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A Adult Program BD Book Discussion

T Teen Program FR Friends Program

TW Tween Program ED Exhibits & Displays

CH Children’s Program COH Chapters of Health

C Computer Class MKR Maker Program

F Family Program REG Please Register 36 1 A – 6/19, 3 pm, Monday BARNEGAT WARETOWN All Over This Land 609-698-3331 609-693-5133 Through live performance (and tapes of “the real thing”), Saul Broudy presents Please Register Please Register grassroots songs from various regions, and discusses how these songs help us identify who we are and where we came from. This program is funded by the ED – All month Horizons Speakers Bureau of the New A Digital Journey – Jersey Council for the Humanities, a The Art of John Delaney state partner of the National Endowment John Delaney creates complex for the Humanities. REG visual results by using his cell phone and various apps that allow him to A – 6/21, 2 pm, Wednesday manipulate layers of images. John Leading a Balanced Life with adds a dash of imagination to the Jan Bertram F – 6/1, 6 pm, Thursday real, resulting in a montage of focused During this hands-on workshop, you will Meet the Wolves thought. John welcomes all to his learn and practice the Three Levels of Learn about the history and reception on Monday, June 5 at 7 pm. Awareness. These simple techniques conservation of wolves and wolf hybrids from the ancient art of tai chi will help from Howling Woods Farm, and see A – 6/13, 6:30 pm, Tuesday A – 6/12, 4 pm, Monday wolfdogs up close. REG Summer Decluttering you improve your balance and reduce Jamie Novak’s De-Stress by Organizing Humorist™ Jamie Novak your risk of falling. REG A – 6/5, 6/12, 6/19, 6/26, 1 pm, will discuss consolidating paperwork, De-Cluttering Mondays closets, clothes, and much more. You’ll Join Organizing Humorist™ Jamie A – 6/22, 2 pm, Friday Monday Movie leave this program with mini projects Novak for a funny look at how clutter is Seashore Gardening 6/5: Passengers (PG-13) 116 min. perfect to tackle over the summer. stressing us out. Aside from a laugh, you Join Ocean County Master Gardeners 6/12: Loving (PG-13) 123 min. Jamie Novak is the bestselling author of will walk away with tips on how to clean for a presentation on seashore 6/19: Fences (PG-13) 133 min. Keep This, Toss That. Q&A to follow. closets, purge paperwork, store items gardening. REG 6/26: Collateral Beauty (PG-13) 97 min. REG and much more. REG FR – 6/23, 1 pm – 3 pm, Friday A – 6/6, 7 pm, Tuesday T – 6/14, 6/21, 6 pm – 8:30 pm, 6/24, 10 am – 12 pm, Saturday Burr Street Books Wednesdays Friend’s Book Sale A monthly book café where members Gaming Night talk about books and listen to Play Wii®, WiiU®, XBox® 360, and Great finds for little cost. recommendations. more. Ages 12 – 18. A – 6/28, 2 pm, Wednesday T – 6/7, 6 pm, Wednesday CH – 6/20, 6/27, 11 am, Tuesdays Ikebana Japanese Flower Arranging Anime Summer Celebration Let’s Build Ikebana is the highly stylized art of Welcome summer in the traditional Join us for an hour of building fun with Japanese flower arranging. Unlike Japanese style. Watch a popular anime. LEGO®, DUPLO®, and other fun Western arrangements, it focuses on Ages 12 – 18. materials. Ages 5+. REG the individual stem, leaf, or flower. There A – 6/16, 2 pm, Friday are many schools that teach this art C – 6/9, 11 am, Friday BD – 6/20, 2 pm, Tuesday National Flood Insurance form, one of which is Sogetsu. Glenys TechTopic: eBooks Rules of Civility Program Q&A Baulderstone has studied this particular Learn how to borrow eBooks. Book by Amor Towles. New members Join Waretown’s Community Ratings school of flower arranging, completing welcome. Copies available for pickup at System Coordinator who will answer the fourth level, while living in Japan. C – 6/12, 11 am, Monday the branch. questions about flooding on your Tech Topic: Computer Help She will demonstrate how to make property and how to lower your flood A librarian will be on hand to answer arrangements in both the Morigana and questions about computers and mobile insurance. Please bring your Elevation Nageire styles. REG devices. Certificates. REG

2 35 F – 6/20, 6:30 pm, Tuesday F – 6/23, 11 am, Friday UPPER SHORES Barnegat Bay: A National Estuary Sciencetellers Present: Karen Walzer from the Barnegat Bay “Building: Tall Ships & Pirate Tales” 732-793-3996 Partnership will present on the Set sail with the Sciencetellers on a Please Register Barnegat Bay and its diverse thrilling action-packed adventure. wildlife. Wetlands and other bay Throughout the story, volunteers from habitats help protect the audience will help us explore the A – 6/1, 2:30 pm, Thursday coastal communities. incredible science behind clouds, Movie Time: Enjoy the Show! Sully Learn how scientists combustion, air pressure, scientific Clint Eastwood directs Tom Hanks in assess the state of this variables and more. Ages 5+. REG the reenactment of the January 2009 valuable estuary and emergency landing of US Airways Flight how we are all partners CH/F – 6/27, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm, 1549 on the Hudson River. in its protection. Tuesday (PG-13) 96 min. REG StoryWalk® on Burr Street A StoryWalk® featuring BD – 6/2, 3 pm, Friday Over in the Meadow by Last Lecture Ezra Jack Keats will be set up along the side- Book by Randy Pausch. What wisdom walk between the would we impart to the world if we knew A – 6/16, 3 pm, Friday library to the it was our last chance? If we had to Robert L. Horbelt Fred Miller: Lectures-in-Song vanish tomorrow, what would we want Elementary School. as our legacy? When Randy Pausch, a The Story Behind the Song. 12 Classics Participants may begin computer science professor at Carnegie There’s a story behind every song, but the StoryWalk® at either location. Mellon, was asked to give such a some songs occupy such a prominent lecture, he didn’t have to imagine the place in our collective consciousness CH – 6/28, 10:30 am, Friday challenge because he had recently been that their particular stories beg to be Paul Bunyan Party diagnosed with terminal cancer. Randy told ahead of others. Join perennial Celebrate Paul Bunyan Day by listening Pausch has combined the humor, favorite Fred Miller for another enjoyable to a story, playing with our building logs, inspiration and intelligence that made afternoon of fun. Sponsored by the and enjoying a snack. Please call the his lecture a phenomenon sure to be Friends of Upper Shores Branch. library with any food allergies. Ages 3+. REG shared for generations to come. REG T – 6/28, 6 pm – 8:30 pm, Wednesday A – 6/21, 7 pm, Wednesday A – 6/7, 2:30 pm or 6:30 pm, Gaming Night: Card Games Wednesday Railroad History of Ocean County Ages 12 – 18. Movie Time: Enjoy the Show! Loving German Georgieff, Chief Naturalist at The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, Wells Mills County Park, will lead us A – 6/29, 2 pm, Thursday an interracial couple, whose marriage in down the dusty rails of the Tuckerton, Adult Craft: Green Cleaning Virginia led to a civil rights case & legal New Jersey Central, and Pennsylvania Learn how to make your own organic battle that would end at the US Supreme railroads. REG CH – 6/22, 2 pm, Thursday cleaning products. REG Court. (PG-13) 123 min. Build A Better World: CH/F – Knock-out programs Kids Summer Reading Kickoff Party A – 6/30, 11 am, Friday A – 6/13, 2:30 pm or 6:30 pm, Tuesday throughout the summer for children Register for summer reading, play Barnegat Bookwalkers games, and join in the fun. REG Join Barnegat Branch’s audiobook Movie Time: Enjoy the Show! and their families. The full Calendar walking group. Pick out an audiobook Nocturnal Animals of Events will be available early June. Please stop in to pick up a copy. T – 6/22, 6:30 pm, Thursday you would like to listen to and take a A dark, haunting, romantic thriller that Paint the Teen Zone Window walk outside. Bring headphones. REG explores the thin lines between love Design our window with the summer and cruelty, revenge and redemption. reading theme “Build a Better World.” CH – 6/30, 3:45 pm, Friday Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Ages 12 – 18. REG Tail Waggin’ Tutor 2016 Venice International Film Festival. Readers of all ages and ability levels (R) 117 min. are invited to read to Hunter, a German Shepherd registered with Therapy Dogs 34 International. REG 3 A – 6/15, 10 am, Thursday BEACHWOOD Knit Wits TUCKERTON 732-244-4573 A/T – 6/26, 7 pm, Monday 609-296-1470 Please Register Healthy BBQ Side Dishes Please Register Make some healthy BBQ side dishes. Please advise of any allergies when registering. Ages 12 and up. REG ED – 6/1 – 6/30 A/T – 6/5, 6 pm, Monday Acrylic Art by Gwenn Seemel Movie: La La Land A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress C – 6/1 – 6/30 in Los Angeles. (PG-13) 128 min. REG One-on-One Computer Instruction Please call for an appointment. BD – 6/8, 3:30 pm, Thursday Youth Book Discussion FR/A – 6/2, 10 am, Friday F/FR – 6/23, 2 pm, Friday New members call to get the book title Friends of the Beachwood Sciencetellers Present: to join this interactive and fun group. Branch Meeting “Building: Tall Ships & Pirate Tales” Ages 7 – 14. New members are always welcome. Set sail with us as we kick off our Summer Reading program with a visit T – 6/5, 7 pm, Monday A/T – 6/12, 6 pm, Monday from Sciencetellers. People don’t just TAB Meeting Movie: xXx: Return of Xander Cage build on land. They build on water too. Help plan programs and earn Xander Cage is left for dead after an A crew of quirky pirates takes us on community service hours. incident, though he secretly returns to a thrilling action packed interactive action for a new, tough assignment with adventure. Sponsored by The Tuckerton A – 6/7, 6/14, 6/21, 6/28, 9 am, his handler Augustus Gibbons. (PG-13) Wednesdays Library Association. All ages. REG 107 min. REG English Conversation Group Talk about current events and other CH – 6/27, 10 am, Tuesday F – 6/26, 6 pm, Monday CH – 6/13, 11:30 am, Tuesday subjects in an informal setting. Mini Maker and Movie Movie: A Dog’s Purpose Father’s Day Fun Join us for a movie and DUPLO® free Experience the soulful and surprising Dads rule. It’s all about dad, pop, father, CH – 6/13, 10:30 am, Tuesday play. Please call for movie title. story of one devoted dog who finds the padre, papa and daddy for this story and Healthy Happy Heroes Ages 2 – 5. REG meaning of his own existence through Stories, activities, and a healthy snack. craft to celebrate his special day. the lives of the humans he teaches to Please alert us of any food allergies BD – 6/29, 10:30 am, Thursday Ages 2 – 8. REG when registering. Ages 3 – 6. Turn of Mind laugh and love. (PG) 100 min. REG Book by Alice LaPlante. Copies A/T – 6/19, 6 pm, Monday F/FR – 6/27, 10 am – 4 pm, Tuesday available at the circulation desk. Movie: The Great Wall Happy Birthday to You Day European mercenaries searching for It’s everyone’s birthday today. Drop in A – 6/30 10 am, Friday black powder become embroiled in Friday Film: La La Land anytime between 10 am and 4 pm to the defense of the Great Wall of China A jazz celebrate your birthday. There will be against a horde of monstrous creatures. pianist cake and balloons; so join in the (PG-13) 103 min. REG falls for an festivities. Sponsored by the Tuckerton aspiring Library Association. actress in CH – 6/20, 11:30 am, Tuesday Summer Fun Los Angeles. F – 6/29, 2 pm, Thursday (PG-13) Breeze in for a seasonal story and make Building Smoothies 128 min. a sun visor for the beach. Ages 2 – 8. Cool off and enjoy as Amy shows you REG REG how to build a healthy and delicious smoothie. Ages 10 and up. REG

4 33 CH – 6/21, 4:30 pm, Wednesday CH – 6/28, 10:30 am, Wednesday A – 6/13, 2 pm, Tuesday Ruff Readers Artsy Storytime BERKELEY Healthy Summer Treats Practice your reading skills in the Explore color with stories and create a 732-269-2144 Registered ShopRite dietician Jenn company of gentle therapy dogs. masterpiece. Ages 3½ – 5. REG Klein will be here to share some easy Ages 6 – 12. REG Please Register and healthy summer recipes. REG CH – 6/29, 10:30 am, Thursday A – 6/21, 6 pm, Wednesday The Paper Dragon CH – 6/15, 4 pm – 5 pm, Thursday C – 6/1 – 6/30 Anime Plus Join us for fun paper crafts and book art. Woof Tales: Read to a Dog Computer, eBook, and Genealogy Ages 18 – 29. Ages 8 – 12. REG Practice your reading skills with a Help trained therapy dog. Perfect for Get help for basic computer, eBook CH – 6/22, 10 am, Thursday beginning readers and up. REG and genealogy skills with one-on-one Toddler Time personalized lessons. Please call the An active storytime for you and your little branch to make an appointment. one. Ages 2 – 3. REG A – 6/1, 6/8, 6/15, 6/22, 6/29, 1 pm, A – 6/22, 12:30 pm, Thursday Thursdays Piano Music in the Atrium An Afternoon of Mah Jongg If you are an experienced player who MKR/A – 6/22, 2 pm, Thursday would like to join our group, please T-shirt Tote Bags A – 6/29, 2 pm, Thursday register. If you have your own set, Bring in a t-shirt to turn into a tote. REG Oro Macht Frei please bring it. Sponsored by the Screening of Jewish experience in Nazi Friends of the Berkeley Library. REG BD – 6/22, 2 pm, Thursday occupied Rome. Executive producer The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Joel Markel will answer questions after T – 6/1, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, Thursday Book by Rebecca Skloot. the film.REG Teen Advisory Board Meeting

Help the library stay current with teen CH – 6/22, 6 pm, Thursday CH – 6/29, 6:30 pm, Thursday trends and hot topics. Have fun while PaperMoon Puppet Theater Presents: Sensory Storytime earning community service hours. Beauty and the Beast Stories, songs and activities geared Grades 7 – 12. A timeless classic with marionette toward children on the autism spectrum. puppets. Ages 3 – 12. REG Ages 3 – 6. REG A – 6/5, 6/12, 6/19, 6/26, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Mondays CH – 6/23, 10:30 am, Friday CH – 6/30, 2 pm, Friday The Yarn Dolls Doc McStuffins Fun Super Goop! Knit or crochet. Bring along your Lots of fun. Stories, games, and more. What can you make with your goop? unfinished projects. Ages 3 – 6. REG Ages 8 – 12. REG F – 6/8, 6:30 pm, Thursday C – 6/23, 2:30 pm, Friday C – 6/30, 2:30 pm, Friday A – 6/15, 6 pm, Thursday Juggling with Jared eBooks Overview Basic Microsoft® PowerPoint The Art of Pysanky: Ukrainian Eggs Join us for an exciting evening of REG REG Learn about the Ukrainian process of juggling. There will be a show and pysanky and create a beautifully lessons offered. Novice and C – 6/26, 2:30 pm, Monday CH/F – 6/30, 6:30 pm, Friday designed egg using the traditional wax- experienced jugglers welcome. REG Microsoft® Word 2010 I After Hours Summer Reading Kickoff: resist batik process. All art supplies will REG Mr. Scott the Music Man be provided; please bring a smock or BD – 6/9, 1 pm, Friday Get ready to dance. Enjoy a creative, worn shirt and a container to take your The Shadow Divers CH – 6/27, 10 am, Tuesday energetic concert. REG egg home in. This program is sponsored Book by Robert Kurson. Copies are Baby & Me by the Friends of the Berkeley Library. available at the circulation desk. Stories, songs and more for you and REG baby. Ages 0 – 12 months. REG

