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MARCH
*"September 11: How We Remember" Exhibit
During the month of March, the New Brunswick Free Public Library will present an exhibition featuring items on loan from the New Brunswick office of VOICES of September 11: The exhibition will be available for viewing throughout the month of March during the library’s regular hours of operation. Exhibition items include American flags, handmade quilts and cards made for the victims, and photography of Ground Zero and local September 11 memorials, among other items. The Opening Reception will take place on Saturday, March 6, during which time children will be able to participate in the creation of a 9/11 Commemorative Quilt by decorating quilt squares and decorating the pieces of a Community Puzzle. The completed 9/11 Commemorative Quilt will be unveiled at the exhibition’s Closing Ceremony on Saturday, March 27.
VOICES of September 11 is a non-profit organization based in New Canaan, CT that advocates and provides services for those affected by the events of September 11, 2001. VOICES promotes public policy reform on prevention, preparedness and response to terrorism. For more information about the exhibition or programs, please contact librarian Laura Szalaj at 732-745-5108, ext. 20. For more information about VOICES of September 11, please call 732-543-2300.
Wednesday, March 17
Kids' Sign Language Workshop
Want to learn a new language? In this recurring workshop, learn basic sign language and let your hands do the talking! Registration required!
5:30 - 6 PM in the Storytime Room.
For more information, please contact Sara Warrick swarrick@lmxac.org or 732-745-5108 x15.
ESL Conversation Group
Sign up at the Reference Desk to attend this ESL Conversation Group, meeting every Wednesday from January 6 until March 24.
7 - 8:30 PM in the Carl T. Valenti Community Room.
For more information, please contact Kavita Pandey at kavita@lmxac.org or 732-745-5108 x20.
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Thursday, March 18
Kids' Craft
Be creative and make something with your own two hands!
4-5 PM in the Storytime Room.
For more information, please contact Sara Warrick swarrick@lmxac.org or 732-745-5108 x15.
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Tuesday, March 23
Bee Real
Girls in 6th, 7th and 8th grade are invited to join the Bee Real project, a series of programs created and conducted by students from the Institute for Women’s Leadership at Rutgers, featuring activities centered on the novel “The Secret Life of Bees” by Sue Monk Kidd. The group will create art projects while discussing themes presented in the book, such as leadership, character, secrets, discrimination, voice and role models. Each participant will be paired with a college mentor who will stay in touch with the participant between sessions and will be available to assist with questions or concerns they have about the project.
4 - 5 PM in the Carl T. Valenti Community Room.
All materials, including the book, will be provided to participants free of charge. The group will meet one Tuesday a month from September 29 to April 20, 2010. For more information, please contact Camille Thompson at Thompson@lmxac.org or 732-745-5108 x20.
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Wednesday, March 24
Teen Advisory Board (TAB) meeting
Do a craft, have a snack, and tell Ms. Camille how you want your library to be. TAB gives teens the opportunity to assist with planning events and selecting library materials while earning community service hours.
4:30 - 5:45 PM in the Carl T. Valenti Community Room.
For more information, please contact Camille Thompson at Thompson@lmxac.org or 732-745-5108 x20.
ESL Conversation Group
The library is again hosting a Literacy Programs of New Jersey ESL Conversation Group, which will meet every Wednesday from January 6 until March 24. The goals of the Adult ESL (English as a Second Language) Program are: to provide English language instruction, to help adults gain motivational skills and knowledge to pursue further education and training, and to enhance the parenting skills of adult participants. Adult learners can improve their English language skills through an integrated literacy curriculum and the use of ‘real-life materials’.
To register for this ESL Conversation Group, fill out an application (which you can print out from this link or get at the Reference Desk) and return it before the start date of January 6.
7 - 8:30 PM in the Carl T. Valenti Community Room.
For more information, please contact Kavita Pandey at kavita@lmxac.org or 732-745-5108 x20.
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Thursday, March 25
Kids' Movie
Watch a movie at the library, complete with popcorn!
3:45 PM in the Carl T. Valenti Community Room.
For more information, please contact Sara Warrick swarrick@lmxac.org or 732-745-5108 x15.
Kids' Knitting Club
Want to learn to knit or crochet? This is the place! No experience required, supplies will be provided. Open to kids and teens!
