New Providence Memorial Library
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About Us
For more information visit us at: http://www.newprovidencelibrary.org/
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Contact Information
377 ELKWOOD AVENUE
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ 07974
Call 908-665-0311
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Thursday March 28 10:30am - 11:30am EDT Weekly
Creative Writing Group
An easy and seamless way to connect with your peers in the community as a creative outlet, Creative Writing is a one hour opportunity to hone your writing skills. Each week, an optional writing prompt is provided.You may also write about anything you'd like, instead of ......More
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Thursday March 28 10:30am - 11:00am EDT Weekly
Storytime with Miss Anita 2024
Bring your babies and toddlers for stories, rhymes and socialization. Ages 0 - 3.
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Thursday March 28 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
April Teen Take Out Box sign-up begins
The sign up form will open on March 28 for April boxes. April boxes will be available for pickup on April 25.
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Friday March 29 All Day
Library Closed
Holiday Schedule: Good Friday
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Friday March 29 10:00am - 3:30pm EDT Weekly
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Sunday March 31 All Day
Library Closed
Closing Schedule: Easter
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Monday April 1 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT Weekly
NP Chess Club Play
Play chess with the NP Chess Club! Weekly play every Monday night from 5:30-6:30 in the Coddington Room. All ages welcome. All children age 10 or under must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver at all times while in the building. Register at least 1 day in advanc......More
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Tuesday April 2 10:00am - 12:00pm EDT Weekly
NP Historical Society Mason Room Open
The Mason RoomThe Mason Room is the society’s environment-controlled archive of historical records pertaining to New Providence, which is located within the New Providence Memorial Library at 377 Elkwood Avenue. The room was named for Frank B. and Mary M. Mason. This fa......More
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Tuesday April 2 10:30am - 11:00am EDT Weekly
Storytime with Miss Cathy 2024
stories, interactive rhymes and movement, includes sign language; for ages 3 - 5 years
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Tuesday April 2 1:00pm - 3:15pm EDT
Movie Matinee: “The Holdovers”
This R-rated comedy drama follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Made possible by the Friends of the New Providence M......More
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Tuesday April 2 1:00pm - 4:00pm EDT Weekly
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Tuesday April 2 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
The Foods, People, and Innovations That Feed Us: A History of Food and Culture with Smithsonian Curator Paula J. Johnson
Virtually step into the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History with Curator Paula Johnson as she discusses the book Smithsonian American Table: The Foods, People, and Innovations That Feed Us via digital livestream. Register online at ......More
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Tuesday April 2 5:00pm - 8:00pm EDT Weekly
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Wednesday April 3 10:30am - 11:00am EDT Weekly
Storytime with Miss Debbie 2024
an active storytime with songs, fingerplays, dancing and fun for ages 18 months - 5 years old
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Wednesday April 3 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Poetry Slam!
Kick off National Poetry Month with us! Recite a favorite poem (or one from our collection) using a microphone, create “book spine” poetry (which will be displayed in the library) and decorate a pocket to put a poem in. Rsvp to: ......More
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Thursday April 4 10:30am - 11:30am EDT Weekly
Creative Writing Group
An easy and seamless way to connect with your peers in the community as a creative outlet, Creative Writing is a one hour opportunity to hone your writing skills. Each week, an optional writing prompt is provided.You may also write about anything you'd like, instead of ......More
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Thursday April 4 10:30am - 11:00am EDT Weekly
Storytime with Miss Anita 2024
Bring your babies and toddlers for stories, rhymes and socialization. Ages 0 - 3.
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Thursday April 4 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Roma Words, Roma Worlds Book Group
Louise Doughty's historical novel Fires in the Dark follows the members of two Romani families of Bohemia and Moravia through the Great Depression, the Holocaust, and the Prague Uprising of 1945. Special guest poet Clarissa Simmens, whose Romani family emigrated from M......More
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Thursday April 4 7:30pm - 9:30pm EDT
Board Games at the Brewery
Buy yourself a beer or soda and play a board game in the back room at Untied Brewing! Library volunteers Mark and Elizabeth will introduce you to board games that go beyond the usual suspects you grew up playing. We’ll play easy, quick to learn games like Otrio, Ticket......More
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Friday April 5 10:00am - 3:30pm EDT Weekly
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Saturday April 6 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
A Virtual Visit to Palermo
Elaine Trigiani will treat participants to a virtual visit to Palermo with an art history talk andcooking lesson direct from the kitchen of her 15th century farmhouse in Tuscany. We'll explorethe richly decorated monuments of Arab-Norman architecture built in the city o......More
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Saturday April 6 1:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Space Science Day
Get ready for the Solar Eclipse on Monday, April 8 to celebrate all things Space, Science, and Makers Day!1:00 View the Sun through the Pearl Observatory’s Telescope (weather permitting)2:00 Astronaut Scholars talks (featuring an NPHS grad now working with NASA) - 2:00:......More
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Sunday April 7 through April 13
National Library Week
Come visit us and show your library love!Get a new library cardSpin the prize wheel for giveawaysMake your own bookmarkParticipate in Poetry Month fun