32 5 A – 6/16, 1 pm, Friday CH – 6/23, 10:30 am, Friday CH – 6/12, 6:30 pm, Monday T – 6/14, 4 pm, Wednesday Senior Movie Matinée: La La Land Sensory Play Girls Club Afternoon TAB A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress Brrrrrrr… come play with “snow” in the Bring on summer with fun and flowery in Los Angeles. (PG-13) 128 min. summer. Ages 3 – 5. REG crafts. Ages 8 – 12. REG F – 6/14, 7 pm, Wednesday Toms River Multigenerational T – 6/17, 2 pm – 4 pm, Saturday CH – 6/24, 12:30 pm, Saturday FR – 6/12, 7 pm, Monday Orchestra Video Game Club Trolls: Movie, Lunch & Craft Friends Meeting Music lovers will enjoy the wide range of Come play video and tabletop games, Bring your lunch and watch the movie. orchestral selections. REG or bring your own handheld device or Afterwards we will make a Troll craft. MKR/T – 6/12, 7 pm, Monday console and connect with friends. We (PG) 92 min. REG Build a Better World Kickoff CH – 6/15, 10 am, Thursday are not responsible for lost, stolen, or Hang out and make some crafts to Waddler Time damaged items. Games rated E for CH – 6/26, 7 pm, Monday celebrate the start of summer. Storytime for you and your little one. Everyone or T for Teen only. The Great Reptiles Ages 12 – 23 months. REG Grades 7 – 12. REG Come meet a monitor lizard, a snapping C – 6/13, 9:30 am, Tuesday turtle, an American alligator, and more. Internet I C – 6/15, 2:30 pm, Thursday CH – 6/19, 7 pm, Monday All are real live animals. Sponsored by REG Fake News: What It’s All About Bedtime Stories the Friends of the Berkeley Library. REG Come in your PJs and listen to some Ages 5 and up. REG CH – 6/13, 10:30 am, Tuesday great bedtime stories. Ages 4 – 8. REG Kids Growing Great CH – 6/16, 10:30 am, Friday CH – 6/27, 6:30 pm, Tuesday Enjoy stories, an activity, a craft and a First Art DUPLO® Play healthy snack provided by Ms. Gia from Beginning art projects for toddlers. Bring We’ll supply the DUPLO® blocks and ShopRite on Fischer Boulevard in Toms a smock we may get messy. Ages 2 – 3. other fun building toys for imaginative River. Ages 3½ – 5. REG REG free play. Sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Library. Ages 3 – 5 with MKR/A – 6/13, 2:30 pm, Tuesday CH – 6/17, 2:30 pm, Saturday caregiver. REG Mini Herb Garden Rainbow Unicorn Storytime Make a mini herb garden in our Sparks’s Ages 3½ – 5. REG CH – 6/28, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Lab Makerspace. REG Yosi in Concert CH – 6/19, 10:30 am, Monday Join us for a fun evening of music with CH – 6/13, 6:30 pm, Tuesday It’s an Octopus! Yosi. Sponsored by the Friends of the Young Artist’s Studio Stories about amazing eight-legged sea Berkeley Library. REG Join us for our monthly art program. creatures. Ages 3½ – 5. REG Ages 6 – 12. REG T – 6/29, 6 pm – 8 pm, Thursday CH – 6/19, 6:30 pm, Monday Minecraft BD – 6/13, 7 pm, Tuesday Boys Club Come play Minecraft at the library. Pride and Prejudice Try using an awesome marshmallow F/CH – 6/20, 6 pm – 8 pm, Tuesday Limited laptops are available. If you Book by Jane Austen. shooter you make yourself on an Summer Reading Kickoff Party have a Minecraft account, bring your obstacle course. Ages 8 – 12. REG featuring Magician Steven Michaels own laptop/portable device and join CH – 6/14, 10:30 am, Wednesday and Bubbles the Clown in the fun. To reserve a laptop, please Arty Party T – 6/19, 7 pm, Monday Join us for a magical evening of register as soon as possible. Join us for our monthly art program. Monday Night Writes entertainment and fun. Watch a magic Grades 7 – 12. REG Ages 3½ – 5. REG Write, share, inspire. Ages 12 – 18. show, laugh with Bubbles the Clown, and play some games. Sponsored by CH – 6/30, 2:30 pm, Friday MKR/T – 6/14, 10:30 am, Wednesday C – 6/20, 9:30 am, Tuesday the Friends of the Berkeley Library. REG LEGO® at the Library Homeschool Hangout Microsoft® Word 2010 II We supply the LEGO®. You supply the Learn the art of waffle iron cooking. REG CH – 6/21, 12 pm, Wednesday imagination. Ages 6 – 12. REG Lunch Bunch CH – 6/14, 6:30 pm – 8 pm, Wednesday CH – 6/21, 10:30 am, Wednesday Bring your lunch and a drink and listen Decorate a Flag for Flag Day! Happy Birthday Eric Carle! to some fun stories. Ages 5 – 9. REG Drop-in family craft program. Join us for a storytime celebrating Eric 6 Carle. Ages 3½ – 5. REG 31 C – 6/6, 10:30 am, Tuesday C – 6/6, 10 am, Tuesday TOMS RIVER eBay™ Basics BRICK Internet Basics 732-349-6200 REG 732-477-4513 Learn the very basics of how to navigate the Internet. Mouse and keyboard skills Please Register F/CH – 6/6, 6:30 pm, Tuesday Please Register required. REG Bedtime Stories ED – 6/1 – 6/30 Join us in your PJs for stories and a A – 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 6/27 Mixed Media craft. REG 7 pm, Tuesdays By Beverly Hertler (McConnell) ED – 6/1 – 6/30 English Conversation Group Building Blocks of Life MKR/A – 6/6, 6:30 pm – 8 pm, Tuesday Ocean County Arts High School Improve your English conversational By Zechariah Russell (2nd Floor) Sewing 101 An exhibition of artwork by the students skills in a fun and casual setting. Learn about notions, supplies, and of Ocean County Arts High School. FR – 6/1, 9 am – 8 pm, Thursday parts of the sewing machine. Create a FR – 6/7, 11 am, Wednesday 6/2, 6/3, 9 am – 4 pm, Friday, Saturday pincushion and pin box. REG A – 6/1, 6/8, 6/15, 6/22, 6/29, Friends Annual Meeting and Friends Book Sale 10 am – 12 pm, Thursdays Luncheon All purchases support the library. A – 6/7, 6/14, 6/21, 6/28, 10 am, Open Play Mah Jongg Please note later start time of meeting. Wednesdays All levels of play welcome. Bring your Reservations required for luncheon. CH – 6/1, 10 am, Thursday English Conversation Group game set and current card. Please call 732-581-1158. Toddler Time New members welcome. An active storytime for you and your little C – 6/1, 10:30 am, Thursday C – 6/7, 2:30 pm, Wednesday one. Ages 2 – 3. REG F/CH – 6/7, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Chilton® Database Microsoft® PowerPoint Sleepytime Craft Learn to navigate this auto database Learn how to use this software to make A – 6/1, 6/8, 6/15, 6/22, 6/29, 6 pm, Listen to soothing tunes and make an that includes maintenance info, repair a slide presentation. REG Thursdays easy craft. REG tools, recall notices, etc. REG Adult Knitting Meetup T – 6/7, 7 pm, Wednesday A – 6/7, 7 pm, Wednesday CH – 6/2, 10:30 am, Friday Zen Coloring A – 6/1, 6/15, 6 pm, Thursdays Open Mic Night Hug Your Cat Day De-stress before finals by coloring Gamers Corner (20 Somethings) Performers register at 6:30 pm. Celebrate Hug Your Cat Day beautiful designs. Studies show a Ages 18 – 29. with stories and a craft calmer mind performs better. REG CH – 6/8, 6:30 pm, Thursday about some fabulous CH – 6/2, 10 am, Friday LEGO® Club felines. Ages 3 – 5. C – 6/8, 10 am, Thursday Baby & Me Join us for some building fun. We supply REG Mouse Basics Stories, songs and more for you and the LEGO® all you need is your First stop for beginners. Learn how to baby. Ages 0 – 12 months. REG imagination. Ages 6 – 12. REG BD – 6/2, 2 pm, Friday use the mouse. REG The Language of Flowers C – 6/5, 2 pm, Monday C – 6/8, 7 pm, Thursday Book by Vanessa Diffenbaugh. Mouse/Basic Computer Skills Facebook® Basics REG REG CH – 6/5, 10:30 am, Monday Sweatin’ & Smoothies CH – 6/6, 10 am, Tuesday CH – 6/9, 10:30 am, Friday We will have a blast sweating to the Waddler Time Ukulele Storytime oldies and making tasty smoothies as a Storytime for you and your little one. Music and stories with the Ukulele healthy treat. Ages 2 – 6. REG C – 6/9, 10:30 am, Friday Ages 12 – 23 months. REG Librarians. Ages 3½ – 5. REG NoveList® Plus C – 6/5, 2:30 pm, Monday Find a new favorite author or series with A – 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 6/27, 10 am, C – 6/9, 2:30 pm, Friday Microsoft® Publisher recommendations based on your Tuesdays Morningstar® & Value Line Online Learn how to use this software to make preferences. REG English Conversation Group REG calendars, banners, cards, labels, flyers, New members welcome. resumes, etc. REG

30 7 C – 6/12, 2:30 pm, Monday A – 6/24, 10 am, Saturday BD – 6/13, 1 pm, Tuesday A – 6/21, 3 pm, Wednesday YouTube Basics Second Chance Saturday Crafting Olive Kitteridge Make It! Learn how to search for videos, utilize This month’s craft will be a sea glass Book by Elizabeth Strout. Upcycled Magazine Coasters the user interface, and subscribe to pendant. REG Dive into the world of upcycling with this channels. REG C – 6/13, 2:30 pm, Tuesday colorful and fun addition to any table. C – 6/24, 2:30 pm, Saturday Travel Tech Tips: National Parks All supplies provided. REG C – 6/12, 6:30 pm, Monday Fake News! Learn about websites and apps that will What’s On Our Website? What is fake news? How is it harmful? help you make the most of your next T – 6/21, 6 pm, Wednesday The library’s website has a lot of Learn how to tell the difference. REG national park adventure. REG Teen Advisory Board Meeting information. We will explore where to Earn community service credit and have look for what you need. REG C – 6/26, 2:30 pm, Monday TW – 6/14, 6 pm or 7 pm, Wednesday fun. Ages 12 – 18. Pandora® Radio Tween Minecraft Club A/T – 6/13, 10:30 am, Tuesday Learn how to sign up for an account, Register for only one session. CH – 6/23, 10:30 am, Friday Special Needs Storytime for create music stations, and select Ages 9 – 14. REG Play Day! Adults & Teens personalization options. REG Drop in for some sensory fun. Stories and a craft for adults and teens FR – 6/15, 9:30 am, Thursday Ages 2 – 6 with caregiver. REG with special challenges. REG C – 6/27, 10 am, Tuesday Friends of the Stafford Branch Email Basics Meeting F – 6/24, 10 am – 1 pm, Saturday A – 6/14, 11 am, Wednesday Learn how to create an email account, Drop-In Craft Brain Games compose an email, print, and check the CH – 6/15, 6 pm, Thursday Join us for fun and mentally stimulating various folders. REG Preschool Storytime CH – 6/26, 6 pm – 8 pm, Monday games. REG Stories, songs and fun. Ages 3 – 6 with LEGO® Builders Club C – 6/28, 10 am, Wednesday caregiver. REG We supply the bricks, you bring the A – 6/15, 6:30 pm, Thursday Brainfuse ideas. Ages 5 and up. Night Crafting for Adults Come and learn all Brainfuse has to F – 6/17, 1:30 pm, Saturday This month’s craft will be a patriotic pin. offer. Learn about live tutoring, help with Family Film: Fantastic Beasts C – 6/27, 2:30 pm, Tuesday REG resumes, and more. REG and Where to Find Them eBay™ Basics (PG-13) 133 min. Introduction to eBay™. REG C – 6/20, 10 am, Tuesday Microsoft® Word Basics A – 6/19, 7 pm – 8:30 pm, CH – 6/28, 2 pm, Wednesday Learn basic word processing skills to Monday, Talk – 7:30 pm Science Explorers: DNA create and format a document. REG Rutgers Cooperative Learn about DNA with experiments and Extension Ocean fun. Ages 8 – 12. REG C – 6/21, 10 am, Wednesday County Master Windows® 10 Gardeners – Herbs A – 6/28, 6 pm – 7:30 pm, Wednesday Come learn how to navigate and Preserving Them Bad Art Night Windows 10. REG Bring diseased clippings Let your creative side free. Make works for diagnosis. Q&A after talk. of art in a judgment free atmosphere. C – 6/22, 10 am, Thursday REG No artistic skill needed. REG Microsoft® Excel Basics MKR/T – 6/28, 7 pm, Wednesday Learn to create a spreadsheet and use Will it Waffle? CH – 6/20, 10 am – 12 pm, Tuesday CH – 6/29, 2 pm – 4 pm, Thursday basic Excel functions. REG Waffle irons are not just for breakfast. Sidewalk Chalk July 4th Craft and Games Be creative and see what else you can Drop in and decorate our sidewalks. Drop in fun. All ages welcome. A – 6/23, 10 am, Friday make in a waffle iron. REG All ages welcome. Stitch in Time We invite you to take some time for C – 6/29, 7 pm, Thursday C – 6/20, 10:30 am, Tuesday yourself. Bring your crochet, knitting or Facebook® Basics Windows 10 Basics crafting needles, and your craft. REG Learn the basics of Facebook®. Mouse, Bring your own device. REG keyboard skills, and an email address are required. REG 8 29 A – 6/6, 2 pm, Tuesday STAFFORD Elder Law Seminar 609-597-3381 Attorney Scott Hanula will discuss topics including Medicare, Medicaid, protecting Please Register home and family assets from long-term costs, and essential estate planning documents. REG A/F – 6/1, 6/8, 1 pm – 3 pm, Thursdays, and 6/3, 6/17, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, CH – 6/7, 10:30 am, Wednesday Saturdays Mother Goose Time String of Purls – Knit/Crochet Rhythm, rhymes and movement. Ages 0 to 18 months with a caregiver. A – 6/2, 6/9, 6/16, 6/23, 6/30, REG 12:30 pm – 4 pm, Fridays Mah Jongg A – 6/7, 1 pm – 2:30 pm, Wednesday Brain Games FR – 6/3, 2:30 pm, Saturday Friends Adventure: A – 6/8, 7 pm, Thursday Ocean Breeze Jewelry Workshop DVD Discussion Group: Moonlight Each participant will learn how to make (R) 151 min. a pair of pierced earrings and a necklace with a variety of beads, charms CH – 6/9, 10:30 am, Friday and shells. All materials provided. Space Toddler Time is limited. Sponsored by the Friends of Stories, songs and finger plays. the Stafford Branch. REG Ages 19 – 36 months with caregiver. REG A – 6/5, 6/12, 6/19, 6/26, 11 am, Mondays F – 6/10, 1 pm, Saturday English Conversation Group Layla the Malamute: Read to a Dog

BD – 6/5, 12:30 pm, Monday CH – 6/12, 6 pm – 8 pm, Monday The Greatest Generation Celebrate Aquarium Month Book by Tom Brokaw. Drop in for aquarium themed crafts.

A – 6/5, 7 pm – 8:30 pm, Monday, C – 6/12, 6:30 pm, Monday Talk – 7:30 pm Windows 10 Basics Rutgers Cooperative Extension Bring your own device. REG Ocean County Master Gardeners– Secrets of a Low Maintenance TW/MKR – 6/12, Landscape 6:30 pm, Monday Bring diseased clippings for diagnosis. Tween Maker Q&A after. REG Night: Ocean Jars and C – 6/6, 10:30 am, Tuesday Mermaid Mirrors Social Media Series: Facebook® 1,2,3 Carry the ocean REG and create a mermaid worthy mirror. Ages 9 – 14. REG

28 9 CH – 6/21, 10:30 am, Wednesday BD – 6/19, 10:30 am, Monday BD – 6/21, 6 pm, Wednesday ISLAND HEIGHTS Baby Time A Tree Grows in Brooklyn The Beautiful Mystery 732-270-6266 Stories, fingerplays, and songs. Join the Friends to read and discuss Join Open Our Mind Book Club to Ages 18 months and younger. REG Betty Smith’s classic coming-of-age discuss acclaimed mystery writer Louise Please Register novel about an impoverished family Penny’s latest novel starring CH – 6/23, 3:30 pm, Friday surviving tenement life in turn-of-the- Québec’s finest Chief Inspector, Armand Paws for Reading century Williamsburg. Gamache. Read to our loveable therapy dogs. CH – 6/10, 10:30 am, Saturday Ages 12 and younger. REG A – 6/19, 2 pm, Monday F – 6/22, 6 pm, LEGO® Play Monday Movie: La La Land Thursday We will supply the LEGO® bricks for FR – 6/26, 7 pm, Monday A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress Family Movie imaginative free play. Ages 3½ – 8. REG Friends of the Island Heights in Los Angeles. (PG-13) 128 min. REG Night: Moana Library Meeting To overturn a T – 6/12, 7 pm, Monday The Friends of the Island Heights FR – 6/20, 1:30 pm, Tuesday demigod’s curse, TAB Library welcome new members. Monthly Friends Meeting an island chieftain’s All teens are welcome Stop by to meet the Friends and learn feisty daughter must to join our Teen CH – 6/27, 10:30 am, Tuesday what they do for our library. sail over the ocean Advisory Board. Preschool Mad Scientists to set things right. Earn volunteer Join us as we conduct an experiment A – 6/20, 2:30 pm, Tuesday (PG) 106 min. hours while having using household items. Ages 3 – 5. REG Living with Arthritis fun. Ages 12 – 17. REG Join Meridian Rehabilitation to learn CH – 6/27, 2:30 pm, Tuesday A – 6/30, 2 pm, Friday about arthritis treatment options, Summer Reading Roundup TW – 6/13, 3:30 pm, Tuesday Upcycled Wind Chimes medications, and simple ways to protect Summer’s almost here… are you ready? Tween Tuesdays Join us in making beautiful wind chimes your bones and joints. REG Join us for crafts, games, snacks, and Come hang out with other tweens for from upcycled materials. REG activities to kick off the season. gaming. Ages 9 – 12. REG T – 6/20, 2:30 pm, Thursday Ages 6 – 11. REG Take & Make F – 6/19, 3:30 pm, Monday Grab a kit to bring home and create a CH – 6/28, 11 am, Wednesday Summer Reading Kickoff Party fun craft. First come, first served. Total Toddler Time Kick off summer reading with games Ages 12 – 18. Come enjoy stories, music and and snacks. REG movement. Ages 18 – 36 months. REG CH – 6/21, 11 am, Wednesday A – 6/20, 3:30 pm, Tuesday Building 4 Babies BD – 6/28, 7:30 pm, Wednesday Alzheimer’s Healthy Aging: Drop in for some A Long Way Gone: Tips for Your Body and Brain open block Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Over the past several decades, building with Join Good Readers Book Club to researchers have explored how lifestyle your little one. discuss this memoir by Ishmael Beah, factors may affect our physical and Ages 6 – 36 who found rescue and redemption after cognitive health. Diet, exercise, stress, months with surviving three years as a child soldier in sleep problems, and other factors may caregiver. Sierra Leone. influence age-related physical and REG cognitive decline. Learn about the latest CH – 6/30, 11 am, Friday research on lifestyle changes and how Storytime to Go to incorporate healthy habits into your Missed out on storytime this month? daily routine. REG Stop in to pick up a craft kit and a book specially chosen by our librarian. First come, first served.

