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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 WHM Women's History Month

C Computer Class MKR Maker Program

F Family Program REG Please Register 1 CH – 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 10:30 am – 11 am, BARNEGAT Wednesdays Toddler Time 609-698-3331 Join us for a fun-filled half hour of Please Register stories, music, and fun. Ages 18 – 36 months. REG

CH – 3/1, 6 pm, Thursday T – 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28, Drop-In Pig Day Craft 6 pm – 8:30 pm, Wednesdays Celebrate Pig Day by making a fun craft. Teen Drop in Gaming This is a drop-in program meaning there Play Wii, WiiU, tabletop, and card is no registration, and it is a "do on your games. Ages 12 – 18. Drop in. own" craft. Ages 3+. T – 3/7, 7 pm, Wednesday Teen Anime Club Enjoy all things manga and anime. Ages 12 – 18. Drop in.

JOB & CAREER ACCELERATOR Access current detailed job listings from over 5 million job postings which are collected from all major job boards. Create professional resumes and A – 3/2, 3/9, 3/16, 3/23, 1 pm, Fridays LEARNINGEXPRESS cover letters, master interviewing and Foreign Film Series LIBRARY 3.0 networking techniques, and more. 3/2: Saawariya (PG) 142 min. LearningExpress Library features nearly 3/9: No Eres Tu, Soy Yo (PG-13) 138 min. 1,000 free online tutorials, practice tests 3/16: Caramel (PG) 96 min. (GED, SAT, ASVAB, NCLEX-RN and more) 3/23: Cantinflas (PG-13) 96 min. and eBooks to help patrons of all ages.

CH – 3/5, 11 am – 11:30 am, Monday Cheese Doodle Day Fun MKR/F – 3/9, 3 pm, Friday Celebrate Cheese Doodle Day with Maker-thon songs, stories, a small snack, and a Visit stations at the library for a sampling craft. Ages 2+. Please call the branch if of all things Maker with crafts, food, child has food allergies. REG slime, fun technology, and building projects. REG A – 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26, 1 pm, Mondays Monday Movie A – 3/10, 3/24, 1 pm, Saturdays, and ... and SO much more! 3/5: Stronger (R) 116 min. 3/15, 3/22, 1 pm, Thursdays UNIVERSAL CLASS 3/12: Marshall (PG-13) 118 min. EWE Knit and FOR LIBRARIES 3/19: It (R) 135 min. Bring your own supplies and drop in. LEARNINGEXPRESS Continuing education courses free with 3/26: The Snowman (R) 120 min. LIBRARY EN ESPAÑOL an Ocean County Library card. Online FR – 3/13, 12:30 pm, Tuesday Base de datos Learning Express 3.0 instruction on your own schedule, real A – 3/6, 7 pm, Tuesday Friends of the Library Meeting en Español ofrece tutoriales en instructors to contact with questions, Burr Street Books Come join an active group looking for gramática inglesa, matemáticas basica and continuing education units on A monthly book café. new ideas to support the Library. e exámenes para practicár. selected courses. 2 A – 3/13, 3/27, 6 pm, Tuesdays T – 3/21, 7 pm, Wednesday Level Up with B-Gap Teen Advisory Board (TAB) Play and discuss multiplayer games with Teens grades 7 – 12 may attend to help other videogame enthusiasts. Ages 18+. plan library programs.

A – 3/14, 3/28, 7 pm, Wednesdays CH – 3/23, 3:30 pm, Adult Writers Group Friday Hone your craft with likeminded adult Tail Waggin’ Tutor writers. Practice reading alongside gentle, C – 3/15, 2 pm, Thursday beautiful therapy dogs. TechTopic: eBooks Ask a librarian your eBook-related CH – 3/27, 11 am – questions. 11:30 am, Tuesday RESOURCES FOR Hop into Spring CH/F – 3/15, 6:30 pm, Thursday Storytime Family Movie Night: Despicable Me 3 Celebrate spring with JOB SEEKERS Watch this exciting movie on our big songs, stories and a craft. Ages 2+. screen. Bring your own popcorn. REG (PG) 90 min. CH – 3/29, 6 pm, Thursday Drop-In Let’s Get Crafty Drop by the Library to make a craft celebrating National Craft Month. This is a drop-in program meaning there is no registration, and it is a "do on your own" craft. Ages 5+.

