AUGUST 2017 AUGUST Connecting People, Building Community, Transforming Lives

Ocean County Library 101 Washington Street Toms River, NJ 08753 BARNEGAT www.theoceancountylibrary.org BAY HEAD BEACHWOOD BERKELEY BRICK ISLAND HEIGHTS JACKSON LACEY LAKEWOOD LITTLE EGG HARBOR LONG BEACH ISLAND MANCHESTER PLUMSTED POINT PLEASANT BEACH POINT PLEASANT BOROUGH STAFFORD TOMS RIVER TUCKERTON UPPER SHORES WARETOWN WHITING

Ocean County Library | Connecting People, Building Community, Transforming Lives | 1925 - 2017 Author Talk and Book Signing Checkout our 21 locations with Healing Medium, Anysia Marcell Kiel BARNEGAT · 112 Burr Street · 609-698-3331 Toms River Branch Manchester Branch BAY HEAD READING CENTER · 136 Meadow Avenue · 732-892-0662 Thursday, August 17 Thursday, August 31 BEACHWOOD · 126 Beachwood Blvd. · 732-244-4573 7:00 pm 7:00 pm BERKELEY · 30 Station Road · 732-269-2144 Ocean County resident and author of Discovering the BRICK · 301 Chambers Bridge Road · 732-477-4513 Medium Within, Anysia Marcell Kiel, will be visiting many · · of our branches on her Book Tour, discussing her new ISLAND HEIGHTS 121 Central Avenue 732-270-6266 book Discovering the Healer Within. The book · · discussion will be followed with a Q&A session. JACKSON 2 Jackson Drive 732-928-4400 Copies of this book will be available for purchase. · · Please go online or call your branch to register. LACEY 10 East Lacey Road 609-693-8566 LAKEWOOD · 301 Lexington Avenue · 732-363-1435 Brick Branch Pt. Beach Branch · · Thursday, September 9 Saturday, September 30 LITTLE EGG HARBOR 290 Mathistown Road 609-294-1197 2:00 pm 11:00 am LONG BEACH ISLAND · 217 S. Central Avenue · 609-494-2480 · · Berkeley Branch Upper Shores Branch MANCHESTER 21 Colonial Drive 732-657-7600 Wednesday, September 20 Saturday, October 7 · · 6:30 pm 2:00 pm PLUMSTED 119 Evergreen Road 609-758-7888 POINT PLEASANT BEACH · 710 McLean Avenue · 732-892-4575 Barnegat Branch Thursday, October 12 POINT PLEASANT BOROUGH · 834 Beaver Dam Road · 732-295-1555 6:00 pm STAFFORD · 129 N. Main Street · 609-597-3381 Lacey Branch TOMS RIVER · 101 Washington Street · 732-349-6200 Saturday, October 14 2:00 pm TUCKERTON · 380 Bay Avenue · 609-296-1470 UPPER SHORES · 112 Jersey City Avenue, Lavallette · 732-793-3996 WARETOWN · 112 Main Street · 609-693-5133 WHITING READING CENTER · Whiting Commons Shopping Center More dates and branches to be announced. 400 Lacey Road, Suite #5 · 732-849-0391 Please check with your branch. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter The Ocean County Library is on social media! Follow us at:

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@oceancountylib “The Ocean County Library is a truly multicultural institution. We respect, honor www.theoceancountylibrary.org and celebrate individual and cultural differences. Our collections, programming, outreach, policies and personnel practices reflect this commitment. We are inclusive and understanding of our co-workers and of the communities we serve, and we seek out others to join us on this journey.” These are just a few of the many music programs we have coming up in August at the Ocean County Library. There’s something for everybody!

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Upper Shores Branch A Adult Program BD Book Discussion August 1, 7:00 pm, Tuesday

Berkeley Branch T Teen Program FR Friends Program Point Pleasant Beach Branch August 9, 6:30 pm, Wednesday August 8, 2:00 pm, Tuesday TW Tween Program ED Exhibits & Displays Upper Shores Branch Tuckerton Branch August 8, 7:00 pm, Tuesday August 28, 6:00 pm, Monday CH Children’s Program COH Chapters of Health

C Computer Class MKR Maker Program Call your branch or go online to register. F Family Program REG Please Register 36 1 F – 8/3, 6:30 pm, Thursday F – 8/10, 1 pm, Thursday BARNEGAT The Lizard Guys WARETOWN Movie: Beauty and the Beast 609-698-3331 Join these animal enthusiasts for a live 609-693-5133 Live action retelling of the Disney animal presentation with lizards, snakes, animated classic. (PG) 129 min. Please Register turtles, frogs, and various bugs. REG Please Register T – 8/12, 11 am, Saturday CH/F – 8/4, 11 am, Friday Magic the Gathering Freckles The Clown ED – Month August Drop in and play the popular card game. CH/TW/T – 8/1 – 8/15 Freckles will perform magic, make Retrospective of Portraits by Nancy REG Building Scavenger Hunt balloons, and have a whole bunch of Bonta Voitko Ask about our scavenger hunt. Prizes silly fun at the library. Ages 3+. REG Nancy trained at the New York Academy CH – 8/12, 10 am, Saturday for completion. of Art and has over 30 years’ experience Dog Days at the Library A – 8/7, 8/14, 8/21, 8/28, 1 pm, both as an artist and a teacher. The TW – 8/1, 11 am, Tuesday Mondays Join Dakota and his handler for a essence of her subject is what she aims Paint Party Monday Movie R.E.A.D. session. Dakota is a licensed to capture, giving the final outcome a Kids will make a teacher-guided 8/7: Rogue One (PG) 133 min. Reading Education Assistance Dog. timeless and intimate quality. painting. Wear clothes to paint in. 8/14: Before I Fall (PG-13) 99 min. Children will get a 10 – 15 minute Ages 7 – 12. REG 8/21: The Shack (PG-13) 132 min. session. Ages 5 and up. REG 8/28: Beauty and the Beast (PG) A – 8/2, 1 pm – 4:30 pm, Wednesday Understanding and Responding A – 8/1, 7 pm, Tuesday 129 min. T – 8/14, 6 pm, Monday Burr Street Books to Dementia Related Behavior and Smoothie Wars A monthly book café. CH/F – 8/8, 10:30 am – 1:30 pm, Support Group Facilitator Training Compete to make the best smoothie. Tuesday Learn to recognize and respond to ® REG StoryWalk on Burr Street dementia related behavior changes ® A StoryWalk will be set up along and learn to intervene in positive ways. A – 8/16, 2 pm, Monday the sidewalk of Robert L. Horbelt Program will be followed by support Elementary School leading to the library. Jakes Branch presents: group facilitator training. Presented by Start at the library or go directly to the Organic Gardening the Alzheimer’s Association. REG school to walk and read Over in the Interested in “greening” up your CH/F – 8/2, 11 am, Wednesday Meadow by Ezra Jack Keats. gardening but not sure where to begin? A – 8/3, 1 pm, Thursday Traveling Lantern Presents: Join us as we take a look at a few of Coastal Resiliency: Ways to Protect The Ribbles Build a Residence T/TW – 8/8, 1:30 pm, Tuesday the natural gardening practices that can Beaches and Bay By playing interactive games the Meteor Shower Cookies save not only the environment but save audience will assist the Ribbles in In anticipation of the Perseid meteor Dr. Amy M. Williams of Stevens Institute you money as well. REG building a new home for a better world. shower, in view Aug. 9 – 13, decorate of Technology and New Jersey Sea Ages 3+. REG cookies and learn about meteors. Grant Consortium will present on Ages 10 – 18. REG methods and techniques for managing C – 8/2, 2 pm, Wednesday coastal erosion in our current world. TechTopic: Social Media CH – 8/9, 8/23, 10:30 am, Wednesdays REG Get answers to your social media Drop-in Crafts questions from our teen volunteers. Drop by the kids’ zone for a craft. T – 8/7, 6 pm, Monday Ages 3+. Drop in. A – 8/24, 1 pm, Thursday Will it Waffle? T – 8/2, 7 pm, Wednesday Fake News! We will experiment by putting various Escape Room: Anime Edition T – 8/9, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Learn how to determine if a news story foods into a waffle iron to find out “will it Can you find the way out? Work with Gaming Tournament: is fake or fact. REG others to escape this anime infused Super Smash Bros. 4 (WiiU) waffle?” REG event. Ages 12 – 18. REG Compete to be the best in the library. FR – 8/25 & 8/26, Friday, 1 pm – 3 pm & Ages 12 – 18. REG A – 8/9, 8/15, 1:30 pm, Tuesday & Saturday, 10 am – 12 pm F – 8/3, 2 pm, Thursday Wednesday Friends Book Sale Table Top Game Day TW – 8/10, 6:30 pm, Thursday Mah Jongg Club Trotta’s Hobbies from Barnegat will be Tween Night stopping by with some of their favorites A fun night of crafts, snacks, and book A – 8/30, 2 pm, Wednesday games. Ages 10+. boasts. Ages 8 – 12. REG Adult Crafting REG 2 35 CH/F – 8/11, 10:30 am, Friday TW – 8/15, 4 pm, Tuesday UPPER SHORES OCL Puppet Show Players Present: Make a Friendship Bracelet 5-Minute Star Wars™ Stories Ages 8 – 12. REG 732-793-3996 A puppet show based on the original Please Register Star Wars trilogy. Ages 3+. REG T – 8/16, 8/23, 8/30, 6 pm – 8:30 pm, Wednesdays F – 8/10, 2 pm, Thursday Teen Gaming Night CH – 8/1, 3 pm, Tuesday Life – Size Mouse Trap Sciencetellers: This family board game will be made T – 8/16, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Tall Ships & Pirate Tales life-size by our teen volunteers. Earn Teen Craft: Terrariums A – 8/15, 1 pm – 4 pm and 5 pm – 8 pm, Storytelling embellished with live enough cheese to complete the Create little worlds by assembling Tuesday science experiments. Ages 5 and up. challenge. REG terrariums and making small figures to Friends Annual Psychic Fair Sponsored by the Friends of the Upper place inside. Ages 12 – 18. REG Make an appointment with the psychic CH – 8/11, 1 pm, Friday Shores Branch. REG of your choice! $20 donation per fifteen Kids End of Summer Reading A – 8/17, 2 pm, Thursday minute session. 50% of all proceeds Ice Cream Party Adult Craft: Terrariums A – 8/1, 7 pm, Tuesday go to the Friends. Psychics: Kasandra, Celebrate the end of Summer Reading Create little worlds by assembling a Elvis Unplugged: The 50s Harold, Maryanne Kremer, and Joan with ice cream and fun. terrarium. REG The first of three in a musical lecture Titsworth-Marsteller. Call Gail Stefanelli series focusing on Elvis’ music, to reserve your spot: 973-699-4845. T – 8/11, 3 pm, Friday CH/F – 8/17, 6:30 pm, Thursday memories, and historical moments that Teen End of Summer Party Family Movie Night: A Dog’s Purpose shaped our world. Journey along with Teen volunteers and participants in teen (2017) (PG) 120 min. A – 8/16, 6:30 pm, Wednesday, “The King” back to the time when people summer reading are invited for pizza 8/19, 2:30 pm, Saturday Liked Ike, Loved Lucy, and hated those and awards. Ages 12 – 18. CH – 8/18, 3 pm, Friday Movie Time: Enjoy the Show! Damn Yankees. Featuring Ruben Build A Teddy Bear Lion, starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Castillo. REG A – 8/12, 11 am, Saturday Kids will pick out a stuffed animal, and and Rooney Mara. (PG-13) 120 min. Saturday Documentary: stuff them. Space is limited. Bigger Than T. rex Ages 7 – 12. REG BD – 8/4, 3 pm, Friday A – 8/23, 7 pm, Wednesday A team of paleontologists go in search The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Flavian! Back by Popular Demand! of Spinosaurus, a giant meat eater CH – 8/22, 8/29, 11 am, Tuesdays Book by Rebecca Skloot. Mind Reading Game Show believed to be even larger than a T. rex. “Let’s Build”