6 - 7 PM in the Carl T. Valenti Community Room.
For more information, please contact Sara Warrick at swarrick@lmxac.org or Camille Thompson at Thompson@lmxac.org, or call 732-745-5108 x20.
Knitting Club
Like knitting or want to learn? Join the club! Everyone is welcome, from those who've never picked up needles to old pros. Just bring your current project, or if you're new to knitting, a willingness to learn. Participants will exchange knitting ideas while enjoying pleasant conversation and refreshments.
7 - 8:30 PM in the Carl T. Valenti Community Room.
For more information, please contact Laura Szalaj lszalaj@lmxac.org or 732-745-5108 x20.
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Friday, March 26
Free Volunteer-run Income Tax Filing Assistance
Volunteers from Beta Alpha Psi, the Accounting and Finance Honors Society at Rutgers, will help taxpayers file online, by appointment only. The service is sponsored by VITA, the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. When you come to your tax-help session, please bring your W-2 forms, Social Security cards for you and any dependents, any tax forms sent to you by the government, records of expenses you want to declare, and a copy of last year's tax returns, if available.
11 AM - 2 PM in the Teen Room.
For an appointment, please call the library at 732-745-5108 x25, or stop by the library's Main Desk. For further information, contact Joye Crowe-Logan at 732-745-5108 x20 or joye@lmxac.org.
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Saturday, March 27
Free Volunteer-run Income Tax Filing Assistance
Volunteers from Beta Alpha Psi, the Accounting and Finance Honors Society at Rutgers, will help taxpayers file online, by appointment only. The service is sponsored by VITA, the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. When you come to your tax-help session, please bring your W-2 forms, Social Security cards for you and any dependents, any tax forms sent to you by the government, records of expenses you want to declare, and a copy of last year's tax returns, if available.
10 AM - 4 PM in the Teen Room.
For an appointment, please call the library at 732-745-5108 x25, or stop by the library's Main Desk. For further information, contact Joye Crowe-Logan at 732-745-5108 x20 or joye@lmxac.org.
"September 11: How We Remember" Closing Ceremony
The ceremony bringing the "September 11: How We Remember" exhibition to a close will feature a musical performance of the bagpipes by Keith Allen, and the completed 9/11 Commemorative Quilt will be unveiled.
3 PM
in the library’s Carl T. Valenti Community Room.
For more information about the exhibition or programs, please contact librarian Laura Szalaj at 732-745-5108, ext. 20. For more information about VOICES of September 11, please call 732-543-2300.
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Monday, March 29
Friends' Book Club meeting
The Friends of the New Brunswick Free Public Library offer a chance to meet and discuss a different book each month. All are welcome: the only requirements are to have read the book and be willing to discuss it! This month's book: Sag Harborby Colson Whitehead. A coming of age story of a black teenager who attends an elite prep school in Manhattan and enjoys Sag Harbor in the summer.
1:30 PM in the Carl T. Valenti Community Room.
For more information about the Friends of the Library, please click here.
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APRIL
Thursday, April 1
Kids' Movie
Watch a movie at the library, complete with popcorn!
3:45 PM in the Carl T. Valenti Community Room.
For more information, please contact Sara Warrick swarrick@lmxac.org or 732-745-5108 x15.
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Saturday, April 3
Free Volunteer-run Income Tax Filing Assistance
Volunteers from Beta Alpha Psi, the Accounting and Finance Honors Society at Rutgers, will help taxpayers file online, by appointment only. The service is sponsored by VITA, the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. When you come to your tax-help session, please bring your W-2 forms, Social Security cards for you and any dependents, any tax forms sent to you by the government, records of expenses you want to declare, and a copy of last year's tax returns, if available.
10 AM - 4 PM in the Teen Room.
For an appointment, please call the library at 732-745-5108 x25, or stop by the library's Main Desk. For further information, contact Joye Crowe-Logan at 732-745-5108 x20 or joye@lmxac.org.
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Wednesday, April 7
Friends' Noontime Program
Eating Green: Lisanne Finston, director of New Brunswick's Elijah's Promise, will talk on food that will keep you and your environment healthy.
12:15 - 1 PM in the Carl T. Valenti Community Room.
All Friends' programs are open to the public. For more information about the Friends of the Library, please click here.