CAREER TRANSITIONS A guided, step by step approach to planning BRAINFUSE - JOBNOW! and making your next career move. Take a FREE RESUME REVIEWS career interest assessment for free, use a step by step resume builder, search job listings at Free live resume experts, live interview multiple websites at once and more. CH – 3/17, 11 am, Saturday coaches and job coaches to help you on Drop-In St. Patrick’s Day Craft your job search. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by making a fun craft. This is a drop-in program meaning there is no registration, and it is a "do on your own" craft. Ages 3+.

C – 3/19, 11 am, Monday TechTopic: Computer Help Ask a librarian your tech-related F – 3/31, 2 pm, Saturday questions. The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s Stages Festival Presents: BD – 3/20, 2 pm, Tuesday Miss Nelson is Missing! FERGUSON’S CAREER Ordinary Grace by William Krueger A play performed by the Centenary GUIDANCE CENTER New members welcome. Copies Stage Company. For more details, (FACTS ON FILE ONLINE) available for pickup at the branch. please see page 40 of this brochure or CAREER CONNECTIONS You can now explore thousands of careers, visit www.theoceancountylibrary.org, NEW JERSEY browse scholarships, get advice about A – 3/21, 7 pm, Wednesday www.stagesfestival.org, or New Jersey's newest and most powerful applying for jobs, learn how to write the Poetry Writers Group www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG all-inclusive career tool. Resume perfect resume, and get tips on how to ace Hone your craft with likeminded adult building is just the beginning. an interview, all in one place. writers. 3 BEACHWOOD Build 732-244-4573 Your Own Please Register

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C – 3/1 – 3/31 One-on-One Computer Instruction Please call for an appointment.

A – 3/1, 3/8, 1:30 pm, Thursdays Taking Control of Your Health Presented by Meridian Health, this MKR/F – 3/9, 3:30 pm, Friday Register Now for Open Enrollment Grant-Funded Tuition Courses six-week course focuses on self- Register: Build Your Own BristleBot ▪ or Order a Customized Grant-Funded Class for Your Company management for chronic ailments. REG Come and build your own BristleBot ▪ and battle them against your family and ▪Courses Include: FR – 3/2, 10 am, Friday form.jotform.us/71776223891161 friends. A BristleBot is a simple robot Excel Basic Friends of the Beachwood Branch ▪ Michael Forcella made from a toothbrush, battery, and Excel Intermediate Meeting ▪ Manager of Business Engagement tiny motor. Ages 9 and up. REG Outlook New members are always welcome. ▪ 732.255.0400Contact: ext. 2157 Join us and support your local library. Microsoft 365 [email protected] MKR/F – 3/10, 10:30 am – 12 pm, ▪ Basic Professional Writing Saturday ▪ Training is funded through NJBIA, the NJ Celebrate New Jersey Makers Day ▪ Time Management Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Art, music, and science activities. Leadership Supervisory Skills and the New Jersey Community College Consortium for Workforce & Economic Development. All ages welcome. REG ▪ Team Building Supervisory Skills: Millennials - MKR/A – 3/13, 2 pm, Tuesday How to Lead Them to Success Make it: Adult Craft Real Estate: How to Increase Make a fabric-backed glass plate to Real Estate Sales decorate your home. Sponsored by the Friends of the Beachwood Branch. Ages 18+. REG WHM/TW/T – 3/5, 7 pm, Monday Tea and Suffragists Tea and history. Sample different teas F – 3/26, 7 pm, Monday and learn about the movement that The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s Grant-Funded, Tuition-Free obtained the right to vote for British Stages Festival Presents: Training Available for Certified women. Ages 10 and up. REG Victorian Magic Home Health Aide (CHHA) and A play performed by the East Lynne ▪ CertifiedNJ Resident Nurse Assistant (CNA) A – 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28, 9 am, Theater Company. For more details, ▪ 18 years of age or older Wednesdays please see page 40 of this brochure or ▪Eligibility Unemployed Requirements: for 6 months or more visit www.theoceancountylibrary.org, English Conversation Group ▪ Had an unemployment claim in the www.stagesfestival.org, or Talk about current