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Plainfield Public Library October 2022 |
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From the Desk of the Director...
Fall is the time of year when we begin to think of indoor activities and holiday preparations. Family, cooking and crafts become a focus as we prepare for colder weather and traditional holiday times of the year. This year as you get ready, think of the resources you can find at the library.
Follow craft ideas though our programs and the library collections. Make personal gifts this year. It not only saves money but gives a bit of yourself to the recipient. View the genealogy collection on the first floor to get ideas for personal family gifts. I use photos taken through the year to create calendars as gifts for my family. It has become a tradition that everyone looks forward to receiving. This year I will also be making a family tree book for each of my grandchildren which will include facts and photographs of at least 4 generations. As a genealogist it is a way that I can pass along to the next generation the information I have researched and uncovered about my family.
Let’s not forget cooking! The library collection of cookbooks is quite good with recipes for the traditional as well as the new. You can personalize your homemade food items as well. When you gift someone with cookies or cakes over the holidays, add the recipe and if it’s an old family favorite, perhaps a story about the family member you who gave you that recipe.
After the past two years of COVID isolation, celebrate the personal and precious this year. Use our resources to help with your projects and ideas. Send us a picture or a note about what you have found at the library. We want to see and hear from you.
Enjoy the fall weather, I know I will!
Mary Ellen Rogan
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Adult Programs for October at the Library
Our October programs for Adults at the library include a free Dance presentation in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month - Alma Montuno Latin Dance Studio performs and teaches a dance lesson, at 12pm on Saturday 10/ in ALD. (Free, all ages, no signup required)
More October Adult Programs:
Get creative with foam pumpkins and make a seasonal decoration for your home (all materials provided). Free. Signup is required.
Day of the Dead is a tradition-filled celebration of life and death that originated in Mexico. Come and learn a little bit about it while you get to paint a skull! Free. Signup is required.
These 2 programs are totally free but they have limited places (since we supply all the materials), so signup is required. Click on the links to go to the event pages for the programs, and sign up to claim your place there! (Please do sign up so we know you're coming!)
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Local History, Genealogy & Special Collections
The Plainfield Room is open by appointment for historical and genealogical research. Our hours are Monday-Friday, 9am to 4:45pm and Tuesdays from 9am to 7pm. We are offering three virtual programs in October. The Memoir Writing Club will meet in person and via Zoom on Thursday, October 13th; the optional writing topic is, Music. It's not too late to catch the Kalani Jimenez-Mackson photography exhibition in the Anne Louise Davis (ALD) Gallery (runs thru October 8th). The new display in the lobby wall case is, "Beef, Iron and Wine: Late 19th and Early 20th Century Pharmacy & Medicine in Plainfield," featuring historical medicine bottles from the Drake House Museum's Labaw Family Collection, as well as other special artifacts from the Library's archive. Kicking off this year's Union County Four Centuries in Weekend celebration on October 15th will be a new exhibiton in the ALD Gallery, "A Photographic Journey through Union County History" with photography by Nancy J. Ori. Catch her virtual program on Thursday, October 13th.
SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, November 5th - "Questioning the Questions of the U.S. Census," presented by Dr. Karen Gaffney.
This is a grant-funded NJCH-Public Scholars Program
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October Children's Programs
October for kids wouldn't be complete without some Halloween events, and we'll have a showing of Halloweentown in ALD at 3:30pm in ALD, as well as children's Halloween Crafts on 10/25 at 3:30pm, again in ALD. Our Halloween Party is on Thursday 10/27 at 4:30 in ALD, featuring a short film, trick or treating, and a visit from Pete the Cat for pictures! Kids are encouraged to come in their costumes!
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Slime Lab
Tuesday, October 4th
3:00 to 4:30pm
Room 2
You're never too old for Slime! Try 2 different slime recipes, including different mix-ins and colors. Snacks and all supplies provided.
Questions?
