Mental Health Support Group (NAMI's Connection Recovery Peer Support Group)

The Essex-Passaic Chapter of NAMI (The National Alliance on Mental Illness) Connection Recovery Peer Support Group Program meets on the 4th Tuesday of each month at the West Caldwell Library on 30 Clinton Road. NAMI is the most influential organization devoted to helpin......More

The Essex-Passaic Chapter of NAMI (The National Alliance on Mental Illness) Connection Recovery Peer Support Group Program meets on the 4th Tuesday of each month at the West Caldwell Library on 30 Clinton Road. NAMI is the most influential organization devoted to helping people with mental illness and their relatives and loved ones recover and deal with mental health issues. These meetings will be led by people having some form of mental illness. During these meetings, we will conduct peer support though all people interested in this organization are encouraged to attend. You do not have to sign up in advance. All meetings are kept confidential and are led by people specifically trained to conduct these meetings. NAMI Connection is a recovery peer support group program that offers respect, understanding, encouragement and hope. NAMI Connection groups are:· Free and confidential· Held monthly for 90 minutes · Designed to connect, encourage, and support participants using a structured support group model· Led by trained facilitators living in recovery themselvesThis meeting is for anyone ages 18 who is dealing with their own mental illness or a loved one's. https://nami.org/Home

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CHESS Club OPEN PLAY

This program is for adults and those ages 12 with knowledge of the game. There are no instructors.

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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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Library Board Meeting

Open to the public.

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Morning Book Club

July 17 People We Meet on Vacation by Emily HenryTwo best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love.Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home ......More

July 17 People We Meet on Vacation by Emily HenryTwo best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love.Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. For most of the year they live far apart—she’s in New York City, and he’s in their small hometown—but every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together.Until two years ago, when they ruined everything. They haven’t spoken since.August 28 Heart of Darkness / Secret Sharer by Joseph ConradHeart Of Darkness. The story of the civilized, enlightened Mr. Kurtz who embarks on a harrowing "night journey" into the savage heart of Africa, only to find his dark and evil soul.The Secret Sharer. The saga of a young, inexperienced skipper forced to decide the fate of a fugitive sailor who killed a man in self-defense. As he faces his first moral test the skipper discovers a terrifying truth -- and comes face to face with the secret itself.Heart Of Darkness and The Secret Sharer draw on actual events and people that Conrad met or heard about during his many far-flung travels. In portraying men whose incredible journeys on land and at sea, these two masterful works give credence to Conrad's acclaim as a major psychological writer.September 18 The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan KamaliIn 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old Ellie lives in grand comfort until the untimely death of her father, forcing Ellie and her mother to move to a tiny home downtown. Ellie dreams of a friend to alleviate her isolation.Luckily, on the first day of school, she meets Homa, a kind, passionate girl with a brave and irrepressible spirit. Together, the two girls play games, learn to cook in the stone kitchen of Homa’s warm home, wander through the colorful stalls of the Grand Bazaar, and share their ambitions for becoming “lion women.”Together, the two young women come of age and pursue their own goals for meaningful futures. But as the political turmoil in Iran builds to a breaking point, one earth-shattering betrayal will have enormous consequences.October 16 Tilt by Emma PatteeSet over the course of one day, a heart-racing story about a woman facing the unimaginable, determined to find safetyAnnie is nine months pregnant and shopping for a crib at IKEA when a massive earthquake hits Portland, Oregon. With no way to reach her husband, no phone or money, and a city left in chaos, she realizes there’s nothing to do but walk.Making her way across the wreckage of Portland, Annie experiences human desperation and kindness: strangers offering help, a riot at a grocery store, and an unlikely friendship with a young mother. As she walks, Annie reflects on her struggling marriage, her disappointing career, and her anxiety about having a baby. She’s determined to change her life if she can just make it home.November 20 The Rainbow Comes & Goes by Anderson Cooper & Gloria VanderbiltCooper’s intensely busy career as a journalist affords him little time to spend with his 91 year old mother. After she briefly fell ill, he and Gloria began a conversation through e-mail unlike any they had ever had before—a correspondence of surprising honesty and depth in which they discussed their lives, the things that matter to them, and what they still want to learn about each other.Both a son’s love letter to his mother & an unconventional mother’s life lessons for her grown son, this blend if memoir & advice offers a rare window into their close relationship and fascinating lives. In these often hilarious and touching exchanges, they share their most private thoughts and the hard-earned truths they’ve learned along the way.December 18 Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna RaybournThey've spent their lives as the deadliest assassins in a clandestine international organization, but now that they're sixty years old, four women friends can't just retire - it's kill or be killed in this action-packed thriller.Billie, Mary Alice, Helen, and Natalie have worked for the Museum, an elite network of assassins, for forty years. Now their talents are considered old-school and no one appreciates what they have to offer in an age that relies more on technology than people skills.When the foursome is sent on an all-expenses paid vacation to mark their retirement, they are targeted by one of their own. Only the Board, the top-level members of the Museum, can order the termination of field agents, and the women realize they've been marked for death.

West Caldwell - New Book Area

Movie: Home Alone

1990 PG 1h 43m | Family, ComedyAn eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.

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LIBRARY CLOSED

The Library is closed for the holiday.

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LIBRARY CLOSED

The Library is closed for the holiday.

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Essex County REACH Van

PARKING LOTIntegrity House's Reach for Recovery van will be in the library parking lot from 10-3pm.They provide:Substance use assessment with Medicated Assisted Treatment (MAT) consultationHealth and wellness screeningsCare coordinationNarcan distributionCommunity resou......More

PARKING LOTIntegrity House's Reach for Recovery van will be in the library parking lot from 10-3pm.They provide:Substance use assessment with Medicated Assisted Treatment (MAT) consultationHealth and wellness screeningsCare coordinationNarcan distributionCommunity resource sharingThe nonprofit's Reach for Recovery team includes an addiction specialist (LCADC or CADC), an LPN who will complete basic medical screening, a peer recovery specialist to provide support, and a prevention specialist to provide education.

Movie: The Muppet Christmas Carol

1992 G 1h 25m | Family, MusicalThe Muppets' version of the Dickens holiday classic about a miser who's visited by three ghosts features Kermit the Frog as the penny-pincher's hardworking and loyal employee.

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Silent Book Club (West Essex Chapter)

Silent Book Club is a global community of readers with nearly 2,000 chapters in 55 countries. There's no assigned reading — it's bring your own book.More than a million members gather in person, online, and in destinations around the world to read together and swap sto......More

Silent Book Club is a global community of readers with nearly 2,000 chapters in 55 countries. There's no assigned reading — it's bring your own book.More than a million members gather in person, online, and in destinations around the world to read together and swap stories. All readers are welcome!HOW IT WORKS: Bring your own book. Grab a seat. Enjoy a quiet reading hour. There are no assigned readings, no pressure to socialize. All book formats are welcome (headphones for audiobooks). From 5:30-6pm, participants arrive, find their seats and chat with other book lovers about what you are reading. From 6-7pm, please enjoy the quiet reading hour and from 7-7:30pm you can continue to read or socialize. More info: https://bookclubs.com/clubs/6085923/join/676f73/

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LIBRARY CLOSES at 3pm today

Library closes at 3pm. Happy New Year!

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Movie

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