events and other past 2 years subjects in an informal setting. www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG Call 732-255-0409 for more information. OCC is a member of NJ Community College Consortium for 4 Workforce & Economic Development and the New Jersey Business and Industry Association (NJBIA). BERKELEY 732-269-2144 CH/F – 3/5, 7 pm, Monday The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s Please Register Stages Festival Presents: Miss Nelson is Missing! A play performed by the Centenary ED – 3/1 – 3/31 Stage Company. For more details, Display Cases please see page 40 of this brochure or Vinylmation courtesy of Jenna A. visit www.theoceancountylibrary.org, A Cinderella Tale… SchoolHouse Rock Live! www.stagesfestival.org, or Happily Ever After Presented by Centenary Stage Company C – 3/1 – 3/31 www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG Presented by Push Cart Players This educational musical performance with history, Computer, eBook, and Genealogy Help math, and grammar, is based on the 1970’s cartoon series. This tale will take audiences on a Please call the branch to make an sometimes happy, sometimes sad – but Brick Branch Monday, March 19, 6:30 pm CH – 3/6, 9:30 am, Tuesday always compelling journey fueled by inner Point Boro Branch Saturday, March 10, 2:00 pm appointment. Baby and Me beauty, courage and kindness as they Rhythm, rhyme, music, and movement triumph over greed, and arrogance. Sherlock Holmes Adventure of A – 3/1 – 3/31 for babies up to 18 months with Jackson Branch Fri. March 23, 12:00 pm the Speckled Band- Radio-Style! Pop-In Puzzle Little Egg Harbor Sat. March 3, 10:30 am caregiver. Ages up to 18 months. REG Presented by East Lynn Theater Company Lacey Branch Saturday, March 10, 2:00 pm Stop by our puzzle table and help Be part of the "radio audience" as this famous Point Beach Branch Thurs. March 15, 3:30 pm complete our puzzle. New puzzle every mystery comes alive. Experience the sound effects and WHM/A – 3/6, 7 pm, Tuesday commercials as actors portray several roles to make the month. Ladies of Country Music At Ninety-Three tale come to life. Celebrate Women’s History Month with Presented by Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre Island Heights Branch Monday, March 19, 6:30 pm A – 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, 1 pm, An adaptation of the poetry of Jan Slepian, Upper Shores Branch Saturday, March 24, 3:00 pm Elaine and the Cimarron Sky Band, Thursdays which peeks into the colorful life of an elder Waretown Branch Monday, March 26, 6:00 pm performing the classic country songs artist who has a lot to say about the experience An Afternoon of Mah Jongg of singers Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, of looking back, looking forward, and looking Tales from the Garden- A Celebration of If you have your own set, please bring Patsy Cline, Emmylou Harris, and other around her. it. Sponsored by the Friends of the Tuckerton Branch Monday, March 19, 6:00 pm the History and Folklore of NJ legendary stars. REG Presented by the Growing Stage Berkeley Library. REG This collection of folktales is a fun-filled journey Miss Nelson is Missing! through the rich history of the Garden State from its CH – 3/7, 10:30 am, Wednesday Presented by the Centenary Stage Company original settlers to its many legends. Preschool Storytime with Craft Miss Nelson can’t control her crazy classroom because Long Beach Island Branch Weds. March 28, 4:00 pm she’s just too nice. When she disappears, her substitute is Enjoy stories and a craft. Ages 3 – 5 the no nonsense Viola Swamp. The class will do anything with an adult. REG to Miss Nelson back. Velveteen Rabbit Barnegat Branch Saturday, March 31, 2:00 pm Presented by the Push Cart Players A – 3/7, 7 pm, Wednesday Berkeley Branch Monday, March 5, 7:00 pm A young boy’s love and a little magic help transform Lakewood Branch Friday, March 9, 1:30 pm the Velveteen Rabbit from a favorite plaything into a Emotional Freedom Techniques Toms River Branch Monday, March 26, 6:30 pm real rabbit. Learn the true meaning of friendship in Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) this musical. is a cutting-edge, gentle stress relief Plumsted Branch Friday, March 16, 10:30 am Peter and the