10 27 CH – 6/7, 11 am, Wednesday A – 6/10, 10:30 am, Saturday POINT BOROUGH Baby & Me JACKSON Adventure in Art 732-295-1555 Share rhymes, stories, and movement 732-928-4400 This painting adventure will lead you with your little one. Ages 6 – 18 months. through an informative and fun, Please Register with caregiver. REG Please Register step-by-step art class, including hands on instruction by classically trained CH – 6/7, 4 pm, Wednesday artist, Nancy Bonta Voitko. Adults 18+. ED – 6/1 – 6/30 ED – 6/2 – 6/30 Read to the Dogs REG Artwork by Robert Johnson Meeting Room art: Kids can drop in and read books out An exhibition of artwork by Robert Retrospective of Portraits loud to our cuddly canines. A – 6/12, 6/26, 6:30 pm, Mondays Johnson. by Nancy Bonta Voitko Knit-Chat-Chain Volunteers CH – 6/8, 6:30 pm, Thursday Items are donated to hospitals. C – BY APPOINTMENT ONLY CH – All month LEGO® Club Individualized Computer Chats The Children’s Department is getting Test your imagination as you build with A – 6/12, 7 pm – 8:30 pm, Monday Call the branch to schedule an ready for Summer Reading. Please the library’s LEGO® blocks. Documentary Film: Under One Sky: appointment. stop by the Children’s Desk to pick up Ages 5 – 11. REG Arab Women in North America a complete listing of summer programs Talk about the Hijab A – 6/1, 6 pm, Thursday and sign up for Summer Reading. A/FR – 6/9, 11 am, Friday Arab women explain the Open Mic Night Read books all summer long for a That’s Amore: A Century ideologies behind the Join Dennis chance to spin the wheel and win prizes. of Dean Martin hijab (veil), as they “The Heavy Celebrate Dean Martin’s 100th birthday remove labels Metal Poet” CH – 6/2, 10:30 am, Friday with Dave DeLuca, who will pay tribute imposed by both Townsend for Baby & Me to The King of Cool with his one-man East and West. a night of local Ages 0 – 18 months with caregiver. REG show of the great vocalist’s signature Film from OCL talent. Show off songs. Sponsored by the Friends of the database Access your music, poetry, A – 6/5, 6/19, 10 am, Mondays Point Pleasant Borough Branch. REG Video on Demand. and comedy skills in front of a friendly Knit-Chat-Chain Volunteers Q&A with Director audience. Signups begin at 6 pm; Items are donated to hospitals. A – 6/12, 7 pm, Monday Mariam Jalabi, Syrian National Coalition, performances start at 6:30. Jersey Shore Science Fiction Society United Nations. REG A – 6/6, 10 am – 11:30 am, Tuesday Come discuss your favorite literary A – 6/2, 6/9, 6/16, 6/23, 6/30, Art of Meditation: For Beginners genre with like-minded fans. A – 6/13, 11 am, Tuesday 1 pm – 3 pm, Fridays Learn different ways to meditate. Learn Understanding Elder Law Games for Adults to de-stress and step into awareness. T – 6/13, 2:30 pm, Tuesday Meet elder law attorney Scott M. Hanula Bring a friend and have fun playing a Please wear comfortable clothes, socks Teen Volunteer Day as he presents important information on variety of board games. required. REG Earn community service hours, help estate planning, medical, and legal your library, and have fun. Ages 12 – 18. aspects of law that apply to seniors. A – 6/5, 6 pm, Monday BD – 6/6, 7 pm, Tuesday REG REG Dessert & A Movie: Lion The Dovekeepers Adopted by an Australian couple as a Book by Alice Hoffman. T – 6/14, 2:30 pm, Wednesday BD – 6/13, 1 pm, Tuesday child, a young man searches for his birth Candy Bar Taste Test The Girls of Atomic City family in India. The Library will provide June is National Candy Month. Do you Book by Denise Kiernan. dessert. (PG-13) 118 min. REG know your candy bars? Come test your taste buds. Ages 12 – 18. REG T – 6/13, 7 pm – 8:30 pm, Tuesday CH – 6/6, 11 am, Tuesday Teen Advisory Board S.T.E.A.M. Storytime: Construction A – 6/15, 10 am – 2 pm, Thursday Grades 7 – 12. REG Build with your imagination. Join us for a A – 6/8, 2:30 pm, Thursday Mobile County Connections special story and activity that’s all about Afternoon Film: Fantastic Beasts Visit to explore useful resources and MKR/CH – 6/14, 6:30 pm, Wednesday the world of construction. Ages 4 – 6. and Where to Find Them learn about county services. Maker Art REG Welcome to the wizarding world of 1926 We are going to use our maker tools to New York. (PG-13) 133 min. REG make works of art. Ages 7 – 12. REG 26 11 A – 6/14, 7 pm, Wednesday A – 6/22, 6:30 pm, Thursday T/F – 6/15, 3 pm – 5 pm, Thursday Swing into Summer Dance Jackson Writers Group POINT BEACH Teen and Family Board Game Put on your dancing shoes and join us For all writers, published or not, who 732-892-4575 Afternoon for dancing, listening and a swing want to share their work. REG dancing mini-lesson with DJ Joanne. Please Register Adults 18+. REG CH – 6/27, 10:30 am, Tuesday FR – 6/17, 6/19 – 6/23, Baby & Me During Library Hours ED – Curio Display FR – 6/15, 7 pm, Thursday Ages 0 – 18 months with caregiver. REG Friends of the Library Book Sale Point Pleasant Library Association Friends Meeting Week long book sale to support the All are welcome to attend. MKR/T – 6/27, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Friends of the Point Beach Library. A – 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 6/27 7:30 pm, Tuesday Tuesdays A – 6/19, 6 pm, Monday Teen Cuisine: Pancake Art CH/T – 6/26 – 8/7 English Conversation Group Evening Film: Moonlight Create edible art with basic pancake LEGO® Architecture Contest Begins New members welcome. REG 2017 Oscar Winner for best film, batter and food coloring. Ages 12 – 18. Create a building or bridge with LEGO®. Moonlight is the tender, heartbreaking REG Drop it off during the summer. Voting will A – 6/12, 6/26, 1 pm, Mondays story of a young man’s struggle to find be held the week of August 7th. Winner Stitch at the Beach himself. (R) 111 min. REG MKR/T – 6/28, will be announced on August 14th. Knitters of all skill levels welcome. REG 2:30 pm – 4 pm, Ask for more details. A – 6/20, 10 am, Tuesday Wednesday CH – 6/12, 11 am, Monday Coloring for Adults DIY Seed Bombs CH – 6/26, 3 pm, Monday Itty Bitty Book Club Coloring sheets and art supply provided An easy way to Star Wars® Paper Craft This month, we will read two books by along with light refreshment and relaxing plant flowers that Make a Star Wars paper craft using a Mo Willems. Ages 3 – 5 yrs. REG music. REG attract butterflies Silhouette cutter. Ages 5 – 12. and honey bees. CH – 6/12, 3:30 pm, Monday CH – 6/20, 10:30 am, Tuesday Ages 12 – 18. BD – 6/27, 7 pm, Tuesday LEGO® Club Caribbean Storytime REG Book Discussion Program sponsored by Friends of the Ages 3 – 6. REG The Round House by Louise Erdrich. Point Pleasant Beach Library. Drop in. A – 6/28, 6:30 pm, Wednesday REG MKR/T – 6/20, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, S.C.O.R.E. Starting a Business F/CH – 6/13, 4 pm – 5 pm, Tuesday Tuesday See online calendar for details. T – 6/28, 3 pm – 5 pm, Wednesday Bright & Beautiful Therapy Dogs Baking 101: Frosting & Fondant Fun REG Afternoon Adventures with REG with Jennicakes Dungeons and Dragons® Learn to decorate with a pastry bag and MKR/TW/T – 6/29, 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm, REG A/T – 6/13, 6 pm, Tuesday fondant. Ages 12 – 18. REG Thursday Pickin’ at Point TechShopz: All About Infographics T – 6/29, 3 pm, Thursday Bring your acoustic instrument and a MKR/CH – 6/21, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Learn all about infographics– what they Escape Room song to share at this drop in acoustic Summer Solstice Program are, how to make them, and when to Can you solve the puzzle and escape jam session. Ages 5 – 10. REG use them. Ages 10 – 14. REG before your hour is up? Work together to follow clues and beat the clock. CH – 6/14, 6/28 10:30 am, Wednesdays CH/F – 6/22, 6:30 pm, Thursday MKR/CH – 6/29, 3 pm, Thursday Ages 10 and up. REG Storytime With Miss Mary Ann Matariki! Celebrate Maori New Year Oaxacan Foil Animals Ages 3 – 5 years. REG A New Year’s celebration in June? Yes. Ages 7 – 12. REG T/F – 6/30, 2 pm – 4:30 pm Friday Have fun celebrating with us. REG Rogue One: A Star Wars Story BD – 6/15, 12 pm, Thursday CH/F – 6/30, 10:30 am, Friday A band of rebels plot to steal the Death Literature & Lunch Steven Michael & Unusual Company Star plans in this Star Wars® spinoff. Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Magic Show. REG (PG-13) 133 min. Zevin. REG

12 25 T/TW – 6/12, 6:30 pm, Monday PLUMSTED Cake Pops LACEY 609-758-7888 Make and decorate these tasty treats. 609-693-8566 Ages 12 and up. REG Please Register Please Register CH – 6/13, 10 am, Tuesday Baby Art Club A – 6/1, 6/15, 1:30 pm, Thursdays ED – 6/1 – 6/30 Who says babies can’t do art? Dress Artists’ Workshop Meeting Room Art for a mess. Ages 6 months and up with Join us and chat, share ideas, and of Aerial photographs of Ocean County caregiver. REG course work on your current art project. by Mike Maino. A – 6/14, 7 pm – 8:45 pm, Wednesday F – 6/5, 6 pm, Monday C – 6/1 – 6/30 Meet the Mayor Family Movie Night: Lilo & Stitch One-on-One Instruction Schedule an appointment to meet with Bring pillows, blankets and a snack for Assistance with computers, library Mayor Trotta and Assemblyman Dancer. your viewing comfort. (PG) 85 min. resources, eReaders and tablets. By Please call 609-758-7888 to REG. appointment only. Please call. CH – 6/6, 10 am, Tuesday A – 6/7, 7 pm, Wednesday Opiate Addiction: Totally Toddler Time A – 6/1, 6/8, 6/15, 6/22, 6/29, 12 pm, What Works, What Doesn’t Work, Toddle on over for stories, crafts and Thursdays When Addicted to Opiates fun. Ages 18 – 36 months with caregiver. Mah Jongg Mavens & Masters Presented by Dr. Tony Juneja, REG Have you always wanted to learn how psychiatrist specializing in addiction to play Mah Jongg? You can learn by disorders. REG BD – 6/7, 6 pm, Wednesday watching seasoned players. Do you The Forgotten Garden already know how to play? Either way, T – 6/8, 6:30 pm, Thursday Book by Kate Morton. A memorable come join us. journey of two women uncovering their Page & Screen Club The Perks of Being a Wallflower. family’s past that spans generations and MKR/T – 6/1, 7 pm, Thursday CH – 6/16, 3:30 pm, Friday (PG-13) 103 min. REG continents. Chalk It Up Ramadan Celebration Celebrate the end It’s the month of Ramadan. Join us for A – 6/9, 1 pm, Friday A – 6/8, 2 pm, Thursday of school with your a fun craft. All ages welcome. Afternoon Film: DIY Adult Crafternoon favorite quotes about Drop-in craft. Florence Foster Jenkins Create a sand-n-sea flower pot; perfect summer. The story of a New York heiress who for your summer garden. REG Ages 13 – 18. REG A – 6/19, 3 pm, Monday dreamed of becoming an opera singer, Book Café despite having a terrible singing voice. CH – 6/9, 3:30 pm, Friday A – 6/3, 6/10, 6/17, 6/24, 9 am, Join the group as they talk about new (PG-13) 91 min. REG LEGO® Club Saturdays books and authors as well as discuss Join us for some LEGO® building fun. English Language Classes All you need is your imagination, we their past favorites. REG A – 6/12, 12 pm and 1 pm, Monday Music and Movement with Friends supply the bricks. Ages 4 and up. REG A – 6/3, 9:30 am, Saturday T – 6/21, 7 pm – 8:30 pm, Wednesday A musical program for adults with Knitting & Crochet Group Teen Game Night special challenges and their caregivers. CH – 6/10, 10:30 am, Saturday Bring your yarn and needles or hooks, Come and play games provided by the This program made possible by a grant Father’s Day Drop-in Craft and make some new friends while you library, or bring your favorite ones. from the KearnyBank Foundation. There Stop by to make a special “dads rock” knit. All skill levels welcome. craft and card. Ages 3 and up. Ages 12 – 18. are 2 sessions– please register for one session only. REG A – 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 6/27, 6:30 pm, T/TW – 6/26, 6:30 pm Monday CH – 6/12, 4 pm, Monday Tuesdays Seashell Critters A – 6/13, 5:30 pm, Tuesday Read to the Dogs English Conversation Group What creative critter can you make from Meet the Mayor Practice your reading skills with a Practice English in an informal setting. trained therapy dog. Perfect for seashells? Bring your own shells or use Stop in and meet the mayor in a less beginning readers and up. REG ours. Ages 11 – 18. REG formal setting than a township meeting. 24 13 CH/T – 6/20, 4:30 pm, Tuesday A – 6/13, 2 pm – 3:30 pm, Tuesday A – 6/19, 10 am – 12 pm, Monday Let’s Make Art Beginner/Intermediate French Club: Wellness Screening Heather Popielarczyk will teach art to Passée Composé Meridian Health will offer free special needs children and their siblings. In this class, you will learn how to screenings for cholesterol, blood This program made possible by a grant conjugate regular verbs in the past pressure, blood sugar and BMI. from the KearnyBank Foundation. tense. REG Ages 8 – 16. REG A – 6/21, 12:30 pm, 3:15 pm or 6 pm, A – 6/13, 3:30 pm – 5 pm, Tuesday Wednesday CH/T – 6/21, 1 pm – 3 pm, Wednesday Advanced French Club Feature Film: Live by Night Summer Reading Kickoff This conversation group is for The son of a Boston cop becomes a Stop in and see what the Lacey Branch intermediate and advanced speakers bootlegger in Florida during the has planned for summer. Games, to discuss topical events in French and Prohibition era. (R) 128 min. activities, and summer reading sign-ups. read and discuss French texts. REG A – 6/26, 2 pm – 3 pm, Monday CH – 6/22, 4 pm, Thursday A – 6/14, 12:30 pm, 3:15 pm or 6 pm, Alzheimer’s: Communication Tips Paws for Reading– Therapy Dogs Wednesday This Communication program is geared For beginning readers. REG Feature Film: A Dog’s Purpose towards caregivers of someone with A dog is reincarnated over multiple Alzheimer’s or another form of A – 6/23, 2 pm, Friday lifetimes, and his existence intersects dementia. REG A – 6/13, 6:30 pm, Tuesday Estate Planning Seminar with that of a young boy who rescued Small Business Program: Learn about federal estate tax, new him in 1962. (PG) 120 min. A – 6/27, 2 pm – What is the Right Marketing to Medicaid regulations, and estate 3:30 pm, Tuesday Generate Sales for your Business planning documents. Presented by Scott A – 6/15, 2 pm – 4 pm, Thursday Line Dancing Presented by Tom Forgione, specialist M. Hanula, Esq., Certified Elder Law Book Chat Have fun and in strategic advertising and marketing. Attorney. REG Share with others books you’ve recently learn to line dance, In partnership with SCORE of Ocean read. hosted by Sunnee County. REG T – 6/24, 2 pm, Saturday Wadiak. No Teen Book Swap experience or T – 6/15, 7 pm, Thursday Bring your favorite books to swap with partner necessary. TAB (Teen Advisory Board) Meeting your favorite friends. Ages 13 – 18. REG REG

A – 6/17, Saturday, 2 pm CH – 6/27, 10 am, Tuesday A – 6/28, 12:30 pm, 3:15 pm or 6 pm, An Afternoon Opera Recital Yoga for Kids Wednesday with Christa Dalmazio Get kids started on the road to good Feature Film: The Great Wall Join us for an afternoon of opera and art health with yoga for kids. Children Western mercenaries and Chinese songs with soprano Christa Dalmazio should bring a mat or towel, and wear warriors join forces to battle a and pianist Chun-Wei Kang from the comfortable clothing. REG supernatural menace that’s attacking Manhattan School of Music. REG the Great Wall. (PG-13) 104 min. A – 6/28, 6 pm, Wednesday BD – 6/19, 1 pm, Monday Evening Film: The Danish Girl A – 6/29, 2 pm – 4 pm, Thursday The King’s Speech Danish painter Einar Wegener begins Who Would Have Thought Book by Mark Logue. Copies of the living as a woman named Lili Elbe, Fred Weintraub will present a humorous book are available at the circulation and undergoes one of the world’s first A – 6/15, 7 pm, Thursday and serious look at our world and times. desk. gender reassignment surgeries in the Operation Barbarossa: The Invasion REG 1930s. (R) 120 min. REG of Russia by Nazi Germany A – 6/20, 6/27, 2 pm, Tuesdays Paul Zigo of the WWII Era Studies Chair Yoga for Seniors T – 6/29, 7 pm, Thursday Institute will cover aspects of the A gentle yoga practice for adults with Stranger Things Scary Fun massive assault and why it surprised limited mobility. Taught by Nancy Bonta Are you a fan of Stranger Things and Joseph Stalin. REG Voitko, certified yoga instructor.REG other scary stuff? Come to our scary fun 14 night. Ages 13 – 18. REG 23 A – 6/6, 6/20, 2 pm – 4 pm, Tuesdays C – 6/1, 10 am, Thursday MANCHESTER Writer’s Circle LAKEWOOD Excel® I 732-657-7600 Writers of all genres meet to discuss 732-363-1435 Learn to add and edit data on a writing issues and critique their work. spreadsheet. REG Please Register Please Register A – 6/7, 12:30 pm, 3:15 pm or 6 pm, CH – 6/1, 3:30 pm, Thursday Wednesday Read to the Dogs C – Technology Assistance Feature Film: La La Land Practice reading with certified therapy Please call 732-657-7600 for an A struggling actress and an aspiring dogs. Ages 5 – 10. REG appointment. pianist fall in love. However, their careers pull them in different directions. T – 6/1, 5:30 pm, Thursday A – 6/1 – 8/26 (PG-13) 128 min. Teen Computer Club Adult Summer Reading Begins Play computer games. Ages 12 – 18. Read or listen to 5 books or more to A – 6/8, 10 am, Thursday enter our raffle for a chance to win a Beginner Ballet for Adults CH – 6/1, 6 pm, Thursday variety of prizes. Sign up online or at the This class combines ballet and exercise. Lip Sync Sensation branch. You can start logging in your Wear comfortable clothing, socks or Lip sync to your favorite songs. books online or submit paper logs ballet slippers. REG Ages 6 – 12. 6/1 – 6/19. A – 6/8, 6/22, 2 pm – 4 pm, Thursdays CH/TW/T – 6/3, 2 pm, Saturday ED – 6/1 – 6/24 Chicks with Sticks – Knitting and Gaming The Works of Helen Harris will be Crocheting Group Play video games. Ages 6 – 16. displayed in the meeting room. T – 6/1 – 8/31 Bring your yarn, needles, and current Reception, 6/3, 2 pm, Saturday Summer Art Contest projects. All skill levels welcome. Submit your art work and enter to win. C – 6/5, 10 am, Monday Pinterest® A – 6/1, 1 pm, Thursday All art mediums accepted. See staff for A – 6/9, 10 am – 11 am, Friday Create boards brimming with ideas. Throwback Thursday: The Clock details. Beginner Modern Dance for Adults REG A GI on a 48-hour pass meets a girl and This class combines both modern dance they undertake a whirlwind romance in C – 6/1 – 6/30 and exercise to fun and rhythmic music, T – 6/5, 3 pm, Monday this 1945 film. (NR) 90 min. Librarian by Appointment bring a yoga mat or towel. REG Call ext. 2100 to REG Maker Monday: Dream Catchers A new maker craft or activity every A – 6/2, 6/9, 6/16, 6/23, 6/30, 12 pm, A – 6/9, 6/23, 1 pm – 3 pm, Fridays Monday. Ages 12 – 18. Fridays A – 6:30 pm, every Monday Quilting Bee Chess Club English Conversation Group Quilters work on individual and group CH/TW – 6/5, 7 pm, Monday Play in the Community Corner. Adults practice English skills and projects. make new friends. Paper Quilling Curled paper creations. Ages 8 – 12. A – 6/5, 2 pm – 4 pm, Monday A – 6/10, 2 pm – 3 pm, Saturday REG Alzheimer’s 101 T – 5:30 pm, every Wednesday BJ & The Band This program provides a comprehensive Video Game Night Enjoy a live musical performance of T – 6/6, 5:30 pm, Tuesday overview about memory loss, Open gaming. Ages 12 – 18. soul, Motown, and hits from the 1960s Board Games and Puzzles Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of and beyond with BJ & The Band. Enjoy classic board games and puzzles. dementia. REG CH/F – 1:30 pm, all Fridays Friday Fun Ages 12 – 18. FR – 6/13, 10 am – 12 pm, Tuesday BD – 6/6, 10:15 am – 11:30 am, A family fun craft on Fridays. Friends of the Library General C – 6/7, 10 am, Wednesday Tuesday Meeting Excel II The Elegance of the Hedgehog A – 9 am, all Saturdays The Friends of the Manchester Library Perform mathematical functions, format Book by Muriel Barbery. English as a Second Language are an essential link between the library (ESL) Classes cells, work with multiple sheets. REG and the public. They plan programs and Free English classes for adults. fundraisers for specific library needs. New members are always welcome. 22 15 CH/TW/T – 6/8, 5:30 pm, Thursday CH – 6/17, 10:30 am, Saturday A – 6/13, and 6/27, 9:30 am, Tuesdays TW/T – 6/21, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Gaming Make a Butterfly Craft Watercolor Drop-in for Seniors S.A.I.L. Orientation Play video games. Ages 6 – 16. Summer craft. Ages 6 – 11. Practice with watercolor artist Pat Orientation for teens volunteering with Morgan. Bring your own supplies. REG S.A.I.L. this summer. A – 6/8, 6:30 pm, Thursday CH/TW/T – 6/17, 2 pm, Saturday Adult Craft: Pincushions Gaming CH – 6/15, 9:30 am, Thursday CH/TW/F – 6/22, 10:30 am – 3 pm, Use hand-sewing to make a pincushion. Play video games. Ages 6 – 16. Wigglers & Walkers Thursday REG Foster little one’s motor, sensory, and Summer Reading Family Fair T – 6/19, 3 pm, Monday social skills. Join us for books, rhymes, We will kickoff summer reading with CH/TW – 6/8, 6 pm, Thursday Maker Monday: Popsicle Stick songs, and movement, followed by games, crafts, and local community Upcycled Book Art Ferris Wheel playtime. Ages 0 – 2. REG partners. For a full schedule, see our Create works of art from old books. A new maker craft or activity every flier, or visit the library’s events Ages 8 – 12. REG Monday. Ages 12 – 18. FR – 6/16 and 6/17, 9 am – 4 pm, calendar online. Thursday and Friday CH – 6/10, 2 pm, Saturday CH/TW – 6/19, 6 pm, Monday Friends’ Big Book Sale A – 6/23, 1 pm, Friday Video Games Beach Paper Mobile Stock up on a wide variety of books at Friday Afternoon Movie: Play video games. Ages 6 – 12. Create a beach themed mobile. great prices at this semi-annual sale. Far From Heaven Ages 8 – 12. REG Proceeds help the Friends of the Island In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces T – 6/12, 3 pm, Monday Library provide quality programs and a marital crisis and mounting racial Maker Monday: Garden Pinwheels C – 6/20, 10 am, Tuesday improvements, like the new digital sign. tensions in the outside world. (PG-13) A new maker craft or activity every Universal Class 108 min. REG Monday. Ages 12 – 18. Take free, online classes on a variety of CH – 6/19, 10 am, Monday topics. REG Read, Rock, & Rhyme CH/F - 6/28, 7 pm, Wednesday C – 6/14, 10 am, Wednesday Let’s get moving with songs, stories, the Pajama Party in the Park! Word® I CH – 6/20, 6 pm, Tuesday parachute, and instruments. Ages 2 – 6. Join us for storytime at Bayview Park in Add and edit text, save, and print Bilingual Storytime REG Brant Beach. This is an outdoor drop-in documents. REG Enjoy stories in Spanish and English. event for children of all ages. In the case Ages 3 – 10. of rain, storytime will be held at the Long CH/TW – 6/14, 3:30 pm, Wednesday Beach Island Branch. Slime A – 6/21, 11 am, Wednesday Make slime. Ages 8 – 14. REG Lakewood Writers Group CH – 6/30, 10 am, Friday Fine tune your writing skills. REG Play & Learn A – 6/15, 11 am, Thursday Children will practice motor skills with Stress Relief Through Coloring fun activities and crafts. Ages 1 & up. Color and listen to music. REG REG