Explore the fascinating realm of (TV-PG) 53 min. Join us for an hour of building fun with CH – 8/7, 3 pm, Monday ® ® consciousness as Flavian takes you on LEGO , DUPLO , and other fun The Butterfly Guy material. Ages 5+. REG a journey you will never forget. REG For over thirty five years Rick Mikula has been delighting audiences of all ages CH – 8/25, 2 pm, Friday A – 8/26, 2:30 pm, Saturday, with his humorous and off-beat way of Volcano Fun 8/29, 6:30 pm, Tuesday looking at butterflies. Ages 4 and up with Mold mini (inactive) volcanos. Watch a Movie Time: Enjoy the Show! family. Sponsored by the Friends of the big volcano erupt in honor of Vesuvius A Dog’s Purpose, starring Dennis Quaid. Upper Shores Branch. REG day. Ages 5 – 12. REG (PG) 120 min. A/T – 8/29, 2 pm – 7 pm, Tuesday A – 8/8, 7 pm, Tuesday A – 8/30, 7 pm, Wednesday American Red Cross Blood Drive Broadway Comes to Lavallette: Summer Breeze: Americana Blues Please consider taking an hour to Chimenti Cabaret An Evening of Music with NJ’s own, A – 8/12, 2 pm, Saturday donate blood to those in need. REG The dynamic team performs songs James Dalton Jersey Shore Roustabouts from celebrated musicals. Known as All in a performance: a musician, a An afternoon of rock ‘n’ roll with a band CH – 8/30, 3 pm, Wednesday the Steve and Eydie of Long Island, of Jersey natives. REG Frankenstein Fun storyteller, and host of Out and About Cathy and Michael Chimenti will sing Make a fun Frankenstein monster to Radio, a podcast on WBJB/90.5thenight. Broadway hits and share personal BD – 8/15, 2 pm, Tuesday take home. Ages 5+. REG Come on out and get to know local recollections and insightful anecdotes Book Discussion Group artist, James Dalton. An acoustic café about their experiences in theatre. REG Look Again by Lisa Scottoline. New event. Sponsored by the Friends of the members welcome. Copies are available Upper Shores Branch. REG at the branch. 34 3 CH – 8/7, 7 pm, Monday A/T/TW – 8/15, 2 pm, Tuesday BEACHWOOD Fun, Food, and You TUCKERTON National Relaxation Day 732-244-4573 Make a tasty treat. Please advise of any 609-296-1470 Celebrate with us in a calm and cool allergies when registering. This atmosphere surrounded by soothing Please Register program is sponsored by the Friends of Please Register sounds. Reduce stress by making a the Beachwood Branch. Ages 5 – 12. stress ball from everyday materials. REG Ages 10 and up, adults welcome. REG ED – 8/1 – 8/31 Watercolors by Betty Lou Cox CH – 8/8, 10:30 am, Tuesday Healthy Happy Heroes A/T – 8/21, 6 pm, Monday C – 8/1 – 8/31 Stories, activities, and a healthy snack. Movie: Before I Fall One-on-One Computer Instruction Please alert us of any food allergies What if you had only one day to change Please call for an appointment. when registering. Ages 3 – 6. REG everything? Sam had it all: perfect friends, perfect guy, and a perfect future. CH – 8/1, 10:30 am, Tuesday CH – 8/11, 3 pm, Friday Stuck reliving her last day over and over, Mother Goose Time Build a Band Sam untangles the mystery around her For babies up to 18 months with Explore different instruments and create death and discovers everything she is caregiver. REG your own sound. Ages 3 – 6. REG losing. She finds that a single day can make a difference, not just in her own A – 8/2, 8/9, 8/16, 8/23, 8/30, 9 am, life, but in the lives of those around her Wednesdays A – 8/5, 11 am, Saturday before she runs out of time for good. English Conversation Group NJR Solar Seminar (PG-13) 98 min. REG Talk about current events and other Learn how you can regenerate your subjects in an informal setting. own clean energy instead of paying CH – 8/25, 2 pm, Friday A – 8/14, 7 pm, Monday for traditional electricity. Combat rising DVD Bingo T – 8/2, 3 pm, Wednesday Healthy Cooking with Giavonna energy costs with solar power. Q&A will Build a Better Smoothie Join us as Giavonna from the ShopRite …and BINGO was his name-o. Try your be available after the program. Program Compete in a creative challenge where of Fischer Boulevard shares some tasty, luck at our Bingo game and win a DVD. is presented by a representative from you will use a blender to mix several healthy, and easy springtime treats. Ages 4 and up with caregiver. REG ingredients to discover new flavors. REG NJR Home Services. REG Ages 12 – 18. REG T – 8/16, 3 pm, Wednesday A/T – 8/7, 6 pm, Monday Book Dominoes Anime Movie: The Red Turtle Build a domino chain through the library A mariner is shipwrecked on a deserted using library books. Ages 12 – 18. REG island of sandy beaches, timid animal inhabitants and a slender but graceful A – 8/17, 10 am, Thursday swaying bamboo forest. He encounters Knit Wits a red turtle, which won’t let the weary Come join our knitting club. survivor escape easily. (PG) 80 min. REG CH – 8/21, 7 pm, Monday Solar Eclipse Learn about this incredible event. A/T – 8/14, 6 pm, Monday Movie: Power Rangers Ages 5 – 12. REG A – 8/28, 6 pm, Monday High school outcasts stumble upon Elvis Unplugged: 1970s an old alien ship, where they acquire BD – 8/24, 10:30 am, Thursday This one-hour musical lecture focuses superpowers and the name of Power Toms River: A Story of Science and on Elvis’s music from the 70s era, Salvation Rangers. Learning that an old enemy memories from his life, and the historical CH – 8/4, 10:30 am, Friday Book by Dan Fagin. Copies available at of the previous generation has now moments that shaped our world, and How to Build a Storm: the circulation desk. returned to exact vengeance, the group how the events had an impact on the The Weather Show must harness their powers and use music of the day. Presented by Ruben Presented by The Franklin Institute. CH – 8/25, 10:30 am, Friday them to work together and save the Castillo. REG Ages 6 – 10. REG Do You Want to Build a Snowman? world. (PG-13) 124 min. REG Summer snow fun. Ages 3 – 6. REG 4 33 C – 8/18, 2:30 pm, Friday CH – 8/21, 3 pm, Monday Introduction to Pixlr® LEGO® Book Chat BERKELEY ® REG Talk about your favorite LEGO books. 732-269-2144 Ages 8 – 12. REG CH – 8/19, 2 pm – 4 pm, Saturday Please Register LEGO® Free Play Drop in C – 8/22, 9:30 am, Tuesday We supply the LEGO®, you provide the NJ Property Tax Records ED – 8/1 – 8/31 imagination. Ages 0 – 12. REG Meeting Room Art Paintings by Barbara Kraemer A – 8/24, 12:30 pm, Thursday Display Cases Piano Music in the Atrium Paintings by Samuel Sinelnikov C – 8/24, 2:30 pm, Thursday C – 8/1 – 8/31 Intro to NJ Career Connections Computer, eBook, and Genealogy REG Help Get help for basic computer, eBook MKR/A – 8/24, 6:30 pm, Thursday F/CH – 8/3, 6:30 pm, Thursday and genealogy skills with one-on-one Glass Photo Luminaries Alex & the Kaleidoscope: personalized lessons. Please call the Bring a photo to scan and a glass jar Live in Concert branch to make an appointment. and create your own glowing luminary. An uplifting, feel-good concert that will REG leave audiences more connected to CH – 8/1, 2:30 pm, Tuesday themselves, each other and the world LEGO® at the Library MKR/CH – 8/28, 10:30 am, Monday around them. REG We supply the LEGO®. You supply the A – 8/19, 12 pm – 4:30 pm, Saturday First Art imagination. Ages 6 – 12. REG Beatlemania! Bring a smock, we may get messy. F/CH – 8/4, 2:30 pm, Friday Join Vivek Tiwary as he discusses and Ages 2 – 3. REG Zoom Balloons A – 8/2, 11 am – 2 pm, Wednesday signs his book The Fifth Beatle, the Balloon art, games, magic and dancing. Artist Reception story of Brian Epstein. Books will be C – 8/28, 2 pm, Monday Ages 4 and up. REG Stop by the meeting room to celebrate available for purchase. Afterwards, the Internet I the work of local artist Barbara Kraemer. band Something New will perform a REG CH – 8/7, 10:30 am, Monday Light refreshments will be provided. Beatles tribute concert. This program DUPLO® Play is sponsored with funding from the MKR/T – 8/29, 6:30 pm, Tuesday We will supply the DUPLO® blocks for CH – 8/3, 10:30 am, Thursday OceanFirst Foundation Arts and the Teen Cuisine imaginative free play. Sponsored by the OCL Puppet Show Players Present: Ocean County Library Foundation. REG Ice cream and milkshakes. All supplies 5-Minute Star Wars™ Stories Friends of the Berkeley Library. provided. No experience necessary. Are you ready for this summer’s Ages 3 – 5. REG C – 8/21, 9:30 am, Monday REG ® blockbuster hit? The OCL Puppet Show PowerPoint Basics Players will be performing a puppet A – 8/7, 8/14, 8/21, 8/28, REG A – 8/31, 2:30 pm, Thursday show based on the original Star Wars 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Mondays The Not-So-Secret Life of Honeybees trilogy. Ages 3 and up. REG The Yarn Dolls C – 8/21, 2 pm, Monday “Bee” informed. This talk will include live Knit or crochet. Bring along your Mouse/Basic Computer Skills bees in a contained observation hive A – 8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24, 8/31,1 pm, unfinished projects. REG and a flavored honey tasting. A special Thursdays presentation by Angela Juffey of the An Afternoon of Mah Jongg A – 8/8, 10:30 am, Tuesday A – 8/21, 7 pm, Monday Central Jersey Beekeepers Association. If you are an experienced player who Craft for Adults with Special WREP – When Radio Entertained REG Challenges th would like to join our group, please People 30 Broadcast register. If you have your own set, Come to the library to do a craft. Please An afternoon of old-time radio MKR/CH – 8/31, 6:30 pm, Thursday please bring it. Sponsored by the register ahead of time so we can better performances featuring real actors and Sink or Swim Friends of the Berkeley Library. REG prepare materials. REG sound effects. REG Design and build your own boat. Ages 8 – 12. REG 32 5 A – 8/15, 2 pm, Tuesday CH – 8/7, 3 pm, Monday MKR/CH – 8/9, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Adult Craft: Wine Bottle Wind Chimes Toddlers Build with Blocks Build a Tri-Plane All supplies will be provided. This Ages 2 – 3. REG Ages 6 – 12. REG program is sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Library. REG MKR/CH – 8/7, 6:30 pm, Monday C – 8/10, 9:30 am, Thursday Girls and Boys Clubs Microsoft Word 2010 I F/CH – 8/15, 6 pm – 8 pm, Tuesday In the kitchen pizza night. Ages 8 – 12. REG End of Summer Reading Party REG Celebrate the end of our summer reading MKR/A – 8/10, 2:30 pm, program with games, crafts, dancing, and MKR/A – 8/7, 6:30 pm, Monday Thursday more. Family program. REG Succulent Tea Cups “Punny” Planters CH – 8/8, 6:30 pm, Tuesday Turn teacups into succulent planters and Yuk it up as we decorate Eyes of the Wild F/CH – 8/16, 7 pm, Wednesday transform spoons into garden markers. terracotta pots with puns. Come see live animals. Ages 5 and up Bedtime Stories REG Small herbs/plants provided. with adult. REG Wear your pajamas and hear some fun REG stories just right for bedtime. C – 8/8, 9:30 am, Tuesday A – 8/9, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, Wednesday Ages 4 – 8. REG Intro to Scanning Photos and FR – 8/14, 7 pm, Monday Elvis Unplugged Documents Friends Meeting Join us for a one hour musical lecture CH – 8/17, 4 pm – 5 pm, Thursday REG on Elvis’s music from the 70s era, Woof Tales: Read to a Dog C – 8/15, 9:30 am, Tuesday memories from his life, and the historical Practice your reading skills with a C – 8/8, 2:30 pm, Tuesday Ancestry® for Beginners moments that shaped our world, and trained therapy dog. Perfect for Online Classes and Coaching for REG how the events had an impact on the beginning readers and up. REG Your Next Job music of the day. Presented by Ruben REG CH – 8/15, 10:30 am, Tuesday Castillo. REG A – 8/18, 1 pm, Friday Zoom Balloons Senior Movie Matinée: Hacksaw Ridge MKR/T – 8/8, 4:30 pm, Tuesday Fun-filled balloon dance party. T – 8/10, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, Thursday A conscientious objector serves in WWII Teen Anime Club Ages 0 – 12. Sponsored by the Friends Smoothies for Teens as a medic, refusing to take a life or of the Toms River Branch. REG Come and make smoothies at the carry a gun. He is eventually awarded BD – 8/8, 7 pm, Tuesday library. Grades 7 – 12. REG the Medal of Honor for saving 75 Americanah CH – 8/16, 4:30 pm, Wednesday soldiers in battle. (R) 138 min. REG Book by Chimamahda Ngozi Adichie. Ruff Readers CH/TW – 8/10, 7 pm, Thursday Practice reading with gentle therapy Juggling with Jared TW – 8/21, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, Monday MKR/CH – 8/9, 10:30 am, Wednesday dogs. Ages 6 – 12. REG Whether you want to learn how to juggle Kids Cook Arty Party or are already a beginner or a pro, come Come learn how to make a tasty treat. Ages 3½ – 5. REG A – 8/16, 6 pm, Wednesday join Jared and friends for some great Ages 8 – 12. REG Anime Plus juggling fun. Ages 8 and up. REG MKR/A – 8/9, 2 pm, Wednesday Ages 18 – 29. T – 8/25, 2 pm – 4 pm, Friday Book Lover’s Scrapbook CH – 8/11, 12 pm, Friday Little Guy CGI: Introduction to Create your own scrapbook from a A – 8/17, 7 pm, Thursday Lunch Bunch Stories Blender repurposed, discarded novel. Please Author Talk and Book Signing with Bring your lunch and a drink to the Teens will be introduced to the Blender bring copies of favorite photos. REG Healing Medium, Anysia Marcell Kiel library as we share some great stories. interface and shown some examples of Published author and Ocean County Ages 5 – 9. REG Blender-produced work before exploring A – 8/9, 8/16, 8/23, 8/30, 6:30 pm, resident, Anysia Marcell Kiel, will share the interface. Grades 7 – 12. REG Wednesdays her experience teaching people how to BD – 8/11, 1 pm, Friday Yoga & Smoothies clear illnesses and ailments in a non- Book Discussion F/CH – 8/30, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Center yourself with gentle yoga and invasive, peaceful way as she discusses Dead Wake: the Last Crossing of the Dancing and Bumping the ‘Chute relax afterwards with a nourishing her new book, Discovering the Healer Lusitania by Erik Larson. Copies Lets move to the music. Enjoy dance and smoothie. Please bring a yoga mat or Within. The book discussion will be available at the circulation desk. parachute activities for parent and child towel and wear comfortable clothes. followed with a Q&A session. Copies of together. Ages 2 – 4 with an adult. REG REG this book will be available for purchase. 6 REG 31 A – 8/2, 7 pm, Wednesday CH – 8/2, 2:30 pm, Wednesday TOMS RIVER Open Mic Night BRICK Will it Waffle? 732-349-6200 Performers register at 6:30 pm. 732-477-4513 Have you ever wondered what you can make in a waffle iron besides waffles? Please Register CH – 8/3, 8/10, 10:30 am, Thursdays Please Register Now is your chance to find out. Duck Duck Dewey Ages 6 and up. REG Uncover secrets of the library with fun ED – 8/1 – 8/31 ED – 8/1 – 8/31 and games. Ages 8 – 12. REG CH/F – 8/2, 6 pm, Wednesday Land O’Make Believe Watercolor and Acrylic Paintings by Pajama Storytime By Sharon O’Brien Huey (McConnell); Arlene Newman Toms River Community Art Project A – 8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24, 8/31, 6 pm, Join us for a few peaceful bedtime Thursdays stories, and feel free to come in pajamas (2nd Floor Gallery) CH – 8/1, 10:30 am, Tuesday Adult Knitting Meetup and with stuffed buddies or blankets. Read to the Dogs REG C – 8/1 – 8/31 Ages 6 and up. REG Email by Appointment A – 8/3, 8/17, 6 pm, Thursdays Gamers Corner (20-somethings) A – 8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24, 8/31, Call for an appointment to create a new CH – 8/1, 2 pm, Tuesday Ages 18 – 29. 10 am – 12 pm, Thursdays email account or learn more about the Traveling Lantern Presents: features of your existing email. The Ribbles Build a Residence Open Play Mah Jongg CH – 8/3, 6:30 pm, Thursday By playing interactive games and All levels of play welcome. Bring your A – 8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29, 10 am, Charlotte’s Web discovering basic building techniques game set and current card. Tuesdays The Lacy River Teen Theatre Company learn to draw a ground plan and assist English Conversation Group proudly presents a one act version of the Ribbles in building a new home for a C – 8/3, 2:30 pm, Thursday this beloved story by E. B. White. This better world. Ages 3 and up. REG Searching the Library Catalog CH – 8/1, 10:30 am, Tuesday production will incorporate puppets with Learn how to search for books and Barnyard Storytime live actors to tell the timeless tale of C – 8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 1:30 pm – 4 pm DVDs using the library catalog. REG Farm-tastic fun with stories and more. love and friendship. Sponsored by the Tuesdays Ages 3½ – 5. REG Friends of the Toms River Branch. Tech Buddies T – 8/3, 4 pm, Thursday Ages 6 – 12. REG Need help using your cell phone? Money Management 101 for Teens CH – 8/1, 6:30 pm, Tuesday Tablet? The Internet? Come in for a one- Learn basic financial literacy skills, how Traveling Lantern Presents: MKR/CH – 8/4, 10:30 am, Friday The on-one tutorial with a teen volunteer. to be smart with money from your first The Ribbles Build a Residence Paper Dragon REG job, and budgeting for college. REG Learning basic building techniques and Easy and challenging paper crafts and interactive games. Ages 3 – 12. REG book art. Ages 8 – 12. REG T – 8/1, 4:30 pm, Tuesday CH/F – 8/3, 6:30 pm, Thursday Intro to Video Game Design Drop-in Make & Take Crafting A – 8/2, 8/9, 8/16, 8/23, 8/30, 10 am, CH – 8/4, 6 pm, Friday During this 3-hour workshop, students Fun crafts to take home. Wednesdays After Hours Stuffed Animal Sleepover will learn the basics of video game English Conversation Group Come in your PJs for bedtime stories design. REG BD – 8/4, 2 pm, Friday with your favorite stuffed animal. Dolls Nemesis A – 8/2, 2 pm, Wednesday will be picked up Saturday morning A – 8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29, 7 pm, Book by Philip Roth. Shakespeare in the Dark where we will show all the fun they had Tuesdays 8/2: 10 Things I Hate About You overnight in the library. Ages 6 – 12. REG C – 8/5, 2:30 pm, Saturday English Conversation Group ® (PG-13) 98 min. Improve your English conversational Google It! CH – 8/7, 10:30 am, Monday skills in a fun and casual setting. All are Topics covered include using the search CH – 8/2, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Kids Growing Great welcome. box, finding images, and getting driving Pokémon Portraits Stories, an activity, and a healthy snack directions. REG Create your own. We may get messy. provided by Ms. Gia from ShopRite on C – 8/2, 10 am, Wednesday Wear an old shirt. Ages 6 – 12. REG Fischer Blvd. in Toms River. Internet Basics CH – 8/7, 10:30 am, Monday Ages 3½ – 5. REG Learn the very basics of how to navigate Read to the Dogs T – 8/2, 6:30 pm, Wednesday the Internet. Mouse and keyboard skills Read a story to our therapy dogs. Escape the Room required. REG Ages 6 and up. REG

30 7 CH – 8/7, 2 pm, Monday CH – 8/9, 10 am Wednesday CH – 8/9, 10:30 am, Wednesday T – 8/17, 4:30 pm, Thursday Life Size Gaming Creative Writing - Build an Be a Magician Workshop Teen Book Experts: Beachy Books Join us for life-size versions of your Amazing Story Ages 6 and up. REG Discuss old favorites and new favorite games. Ages 6 and up. REG Put your imagination to work and learn releases. Talk about books we love in some great writing tips. Ages 7 and up. A – 8/10, 7 pm, Thursday our beach bags. REG C – 8/7, 2:30 pm, Monday REG DVD Discussion Group: eBooks on the iPad A Man Called Ove CH – 8/17, 7 pm, Thursday Learn how to browse the collection, A – 8/9, 11 am, Wednesday (PG-13) 116 min. Camping Storytime utilize the user interface, and download Brain Games Stories and games around the campfire. materials to your iPad. REG Join us for fun and mentally stimulating MKR/T – 8/11, 10:30 am, Friday Ages 5 and up. REG games. REG Teen Maker Morning T – 8/7, 4 pm, Monday Play with new technology or create a T – 8/18, 3:30 pm, Friday Turkish Marbling Workshop A – 8/9, 2:30 pm, Wednesday project to take home. Ages 12 – 18. Solar Eclipse Painting Learn the technique of Turkish Marbling Let’s Talk About Ticks REG Paint a solar eclipse. All materials will be and leave with a stunning piece of art. A speaker from the Ocean County provided. Please dress appropriately for REG Master Gardener Program will discuss CH – 8/12, 10 am – 1 pm, Saturday a potentially messy project. ticks in New Jersey. REG Drop-In Craft Ages 12 – 18. REG C – 8/8, 10 am, Tuesday Biography in Context C – 8/9, 2:30 pm, Wednesday MKR/TW – 8/14, F – 8/19, 2 pm, Saturday This is your one-stop source for Facebook® 6 pm, Monday Family Movie: Beauty and the Beast information about people throughout Come and learn how to sign up, post, Tween Maker Night: (2017) (PG) 129 min. history and today. REG and upload photos to Facebook®. REG Exploding Boxes Print pictures and CH – 8/21, 6 pm, Monday CH/F – 8/11, 2 pm, Friday craft a unique Build a Potato Powered Light Summer Reading Finale Party summer souvenir. Learn how batteries work and make a Come celebrate the end of Summer Ages 9 – 14. REG potato powered light. Grades 3 and up. Reading. REG REG C – 8/15, 10:30 am, Tuesday A – 8/12, 2 pm, Saturday YouTube C – 8/22, 2:30 pm, Tuesday The Desperados: Musical Concert Introduction to YouTube. REG Google® Exploration A country rock and Eagles tribute band Explore Google®. REG will play hits from Tom Petty, Fleetwood CH – 8/15, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm, Tuesday Mac, and Neil Young. REG LEGO® Challenge C – 8/29, 10:30 am, Tuesday Can you build it? Ages 5 and up. REG Social Media Series: Facebook® 1, 2, 3 CH/F – 8/14, 2:30 pm, Monday Introduction to Facebook®. REG S.A.I.L. Puppet Show A – 8/16, 3 pm, Wednesday CH/F – 8/8, 1:30 pm, Tuesday Share a puppet show put on by our teen Make It! Beach Jar F – 8/31, 9 am – 1 pm, Thursday Jenkinson’s Aquarium- volunteers. REG Capture the feel of summer forever with Friends of the Library Quarterly Outrageous Reptiles these cute little jars. REG Book Sale Children have fun as they learn the C – 8/14, 2:30 pm, Monday Great books at great prices. characteristics of all reptiles and Yahoo Basics A – 8/16, 6 pm, Wednesday the differences in their lifestyles by Learn how to set up an email account, Summer Evening Film: Fences T – 8/31, 7 pm, Thursday comparing the different reptile groups: compose email, print, and check the (PG-13) 133 min. DIY Teen: Upcycled Earbud Cases snakes, turtles, lizards, and crocodilians. various folders. REG Use duct tape and mint containers to REG CH/F – 8/17, 2:30 pm, Thursday create a clip-on earbud case. CH – 8/15, 10:30 am, Tuesday OCL Puppet Show Players Present: Ages 12 – 18. REG A – 8/8, 6 pm, Tuesday BOYS R GR8 – Aboriginal Song Lines 5-Minute Star Wars™ Stories Knit Wits Use musical instruments and sounds The OCL Puppet Show Players will be Bring your crafting needles, and your to build a creative story in this ancient performing a puppet show based on the craft. REG tradition. Ages 8 – 12. REG original Star Wars trilogy. REG 8 29 T – 8/4, 10:30 am, Friday CH – 8/16, 10:30 am, Wednesday C – 8/22, 10 am, Tuesday STAFFORD Little Guy CGI: Introduction to Blender A Taste of American Sign Language Lifelong Learning 609-597-3381 Students will be introduced to the Presented by members of Ocean Do you like to learn new things? There Blender interface and shown some County College’s Sign Club, this are hundreds of ways to do it through Please Register examples of Blender produced work. program will teach children basic ASL our website. REG Ages 12 – 18. REG signs and bring awareness to deaf culture through fun games and activities. C – 8/23, 2:30 pm, Wednesday CH – 8/1, 11 am, Tuesday A – 8/4, 8/11, 8/18, 8/25, Ages 6 and up. REG Starting Your Own Business? Traveling Lantern Presents: The Ribbles Build a Residence 12:30 pm – 4 pm, Fridays Get sample business plans and other The Ribbles need help building their Mah Jongg C – 8/16, 2:30 pm, Wednesday information you need through the OCL Craigslist® website. REG environmentally friendly dream home. ® By playing interactive games and A – 8/7, 8/14, 8/21, 8/28, 11 am, Come and learn all Craigslist has to Mondays offer. Learn how to search, post ads, C – 8/24, 10 am, Thursday discovering basic building techniques, ® you will help draw a ground plan and English Conversation Group and upload pictures. REG Chilton Database Overview assist the Ribbles in building a new This auto database includes home for a better world. Ages 3 and up. A – 8/7, 8/21, 1:30 pm – 4 pm, Mondays CH – 8/16, 5 pm, Wednesday maintenance info, repair specs, recall REG Rutgers Cooperative Extension Special Needs Storytime & Play notices, and more. REG Ocean County Master Gardeners Help Enjoy music, art, stories, and sensory C – 8/1, 2:30 pm, Tuesday Bring diseased clippings for diagnosis. play. Ages 2 – 6. REG A – 8/26, 10 am, Saturday Get Your Class On @ Home Second Chance Saturday Crafting Learn to access thousands of courses at T – 8/7, 6 pm or 7 pm, Monday T – 8/17, 4:30 pm, Thursday This month’s craft will be a rolled Lynda.com and Universal Class. REG Teen Escape Room Computer Animation for Total magazine frame. REG Can you solve the puzzle and escape Beginners A – 8/2, 1 pm – 2:30 pm, Wednesday before your time is up. Sign up for just Learn the basics of computer C – 8/28, 2:30 pm, Monday Brain Games one. Ages 9 – 14. REG animation. No experience required. REG Calling All Sports Fans Join us for a breakdown on how to F – 8/2, 6 pm, Wednesday BD – 8/8, 1 pm, Tuesday A – 8/17, 6:30 pm, Thursday access Sports Illustrated through our Summer Evening Film: La La Land Toms River: A Story of Science Night Crafting for Adults MasterFILE Premier database. REG (PG-13) 128 min. and Salvation Make a wine cork pendant. REG Book by Dan Fagin. CH – 8/3, 11 am, Thursday A – 8/18, 10 am, Friday Zoom Balloons Stitch in Time Join us for balloon art, games, magic, Bring your crochet, knitting or crafting and dancing. Ages 4 and up. REG needles, and your craft. REG C – 8/30, 2:30 pm, Wednesday Value Line® for Investors ® A/F – 8/3, 8/10, 1 pm – 3 pm, Thursdays CH – 8/18, 2:30 pm, Friday Learn how to access Value Line and 8/5, 8/19, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, Wrap Up with the Therapy Dogs investment reports online. Mouse and Saturdays A happy chance to say goodbye to our keyboard skills required. REG String of Purls – Knit/Crochet beloved dogs for the summer. Ages 6 and up. REG A – 8/31, 2:30 pm, Thursday TW – 8/3, 6:30 pm, Thursday Job Application and Resume Help Minecraft Destroy A/T – 8/21, 10:30 am, Monday If you need help filling out job Compete against other Minecrafters and Build-A-Bear Storytime for Adults and applications or formatting resumes, stop craft your own destructive blocks and Teens with Special Needs by for this informal program. REG mobs. Ages 9 – 14. REG Story time followed by the chance to CH – 8/8, 3 pm, Tuesday make your own stuffed bear. REG C – 8/31, 7 pm, Thursday CH – 8/4, 10 am, Friday Nifty Nature Nik Naks Outlook Basics Paper Bag Fashion Jakes Branch naturalist will show off C – 8/21, 6:30 pm, Monday Learn how to set up an Outlook email Make and model paper clothes. animal skins, skulls, and shells. Mouse Basics account. REG Ages 5 and up. REG Ages 5 and up. REG Introduction to basic mouse skills. REG 28 9 A – 8/12, 10:30 am, Saturday A – 8/17, 11 am, Thursday F – 8/24, 6 pm, Thursday ISLAND HEIGHTS Paint Party Basic Mouse & Computer Skills Family Movie Night: The BFG 732-270-6266 Join us for a relaxing morning of The perfect first step for beginners. Get A little girl makes a big friend in this painting at the library. This painting party hands-on practice and increase your charming adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Please Register event features step-by-step painting computer know-how. REG classic tale. (PG) 117 min. instruction, making it simple for you to create your own masterpiece. REG T – 8/17, 1:30 pm, Thursday CH – 8/25, 11 am, Friday Lotions & Potions Storytime to Go F – 8/14, 1:30 pm, Monday Learn how to make your own beauty Missed out on storytime this month? Build a Pin Hole Viewer products and spa treatments using Stop in to pick up a craft kit and book. Prepare for the upcoming solar eclipse common natural ingredients. First come, first served. by building a pin hole viewer. REG Ages 12 – 18. REG CH – 8/1, A – 8/26, 10:30 am – 3:30 pm, 10:30 pm, Tuesday T – 8/14, 6:30 pm, Monday BD – 8/21, 10:30 am, Monday Saturday Sciencetellers: Balloon Building The Space Between Us Red Cross Blood Drive Tall Ships & Pirate Tales Learn how to build balloon sculptures. Book by Thrity Umregar. Your donation can save a Ahoy! People do not just build on land REG life, so sign up today. they build on water, too. Set sail with us A – 8/21, 2 pm, Monday Drop ins welcome, on a thrilling action-packed adventure. CH – 8/16, 10:30 am, Wednesday Monday Movie: The Zookeeper’s Wife reservations preferred. Throughout the story, volunteers from Toddler Time Two married zoo caretakers help save REG the audience will help us explore the Join us for a fun selection of stories, songs Jews from the Holocaust. incredible science behind clouds, flash and fingerplays. Ages 1½ – 3½.REG (PG-13) 124 min. REG T – 8/28, 12 pm, Monday paper, air pressure, inertia, explosions, Pancake Art and more. Ages 5 – 12. REG CH – 8/18, 3:30 pm, Friday CH – 8/22, 2 pm, Tuesday Make your own edible pancake designs Sharknado in a Bottle Fairy House Night Lights with food coloring. Ages 12 – 18. REG F – 8/2, 10:30 am, Wednesday Ages 5 – 8. REG Upcycle plastic bottles into an OCL Puppet Show Players Present: enchanted twinkling light. Ages 6 – 11. C – 8/29, 11 am, Tuesday 5-Minute Star Wars™ Stories F – 8/17, 1:30 pm, Monday REG Pinterest for Beginners Partial Solar Eclipse Viewing Learn the basics of this awesome visual T – 8/7, 7 pm, Monday Join a librarian to watch the partial solar CH – 8/23, 11 am, Wednesday website. Computer skills and email Healthy Summer Eating eclipse, and play themed games at the Total Toddler Time address required. REG Join a ShopRite dietician in making Island Heights Pavilion. Come enjoy stories, music and healthy and delicious summer foods. movement. Ages 18 – 36 months. REG CH – 8/29, 12 pm, Tuesday Ages 12 – 17. REG CH – 8/25, 3:30 pm, Friday DIY Puzzles Paws for Reading T – 8/23, 2:30 pm, Wednesday Design and decorate your very own CH – 8/8, 2 pm, Tuesday Readers are invited to read to our DIY Gnome Banks 8” x 10” puzzle. REG Flower Arranging with Whiting loveable therapy dogs. Ages up to 12. Paint your own mini-gnome bank and Flower Shoppe REG start saving your pennies. Ages 12 – 18. CH – 8/30, 11 am, Wednesday Attendees will be leaving with their own REG Baby & Me flower design. Ages 8 – 12. REG FR – 8/28, 7 pm, Monday Share stories, rhymes, and movement Friends of the Island Heights Library BD – 8/23, 7:30 pm, Wednesday with your little one. Ages 6 – 18 months CH – 8/9, 10:30 am, Wednesday Meeting The Orchardist with caregiver. REG Baby Time The Friends of the Island Heights Book by Amanda Coplin. Stories, fingerplays, and songs for Library welcome new members. Join us. C – 8/31, 11 am, Thursday children up to 18 months. REG C – 8/24, 11 am, Thursday Internet Beyond the Basics CH/TW – 8/31, 3 pm, Thursday Introduction to the Internet Take the next step and learn advanced T/A – 8/11, 3 pm, Friday Edible Architecture Learn how to access and browse the techniques. Mouse and Internet skills DIY Sugar Scrub Build with delicious materials. Internet. Computer mouse experience required. REG Design a relaxing sugar scrub to take Ages 8 – 15. REG required. REG home and enjoy. REG

