TEEN & ADULT
PROGRAMS
Make Stuff: Bleep Lab
Wednesday, February 8th from 4 to 5:30 pm, ages 11-17.
Learn More!
Knitting & Crochet Group
Wednesday, February 8th from 7 to 8:30 pm
Learn More!
CHILDRENS'
PROGRAMS
Valentine Craft
Thursday, February 9th at 3:30 pm
Storytime with Councilman Goode
Saturday, February 11th at noon, for kids of all ages.
Black History Lego Style
Thursday, February 16th at 3:30 pm
Plus TWO Kid's Movies!
Click Here for the February Calendar
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FOOD FOR FINES
The Library's "Food for Fines" program was a huge success, collecting 966 lbs of human food. Thanks Everyone!
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MEMOIR WRITING CLUB
The next meeting of the Memoir Writing Club is February 9th at
10:30 am in Room 8.
Click here for details.
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LIBRARY HOURS
Monday – Thursday
9 am – 9 pm
Friday
9 am – 5 pm
Saturday
9 am – 5 pm
Closed Sunday
The Library
will be closed on Monday, February 20th for Presidents' Day.
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Portrait of a Black Revolutionary War sailor. Image Credit: The Newport Historical Society |
Local Colonial African-Americans’ Contributions to America
Saturday, February 4, 2017, at 1:30 pm
Anne Louise Davis Room (lower level)
Hear stories of African-American, men and women who lived in the Plainfield area during colonial times. These stories will include Caesar, Robert Aaron, Ambo, and others who risked their lives during the Revolutionary Era.
Presented by Nancy Piwowar, President, Historical Society of Plainfield, with commentary by Leanne Manna, Kean University Honors History Student.
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Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Firsts
Flat-Panel Exhibition - Opening Reception & Curators' Talk
Saturday, February 11, 2017, at 10:30 am
Anne Louise Davis Room (lower level)
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Image Credit: The Museum of Uncut Funk |
The Plainfield Public Library announces a new guest exhibit from the Museum of Uncut Funk, Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Firsts. The exhibit commemorates the 40th anniversary of 1970s Saturday morning cartoons that featured positive Black animation characters for the first time in television history. The pioneering cartoon characters featured in this exhibition present an unheralded legacy of the Civil Rights Movement and several animation, American, and Black History firsts.
This flat-panel exhibit has traveled to the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, Bessie Smith Cultural Center, and the Purdue University Black Cultural Center. Plainfield Public Library is pleased and honored to be able to present this one-of-a-kind, traveling exhibit to the residents of Plainfield and Union County.
The exhibit will kick off the library’s celebration of Black History Month on Saturday, February 4th. There will be an opening reception and curators’ talk on Saturday, February 11th at 10:30 am. Visitors are encouraged to join exhibit curators Loreen Williamson and Pamela Thomas for a special talk about the importance of the materials found in this exhibition.
This program is open and free to the public. Free commemorative buttons will be given to program attendees on February 11th (as long as supplies last). All Ages Welcome!
Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Firsts will be on display in the Anne Louise Davis Room (located on the lower level) from Saturday, February 4 until Friday, March 31, 2017.
Funding has been made possible in part by the Friend of Plainfield Public Library and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, through a grant administered by the Union County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs.
Learn More.
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Young Adult Programming in February
All programs are FREE from 4 to 5:30 pm, Ages 11-18
Bleep Lab (NEW)
Wednesday, February 8th - Computer Lab
An electronic music workshop for beginners. Try your hand creating sounds, sequencing them and applying effects using online music software and hardware tools. Make and record your own sounds and share them with others, experiment with samples and have fun making weird synth noises. This is a pilot program for a slightly more in-depth series of electronic music workshops later in the year.
Foam Printing
Tuesday, February 14th & 28th - Room 5 (lower level)
Come and create your own printed images and make your own stamps using foam rubber and ink pads. Making stamps from foam rubber is easy and fun! Make a poster, decorate a letter, maybe even make a last-minute Valentine card with your own artwork! This super-simple art workshop will give you all you need to get started with relief printing.
Perler Beads
Tuesday, February 21st - Room 5 (lower level)
Make your favorite figures, memes, slogans and whatever else you can imagine out of super-colorful Perler Beads. These fun and fascinating fusible beads are a great hobby and the things you make can be fun gifts. Come and try it out, or show us all how it's done!
For more information or to register, contact 908-757-1111 x139 or
teens@plfdpl.info.
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New Books Available in the Local History Room
Bamberger's: New Jersey's Greatest Store by Michael J. Lisicky PR 974.932 LIS
Envisioning New Jersey : an illustrated history of the Garden State by Maxine N. Lurie and Richard F. Veit NJR 974.9 LUR
The "Lost" Pensions: Settled Accounts of the Act of 6 April 1838 by Craig R. Scott GEN 973.3 SCO
Reflection of History by Anwar L. Counts AUTHOR COUNTS A
Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments that Redeemed America by Douglas R. Egerton DIV 973.741 EGE
Younique
ness by Anwar L. Counts AUTHOR COUNTS A
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Recent Donations to the Local History Department
We recently received some wonderful donations:
- Artwork from local artists, Paul & Henry Leighton and Alice Logie, c. 1960s-1990s, donated by Jeff Wassen.
- Hetfield family reference materials, including a rare map of Sleepy Hollow, 1894-2007, donated by Lamont Blowe on behalf of the Hetfield family.
- A small collection of records, minutes, and ephemera from the U.S. Daughters of 1812, c. 1901-2000s, donated by Diane Oliver on behalf of the U.S. Daughters of 1812.
The Local History Department gratefully accepts these recent donations to our collections. Most donations are made by current or former Plainfield residents and organizations. For more information about
how to make a donation, please contact the
Local History Department.
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