T – 6/15, 5:30 pm, Thursday A – 6/30, 1 pm, Friday Manga + Anime Club CH/F – 6/21, 6 pm, Wednesday F – 6/19, 7 pm, Monday Friday Afternoon Movie: All things relating to manga and anime. Family Movie Night Introduction to Fishing Knots & Hacksaw Ridge Ages 12 – 18. Sing. (PG) 108 mins. Rig-Making WWII American Army Medic Desmond What knots do what? John Sweet T. Doss, who served during the Battle CH/TW – 6/15, 6 pm, Thursday C – 6/22, 10 am, Thursday will show you how to tie basic knots of Okinawa, becomes the first man in Kids Can Knit: Skills Class Publisher used by fishermen, and what they are American history to receive the Medal of Learn a basic knitting skill. Ages 8 – 14. Use templates and design features to used for. Also learn basic fishing rigs, Honor without firing a shot. (R) 138 min. REG create cards, brochures and flyers. REG how to join lines, and more. Hands-on REG instruction will result in making your own T – 6/16, 2:30 pm, Friday T – 6/22, 5:30 pm, Thursday rigs. Please bring a spool of 30 lb. test Make it: Candy Making DIY: Felt Masks monofilament (no braided lines), a pair Use candy molds to make your own Sew a mask and become someone else of needle-nose pliers and a fingernail chocolates. Ages 12 – 18. for the day. Ages 12 – 18. clipper. Ages 12+. REG 16 21 CH – 6/7, 6:30 pm, Wednesday CH/TW/T – 6/22, 6 pm, Thursday T – 6/28, 10 am, Wednesday LONG BEACH ISLAND Pajama Storytime Paper Football Tournament Recycled Craft: Baseball Bracelets Wind down the day with calm stories, Make a paper football and compete in Make jewelry from actual baseballs. 609-494-2480 songs, and a craft. Pajamas, blankets, our tournament. Ages 6 – 12. Ages 12 – 18. Please Register and stuffed animal friends welcome. For children of all ages. REG C – 6/23, 10 am, Friday MKR/CH/TW/T – 6/28, 3 pm, Codecademy Wednesday ED – 6/1 – 6/30 Use a free account to learn coding. REG Maker Play LBI Artists Open Studio Tour Exhibit Play with Maker toys. Ages 8 – 16. T – 6/26, 2 pm, Monday A – 6/1, 1 pm, Thursday S.A.I.L. Kickoff Party CH/TW/T – 6/28, 6 pm, Wednesday Poets’ Studio Sign up for S.A.I.L. and celebrate with a Summer Bags Whether you are an accomplished poet festive party. Ages 12 – 18. Make a beautiful summer bag using a or a new one, wish to write or to hone a T-shirt. Ages 8 – 16. REG poem, our monthly workshop will inspire MKR/CH – 6/26, 3 pm, Monday you. REG Make 3D Pokémon™ A – 6/28, 6 pm, Wednesday Design a Pokémon™ Foreign Film Night: The Salesman A – 6/2, 1 pm, Friday for the 3D printer. Bring your dinner and we’ll supply Friday Afternoon Movie: CH/F – 6/9, 10 am, Friday Ages 7 – 12. REG beverages. This month’s Les Choristes (The Chorus) Wild Rumpus film won the 2017 Oscar The new supervisor of a boarding school Celebrate Maurice Sendak’s birthday. CH/TW – 6/26, 6 pm, Monday for Best Foreign Film. for rehabilitation for minors discovers Young Wild Things are invited to read, DIY Seashell Jewelry After an Iranian couple a repressive situation. He uses the sing, play, and craft. For children of all Make unique jewelry. Ages 8 – 12. REG is forced to move to a power of song to transform the students. ages. REG new apartment, their French documentary. (PG-13) 97 min. CH – 6/27, 9 am, Tuesday life together is thrown REG A – 6/9, 1 pm, Friday Preschool Storytime into turmoil. In Persian Friday Afternoon Movie: Stories for children. Ages 3 – 5 with with English subtitles. FR – 6/3, 10 am, Saturday The Music Never Stopped caregiver. (PG-13) 125 min. REG Ocean Breeze Jewelry Workshop Henry struggles to bond with his Make a pair of earrings and a necklace estranged son, who suffers from a brain BD – 6/27, 11 am, Tuesday T – 6/29, 11 am, Thursday with a variety of beads, charms and tumor that prevents him from forming Book Discussion: Brooklyn Gardening Club shells. Learn about the ancient new memories. (PG) 105 min. REG New members are welcome. REG Help care for our community garden. significance of various kinds of shells. Ages 12 – 18. All materials and tools provided. FR – 6/12, 10 am, Monday T – 6/27, 2:30 pm, Tuesday Sponsored by the Friends of the Island Friends of the Island Library Teen Tuesday CH/TW – 6/29, 2 pm, Thursday Library. REG Board Meeting Teens lead programs for children. Code Your Own Jewelry All are welcome. Ages 12 – 18. Learn how to use binary coding to A – 6/6, 11 am, Tuesday create beaded jewelry. Ages 8 – 12. Blood Pressure Screening F – 6/12, 7 pm, Monday CH/TW – 6/27, 6 pm, Tuesday REG Free blood pressure screening by the 6/14, 7 pm, Wednesday Flipbooks Long Beach Island Health Department. Surf Fishing 101, Parts I and II Make a flipbook. Ages 8 – 14. REG CH – 6/29, 6 pm, Thursday Drop in. Have you ever wondered what the guys LEGO® Build Challenge on the beach are fishing for? Learn C – 6/28, 10 am, Wednesday Build with LEGO® bricks. Ages 4 – 12. FR – 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 6/27, 1 pm, What equipment and bait you use, Excel III REG Tuesdays where and when you can fish, the rules Build on previous Excel classes by Adult Writers’ Group and regulations and even more from exploring formulas, PivotTables, and T – 6/30, 11, am, Friday All are welcome. Sponsored by the avid fisherman, John Sweet, who has mail merge. REG Recycled Book Cover Bird Houses Friends of the Island Library. been fishing for longer than he is willing Build a birdhouse for our summer to admit. REG garden. Ages 12 – 18.

20 17 T – 6/8, 3:30 pm, Thursday BD – 6/20, 1 pm, Tuesday LITTLE EGG HARBOR Teen Advisory Board Little Egg Harbor Book Discussion Join this active group and help us plan The Husband’s Secret by Liane 609-294-1197 and implement library programs while Moriarty. Please pick up a copy at the Please Register having fun and earning community circulationdesk. service hours. C – 6/22, 10 am, Thursday C – 6/12, 10 am, Monday Resume Assistance A – BY APPOINTMENT ONLY Introduction to the Internet and Email Make a new resume, or update an old Career Guidance and Job Search Learn to access the Internet and one. Let our experienced staff lend a Assistance by Appointment navigate your email. REG hand. REG Meet with a librarian one-on-one and we will help you navigate the State of New T – 6/14, 2 pm, Wednesday A – 6/23, 12 pm, Friday Jersey’s new Career Connections Teen Writers Group Fences website to search for a job, or find Fine tune your writing skills and develop A working-class African American father career gui. Funded by the New some new ones. Discuss fiction, tries to raise his family in the 1950s, Jersey Dept of Labor and Workforce memoir, and poetry. while coming to terms with the events of Development Career Connections grant. his life. (PG-13) 133 min. REG T – 6/14, 3 pm, Wednesday A – BY APPOINTMENT ONLY A – 6/5 – 6/9, 10 am – 9 pm, Teen Craft One-on-One Computer Chats & Monday – Friday Celebrate Flag Day at the library with a eBooks at the Library Little Egg Harbor Friends Book Sale special craft. These one-on-one sessions can be The Friends of the Little Egg Harbor tailored to your specific area of choice. Library will be holding a book sale in the A – 6/15, 2 pm, Thursday Examples are email, Internet, Microsoft meeting room. Elder Law Office software, eBooks, and more. Call Attorney Scott Hanula will discuss topics to schedule an appointment, 609-294- A – 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 6/27, 7 pm, including Medicare, Medicaid, protecting 1197. Limit one session a month per Tuesdays home and family assets from long-term person. English Conversation Group costs, and essential estate planning Come and join our group and practice documents. REG C – 6/1, 10 am, Thursday speaking English. Work on your accent Google Docs and vocabulary. New members BD – 6/15, 7 pm, Thursday Learn to create and save Google welcome. Marvelous Sleuths Book Club documents. REG Blackout by David Rosenfelt. Please A – 6/7, 6/21, 2 pm, Wednesdays pick up a copy at the circulation desk. T – 6/3, 10 am, Saturday Adult Coloring Decades Party: The 70s Rediscover the joy of coloring. Coloring C – 6/16, 2 pm, Friday Celebrate the 70s at the library with is not just for kids. It is relaxing and Microsoft® Word snacks and games. Come dressed in stress relieving. We are providing the Open documents, add and edit text, costume if you want. coloring sheets and colored pencils, alter fonts, change text alignment, save, but feel free to bring your own. It will print and more. REG CH – 6/3, 11 am – 1 pm, Saturday include music and light refreshments. F – 6/24, 2 pm, Saturday Chess Classes with LEH Chess Club Sponsored by the Friends of the Little T – 6/19, 3 pm, Monday Family Fun Day: The Sea Dogs Introductory chess classes are being Egg Harbor Library. REG End of the School Year Party The Sea Dogs will perform traditional offered. Chess players with any Celebrate the end of the school year sea chanties, and give a brief history experience are invited to attend and A – 6/7, 6/21, 6:30 pm, Wednesdays and welcome the summer with a party. of pirates and their connections to New assist the new players. Class space is Get Your Knit On: Knit Night Jersey. Replica items and weaponry will limited. Ages 7+. Join us for a knitting night at the library, be displayed. Q&A to follow. Sponsored for beginners and fanatics looking for by the Friends of the Little Egg Harbor inspiration and camaraderie. Library. REG 18 19 Enjoy these 2016 Lambda Literary Award OCL Celebrates winners & finalists for teens and adults. Teen Selections: LGBT Pride Month 2017 Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender

Every Day More Happy Than Not Simon vs. The Homo by David Levithan- YA Levi by Adam Silvera- YA Silv Sapiens Agenda Every morning, A wakes in After enduring traumatic by Becky Albertalli- YA Albe a different person’s body, a life events, Aaron Soto is Sixteen-year-old, different person’s life. There’s considering the Leteo Institute’s not-so-openly-gay Simon Spier never any warning about where memory-alteration procedure, is blackmailed into playing it will be or who it will be. when his new friendship with wingman for his classmate, or Thomas turns to unrequited love. else his sexual identity- and that of his pen pal- will be revealed.

Adult Selections:

Irrepressible: the Under the Udala Trees Man Alive: a True Story Jazz Age Life of by Chinelo Okparanta- Fic Okpa of Violence, Forgiveness First row: Shepard Smith, News Anchor, Fox News. Ellen Degeneres, Actress/Comedian. Henrietta Bingham A young Nigerian girl begins a and Becoming a Man Mark Takano, U.S. Representative, California. Neil Patrick Harris, Actor. Second row: Robin by Emily Bingham- B Bing relationship with refugee girl from a by Thomas Page McBee- B McBe Roberts, Anchor of ABC’s Good Morning America. Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation. Biographer and historian different ethnic community. The pair In Man Alive, McBee asks, Peter Thiel, Venture Capitalist, PayPal Founder. Barry Diller, Media Mogul. Third Row: Laverne Emily Bingham tells the secret are discovered and must learn the “What does it really mean to be a Cox, Actress. Tim Cook, CEO, Apple. Rachel Maddow, Journalist, MSNBC. Michael Kors, of who her great-aunt was, cost of living a lie amidst taboos and man?” by focusing on two of the most Fashion Designer. Last Row: Jared Polis, U.S. Representative, Colorado. Anderson Cooper, and just why her life through prejudices. impactful men in his life. McBee seeks Journalist, CNN. Lee Daniels, Film & Television, Director/Producer. Ellen Page, Actress. the Jazz Age was concealed to understand these fallen icons of for so long. manhood as he cobbles together his Special thanks to www.out.com’s “Power 50” for inspiring our cover imagery. own identity. Long Beach Island Branch T – 6/29, 7 pm, Thursday OCL Celebrates DIY Teen: Pride Month Charms FR – 6/10, 2 pm, Saturday Use wire and yarn to make a custom Husband: Forty Years Married charm. Ages 12 – 18. REG to a Gay Man LGBT Pride Month 2017 Hear the story of how JoAnne and Steve Blackwelder kept their marriage together Toms River Branch Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender for nearly 40 years. This program will T/A – 6/8, 3 pm – 5 pm, Thursday & also give a brief overview of the ways 6/9, 3 pm – 5 pm, Friday June is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, and homosexuality has been viewed through Flags of Tolerance the Library is hosting events throughout the month to recognize the history of Western civilization. In this reimagining of the Tibetan prayer the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals Sponsored by the Friends of the Island flag, adults and teens will create a Library. REG have had on history locally, nationally, and internationally. collaborative flag of tolerance in our Sparks’s Lab. This is a two part program. REG Barnegat Branch Island Heights Feature Film: A/T/CH – All Month CH – 6/7, 10:30 am, Wednesday Freeheld LGBT Guess the Book Title Toddler Time Pt. Pleasant Beach Branch Visit the Barnegat Branch and travel Join us for a fun selection of LGBT throughout the library to learn about stories, songs and fingerplays. A – 6/9, 3 pm, Friday some popular LGBT books by finding Ages 1½ – 3½. REG Brick Branch the covers. Guess the title, learn A – 6/10, 1:30 pm, Saturday about the book, turn in your answers, This drama is based on Laurel Hester, and choose a rainbow prize upon Jackson Branch Q&A with completion. a New Jersey police lieutenant (Julianne MKR/A – 6/22, 2 pm, Thursday Moore) who battles to have her pension record-breaker A – 6/10, 11 am, Saturday Make it! Rainbow Clay Necklace benefits passed on to her partner Matty Daley Saturday Documentary: Age 18+. REG (Ellen Page) after she is diagnosed Growing Up Trans with terminal lung cancer. This film is told from the Lakewood Branch (PG-13) 103 min. REG perspective of parents, A/T – 6/29, 6:30 pm, Thursday doctors, and eight trans- T – 6/6, 2:30 pm, Tuesday The Kiss and Tell All gender kids. It takes a Collaborative Crayon Melting Mural Screening of Our Lips Are Sealed, a powerful look at the medical Celebrate LGBT Pride Month by documentary about a kiss that broke a possibilities, struggles, creating a rainbow from crayons. world record and brought awareness and choices transgender Ages 12 – 18. Pt. Pleasant Borough Branch kids and their families to the LGBT community. This event is face today. (TV-PG) 85 min. CH – 6/20, 11 am, Tuesday the inspiration behind the YA novel Two Stories & Fun for Preschoolers Boys Kissing, by bestselling author David Join our storytime followed by a unique Levithan. Q&A with record-breaker and Berkeley Branch and fun craft inspired by LGBT Pride LGBT advocate Matty Daley to follow. Month. Ages 4 – 6. REG A/T – 6/12, 6 pm, Monday REG Fagbug: Film and Discussion After her VW Bug was vandalized Stafford Branch because it sported a rainbow sticker, Waretown Branch Erin Davies decided to embrace what T/BD – 6/15, 4:30 PM, Thursday A – 6/13, 2 pm, Tuesday happened by leaving the graffiti on her CH – 6/6, 3 pm, Tuesday Teen Book Experts: LGBT Reads Pride Month TED Talk Discuss old favorites and new releases. car. She took her car on a 58-day trip Pride Perler Bead Earrings Screening of the TED Talk Love is Love; This month our theme is Pride Month. around the United States and Canada to Create one of a kind Perler Bead these moving, personal talks share Ages 12 – 18. REG raise awareness of this and other hate earrings to celebrate LGBT Pride Month. stories of love and commitment in the crimes. (NR) 83 min. REG Ages 8 – 12. REG LGBT community. (NR) 101 min. REG Long Beach Island Branch T – 6/29, 7 pm, Thursday OCL Celebrates DIY Teen: Pride Month Charms FR – 6/10, 2 pm, Saturday Use wire and yarn to make a custom Husband: Forty Years Married charm. Ages 12 – 18. REG to a Gay Man LGBT Pride Month 2017 Hear the story of how JoAnne and Steve Blackwelder kept their marriage together Toms River Branch Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender for nearly 40 years. This program will T/A – 6/8, 3 pm – 5 pm, Thursday & also give a brief overview of the ways 6/9, 3 pm – 5 pm, Friday June is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, and homosexuality has been viewed through Flags of Tolerance the Library is hosting events throughout the month to recognize the history of Western civilization. In this reimagining of the Tibetan prayer the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals Sponsored by the Friends of the Island flag, adults and teens will create a Library. REG have had on history locally, nationally, and internationally. collaborative flag of tolerance in our Sparks’s Lab. This is a two part program. REG Barnegat Branch Island Heights Feature Film: A/T/CH – All Month CH – 6/7, 10:30 am, Wednesday Freeheld LGBT Guess the Book Title Toddler Time Pt. Pleasant Beach Branch Visit the Barnegat Branch and travel Join us for a fun selection of LGBT throughout the library to learn about stories, songs and fingerplays. A – 6/9, 3 pm, Friday some popular LGBT books by finding Ages 1½ – 3½. REG Brick Branch the covers. Guess the title, learn A – 6/10, 1:30 pm, Saturday about the book, turn in your answers, This drama is based on Laurel Hester, and choose a rainbow prize upon Jackson Branch Q&A with completion. a New Jersey police lieutenant (Julianne MKR/A – 6/22, 2 pm, Thursday Moore) who battles to have her pension record-breaker A – 6/10, 11 am, Saturday Make it! Rainbow Clay Necklace benefits passed on to her partner Matty Daley Saturday Documentary: Age 18+. REG (Ellen Page) after she is diagnosed Growing Up Trans with terminal lung cancer. This film is told from the Lakewood Branch (PG-13) 103 min. REG perspective of parents, A/T – 6/29, 6:30 pm, Thursday doctors, and eight trans- T – 6/6, 2:30 pm, Tuesday The Kiss and Tell All gender kids. It takes a Collaborative Crayon Melting Mural Screening of Our Lips Are Sealed, a powerful look at the medical Celebrate LGBT Pride Month by documentary about a kiss that broke a possibilities, struggles, creating a rainbow from crayons. world record and brought awareness and choices transgender Ages 12 – 18. Pt. Pleasant Borough Branch kids and their families to the LGBT community. This event is face today. (TV-PG) 85 min. CH – 6/20, 11 am, Tuesday the inspiration behind the YA novel Two Stories & Fun for Preschoolers Boys Kissing, by bestselling author David Join our storytime followed by a unique Levithan. Q&A with record-breaker and Berkeley Branch and fun craft inspired by LGBT Pride LGBT advocate Matty Daley to follow. Month. Ages 4 – 6. REG A/T – 6/12, 6 pm, Monday REG Fagbug: Film and Discussion After her VW Bug was vandalized Stafford Branch because it sported a rainbow sticker, Waretown Branch Erin Davies decided to embrace what T/BD – 6/15, 4:30 PM, Thursday A – 6/13, 2 pm, Tuesday happened by leaving the graffiti on her CH – 6/6, 3 pm, Tuesday Teen Book Experts: LGBT Reads Pride Month TED Talk Discuss old favorites and new releases. car. She took her car on a 58-day trip Pride Perler Bead Earrings Screening of the TED Talk Love is Love; This month our theme is Pride Month. around the United States and Canada to Create one of a kind Perler Bead these moving, personal talks share Ages 12 – 18. REG raise awareness of this and other hate earrings to celebrate LGBT Pride Month. stories of love and commitment in the crimes. (NR) 83 min. REG Ages 8 – 12. REG LGBT community. (NR) 101 min. REG Enjoy these 2016 Lambda Literary Award OCL Celebrates winners & finalists for teens and adults. Teen Selections: LGBT Pride Month 2017 Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender

Every Day More Happy Than Not Simon vs. The Homo by David Levithan- YA Levi by Adam Silvera- YA Silv Sapiens Agenda Every morning, A wakes in After enduring traumatic by Becky Albertalli- YA Albe a different person’s body, a life events, Aaron Soto is Sixteen-year-old, different person’s life. There’s considering the Leteo Institute’s not-so-openly-gay Simon Spier never any warning about where memory-alteration procedure, is blackmailed into playing it will be or who it will be. when his new friendship with wingman for his classmate, or Thomas turns to unrequited love. else his sexual identity- and that of his pen pal- will be revealed.

Adult Selections:

Irrepressible: the Under the Udala Trees Man Alive: a True Story Jazz Age Life of by Chinelo Okparanta- Fic Okpa of Violence, Forgiveness First row: Shepard Smith, News Anchor, Fox News. Ellen Degeneres, Actress/Comedian. Henrietta Bingham A young Nigerian girl begins a and Becoming a Man Mark Takano, U.S. Representative, California. Neil Patrick Harris, Actor. Second row: Robin by Emily Bingham- B Bing relationship with refugee girl from a by Thomas Page McBee- B McBe Roberts, Anchor of ABC’s Good Morning America. Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation. Biographer and historian different ethnic community. The pair In Man Alive, McBee asks, Peter Thiel, Venture Capitalist, PayPal Founder. Barry Diller, Media Mogul. Third Row: Laverne Emily Bingham tells the secret are discovered and must learn the “What does it really mean to be a Cox, Actress. Tim Cook, CEO, Apple. Rachel Maddow, Journalist, MSNBC. Michael Kors, of who her great-aunt was, cost of living a lie amidst taboos and man?” by focusing on two of the most Fashion Designer. Last Row: Jared Polis, U.S. Representative, Colorado. Anderson Cooper, and just why her life through prejudices. impactful men in his life. McBee seeks Journalist, CNN. Lee Daniels, Film & Television, Director/Producer. Ellen Page, Actress. the Jazz Age was concealed to understand these fallen icons of for so long. manhood as he cobbles together his Special thanks to www.out.com’s “Power 50” for inspiring our cover imagery. own identity. T – 6/8, 3:30 pm, Thursday BD – 6/20, 1 pm, Tuesday LITTLE EGG HARBOR Teen Advisory Board Little Egg Harbor Book Discussion Join this active group and help us plan The Husband’s Secret by Liane 609-294-1197 and implement library programs while Moriarty. Please pick up a copy at the Please Register having fun and earning community circulationdesk. service hours. C – 6/22, 10 am, Thursday C – 6/12, 10 am, Monday Resume Assistance A – BY APPOINTMENT ONLY Introduction to the Internet and Email Make a new resume, or update an old Career Guidance and Job Search Learn to access the Internet and one. Let our experienced staff lend a Assistance by Appointment navigate your email. REG hand. REG Meet with a librarian one-on-one and we will help you navigate the State of New T – 6/14, 2 pm, Wednesday A – 6/23, 12 pm, Friday Jersey’s new Career Connections Teen Writers Group Fences website to search for a job, or find Fine tune your writing skills and develop A working-class African American father career gui. Funded by the New some new ones. Discuss fiction, tries to raise his family in the 1950s, Jersey Dept of Labor and Workforce memoir, and poetry. while coming to terms with the events of Development Career Connections grant. his life. (PG-13) 133 min. REG T – 6/14, 3 pm, Wednesday A – BY APPOINTMENT ONLY A – 6/5 – 6/9, 10 am – 9 pm, Teen Craft One-on-One Computer Chats & Monday – Friday Celebrate Flag Day at the library with a eBooks at the Library Little Egg Harbor Friends Book Sale special craft. These one-on-one sessions can be The Friends of the Little Egg Harbor tailored to your specific area of choice. Library will be holding a book sale in the A – 6/15, 2 pm, Thursday Examples are email, Internet, Microsoft meeting room. Elder Law Office software, eBooks, and more. Call Attorney Scott Hanula will discuss topics to schedule an appointment, 609-294- A – 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 6/27, 7 pm, including Medicare, Medicaid, protecting 1197. Limit one session a month per Tuesdays home and family assets from long-term person. English Conversation Group costs, and essential estate planning Come and join our group and practice documents. REG C – 6/1, 10 am, Thursday speaking English. Work on your accent Google Docs and vocabulary. New members BD – 6/15, 7 pm, Thursday Learn to create and save Google welcome. Marvelous Sleuths Book Club documents. REG Blackout by David Rosenfelt. Please A – 6/7, 6/21, 2 pm, Wednesdays pick up a copy at the circulation desk. T – 6/3, 10 am, Saturday Adult Coloring Decades Party: The 70s Rediscover the joy of coloring. Coloring C – 6/16, 2 pm, Friday Celebrate the 70s at the library with is not just for kids. It is relaxing and Microsoft® Word snacks and games. Come dressed in stress relieving. We are providing the Open documents, add and edit text, costume if you want. coloring sheets and colored pencils, alter fonts, change text alignment, save, but feel free to bring your own. It will print and more. REG CH – 6/3, 11 am – 1 pm, Saturday include music and light refreshments. F – 6/24, 2 pm, Saturday Chess Classes with LEH Chess Club Sponsored by the Friends of the Little T – 6/19, 3 pm, Monday Family Fun Day: The Sea Dogs Introductory chess classes are being Egg Harbor Library. REG End of the School Year Party The Sea Dogs will perform traditional offered. Chess players with any Celebrate the end of the school year sea chanties, and give a brief history experience are invited to attend and A – 6/7, 6/21, 6:30 pm, Wednesdays and welcome the summer with a party. of pirates and their connections to New assist the new players. Class space is Get Your Knit On: Knit Night Jersey. Replica items and weaponry will limited. Ages 7+. Join us for a knitting night at the library, be displayed. Q&A to follow. Sponsored for beginners and fanatics looking for by the Friends of the Little Egg Harbor inspiration and camaraderie. Library. REG 18 19 CH – 6/7, 6:30 pm, Wednesday CH/TW/T – 6/22, 6 pm, Thursday T – 6/28, 10 am, Wednesday LONG BEACH ISLAND Pajama Storytime Paper Football Tournament Recycled Craft: Baseball Bracelets Wind down the day with calm stories, Make a paper football and compete in Make jewelry from actual baseballs. 609-494-2480 songs, and a craft. Pajamas, blankets, our tournament. Ages 6 – 12. Ages 12 – 18. Please Register and stuffed animal friends welcome. For children of all ages. REG C – 6/23, 10 am, Friday MKR/CH/TW/T – 6/28, 3 pm, Codecademy Wednesday ED – 6/1 – 6/30 Use a free account to learn coding. REG Maker Play LBI Artists Open Studio Tour Exhibit Play with Maker toys. Ages 8 – 16. T – 6/26, 2 pm, Monday A – 6/1, 1 pm, Thursday S.A.I.L. Kickoff Party CH/TW/T – 6/28, 6 pm, Wednesday Poets’ Studio Sign up for S.A.I.L. and celebrate with a Summer Bags Whether you are an accomplished poet festive party. Ages 12 – 18. Make a beautiful summer bag using a or a new one, wish to write or to hone a T-shirt. Ages 8 – 16. REG poem, our monthly workshop will inspire MKR/CH – 6/26, 3 pm, Monday you. REG Make 3D Pokémon™ A – 6/28, 6 pm, Wednesday Design a Pokémon™ Foreign Film Night: The Salesman A – 6/2, 1 pm, Friday for the 3D printer. Bring your dinner and we’ll supply Friday Afternoon Movie: CH/F – 6/9, 10 am, Friday Ages 7 – 12. REG beverages. This month’s Les Choristes (The Chorus) Wild Rumpus film won the 2017 Oscar The new supervisor of a boarding school Celebrate Maurice Sendak’s birthday. CH/TW – 6/26, 6 pm, Monday for Best Foreign Film. for rehabilitation for minors discovers Young Wild Things are invited to read, DIY Seashell Jewelry After an Iranian couple a repressive situation. He uses the sing, play, and craft. For children of all Make unique jewelry. Ages 8 – 12. REG is forced to move to a power of song to transform the students. ages. REG new apartment, their French documentary. (PG-13) 97 min. CH – 6/27, 9 am, Tuesday life together is thrown REG A – 6/9, 1 pm, Friday Preschool Storytime into turmoil. In Persian Friday Afternoon Movie: Stories for children. Ages 3 – 5 with with English subtitles. FR – 6/3, 10 am, Saturday The Music Never Stopped caregiver. (PG-13) 125 min. REG Ocean Breeze Jewelry Workshop Henry struggles to bond with his Make a pair of earrings and a necklace estranged son, who suffers from a brain BD – 6/27, 11 am, Tuesday T – 6/29, 11 am, Thursday with a variety of beads, charms and tumor that prevents him from forming Book Discussion: Brooklyn Gardening Club shells. Learn about the ancient new memories. (PG) 105 min. REG New members are welcome. REG Help care for our community garden. significance of various kinds of shells. Ages 12 – 18. All materials and tools provided. FR – 6/12, 10 am, Monday T – 6/27, 2:30 pm, Tuesday Sponsored by the Friends of the Island Friends of the Island Library Teen Tuesday CH/TW – 6/29, 2 pm, Thursday Library. REG Board Meeting Teens lead programs for children. Code Your Own Jewelry All are welcome. Ages 12 – 18. Learn how to use binary coding to A – 6/6, 11 am, Tuesday create beaded jewelry. Ages 8 – 12. Blood Pressure Screening F – 6/12, 7 pm, Monday CH/TW – 6/27, 6 pm, Tuesday REG Free blood pressure screening by the 6/14, 7 pm, Wednesday Flipbooks Long Beach Island Health Department. Surf Fishing 101, Parts I and II Make a flipbook. Ages 8 – 14. REG CH – 6/29, 6 pm, Thursday Drop in. Have you ever wondered what the guys LEGO® Build Challenge on the beach are fishing for? Learn C – 6/28, 10 am, Wednesday Build with LEGO® bricks. Ages 4 – 12. FR – 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 6/27, 1 pm, What equipment and bait you use, Excel III REG Tuesdays where and when you can fish, the rules Build on previous Excel classes by Adult Writers’ Group and regulations and even more from exploring formulas, PivotTables, and T – 6/30, 11, am, Friday All are welcome. Sponsored by the avid fisherman, John Sweet, who has mail merge. REG Recycled Book Cover Bird Houses Friends of the Island Library. been fishing for longer than he is willing Build a birdhouse for our summer to admit. REG garden. Ages 12 – 18.

20 17 CH/TW/T – 6/8, 5:30 pm, Thursday CH – 6/17, 10:30 am, Saturday A – 6/13, and 6/27, 9:30 am, Tuesdays TW/T – 6/21, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Gaming Make a Butterfly Craft Watercolor Drop-in for Seniors S.A.I.L. Orientation Play video games. Ages 6 – 16. Summer craft. Ages 6 – 11. Practice with watercolor artist Pat Orientation for teens volunteering with Morgan. Bring your own supplies. REG S.A.I.L. this summer. A – 6/8, 6:30 pm, Thursday CH/TW/T – 6/17, 2 pm, Saturday Adult Craft: Pincushions Gaming CH – 6/15, 9:30 am, Thursday CH/TW/F – 6/22, 10:30 am – 3 pm, Use hand-sewing to make a pincushion. Play video games. Ages 6 – 16. Wigglers & Walkers Thursday REG Foster little one’s motor, sensory, and Summer Reading Family Fair T – 6/19, 3 pm, Monday social skills. Join us for books, rhymes, We will kickoff summer reading with CH/TW – 6/8, 6 pm, Thursday Maker Monday: Popsicle Stick songs, and movement, followed by games, crafts, and local community Upcycled Book Art Ferris Wheel playtime. Ages 0 – 2. REG partners. For a full schedule, see our Create works of art from old books. A new maker craft or activity every flier, or visit the library’s events Ages 8 – 12. REG Monday. Ages 12 – 18. FR – 6/16 and 6/17, 9 am – 4 pm, calendar online. Thursday and Friday CH – 6/10, 2 pm, Saturday CH/TW – 6/19, 6 pm, Monday Friends’ Big Book Sale A – 6/23, 1 pm, Friday Video Games Beach Paper Mobile Stock up on a wide variety of books at Friday Afternoon Movie: Play video games. Ages 6 – 12. Create a beach themed mobile. great prices at this semi-annual sale. Far From Heaven Ages 8 – 12. REG Proceeds help the Friends of the Island In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces T – 6/12, 3 pm, Monday Library provide quality programs and a marital crisis and mounting racial Maker Monday: Garden Pinwheels C – 6/20, 10 am, Tuesday improvements, like the new digital sign. tensions in the outside world. (PG-13) A new maker craft or activity every Universal Class 108 min. REG Monday. Ages 12 – 18. Take free, online classes on a variety of CH – 6/19, 10 am, Monday topics. REG Read, Rock, & Rhyme CH/F - 6/28, 7 pm, Wednesday C – 6/14, 10 am, Wednesday Let’s get moving with songs, stories, the Pajama Party in the Park! Word® I CH – 6/20, 6 pm, Tuesday parachute, and instruments. Ages 2 – 6. Join us for storytime at Bayview Park in Add and edit text, save, and print Bilingual Storytime REG Brant Beach. This is an outdoor drop-in documents. REG Enjoy stories in Spanish and English. event for children of all ages. In the case Ages 3 – 10. of rain, storytime will be held at the Long CH/TW – 6/14, 3:30 pm, Wednesday Beach Island Branch. Slime A – 6/21, 11 am, Wednesday Make slime. Ages 8 – 14. REG Lakewood Writers Group CH – 6/30, 10 am, Friday Fine tune your writing skills. REG Play & Learn A – 6/15, 11 am, Thursday Children will practice motor skills with Stress Relief Through Coloring fun activities and crafts. Ages 1 & up. Color and listen to music. REG REG