10 27 BD – 8/8, 1 pm, Tuesday POINT BOROUGH JACKSON The Beautiful Mystery 732-295-1555 732-928-4400 Book by Louise Penny. Please Register Please Register MKR/T – 8/8, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Tuesday Teen Cuisine: DIY Chocolate Bar ED – 8/1 – 8/31 CH – Pick up a complete listing of Ages 12 – 18. REG Arts & Education Center Student summer programs and sign up for Exhibit (Meeting Room); Summer Reading at the Children’s F/CH – 8/9, 10:30 am, Wednesday Vintage Camera Collection by Lauren Desk. Read books all summer for a A – 8/8, 2 pm, Tuesday Silly Joe Sings! Connelly (Large Display Case); chance to spin the wheel and win prizes. Broadway Tunes with Cathy and All ages. REG Shell Collection by Jennifer Meade Michael Chimenti (Small Display Case). BD – 8/1, 7 pm, Tuesday Join us for a free concert of beloved MKR/TW/T – 8/9, 2:30 pm – 4 pm, Friday Night Knitting Club Broadway hits and anecdotes from two Wednesday CH – 8/1, 11 am, Tuesday Book by Kate Jacobs. seasoned veterans of the New York Recycled Craft: Crayons OCL Puppet Show Players Present: stage. REG Ages 11 – 16. REG 5-Minute Star Wars™ Stories MKR/T – 8/1, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, All the excitement of the original Star Tuesday CH – 8/9, 2 pm, Wednesday MKR/TW/T – 8/10, 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm, Wars trilogy, but with puppets. Teen Cuisine: Will It Waffle? Edible Architecture Thursday Ages 3 and up. REG Experiment with foods you would not Build magnificent monuments with a Techno Thursday: Learn to Solder expect to cook in a waffle iron. variety of snack foods. Your creation Ages 11 – 16. REG CH – 8/2, 4 pm, Wednesday Ages 12 – 18. REG Read to the Dogs may just win a prize. Ages 6 – 11. REG A – 8/10, 2:30 pm, Thursday Kids can drop in and read books out MKR/TW/T – 8/2, 2:30 pm – 4 pm, CH – 8/14, 11 am, Monday Afternoon Film: La La Land loud to our cuddly canines. Wednesday Alex & the Kaleidoscope: Winner of 6 Academy Emoji Magnets Live in Concert Awards, and 7 Golden A – 8/3, 8/17, 7:30 pm, Thursdays Use a 3D pen to draw an emoji and add Join Emmy® winner Alex Mitnick for an Globe Awards. An actress Adult Writers Group a magnet. Ages 11 – 16. REG Explore your writing skills in a fun, interactive concert designed to teach and a jazz musician and uplift. Ages 3 and up. REG pursuing their dreams friendly, informal setting. F/CH – 8/2, 7 pm, Wednesday find each other in a Traveling Lantern Presents: T – 8/7, 8/21, Mondays T – 8/14, 1:15 pm, Monday The Ribbles Build a Residence celebration of hope, Take & Make No-Sew T-Shirt Bags REG dreams, and love. Drop by the Teen Zone today to grab Bring an old t-shirt and we’ll help you (PG-13) 128 minutes. REG a DIY craft kit. First come, first served. turn it into a cool new tote bag. MKR/TW/T – 8/3, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Ages 12 – 18. Ages 12 – 18. REG Thursday MKR/CH – 8/10, 7 pm, Thursday Techno Thursday: Blockly Make It! Clay Jewelry from New A – 8/7, 6 pm, Monday FR – 8/15, 1:30 pm, Tuesday Learn to use Blockly, by trying puzzles, Zealand Dessert & a Movie: Monthly Friends Meeting mazes, and games to explore. Ages 6 – 12. REG xXx: Return of Xander Cage All are welcome to attend. Ages 11 – 16. REG In pursuit of a doomsday device, secret MKR/A – 8/11, 2 pm, Friday agent Xander Cage and his crew CH – 8/16, 11 am, Wednesday A – 8/7, 8/21, 6:30 pm, Mondays Festive Friday: Fiber Wall Art uncover a dangerous plot. The Library will Building 4 Babies Knit-Chat-Chain Volunteers Create a colorful wall. Supplies will be provide dessert. (PG-13) 103 min. REG Drop in for some open block building Items are donated to hospitals. provided. Note: This program involves with your little one. Ages 6 – 36 months standing for a long period of time. F – 8/8, 11 am, Tuesday with caregiver. REG CH – 8/8, 10:30 am, Tuesday Ages 18 and up. REG Stories in the Park Magic Workshop Pack a picnic for a special storytime in BD – 8/16, 6 pm, Wednesday Ages 7 – 12. REG A – 8/14, 8/28, 10 am, Mondays Campbell Park. If it rains, we will hold it The Girls of Atomic City Knit-Chat-Chain Volunteers indoors. REG Join Open Our Mind Book Club to Items are donated to hospitals. 26 discuss this book by Denise Kiernan. 11 T – 8/14, 6 pm – 7 pm, Monday T – 8/21, 10 am – 2 pm, Monday CH/T/F – 8/11, 2 pm, Friday Introduction to Meditation for Teens 8/22, 5 pm – 9 pm, Tuesday POINT BEACH Fantastic Beasts and Where Learn different methods for calmness 8/24, 5 pm – 9 pm, Thursday 732-892-4575 to Find Them and focus. Comfortable clothing 8/28, 10 am – 2 pm, Monday (PG-13) 133 min. REG required. Ages 12 – 18. REG 8/30, 1 pm – 5 pm, Wednesday Please Register Shelf Reading Session CH – 8/14, 11 am, Monday MKR/T – 8/15, 6:30 pm – 8 pm, Earn volunteer hours. Please bring a Messy Art ED – Curio Display Tuesday signed volunteer application to your first Messy art and craft activities for children Origami Display Teen Cuisine: Great Grains shelf reading session. Ages 12 – 18. REG with a caregiver. Ages up to 4 years. ShopRite Nutritionist Jenn Klein will REG CH/F – 8/1, 7 pm, Tuesday teach you to make a Tex-Mex quinoa A – 8/21, 6 pm, Monday Sciencetellers: salad. Ages 12 – 18. REG Evening Film: Beauty and the Beast A – 8/14, 8/28, 1 pm, Mondays Tall Ships & Pirate Tales Live action retelling of an old classic for Stitch at the Beach Set sail with a thrilling adventure. REG MKR/TW/T – 8/16, 2:30 pm – 4 pm, a contemporary audience. REG Wednesday (PG) 129 minutes. REG T – 8/2, 11:30 am, Wednesday Zen Garden A/T – 8/15, 6 pm, Tuesday Build With Strawbees® Find peace by making a desktop MKR/CH – 8/21, 7 pm, Monday Pickin’ at Point Create with straws, cardboard, and garden. Ages 11 – 16. REG 3D Party Strawbees®. REG Ages 6 – 12. REG CH/F – 8/16, 3 pm, Wednesday CH – 8/16, 7 pm, Wednesday Learn to Quilt CH/F – 8/3, 3 pm, Thursday Puppy Power Helen Carver will teach children and Local Children’s Author Pat Richel Come meet Seeing Eye dogs. families how to quilt. REG Pat Richel will share her story Patsy the Ages 5 and up. REG Seagull’s Return to Happiness Lake. BD – 8/17, 12 pm, Thursday REG MKR/TW/T – 8/17, 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm, Literature & Lunch Thursday T – 8/23, 7 pm – 8:30 pm, Wednesday Brooklyn by Colm Toibin. REG CH/F – 8/4, 3 pm, Friday Techno Thursday: Design with LEDs College Application Essay Workshop Franklin Institute Presents: Ages 11 – 16. REG All About Writing’s Christa Riddle will CH – 8/21, 3:30 pm, Monday Life In Space offer advice from prompt selection LEGO® Club Embark on a trip to space. REG MKR/CH – 8/17, 7 pm, Thursday through the final editing and Sponsored by Friends of the Point Make it! Kawaii Cute Bento Boxes proofreading process. For teens Pleasant Beach Library. Drop in. CH/T – 8/7 – 8/12, Monday – Saturday Ages 7 – 12. REG entering grades 11 and 12. REG LEGO® Architecture Contest: BD – 8/22, 7 pm, Tuesday Voting Week FR – 8/17, 7 pm, Thursday A – 8/24, 6:30 pm, Thursday Book Discussion Friends Meeting Jackson Writers Group The Wright Brothers by David CH/F – 8/7, 3:45 pm, Monday All are welcome to attend. For all writers, published or not, who McCullough. REG OCL Puppet Show Players Present: want to share their work. 5-Minute Star Wars™ Stories MKR/CH – 8/18, 10:30 am, Friday REG CH/F – 8/25, 2 pm, Friday Maker Mornings: Mini Makers A – 8/29, 10 am – 11:30 am, Tuesday The Secret Life of Pets Ages 4 – 8. REG Coloring for Adults CH/T – 8/8, 7 pm, Tuesday (PG) 87 min. REG Supplies provided along with light Campfire Stories A – 8/19, 2 pm, Saturday refreshments and music. REG Set up camp and listen to stories. A – 8/29, 7 pm, Tuesday The Desperados: Musical Concert Ages 8 and up. REG Custom Blend Bluegrass Band This Jersey Shore 4-piece musical T – 8/29, 7 pm – 8 pm, Tuesday Joe Zavacki, Paul and Maria Petrone group will perform the greatest hits of Volunteer Opportunities for Teens at CH – 8/10, 11 am, Thursday will perform a fun, family bluegrass/ the Eagles, Neil Young, Tom Petty, and Jackson Branch Star Wars™ Jedi Training Academy country/soft rock concert. REG Fleetwood Mac. REG Learn about volunteering during the Do you have what it takes to become a school year. Parents should attend with, Jedi? Ages 5 – 12. REG CH/F – 8/31, 2 pm, Thursday not in place of, their teen. Ages 12 – 18. Crafternoon Buffet REG Drop-in craft. 12 25 CH – 8/16, 6:30 pm, Wednesday A – 8/2, 2 pm, Wednesday PLUMSTED LEGO® Club LACEY DIY Rock Cactus ® 609-758-7888 Join us for some LEGO building fun. 609-693-8566 Make your own cactus. No upkeep We supply the bricks. Ages 4 and up. required. Materials will be provided. Please Register REG Please Register REG

T – 8/16, 7 pm – 8:30 pm, F – 8/2, 7 pm, Wednesday C – 8/1 – 8/31 ED – 8/1 – 8/31 Wednesday Puppy Power One-on-One Computer Classes Meeting Room Art Teen Game Night Presented by Ocean County 4-H Seeing Available by appointment only. Lacey S.A.I.L. Teens Come and play Eye Club. REG games provided BD – 8/2, 6 pm, Wednesday C – 8/1 – 8/31 by the library, or A – 8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24, 8/31, 12 pm, End of Your Life Book Club One-on-One Computer Instruction bring your favorite Thursdays Book by Will Schwalbe. The inspiring Assistance with computers, library ones. Ages 12 – 18. Mah Jongg Mavens & Masters story of a son and his dying mother, resources, eReaders and tablets. Have you always wanted to learn how who form a book club that brings them Available by appointment only. A – 8/21, 3 pm, Monday to play Mah Jongg? You can learn by together as her life comes to a close. Please call. Book Café watching seasoned players. Do you Join the group as they talk about new already know? Either way, come join us. A – 8/1, 8/15, 2 pm, Tuesdays books and authors as well as discuss Chair Yoga for Seniors past favorites. REG T – 8/3, 7 pm, Thursday A gentle yoga practice for adults with Murder on the Boardwalk: limited mobility. Taught by Nancy Bonta A – 8/24, 1:30 pm, Thursday A 1920s Murder Mystery Party Voitko, certified yoga instructor.REG Artists’ Workshop See the teen librarian for your character Cross-stitch, yarn projects, sewing, if you’d like to be part of this murder A – 8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29, 6:30 pm, what would you like to work on? Bring a mystery party set in the roaring Tuesdays project, relax, and visit with us. twenties. REG English Conversation Group Practice English in an informal setting. CH – 8/25, 10 am, Friday A – 8/5, 9:30 am, Saturday Pre-School Storytime Knitting & Crocheting Join us for stories, games, and a fun Come join in – bring your yarn and craft. Ages 3 – 5. REG needles or hooks, and make some new friends while you knit. All skill levels A – 8/9, 2 pm, Wednesday A – 8/30, 2 pm, Wednesday welcome. The Art of Flower Arrangements Classic Movie Matinee Tracy of the Whiting Flower Shoppe Enjoy the 1939 classic film The Wizard A – 8/5, 8/12, 8/19, 8/26, 9 am – 12 pm, teaches how to master flower of Oz starring Judy Garland. (G) Saturdays arrangements. Flowers and baskets 102 min. English Language Classes provided, bring clippers. REG T – 8/30, 6 pm – 7 pm, Wednesday A – 8/7, 12 pm and 1 pm, Monday A – 8/9, 7 pm – 8:45 pm, Wednesday Teen Anime Club Music and Movement with Friends Meet the Mayor Do you like anime, manga, or Japanese A musical program for adults with Schedule an appointment to meet F – 8/1, 6:30 pm, Tuesday culture? Come join the anime club. special needs and their caregivers. Mayor Trotta and Assemblyman Dancer. Charlotte’s Web: The Play Ages 12 and up. There are 2 sessions – please register Please call 609-758-7888. The Lacey River Theatre Company for one session only. REG proudly presents Charlotte’s Web, a one T – 8/30, 7 pm – 8 pm, Wednesday T – 8/14, 6 pm, Monday act version of the beloved story by E. B. TAB MKR/T – 8/7, 3 pm, Mondays Teen Murder Mystery White, adapted by Joseph Robinette. If you are a teen in grades 7 – 12, join Tween Maker Mondays Participate in an interactive mystery This production will incorporate puppets us to see what TAB is all about. Every Monday we will have a fun new game. Ages 12 and up. REG with live actors to tell the timeless tale of craft to try. Ages 11 and up. REG love and friendship. REG

