Creativity for Wellness: Series 1

Series 1: Connecting Through Line with the Humble PencilLearn how to express yourself in ways you have never thought of using a simple pencil. Series 2: Memory Threads with Fabric ArtsUse fabric to memorialize or tell your story. Make art out of your good memories. Use ......More

Series 1: Connecting Through Line with the Humble PencilLearn how to express yourself in ways you have never thought of using a simple pencil. Series 2: Memory Threads with Fabric ArtsUse fabric to memorialize or tell your story. Make art out of your good memories. Use your own small memorabilia (ticket stubs, copies of photos or letters, etc) or create tokens to represent good memories using our materials.Series 3: Dali! Explore the SurrealCreate unpredictable creatures, master distortion and let your imagination run wild. Please note: There is a $20 fee for the month. If there is any financial hardship in regard to this fee, please call Cindy Concannon, the Center's Director, to discuss arrangements. Her number is 973-618-3668Please pay with cash or check at the Library's Circulation Desk.In collaboration with Caldwell University Community Mental Health and Wellness Services The Mary Jo Rolli Codey CenterMore info here.Final Collaboration Project December 5 at 10:30amParticipants come together for the final meeting to complete the group project and enjoy the Art Gallery Opening Reception.Invite your friends and family for light refreshments at 11am

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Creativity for Wellness: Series 2

Series 1: Connecting Through Line with the Humble PencilLearn how to express yourself in ways you have never thought of using a simple pencil. Series 2: Memory Threads with Fabric ArtsUse fabric to memorialize or tell your story. Make art out of your good memories. Use ......More

Series 1: Connecting Through Line with the Humble PencilLearn how to express yourself in ways you have never thought of using a simple pencil. Series 2: Memory Threads with Fabric ArtsUse fabric to memorialize or tell your story. Make art out of your good memories. Use your own small memorabilia (ticket stubs, copies of photos or letters, etc) or create tokens to represent good memories using our materials.Series 3: Dali! Explore the SurrealCreate unpredictable creatures, master distortion and let your imagination run wild. Please note: There is a $20 supplies fee for the month. If there is any financial hardship in regard to this fee, please call Cindy Concannon, the Center's Director, to discuss arrangements. Her number is 973-618-3668Please pay with cash or check at the Library's Circulation Desk.In collaboration with Caldwell University Community Mental Health and Wellness Services The Mary Jo Rolli Codey CenterMore info here.Final Collaboration Project December 5 at 10:30amParticipants come together for the final meeting to complete the group project and enjoy the Art Gallery Opening Reception.Invite your friends and family for light refreshments at 11am

West Caldwell - Community Meeting Room

Creativity for Wellness: Series 3

Series 1: Connecting Through Line with the Humble PencilLearn how to express yourself in ways you have never thought of using a simple pencil. Series 2: Memory Threads with Fabric ArtsUse fabric to memorialize or tell your story. Make art out of your good memories. Use ......More

Series 1: Connecting Through Line with the Humble PencilLearn how to express yourself in ways you have never thought of using a simple pencil. Series 2: Memory Threads with Fabric ArtsUse fabric to memorialize or tell your story. Make art out of your good memories. Use your own small memorabilia (ticket stubs, copies of photos or letters, etc) or create tokens to represent good memories using our materials.Series 3: Dali! Explore the SurrealCreate unpredictable creatures, master distortion and let your imagination run wild. Please note: There is a $20 supplies fee for the month. If there is any financial hardship in regard to this fee, please call Cindy Concannon, the Center's Director, to discuss arrangements. Her number is 973-618-3668Please pay with cash or check at the Library's Circulation Desk.In collaboration with Caldwell University Community Mental Health and Wellness Services The Mary Jo Rolli Codey CenterMore info here.Final Collaboration Project December 5 at 10:30amParticipants come together for the final meeting to complete the group project and enjoy the Art Gallery Opening Reception.Invite your friends and family for light refreshments at 11am

West Caldwell - Community Meeting Room

Movie: Breakfast at Tiffany's

1961 G 1h 55m | Classic, RomanceA young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.

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Intro to Spinning Wool with Clover Folk Studios

This hands-on class will teach you about fiber arts from sheep to shawl!Join us to learn how to prepare wool for spinning, watch a demonstration on a spinning wheel, and get the chance to try for yourself! No experience necessary.NOTE: The main entrance will be closed. ......More