Wolf tool that is being used by all kinds of Presented by the Pushcart Players CH – 3/2, 10 am – 11:30 am, Friday professionals and non-professionals Victorian Magic This classic story will be brought to life before your Playtime Fun! with families, friends, and at work. eyes, and will be accompanied by riveting music. Presented by East Lynn Theater Company Drop in anytime between 10 – 11:30 am Stafford Branch Thursday, March 22, 6:00 pm Actor and magician Robert Aberdeen delights audiences Presented by Carol Bemmels, a of all ages with his classic sleight of hand and plenty of to play with our toys, socialize with other counselor with 40 years of experience audience participation. kids, and more. This is a great place for Call your branch or go online to register! who is trained and certified in EFT.REG Beachwood Branch Monday, March 26, 7:00 pm parents and caregivers to make new friends and have fun. Ages 1 – 4 years. CH – 3/9, 10:30 am, Friday Cuddle Up for 1s and 2s A – 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26, Cuddle up with your little one as we 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Mondays The Stages Festival is made possible in part by funding from the New Jersey Ocean County events have been made share stories, rhymes, songs, and State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National possible by the generous support of The Yarn Dolls dance. Ages 12 – 36 months. REG Endowment for the Arts; Bank of America; The Horizon Foundation for The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey. Knit or crochet. Bring along your New Jersey; The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation; and PSEG Foundation. Visit www.njtheateralliance.org & www.stagesfestival.org. unfinished projects. 40 5 BD – 3/9, 1 pm, Friday CH – 3/15, 4 pm – 5 pm, Thursday Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd Woof Tales: Read to a Dog WARETOWN A – 3/13, 2 pm, Tuesday Copies available at the circulation desk. Practice your reading skills with 609-693-5133 ShopRite Presents: a trained therapy dog. Perfect for St. Patrick’s Day Cooking WHM/CH – 3/12 – 3/17 beginning readers and up. REG Please Register Join ShopRite’s registered dietitian Famous Women Scavenger Hunt Giavonna Carbonello to learn how to Who am I? What did I do to become A – 3/16, 1 pm, Friday ED – March make some delicious St. Paddy’s Day famous? Find my picture in the library Senior Movie: Green Dolphin Street Pieceful Shores Quilters Guild food. REG and match my name with what I did. A classic from 1947, this movie is set in In this annual display, members of the Come to the library anytime. If you find New Zealand as two sisters, played by Pieceful Shores Quilters Guild and local A – 3/16, 2 pm, Friday all the famous women you will win a Lana Turner and Donna Reed, vie for residents will display quilts showing new Adult Craft small prize. All ages. the love of the same man. (NR) 161 min. techniques and creative uses of fabric. Participate in a craft for adults. REG

MKR/CH – 3/19, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, CH – 3/2, 1 pm – 4 pm, Friday T/TW – 3/19, 7 pm, Monday Monday Read Across America Drop-in Craft Teens Cook – Apple Nachos Kids Cook Celebrate Read Across America and Hands on cooking for teens and tweens. Come learn how to make a tasty treat. Dr. Seuss’s birthday with a craft. Ages 10 – 18. REG Space is limited so please register. Ages 2 – 8. Ages 8 – 12. REG CH – 3/20, 10:30 am, Tuesday WHM/T/TW – 3/5, 7 pm, Monday Itty Bitty Time A – 3/20, 2 pm, Tuesday Learn to Draw Women Superheroes Baby storytime. Ages up to 12 months. Adult Craft: Glass Local artist Lenny Rivera will lead REG Bring a wine glass, pint glass, tumbler, a workshop on drawing women or other drinking glass and create a superheroes. Ages 12 – 18. REG A – 3/23, 2 pm, Friday beautiful etching. REG How to Hygge: A – 3/12, 7 pm, Monday A – 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28, 1:30 pm, Secret Snowdrop Musical Review with Rhythm N’ Sound CH – 3/21, 10:30 am, Wednesday Wednesdays Letters Rhythm N’ Sound will perform hits from Preschool Storytime with Craft Mah Jongg Club We will learn an the 1940s through the 1980s. Join us Hear stories and make a craft. old Danish custom for this special