24 13 F – 8/8, 5:30 pm, Tuesday A – 8/16, 2 pm, Wednesday T/A – 8/21, 2 pm, Monday Meet the Mayor Color Me Calm – Adult Coloring Ocean Hazards: Stop in and meet the mayor in an Drop on by and take an afternoon break Sharks vs. Rip Currents informal setting. from the summer heat with some Dr. Amy Williams of Stevens Institute of coloring fun. Technology and NJ Sea Grant A – 8/9, 2 pm, Wednesday Consortium will present public safety National Book Lover’s Day T – 8/19, 2 pm, Saturday information about rip currents and fun Come celebrate a day made for all Teen Book Swap facts about sharks. REG those who love to read. We will highlight Bring your favorite books to swap with some of our staff’s top picks and your favorite friends. Ages 13 – 18. REG A – 8/22, 10 am – 11 am, Tuesday give you a chance to tell us your own Beginner Modern Dance for Adults recommendations. Let us find our next BD – 8/21, 1 pm, Monday This class combines both modern dance great book. REG Ordinary Grace and exercise to fun and rhythmic music. Book by William Kent Krueger. Copies of Bring a yoga mat or towel. REG A – 8/11, 1 pm, Friday the book are available at the circulation Afternoon Film: A Dog’s Purpose desk. A – 8/23, 12:30 pm, 3:15 pm or 6 pm, A dog looks to discover his purpose in Wednesday life over the course of several lifetimes A – 8/23, 6 pm, Wednesday Feature Film: The Promise Beauty and the Beast August 2nd and owners. (PG) 120 min. Evening Film: The Shack The Promise follows a love triangle set 12:30, 3:15, or 6:00 pm A grieving man receives a mysterious, during the last days of the Ottoman Hud CH/T – 8/15, 4:30 pm, Tuesday personal invitation to meet with God at a Empire. (PG-13) 133 min. August 3rd Let’s Make Art place called “The Shack.” (PG-13) 1:00 pm Heather Popielarczyk will teach art to 132 min. A – 8/26, 2 pm, Saturday special needs children and their siblings. Dave Deluca’s One-Man Musical Ages 8 – 16. REG CH – 8/24, 4 pm – 5 pm, Thursday Tribute Celebrating the 100th Paws for Reading Anniversary of the Birth of Dean Martin Practice reading to the therapy dogs. Dave presents a glimpse into Martin’s REG career as a comedian and film star and will perform some of his signature T – 8/24, 7 pm, Thursday songs. Teen Retro Gaming Come and play classic board games A – 8/30, 12:30 pm, 3:15 pm or 6 pm, Life such as Battleship, Clue, and Sorry. Wednesday August 9th Ages 11 – 17. REG Feature Film: Kong: Skull Island 12:30, 3:15, or 6:00 pm A team of scientists, soldiers and The Zookeeper’s Wife th A – 8/28, 2 pm – 7 pm, Monday adventurers explore a mythical, August 16 American Red Cross Blood Drive uncharted island in the Pacific. 12:30, 3:15, or 6:00 pm Please make an appointment to donate (PG-13) 118 min. blood at the Lacey branch. Visit redcrossblood.org or call 609-693-8566. A – 8/31, 7 pm, Thursday Author Talk and Book Signing with A – 8/30, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Healing Medium, Anysia Marcell Kiel Jersey Shore Weather 101 Published author and Ocean County FR – 8/15, 6 pm, Tuesday Learn all about basic meteorology, what resident, Anysia Marcell Kiel, will share Friends Fundraising Paint Party goes into weather forecasting for the her experience teaching people how Support the library and learn to paint Jersey Shore, and explore an overview to clear illness and ailments in a non- your own summer scene in acrylics. Led of the largest, historical storms that have invasive, peaceful way. Her new book, The Promise by classical artist, Nancy Bonta Voitko. hit our area. Presented by Jonathan Discovering the Healer Within, will be August 23rd $25 payable at time of registration. Must Carr, weather enthusiast and founder of available for purchase. REG 12:30, 3:15, or 6:00 pm register in person at the Lacey Branch. Weather NJ. REG Kong: Skull Island August 30th 14 12:30, 3:15, or 6:00 pm 23 A – 8/8, 3:30 pm – 5 pm, Tuesday CH – 8/1, 6 pm, Tuesday MANCHESTER Advanced French Club LAKEWOOD Bilingual Storytime 732-657-7600 This conversation group is for fluent or 732-363-1435 Ages 3 – 10. bilingual speakers. REG Please Register Please Register C – 8/2, 10 am, Wednesday A – 8/9, 12:30 pm, 3:15 pm or 6 pm, Coding – HTML and CSS Wednesday For teens and adults. REG C – Technology Assistance T – 7/1 – 8/31 Feature Film: Life Please call for an appointment. Summer Art Contest The crew of the International Space All art mediums accepted. See staff for CH/F – 8/2, 3 pm, Wednesday Station discovers evidence of Traveling Lantern Presents: BD – 8/1, 10:15 am – 11:30 am, details. Ages 8 – 18. extraterrestrial life on Mars but their The Ribbles Build a Residence Tuesday research methods have unintended Help the Ribbles plan and build a new The Astronaut Wives Club C – 8/1 – 8/31 consequences. (R) 104 min. home. Book by Lily Koppel. Librarian by Appointment Call ext. 2100 to register. A – 8/10, 10 am – 11 am, Thursday C – 8/3, 10 am, Thursday Beginner Ballet for Adults T – All weekdays in August, 12 pm Word I This class combines ballet and exercise. Teen Movie Matinées Add and edit text to documents, save, Wear comfortable clothing, socks or and print. REG ballet slippers. REG MKR/T – 3 pm, all Mondays Maker Mondays T – 8/3, 10 am, Thursday A – 8/10, 8/24, 2 pm – 4 pm, Thursdays The Outsiders Book Discussion Chicks with Sticks – Knitting and A – 6:30 pm, all Mondays and Movie Crocheting Group A – 8/1, 8/15, 2 pm – 4 pm, Tuesdays English Conversation Group Bring your yarn, needles, and current CH – 8/3, 3:30 pm, Thursday Writer’s Circle Practice speaking English. projects. All skill levels welcome. Read to Certified Therapy Dogs Writers of all genres meet to discuss Ages 5 – 9. REG writing issues and critique their work. CH/F – 10 am, all Tuesdays A – 8/11, 8/25, 1 pm – 3 pm, Fridays Open Play – Child and Adult Quilting Bee CH/TW/T – 8/3, 5:30 pm, Thursday A – 8/2, 12:30 pm, 3:15 pm or 6 pm, We have the toys. Ages 0 – 4. Quilters work on individual and group Gaming Wednesday projects. Play video games. Ages 6 – 16. Feature Film: Beauty and the Beast CH/F – 1:30 pm, all Fridays A live-action re-telling of Disney’s Friday Fun Crafts A – 8/16, 12:30 pm, 3:15 pm or 6 pm, CH/TW/T/F – 8/4, 11 am, Friday animated classic. (PG) 129 min. Wednesday A – 9 am, all Saturdays Zoom Balloons for All Feature Film: The Zookeeper’s Wife A – 8/3, 1 pm, Thursday Free English Language Classes A married couple who work as zoo T – 8/4, 12 pm – 4 pm, Friday Throwback Thursday – Hud Register with the instructor in person caretakers help save Jews from the Lakewood Friends Book Sale (1963) Paul Newman portrays a selfish, before class. Holocaust. (PG-13) 124 min. cynical son of a highly principled rancher CH – 8/5, 2 pm, Saturday in contemporary Texas. (NR) 112 min. CH – Mondays, Tuesdays, A – 8/17, 2 pm – 4 pm, Thursday Wednesdays, Thursdays Perler Beads Book Chat Make cool pixel art. Ages 6 – 12. A – 8/4, 8/11, 8/18, 8/25, 12 pm, Fridays Reading Buddies Share with others books you have Chess Club Practice reading with teens. For kids recently read. going into grades 1 – 4. REG T – 8/7, 9 am – 12 pm, Monday Play in the Community Corner. Collaborative Bottle Cap Mural A – 8/18, 2 pm – 4 pm, Friday A – 8/8, 2 pm – 3:30 pm, Tuesday CH/TW – 8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 2:30 pm, Calming Coloring CH/F/TW – 8/7, 8/21, 8/28, 2 pm Beginner/Intermediate French Club: Tuesdays Be creative, relive stress, and have fun. Family Movie Mondays Passé Composé Review Teen Tuesdays Supplies provided. REG This conversation group is for Teens lead activities for kids. Ages 5 – 18. CH/TW – 8/7, 7 pm, Monday beginners. We will review the past tense Paper Quilling using regular and irregular verbs. REG Curled paper art. Ages 8 – 12. REG 22 15 C – 8/8, 10 am, Tuesday CH/TW – 8/10, 3 pm, Thursday F – 8/15, 10 am, Tuesday Hoopla – Free Movies, Music, Safe Routes to the Library Photographs and Your PC eBooks and More Ages 8 – 11. REG Photographer Marc Lipman will show Active library card required. REG you various ways to organize, edit, CH – 8/10, 6 pm, Thursday display, and print your pictures. His CH/TW/T – 8/8, 6 pm, Tuesday Build a Better World: Campfire Stories career experience in the field of Make It: Healthy Cooking Ages 4 – 12. computers, along with his love of travel, Ages 8 – 16. REG has led him to develop practical and T – 8/11, 2 pm, Friday efficient methods for organizing and T – 8/9, 10 am, Wednesday Make It: S’mores saving photos. REG Drop-in: Collaborative Coloring F – 8/11, 3 pm, Friday A – 8/9, 8/23, 12 pm, Wednesdays Ed Goldberg and the Odessa Lakewood Crochet Klezmer Band Bring your current projects. An eclectic mix of Eastern European and Middle Eastern tunes. REG T – 8/9, 1 pm, Wednesday FR – 8/15, 2 pm – 4 pm, Tuesday F – 8/23, 7 pm, Wednesday Circuit Bugs CH – 8/12, 10:30 am, Saturday Friends Book Sale Adventures Along the Jersey Shore Make light up bugs. Ages 12 – 18. Hello Kitty Day Activities Get six books for $1 and help the Legend and lore abound in New Ages 6 – 11. Friends of the Island Library continue Jersey’s mysterious Pine Barrens and MKR/CH/TW/T – 8/9, 8/16, 8/30, to provide great programs and support. its storied Atlantic coast. Authors Dave 2:30 pm, Wednesdays CH – 8/12, 2 pm, Saturday Drop in. Hart and John Calu bring that history Maker Play Build It, Eat It to life in their contemporary adventure Play with Maker toys. Ages 8 – 16. Ages 4 – 12. REG F – 8/16, 6 pm, Wednesday series that culminates in a final exciting Painted Poetry IV Reception & tale on Long Beach Island at the height T – 8/9, 8/16, 8/23, 8/30, 5:30 pm, CH – 8/14, 2 pm, Readings of Hurricane Sandy. Their presentation Wednesdays Monday A unique art and poetry exhibit where will include readings from their books Video Game Club Build a Pizza artists and poets have worked together and a Q&A. REG Ages 5 – 12. REG to create paintings based on poetry, and CH/TW – 8/9, 6 pm, Wednesday poetry based on paintings. All collaborative TW/T – 8/25, 10 am, Friday Science Experiments C – 8/15, 10 am, Tuesday works are exhibited together, producing Little Guy CGI Ages 6 – 12. REG Excel I an extremely interesting show. Join us for an introduction to Blender, Learn to edit a spreadsheet. REG 6 pm: All are invited to a reception for the open source 3D animation software. A – 8/9, 6 pm, Wednesday the month-long exhibit. Ages 12 – 18. REG Living with Alzheimer’s: CH/TW – 8/15, 6 pm, Tuesday 7 pm: Poets will read their artwork- For the Early Stage Caregiver DIY Woven Bookmark inspired poetry. REG A – 8/25, 1 pm, Friday Learn symptoms, resource planning Ages 8 – 12. REG Friday Afternoon Movie: and the components of a care team A – 8/18, 1 pm, Friday The Princess Bride for Alzheimer’s. Followed by training T – 8/16, 10 am, Wednesday Friday Afternoon Movie: While home sick in bed, a young boy’s to facilitate an Alzheimer’s caregiver Cook It! Breakfast Muppet Treasure Island grandfather reads him a story called support group at 7:30 pm. Presented by The Muppets’ twist on the classic tale. The Princess Bride. (PG) 98 min. REG the Alzheimer’s Association. REG A – 8/16, 11 am, Wednesday (G) 99 min. REG Lakewood Writers Group F – 8/28, 6:30 pm, Monday T – 8/10, 8/24, 11 am, Thursdays Fine tune your writing skills. REG F – 8/21, 6:30 pm, Monday Monday Night Movie: Gardening Club Monday Night Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: CH/TW/T – 8/16, 6 pm, Wednesday Pirates of Penzance The Curse of the Black Pearl T – 8/10, 1:30 pm, Thursday Family Movie night An adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with Manga + Anime Club Rock Dog (PG) 90 min. comic operetta of the same name, with eccentric pirate Captain Jack Sparrow to parts of their other operettas stirred in. save his love from Jack’s former pirate (G) 112 min. REG allies. (PG-13) 133 min. REG 16 21 A – 8/4, 1 pm, Friday A – 8/16, 6:30 pm, Wednesday CH/TW – 8/24, 3:30 pm, Thursday LONG BEACH ISLAND Friday Afternoon Movie: Caramel Adult Craft Make Glitter Playdough A romantic comedy centered on the Sunflower wreaths. REG Ages 8 – 12. REG 609-494-2480 daily lives of five Lebanese women living Please Register in Beirut. (PG) 96 min. REG T – 8/17, 11 am, Thursday T – 8/24, 5:30 pm, Thursday Make It: Soldering Games Fantastic Beasts and Where CH/F – 8/7, 10 am, Monday F/CH – 8/17, 3 pm, Thursday to Find Them (PG-13) 133 min. ED – 8/1 – 8/31 StoryWalk® on the Island Ocean County Parks Painted Poetry Exhibit Join us at Bayview Park in Brant Beach Know our local parks. All ages. REG T – 8/25, 2 pm, Friday for our inaugural StoryWalk® and a craft. End of S.A.I.L. Party A – 8/1, 11 am, Tuesday The story can be read all week at the T – 8/17, 5:30 pm, Thursday Blood Pressure Screening park. Drop in. Light It! Circuit Creation CH/TW – 8/26, 2 pm, Saturday Free blood pressure screening by the LED lights and an Arduino. Make It: Lip Balm Long Beach Island Health Department. CH – 8/8, 10 am, Tuesday Ages 8 – 12. REG Drop in. Build It Up CH/TW – 8/17, 6 pm, Thursday Join us for block play and crafts. For Kids Can Knit: Basic Skills Class C – 8/28, 10 am, Monday FR – 8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29, 1 pm, children of all ages. REG Ages 8 – 14. REG Typing Tuesdays Improve your skills. REG Adult Writers’ Group CH/F – 8/9, 7 pm, Wednesday T – 8/18, 2:30 pm, Friday All are welcome. Sponsored by the Pajama Party in the Park! Escape Room CH/TW – 8/28, 6 pm, Monday Friends of the Island Library. Join us for storytime at Bayview Park in Sunset Silhouettes Brant Beach. This is an outdoor drop-in CH/F – 8/18, 3:30 pm, Friday Watercolor art. Ages 6 – 12. REG TW/T – 8/2, 2:30 pm, Wednesday event for children of all ages. In the case OCL Puppet Show Players Present: T(w)een Cupcake Contest of rain, storytime will be held at the Long 5-Minute Star Wars™ Stories C – 8/29, 10 am, Tuesday Decorate a cupcake based on your Beach Island Branch. Excel® II favorite book. For ages 10 and up. CH/TW – 8/19, 2:30 pm, Saturday Math functions and more. REG A – 8/11, 1 pm, Friday Cookie Baking F – 8/2, 7 pm, Wednesday Friday Afternoon Movie: Ages 6 – 12. REG C – 8/30, 10 am, Wednesday Family BINGO! Captain Blood Lynda.com® Join us for BINGO and win a prize. REG After being wrongly convicted as CH/TW – 8/21, 5 pm, Monday Free video classes. Active library card a traitor, Peter Blood, an English Sewing 101 – Hand and Machine required. REG CH – 8/3, 11 am, Thursday physician, is sent to exile in the British Ages 8 – 14. REG Turtle Dance Music Concert colonies of the Caribbean, where he CH/TW/T – 8/30, 6 pm, Wednesday Sensory-friendly music, bubble and becomes a pirate. (NR) 119 min. REG BD – 8/22, 11 am, Tuesday Twister Marathon comedy show. Ages 2 and up. REG The Girls of Atomic City Ages 6 – 16. F – 8/14, 7 pm, Monday A – 8/3, 1 pm, Thursday Barnegat Light Historical Museum C – 8/23, 10 am, Wednesday A – 8/30, 6 pm, Wednesday Poets’ Studio Learn everything you wanted to know Basic Mouse Skills Foreign Film Night: My Love, Whether you are an accomplished poet about Barnegat Light from Karen Larson Don’t Cross that River or a new one, wish to write or to hone a of the Barnegat Light Historical Society T – 8/23, 10 am, Wednesday This South Korean film tracks a couple poem, our monthly workshop will inspire and Museum, and others about old Mash It! Potato Play who have lived and loved together for you. Poet Richard Morgan believes hotels, the lighthouse, and the Fresnel 76 years. It became the most successful poetry is in everyone. REG lens with historic photos of landmarks. CH/TW – 8/23, 3 pm, Wednesday Korean independent documentary of all Former students will talk about life and Learn Basic Yoga Skills time. Bring your dinner; we will supply CH – 8/4, 9:30 am, Friday attending the Barnegat Light School, Ages 8 – 12. REG refreshments. (R) 86 min. REG Wigglers & Walkers which is now the museum. Hear Foster little one’s motor, sensory, and about Karen’s brother, Karter, and his C – 8/24, 10 am, Thursday CH – 8/31, 2:30 pm, Tuesday social skills. Join us for books, rhymes, ® adventure of going to sea at the Word II Make Awesome Snacks songs, and movement, followed by age of 8. REG Page numbers, bulleted lists, and more. Soft pretzels and energy snacks. playtime. Ages up to 2 years. REG REG Ages 8 – 12. REG 20 17 T – 8/9, 1 pm, Wednesday BD – 8/17, 7 pm, Thursday LITTLE EGG HARBOR Teen Writers Group Marvelous Sleuths Book Club Fine tune your writing skills and develop Among the Wicked by Linda Castillo. 609-294-1197 some new ones. Discuss fiction, Please pick up a copy at the circulation Please Register memoir, and poetry. We will also be desk. discussing the possibility of a fall journal. C – 8/18, 10 am, Friday A – BY APPOINTMENT ONLY A – 8/9, 8/23, 1 pm, Wednesdays Microsoft Word Career Guidance and Job Search Mah Jongg at the Library Open documents, add and edit text, Assistance by Appointment Please bring your current year gaming alter fonts, change text alignment, save, Meet with a librarian one-on-one to cards and game sets. print and more. navigate NJ’s new Career Connections website. Call for an appointment. A – 8/9, 6:30 pm, Monday MKR/T – 8/18, 12 pm, Friday Funded by the NJ Department of Labor A – 8/2, 6 pm, Tuesday Path to Employment – Starting Your Teen Maker Event: Solar Energy and Workforce Development Career Dementia Conversations Job Search Learn to create and build things that can Connections grant. Please join the Alzheimer’s Association An in-depth orientation that includes benefit your community. to share tips for having difficult setting effective career goals. Traditional A – BY APPOINTMENT ONLY conversations around some of the most work search methods and how to develop T – 8/21, 1 pm, Monday One-on-One Computer Chats & common issues that arise regarding job search plans are also discussed. Solar Eclipse Party eBooks at the Library Alzheimer’s or other dementia, and Funded by the New Jersey Department Come get a free pair of glasses and Call the Little Egg Harbor Branch to to connect attendees with helpful of Labor and Workforce Development watch the solar eclipse. There will also schedule an appointment. Limit one resources. Career Connections grant. REG be snacks and games. session a month per person. T – 8/4, 2 pm, Friday C – 8/11, 11:30 am, Friday A – 8/22, 10:30 am, Tuesday A – BY APPOINTMENT ONLY Learn Coding: Animation Microsoft Publisher Friends of the Little Egg Harbor One-on-One Genealogy Class Students will animate a basic walk Learn to create flyers, postcards, and Library Call the Little Egg Harbor Branch to cycle using a premade character with a more. Please join the Friends of the Little Egg schedule an appointment. Limit one rigging system. Students will learn the Harbor Township Library. session a month per person. basic principles of animation as well C – 8/14, 12:30 pm, Monday as the essentials of 3D animation and Google Docs A – 8/23, 6:30 pm, Wednesday A – 7 pm, Tuesdays having the ability to have a character Learn to access and edit documents in Adulting 101 English Conversation Group move about through 3D space. Google Drive. Do you know how to do the basics? Could you benefit from a refresher A – 6:30 pm, Wednesdays CH – 8/5, 11 am – 1 pm, Saturday BD – 8/15, 1 pm, Tuesday course? Join us. This month learn about Get Your Knit On: Knit Night Chess Classes with LEH Chess Club Little Egg Harbor Book Discussion banking and money. Call the Little Egg Harbor Branch for dates. Introductory chess classes are being Everything We Keep by Kerry Lansdale. offered to children ages 7 and older. Please pick up a copy at the circulation C – 8/25, 12 pm, Friday A – 8/2, 2 pm, Wednesday desk. Resume Assistance Adult Coloring C – 8/7, 3:15 pm, Monday Make a new resume, or update an old Rediscover the joy Job/Career Workshop MKR/T – 8/15, 3 pm, Tuesday one. Let our experienced staff lend a of coloring. We’re Participant will learn the ins/outs of Teen Maker Event: Building hand. providing the coloring cover letters and resumes. Each Communities sheets and color, but attendee will leave with a new, updated Learn to create and build things that can A – 8/25, 2 pm, Friday feel free to bring your cover letter/resume. benefit your community. Family Fun Movie: Secret Life of Pets own. It will include This is a laugh out loud comedy about music and light T – 8/8, 6 pm, Tuesday A – 8/16, 1 pm – 3 pm, Wednesday pets getting in trouble. Snacks will be refreshments. Teen Art Reception Adult Coloring served. Stay after to meet some of the Sponsored by the Join us for the opening reception for the No need to register and refreshments real life pets who provide service to Friends of the Little teen artists who are having their worked will not be included. Sponsored by the humans. (PG) 87 min. Egg Harbor Library. REG displayed throughout August. Friends of the Little Egg Harbor Library. 18 19 T – 8/9, 1 pm, Wednesday BD – 8/17, 7 pm, Thursday LITTLE EGG HARBOR Teen Writers Group Marvelous Sleuths Book Club Fine tune your writing skills and develop Among the Wicked by Linda Castillo. 609-294-1197 some new ones. Discuss fiction, Please pick up a copy at the circulation Please Register memoir, and poetry. We will also be desk. discussing the possibility of a fall journal. C – 8/18, 10 am, Friday A – BY APPOINTMENT ONLY A – 8/9, 8/23, 1 pm, Wednesdays Microsoft Word Career Guidance and Job Search Mah Jongg at the Library Open documents, add and edit text, Assistance by Appointment Please bring your current year gaming alter fonts, change text alignment, save, Meet with a librarian one-on-one to cards and game sets. print and more. navigate NJ’s new Career Connections website. Call for an appointment. A – 8/9, 6:30 pm, Monday MKR/T – 8/18, 12 pm, Friday Funded by the NJ Department of Labor A – 8/2, 6 pm, Tuesday Path to Employment – Starting Your Teen Maker Event: Solar Energy and Workforce Development Career Dementia Conversations Job Search Learn to create and build things that can Connections grant. Please join the Alzheimer’s Association An in-depth orientation that includes benefit your community. to share tips for having difficult setting effective career goals. Traditional A – BY APPOINTMENT ONLY conversations around some of the most work search methods and how to develop T – 8/21, 1 pm, Monday One-on-One Computer Chats & common issues that arise regarding job search plans are also discussed. Solar Eclipse Party eBooks at the Library Alzheimer’s or other dementia, and Funded by the New Jersey Department Come get a free pair of glasses and Call the Little Egg Harbor Branch to to connect attendees with helpful of Labor and Workforce Development watch the solar eclipse. There will also schedule an appointment. Limit one resources. Career Connections grant. REG be snacks and games. session a month per person. T – 8/4, 2 pm, Friday C – 8/11, 11:30 am, Friday A – 8/22, 10:30 am, Tuesday A – BY APPOINTMENT ONLY Learn Coding: Animation Microsoft Publisher Friends of the Little Egg Harbor One-on-One Genealogy Class Students will animate a basic walk Learn to create flyers, postcards, and Library Call the Little Egg Harbor Branch to cycle using a premade character with a more. Please join the Friends of the Little Egg schedule an appointment. Limit one rigging system. Students will learn the Harbor Township Library. session a month per person. basic principles of animation as well C – 8/14, 12:30 pm, Monday as the essentials of 3D animation and Google Docs A – 8/23, 6:30 pm, Wednesday A – 7 pm, Tuesdays having the ability to have a character Learn to access and edit documents in Adulting 101 English Conversation Group move about through 3D space. Google Drive. Do you know how to do the basics? Could you benefit from a refresher A – 6:30 pm, Wednesdays CH – 8/5, 11 am – 1 pm, Saturday BD – 8/15, 1 pm, Tuesday course? Join us. This month learn about Get Your Knit On: Knit Night Chess Classes with LEH Chess Club Little Egg Harbor Book Discussion banking and money. Call the Little Egg Harbor Branch for dates. Introductory chess classes are being Everything We Keep by Kerry Lansdale. offered to children ages 7 and older. Please pick up a copy at the circulation C – 8/25, 12 pm, Friday A – 8/2, 2 pm, Wednesday desk. Resume Assistance Adult Coloring C – 8/7, 3:15 pm, Monday Make a new resume, or update an old Rediscover the joy Job/Career Workshop MKR/T – 8/15, 3 pm, Tuesday one. Let our experienced staff lend a of coloring. We’re Participant will learn the ins/outs of Teen Maker Event: Building hand. providing the coloring cover letters and resumes. Each Communities sheets and color, but attendee will leave with a new, updated Learn to create and build things that can A – 8/25, 2 pm, Friday feel free to bring your cover letter/resume. benefit your community. Family Fun Movie: Secret Life of Pets own. It will include This is a laugh out loud comedy about music and light T – 8/8, 6 pm, Tuesday A – 8/16, 1 pm – 3 pm, Wednesday pets getting in trouble. Snacks will be refreshments. Teen Art Reception Adult Coloring served. Stay after to meet some of the Sponsored by the Join us for the opening reception for the No need to register and refreshments real life pets who provide service to Friends of the Little teen artists who are having their worked will not be included. Sponsored by the humans. (PG) 87 min. Egg Harbor Library. REG displayed throughout August. Friends of the Little Egg Harbor Library. 18 19 A – 8/4, 1 pm, Friday A – 8/16, 6:30 pm, Wednesday CH/TW – 8/24, 3:30 pm, Thursday LONG BEACH ISLAND Friday Afternoon Movie: Caramel Adult Craft Make Glitter Playdough A romantic comedy centered on the Sunflower wreaths. REG Ages 8 – 12. REG 609-494-2480 daily lives of five Lebanese women living Please Register in Beirut. (PG) 96 min. REG T – 8/17, 11 am, Thursday T – 8/24, 5:30 pm, Thursday Make It: Soldering Games Fantastic Beasts and Where CH/F – 8/7, 10 am, Monday F/CH – 8/17, 3 pm, Thursday to Find Them (PG-13) 133 min. ED – 8/1 – 8/31 StoryWalk® on the Island Ocean County Parks Painted Poetry Exhibit Join us at Bayview Park in Brant Beach Know our local parks. All ages. REG T – 8/25, 2 pm, Friday for our inaugural StoryWalk® and a craft. End of S.A.I.L. Party A – 8/1, 11 am, Tuesday The story can be read all week at the T – 8/17, 5:30 pm, Thursday Blood Pressure Screening park. Drop in. Light It! Circuit Creation CH/TW – 8/26, 2 pm, Saturday Free blood pressure screening by the LED lights and an Arduino. Make It: Lip Balm Long Beach Island Health Department. CH – 8/8, 10 am, Tuesday Ages 8 – 12. REG Drop in. Build It Up CH/TW – 8/17, 6 pm, Thursday Join us for block play and crafts. For Kids Can Knit: Basic Skills Class C – 8/28, 10 am, Monday FR – 8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29, 1 pm, children of all ages. REG Ages 8 – 14. REG Typing Tuesdays Improve your skills. REG Adult Writers’ Group CH/F – 8/9, 7 pm, Wednesday T – 8/18, 2:30 pm, Friday All are welcome. Sponsored by the Pajama Party in the Park! Escape Room CH/TW – 8/28, 6 pm, Monday Friends of the Island Library. Join us for storytime at Bayview Park in Sunset Silhouettes Brant Beach. This is an outdoor drop-in CH/F – 8/18, 3:30 pm, Friday Watercolor art. Ages 6 – 12. REG TW/T – 8/2, 2:30 pm, Wednesday event for children of all ages. In the case OCL Puppet Show Players Present: T(w)een Cupcake Contest of rain, storytime will be held at the Long 5-Minute Star Wars™ Stories C – 8/29, 10 am, Tuesday Decorate a cupcake based on your Beach Island Branch. Excel® II favorite book. For ages 10 and up. CH/TW – 8/19, 2:30 pm, Saturday Math functions and more. REG A – 8/11, 1 pm, Friday Cookie Baking F – 8/2, 7 pm, Wednesday Friday Afternoon Movie: Ages 6 – 12. REG C – 8/30, 10 am, Wednesday Family BINGO! Captain Blood Lynda.com® Join us for BINGO and win a prize. REG After being wrongly convicted as CH/TW – 8/21, 5 pm, Monday Free video classes. Active library card a traitor, Peter Blood, an English Sewing 101 – Hand and Machine required. REG CH – 8/3, 11 am, Thursday physician, is sent to exile in the British Ages 8 – 14. REG Turtle Dance Music Concert colonies of the Caribbean, where he CH/TW/T – 8/30, 6 pm, Wednesday Sensory-friendly music, bubble and becomes a pirate. (NR) 119 min. REG BD – 8/22, 11 am, Tuesday Twister Marathon comedy show. Ages 2 and up. REG The Girls of Atomic City Ages 6 – 16. F – 8/14, 7 pm, Monday A – 8/3, 1 pm, Thursday Barnegat Light Historical Museum C – 8/23, 10 am, Wednesday A – 8/30, 6 pm, Wednesday Poets’ Studio Learn everything you wanted to know Basic Mouse Skills Foreign Film Night: My Love, Whether you are an accomplished poet about Barnegat Light from Karen Larson Don’t Cross that River or a new one, wish to write or to hone a of the Barnegat Light Historical Society T – 8/23, 10 am, Wednesday This South Korean film tracks a couple poem, our monthly workshop will inspire and Museum, and others about old Mash It! Potato Play who have lived and loved together for you. Poet Richard Morgan believes hotels, the lighthouse, and the Fresnel 76 years. It became the most successful poetry is in everyone. REG lens with historic photos of landmarks. CH/TW – 8/23, 3 pm, Wednesday Korean independent documentary of all Former students will talk about life and Learn Basic Yoga Skills time. Bring your dinner; we will supply CH – 8/4, 9:30 am, Friday attending the Barnegat Light School, Ages 8 – 12. REG refreshments. (R) 86 min. REG Wigglers & Walkers which is now the museum. Hear Foster little one’s motor, sensory, and about Karen’s brother, Karter, and his C – 8/24, 10 am, Thursday CH – 8/31, 2:30 pm, Tuesday social skills. Join us for books, rhymes, ® adventure of going to sea at the Word II Make Awesome Snacks songs, and movement, followed by age of 8. REG Page numbers, bulleted lists, and more. Soft pretzels and energy snacks. playtime. Ages up to 2 years. REG REG Ages 8 – 12. REG 20 17 C – 8/8, 10 am, Tuesday CH/TW – 8/10, 3 pm, Thursday F – 8/15, 10 am, Tuesday Hoopla – Free Movies, Music, Safe Routes to the Library Photographs and Your PC eBooks and More Ages 8 – 11. REG Photographer Marc Lipman will show Active library card required. REG you various ways to organize, edit, CH – 8/10, 6 pm, Thursday display, and print your pictures. His CH/TW/T – 8/8, 6 pm, Tuesday Build a Better World: Campfire Stories career experience in the field of Make It: Healthy Cooking Ages 4 – 12. computers, along with his love of travel, Ages 8 – 16. REG has led him to develop practical and T – 8/11, 2 pm, Friday efficient methods for organizing and T – 8/9, 10 am, Wednesday Make It: S’mores saving photos. REG Drop-in: Collaborative Coloring F – 8/11, 3 pm, Friday A – 8/9, 8/23, 12 pm, Wednesdays Ed Goldberg and the Odessa Lakewood Crochet Klezmer Band Bring your current projects. An eclectic mix of Eastern European and Middle Eastern tunes. REG T – 8/9, 1 pm, Wednesday FR – 8/15, 2 pm – 4 pm, Tuesday F – 8/23, 7 pm, Wednesday Circuit Bugs CH – 8/12, 10:30 am, Saturday Friends Book Sale Adventures Along the Jersey Shore Make light up bugs. Ages 12 – 18. Hello Kitty Day Activities Get six books for $1 and help the Legend and lore abound in New Ages 6 – 11. Friends of the Island Library continue Jersey’s mysterious Pine Barrens and MKR/CH/TW/T – 8/9, 8/16, 8/30, to provide great programs and support. its storied Atlantic coast. Authors Dave 2:30 pm, Wednesdays CH – 8/12, 2 pm, Saturday Drop in. Hart and John Calu bring that history Maker Play Build It, Eat It to life in their contemporary adventure Play with Maker toys. Ages 8 – 16. Ages 4 – 12. REG F – 8/16, 6 pm, Wednesday series that culminates in a final exciting Painted Poetry IV Reception & tale on Long Beach Island at the height T – 8/9, 8/16, 8/23, 8/30, 5:30 pm, CH – 8/14, 2 pm, Readings of Hurricane Sandy. Their presentation Wednesdays Monday A unique art and poetry exhibit where will include readings from their books Video Game Club Build a Pizza artists and poets have worked together and a Q&A. REG Ages 5 – 12. REG to create paintings based on poetry, and CH/TW – 8/9, 6 pm, Wednesday poetry based on paintings. All collaborative TW/T – 8/25, 10 am, Friday Science Experiments C – 8/15, 10 am, Tuesday works are exhibited together, producing Little Guy CGI Ages 6 – 12. REG Excel I an extremely interesting show. Join us for an introduction to Blender, Learn to edit a spreadsheet. REG 6 pm: All are invited to a reception for the open source 3D animation software. A – 8/9, 6 pm, Wednesday the month-long exhibit. Ages 12 – 18. REG Living with Alzheimer’s: CH/TW – 8/15, 6 pm, Tuesday 7 pm: Poets will read their artwork- For the Early Stage Caregiver DIY Woven Bookmark inspired poetry. REG A – 8/25, 1 pm, Friday Learn symptoms, resource planning Ages 8 – 12. REG Friday Afternoon Movie: and the components of a care team A – 8/18, 1 pm, Friday The Princess Bride for Alzheimer’s. Followed by training T – 8/16, 10 am, Wednesday Friday Afternoon Movie: While home sick in bed, a young boy’s to facilitate an Alzheimer’s caregiver Cook It! Breakfast Muppet Treasure Island grandfather reads him a story called support group at 7:30 pm. Presented by The Muppets’ twist on the classic tale. The Princess Bride. (PG) 98 min. REG the Alzheimer’s Association. REG A – 8/16, 11 am, Wednesday (G) 99 min. REG Lakewood Writers Group F – 8/28, 6:30 pm, Monday T – 8/10, 8/24, 11 am, Thursdays Fine tune your writing skills. REG F – 8/21, 6:30 pm, Monday Monday Night Movie: Gardening Club Monday Night Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: CH/TW/T – 8/16, 6 pm, Wednesday Pirates of Penzance The Curse of the Black Pearl T – 8/10, 1:30 pm, Thursday Family Movie night An adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with Manga + Anime Club Rock Dog (PG) 90 min. comic operetta of the same name, with eccentric pirate Captain Jack Sparrow to parts of their other operettas stirred in. save his love from Jack’s former pirate (G) 112 min. REG allies. (PG-13) 133 min. REG 16 21 A – 8/8, 3:30 pm – 5 pm, Tuesday CH – 8/1, 6 pm, Tuesday MANCHESTER Advanced French Club LAKEWOOD Bilingual Storytime 732-657-7600 This conversation group is for fluent or 732-363-1435 Ages 3 – 10. bilingual speakers. REG Please Register Please Register C – 8/2, 10 am, Wednesday A – 8/9, 12:30 pm, 3:15 pm or 6 pm, Coding – HTML and CSS Wednesday For teens and adults. REG C – Technology Assistance T – 7/1 – 8/31 Feature Film: Life Please call for an appointment. Summer Art Contest The crew of the International Space All art mediums accepted. See staff for CH/F – 8/2, 3 pm, Wednesday Station discovers evidence of Traveling Lantern Presents: BD – 8/1, 10:15 am – 11:30 am, details. Ages 8 – 18. extraterrestrial life on Mars but their The Ribbles Build a Residence Tuesday research methods have unintended Help the Ribbles plan and build a new The Astronaut Wives Club C – 8/1 – 8/31 consequences. (R) 104 min. home. Book by Lily Koppel. Librarian by Appointment Call ext. 2100 to register. A – 8/10, 10 am – 11 am, Thursday C – 8/3, 10 am, Thursday Beginner Ballet for Adults T – All weekdays in August, 12 pm Word I This class combines ballet and exercise. Teen Movie Matinées Add and edit text to documents, save, Wear comfortable clothing, socks or and print. REG ballet slippers. REG MKR/T – 3 pm, all Mondays Maker Mondays T – 8/3, 10 am, Thursday A – 8/10, 8/24, 2 pm – 4 pm, Thursdays The Outsiders Book Discussion Chicks with Sticks – Knitting and A – 6:30 pm, all Mondays and Movie Crocheting Group A – 8/1, 8/15, 2 pm – 4 pm, Tuesdays English Conversation Group Bring your yarn, needles, and current CH – 8/3, 3:30 pm, Thursday Writer’s Circle Practice speaking English. projects. All skill levels welcome. Read to Certified Therapy Dogs Writers of all genres meet to discuss Ages 5 – 9. REG writing issues and critique their work. CH/F – 10 am, all Tuesdays A – 8/11, 8/25, 1 pm – 3 pm, Fridays Open Play – Child and Adult Quilting Bee CH/TW/T – 8/3, 5:30 pm, Thursday A – 8/2, 12:30 pm, 3:15 pm or 6 pm, We have the toys. Ages 0 – 4. Quilters work on individual and group Gaming Wednesday projects. Play video games. Ages 6 – 16. Feature Film: Beauty and the Beast CH/F – 1:30 pm, all Fridays A live-action re-telling of Disney’s Friday Fun Crafts A – 8/16, 12:30 pm, 3:15 pm or 6 pm, CH/TW/T/F – 8/4, 11 am, Friday animated classic. (PG) 129 min. Wednesday A – 9 am, all Saturdays Zoom Balloons for All Feature Film: The Zookeeper’s Wife A – 8/3, 1 pm, Thursday Free English Language Classes A married couple who work as zoo T – 8/4, 12 pm – 4 pm, Friday Throwback Thursday – Hud Register with the instructor in person caretakers help save Jews from the Lakewood Friends Book Sale (1963) Paul Newman portrays a selfish, before class. Holocaust. (PG-13) 124 min. cynical son of a highly principled rancher CH – 8/5, 2 pm, Saturday in contemporary Texas. (NR) 112 min. CH – Mondays, Tuesdays, A – 8/17, 2 pm – 4 pm, Thursday Wednesdays, Thursdays Perler Beads Book Chat Make cool pixel art. Ages 6 – 12. A – 8/4, 8/11, 8/18, 8/25, 12 pm, Fridays Reading Buddies Share with others books you have Chess Club Practice reading with teens. For kids recently read. going into grades 1 – 4. REG T – 8/7, 9 am – 12 pm, Monday Play in the Community Corner. Collaborative Bottle Cap Mural A – 8/18, 2 pm – 4 pm, Friday A – 8/8, 2 pm – 3:30 pm, Tuesday CH/TW – 8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 2:30 pm, Calming Coloring CH/F/TW – 8/7, 8/21, 8/28, 2 pm Beginner/Intermediate French Club: Tuesdays Be creative, relive stress, and have fun. Family Movie Mondays Passé Composé Review Teen Tuesdays Supplies provided. REG This conversation group is for Teens lead activities for kids. Ages 5 – 18. CH/TW – 8/7, 7 pm, Monday beginners. We will review the past tense Paper Quilling using regular and irregular verbs. REG Curled paper art. Ages 8 – 12. REG 22 15 F – 8/8, 5:30 pm, Tuesday A – 8/16, 2 pm, Wednesday T/A – 8/21, 2 pm, Monday Meet the Mayor Color Me Calm – Adult Coloring Ocean Hazards: Stop in and meet the mayor in an Drop on by and take an afternoon break Sharks vs. Rip Currents informal setting. from the summer heat with some Dr. Amy Williams of Stevens Institute of coloring fun. Technology and NJ Sea Grant A – 8/9, 2 pm, Wednesday Consortium will present public safety National Book Lover’s Day T – 8/19, 2 pm, Saturday information about rip currents and fun Come celebrate a day made for all Teen Book Swap facts about sharks. REG those who love to read. We will highlight Bring your favorite books to swap with some of our staff’s top picks and your favorite friends. Ages 13 – 18. REG A – 8/22, 10 am – 11 am, Tuesday give you a chance to tell us your own Beginner Modern Dance for Adults recommendations. Let us find our next BD – 8/21, 1 pm, Monday This class combines both modern dance great book. REG Ordinary Grace and exercise to fun and rhythmic music. Book by William Kent Krueger. Copies of Bring a yoga mat or towel. REG A – 8/11, 1 pm, Friday the book are available at the circulation Afternoon Film: A Dog’s Purpose desk. A – 8/23, 12:30 pm, 3:15 pm or 6 pm, A dog looks to discover his purpose in Wednesday life over the course of several lifetimes A – 8/23, 6 pm, Wednesday Feature Film: The Promise Beauty and the Beast August 2nd and owners. (PG) 120 min. Evening Film: The Shack The Promise follows a love triangle set 12:30, 3:15, or 6:00 pm A grieving man receives a mysterious, during the last days of the Ottoman Hud CH/T – 8/15, 4:30 pm, Tuesday personal invitation to meet with God at a Empire. (PG-13) 133 min. August 3rd Let’s Make Art place called “The Shack.” (PG-13) 1:00 pm Heather Popielarczyk will teach art to 132 min. A – 8/26, 2 pm, Saturday special needs children and their siblings. Dave Deluca’s One-Man Musical Ages 8 – 16. REG CH – 8/24, 4 pm – 5 pm, Thursday Tribute Celebrating the 100th Paws for Reading Anniversary of the Birth of Dean Martin Practice reading to the therapy dogs. Dave presents a glimpse into Martin’s REG career as a comedian and film star and will perform some of his signature T – 8/24, 7 pm, Thursday songs. Teen Retro Gaming Come and play classic board games A – 8/30, 12:30 pm, 3:15 pm or 6 pm, Life such as Battleship, Clue, and Sorry. Wednesday August 9th Ages 11 – 17. REG Feature Film: Kong: Skull Island 12:30, 3:15, or 6:00 pm A team of scientists, soldiers and The Zookeeper’s Wife th A – 8/28, 2 pm – 7 pm, Monday adventurers explore a mythical, August 16 American Red Cross Blood Drive uncharted island in the Pacific. 12:30, 3:15, or 6:00 pm Please make an appointment to donate (PG-13) 118 min. blood at the Lacey branch. Visit redcrossblood.org or call 609-693-8566. A – 8/31, 7 pm, Thursday Author Talk and Book Signing with A – 8/30, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Healing Medium, Anysia Marcell Kiel Jersey Shore Weather 101 Published author and Ocean County FR – 8/15, 6 pm, Tuesday Learn all about basic meteorology, what resident, Anysia Marcell Kiel, will share Friends Fundraising Paint Party goes into weather forecasting for the her experience teaching people how Support the library and learn to paint Jersey Shore, and explore an overview to clear illness and ailments in a non- your own summer scene in acrylics. Led of the largest, historical storms that have invasive, peaceful way. Her new book, The Promise by classical artist, Nancy Bonta Voitko. hit our area. Presented by Jonathan Discovering the Healer Within, will be August 23rd $25 payable at time of registration. Must Carr, weather enthusiast and founder of available for purchase. REG 12:30, 3:15, or 6:00 pm register in person at the Lacey Branch. Weather NJ. REG Kong: Skull Island August 30th 14 12:30, 3:15, or 6:00 pm 23 CH – 8/16, 6:30 pm, Wednesday A – 8/2, 2 pm, Wednesday PLUMSTED LEGO® Club LACEY DIY Rock Cactus ® 609-758-7888 Join us for some LEGO building fun. 609-693-8566 Make your own cactus. No upkeep We supply the bricks. Ages 4 and up. required. Materials will be provided. Please Register REG Please Register REG

