know Neff is doomed yet, to the film's credit, this doesn't diminish any of the tension of the movie. This early film noir flick is wonderfully campy by today's standards, and the dialogue is snappy ("I thought you were smarter than the rest, Walter. But I was wrong. You're not smarter, just a little taller"). Stanwyck is the ultimate femme fatale, and MacMurray, despite a career largely defined by roles as a softy is convincingly cast against type as the hapless, love-struck sap. Introduction and discussion by Dr. Robert Knoll. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. 1 hour 47 minutes.