concert sponsored by Ages 3 – 5 with an adult. REG WHM/A – 3/8, 2 pm, Thursday of sending mystery the Friends of the Berkeley Library in Afternoon Movie: Suffragette letters to friends and A working-class laundress in memory of longtime Friend Geraldine CH – 3/23, 10:30 am, Friday th family for Easter. REG Carano. REG Cuddle Up for 1s and 2s 19 -century London joins the fight for Cuddle up with your little one as we women's suffrage. (PG-13) 106 min. FR – 3/23, 1 pm – 3 pm, Friday and A – 3/13, 10:30 am, Tuesday share stories, rhymes, songs, and 3/24, 10 am – 12 pm, Saturday Craft for Adults with Special dance. Ages 12 – 36 months. REG MKR/F – 3/10, 11 am – 12 pm, Saturday Friends of the Waretown Library Challenges New Jersey Makers Day – Book Sale Shrinky Dinks Please register ahead of time so we can CH – 3/27, 10:30 am, Tuesday th better prepare materials. REG DUPLO® Play Participate in the 4 Annual New Jersey We’ll supply the DUPLO® blocks for Makers Day by making shrinky dink A – 3/14, 11 am, Tuesday imaginative free play. Ages 3 – 5. jewelry or keychains. A/T – 3/26, 6 pm, Monday Healthy Snacks Sponsored by the Friends of the The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s An interactive cooking program Berkeley Library. REG A – 3/13, 3/27, 11 am, Tuesdays Stages Festival Presents: Adventure demonstrated by a dietician from Waretown Writers Group of the Speckled Band – Radio-Style! ShopRite. For adults with special CH – 3/28, 4 pm – 5 pm, Wednesday Join other writers of all skill levels to A play performed by the East Lynne challenges and their caregivers. LEGO® at the Library explore your skills in this informal and Theater Company. For more details, Presented by the Serving Adults with We supply the LEGO® blocks. You fun writing session. Meet new people as please see page 40 of this brochure or Special Challenges Workgroup. To supply the imagination. Make sure to get you get and give feedback and share visit www.theoceancountylibrary.org, register please call Lori at your picture taken for our bulletin board ideas with others. REG www.stagesfestival.org, or 609-693-8566, extension 3926. REG with your creation. Ages 6 – 12. REG www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG 6 39 CH – 3/16, 10:30 am, Friday C – 3/5, 2:30 pm, Monday UPPER SHORES Leprechaun Hunt & Storytime BRICK Google Chrome Basics 732-793-3996 Top o' the mornin' to ya. Join us for 732-477-4513 Learn basic browsing tips, stories filled with shamrocks, rainbows customization, bookmarking, and Please Register and all things Irish. The Library Please Register adjusting privacy settings. REG Leprechaun paid us a visit. Help us find treasure hidden somewhere inside the C – 3/5, 6:30 pm, Monday A – 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, ED – 3/1 – 3/31 library. Ages 1 – 5. REG US Newsstream 10:30 am – 2:30 pm, Thursdays Youth Art Month Explore the library’s new database, AARP Tax Assistance The Art Educators of New Jersey A – 3/21, 6:30 pm, Wednesday and which offers free access to many By appointment only. Free tax present artwork by Ocean County 3/23, 2 pm, Friday popular newspapers. REG preparation and electronic filing. Call or students. Movie Time: Enjoy the Show! stop in for your appointment. The Glass Castle A – 3/1 – 4/12, 9 am, Thursdays The movie adaptation stars Brie Larson, A – 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, 2 pm, AARP Tax Help Woody Harrelson, and Naomi Watts. Thursdays Volunteers from AARP will help (PG-13) 127 min. Great American Standards individuals prepare simple returns. The talented Gary Evans will entertain Seniors (60+) have priority. English only. us at the piano. Requests welcome. Call for an appointment. REG A – 3/24, 3 pm, Saturday BD – 3/2, 3 pm, Friday The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s C – 3/1, 2:30 pm, Thursday Last Days of Night by Graham Moore Stages Festival Presents: Sherlock Twitter Holmes Adventure of the Speckled Learn how to use Twitter. Must have A – 3/14, 4 pm or 7 pm, Wednesday Band – Radio-Style! a valid email address and know the Movie Time: Enjoy the Show! A play performed by the East Lynne password for it. REG The Lunchbox Theater Company. For more details see WHM/A – 3/5, 7 pm, Monday An incorrectly delivered