Email ref@plfdpl.info or call 908-757-1111, ex. 112
www.plainfieldlibrary.info
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Teen Craft Program:
How to Wear A Sheep: Fiber arts Demo and Drop-Spinning Workshop
October 11th
- Demonstration 4-5:30pm
- Workshop 6:30 - 8pm
Room 5
What’s a loom? Does it hurt a sheep to lose their wool? How does a spinning wheel work? What’s a ‘drop spindle’? Hey, can I try that?
Wool, cotton, linen and all other fibers have a long journey to your closet. Though factories now do much of the carding, spinning, weaving and knitting is now done in factories, many people also have taken them up as hobbies.
Plainfield Public Library has invited textile artisan Sarah Fiedler, who previously did a felted wool ball workshop for us, back for a demonstration of the processes that make fiber into cloth. Join us on October11 in room 5. All ages are invited, 4:00 to 5:30 pm
Want to try it yourself? After the demonstration, there will be a free class on spinning wool with a drop spindle for ages 12 and up. Class space is limited, so please pre-register. Wool and spindles will be provided, though if you have are welcome to bring your own. Workshop will be 6:30 to 8:00 pm.
Any fiber artists who would like to drop in for a Spin-In are also invited!
Questions?
Email ref@plfdpl.info or call 908-757-1111, ex. 112
www.plainfieldlibrary.info
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Kindness Rocks Plainfield
Free Craft for tweens, teens and adults
October 20th
3-5pm
Room 2
What are Kindness Rocks?
What’s that you found the ground? A painted rock! Hey, that’s exciting!
You may have seen painted stones and pebbles, perhaps with encouraging sayings, left in public places for others to pick up. This practice has been referred to by several names, including just “painted rocks” and “kindness rocks”.
Basically, it’s about both making and sharing a tiny piece of art, a way to encourage each other.
Join us to paint Kindness Rocks (pebbles, acrylic paints, and all supplies provided) to be placed outside for others to find and enjoy. Of course, if you paint a stone and find you just can’t let it go, you can keep it!
Kindness Rock painting workshops (open to teens, tweens and adults):
- Glow in the Dark Kindness Rocks: Thursday October 20. 3-5pm in Room 2
Rocks, paints, markers and sealant all supplied. Finished rocks chosen for distribution will be preserved with an acrylic sealant and placed in Library Park. If you find one, pick it up, cherish it, and then reposition it for someone else to find!
For more about Kindness Rocks/Painted Rocks, see:
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Teen Craft: Glow-in-the-Dark Grin Costume Mask
Tuesday, October 25
3:00-4:45 pm
Room 2
Snacks. Ages 10-18
Looking for a fun but simple costume idea?
Paint yourself a spooky, glowing grin on a cloth costume* mask!
*Note: this cloth mask is not a medical or N-95 mask.
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Tuesday Afternoons
2:30-5:00 pm
Drop-in Coloring for Tweens, Teens & Adults
Coloring isn't just for little kids; it's focusing and relaxing for teen and adult brains too!
Drop by our Tuesday open coloring station for some meditative inspiration.
We provide a variety adult-level coloring pages, colored pencils, markers and crayons.
Main floor of the library, near the reference desk.
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Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays at 2pm.
The Turn of the Screw - Henry James
We're anticipating Fall with this harrowing novella heralding darker evenings, encroaching twilight, and the feeling of something just-outside-your-field-of-vision... Henry James' classic story of the unknown and its consequences, is our new afternoon serial.
We're also starting to compile new playlists since our move over to YouTube Live in mid June. Youtube Playlists here. |
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For more information generally, please get in touch with the Reference Department. For department-specific information, you can contact those departments.
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Library Hours
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Please note that the Library will be closed on
Saturday, October 8th,
and also in observation of the public holiday on
Monday, October 10th.
The Library will open as normal at 9am on Tuesday, September 11th
Library Opening Hours:
Monday - Thursday: 9am-9pm
Friday: 9am-5pm
Saturday: 11am-3pm
Sunday: CLOSED
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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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