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CHILDREN'S
PROGRAMS
Storytime with Councilman Goode
Saturday, December 10th at noon
Click Here For December Calendar
The Children's Library is looking for volunteers to help with homework during after school hours. If interested, please email yp@plfdpl.info, or call (908) 757-1111 x 129.
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MEMOIR WRITING CLUB
The next meeting of the Memoir Writing Club is Thursday, December 8th at 10:30 am in the Plainfield Room.
Click here for details.
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ADULT LITERACY
Conversation Hour - Hora de Conversar
Practice Conversation in English every Monday evening. Call (908) 757-1111 x 121 for more information and to register.
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Práctica de conversación en inglés todos los Lunes.
Llame (908) 757-1111 x 121 para más información y para registrarse.
25th Anniversary
The Adult Literacy Department will be celebrating 25 years of providing free ESL, GED, and Basic Literacy services to the greater Plainfield area.
Please let us know if this program has helped you. Call 908.757.1111 ext. 122 with your stories!
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MAIN LIBRARY HOURS
Monday – Thursday
9 am – 9 pm
Friday & Saturday
9 am – 5 pm
Closed Sunday
The library will be closed on the following dates:
Friday, December 23,
Saturday, December 24,
Monday, December 26, 2016
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Museum Passes Now Available!
Get reduced costs on visits to 11 attractions.
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| Get access to passes, tickets and discounts through the Library |
Thanks to a grant from the
Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders, the Library is now
able to offer passes, tickets, or discounts to 11 museums/locations -
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Adventure Aquarium (Camden, NJ): ticket - under 18 only
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American Museum of Natural History (New York, NY): ticket
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Battleship New Jersey (Camden, NJ): pass
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden (Brooklyn, NY): pass
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Children's Museum of Manhattan (New York, NY): pass
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Crayola Experience (Easton, PA): discount - purchase online tickets at
https:tickets.crayolaexperience.com with the Store name: PPLibrary
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Imagine That (Florham Park, NJ): pass
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Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum (New York, NY): pass
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Liberty Hall Museum (Union, NJ): pass
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Liberty Science Center (Jersey City, NJ): discount - $3 off per ticket when you show
your Library card at entry
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Turtle Back Zoo (West Orange, NJ): ticket (tickets available during the zoo's
"in-season" only, April 1st to November 30th.)
These offer card holders the chance to visit these attractions at a reduced cost, and the
museum passes are free to borrow (unless returned late or lost).
For full details on the passes' availability and procedures, please visit the Library's
website at
http://www.plainfieldlibrary.info/Services/MuseumPasses.html.
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| Food for Fines rolls out! |
Food for Fines is Back!
November 1st - December 31st
Food for Fines is the Library's
program which allows patrons with
fines on their books to have them
forgiven in exchange for donations
of food items for local good causes.
Last year Plainfield went beyond
all expectations with a huge
900lbs+ of food for humans, and
over 20lbs of food for pets, so
hopes are high for a big result this
time too!
For every non-perishable food item (can or box) brought to the Library you will get $1 off of
your fines.
Non-perishable pet item donations will also be accepted at $1 off fines per can/bag/box of food/litter/treats.
Non-fine related donations are also gratefully accepted.
** Not applicable for lost books or collection fees. ** A maximum of 20 items per cardholder.
All food items received will be donated to
Star-Fish. Pet food donations will be given to the
Plainfield Area Humane Society.
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| time to make your own droids? |
Star Wars-Themed
Perler Beads
December 15th, 2016
3:30-5:30 pm in Room 5
Put a little Star Wars in your life
(or on your fridge... or on your
tree...)
Make Star Wars-themed tree
ornaments and fridge magnets
using Perler Beads!
This program is free, and all
materials are provided, but
spaces are limited: first come
-first served.
Ages 11 and up.
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Local Author Program: Minister Sonya Hill
December 1, 2016
6 to 8 pm in the Anne Louise Davis Room
Join us for a special local author program and
book signing with Minister Sonya Hill.
From the perspective of an innocent victim of a
vicious crime that left her permanently disabled, Minister Hill inspires her readers through her
personal experiences, struggles, and triumphs.
This program is co-sponsored by the National
Council of Negro Women Plainfield/Scotch
Plains Section, and is free and open to the public.
For details click
here.
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| NJSO present holiday chamber music |
NJSO
Holiday Chamber Music Concert
December 3, 2016 at 2 pm,
in the Anne Louise Davis Room
Come and experience some of the
State's finest musicians perform
chamber music for the holidays.
Xin Zhao, violin and Lucy Corwin,
viola, will offer an afternoon
performance, made possible by
PSEG and their Diversity Inclusion
Program.
For more details, please visit
http://www.njsymphony.org/education-community/neighborhood-concerts
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Shadowtales
of Winter
Shadow Puppet Theatre
December 10, 2016
1 to 2 pm, in the Anne Louise Davis Room
Winter is a time for
stories: join us as Rick
Adams' shadow puppets
present a selection of world
tales to celebrate the
season and warm holiday
hearts both young and old.
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First Place Winner
Firemen - Fourth of July by Gene Goldman
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2016 Annual Photography Contest Online Exhibit
Now Available!
Our 11th Annual Photography Contest exhibition online counterpart is now available.
The Best of Plainfield: People, Places, and Things presents images that the photographers view as important in documenting the Queen City for future generations.
Congratulations to all entrants for the uniformly high quality of photographs and creativity!
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