T – 6/15, 5:30 pm, Thursday A – 6/30, 1 pm, Friday Manga + Anime Club CH/F – 6/21, 6 pm, Wednesday F – 6/19, 7 pm, Monday Friday Afternoon Movie: All things relating to manga and anime. Family Movie Night Introduction to Fishing Knots & Hacksaw Ridge Ages 12 – 18. Sing. (PG) 108 mins. Rig-Making WWII American Army Medic Desmond What knots do what? John Sweet T. Doss, who served during the Battle CH/TW – 6/15, 6 pm, Thursday C – 6/22, 10 am, Thursday will show you how to tie basic knots of Okinawa, becomes the first man in Kids Can Knit: Skills Class Publisher used by fishermen, and what they are American history to receive the Medal of Learn a basic knitting skill. Ages 8 – 14. Use templates and design features to used for. Also learn basic fishing rigs, Honor without firing a shot. (R) 138 min. REG create cards, brochures and flyers. REG how to join lines, and more. Hands-on REG instruction will result in making your own T – 6/16, 2:30 pm, Friday T – 6/22, 5:30 pm, Thursday rigs. Please bring a spool of 30 lb. test Make it: Candy Making DIY: Felt Masks monofilament (no braided lines), a pair Use candy molds to make your own Sew a mask and become someone else of needle-nose pliers and a fingernail chocolates. Ages 12 – 18. for the day. Ages 12 – 18. clipper. Ages 12+. REG 16 21 A – 6/6, 6/20, 2 pm – 4 pm, Tuesdays C – 6/1, 10 am, Thursday MANCHESTER Writer’s Circle LAKEWOOD Excel® I 732-657-7600 Writers of all genres meet to discuss 732-363-1435 Learn to add and edit data on a writing issues and critique their work. spreadsheet. REG Please Register Please Register A – 6/7, 12:30 pm, 3:15 pm or 6 pm, CH – 6/1, 3:30 pm, Thursday Wednesday Read to the Dogs C – Technology Assistance Feature Film: La La Land Practice reading with certified therapy Please call 732-657-7600 for an A struggling actress and an aspiring dogs. Ages 5 – 10. REG appointment. pianist fall in love. However, their careers pull them in different directions. T – 6/1, 5:30 pm, Thursday A – 6/1 – 8/26 (PG-13) 128 min. Teen Computer Club Adult Summer Reading Begins Play computer games. Ages 12 – 18. Read or listen to 5 books or more to A – 6/8, 10 am, Thursday enter our raffle for a chance to win a Beginner Ballet for Adults CH – 6/1, 6 pm, Thursday variety of prizes. Sign up online or at the This class combines ballet and exercise. Lip Sync Sensation branch. You can start logging in your Wear comfortable clothing, socks or Lip sync to your favorite songs. books online or submit paper logs ballet slippers. REG Ages 6 – 12. 6/1 – 6/19. A – 6/8, 6/22, 2 pm – 4 pm, Thursdays CH/TW/T – 6/3, 2 pm, Saturday ED – 6/1 – 6/24 Chicks with Sticks – Knitting and Gaming The Works of Helen Harris will be Crocheting Group Play video games. Ages 6 – 16. displayed in the meeting room. T – 6/1 – 8/31 Bring your yarn, needles, and current Reception, 6/3, 2 pm, Saturday Summer Art Contest projects. All skill levels welcome. Submit your art work and enter to win. C – 6/5, 10 am, Monday Pinterest® A – 6/1, 1 pm, Thursday All art mediums accepted. See staff for A – 6/9, 10 am – 11 am, Friday Create boards brimming with ideas. Throwback Thursday: The Clock details. Beginner Modern Dance for Adults REG A GI on a 48-hour pass meets a girl and This class combines both modern dance they undertake a whirlwind romance in C – 6/1 – 6/30 and exercise to fun and rhythmic music, T – 6/5, 3 pm, Monday this 1945 film. (NR) 90 min. Librarian by Appointment bring a yoga mat or towel. REG Call ext. 2100 to REG Maker Monday: Dream Catchers A new maker craft or activity every A – 6/2, 6/9, 6/16, 6/23, 6/30, 12 pm, A – 6/9, 6/23, 1 pm – 3 pm, Fridays Monday. Ages 12 – 18. Fridays A – 6:30 pm, every Monday Quilting Bee Chess Club English Conversation Group Quilters work on individual and group CH/TW – 6/5, 7 pm, Monday Play in the Community Corner. Adults practice English skills and projects. make new friends. Paper Quilling Curled paper creations. Ages 8 – 12. A – 6/5, 2 pm – 4 pm, Monday A – 6/10, 2 pm – 3 pm, Saturday REG Alzheimer’s 101 T – 5:30 pm, every Wednesday BJ & The Band This program provides a comprehensive Video Game Night Enjoy a live musical performance of T – 6/6, 5:30 pm, Tuesday overview about memory loss, Open gaming. Ages 12 – 18. soul, Motown, and hits from the 1960s Board Games and Puzzles Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of and beyond with BJ & The Band. Enjoy classic board games and puzzles. dementia. REG CH/F – 1:30 pm, all Fridays Friday Fun Ages 12 – 18. FR – 6/13, 10 am – 12 pm, Tuesday BD – 6/6, 10:15 am – 11:30 am, A family fun craft on Fridays. Friends of the Library General C – 6/7, 10 am, Wednesday Tuesday Meeting Excel II The Elegance of the Hedgehog A – 9 am, all Saturdays The Friends of the Manchester Library Perform mathematical functions, format Book by Muriel Barbery. English as a Second Language are an essential link between the library (ESL) Classes cells, work with multiple sheets. REG and the public. They plan programs and Free English classes for adults. fundraisers for specific library needs. New members are always welcome. 22 15 CH/T – 6/20, 4:30 pm, Tuesday A – 6/13, 2 pm – 3:30 pm, Tuesday A – 6/19, 10 am – 12 pm, Monday Let’s Make Art Beginner/Intermediate French Club: Wellness Screening Heather Popielarczyk will teach art to Passée Composé Meridian Health will offer free special needs children and their siblings. In this class, you will learn how to screenings for cholesterol, blood This program made possible by a grant conjugate regular verbs in the past pressure, blood sugar and BMI. from the KearnyBank Foundation. tense. REG Ages 8 – 16. REG A – 6/21, 12:30 pm, 3:15 pm or 6 pm, A – 6/13, 3:30 pm – 5 pm, Tuesday Wednesday CH/T – 6/21, 1 pm – 3 pm, Wednesday Advanced French Club Feature Film: Live by Night Summer Reading Kickoff This conversation group is for The son of a Boston cop becomes a Stop in and see what the Lacey Branch intermediate and advanced speakers bootlegger in Florida during the has planned for summer. Games, to discuss topical events in French and Prohibition era. (R) 128 min. activities, and summer reading sign-ups. read and discuss French texts. REG A – 6/26, 2 pm – 3 pm, Monday CH – 6/22, 4 pm, Thursday A – 6/14, 12:30 pm, 3:15 pm or 6 pm, Alzheimer’s: Communication Tips Paws for Reading– Therapy Dogs Wednesday This Communication program is geared For beginning readers. REG Feature Film: A Dog’s Purpose towards caregivers of someone with A dog is reincarnated over multiple Alzheimer’s or another form of A – 6/23, 2 pm, Friday lifetimes, and his existence intersects dementia. REG A – 6/13, 6:30 pm, Tuesday Estate Planning Seminar with that of a young boy who rescued Small Business Program: Learn about federal estate tax, new him in 1962. (PG) 120 min. A – 6/27, 2 pm – What is the Right Marketing to Medicaid regulations, and estate 3:30 pm, Tuesday Generate Sales for your Business planning documents. Presented by Scott A – 6/15, 2 pm – 4 pm, Thursday Line Dancing Presented by Tom Forgione, specialist M. Hanula, Esq., Certified Elder Law Book Chat Have fun and in strategic advertising and marketing. Attorney. REG Share with others books you’ve recently learn to line dance, In partnership with SCORE of Ocean read. hosted by Sunnee County. REG T – 6/24, 2 pm, Saturday Wadiak. No Teen Book Swap experience or T – 6/15, 7 pm, Thursday Bring your favorite books to swap with partner necessary. TAB (Teen Advisory Board) Meeting your favorite friends. Ages 13 – 18. REG REG

A – 6/17, Saturday, 2 pm CH – 6/27, 10 am, Tuesday A – 6/28, 12:30 pm, 3:15 pm or 6 pm, An Afternoon Opera Recital Yoga for Kids Wednesday with Christa Dalmazio Get kids started on the road to good Feature Film: The Great Wall Join us for an afternoon of opera and art health with yoga for kids. Children Western mercenaries and Chinese songs with soprano Christa Dalmazio should bring a mat or towel, and wear warriors join forces to battle a and pianist Chun-Wei Kang from the comfortable clothing. REG supernatural menace that’s attacking Manhattan School of Music. REG the Great Wall. (PG-13) 104 min. A – 6/28, 6 pm, Wednesday BD – 6/19, 1 pm, Monday Evening Film: The Danish Girl A – 6/29, 2 pm – 4 pm, Thursday The King’s Speech Danish painter Einar Wegener begins Who Would Have Thought Book by Mark Logue. Copies of the living as a woman named Lili Elbe, Fred Weintraub will present a humorous book are available at the circulation and undergoes one of the world’s first A – 6/15, 7 pm, Thursday and serious look at our world and times. desk. gender reassignment surgeries in the Operation Barbarossa: The Invasion REG 1930s. (R) 120 min. REG of Russia by Nazi Germany A – 6/20, 6/27, 2 pm, Tuesdays Paul Zigo of the WWII Era Studies Chair Yoga for Seniors T – 6/29, 7 pm, Thursday Institute will cover aspects of the A gentle yoga practice for adults with Stranger Things Scary Fun massive assault and why it surprised limited mobility. Taught by Nancy Bonta Are you a fan of Stranger Things and Joseph Stalin. REG Voitko, certified yoga instructor.REG other scary stuff? Come to our scary fun 14 night. Ages 13 – 18. REG 23 T/TW – 6/12, 6:30 pm, Monday PLUMSTED Cake Pops LACEY 609-758-7888 Make and decorate these tasty treats. 609-693-8566 Ages 12 and up. REG Please Register Please Register CH – 6/13, 10 am, Tuesday Baby Art Club A – 6/1, 6/15, 1:30 pm, Thursdays ED – 6/1 – 6/30 Who says babies can’t do art? Dress Artists’ Workshop Meeting Room Art for a mess. Ages 6 months and up with Join us and chat, share ideas, and of Aerial photographs of Ocean County caregiver. REG course work on your current art project. by Mike Maino. A – 6/14, 7 pm – 8:45 pm, Wednesday F – 6/5, 6 pm, Monday C – 6/1 – 6/30 Meet the Mayor Family Movie Night: Lilo & Stitch One-on-One Instruction Schedule an appointment to meet with Bring pillows, blankets and a snack for Assistance with computers, library Mayor Trotta and Assemblyman Dancer. your viewing comfort. (PG) 85 min. resources, eReaders and tablets. By Please call 609-758-7888 to REG. appointment only. Please call. CH – 6/6, 10 am, Tuesday A – 6/7, 7 pm, Wednesday Opiate Addiction: Totally Toddler Time A – 6/1, 6/8, 6/15, 6/22, 6/29, 12 pm, What Works, What Doesn’t Work, Toddle on over for stories, crafts and Thursdays When Addicted to Opiates fun. Ages 18 – 36 months with caregiver. Mah Jongg Mavens & Masters Presented by Dr. Tony Juneja, REG Have you always wanted to learn how psychiatrist specializing in addiction to play Mah Jongg? You can learn by disorders. REG BD – 6/7, 6 pm, Wednesday watching seasoned players. Do you The Forgotten Garden already know how to play? Either way, T – 6/8, 6:30 pm, Thursday Book by Kate Morton. A memorable come join us. journey of two women uncovering their Page & Screen Club The Perks of Being a Wallflower. family’s past that spans generations and MKR/T – 6/1, 7 pm, Thursday CH – 6/16, 3:30 pm, Friday (PG-13) 103 min. REG continents. Chalk It Up Ramadan Celebration Celebrate the end It’s the month of Ramadan. Join us for A – 6/9, 1 pm, Friday A – 6/8, 2 pm, Thursday of school with your a fun craft. All ages welcome. Afternoon Film: DIY Adult Crafternoon favorite quotes about Drop-in craft. Florence Foster Jenkins Create a sand-n-sea flower pot; perfect summer. The story of a New York heiress who for your summer garden. REG Ages 13 – 18. REG A – 6/19, 3 pm, Monday dreamed of becoming an opera singer, Book Café despite having a terrible singing voice. CH – 6/9, 3:30 pm, Friday A – 6/3, 6/10, 6/17, 6/24, 9 am, Join the group as they talk about new (PG-13) 91 min. REG LEGO® Club Saturdays books and authors as well as discuss Join us for some LEGO® building fun. English Language Classes All you need is your imagination, we their past favorites. REG A – 6/12, 12 pm and 1 pm, Monday Music and Movement with Friends supply the bricks. Ages 4 and up. REG A – 6/3, 9:30 am, Saturday T – 6/21, 7 pm – 8:30 pm, Wednesday A musical program for adults with Knitting & Crochet Group Teen Game Night special challenges and their caregivers. CH – 6/10, 10:30 am, Saturday Bring your yarn and needles or hooks, Come and play games provided by the This program made possible by a grant Father’s Day Drop-in Craft and make some new friends while you library, or bring your favorite ones. from the KearnyBank Foundation. There Stop by to make a special “dads rock” knit. All skill levels welcome. craft and card. Ages 3 and up. Ages 12 – 18. are 2 sessions– please register for one session only. REG A – 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 6/27, 6:30 pm, T/TW – 6/26, 6:30 pm Monday CH – 6/12, 4 pm, Monday Tuesdays Seashell Critters A – 6/13, 5:30 pm, Tuesday Read to the Dogs English Conversation Group What creative critter can you make from Meet the Mayor Practice your reading skills with a Practice English in an informal setting. trained therapy dog. Perfect for seashells? Bring your own shells or use Stop in and meet the mayor in a less beginning readers and up. REG ours. Ages 11 – 18. REG formal setting than a township meeting. 24 13 A – 6/14, 7 pm, Wednesday A – 6/22, 6:30 pm, Thursday T/F – 6/15, 3 pm – 5 pm, Thursday Swing into Summer Dance Jackson Writers Group POINT BEACH Teen and Family Board Game Put on your dancing shoes and join us For all writers, published or not, who 732-892-4575 Afternoon for dancing, listening and a swing want to share their work. REG dancing mini-lesson with DJ Joanne. Please Register Adults 18+. REG CH – 6/27, 10:30 am, Tuesday FR – 6/17, 6/19 – 6/23, Baby & Me During Library Hours ED – Curio Display FR – 6/15, 7 pm, Thursday Ages 0 – 18 months with caregiver. REG Friends of the Library Book Sale Point Pleasant Library Association Friends Meeting Week long book sale to support the All are welcome to attend. MKR/T – 6/27, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Friends of the Point Beach Library. A – 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 6/27 7:30 pm, Tuesday Tuesdays A – 6/19, 6 pm, Monday Teen Cuisine: Pancake Art CH/T – 6/26 – 8/7 English Conversation Group Evening Film: Moonlight Create edible art with basic pancake LEGO® Architecture Contest Begins New members welcome. REG 2017 Oscar Winner for best film, batter and food coloring. Ages 12 – 18. Create a building or bridge with LEGO®. Moonlight is the tender, heartbreaking REG Drop it off during the summer. Voting will A – 6/12, 6/26, 1 pm, Mondays story of a young man’s struggle to find be held the week of August 7th. Winner Stitch at the Beach himself. (R) 111 min. REG MKR/T – 6/28, will be announced on August 14th. Knitters of all skill levels welcome. REG 2:30 pm – 4 pm, Ask for more details. A – 6/20, 10 am, Tuesday Wednesday CH – 6/12, 11 am, Monday Coloring for Adults DIY Seed Bombs CH – 6/26, 3 pm, Monday Itty Bitty Book Club Coloring sheets and art supply provided An easy way to Star Wars® Paper Craft This month, we will read two books by along with light refreshment and relaxing plant flowers that Make a Star Wars paper craft using a Mo Willems. Ages 3 – 5 yrs. REG music. REG attract butterflies Silhouette cutter. Ages 5 – 12. and honey bees. CH – 6/12, 3:30 pm, Monday CH – 6/20, 10:30 am, Tuesday Ages 12 – 18. BD – 6/27, 7 pm, Tuesday LEGO® Club Caribbean Storytime REG Book Discussion Program sponsored by Friends of the Ages 3 – 6. REG The Round House by Louise Erdrich. Point Pleasant Beach Library. Drop in. A – 6/28, 6:30 pm, Wednesday REG MKR/T – 6/20, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, S.C.O.R.E. Starting a Business F/CH – 6/13, 4 pm – 5 pm, Tuesday Tuesday See online calendar for details. T – 6/28, 3 pm – 5 pm, Wednesday Bright & Beautiful Therapy Dogs Baking 101: Frosting & Fondant Fun REG Afternoon Adventures with REG with Jennicakes Dungeons and Dragons® Learn to decorate with a pastry bag and MKR/TW/T – 6/29, 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm, REG A/T – 6/13, 6 pm, Tuesday fondant. Ages 12 – 18. REG Thursday Pickin’ at Point TechShopz: All About Infographics T – 6/29, 3 pm, Thursday Bring your acoustic instrument and a MKR/CH – 6/21, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Learn all about infographics– what they Escape Room song to share at this drop in acoustic Summer Solstice Program are, how to make them, and when to Can you solve the puzzle and escape jam session. Ages 5 – 10. REG use them. Ages 10 – 14. REG before your hour is up? Work together to follow clues and beat the clock. CH – 6/14, 6/28 10:30 am, Wednesdays CH/F – 6/22, 6:30 pm, Thursday MKR/CH – 6/29, 3 pm, Thursday Ages 10 and up. REG Storytime With Miss Mary Ann Matariki! Celebrate Maori New Year Oaxacan Foil Animals Ages 3 – 5 years. REG A New Year’s celebration in June? Yes. Ages 7 – 12. REG T/F – 6/30, 2 pm – 4:30 pm Friday Have fun celebrating with us. REG Rogue One: A Star Wars Story BD – 6/15, 12 pm, Thursday CH/F – 6/30, 10:30 am, Friday A band of rebels plot to steal the Death Literature & Lunch Steven Michael & Unusual Company Star plans in this Star Wars® spinoff. Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Magic Show. REG (PG-13) 133 min. Zevin. REG