lunchbox, notes page 40 of this brochure or visit A – 3/2, 3/16, 10 am, Fridays Ladies of Country Music between strangers, and an unexpected www.theoceancountylibrary.org, Stitch in Time Celebrate Women’s History Month with adult friendship. Treat yourself to this www.stagesfestival.org, or Bring your crochet, or crafting Elaine and the Cimarron Sky Band, tasty surprise. Set in Mumbai. Foreign www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG needles, and your craft. REG performing the classic country songs language film. (PG) 105 min. of singers Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, CH – 3/26, 10:30 am, Monday WHM/C – 3/2, 10:30 am, Friday Patsy Cline, Emmylou Harris, and other Terrific Trains Storytime & Craft American Women's History Online legendary stars. REG Chug-chug, choo-choo, that’s what Explore more than 500 years of history. trains say to you. Roll in for a storytime REG all about trains. Ages 1 – 5. REG C – 3/6, 10 am, Tuesday Consumer Reports Online CH – 3/2, 10:30 am, Friday Learn how to get reviews. REG Incredible Indiana Jones Party

You call this archaeology? Party Indy- A – 3/6, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27, style with games and crafts. Ages 2 – 6. 10 am – 12 pm, Tuesdays REG Learn to Play Mah Jongg The Brick Branch Mah Jongg Club BD – 3/2, 2 pm, Friday invites new players to this 4-week class How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny for beginners. REG CH – 3/5, 10:30 am, Monday A – 3/6, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27, Cheery Cherry Blossom Day 7 pm, Tuesdays We’ll read a Japanese folktale and then English Conversation Group we’ll make a cheery cherry blossom tree Improve your English conversational craft. Ages 3 – 5. REG skills in a fun and casual setting. All are welcome. 38 7 C – 3/7, 10 am, Wednesday C – 3/13, 2:30 pm, Tuesday CH – 3/13, 11:30 am, hoopla Word Basics TUCKERTON Tuesday Learn how to borrow free digital movies, Learn basic document creation, menu 609-296-1470 What Pet Should I Get? music, and eBooks. Active library card and toolbar functionality in Word. Mouse Dog, bird, or cat; what and email needed. REG skills needed. REG Please Register do you think of that? Join us FR – 3/7, 10 am, A – 3/13, 6 pm, Tuesday for pet tales and A – 3/1, 3/15, 10 am – 12 pm, Wednesday Knit Wits pinecone Thursdays Friends Meeting Bring your crochet, knitting or crafting pet crafts. Art Chat All are welcome. needles, and your craft. REG Ages 2 – 8. All are welcome. REG A – 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28, 1 pm, WHM/T – 3/13, 7 pm, Tuesday CH – 3/2, 2 pm, Friday Wednesdays Tea and Suffragists Green Eggs and Ham Open Play Mah Jongg Tea and history. Sample different teas Do you like green eggs and ham? Find A – 3/19, 6 pm, Monday All levels of play welcome. Bring your and learn about the movement that out while you celebrate Dr. Seuss with The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s game set and current card. obtained the right to vote for British stories and crafts. Ages 2 – 8. REG Stages Festival Presents: women. Ages 12 – 18. REG At Ninety-Three C – 3/8, 2:30 pm, Thursday A/T – 3/5, 6 pm, Monday A play performed by the Dreamcatcher Hashtags A – 3/14, 10 am, Wednesday Movie: Same Kind of Different as Me Repertory Theatre. For more details, Once known as a pound sign, those Brain Health as You Age International art dealer Ron Hall must please see page 40 of this brochure or #hashtags used in social media have We’ll review the risk factors for and befriend a dangerous homeless man in visit www.theoceancountylibrary.org, changed the world. REG diseases of the brain. A light brunch will order to save his struggling marriage to www.stagesfestival.org, or be served. REG his wife, a woman whose dreams will www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG A – 3/8, 6:30 pm, Thursday lead all three of them on the journey of Beginners Guide to Facebook Live A – 3/14, 11 am, Wednesday their lives. (PG-13) 119 min. REG CH – 3/20, 11:30 am, Tuesday and Marketing your Business Brain Games Lots of Dots Author and business owner Bill Clanton Come and exercise your brain by CH – 3/6, 11:30 am, Tuesday Make your mark with our story and will help you grow your business through playing