T – 8/16, 7 pm – 8:30 pm, F – 8/2, 7 pm, Wednesday C – 8/1 – 8/31 ED – 8/1 – 8/31 Wednesday Puppy Power One-on-One Computer Classes Meeting Room Art Teen Game Night Presented by Ocean County 4-H Seeing Available by appointment only. Lacey S.A.I.L. Teens Come and play Eye Club. REG games provided BD – 8/2, 6 pm, Wednesday C – 8/1 – 8/31 by the library, or A – 8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24, 8/31, 12 pm, End of Your Life Book Club One-on-One Computer Instruction bring your favorite Thursdays Book by Will Schwalbe. The inspiring Assistance with computers, library ones. Ages 12 – 18. Mah Jongg Mavens & Masters story of a son and his dying mother, resources, eReaders and tablets. Have you always wanted to learn how who form a book club that brings them Available by appointment only. A – 8/21, 3 pm, Monday to play Mah Jongg? You can learn by together as her life comes to a close. Please call. Book Café watching seasoned players. Do you Join the group as they talk about new already know? Either way, come join us. A – 8/1, 8/15, 2 pm, Tuesdays books and authors as well as discuss Chair Yoga for Seniors past favorites. REG T – 8/3, 7 pm, Thursday A gentle yoga practice for adults with Murder on the Boardwalk: limited mobility. Taught by Nancy Bonta A – 8/24, 1:30 pm, Thursday A 1920s Murder Mystery Party Voitko, certified yoga instructor.REG Artists’ Workshop See the teen librarian for your character Cross-stitch, yarn projects, sewing, if you’d like to be part of this murder A – 8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29, 6:30 pm, what would you like to work on? Bring a mystery party set in the roaring Tuesdays project, relax, and visit with us. twenties. REG English Conversation Group Practice English in an informal setting. CH – 8/25, 10 am, Friday A – 8/5, 9:30 am, Saturday Pre-School Storytime Knitting & Crocheting Join us for stories, games, and a fun Come join in – bring your yarn and craft. Ages 3 – 5. REG needles or hooks, and make some new friends while you knit. All skill levels A – 8/9, 2 pm, Wednesday A – 8/30, 2 pm, Wednesday welcome. The Art of Flower Arrangements Classic Movie Matinee Tracy of the Whiting Flower Shoppe Enjoy the 1939 classic film The Wizard A – 8/5, 8/12, 8/19, 8/26, 9 am – 12 pm, teaches how to master flower of Oz starring Judy Garland. (G) Saturdays arrangements. Flowers and baskets 102 min. English Language Classes provided, bring clippers. REG T – 8/30, 6 pm – 7 pm, Wednesday A – 8/7, 12 pm and 1 pm, Monday A – 8/9, 7 pm – 8:45 pm, Wednesday Teen Anime Club Music and Movement with Friends Meet the Mayor Do you like anime, manga, or Japanese A musical program for adults with Schedule an appointment to meet F – 8/1, 6:30 pm, Tuesday culture? Come join the anime club. special needs and their caregivers. Mayor Trotta and Assemblyman Dancer. Charlotte’s Web: The Play Ages 12 and up. There are 2 sessions – please register Please call 609-758-7888. The Lacey River Theatre Company for one session only. REG proudly presents Charlotte’s Web, a one T – 8/30, 7 pm – 8 pm, Wednesday T – 8/14, 6 pm, Monday act version of the beloved story by E. B. TAB MKR/T – 8/7, 3 pm, Mondays Teen Murder Mystery White, adapted by Joseph Robinette. If you are a teen in grades 7 – 12, join Tween Maker Mondays Participate in an interactive mystery This production will incorporate puppets us to see what TAB is all about. Every Monday we will have a fun new game. Ages 12 and up. REG with live actors to tell the timeless tale of craft to try. Ages 11 and up. REG love and friendship. REG

