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Seven Ways to Simplify Your Life This Spring
Seven Ways to Simplify Your Life This Spring
Jamie Novak will teach you the seven simple things you can do today to simplify your life this spring, so you can find time for the fun stuff!
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DIY Tiny Bookcases
DIY Tiny Bookcases
Craft a miniature bookcase, fill it with tiny versions of your favorite books, and decorate it! For grades 6-12; please register below.
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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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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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Memoir Group
Memoir Group
Capture the memories you want to leave as a legacy for your family. Space is limited for this virtual program. Registration is required and priority will be given to SP resident cardholders.
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Teen Advisory Board Meeting
Teen Advisory Board Meeting
The Teen Advisory Board gives Scotch Plains teens a voice in the library and in the community. We want to hear what you have to say! This will be a hybrid meeting: you can choose to attend in person at the library or virtually via Zoom. (We recommend attending in person, because there will be snacks.) Either…
Guided Meditation
Guided Meditation
Barbara Brown will lead a virtual mindfulness-based guided meditation session. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link.
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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.
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. Registration is not required.
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Baby & Me – Sign Language Class
Baby & Me – Sign Language Class
Join us for our very first American Sign Language Class for babies and their families ages 0-2 years in age. This class will be taught by Mrs. Kimberley Tan from A Show of Hands. Registration is required and will open on April 3, 2023 to children who are residents of Scotch Plains only. When registering,…
Chapter Chat Book Club
Chapter Chat Book Club
Chapter Chat Book Club is run by teens, for teens! For this month’s meeting, members are reading House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig. If you would like to borrow a copy of the book, check our catalog or our digital collection or give us a call! Follow the link below to register to attend. There will be snacks. For…
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Visit with Local Author: Lisa Michelle Tucker
Visit with Local Author: Lisa Michelle Tucker
Join us as we welcome Lisa Michelle Tucker, local author. She will she reading and discussing her book, Chessie Dentley, Student of the Month. Chessie Dentley, Student of the Month is a picture book inspired by the life of Chessie Dentley Roberts, who grew up in Elizabeth, New Jersey. When she was less than satisfied…
Composting for Climate Action
Composting for Climate Action
Did you know that composting can help fight climate change? When organic waste like food scraps and leaves are sent to landfills, they break down and produce methane, a greenhouse gas that's twenty-five times more powerful than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere! By composting we can significantly reduce this output and…
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Afternoon Book Club
Afternoon Book Club
The Afternoon Book Club will meet in the Library to discuss Rules of Civility by Amor Towles.
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Senior Book Chat
Senior Book Chat
Join a librarian at Brookside Park for an informal chat about whatever you've enjoyed reading lately. Register through Community Pass.
Read to a Dog
Read to a Dog
Children are invited to practice their reading with a trained therapy animal at this program. This event will be held in the basement of the library. This program is for emerging readers who are in K-5th grade. Registration is required for this event and will open to Scotch Plains residents on April 10, 2023. Click…
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Evening Book Club
Evening Book Club
The Evening Book Club will meet on Zoom to discuss The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link.
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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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Books and Snacks: Bring your own book!
Books and Snacks: Bring your own book!
Books and Snacks (formerly Readers' Rendezvous) is SPPL's middle school book club! The club is founded and run by members of our Teen Advisory Board. For April's meeting, bring your own book to recommend! It could be any genre, it could be old or new; just bring it with you and tell us why you…
Virtual Trivia Night
Virtual Trivia Night
Join us for an April-themed Virtual Trivia Night! Register on your own or on behalf of your team.
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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. We hope this will become a monthly event.
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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.