fun word games. REG Snooze Fest doodle dot activity. Ages 2 – 8. REG Facebook. Cosponsored by Ocean Slip in for some sleepy, snuggly stories County SCORE. REG C – 3/14, 6 pm, Wednesday and crafts. Wear your pajamas. CH – 3/24, 10:30 am, Saturday Universal Class ® ® Ages 2 – 8. REG LEGOS /DUPLOS Fun and Movie: MKR/T – 3/10, 11 am, Saturday Free online education courses with an Despicable Me 3 Intro to Video Game Design Ocean County Library card. REG MKR/F – 3/8, 3 pm, Thursday and Gru meets his long-lost more successful Celebrate NJ Maker Day and learn the 3/9, 2 pm, Friday twin brother Dru who wants to team up basics of video game design in this CH – 3/15, 4 pm, Thursday What’s in a Name? with him for one last criminal heist. (PG) 3-hour class. REG Greet the Therapy Dogs Design a unique quilt block square to 90 min. All ages with caregiver. REG Practice reading alongside gentle, show how your name is special during C – 3/12, 2:30 pm, Monday beautiful therapy dogs. Ages 5 and up. our Do it Yourself Name Quilt Maker A/T – 3/26, 6 pm, Monday YouTube Basics REG event. All ages. REG Movie: Only the Brave Learn how to search for videos, utilize Based on the true story of the Granite the user interface, and subscribe to A – 3/15, 6:30 pm, Thursday A/T – 3/12, 6 pm, Monday Mountain Hotshots, a group of elite channels. REG Night Crafting for Adults Movie: Geostorm firefighters risk everything to protect a The craft will be a denim wreath with When the network of satellites designed town from a historic wildfire. (PG-13) C – 3/13, 10 am, Tuesday fabric flowers. REG to control the global climate starts to 134 min. REG New Jersey Property Records attack Earth, it's a race against the clock Free access to NJ property records CH – 3/16, 10:30 am, Friday for its creator to uncover the real threat WHM/CH – 3/27, 11:30 am, Tuesday while in any Ocean County Library No-Mess Finger Painting before a worldwide Geostorm wipes out Look Who’s Famous location. REG Come enjoy finger painting without the everything and everyone. (PG-13) Welcome to our world of famous mess. Ages 2 – 5. REG 109 min. REG women, with stories and craft. Ages 2 – 8. REG 8 37 A – 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28, 10 am, T – 3/13, 4:30 pm – 6 pm, Tuesday A – 3/17, 1:30 pm, Saturday CH – 3/21, 10:30 am, Wednesday Wednesdays Teen Anime Club Feature Film: Mother! Awesome Owls Storytime English Conversation Group Jennifer Lawrence stars in this thriller as We’ll read some awesome owl books MKR/CH – 3/13, 6:30 pm, Tuesday a woman who descends into madness. and make a craft. Ages 3 – 5. REG A – 3/7, 7 pm, Wednesday Young Artist’s Studio (R) 121 min. REG Open Mic Night Join us for our monthly art program. C – 3/21, 2 pm, Wednesday Performers register at 6:30 pm. Ages 6 – 12. REG CH/F – 3/19, 10:30 am, Monday Excel Basics Youth Art Month Kiddie Crafting Learn to create a spreadsheet and use T – 3/7, 7 pm – 8 pm, Wednesday BD – 3/13, 7 pm, Tuesday Celebrate Youth Art Month with some basic Excel functions. REG TAB (Teen Advisory Board) The Kitchen House by Kathleen fun crafts. REG Earn an hour of community service by Grissom CH – 3/21, 5 pm, Wednesday doing group projects. C – 3/19, 2:30 pm, Monday Special Challenges Storytime and Play MKR/CH – 3/14, 10:30 am, Wednesday Yahoo! Basics Enjoy music, art, stories, and sensory MKR/CH – 3/9, 10:30 am, Friday Arty Party Set up and learn the basics of a Yahoo! play. Ages 2 – 6. REG Make a Mask! Make & Take Join us for our monthly art program. email account. REG March comes in like a lion and goes out Ages 3½ – 5. REG C – 3/22, 7 pm, Thursday like a lamb. Chose a mask to make and OCL Website take home. Ages 3½ – 5. REG A – 3/14, 7 pm, Wednesday Learn how to navigate the Ocean Monthly Meditation County Library website. Mouse and MKR/T – 3/10, 10:30 am – 12 pm, REG keyboard skills are required. REG 1 pm – 2:30 pm, Saturday Tech Take-Apart C – 3/15, 2:30 pm, Thursday MKR/T/CH/A – 3/23, Open up familiar pieces of technology Microsoft® Word 2010 I 2:30 pm, Friday like a laptop and a PlayStation and learn REG Superhero Selfies about the parts inside. Science educator Use the magic of Aubrey Weibel will teach us what the CH/F – 3/16, 3:30 pm, Friday F – 3/19, 6:30 pm, Monday a green screen to little pieces do. REG