24 13 T – 8/14, 6 pm – 7 pm, Monday T – 8/21, 10 am – 2 pm, Monday CH/T/F – 8/11, 2 pm, Friday Introduction to Meditation for Teens 8/22, 5 pm – 9 pm, Tuesday POINT BEACH Fantastic Beasts and Where Learn different methods for calmness 8/24, 5 pm – 9 pm, Thursday 732-892-4575 to Find Them and focus. Comfortable clothing 8/28, 10 am – 2 pm, Monday (PG-13) 133 min. REG required. Ages 12 – 18. REG 8/30, 1 pm – 5 pm, Wednesday Please Register Shelf Reading Session CH – 8/14, 11 am, Monday MKR/T – 8/15, 6:30 pm – 8 pm, Earn volunteer hours. Please bring a Messy Art ED – Curio Display Tuesday signed volunteer application to your first Messy art and craft activities for children Origami Display Teen Cuisine: Great Grains shelf reading session. Ages 12 – 18. REG with a caregiver. Ages up to 4 years. ShopRite Nutritionist Jenn Klein will REG CH/F – 8/1, 7 pm, Tuesday teach you to make a Tex-Mex quinoa A – 8/21, 6 pm, Monday Sciencetellers: salad. Ages 12 – 18. REG Evening Film: Beauty and the Beast A – 8/14, 8/28, 1 pm, Mondays Tall Ships & Pirate Tales Live action retelling of an old classic for Stitch at the Beach Set sail with a thrilling adventure. REG MKR/TW/T – 8/16, 2:30 pm – 4 pm, a contemporary audience. REG Wednesday (PG) 129 minutes. REG T – 8/2, 11:30 am, Wednesday Zen Garden A/T – 8/15, 6 pm, Tuesday Build With Strawbees® Find peace by making a desktop MKR/CH – 8/21, 7 pm, Monday Pickin’ at Point Create with straws, cardboard, and garden. Ages 11 – 16. REG 3D Party Strawbees®. REG Ages 6 – 12. REG CH/F – 8/16, 3 pm, Wednesday CH – 8/16, 7 pm, Wednesday Learn to Quilt CH/F – 8/3, 3 pm, Thursday Puppy Power Helen Carver will teach children and Local Children’s Author Pat Richel Come meet Seeing Eye dogs. families how to quilt. REG Pat Richel will share her story Patsy the Ages 5 and up. REG Seagull’s Return to Happiness Lake. BD – 8/17, 12 pm, Thursday REG MKR/TW/T – 8/17, 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm, Literature & Lunch Thursday T – 8/23, 7 pm – 8:30 pm, Wednesday Brooklyn by Colm Toibin. REG CH/F – 8/4, 3 pm, Friday Techno Thursday: Design with LEDs College Application Essay Workshop Franklin Institute Presents: Ages 11 – 16. REG All About Writing’s Christa Riddle will CH – 8/21, 3:30 pm, Monday Life In Space offer advice from prompt selection LEGO® Club Embark on a trip to space. REG MKR/CH – 8/17, 7 pm, Thursday through the final editing and Sponsored by Friends of the Point Make it! Kawaii Cute Bento Boxes proofreading process. For teens Pleasant Beach Library. Drop in. CH/T – 8/7 – 8/12, Monday – Saturday Ages 7 – 12. REG entering grades 11 and 12. REG LEGO® Architecture Contest: BD – 8/22, 7 pm, Tuesday Voting Week FR – 8/17, 7 pm, Thursday A – 8/24, 6:30 pm, Thursday Book Discussion Friends Meeting Jackson Writers Group The Wright Brothers by David CH/F – 8/7, 3:45 pm, Monday All are welcome to attend. For all writers, published or not, who McCullough. REG OCL Puppet Show Players Present: want to share their work. 5-Minute Star Wars™ Stories MKR/CH – 8/18, 10:30 am, Friday REG CH/F – 8/25, 2 pm, Friday Maker Mornings: Mini Makers A – 8/29, 10 am – 11:30 am, Tuesday The Secret Life of Pets Ages 4 – 8. REG Coloring for Adults CH/T – 8/8, 7 pm, Tuesday (PG) 87 min. REG Supplies provided along with light Campfire Stories A – 8/19, 2 pm, Saturday refreshments and music. REG Set up camp and listen to stories. A – 8/29, 7 pm, Tuesday The Desperados: Musical Concert Ages 8 and up. REG Custom Blend Bluegrass Band This Jersey Shore 4-piece musical T – 8/29, 7 pm – 8 pm, Tuesday Joe Zavacki, Paul and Maria Petrone group will perform the greatest hits of Volunteer Opportunities for Teens at CH – 8/10, 11 am, Thursday will perform a fun, family bluegrass/ the Eagles, Neil Young, Tom Petty, and Jackson Branch Star Wars™ Jedi Training Academy country/soft rock concert. REG Fleetwood Mac. REG Learn about volunteering during the Do you have what it takes to become a school year. Parents should attend with, Jedi? Ages 5 – 12. REG CH/F – 8/31, 2 pm, Thursday not in place of, their teen. Ages 12 – 18. Crafternoon Buffet REG Drop-in craft. 12 25 BD – 8/8, 1 pm, Tuesday POINT BOROUGH JACKSON The Beautiful Mystery 732-295-1555 732-928-4400 Book by Louise Penny. Please Register Please Register MKR/T – 8/8, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Tuesday Teen Cuisine: DIY Chocolate Bar ED – 8/1 – 8/31 CH – Pick up a complete listing of Ages 12 – 18. REG Arts & Education Center Student summer programs and sign up for Exhibit (Meeting Room); Summer Reading at the Children’s F/CH – 8/9, 10:30 am, Wednesday Vintage Camera Collection by Lauren Desk. Read books all summer for a A – 8/8, 2 pm, Tuesday Silly Joe Sings! Connelly (Large Display Case); chance to spin the wheel and win prizes. Broadway Tunes with Cathy and All ages. REG Shell Collection by Jennifer Meade Michael Chimenti (Small Display Case). BD – 8/1, 7 pm, Tuesday Join us for a free concert of beloved MKR/TW/T – 8/9, 2:30 pm – 4 pm, Friday Night Knitting Club Broadway hits and anecdotes from two Wednesday CH – 8/1, 11 am, Tuesday Book by Kate Jacobs. seasoned veterans of the New York Recycled Craft: Crayons OCL Puppet Show Players Present: stage. REG Ages 11 – 16. REG 5-Minute Star Wars™ Stories MKR/T – 8/1, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, All the excitement of the original Star Tuesday CH – 8/9, 2 pm, Wednesday MKR/TW/T – 8/10, 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm, Wars trilogy, but with puppets. Teen Cuisine: Will It Waffle? Edible Architecture Thursday Ages 3 and up. REG Experiment with foods you would not Build magnificent monuments with a Techno Thursday: Learn to Solder expect to cook in a waffle iron. variety of snack foods. Your creation Ages 11 – 16. REG CH – 8/2, 4 pm, Wednesday Ages 12 – 18. REG Read to the Dogs may just win a prize. Ages 6 – 11. REG A – 8/10, 2:30 pm, Thursday Kids can drop in and read books out MKR/TW/T – 8/2, 2:30 pm – 4 pm, CH – 8/14, 11 am, Monday Afternoon Film: La La Land loud to our cuddly canines. Wednesday Alex & the Kaleidoscope: Winner of 6 Academy Emoji Magnets Live in Concert Awards, and 7 Golden A – 8/3, 8/17, 7:30 pm, Thursdays Use a 3D pen to draw an emoji and add Join Emmy® winner Alex Mitnick for an Globe Awards. An actress Adult Writers Group a magnet. Ages 11 – 16. REG Explore your writing skills in a fun, interactive concert designed to teach and a jazz musician and uplift. Ages 3 and up. REG pursuing their dreams friendly, informal setting. F/CH – 8/2, 7 pm, Wednesday find each other in a Traveling Lantern Presents: T – 8/7, 8/21, Mondays T – 8/14, 1:15 pm, Monday The Ribbles Build a Residence celebration of hope, Take & Make No-Sew T-Shirt Bags REG dreams, and love. Drop by the Teen Zone today to grab Bring an old t-shirt and we’ll help you (PG-13) 128 minutes. REG a DIY craft kit. First come, first served. turn it into a cool new tote bag. MKR/TW/T – 8/3, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Ages 12 – 18. Ages 12 – 18. REG Thursday MKR/CH – 8/10, 7 pm, Thursday Techno Thursday: Blockly Make It! Clay Jewelry from New A – 8/7, 6 pm, Monday FR – 8/15, 1:30 pm, Tuesday Learn to use Blockly, by trying puzzles, Zealand Dessert & a Movie: Monthly Friends Meeting mazes, and games to explore. Ages 6 – 12. REG xXx: Return of Xander Cage All are welcome to attend. Ages 11 – 16. REG In pursuit of a doomsday device, secret MKR/A – 8/11, 2 pm, Friday agent Xander Cage and his crew CH – 8/16, 11 am, Wednesday A – 8/7, 8/21, 6:30 pm, Mondays Festive Friday: Fiber Wall Art uncover a dangerous plot. The Library will Building 4 Babies Knit-Chat-Chain Volunteers Create a colorful wall. Supplies will be provide dessert. (PG-13) 103 min. REG Drop in for some open block building Items are donated to hospitals. provided. Note: This program involves with your little one. Ages 6 – 36 months standing for a long period of time. F – 8/8, 11 am, Tuesday with caregiver. REG CH – 8/8, 10:30 am, Tuesday Ages 18 and up. REG Stories in the Park Magic Workshop Pack a picnic for a special storytime in BD – 8/16, 6 pm, Wednesday Ages 7 – 12. REG A – 8/14, 8/28, 10 am, Mondays Campbell Park. If it rains, we will hold it The Girls of Atomic City Knit-Chat-Chain Volunteers indoors. REG Join Open Our Mind Book Club to Items are donated to hospitals. 26 discuss this book by Denise Kiernan. 11 A – 8/12, 10:30 am, Saturday A – 8/17, 11 am, Thursday F – 8/24, 6 pm, Thursday ISLAND HEIGHTS Paint Party Basic Mouse & Computer Skills Family Movie Night: The BFG 732-270-6266 Join us for a relaxing morning of The perfect first step for beginners. Get A little girl makes a big friend in this painting at the library. This painting party hands-on practice and increase your charming adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Please Register event features step-by-step painting computer know-how. REG classic tale. (PG) 117 min. instruction, making it simple for you to create your own masterpiece. REG T – 8/17, 1:30 pm, Thursday CH – 8/25, 11 am, Friday Lotions & Potions Storytime to Go F – 8/14, 1:30 pm, Monday Learn how to make your own beauty Missed out on storytime this month? Build a Pin Hole Viewer products and spa treatments using Stop in to pick up a craft kit and book. Prepare for the upcoming solar eclipse common natural ingredients. First come, first served. by building a pin hole viewer. REG Ages 12 – 18. REG CH – 8/1, A – 8/26, 10:30 am – 3:30 pm, 10:30 pm, Tuesday T – 8/14, 6:30 pm, Monday BD – 8/21, 10:30 am, Monday Saturday Sciencetellers: Balloon Building The Space Between Us Red Cross Blood Drive Tall Ships & Pirate Tales Learn how to build balloon sculptures. Book by Thrity Umregar. Your donation can save a Ahoy! People do not just build on land REG life, so sign up today. they build on water, too. Set sail with us A – 8/21, 2 pm, Monday Drop ins welcome, on a thrilling action-packed adventure. CH – 8/16, 10:30 am, Wednesday Monday Movie: The Zookeeper’s Wife reservations preferred. Throughout the story, volunteers from Toddler Time Two married zoo caretakers help save REG the audience will help us explore the Join us for a fun selection of stories, songs Jews from the Holocaust. incredible science behind clouds, flash and fingerplays. Ages 1½ – 3½.REG (PG-13) 124 min. REG T – 8/28, 12 pm, Monday paper, air pressure, inertia, explosions, Pancake Art and more. Ages 5 – 12. REG CH – 8/18, 3:30 pm, Friday CH – 8/22, 2 pm, Tuesday Make your own edible pancake designs Sharknado in a Bottle Fairy House Night Lights with food coloring. Ages 12 – 18. REG F – 8/2, 10:30 am, Wednesday Ages 5 – 8. REG Upcycle plastic bottles into an OCL Puppet Show Players Present: enchanted twinkling light. Ages 6 – 11. C – 8/29, 11 am, Tuesday 5-Minute Star Wars™ Stories F – 8/17, 1:30 pm, Monday REG Pinterest for Beginners Partial Solar Eclipse Viewing Learn the basics of this awesome visual T – 8/7, 7 pm, Monday Join a librarian to watch the partial solar CH – 8/23, 11 am, Wednesday website. Computer skills and email Healthy Summer Eating eclipse, and play themed games at the Total Toddler Time address required. REG Join a ShopRite dietician in making Island Heights Pavilion. Come enjoy stories, music and healthy and delicious summer foods. movement. Ages 18 – 36 months. REG CH – 8/29, 12 pm, Tuesday Ages 12 – 17. REG CH – 8/25, 3:30 pm, Friday DIY Puzzles Paws for Reading T – 8/23, 2:30 pm, Wednesday Design and decorate your very own CH – 8/8, 2 pm, Tuesday Readers are invited to read to our DIY Gnome Banks 8” x 10” puzzle. REG Flower Arranging with Whiting loveable therapy dogs. Ages up to 12. Paint your own mini-gnome bank and Flower Shoppe REG start saving your pennies. Ages 12 – 18. CH – 8/30, 11 am, Wednesday Attendees will be leaving with their own REG Baby & Me flower design. Ages 8 – 12. REG FR – 8/28, 7 pm, Monday Share stories, rhymes, and movement Friends of the Island Heights Library BD – 8/23, 7:30 pm, Wednesday with your little one. Ages 6 – 18 months CH – 8/9, 10:30 am, Wednesday Meeting The Orchardist with caregiver. REG Baby Time The Friends of the Island Heights Book by Amanda Coplin. Stories, fingerplays, and songs for Library welcome new members. Join us. C – 8/31, 11 am, Thursday children up to 18 months. REG C – 8/24, 11 am, Thursday Internet Beyond the Basics CH/TW – 8/31, 3 pm, Thursday Introduction to the Internet Take the next step and learn advanced T/A – 8/11, 3 pm, Friday Edible Architecture Learn how to access and browse the techniques. Mouse and Internet skills DIY Sugar Scrub Build with delicious materials. Internet. Computer mouse experience required. REG Design a relaxing sugar scrub to take Ages 8 – 15. REG required. 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10 27 T – 8/4, 10:30 am, Friday CH – 8/16, 10:30 am, Wednesday C – 8/22, 10 am, Tuesday STAFFORD Little Guy CGI: Introduction to Blender A Taste of American Sign Language Lifelong Learning 609-597-3381 Students will be introduced to the Presented by members of Ocean Do you like to learn new things? There Blender interface and shown some County College’s Sign Club, this are hundreds of ways to do it through Please Register examples of Blender produced work. program will teach children basic ASL our website. REG Ages 12 – 18. REG signs and bring awareness to deaf culture through fun games and activities. C – 8/23, 2:30 pm, Wednesday CH – 8/1, 11 am, Tuesday A – 8/4, 8/11, 8/18, 8/25, Ages 6 and up. REG Starting Your Own Business? Traveling Lantern Presents: The Ribbles Build a Residence 12:30 pm – 4 pm, Fridays Get sample business plans and other The Ribbles need help building their Mah Jongg C – 8/16, 2:30 pm, Wednesday information you need through the OCL Craigslist® website. REG environmentally friendly dream home. ® By playing interactive games and A – 8/7, 8/14, 8/21, 8/28, 11 am, Come and learn all Craigslist has to Mondays offer. Learn how to search, post ads, C – 8/24, 10 am, Thursday discovering basic building techniques, ® you will help draw a ground plan and English Conversation Group and upload pictures. REG Chilton Database Overview assist the Ribbles in building a new This auto database includes home for a better world. Ages 3 and up. A – 8/7, 8/21, 1:30 pm – 4 pm, Mondays CH – 8/16, 5 pm, Wednesday maintenance info, repair specs, recall REG Rutgers Cooperative Extension Special Needs Storytime & Play notices, and more. REG Ocean County Master Gardeners Help Enjoy music, art, stories, and sensory C – 8/1, 2:30 pm, Tuesday Bring diseased clippings for diagnosis. play. Ages 2 – 6. REG A – 8/26, 10 am, Saturday Get Your Class On @ Home Second Chance Saturday Crafting Learn to access thousands of courses at T – 8/7, 6 pm or 7 pm, Monday T – 8/17, 4:30 pm, Thursday This month’s craft will be a rolled Lynda.com and Universal Class. REG Teen Escape Room Computer Animation for Total magazine frame. REG Can you solve the puzzle and escape Beginners A – 8/2, 1 pm – 2:30 pm, Wednesday before your time is up. Sign up for just Learn the basics of computer C – 8/28, 2:30 pm, Monday Brain Games one. Ages 9 – 14. REG animation. No experience required. REG Calling All Sports Fans Join us for a breakdown on how to F – 8/2, 6 pm, Wednesday BD – 8/8, 1 pm, Tuesday A – 8/17, 6:30 pm, Thursday access Sports Illustrated through our Summer Evening Film: La La Land Toms River: A Story of Science Night Crafting for Adults MasterFILE Premier database. REG (PG-13) 128 min. and Salvation Make a wine cork pendant. REG Book by Dan Fagin. CH – 8/3, 11 am, Thursday A – 8/18, 10 am, Friday Zoom Balloons Stitch in Time Join us for balloon art, games, magic, Bring your crochet, knitting or crafting and dancing. Ages 4 and up. REG needles, and your craft. REG C – 8/30, 2:30 pm, Wednesday Value Line® for Investors ® A/F – 8/3, 8/10, 1 pm – 3 pm, Thursdays CH – 8/18, 2:30 pm, Friday Learn how to access Value Line and 8/5, 8/19, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, Wrap Up with the Therapy Dogs investment reports online. Mouse and Saturdays A happy chance to say goodbye to our keyboard skills required. REG String of Purls – Knit/Crochet beloved dogs for the summer. Ages 6 and up. REG A – 8/31, 2:30 pm, Thursday TW – 8/3, 6:30 pm, Thursday Job Application and Resume Help Minecraft Destroy A/T – 8/21, 10:30 am, Monday If you need help filling out job Compete against other Minecrafters and Build-A-Bear Storytime for Adults and applications or formatting resumes, stop craft your own destructive blocks and Teens with Special Needs by for this informal program. REG mobs. Ages 9 – 14. REG Story time followed by the chance to CH – 8/8, 3 pm, Tuesday make your own stuffed bear. REG C – 8/31, 7 pm, Thursday CH – 8/4, 10 am, Friday Nifty Nature Nik Naks Outlook Basics Paper Bag Fashion Jakes Branch naturalist will show off C – 8/21, 6:30 pm, Monday Learn how to set up an Outlook email Make and model paper clothes. animal skins, skulls, and shells. Mouse Basics account. REG Ages 5 and up. REG Ages 5 and up. REG Introduction to basic mouse skills. REG 28 9 CH – 8/7, 2 pm, Monday CH – 8/9, 10 am Wednesday CH – 8/9, 10:30 am, Wednesday T – 8/17, 4:30 pm, Thursday Life Size Gaming Creative Writing - Build an Be a Magician Workshop Teen Book Experts: Beachy Books Join us for life-size versions of your Amazing Story Ages 6 and up. REG Discuss old favorites and new favorite games. Ages 6 and up. REG Put your imagination to work and learn releases. Talk about books we love in some great writing tips. Ages 7 and up. A – 8/10, 7 pm, Thursday our beach bags. REG C – 8/7, 2:30 pm, Monday REG DVD Discussion Group: eBooks on the iPad A Man Called Ove CH – 8/17, 7 pm, Thursday Learn how to browse the collection, A – 8/9, 11 am, Wednesday (PG-13) 116 min. Camping Storytime utilize the user interface, and download Brain Games Stories and games around the campfire. materials to your iPad. REG Join us for fun and mentally stimulating MKR/T – 8/11, 10:30 am, Friday Ages 5 and up. REG games. REG Teen Maker Morning T – 8/7, 4 pm, Monday Play with new technology or create a T – 8/18, 3:30 pm, Friday Turkish Marbling Workshop A – 8/9, 2:30 pm, Wednesday project to take home. Ages 12 – 18. Solar Eclipse Painting Learn the technique of Turkish Marbling Let’s Talk About Ticks REG Paint a solar eclipse. All materials will be and leave with a stunning piece of art. A speaker from the Ocean County provided. Please dress appropriately for REG Master Gardener Program will discuss CH – 8/12, 10 am – 1 pm, Saturday a potentially messy project. ticks in New Jersey. REG Drop-In Craft Ages 12 – 18. REG C – 8/8, 10 am, Tuesday Biography in Context C – 8/9, 2:30 pm, Wednesday MKR/TW – 8/14, F – 8/19, 2 pm, Saturday This is your one-stop source for Facebook® 6 pm, Monday Family Movie: Beauty and the Beast information about people throughout Come and learn how to sign up, post, Tween Maker Night: (2017) (PG) 129 min. history and today. REG and upload photos to Facebook®. REG Exploding Boxes Print pictures and CH – 8/21, 6 pm, Monday CH/F – 8/11, 2 pm, Friday craft a unique Build a Potato Powered Light Summer Reading Finale Party summer souvenir. Learn how batteries work and make a Come celebrate the end of Summer Ages 9 – 14. REG potato powered light. Grades 3 and up. Reading. REG REG C – 8/15, 10:30 am, Tuesday A – 8/12, 2 pm, Saturday YouTube C – 8/22, 2:30 pm, Tuesday The Desperados: Musical Concert Introduction to YouTube. REG Google® Exploration A country rock and Eagles tribute band Explore Google®. REG will play hits from Tom Petty, Fleetwood CH – 8/15, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm, Tuesday Mac, and Neil Young. REG LEGO® Challenge C – 8/29, 10:30 am, Tuesday Can you build it? Ages 5 and up. REG Social Media Series: Facebook® 1, 2, 3 CH/F – 8/14, 2:30 pm, Monday Introduction to Facebook®. REG S.A.I.L. Puppet Show A – 8/16, 3 pm, Wednesday CH/F – 8/8, 1:30 pm, Tuesday Share a puppet show put on by our teen Make It! Beach Jar F – 8/31, 9 am – 1 pm, Thursday Jenkinson’s Aquarium- volunteers. REG Capture the feel of summer forever with Friends of the Library Quarterly Outrageous Reptiles these cute little jars. REG Book Sale Children have fun as they learn the C – 8/14, 2:30 pm, Monday Great books at great prices. characteristics of all reptiles and Yahoo Basics A – 8/16, 6 pm, Wednesday the differences in their lifestyles by Learn how to set up an email account, Summer Evening Film: Fences T – 8/31, 7 pm, Thursday comparing the different reptile groups: compose email, print, and check the (PG-13) 133 min. DIY Teen: Upcycled Earbud Cases snakes, turtles, lizards, and crocodilians. various folders. REG Use duct tape and mint containers to REG CH/F – 8/17, 2:30 pm, Thursday create a clip-on earbud case. CH – 8/15, 10:30 am, Tuesday OCL Puppet Show Players Present: Ages 12 – 18. REG A – 8/8, 6 pm, Tuesday BOYS R GR8 – Aboriginal Song Lines 5-Minute Star Wars™ Stories Knit Wits Use musical instruments and sounds The OCL Puppet Show Players will be Bring your crafting needles, and your to build a creative story in this ancient performing a puppet show based on the craft. REG tradition. Ages 8 – 12. REG original Star Wars trilogy. REG 8 29 A – 8/2, 7 pm, Wednesday CH – 8/2, 2:30 pm, Wednesday TOMS RIVER Open Mic Night BRICK Will it Waffle? 732-349-6200 Performers register at 6:30 pm. 732-477-4513 Have you ever wondered what you can make in a waffle iron besides waffles? Please Register CH – 8/3, 8/10, 10:30 am, Thursdays Please Register Now is your chance to find out. Duck Duck Dewey Ages 6 and up. REG Uncover secrets of the library with fun ED – 8/1 – 8/31 ED – 8/1 – 8/31 and games. Ages 8 – 12. REG CH/F – 8/2, 6 pm, Wednesday Land O’Make Believe Watercolor and Acrylic Paintings by Pajama Storytime By Sharon O’Brien Huey (McConnell); Arlene Newman Toms River Community Art Project A – 8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24, 8/31, 6 pm, Join us for a few peaceful bedtime Thursdays stories, and feel free to come in pajamas (2nd Floor Gallery) CH – 8/1, 10:30 am, Tuesday Adult Knitting Meetup and with stuffed buddies or blankets. Read to the Dogs REG C – 8/1 – 8/31 Ages 6 and up. REG Email by Appointment A – 8/3, 8/17, 6 pm, Thursdays Gamers Corner (20-somethings) A – 8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24, 8/31, Call for an appointment to create a new CH – 8/1, 2 pm, Tuesday Ages 18 – 29. 10 am – 12 pm, Thursdays email account or learn more about the Traveling Lantern Presents: features of your existing email. The Ribbles Build a Residence Open Play Mah Jongg CH – 8/3, 6:30 pm, Thursday By playing interactive games and All levels of play welcome. Bring your A – 8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29, 10 am, Charlotte’s Web discovering basic building techniques game set and current card. Tuesdays The Lacy River Teen Theatre Company learn to draw a ground plan and assist English Conversation Group proudly presents a one act version of the Ribbles in building a new home for a C – 8/3, 2:30 pm, Thursday this beloved story by E. B. White. This better world. Ages 3 and up. REG Searching the Library Catalog CH – 8/1, 10:30 am, Tuesday production will incorporate puppets with Learn how to search for books and Barnyard Storytime live actors to tell the timeless tale of C – 8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 1:30 pm – 4 pm DVDs using the library catalog. REG Farm-tastic fun with stories and more. love and friendship. Sponsored by the Tuesdays Ages 3½ – 5. REG Friends of the Toms River Branch. Tech Buddies T – 8/3, 4 pm, Thursday Ages 6 – 12. REG Need help using your cell phone? Money Management 101 for Teens CH – 8/1, 6:30 pm, Tuesday Tablet? The Internet? Come in for a one- Learn basic financial literacy skills, how Traveling Lantern Presents: MKR/CH – 8/4, 10:30 am, Friday The on-one tutorial with a teen volunteer. to be smart with money from your first The Ribbles Build a Residence Paper Dragon REG job, and budgeting for college. REG Learning basic building techniques and Easy and challenging paper crafts and interactive games. Ages 3 – 12. REG book art. Ages 8 – 12. REG T – 8/1, 4:30 pm, Tuesday CH/F – 8/3, 6:30 pm, Thursday Intro to Video Game Design Drop-in Make & Take Crafting A – 8/2, 8/9, 8/16, 8/23, 8/30, 10 am, CH – 8/4, 6 pm, Friday During this 3-hour workshop, students Fun crafts to take home. Wednesdays After Hours Stuffed Animal Sleepover will learn the basics of video game English Conversation Group Come in your PJs for bedtime stories design. REG BD – 8/4, 2 pm, Friday with your favorite stuffed animal. Dolls Nemesis A – 8/2, 2 pm, Wednesday will be picked up Saturday morning A – 8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29, 7 pm, Book by Philip Roth. Shakespeare in the Dark where we will show all the fun they had Tuesdays 8/2: 10 Things I Hate About You overnight in the library. Ages 6 – 12. REG C – 8/5, 2:30 pm, Saturday English Conversation Group ® (PG-13) 98 min. Improve your English conversational Google It! CH – 8/7, 10:30 am, Monday skills in a fun and casual setting. All are Topics covered include using the search CH – 8/2, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Kids Growing Great welcome. box, finding images, and getting driving Pokémon Portraits Stories, an activity, and a healthy snack directions. REG Create your own. We may get messy. provided by Ms. Gia from ShopRite on C – 8/2, 10 am, Wednesday Wear an old shirt. Ages 6 – 12. REG Fischer Blvd. in Toms River. Internet Basics CH – 8/7, 10:30 am, Monday Ages 3½ – 5. REG Learn the very basics of how to navigate Read to the Dogs T – 8/2, 6:30 pm, Wednesday the Internet. Mouse and keyboard skills Read a story to our therapy dogs. Escape the Room required. REG Ages 6 and up. REG