This hands-on class will teach you about fiber arts from sheep to shawl!Join us to learn how to prepare wool for spinning, watch a demonstration on a spinning wheel, and get the chance to try for yourself! No experience necessary.NOTE: The main entrance will be closed. Please use the meeting room entrance on the left side of the buildingClover Folk Studio offers fiber arts classes and outdoor education through libraries in North Jersey. Educator, Reilly Grant, has taught classes for libraries since 2022 on gardening, natural dyes, and all things fiber arts. Reilly hosts a free monthly meet up in Ridgefield Park for fiber artists to hang out and craft in a non-judgmental environment. www.cloverfolkstudio.com

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Let's Get Connected: Tech Support

Registration & $5 donation is REQUIRED at the Reference DeskSchedule a 60 minute, one-on-one session with Linda Leddy, our tech Friend! We'll get you connected to your computer, your cell phone, your tablet!!Please give 24 hour notice if you are unable to make your appo......More

Registration & $5 donation is REQUIRED at the Reference DeskSchedule a 60 minute, one-on-one session with Linda Leddy, our tech Friend! We'll get you connected to your computer, your cell phone, your tablet!!Please give 24 hour notice if you are unable to make your appointment.

West Caldwell - Podvey Study Room

Let's Get Connected: Tech Support

Registration & $5 donation is REQUIRED at the Reference DeskSchedule a 60 minute, one-on-one session with Linda Leddy, our tech Friend! We'll get you connected to your computer, your cell phone, your tablet!!Please give 24 hour notice if you are unable to make your appo......More

Registration & $5 donation is REQUIRED at the Reference DeskSchedule a 60 minute, one-on-one session with Linda Leddy, our tech Friend! We'll get you connected to your computer, your cell phone, your tablet!!Please give 24 hour notice if you are unable to make your appointment.

West Caldwell - Podvey Study Room

BYOC Bring Your Own Craft

Come to our library and hang out with other crafters. Whether you like to knit, crochet, sew, scrapbook or something else crafty, come hang with like-minded people. We are welcoming crafters of all levels and all crafts (no glitter) to share tips and tricks. No instr......More

Come to our library and hang out with other crafters. Whether you like to knit, crochet, sew, scrapbook or something else crafty, come hang with like-minded people. We are welcoming crafters of all levels and all crafts (no glitter) to share tips and tricks. No instructors are provided. Beginning in September, there will be a limited supply of craft materials for your use while in the library.

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ELL: English Language Learners

Classes for Adult English Language Learners.Questions? Contact [email protected] here or with the instructors.

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Teens Volunteer! with Ms. Lincoln

December meeting TBDTeen Volunteers must be in grades 8 to 12. A volunteer application must be filled out and signed by a parent or guardian and handed in at the first volunteer event you attend, please contact the teen librarian at [email protected]......More

December meeting TBDTeen Volunteers must be in grades 8 to 12. A volunteer application must be filled out and signed by a parent or guardian and handed in at the first volunteer event you attend, please contact the teen librarian at [email protected] for an application. Registration required.

West Caldwell - New Book Area, West Caldwell Public Library

Don't Worry, Be Crafty: An Adult Craft Group

Our monthly craft class!Project information will be available soon. Projects are subject to change without notice.

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A Writing Group *New start time*

Join us for a peer-led interactive writer's group. We will spend some time writing from prompts, stream of conscious writing and other exercises. We will then share one of these writings or something we are working on at home to receive feedback from the group. Each wr......More

Join us for a peer-led interactive writer's group. We will spend some time writing from prompts, stream of conscious writing and other exercises. We will then share one of these writings or something we are working on at home to receive feedback from the group. Each writer will be limited to reading 2 pages per feedback session. Please bring your preferred writing materials (paper & pen, computer, etc). Please note: Patrons arriving after 4:45pm will not be permitted to join the session unless prior arrangements have been made. Contact Alexis to arrange.

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Option to Share Your Work

Please sign up here if you have a prepared piece you would like to read at our writer's group and receive feedback. There will be a limit of 3 people to read per session. If you would like to bring copies of your work for people to read silently, please do that.You can ......More

Please sign up here if you have a prepared piece you would like to read at our writer's group and receive feedback. There will be a limit of 3 people to read per session. If you would like to bring copies of your work for people to read silently, please do that.You can also request for someone else to read your writing aloud. Please do not sign up to share two months in a row. UNLESS no one has signed up by the night before the meet.

West Caldwell - Community Meeting Room

Free Blood Pressure Reading

Free Blood Pressure Screening. No appointment needed.

West Caldwell - New Book Area

Movie: Toys

1992 PG-13 1h 53m | Family, Fantasy, ComedyLeslie Zevo is a fun-loving inventor who must save his late father's toy factory from his evil uncle, Leland, a war-mongering general who rules the operation with an iron fist and builds weapons disguised as toys.

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