12 25 CH – 6/7, 11 am, Wednesday A – 6/10, 10:30 am, Saturday POINT BOROUGH Baby & Me JACKSON Adventure in Art 732-295-1555 Share rhymes, stories, and movement 732-928-4400 This painting adventure will lead you with your little one. Ages 6 – 18 months. through an informative and fun, Please Register with caregiver. REG Please Register step-by-step art class, including hands on instruction by classically trained CH – 6/7, 4 pm, Wednesday artist, Nancy Bonta Voitko. Adults 18+. ED – 6/1 – 6/30 ED – 6/2 – 6/30 Read to the Dogs REG Artwork by Robert Johnson Meeting Room art: Kids can drop in and read books out An exhibition of artwork by Robert Retrospective of Portraits loud to our cuddly canines. A – 6/12, 6/26, 6:30 pm, Mondays Johnson. by Nancy Bonta Voitko Knit-Chat-Chain Volunteers CH – 6/8, 6:30 pm, Thursday Items are donated to hospitals. C – BY APPOINTMENT ONLY CH – All month LEGO® Club Individualized Computer Chats The Children’s Department is getting Test your imagination as you build with A – 6/12, 7 pm – 8:30 pm, Monday Call the branch to schedule an ready for Summer Reading. Please the library’s LEGO® blocks. Documentary Film: Under One Sky: appointment. stop by the Children’s Desk to pick up Ages 5 – 11. REG Arab Women in North America a complete listing of summer programs Talk about the Hijab A – 6/1, 6 pm, Thursday and sign up for Summer Reading. A/FR – 6/9, 11 am, Friday Arab women explain the Open Mic Night Read books all summer long for a That’s Amore: A Century ideologies behind the Join Dennis chance to spin the wheel and win prizes. of Dean Martin hijab (veil), as they “The Heavy Celebrate Dean Martin’s 100th birthday remove labels Metal Poet” CH – 6/2, 10:30 am, Friday with Dave DeLuca, who will pay tribute imposed by both Townsend for Baby & Me to The King of Cool with his one-man East and West. a night of local Ages 0 – 18 months with caregiver. REG show of the great vocalist’s signature Film from OCL talent. Show off songs. Sponsored by the Friends of the database Access your music, poetry, A – 6/5, 6/19, 10 am, Mondays Point Pleasant Borough Branch. REG Video on Demand. and comedy skills in front of a friendly Knit-Chat-Chain Volunteers Q&A with Director audience. Signups begin at 6 pm; Items are donated to hospitals. A – 6/12, 7 pm, Monday Mariam Jalabi, Syrian National Coalition, performances start at 6:30. Jersey Shore Science Fiction Society United Nations. REG A – 6/6, 10 am – 11:30 am, Tuesday Come discuss your favorite literary A – 6/2, 6/9, 6/16, 6/23, 6/30, Art of Meditation: For Beginners genre with like-minded fans. A – 6/13, 11 am, Tuesday 1 pm – 3 pm, Fridays Learn different ways to meditate. Learn Understanding Elder Law Games for Adults to de-stress and step into awareness. T – 6/13, 2:30 pm, Tuesday Meet elder law attorney Scott M. Hanula Bring a friend and have fun playing a Please wear comfortable clothes, socks Teen Volunteer Day as he presents important information on variety of board games. required. REG Earn community service hours, help estate planning, medical, and legal your library, and have fun. Ages 12 – 18. aspects of law that apply to seniors. A – 6/5, 6 pm, Monday BD – 6/6, 7 pm, Tuesday REG REG Dessert & A Movie: Lion The Dovekeepers Adopted by an Australian couple as a Book by Alice Hoffman. T – 6/14, 2:30 pm, Wednesday BD – 6/13, 1 pm, Tuesday child, a young man searches for his birth Candy Bar Taste Test The Girls of Atomic City family in India. The Library will provide June is National Candy Month. Do you Book by Denise Kiernan. dessert. (PG-13) 118 min. REG know your candy bars? Come test your taste buds. Ages 12 – 18. REG T – 6/13, 7 pm – 8:30 pm, Tuesday CH – 6/6, 11 am, Tuesday Teen Advisory Board S.T.E.A.M. Storytime: Construction A – 6/15, 10 am – 2 pm, Thursday Grades 7 – 12. REG Build with your imagination. Join us for a A – 6/8, 2:30 pm, Thursday Mobile County Connections special story and activity that’s all about Afternoon Film: Fantastic Beasts Visit to explore useful resources and MKR/CH – 6/14, 6:30 pm, Wednesday the world of construction. Ages 4 – 6. and Where to Find Them learn about county services. Maker Art REG Welcome to the wizarding world of 1926 We are going to use our maker tools to New York. (PG-13) 133 min. REG make works of art. Ages 7 – 12. REG 26 11 CH – 6/21, 10:30 am, Wednesday BD – 6/19, 10:30 am, Monday BD – 6/21, 6 pm, Wednesday ISLAND HEIGHTS Baby Time A Tree Grows in Brooklyn The Beautiful Mystery 732-270-6266 Stories, fingerplays, and songs. Join the Friends to read and discuss Join Open Our Mind Book Club to Ages 18 months and younger. REG Betty Smith’s classic coming-of-age discuss acclaimed mystery writer Louise Please Register novel about an impoverished family Penny’s latest novel starring CH – 6/23, 3:30 pm, Friday surviving tenement life in turn-of-the- Québec’s finest Chief Inspector, Armand Paws for Reading century Williamsburg. Gamache. Read to our loveable therapy dogs. CH – 6/10, 10:30 am, Saturday Ages 12 and younger. REG A – 6/19, 2 pm, Monday F – 6/22, 6 pm, LEGO® Play Monday Movie: La La Land Thursday We will supply the LEGO® bricks for FR – 6/26, 7 pm, Monday A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress Family Movie imaginative free play. Ages 3½ – 8. REG Friends of the Island Heights in Los Angeles. (PG-13) 128 min. REG Night: Moana Library Meeting To overturn a T – 6/12, 7 pm, Monday The Friends of the Island Heights FR – 6/20, 1:30 pm, Tuesday demigod’s curse, TAB Library welcome new members. Monthly Friends Meeting an island chieftain’s All teens are welcome Stop by to meet the Friends and learn feisty daughter must to join our Teen CH – 6/27, 10:30 am, Tuesday what they do for our library. sail over the ocean Advisory Board. Preschool Mad Scientists to set things right. Earn volunteer Join us as we conduct an experiment A – 6/20, 2:30 pm, Tuesday (PG) 106 min. hours while having using household items. Ages 3 – 5. REG Living with Arthritis fun. Ages 12 – 17. REG Join Meridian Rehabilitation to learn CH – 6/27, 2:30 pm, Tuesday A – 6/30, 2 pm, Friday about arthritis treatment options, Summer Reading Roundup TW – 6/13, 3:30 pm, Tuesday Upcycled Wind Chimes medications, and simple ways to protect Summer’s almost here… are you ready? Tween Tuesdays Join us in making beautiful wind chimes your bones and joints. REG Join us for crafts, games, snacks, and Come hang out with other tweens for from upcycled materials. REG activities to kick off the season. gaming. Ages 9 – 12. REG T – 6/20, 2:30 pm, Thursday Ages 6 – 11. REG Take & Make F – 6/19, 3:30 pm, Monday Grab a kit to bring home and create a CH – 6/28, 11 am, Wednesday Summer Reading Kickoff Party fun craft. First come, first served. Total Toddler Time Kick off summer reading with games Ages 12 – 18. Come enjoy stories, music and and snacks. REG movement. Ages 18 – 36 months. REG CH – 6/21, 11 am, Wednesday A – 6/20, 3:30 pm, Tuesday Building 4 Babies BD – 6/28, 7:30 pm, Wednesday Alzheimer’s Healthy Aging: Drop in for some A Long Way Gone: Tips for Your Body and Brain open block Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Over the past several decades, building with Join Good Readers Book Club to researchers have explored how lifestyle your little one. discuss this memoir by Ishmael Beah, factors may affect our physical and Ages 6 – 36 who found rescue and redemption after cognitive health. Diet, exercise, stress, months with surviving three years as a child soldier in sleep problems, and other factors may caregiver. Sierra Leone. influence age-related physical and REG cognitive decline. Learn about the latest CH – 6/30, 11 am, Friday research on lifestyle changes and how Storytime to Go to incorporate healthy habits into your Missed out on storytime this month? daily routine. REG Stop in to pick up a craft kit and a book specially chosen by our librarian. 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10 27 A – 6/6, 2 pm, Tuesday STAFFORD Elder Law Seminar 609-597-3381 Attorney Scott Hanula will discuss topics including Medicare, Medicaid, protecting Please Register home and family assets from long-term costs, and essential estate planning documents. REG A/F – 6/1, 6/8, 1 pm – 3 pm, Thursdays, and 6/3, 6/17, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, CH – 6/7, 10:30 am, Wednesday Saturdays Mother Goose Time String of Purls – Knit/Crochet Rhythm, rhymes and movement. Ages 0 to 18 months with a caregiver. A – 6/2, 6/9, 6/16, 6/23, 6/30, REG 12:30 pm – 4 pm, Fridays Mah Jongg A – 6/7, 1 pm – 2:30 pm, Wednesday Brain Games FR – 6/3, 2:30 pm, Saturday Friends Adventure: A – 6/8, 7 pm, Thursday Ocean Breeze Jewelry Workshop DVD Discussion Group: Moonlight Each participant will learn how to make (R) 151 min. a pair of pierced earrings and a necklace with a variety of beads, charms CH – 6/9, 10:30 am, Friday and shells. All materials provided. Space Toddler Time is limited. Sponsored by the Friends of Stories, songs and finger plays. the Stafford Branch. REG Ages 19 – 36 months with caregiver. REG A – 6/5, 6/12, 6/19, 6/26, 11 am, Mondays F – 6/10, 1 pm, Saturday English Conversation Group Layla the Malamute: Read to a Dog

BD – 6/5, 12:30 pm, Monday CH – 6/12, 6 pm – 8 pm, Monday The Greatest Generation Celebrate Aquarium Month Book by Tom Brokaw. Drop in for aquarium themed crafts.

A – 6/5, 7 pm – 8:30 pm, Monday, C – 6/12, 6:30 pm, Monday Talk – 7:30 pm Windows 10 Basics Rutgers Cooperative Extension Bring your own device. REG Ocean County Master Gardeners– Secrets of a Low Maintenance TW/MKR – 6/12, Landscape 6:30 pm, Monday Bring diseased clippings for diagnosis. Tween Maker Q&A after. REG Night: Ocean Jars and C – 6/6, 10:30 am, Tuesday Mermaid Mirrors Social Media Series: Facebook® 1,2,3 Carry the ocean REG and create a mermaid worthy mirror. Ages 9 – 14. REG

28 9 C – 6/12, 2:30 pm, Monday A – 6/24, 10 am, Saturday BD – 6/13, 1 pm, Tuesday A – 6/21, 3 pm, Wednesday YouTube Basics Second Chance Saturday Crafting Olive Kitteridge Make It! Learn how to search for videos, utilize This month’s craft will be a sea glass Book by Elizabeth Strout. Upcycled Magazine Coasters the user interface, and subscribe to pendant. REG Dive into the world of upcycling with this channels. REG C – 6/13, 2:30 pm, Tuesday colorful and fun addition to any table. C – 6/24, 2:30 pm, Saturday Travel Tech Tips: National Parks All supplies provided. REG C – 6/12, 6:30 pm, Monday Fake News! Learn about websites and apps that will What’s On Our Website? What is fake news? How is it harmful? help you make the most of your next T – 6/21, 6 pm, Wednesday The library’s website has a lot of Learn how to tell the difference. REG national park adventure. REG Teen Advisory Board Meeting information. We will explore where to Earn community service credit and have look for what you need. REG C – 6/26, 2:30 pm, Monday TW – 6/14, 6 pm or 7 pm, Wednesday fun. Ages 12 – 18. Pandora® Radio Tween Minecraft Club A/T – 6/13, 10:30 am, Tuesday Learn how to sign up for an account, Register for only one session. CH – 6/23, 10:30 am, Friday Special Needs Storytime for create music stations, and select Ages 9 – 14. REG Play Day! Adults & Teens personalization options. REG Drop in for some sensory fun. Stories and a craft for adults and teens FR – 6/15, 9:30 am, Thursday Ages 2 – 6 with caregiver. REG with special challenges. REG C – 6/27, 10 am, Tuesday Friends of the Stafford Branch Email Basics Meeting F – 6/24, 10 am – 1 pm, Saturday A – 6/14, 11 am, Wednesday Learn how to create an email account, Drop-In Craft Brain Games compose an email, print, and check the CH – 6/15, 6 pm, Thursday Join us for fun and mentally stimulating various folders. REG Preschool Storytime CH – 6/26, 6 pm – 8 pm, Monday games. REG Stories, songs and fun. Ages 3 – 6 with LEGO® Builders Club C – 6/28, 10 am, Wednesday caregiver. REG We supply the bricks, you bring the A – 6/15, 6:30 pm, Thursday Brainfuse ideas. Ages 5 and up. Night Crafting for Adults Come and learn all Brainfuse has to F – 6/17, 1:30 pm, Saturday This month’s craft will be a patriotic pin. offer. Learn about live tutoring, help with Family Film: Fantastic Beasts C – 6/27, 2:30 pm, Tuesday REG resumes, and more. REG and Where to Find Them eBay™ Basics (PG-13) 133 min. Introduction to eBay™. REG C – 6/20, 10 am, Tuesday Microsoft® Word Basics A – 6/19, 7 pm – 8:30 pm, CH – 6/28, 2 pm, Wednesday Learn basic word processing skills to Monday, Talk – 7:30 pm Science Explorers: DNA create and format a document. REG Rutgers Cooperative Learn about DNA with experiments and Extension Ocean fun. Ages 8 – 12. REG C – 6/21, 10 am, Wednesday County Master Windows® 10 Gardeners – Herbs A – 6/28, 6 pm – 7:30 pm, Wednesday Come learn how to navigate and Preserving Them Bad Art Night Windows 10. REG Bring diseased clippings Let your creative side free. Make works for diagnosis. Q&A after talk. of art in a judgment free atmosphere. C – 6/22, 10 am, Thursday REG No artistic skill needed. REG Microsoft® Excel Basics MKR/T – 6/28, 7 pm, Wednesday Learn to create a spreadsheet and use Will it Waffle? CH – 6/20, 10 am – 12 pm, Tuesday CH – 6/29, 2 pm – 4 pm, Thursday basic Excel functions. REG Waffle irons are not just for breakfast. Sidewalk Chalk July 4th Craft and Games Be creative and see what else you can Drop in and decorate our sidewalks. Drop in fun. All ages welcome. A – 6/23, 10 am, Friday make in a waffle iron. REG All ages welcome. Stitch in Time We invite you to take some time for C – 6/29, 7 pm, Thursday C – 6/20, 10:30 am, Tuesday yourself. Bring your crochet, knitting or Facebook® Basics Windows 10 Basics crafting needles, and your craft. REG Learn the basics of Facebook®. Mouse, Bring your own device. REG keyboard skills, and an email address are required. REG 8 29 C – 6/6, 10:30 am, Tuesday C – 6/6, 10 am, Tuesday TOMS RIVER eBay™ Basics BRICK Internet Basics 732-349-6200 REG 732-477-4513 Learn the very basics of how to navigate the Internet. Mouse and keyboard skills Please Register F/CH – 6/6, 6:30 pm, Tuesday Please Register required. REG Bedtime Stories ED – 6/1 – 6/30 Join us in your PJs for stories and a A – 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 6/27 Mixed Media craft. REG 7 pm, Tuesdays By Beverly Hertler (McConnell) ED – 6/1 – 6/30 English Conversation Group Building Blocks of Life MKR/A – 6/6, 6:30 pm – 8 pm, Tuesday Ocean County Arts High School Improve your English conversational By Zechariah Russell (2nd Floor) Sewing 101 An exhibition of artwork by the students skills in a fun and casual setting. Learn about notions, supplies, and of Ocean County Arts High School. FR – 6/1, 9 am – 8 pm, Thursday parts of the sewing machine. Create a FR – 6/7, 11 am, Wednesday 6/2, 6/3, 9 am – 4 pm, Friday, Saturday pincushion and pin box. REG A – 6/1, 6/8, 6/15, 6/22, 6/29, Friends Annual Meeting and Friends Book Sale 10 am – 12 pm, Thursdays Luncheon All purchases support the library. A – 6/7, 6/14, 6/21, 6/28, 10 am, Open Play Mah Jongg Please note later start time of meeting. Wednesdays All levels of play welcome. Bring your Reservations required for luncheon. CH – 6/1, 10 am, Thursday English Conversation Group game set and current card. Please call 732-581-1158. Toddler Time New members welcome. An active storytime for you and your little C – 6/1, 10:30 am, Thursday C – 6/7, 2:30 pm, Wednesday one. Ages 2 – 3. REG F/CH – 6/7, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Chilton® Database Microsoft® PowerPoint Sleepytime Craft Learn to navigate this auto database Learn how to use this software to make A – 6/1, 6/8, 6/15, 6/22, 6/29, 6 pm, Listen to soothing tunes and make an that includes maintenance info, repair a slide presentation. REG Thursdays easy craft. REG tools, recall notices, etc. REG Adult Knitting Meetup T – 6/7, 7 pm, Wednesday A – 6/7, 7 pm, Wednesday CH – 6/2, 10:30 am, Friday Zen Coloring A – 6/1, 6/15, 6 pm, Thursdays Open Mic Night Hug Your Cat Day De-stress before finals by coloring Gamers Corner (20 Somethings) Performers register at 6:30 pm. Celebrate Hug Your Cat Day beautiful designs. Studies show a Ages 18 – 29. with stories and a craft calmer mind performs better. REG CH – 6/8, 6:30 pm, Thursday about some fabulous CH – 6/2, 10 am, Friday LEGO® Club felines. Ages 3 – 5. C – 6/8, 10 am, Thursday Baby & Me Join us for some building fun. We supply REG Mouse Basics Stories, songs and more for you and the LEGO® all you need is your First stop for beginners. Learn how to baby. Ages 0 – 12 months. REG imagination. Ages 6 – 12. REG BD – 6/2, 2 pm, Friday use the mouse. REG The Language of Flowers C – 6/5, 2 pm, Monday C – 6/8, 7 pm, Thursday Book by Vanessa Diffenbaugh. Mouse/Basic Computer Skills Facebook® Basics REG REG CH – 6/5, 10:30 am, Monday Sweatin’ & Smoothies CH – 6/6, 10 am, Tuesday CH – 6/9, 10:30 am, Friday We will have a blast sweating to the Waddler Time Ukulele Storytime oldies and making tasty smoothies as a Storytime for you and your little one. Music and stories with the Ukulele healthy treat. Ages 2 – 6. REG C – 6/9, 10:30 am, Friday Ages 12 – 23 months. REG Librarians. Ages 3½ – 5. REG NoveList® Plus C – 6/5, 2:30 pm, Monday Find a new favorite author or series with A – 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 6/27, 10 am, C – 6/9, 2:30 pm, Friday Microsoft® Publisher recommendations based on your Tuesdays Morningstar® & Value Line Online Learn how to use this software to make preferences. REG English Conversation Group REG calendars, banners, cards, labels, flyers, New members welcome. resumes, etc. REG