30 7 A – 8/15, 2 pm, Tuesday CH – 8/7, 3 pm, Monday MKR/CH – 8/9, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Adult Craft: Wine Bottle Wind Chimes Toddlers Build with Blocks Build a Tri-Plane All supplies will be provided. This Ages 2 – 3. REG Ages 6 – 12. REG program is sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Library. REG MKR/CH – 8/7, 6:30 pm, Monday C – 8/10, 9:30 am, Thursday Girls and Boys Clubs Microsoft Word 2010 I F/CH – 8/15, 6 pm – 8 pm, Tuesday In the kitchen pizza night. Ages 8 – 12. REG End of Summer Reading Party REG Celebrate the end of our summer reading MKR/A – 8/10, 2:30 pm, program with games, crafts, dancing, and MKR/A – 8/7, 6:30 pm, Monday Thursday more. Family program. REG Succulent Tea Cups “Punny” Planters CH – 8/8, 6:30 pm, Tuesday Turn teacups into succulent planters and Yuk it up as we decorate Eyes of the Wild F/CH – 8/16, 7 pm, Wednesday transform spoons into garden markers. terracotta pots with puns. Come see live animals. Ages 5 and up Bedtime Stories REG Small herbs/plants provided. with adult. REG Wear your pajamas and hear some fun REG stories just right for bedtime. C – 8/8, 9:30 am, Tuesday A – 8/9, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, Wednesday Ages 4 – 8. REG Intro to Scanning Photos and FR – 8/14, 7 pm, Monday Elvis Unplugged Documents Friends Meeting Join us for a one hour musical lecture CH – 8/17, 4 pm – 5 pm, Thursday REG on Elvis’s music from the 70s era, Woof Tales: Read to a Dog C – 8/15, 9:30 am, Tuesday memories from his life, and the historical Practice your reading skills with a C – 8/8, 2:30 pm, Tuesday Ancestry® for Beginners moments that shaped our world, and trained therapy dog. Perfect for Online Classes and Coaching for REG how the events had an impact on the beginning readers and up. REG Your Next Job music of the day. Presented by Ruben REG CH – 8/15, 10:30 am, Tuesday Castillo. REG A – 8/18, 1 pm, Friday Zoom Balloons Senior Movie Matinée: Hacksaw Ridge MKR/T – 8/8, 4:30 pm, Tuesday Fun-filled balloon dance party. T – 8/10, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, Thursday A conscientious objector serves in WWII Teen Anime Club Ages 0 – 12. Sponsored by the Friends Smoothies for Teens as a medic, refusing to take a life or of the Toms River Branch. REG Come and make smoothies at the carry a gun. He is eventually awarded BD – 8/8, 7 pm, Tuesday library. Grades 7 – 12. REG the Medal of Honor for saving 75 Americanah CH – 8/16, 4:30 pm, Wednesday soldiers in battle. (R) 138 min. REG Book by Chimamahda Ngozi Adichie. Ruff Readers CH/TW – 8/10, 7 pm, Thursday Practice reading with gentle therapy Juggling with Jared TW – 8/21, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, Monday MKR/CH – 8/9, 10:30 am, Wednesday dogs. Ages 6 – 12. REG Whether you want to learn how to juggle Kids Cook Arty Party or are already a beginner or a pro, come Come learn how to make a tasty treat. Ages 3½ – 5. REG A – 8/16, 6 pm, Wednesday join Jared and friends for some great Ages 8 – 12. REG Anime Plus juggling fun. Ages 8 and up. REG MKR/A – 8/9, 2 pm, Wednesday Ages 18 – 29. T – 8/25, 2 pm – 4 pm, Friday Book Lover’s Scrapbook CH – 8/11, 12 pm, Friday Little Guy CGI: Introduction to Create your own scrapbook from a A – 8/17, 7 pm, Thursday Lunch Bunch Stories Blender repurposed, discarded novel. Please Author Talk and Book Signing with Bring your lunch and a drink to the Teens will be introduced to the Blender bring copies of favorite photos. REG Healing Medium, Anysia Marcell Kiel library as we share some great stories. interface and shown some examples of Published author and Ocean County Ages 5 – 9. REG Blender-produced work before exploring A – 8/9, 8/16, 8/23, 8/30, 6:30 pm, resident, Anysia Marcell Kiel, will share the interface. Grades 7 – 12. REG Wednesdays her experience teaching people how to BD – 8/11, 1 pm, Friday Yoga & Smoothies clear illnesses and ailments in a non- Book Discussion F/CH – 8/30, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Center yourself with gentle yoga and invasive, peaceful way as she discusses Dead Wake: the Last Crossing of the Dancing and Bumping the ‘Chute relax afterwards with a nourishing her new book, Discovering the Healer Lusitania by Erik Larson. Copies Lets move to the music. Enjoy dance and smoothie. Please bring a yoga mat or Within. The book discussion will be available at the circulation desk. parachute activities for parent and child towel and wear comfortable clothes. followed with a Q&A session. Copies of together. Ages 2 – 4 with an adult. REG REG this book will be available for purchase. 6 REG 31 C – 8/18, 2:30 pm, Friday CH – 8/21, 3 pm, Monday Introduction to Pixlr® LEGO® Book Chat BERKELEY ® REG Talk about your favorite LEGO books. 732-269-2144 Ages 8 – 12. REG CH – 8/19, 2 pm – 4 pm, Saturday Please Register LEGO® Free Play Drop in C – 8/22, 9:30 am, Tuesday We supply the LEGO®, you provide the NJ Property Tax Records ED – 8/1 – 8/31 imagination. Ages 0 – 12. REG Meeting Room Art Paintings by Barbara Kraemer A – 8/24, 12:30 pm, Thursday Display Cases Piano Music in the Atrium Paintings by Samuel Sinelnikov C – 8/24, 2:30 pm, Thursday C – 8/1 – 8/31 Intro to NJ Career Connections Computer, eBook, and Genealogy REG Help Get help for basic computer, eBook MKR/A – 8/24, 6:30 pm, Thursday F/CH – 8/3, 6:30 pm, Thursday and genealogy skills with one-on-one Glass Photo Luminaries Alex & the Kaleidoscope: personalized lessons. Please call the Bring a photo to scan and a glass jar Live in Concert branch to make an appointment. and create your own glowing luminary. An uplifting, feel-good concert that will REG leave audiences more connected to CH – 8/1, 2:30 pm, Tuesday themselves, each other and the world LEGO® at the Library MKR/CH – 8/28, 10:30 am, Monday around them. REG We supply the LEGO®. You supply the A – 8/19, 12 pm – 4:30 pm, Saturday First Art imagination. Ages 6 – 12. REG Beatlemania! Bring a smock, we may get messy. F/CH – 8/4, 2:30 pm, Friday Join Vivek Tiwary as he discusses and Ages 2 – 3. REG Zoom Balloons A – 8/2, 11 am – 2 pm, Wednesday signs his book The Fifth Beatle, the Balloon art, games, magic and dancing. Artist Reception story of Brian Epstein. Books will be C – 8/28, 2 pm, Monday Ages 4 and up. REG Stop by the meeting room to celebrate available for purchase. Afterwards, the Internet I the work of local artist Barbara Kraemer. band Something New will perform a REG CH – 8/7, 10:30 am, Monday Light refreshments will be provided. Beatles tribute concert. This program DUPLO® Play is sponsored with funding from the MKR/T – 8/29, 6:30 pm, Tuesday We will supply the DUPLO® blocks for CH – 8/3, 10:30 am, Thursday OceanFirst Foundation Arts and the Teen Cuisine imaginative free play. Sponsored by the OCL Puppet Show Players Present: Ocean County Library Foundation. REG Ice cream and milkshakes. All supplies 5-Minute Star Wars™ Stories Friends of the Berkeley Library. provided. No experience necessary. Are you ready for this summer’s Ages 3 – 5. REG C – 8/21, 9:30 am, Monday REG ® blockbuster hit? The OCL Puppet Show PowerPoint Basics Players will be performing a puppet A – 8/7, 8/14, 8/21, 8/28, REG A – 8/31, 2:30 pm, Thursday show based on the original Star Wars 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Mondays The Not-So-Secret Life of Honeybees trilogy. Ages 3 and up. REG The Yarn Dolls C – 8/21, 2 pm, Monday “Bee” informed. This talk will include live Knit or crochet. Bring along your Mouse/Basic Computer Skills bees in a contained observation hive A – 8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24, 8/31,1 pm, unfinished projects. REG and a flavored honey tasting. A special Thursdays presentation by Angela Juffey of the An Afternoon of Mah Jongg A – 8/8, 10:30 am, Tuesday A – 8/21, 7 pm, Monday Central Jersey Beekeepers Association. If you are an experienced player who Craft for Adults with Special WREP – When Radio Entertained REG Challenges th would like to join our group, please People 30 Broadcast register. If you have your own set, Come to the library to do a craft. Please An afternoon of old-time radio MKR/CH – 8/31, 6:30 pm, Thursday please bring it. Sponsored by the register ahead of time so we can better performances featuring real actors and Sink or Swim Friends of the Berkeley Library. REG prepare materials. REG sound effects. REG Design and build your own boat. Ages 8 – 12. REG 32 5 CH – 8/7, 7 pm, Monday A/T/TW – 8/15, 2 pm, Tuesday BEACHWOOD Fun, Food, and You TUCKERTON National Relaxation Day 732-244-4573 Make a tasty treat. Please advise of any 609-296-1470 Celebrate with us in a calm and cool allergies when registering. This atmosphere surrounded by soothing Please Register program is sponsored by the Friends of Please Register sounds. Reduce stress by making a the Beachwood Branch. Ages 5 – 12. stress ball from everyday materials. REG Ages 10 and up, adults welcome. REG ED – 8/1 – 8/31 Watercolors by Betty Lou Cox CH – 8/8, 10:30 am, Tuesday Healthy Happy Heroes A/T – 8/21, 6 pm, Monday C – 8/1 – 8/31 Stories, activities, and a healthy snack. Movie: Before I Fall One-on-One Computer Instruction Please alert us of any food allergies What if you had only one day to change Please call for an appointment. when registering. Ages 3 – 6. REG everything? Sam had it all: perfect friends, perfect guy, and a perfect future. CH – 8/1, 10:30 am, Tuesday CH – 8/11, 3 pm, Friday Stuck reliving her last day over and over, Mother Goose Time Build a Band Sam untangles the mystery around her For babies up to 18 months with Explore different instruments and create death and discovers everything she is caregiver. REG your own sound. Ages 3 – 6. REG losing. She finds that a single day can make a difference, not just in her own A – 8/2, 8/9, 8/16, 8/23, 8/30, 9 am, life, but in the lives of those around her Wednesdays A – 8/5, 11 am, Saturday before she runs out of time for good. English Conversation Group NJR Solar Seminar (PG-13) 98 min. REG Talk about current events and other Learn how you can regenerate your subjects in an informal setting. own clean energy instead of paying CH – 8/25, 2 pm, Friday A – 8/14, 7 pm, Monday for traditional electricity. Combat rising DVD Bingo T – 8/2, 3 pm, Wednesday Healthy Cooking with Giavonna energy costs with solar power. Q&A will Build a Better Smoothie Join us as Giavonna from the ShopRite …and BINGO was his name-o. Try your be available after the program. Program Compete in a creative challenge where of Fischer Boulevard shares some tasty, luck at our Bingo game and win a DVD. is presented by a representative from you will use a blender to mix several healthy, and easy springtime treats. Ages 4 and up with caregiver. REG ingredients to discover new flavors. REG NJR Home Services. REG Ages 12 – 18. REG T – 8/16, 3 pm, Wednesday A/T – 8/7, 6 pm, Monday Book Dominoes Anime Movie: The Red Turtle Build a domino chain through the library A mariner is shipwrecked on a deserted using library books. Ages 12 – 18. REG island of sandy beaches, timid animal inhabitants and a slender but graceful A – 8/17, 10 am, Thursday swaying bamboo forest. He encounters Knit Wits a red turtle, which won’t let the weary Come join our knitting club. survivor escape easily. (PG) 80 min. REG CH – 8/21, 7 pm, Monday Solar Eclipse Learn about this incredible event. A/T – 8/14, 6 pm, Monday Movie: Power Rangers Ages 5 – 12. REG A – 8/28, 6 pm, Monday High school outcasts stumble upon Elvis Unplugged: 1970s an old alien ship, where they acquire BD – 8/24, 10:30 am, Thursday This one-hour musical lecture focuses superpowers and the name of Power Toms River: A Story of Science and on Elvis’s music from the 70s era, Salvation Rangers. Learning that an old enemy memories from his life, and the historical CH – 8/4, 10:30 am, Friday Book by Dan Fagin. Copies available at of the previous generation has now moments that shaped our world, and How to Build a Storm: the circulation desk. returned to exact vengeance, the group how the events had an impact on the The Weather Show must harness their powers and use music of the day. Presented by Ruben Presented by The Franklin Institute. CH – 8/25, 10:30 am, Friday them to work together and save the Castillo. REG Ages 6 – 10. REG Do You Want to Build a Snowman? world. (PG-13) 124 min. REG Summer snow fun. Ages 3 – 6. REG 4 33 CH/F – 8/11, 10:30 am, Friday TW – 8/15, 4 pm, Tuesday UPPER SHORES OCL Puppet Show Players Present: Make a Friendship Bracelet 5-Minute Star Wars™ Stories Ages 8 – 12. REG 732-793-3996 A puppet show based on the original Please Register Star Wars trilogy. Ages 3+. REG T – 8/16, 8/23, 8/30, 6 pm – 8:30 pm, Wednesdays F – 8/10, 2 pm, Thursday Teen Gaming Night CH – 8/1, 3 pm, Tuesday Life – Size Mouse Trap Sciencetellers: This family board game will be made T – 8/16, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Tall Ships & Pirate Tales life-size by our teen volunteers. Earn Teen Craft: Terrariums A – 8/15, 1 pm – 4 pm and 5 pm – 8 pm, Storytelling embellished with live enough cheese to complete the Create little worlds by assembling Tuesday science experiments. Ages 5 and up. challenge. REG terrariums and making small figures to Friends Annual Psychic Fair Sponsored by the Friends of the Upper place inside. Ages 12 – 18. REG Make an appointment with the psychic CH – 8/11, 1 pm, Friday Shores Branch. REG of your choice! $20 donation per fifteen Kids End of Summer Reading A – 8/17, 2 pm, Thursday minute session. 50% of all proceeds Ice Cream Party Adult Craft: Terrariums A – 8/1, 7 pm, Tuesday go to the Friends. Psychics: Kasandra, Celebrate the end of Summer Reading Create little worlds by assembling a Elvis Unplugged: The 50s Harold, Maryanne Kremer, and Joan with ice cream and fun. terrarium. REG The first of three in a musical lecture Titsworth-Marsteller. Call Gail Stefanelli series focusing on Elvis’ music, to reserve your spot: 973-699-4845. T – 8/11, 3 pm, Friday CH/F – 8/17, 6:30 pm, Thursday memories, and historical moments that Teen End of Summer Party Family Movie Night: A Dog’s Purpose shaped our world. Journey along with Teen volunteers and participants in teen (2017) (PG) 120 min. A – 8/16, 6:30 pm, Wednesday, “The King” back to the time when people summer reading are invited for pizza 8/19, 2:30 pm, Saturday Liked Ike, Loved Lucy, and hated those and awards. Ages 12 – 18. CH – 8/18, 3 pm, Friday Movie Time: Enjoy the Show! Damn Yankees. Featuring Ruben Build A Teddy Bear Lion, starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Castillo. REG A – 8/12, 11 am, Saturday Kids will pick out a stuffed animal, and and Rooney Mara. (PG-13) 120 min. Saturday Documentary: stuff them. Space is limited. Bigger Than T. rex Ages 7 – 12. REG BD – 8/4, 3 pm, Friday A – 8/23, 7 pm, Wednesday A team of paleontologists go in search The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Flavian! Back by Popular Demand! of Spinosaurus, a giant meat eater CH – 8/22, 8/29, 11 am, Tuesdays Book by Rebecca Skloot. Mind Reading Game Show believed to be even larger than a T. rex. “Let’s Build”