Short and Sweet: Teen Short Stories
Read an awesome short story and discuss it while enjoying a sweet treat! No preparation necessary: the story will be provided and read aloud during the program.
4:30 - 5:45 PM in the Carl T. Valenti Community Room.
Kids' Sign Language Workshop
Want to learn a new language? In this recurring workshop, learn basic sign language and let your hands do the talking! Registration required!
5:30 - 6 PM in the Storytime Room.
For more information, please contact Sara Warrick swarrick@lmxac.org or 732-745-5108 x15.
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Thursday, April 8
Homework Hangout
Get help with all of your end of marking period projects and studying in the Homework Hangout. There will be free tutors ready to help you and snacks to make your studying more successful and fun.
4 - 7:30 PM in the Carl T. Valenti Community Room.
For more information, please contact Camille Thompson at Thompson@lmxac.org or 732-745-5108 x20.
Kids' Knitting Club
Want to learn to knit or crochet? This is the place! No experience required, supplies will be provided. Open to kids and teens!
6 - 7 PM in the Carl T. Valenti Community Room.
For more information, please contact Sara Warrick at swarrick@lmxac.org or Camille Thompson at Thompson@lmxac.org, or call 732-745-5108 x20.
Knitting Club
Like knitting or want to learn? Join the club! Everyone is welcome, from those who've never picked up needles to old pros. Just bring your current project, or if you're new to knitting, a willingness to learn. Participants will exchange knitting ideas while enjoying pleasant conversation and refreshments.
7 - 8:30 PM in the Carl T. Valenti Community Room.
For more information, please contact Laura Szalaj lszalaj@lmxac.org or 732-745-5108 x20.
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Friday, April 9
Free Volunteer-run Income Tax Filing Assistance
Volunteers from Beta Alpha Psi, the Accounting and Finance Honors Society at Rutgers, will help taxpayers file online, by appointment only. The service is sponsored by VITA, the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. When you come to your tax-help session, please bring your W-2 forms, Social Security cards for you and any dependents, any tax forms sent to you by the government, records of expenses you want to declare, and a copy of last year's tax returns, if available.
11 AM - 2 PM in the Teen Room.
For an appointment, please call the library at 732-745-5108 x25, or stop by the library's Main Desk. For further information, contact Joye Crowe-Logan at 732-745-5108 x20 or joye@lmxac.org.
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Saturday, April 10
Free Volunteer-run Income Tax Filing Assistance
Volunteers from Beta Alpha Psi, the Accounting and Finance Honors Society at Rutgers, will help taxpayers file online, by appointment only. The service is sponsored by VITA, the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. When you come to your tax-help session, please bring your W-2 forms, Social Security cards for you and any dependents, any tax forms sent to you by the government, records of expenses you want to declare, and a copy of last year's tax returns, if available.
10 AM - 4 PM in the Teen Room.
For an appointment, please call the library at 732-745-5108 x25, or stop by the library's Main Desk. For further information, contact Joye Crowe-Logan at 732-745-5108 x20 or joye@lmxac.org.
Indian Holi Festival Celebration
The Library is celebrating the Indian Holi Festival in cooperation with Rutgers Indian Graduate Association. Please join us for a fun filled and colorful celebration of the Indian Festival of colors, music and dance!
2 - 4 PM in the Carl T Valenti Community Room.
For more information, please contact Kavita Pandey at kavita@lmxac.org or 732-745-5108 x20.
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Wednesday, April 14
Senior Center Book Club
We will be discussing Tracy Chevalier’s Girl with A Pearl Earring, whom is none other than a young woman immortalized in a painting by the famed Dutch artist Vermeer.
10 AM at the New Brunswick Senior Resource Center, 81 Huntington St.
For more information, please contact Laura Szalaj at 732-745-5108 x20 or lszalaj@lmxac.org.
Kids' Craft
Be creative and make something with your own two hands!
4-5 PM in the Storytime Room.
For more information, please contact Sara Warrick swarrick@lmxac.org or 732-745-5108 x15.
Kids' Sign Language Workshop
Want to learn a new language? In this recurring workshop, learn basic sign language and let your hands do the talking! Registration required!
5:30 - 6 PM in the Storytime Room.
