Come in and meet Karen Mitchell, the new Teen Librarian. She is a board game enthusiast and would love for you to challenge her to a game. Or just stop by to say hello and east some cookies. » More for Teens

Dr. Knoll, (popular HPHS retired teacher) will screen and lead a discussion about the 1930's film, Angels with Dirty Faces. This is part of the series, Treasures of Hollywood's Golden Age, sponsored by the Friends of the Library. » More for Teens

Edison artist Shelley Phillips started out as a portrait artist on Atlantic City's Steel Pier. After years of study and as an art educator she has worked in many different mediums and in many different styles. Her new show, The Many Faces of An Artist, is her first solo exhibit, and represents her many different talents.

See Paintings by Shelley Phillips.

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Teens - Meet once a month and discuss, plan and create films for the Teen Film Festival, which will take place in February 2011. » More for Teens

An evening of songs from George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, Stephen Sondheim and other show stopping numbers. Both singers have performed on Broadway, in regional theaters and in opera houses across the country.» More for Adults

Once a month a different craft will be featured as an after school activity. Specific craft details will be posted each month. » More for Teens

Once a month, teens will meet to discuss books, future programming, and future events for teens at the library. » More for Teens

Award winning poet Alicia Ostriker, scholar and Rutgers University professor emeritis and legend will kick off the Fall Poetry Night Series. She recently published two poetry collections The Book of Seventy in 2009 and No Heaven in 2005. Her literary critical works, Stealing The Language (1986), examines the origins and meanings of contemporary women's poetry, and Nakedness of the Fathers, is a feminest treatment of the Hebrew Bible. Her poetry bites, is right on target and is always fresh. After the reading there will be an open mike and reception. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

It's like speed dating but with books! Bring your favorite book and quickly convince other teens why they should fall in love with your selection. Refreshments and giveaways. » More for Teens

Dr. Robert Knoll presents Fury, this classic Hollywood film about an innocent man facing the fury of a lynch mob for a crime he did not commit. This is part of the Treasures of Hollywood's Golden Age series, sponsored by the Friends of the Library. » More for Teens

Popular jazz pianist and composer John Bianculli will bring his jazz trio of piano, drums and bass. Jazz pianist John Bianculli’s original music is a blend of jazz, Latin, Brazilian, rhythm and blues and Afro-Cuban. His original music can be heard on Telarc and Dream Box records. His song “Bittersweet” made the Contemporary Jazz Charts top-ten list. John is a popular muscian who plays throughout the northeast and in our area.» More for Adults

Once a month, teens will meet to discuss books, future programming, and future events for teens at the library. » More for Teens

BJ Ward is a recipient of the Pushcart Prize for poetry and two Distinguished Artist Fellowships from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. His three recent volumes of poetry are Gravedigger's Birthday (2002), 17 Love Poems with No Despair (1997), and Landing in New Jersey with Soft hands (1994). Bj Ward is an educator and is an Assistant Professor of English at Warren County Community College. he has served as University Distinguished Fellow at Syracuse University.

Once a month a different craft will be featured as an after school activity. Specific craft details will be posted each month. » More for Teens

Dr. Robert Knoll ( popular retired HPHS teacher)will conduct two sessions and assist teens in the college essay writing and revision process. Please register. » More for Teens

Dr. Robert Knoll (popular retired HPHS teacher) is screening and leading a discussion of one of the most popular Hollywood musicals from the 1930s. The screening of 42nd Street is part of the Treasures of Hollywood's Golden Age, sponsored by the Friends of the Library. » More for Teens

Danny Adlerman is a popular song writer, singer and children's book author. He will sing our favorite folk songs from Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Peter, Paul, and Mary,and Joan Baez.» More for Adults

Dr. Robert Knoll ( popular retired HPHS teacher)will conduct two sessions and assist teens in the college essay writing and revision process. Please register. » More for Teens

Once a month, teens will meet to discuss books, future programming, and future events for teens at the library. » More for Teens

Paul Muldoon, author of more than 30 collections of poetry, is a Pulitzer Prize winner, Poetry Editor at the New Yorker and at Princeton University. He is both the Howard G. B. Clark '21 professor in the Humanities and chair of the Lewis Center for the Arts. Muldoon is an internationally recognized scholar, author and poet. He is indeed a friend to the poetry community. President of the Poetry Society, he also founded his own rock band, Rackett.

Once a month a different craft will be featured as an after school activity. Specific craft details will be posted each month. » More for Teens

Teens - Meet once a month and discuss, plan and create films for the Teen Film Festival, which will take place in February 2011. » More for Teens

Princeton University Sociology professor Deborah Kaple will talk about her new book Gulag Boss: A Soviet Memoir, which she translated. Although memoirs have been written by Gulag prisoners, this is the first to be written by a Gulag prison guard. Fyodor Vasilevich Mochulsky gives insight into how the repressive apparatus functioned. Professor Kaple's presentation is fascinating and will provide a new perspective on this terrible historical period.» More for Adults

Teens - Meet once a month and discuss, plan and create films for the Teen Film Festival, which will take place in February 2011. » More for Teens

Dr. Robert Knoll, (popular retired HPHS English and Film teacher), will screen "the best example of a screww ball comedy" from the 1930's and then lead a discussion. This is part of the Treasures of Hollywood's Golden Age Series, sponsored by the Friends of the Library. » More for Teens