Explore the fascinating realm of (TV-PG) 53 min. Join us for an hour of building fun with CH – 8/7, 3 pm, Monday ® ® consciousness as Flavian takes you on LEGO , DUPLO , and other fun The Butterfly Guy material. Ages 5+. REG a journey you will never forget. REG For over thirty five years Rick Mikula has been delighting audiences of all ages CH – 8/25, 2 pm, Friday A – 8/26, 2:30 pm, Saturday, with his humorous and off-beat way of Volcano Fun 8/29, 6:30 pm, Tuesday looking at butterflies. Ages 4 and up with Mold mini (inactive) volcanos. Watch a Movie Time: Enjoy the Show! family. Sponsored by the Friends of the big volcano erupt in honor of Vesuvius A Dog’s Purpose, starring Dennis Quaid. Upper Shores Branch. REG day. Ages 5 – 12. REG (PG) 120 min. A/T – 8/29, 2 pm – 7 pm, Tuesday A – 8/8, 7 pm, Tuesday A – 8/30, 7 pm, Wednesday American Red Cross Blood Drive Broadway Comes to Lavallette: Summer Breeze: Americana Blues Please consider taking an hour to Chimenti Cabaret An Evening of Music with NJ’s own, A – 8/12, 2 pm, Saturday donate blood to those in need. REG The dynamic team performs songs James Dalton Jersey Shore Roustabouts from celebrated musicals. Known as All in a performance: a musician, a An afternoon of rock ‘n’ roll with a band CH – 8/30, 3 pm, Wednesday the Steve and Eydie of Long Island, of Jersey natives. REG Frankenstein Fun storyteller, and host of Out and About Cathy and Michael Chimenti will sing Make a fun Frankenstein monster to Radio, a podcast on WBJB/90.5thenight. Broadway hits and share personal BD – 8/15, 2 pm, Tuesday take home. Ages 5+. REG Come on out and get to know local recollections and insightful anecdotes Book Discussion Group artist, James Dalton. An acoustic café about their experiences in theatre. REG Look Again by Lisa Scottoline. New event. Sponsored by the Friends of the members welcome. Copies are available Upper Shores Branch. REG at the branch. 34 3 F – 8/3, 6:30 pm, Thursday F – 8/10, 1 pm, Thursday BARNEGAT The Lizard Guys WARETOWN Movie: Beauty and the Beast 609-698-3331 Join these animal enthusiasts for a live 609-693-5133 Live action retelling of the Disney animal presentation with lizards, snakes, animated classic. (PG) 129 min. Please Register turtles, frogs, and various bugs. REG Please Register T – 8/12, 11 am, Saturday CH/F – 8/4, 11 am, Friday Magic the Gathering Freckles The Clown ED – Month August Drop in and play the popular card game. CH/TW/T – 8/1 – 8/15 Freckles will perform magic, make Retrospective of Portraits by Nancy REG Building Scavenger Hunt balloons, and have a whole bunch of Bonta Voitko Ask about our scavenger hunt. Prizes silly fun at the library. Ages 3+. REG Nancy trained at the New York Academy CH – 8/12, 10 am, Saturday for completion. of Art and has over 30 years’ experience Dog Days at the Library A – 8/7, 8/14, 8/21, 8/28, 1 pm, both as an artist and a teacher. The TW – 8/1, 11 am, Tuesday Mondays Join Dakota and his handler for a essence of her subject is what she aims Paint Party Monday Movie R.E.A.D. session. Dakota is a licensed to capture, giving the final outcome a Kids will make a teacher-guided 8/7: Rogue One (PG) 133 min. Reading Education Assistance Dog. timeless and intimate quality. painting. Wear clothes to paint in. 8/14: Before I Fall (PG-13) 99 min. Children will get a 10 – 15 minute Ages 7 – 12. REG 8/21: The Shack (PG-13) 132 min. session. Ages 5 and up. REG 8/28: Beauty and the Beast (PG) A – 8/2, 1 pm – 4:30 pm, Wednesday Understanding and Responding A – 8/1, 7 pm, Tuesday 129 min. T – 8/14, 6 pm, Monday Burr Street Books to Dementia Related Behavior and Smoothie Wars A monthly book café. CH/F – 8/8, 10:30 am – 1:30 pm, Support Group Facilitator Training Compete to make the best smoothie. Tuesday Learn to recognize and respond to ® REG StoryWalk on Burr Street dementia related behavior changes ® A StoryWalk will be set up along and learn to intervene in positive ways. A – 8/16, 2 pm, Monday the sidewalk of Robert L. Horbelt Program will be followed by support Elementary School leading to the library. Jakes Branch presents: group facilitator training. Presented by Start at the library or go directly to the Organic Gardening the Alzheimer’s Association. REG school to walk and read Over in the Interested in “greening” up your CH/F – 8/2, 11 am, Wednesday Meadow by Ezra Jack Keats. gardening but not sure where to begin? A – 8/3, 1 pm, Thursday Traveling Lantern Presents: Join us as we take a look at a few of Coastal Resiliency: Ways to Protect The Ribbles Build a Residence T/TW – 8/8, 1:30 pm, Tuesday the natural gardening practices that can Beaches and Bay By playing interactive games the Meteor Shower Cookies save not only the environment but save audience will assist the Ribbles in In anticipation of the Perseid meteor Dr. Amy M. Williams of Stevens Institute you money as well. REG building a new home for a better world. shower, in view Aug. 9 – 13, decorate of Technology and New Jersey Sea Ages 3+. REG cookies and learn about meteors. Grant Consortium will present on Ages 10 – 18. REG methods and techniques for managing C – 8/2, 2 pm, Wednesday coastal erosion in our current world. TechTopic: Social Media CH – 8/9, 8/23, 10:30 am, Wednesdays REG Get answers to your social media Drop-in Crafts questions from our teen volunteers. Drop by the kids’ zone for a craft. T – 8/7, 6 pm, Monday Ages 3+. Drop in. A – 8/24, 1 pm, Thursday Will it Waffle? T – 8/2, 7 pm, Wednesday Fake News! We will experiment by putting various Escape Room: Anime Edition T – 8/9, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Learn how to determine if a news story foods into a waffle iron to find out “will it Can you find the way out? Work with Gaming Tournament: is fake or fact. REG others to escape this anime infused Super Smash Bros. 4 (WiiU) waffle?” REG event. Ages 12 – 18. REG Compete to be the best in the library. FR – 8/25 & 8/26, Friday, 1 pm – 3 pm & Ages 12 – 18. REG A – 8/9, 8/15, 1:30 pm, Tuesday & Saturday, 10 am – 12 pm F – 8/3, 2 pm, Thursday Wednesday Friends Book Sale Table Top Game Day TW – 8/10, 6:30 pm, Thursday Mah Jongg Club Trotta’s Hobbies from Barnegat will be Tween Night stopping by with some of their favorites A fun night of crafts, snacks, and book A – 8/30, 2 pm, Wednesday games. Ages 10+. boasts. Ages 8 – 12. REG Adult Crafting REG 2 35 These are just a few of the many music programs we have coming up in August at the Ocean County Library. There’s something for everybody!

Alex & the Summer BarnegatCalendar...... August of 2017 Events2 Kaleidoscope: Breeze: BeachwoodTable...... of Contents 4 Live in Concert Americana Berkeley...... 5 Ages 3 and up. REG Blues Brick...... 7 An Evening of Music with Island Heights...... 10 Jackson...... 11 NJ’s own, James Dalton Lacey...... 13 Lakewood...... 15 Berkeley Branch August 3, 6:30 pm, Thursday Upper Shores Branch Little Egg Harbor...... 18 August 30, 7:00 pm, Wednesday Point Pleasant Beach Branch Adult program. REG Long Beach Island...... 20 August 14, 11:00 am, Monday All Library programs are free and open Manchester...... 22 to the public, but registration may be limited. To avoid disappointment, Plumsted...... 24 H Allplease activities call posethe branch a degree where of risk. the We urge you to talk to your physician before Point Beach...... 25 beginningprogram any exerciseis offered program to register. and to be especially careful if you have any health Point Borough...... 26 issues. If you experience any pain or discomfort associated with any activity, you Stafford...... 28 should stop immediately to prevent injury. Toms River...... 30 The Ocean County Library Tuckerton...... 33 system makes every effort Broadway Tunes to provide access to our Elvis Unplugged Upper Shores...... 34 programs for people with with Cathy and Adult program. REG Waretown...... 35 disabilities. Please call your Michael local branch prior to attending the program for special needs Chimenti arrangements. Adult program. REG Key

Upper Shores Branch A Adult Program BD Book Discussion August 1, 7:00 pm, Tuesday

Berkeley Branch T Teen Program FR Friends Program Point Pleasant Beach Branch August 9, 6:30 pm, Wednesday August 8, 2:00 pm, Tuesday TW Tween Program ED Exhibits & Displays Upper Shores Branch Tuckerton Branch August 8, 7:00 pm, Tuesday August 28, 6:00 pm, Monday CH Children’s Program COH Chapters of Health

C Computer Class MKR Maker Program Call your branch or go online to register. F Family Program REG Please Register 36 1 Author Talk and Book Signing Checkout our 21 locations with Healing Medium, Anysia Marcell Kiel BARNEGAT · 112 Burr Street · 609-698-3331 Toms River Branch Manchester Branch BAY HEAD READING CENTER · 136 Meadow Avenue · 732-892-0662 Thursday, August 17 Thursday, August 31 BEACHWOOD · 126 Beachwood Blvd. · 732-244-4573 7:00 pm 7:00 pm BERKELEY · 30 Station Road · 732-269-2144 Ocean County resident and author of Discovering the BRICK · 301 Chambers Bridge Road · 732-477-4513 Medium Within, Anysia Marcell Kiel, will be visiting many · · of our branches on her Book Tour, discussing her new ISLAND HEIGHTS 121 Central Avenue 732-270-6266 book Discovering the Healer Within. The book · · discussion will be followed with a Q&A session. JACKSON 2 Jackson Drive 732-928-4400 Copies of this book will be available for purchase. · · Please go online or call your branch to register. LACEY 10 East Lacey Road 609-693-8566 LAKEWOOD · 301 Lexington Avenue · 732-363-1435 Brick Branch Pt. Beach Branch · · Thursday, September 9 Saturday, September 30 LITTLE EGG HARBOR 290 Mathistown Road 609-294-1197 2:00 pm 11:00 am LONG BEACH ISLAND · 217 S. Central Avenue · 609-494-2480 · · Berkeley Branch Upper Shores Branch MANCHESTER 21 Colonial Drive 732-657-7600 Wednesday, September 20 Saturday, October 7 · · 6:30 pm 2:00 pm PLUMSTED 119 Evergreen Road 609-758-7888 POINT PLEASANT BEACH · 710 McLean Avenue · 732-892-4575 Barnegat Branch Thursday, October 12 POINT PLEASANT BOROUGH · 834 Beaver Dam Road · 732-295-1555 6:00 pm STAFFORD · 129 N. Main Street · 609-597-3381 Lacey Branch TOMS RIVER · 101 Washington Street · 732-349-6200 Saturday, October 14 2:00 pm TUCKERTON · 380 Bay Avenue · 609-296-1470 UPPER SHORES · 112 Jersey City Avenue, Lavallette · 732-793-3996 WARETOWN · 112 Main Street · 609-693-5133 WHITING READING CENTER · Whiting Commons Shopping Center More dates and branches to be announced. 400 Lacey Road, Suite #5 · 732-849-0391 Please check with your branch. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter The Ocean County Library is on social media! Follow us at:

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