For more information, please contact Sara Warrick swarrick@lmxac.org or 732-745-5108 x15.
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Friday, April 16
Friends of the Library Book Sale
Come browse the large selection of books, videos and other media, all for sale at incredible prices!
1 - 7 PM in the Carl T Valenti Community Room.
For more information about the Friends of the Library, please click here.
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Saturday, April 17
Friends of the Library Book Sale
Come browse the large selection of books, videos and other media, all for sale at incredible prices!
10 AM - 4 PM in the Carl T Valenti Community Room.
For more information about the Friends of the Library, please click here.
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Tuesday, April 20
Bee Real
Girls in 6th, 7th and 8th grade are invited to join the Bee Real project, a series of programs created and conducted by students from the Institute for Women’s Leadership at Rutgers, featuring activities centered on the novel “The Secret Life of Bees” by Sue Monk Kidd. The group will create art projects while discussing themes presented in the book, such as leadership, character, secrets, discrimination, voice and role models. Each participant will be paired with a college mentor who will stay in touch with the participant between sessions and will be available to assist with questions or concerns they have about the project.
4 - 5 PM in the Carl T. Valenti Community Room.
All materials, including the book, will be provided to participants free of charge. The group will meet one Tuesday a month from September 29 to April 20, 2010. For more information, please contact Camille Thompson at Thompson@lmxac.org or 732-745-5108 x20.
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Wednesday, April 21
Teen Advisory Board (TAB) meeting
Do a craft, have a snack, and tell Ms. Camille how you want your library to be. TAB gives teens the opportunity to assist with planning events and selecting library materials while earning community service hours.
4:30 - 5:45 PM in the Carl T. Valenti Community Room.
For more information, please contact Camille Thompson at Thompson@lmxac.org or 732-745-5108 x20.
Kids' Sign Language Workshop
Want to learn a new language? In this recurring workshop, learn basic sign language and let your hands do the talking! Registration required!
5:30 - 6 PM in the Storytime Room.
For more information, please contact Sara Warrick swarrick@lmxac.org or 732-745-5108 x15.
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Thursday, April 22
Teen Game Day
Teens are invited to play video games on the big screen!
4:30 - 5:45 PM in the Carl T. Valenti Community Room.
For more information, please contact Camille Thompson at Thompson@lmxac.org or 732-745-5108 x20.
Kids' Knitting Club
Want to learn to knit or crochet? This is the place! No experience required, supplies will be provided. Open to kids and teens!
6 - 7 PM in the Carl T. Valenti Community Room.
For more information, please contact Sara Warrick at swarrick@lmxac.org or Camille Thompson at Thompson@lmxac.org, or call 732-745-5108 x20.
Knitting Club
Like knitting or want to learn? Join the club! Everyone is welcome, from those who've never picked up needles to old pros. Just bring your current project, or if you're new to knitting, a willingness to learn. Participants will exchange knitting ideas while enjoying pleasant conversation and refreshments.
7 - 8:30 PM in the Carl T. Valenti Community Room.
For more information, please contact Laura Szalaj lszalaj@lmxac.org or 732-745-5108 x20.
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Monday, April 26
Friends' Book Club meeting
The Friends of the New Brunswick Free Public Library offer a chance to meet and discuss a different book each month. All are welcome: the only requirements are to have read the book and be willing to discuss it! This month's book: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. A retired schoolteacher - funny, wicked, remorseful - learns more deeply who she is.
1:30 PM in the Carl T. Valenti Community Room.
For more information about the Friends of the Library, please click here.
12th Annual Poetry Anthology Reading
The poets whose poems are published in the library's 12th Annual Poetry Month Celebration Anthology will be reading their chosen work. The 12th Annual Poetry Month Celebration Anthology will be available at the Poetry Anthology Reading. This event is free and open to the public.
7:00 - 8:30 PM in the Carl T. Valenti Community Room.
For more information, please contact Laura Szalaj, Librarian, at 732-745-5108 ext. 20 or lszalaj@lmxac.org.
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Thursday, April 29
Kids' Game Day
Come play games and have fun at the library!
3:30-5 PM in the Carl T. Valenti Community Room.
For more information, please contact Sara Warrick swarrick@lmxac.org or 732-745-5108 x15.
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