30 7 A – 6/16, 1 pm, Friday CH – 6/23, 10:30 am, Friday CH – 6/12, 6:30 pm, Monday T – 6/14, 4 pm, Wednesday Senior Movie Matinée: La La Land Sensory Play Girls Club Afternoon TAB A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress Brrrrrrr… come play with “snow” in the Bring on summer with fun and flowery in Los Angeles. (PG-13) 128 min. summer. Ages 3 – 5. REG crafts. Ages 8 – 12. REG F – 6/14, 7 pm, Wednesday Toms River Multigenerational T – 6/17, 2 pm – 4 pm, Saturday CH – 6/24, 12:30 pm, Saturday FR – 6/12, 7 pm, Monday Orchestra Video Game Club Trolls: Movie, Lunch & Craft Friends Meeting Music lovers will enjoy the wide range of Come play video and tabletop games, Bring your lunch and watch the movie. orchestral selections. REG or bring your own handheld device or Afterwards we will make a Troll craft. MKR/T – 6/12, 7 pm, Monday console and connect with friends. We (PG) 92 min. REG Build a Better World Kickoff CH – 6/15, 10 am, Thursday are not responsible for lost, stolen, or Hang out and make some crafts to Waddler Time damaged items. Games rated E for CH – 6/26, 7 pm, Monday celebrate the start of summer. Storytime for you and your little one. Everyone or T for Teen only. The Great Reptiles Ages 12 – 23 months. REG Grades 7 – 12. REG Come meet a monitor lizard, a snapping C – 6/13, 9:30 am, Tuesday turtle, an American alligator, and more. Internet I C – 6/15, 2:30 pm, Thursday CH – 6/19, 7 pm, Monday All are real live animals. Sponsored by REG Fake News: What It’s All About Bedtime Stories the Friends of the Berkeley Library. REG Come in your PJs and listen to some Ages 5 and up. REG CH – 6/13, 10:30 am, Tuesday great bedtime stories. Ages 4 – 8. REG Kids Growing Great CH – 6/16, 10:30 am, Friday CH – 6/27, 6:30 pm, Tuesday Enjoy stories, an activity, a craft and a First Art DUPLO® Play healthy snack provided by Ms. Gia from Beginning art projects for toddlers. Bring We’ll supply the DUPLO® blocks and ShopRite on Fischer Boulevard in Toms a smock we may get messy. Ages 2 – 3. other fun building toys for imaginative River. Ages 3½ – 5. REG REG free play. Sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Library. Ages 3 – 5 with MKR/A – 6/13, 2:30 pm, Tuesday CH – 6/17, 2:30 pm, Saturday caregiver. REG Mini Herb Garden Rainbow Unicorn Storytime Make a mini herb garden in our Sparks’s Ages 3½ – 5. REG CH – 6/28, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Lab Makerspace. REG Yosi in Concert CH – 6/19, 10:30 am, Monday Join us for a fun evening of music with CH – 6/13, 6:30 pm, Tuesday It’s an Octopus! Yosi. Sponsored by the Friends of the Young Artist’s Studio Stories about amazing eight-legged sea Berkeley Library. REG Join us for our monthly art program. creatures. Ages 3½ – 5. REG Ages 6 – 12. REG T – 6/29, 6 pm – 8 pm, Thursday CH – 6/19, 6:30 pm, Monday Minecraft BD – 6/13, 7 pm, Tuesday Boys Club Come play Minecraft at the library. Pride and Prejudice Try using an awesome marshmallow F/CH – 6/20, 6 pm – 8 pm, Tuesday Limited laptops are available. If you Book by Jane Austen. shooter you make yourself on an Summer Reading Kickoff Party have a Minecraft account, bring your obstacle course. Ages 8 – 12. REG featuring Magician Steven Michaels own laptop/portable device and join CH – 6/14, 10:30 am, Wednesday and Bubbles the Clown in the fun. To reserve a laptop, please Arty Party T – 6/19, 7 pm, Monday Join us for a magical evening of register as soon as possible. Join us for our monthly art program. Monday Night Writes entertainment and fun. Watch a magic Grades 7 – 12. REG Ages 3½ – 5. REG Write, share, inspire. Ages 12 – 18. show, laugh with Bubbles the Clown, and play some games. Sponsored by CH – 6/30, 2:30 pm, Friday MKR/T – 6/14, 10:30 am, Wednesday C – 6/20, 9:30 am, Tuesday the Friends of the Berkeley Library. REG LEGO® at the Library Homeschool Hangout Microsoft® Word 2010 II We supply the LEGO®. You supply the Learn the art of waffle iron cooking. REG CH – 6/21, 12 pm, Wednesday imagination. Ages 6 – 12. REG Lunch Bunch CH – 6/14, 6:30 pm – 8 pm, Wednesday CH – 6/21, 10:30 am, Wednesday Bring your lunch and a drink and listen Decorate a Flag for Flag Day! Happy Birthday Eric Carle! to some fun stories. Ages 5 – 9. REG Drop-in family craft program. Join us for a storytime celebrating Eric 6 Carle. Ages 3½ – 5. REG 31 CH – 6/21, 4:30 pm, Wednesday CH – 6/28, 10:30 am, Wednesday A – 6/13, 2 pm, Tuesday Ruff Readers Artsy Storytime BERKELEY Healthy Summer Treats Practice your reading skills in the Explore color with stories and create a 732-269-2144 Registered ShopRite dietician Jenn company of gentle therapy dogs. masterpiece. Ages 3½ – 5. REG Klein will be here to share some easy Ages 6 – 12. REG Please Register and healthy summer recipes. REG CH – 6/29, 10:30 am, Thursday A – 6/21, 6 pm, Wednesday The Paper Dragon CH – 6/15, 4 pm – 5 pm, Thursday C – 6/1 – 6/30 Anime Plus Join us for fun paper crafts and book art. Woof Tales: Read to a Dog Computer, eBook, and Genealogy Ages 18 – 29. Ages 8 – 12. REG Practice your reading skills with a Help trained therapy dog. Perfect for Get help for basic computer, eBook CH – 6/22, 10 am, Thursday beginning readers and up. REG and genealogy skills with one-on-one Toddler Time personalized lessons. Please call the An active storytime for you and your little branch to make an appointment. one. Ages 2 – 3. REG A – 6/1, 6/8, 6/15, 6/22, 6/29, 1 pm, A – 6/22, 12:30 pm, Thursday Thursdays Piano Music in the Atrium An Afternoon of Mah Jongg If you are an experienced player who MKR/A – 6/22, 2 pm, Thursday would like to join our group, please T-shirt Tote Bags A – 6/29, 2 pm, Thursday register. If you have your own set, Bring in a t-shirt to turn into a tote. REG Oro Macht Frei please bring it. Sponsored by the Screening of Jewish experience in Nazi Friends of the Berkeley Library. REG BD – 6/22, 2 pm, Thursday occupied Rome. Executive producer The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Joel Markel will answer questions after T – 6/1, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, Thursday Book by Rebecca Skloot. the film.REG Teen Advisory Board Meeting

Help the library stay current with teen CH – 6/22, 6 pm, Thursday CH – 6/29, 6:30 pm, Thursday trends and hot topics. Have fun while PaperMoon Puppet Theater Presents: Sensory Storytime earning community service hours. Beauty and the Beast Stories, songs and activities geared Grades 7 – 12. A timeless classic with marionette toward children on the autism spectrum. puppets. Ages 3 – 12. REG Ages 3 – 6. REG A – 6/5, 6/12, 6/19, 6/26, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Mondays CH – 6/23, 10:30 am, Friday CH – 6/30, 2 pm, Friday The Yarn Dolls Doc McStuffins Fun Super Goop! Knit or crochet. Bring along your Lots of fun. Stories, games, and more. What can you make with your goop? unfinished projects. Ages 3 – 6. REG Ages 8 – 12. REG F – 6/8, 6:30 pm, Thursday C – 6/23, 2:30 pm, Friday C – 6/30, 2:30 pm, Friday A – 6/15, 6 pm, Thursday Juggling with Jared eBooks Overview Basic Microsoft® PowerPoint The Art of Pysanky: Ukrainian Eggs Join us for an exciting evening of REG REG Learn about the Ukrainian process of juggling. There will be a show and pysanky and create a beautifully lessons offered. Novice and C – 6/26, 2:30 pm, Monday CH/F – 6/30, 6:30 pm, Friday designed egg using the traditional wax- experienced jugglers welcome. REG Microsoft® Word 2010 I After Hours Summer Reading Kickoff: resist batik process. All art supplies will REG Mr. Scott the Music Man be provided; please bring a smock or BD – 6/9, 1 pm, Friday Get ready to dance. Enjoy a creative, worn shirt and a container to take your The Shadow Divers CH – 6/27, 10 am, Tuesday energetic concert. REG egg home in. This program is sponsored Book by Robert Kurson. Copies are Baby & Me by the Friends of the Berkeley Library. available at the circulation desk. Stories, songs and more for you and REG baby. Ages 0 – 12 months. REG

32 5 A – 6/15, 10 am, Thursday BEACHWOOD Knit Wits TUCKERTON 732-244-4573 A/T – 6/26, 7 pm, Monday 609-296-1470 Please Register Healthy BBQ Side Dishes Please Register Make some healthy BBQ side dishes. Please advise of any allergies when registering. Ages 12 and up. REG ED – 6/1 – 6/30 A/T – 6/5, 6 pm, Monday Acrylic Art by Gwenn Seemel Movie: La La Land A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress C – 6/1 – 6/30 in Los Angeles. (PG-13) 128 min. REG One-on-One Computer Instruction Please call for an appointment. BD – 6/8, 3:30 pm, Thursday Youth Book Discussion FR/A – 6/2, 10 am, Friday F/FR – 6/23, 2 pm, Friday New members call to get the book title Friends of the Beachwood Sciencetellers Present: to join this interactive and fun group. Branch Meeting “Building: Tall Ships & Pirate Tales” Ages 7 – 14. New members are always welcome. Set sail with us as we kick off our Summer Reading program with a visit T – 6/5, 7 pm, Monday A/T – 6/12, 6 pm, Monday from Sciencetellers. People don’t just TAB Meeting Movie: xXx: Return of Xander Cage build on land. They build on water too. Help plan programs and earn Xander Cage is left for dead after an A crew of quirky pirates takes us on community service hours. incident, though he secretly returns to a thrilling action packed interactive action for a new, tough assignment with adventure. Sponsored by The Tuckerton A – 6/7, 6/14, 6/21, 6/28, 9 am, his handler Augustus Gibbons. (PG-13) Wednesdays Library Association. All ages. REG 107 min. REG English Conversation Group Talk about current events and other CH – 6/27, 10 am, Tuesday F – 6/26, 6 pm, Monday CH – 6/13, 11:30 am, Tuesday subjects in an informal setting. Mini Maker and Movie Movie: A Dog’s Purpose Father’s Day Fun Join us for a movie and DUPLO® free Experience the soulful and surprising Dads rule. It’s all about dad, pop, father, CH – 6/13, 10:30 am, Tuesday play. Please call for movie title. story of one devoted dog who finds the padre, papa and daddy for this story and Healthy Happy Heroes Ages 2 – 5. REG meaning of his own existence through Stories, activities, and a healthy snack. craft to celebrate his special day. the lives of the humans he teaches to Please alert us of any food allergies BD – 6/29, 10:30 am, Thursday Ages 2 – 8. REG when registering. Ages 3 – 6. Turn of Mind laugh and love. (PG) 100 min. REG Book by Alice LaPlante. Copies A/T – 6/19, 6 pm, Monday F/FR – 6/27, 10 am – 4 pm, Tuesday available at the circulation desk. Movie: The Great Wall Happy Birthday to You Day European mercenaries searching for It’s everyone’s birthday today. Drop in A – 6/30 10 am, Friday black powder become embroiled in Friday Film: La La Land anytime between 10 am and 4 pm to the defense of the Great Wall of China A jazz celebrate your birthday. There will be against a horde of monstrous creatures. pianist cake and balloons; so join in the (PG-13) 103 min. REG falls for an festivities. Sponsored by the Tuckerton aspiring Library Association. actress in CH – 6/20, 11:30 am, Tuesday Summer Fun Los Angeles. F – 6/29, 2 pm, Thursday (PG-13) Breeze in for a seasonal story and make Building Smoothies 128 min. a sun visor for the beach. Ages 2 – 8. Cool off and enjoy as Amy shows you REG REG how to build a healthy and delicious smoothie. Ages 10 and up. REG

4 33 F – 6/20, 6:30 pm, Tuesday F – 6/23, 11 am, Friday UPPER SHORES Barnegat Bay: A National Estuary Sciencetellers Present: Karen Walzer from the Barnegat Bay “Building: Tall Ships & Pirate Tales” 732-793-3996 Partnership will present on the Set sail with the Sciencetellers on a Please Register Barnegat Bay and its diverse thrilling action-packed adventure. wildlife. Wetlands and other bay Throughout the story, volunteers from habitats help protect the audience will help us explore the A – 6/1, 2:30 pm, Thursday coastal communities. incredible science behind clouds, Movie Time: Enjoy the Show! Sully Learn how scientists combustion, air pressure, scientific Clint Eastwood directs Tom Hanks in assess the state of this variables and more. Ages 5+. REG the reenactment of the January 2009 valuable estuary and emergency landing of US Airways Flight how we are all partners CH/F – 6/27, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm, 1549 on the Hudson River. in its protection. Tuesday (PG-13) 96 min. REG StoryWalk® on Burr Street A StoryWalk® featuring BD – 6/2, 3 pm, Friday Over in the Meadow by Last Lecture Ezra Jack Keats will be set up along the side- Book by Randy Pausch. What wisdom walk between the would we impart to the world if we knew A – 6/16, 3 pm, Friday library to the it was our last chance? If we had to Robert L. Horbelt Fred Miller: Lectures-in-Song vanish tomorrow, what would we want Elementary School. as our legacy? When Randy Pausch, a The Story Behind the Song. 12 Classics Participants may begin computer science professor at Carnegie There’s a story behind every song, but the StoryWalk® at either location. Mellon, was asked to give such a some songs occupy such a prominent lecture, he didn’t have to imagine the place in our collective consciousness CH – 6/28, 10:30 am, Friday challenge because he had recently been that their particular stories beg to be Paul Bunyan Party diagnosed with terminal cancer. Randy told ahead of others. Join perennial Celebrate Paul Bunyan Day by listening Pausch has combined the humor, favorite Fred Miller for another enjoyable to a story, playing with our building logs, inspiration and intelligence that made afternoon of fun. Sponsored by the and enjoying a snack. Please call the his lecture a phenomenon sure to be Friends of Upper Shores Branch. library with any food allergies. Ages 3+. REG shared for generations to come. REG T – 6/28, 6 pm – 8:30 pm, Wednesday A – 6/21, 7 pm, Wednesday A – 6/7, 2:30 pm or 6:30 pm, Gaming Night: Card Games Wednesday Railroad History of Ocean County Ages 12 – 18. Movie Time: Enjoy the Show! Loving German Georgieff, Chief Naturalist at The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, Wells Mills County Park, will lead us A – 6/29, 2 pm, Thursday an interracial couple, whose marriage in down the dusty rails of the Tuckerton, Adult Craft: Green Cleaning Virginia led to a civil rights case & legal New Jersey Central, and Pennsylvania Learn how to make your own organic battle that would end at the US Supreme railroads. REG CH – 6/22, 2 pm, Thursday cleaning products. REG Court. (PG-13) 123 min. Build A Better World: CH/F – Knock-out programs Kids Summer Reading Kickoff Party A – 6/30, 11 am, Friday A – 6/13, 2:30 pm or 6:30 pm, Tuesday throughout the summer for children Register for summer reading, play Barnegat Bookwalkers games, and join in the fun. REG Join Barnegat Branch’s audiobook Movie Time: Enjoy the Show! and their families. The full Calendar walking group. Pick out an audiobook Nocturnal Animals of Events will be available early June. Please stop in to pick up a copy. T – 6/22, 6:30 pm, Thursday you would like to listen to and take a A dark, haunting, romantic thriller that Paint the Teen Zone Window walk outside. Bring headphones. REG explores the thin lines between love Design our window with the summer and cruelty, revenge and redemption. reading theme “Build a Better World.” CH – 6/30, 3:45 pm, Friday Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Ages 12 – 18. REG Tail Waggin’ Tutor 2016 Venice International Film Festival. Readers of all ages and ability levels (R) 117 min. are invited to read to Hunter, a German Shepherd registered with Therapy Dogs 34 International. REG 3 A – 6/19, 3 pm, Monday BARNEGAT WARETOWN All Over This Land 609-698-3331 609-693-5133 Through live performance (and tapes of “the real thing”), Saul Broudy presents Please Register Please Register grassroots songs from various regions, and discusses how these songs help us identify who we are and where we came from. This program is funded by the ED – All month Horizons Speakers Bureau of the New A Digital Journey – Jersey Council for the Humanities, a The Art of John Delaney state partner of the National Endowment John Delaney creates complex for the Humanities. REG visual results by using his cell phone and various apps that allow him to A – 6/21, 2 pm, Wednesday manipulate layers of images. John Leading a Balanced Life with adds a dash of imagination to the Jan Bertram F – 6/1, 6 pm, Thursday real, resulting in a montage of focused During this hands-on workshop, you will Meet the Wolves thought. John welcomes all to his learn and practice the Three Levels of Learn about the history and reception on Monday, June 5 at 7 pm. Awareness. These simple techniques conservation of wolves and wolf hybrids from the ancient art of tai chi will help from Howling Woods Farm, and see A – 6/13, 6:30 pm, Tuesday A – 6/12, 4 pm, Monday wolfdogs up close. REG Summer Decluttering you improve your balance and reduce Jamie Novak’s De-Stress by Organizing Humorist™ Jamie Novak your risk of falling. REG A – 6/5, 6/12, 6/19, 6/26, 1 pm, will discuss consolidating paperwork, De-Cluttering Mondays closets, clothes, and much more. You’ll Join Organizing Humorist™ Jamie A – 6/22, 2 pm, Friday Monday Movie leave this program with mini projects Novak for a funny look at how clutter is Seashore Gardening 6/5: Passengers (PG-13) 116 min. perfect to tackle over the summer. stressing us out. Aside from a laugh, you Join Ocean County Master Gardeners 6/12: Loving (PG-13) 123 min. Jamie Novak is the bestselling author of will walk away with tips on how to clean for a presentation on seashore 6/19: Fences (PG-13) 133 min. Keep This, Toss That. Q&A to follow. closets, purge paperwork, store items gardening. REG 6/26: Collateral Beauty (PG-13) 97 min. REG and much more. REG FR – 6/23, 1 pm – 3 pm, Friday A – 6/6, 7 pm, Tuesday T – 6/14, 6/21, 6 pm – 8:30 pm, 6/24, 10 am – 12 pm, Saturday Burr Street Books Wednesdays Friend’s Book Sale A monthly book café where members Gaming Night talk about books and listen to Play Wii®, WiiU®, XBox® 360, and Great finds for little cost. recommendations. more. Ages 12 – 18. A – 6/28, 2 pm, Wednesday T – 6/7, 6 pm, Wednesday CH – 6/20, 6/27, 11 am, Tuesdays Ikebana Japanese Flower Arranging Anime Summer Celebration Let’s Build Ikebana is the highly stylized art of Welcome summer in the traditional Join us for an hour of building fun with Japanese flower arranging. Unlike Japanese style. Watch a popular anime. LEGO®, DUPLO®, and other fun Western arrangements, it focuses on Ages 12 – 18. materials. Ages 5+. REG the individual stem, leaf, or flower. There A – 6/16, 2 pm, Friday are many schools that teach this art C – 6/9, 11 am, Friday BD – 6/20, 2 pm, Tuesday National Flood Insurance form, one of which is Sogetsu. Glenys TechTopic: eBooks Rules of Civility Program Q&A Baulderstone has studied this particular Learn how to borrow eBooks. Book by Amor Towles. New members Join Waretown’s Community Ratings school of flower arranging, completing welcome. Copies available for pickup at System Coordinator who will answer the fourth level, while living in Japan. C – 6/12, 11 am, Monday the branch. questions about flooding on your Tech Topic: Computer Help She will demonstrate how to make property and how to lower your flood A librarian will be on hand to answer arrangements in both the Morigana and questions about computers and mobile insurance. Please bring your Elevation Nageire styles. REG devices. Certificates. REG

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A Adult Program BD Book Discussion

T Teen Program FR Friends Program

TW Tween Program ED Exhibits & Displays

CH Children’s Program COH Chapters of Health

C Computer Class MKR Maker Program

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