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Plainfield Public Library December 2019 |
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From the Desk of the Director...
During this holiday season, the staff of the Library and I would like to extend to you a season filled with warm moments and cherished memories.
Season’s greeting and best wishes for a Wonderful New Year!
Mary Ellen Rogan
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Food For Fines in Full Swing!
Our annual food drive is underway and has begun stockpiling supplies for those in need. We'll also accept donations if you don't have fines to cancel out, of course. Help us make this year's contribution a great one! |
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New Donation Bin for Better World Books
It's now possible to donate your gently used books to Better World Books using the donation bin now sited at the rear of the Library near the junction of Park Avenue and 9th Street.
It's a big green metal box and it looks a lot like this:
Better World Books donates some of the proceeds of selling second hand books to charities and has so far raised millions of dollars for literacy.
The Library still accepts direct donations of Children's materials, DVDs, and audiobooks on CD by appointment. The new donation bin provides patrons who wish to donate books for adults with a means to give them to a social venture that benefits literacy projects.
Please be careful not to place Library materials in the donation bin by mistake, as Library staff do not have access to the contents. |
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Adults Craft Too! - Ornaments
Tuesday, December 3rd
Room 2, 7-8:30 pm
The first of our new series of series of programs for everyone 12-and-up featuring a range of crafting projects will arrive in early December with a seasonal ornament-making session.
Check out the poster below for details of more crafty programs coming your way soon! All the programs are free and supplies are provided.
Keep on craftin'!
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December's Afternoon Films for Adults at the Library - and a new timeslot for 2020
Our Afternoon Films for Adults program continues into December.
Come on in, take a seat in our downstairs ALD auditorium, and be entertained!
Spiderman - Far From Home (2019): " Following the events of Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spider-Man must step up to take on new threats in a world that has changed forever." (IMDB) Starring Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal. Showing December 3rd at 1pm in ALD.
The Lion King (2019): " After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery." (IMDB) Starring Donald Glover, Beyoncé, Seth Rogen. Showing December 17th at 1pm in ALD.
That's all from Cinema Tuesdays in 2019, but the movies will be back with more blockbusters in 2020 in a new timeslot.
Friday Flix will take over from our usual Tuesday offering, in a 2pm timeslot on the first Friday of each month, from January 2020.
See you at the movies!
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Children's Programs for December
It's starting to get a little bit festive in the Children's Library! Our programs for December include:
12/03 Children's Movie Toy Story 4 5:30pm ALD Room
12/09 Easy Reader Book Club With Ms. J 4pm Room 2
12/12 Holiday Crafts 3:30pm ALD Room
12/14 Storytime with Barry Goode 12pm Children's Room
12/16 Kicks off Holiday Movie Week:
- 12/16 Olaf's Frozen Adventure 3:30pm ALD Room
- 12/17 The Lion King 3:30pm ALD Room
- 12/18 Snowtime! 3:30pm ALD Room
- 12/19 The Grinch 3:30pm ALD Room
12/20 Plainfield Police Movie and Slime Night. Join Plainfield Police for a Movie, Crafts, and Holiday Toy Giveaways:
- Toy Giveaways - 5pm to 8pm
- Slime crafting - 5pm to 6pm
- Children's Movie "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" starts at 6:30pm
12/27 Children's Bingo with Ms. T 1pm Room 2
12/30 Storytime with Ms. Rosa 6pm Children's Room
For more details about storytime, crafts, and fun things for kids this holiday season, please consult the Children's Calendar for details (see below). (Click on the calendar for more detail)
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Case Studies in NJ Genealogy with Melissa Johnson
11:00am in Room 2
(lower level)
This month's meeting of the Library's genealogy club will be followed by a lecture from professional genealogist, Melissa Johnson.
Ms. Johnson will discuss several case studies covering different time periods and various types of problems. Each problem will be resolved using different approaches and a variety of sources. Case studies will feature the use of land records, cemetery & probate records, state census records, and more
The club meeting will start at 10:30am and the lecture will follow at 11:00am.
New members are always welcome!
This program is free and open to the public. Call 908-757-1111 x136 for more information. Seating is limited.
Learn more here. |
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Thursday, December 7th
10:30am in Room 2
(lower level)
The next meeting of the Memoir Writing Club is Thursday, December 7th, at 10:30 am in Room 2 (on the lower level).
The December meeting's optional topic covers a time you helped someone. Our club just happens to have many members who are volunteers of different sorts. Will we hear about volunteer work? Or does someone want to write about some more personal assistance they have given? Or a time it seemed better not to help?
New members are always welcome!
This program is free and open to the public. Call 908-757-1111 x136 for more information.
Learn more here. |
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Teen Programs for December
Teens can check out some creative programs in December including Magic Doodles (Make crazy drawings with a partner: 12/11 in Room 5 at 4pm) and Bleep Lab (on 12/18 in Room 2 at 4pm: make crazy beats with electronic music devices).
Our Code Combat coding workshops continue on Tuesday afternoons at 3:45pm in the CLC, too.
All programs are free for 11-17 year olds and include any necessary materials.
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Library Opening Hours
Please note that the library will be closed on the following dates in December:
- over the holidays on
Tuesday, December 24th,
Wednesday, December 25th and
Thursday, December 26th.
- for New Year's
Tuesday, December 31st (early closing @ 5pm)
Wednesday, January 1st (closed)
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Main Library Hours
Monday – Thursday
9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Friday & Saturday
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Closed Sunday
Children's Library Hours
Monday – Thursday
11:00 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Friday & Saturday
9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Closed Sunday
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Donate to the Plainfield Public Library
The Library needs your help!
To make a donation online via Paypal, please click on the "Donate" button below. For more information or to contact the Administration office, call 908-757-2305.
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