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Bring Your Own Book Club (BYOB)
Bring Your Own Book Club (BYOB)
You choose your own books, and then join us on Zoom to share your thoughts about your latest reads. Registration is required.
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Hypertension Clinic
Hypertension Clinic
A public health nurse from the Union County Office of Health Management will be in the Adult Room to take blood pressure readings and share educational materials.
Balance Awareness with Yasmin Ofek
Balance Awareness with Yasmin Ofek
Yasmin’s no-impact classes can help you establish a better connection between the brain and body, while also gently strengthening the muscles that keep your body upright.
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Memoir Group
Memoir Group
Do you have memories you would like to shape into a story that you can share? Registered participants will meet with local teacher and writer Edie Scher for a series of classes on the process of writing, editing, and compiling their stories in a supportive environment. This group is meeting for six virtual sessions…
When Newark Had a Chinatown: A Talk by Yoland Skeete-Laessig
When Newark Had a Chinatown: A Talk by Yoland Skeete-Laessig
A vibrant Chinese community existed in Newark between the 1870s and 1940s. But when Yoland Skeete-Laessig, herself an immigrant of Chinese descent, wanted to learn about its history she could find almost no information other than old news stories focusing on crime, gambling and other negative topics. Knowing American history and having experienced the Civil…
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Reducing Food Waste for a Sustainable Future
Reducing Food Waste for a Sustainable Future
Why should we learn how to reduce food waste? Because it's a simple but highly effective way to combat climate change--and save money! Reducing food waste is an important way we can all participate in addressing the climate crisis. The negative impacts of household food waste includes greenhouse gas emission from landfills, as well as water…
Guided Meditation
Guided Meditation
Barbara Brown will lead a virtual mindfulness-based guided meditation session. Registration is required.
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Balance Awareness with Yasmin Ofek
Balance Awareness with Yasmin Ofek
Yasmin’s no-impact classes can help you establish a better connection between the brain and body, while also gently strengthening the muscles that keep your body upright.
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Friends of the Library Election & Meeting
Friends of the Library Election & Meeting
Nominations are needed for all board positions for the election to take place.
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Afternoon Book Club
Afternoon Book Club
The Afternoon Book Club will meet inside the Library to discuss Anxious People by Fredrik Backman.
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Board of Trustees Meeting
Board of Trustees Meeting
Board of Trustees meetings are held in the Library's Meeting Room and are open to the public.
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Evening Book Club
Evening Book Club
The Evening Book Club will meet outside the library (weather permitting) to discuss The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocum.
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Balance Awareness with Yasmin Ofek
Balance Awareness with Yasmin Ofek
Yasmin’s no-impact classes can help you establish a better connection between the brain and body, while also gently strengthening the muscles that keep your body upright.
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Wildlife in the Classroom
Wildlife in the Classroom
Come learn about the exciting wildlife conservation programs taking place at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School! Environmental science students have been busy raising rainbow trout, diamondback terrapins, bobwhite quail and even building a native pollinator garden. Environmental science teacher Zachary Rittner will focus on the life history of these charismatic creatures, their conservation status, their value…
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Drop In Crafting
Drop In Crafting
Craft with company! Bring your current WIP (work in progress) to the Library’s gallery space and create alongside others.
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Senior Book Chat
Senior Book Chat
Join a librarian at Brookside Park to discuss whatever you've enjoyed reading lately. Registration is required.
Memoir Group
Memoir Group
Do you have memories you would like to shape into a story that you can share? Registered participants will meet with local teacher and writer Edie Scher for a series of classes on the process of writing, editing, and compiling their stories in a supportive environment. This group is meeting for six virtual sessions…
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Nina Simone: An Extra/Ordinary Way to Listen
Nina Simone: An Extra/Ordinary Way to Listen
Nina Simon was an iconic American singer and songwriter who was passionately dedicated to civil rights activism. She was also a wife and mother who felt the pull of traditional domesticity.
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Balance Awareness with Yasmin Ofek
Balance Awareness with Yasmin Ofek
Yasmin’s no-impact classes can help you establish a better connection between the brain and body, while also gently strengthening the muscles that keep your body upright.