for one session. St. Patrick’s Day Family Fun The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s take a selfie with Make a holiday craft and play some Stages Festival Presents: your favorite FR – 3/12, 2 pm, Monday green games. REG Schoolhouse Rock Live! superhero. REG Friends of the Ocean County Library – A play performed by the Centenary Toms River Meeting WHM/T – 3/19, 6 pm – 7:30 pm, Stage Company. For more details, CH/F – 3/26, Monday please see page 40 of this brochure or 10:30 am, CH – 3/12, 6:30 pm, Monday Roaring Twenties Coffeehouse visit www.theoceancountylibrary.org, Monday Boys Club It’s Women’s History Month and we’re www.stagesfestival.org, or Black and Join us for our monthly program full of celebrating by travelling back in time to www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG White Ball fun. Ages 8 – 12. REG the 1920s. Join us at the music, games, Come dressed and drinks provided by Starbucks. Feel C – 3/20, 2:30 pm, Tuesday in your finest black and white finery and A – 3/12, 7 pm, Monday free to dress in your best 1920s attire. Formatting in Word enjoy a grand party. REG Cookbook Club Learn to transform pictures, shapes, and Do you love cooking and testing out new A – 3/19, 6:30 pm, Monday text. Basic knowledge of Word required. WHM/A – 3/28, 2:30 pm, Wednesday recipes? Join our cookbook club. REG How to Get the Most Out of Your REG Eat Your Words Marketing Efforts Online We will cook and taste some recipes C – 3/13, 9:30 am, Tuesday This program is presented in partnership T – 3/20, 7 pm, Tuesday from famous women chefs. REG Internet I with SCORE of Ocean County. REG Survival Skills for the Zombie REG Apocalypse C – 3/28, 6 pm, Wednesday CH – 3/19, 6:30 pm, Monday Learn wilderness survival skills that will Mouse Basics CH – 3/13, 10 am, Tuesday Girls Club help you survive the zombie apocalypse. First stop for beginners. Learn how to Toddler Time Join us for our monthly program full of REG use the mouse. REG Fun stories and activities for your little fun. Ages 8 – 12. REG one. Ages 2 – 3. REG 36 9 A – 3/1, 7 pm, Thursday ISLAND HEIGHTS TOMS RIVER Preparing for Your Job Interview 732-270-6266 A/T – 3/19, 6:30 pm, Monday 732-349-6200 Learn how to research your potential NJ Stages Theater Presents: employer and be prepared to ask the Please Register The Adventure of the Speckled Band Please Register right questions. Ocean County College A Sherlock Holmes play performed Career Development Seminar Series, by the East Lynne Theater Company. funded by the U.S. Department of CH – 3/3, 10:30 am, Saturday For more details, please see page ED – 3/1 – 3/31 Labor Trade Adjustment Assistance LEGO® Play 36 of this brochure or visit Toms River Schools Student Art Show Community College & Career Training We’ll supply the LEGO® bricks for nd www.theoceancountylibrary.org, (McConnell Gallery/2 Floor Gallery) Grant. REG imaginative free play. Ages 3½ – 8. REG www.stagesfestival.org, or www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG A – 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, CH – 3/2, 10:30 am, Friday T – 3/5, 7 pm, Monday 9 am – 12 pm, Thursdays Dr. Seuss Birthday Party TAB/Teen Craft AARP Tax Aide Program Join us to celebrate Dr. Seuss and his All teens are welcome to join our Teen Free tax preparation help. characters for Read Across America Advisory Board. Earn volunteer hours Day. Ages 2 – 5. REG while having fun. Ages 12 – 17. REG A – Tuesdays, 12 pm – 7 pm, Wednesdays, 12 pm – 7 pm, MKR/CH/F – 3/3, 2 pm – 3:30 pm, CH – 3/7, 10:30 am, Wednesday Thursdays, 12 pm – 7 pm, Saturday Toddler Time Fridays*, 10 am – 4 pm, Crafty Kids Drop-in Join us for a fun selection of stories, Saturdays, 10 am – 3 pm, Join us to make a rainbow craft. featuring history making women, songs, *Please note, the Library is closed on and fingerplays. Ages 1½ – 3½.REG Friday, 3/30 in observance on Good A – 3/3, 2 pm, Saturday Friday. Songs and Stories of Ireland MKR/F – 3/9, 3:30 pm, Friday Vita Tax Aide Join us as we celebrate Irish culture with New Jersey Makers Day Free income tax service sponsored by Ian Gallagher. REG Participate in New Jersey Makers Day Fulfill/Monmouth & Ocean for low to with a fun STEM project. REG moderate income households. Call A – 3/5, 6 pm, Monday (732) 643-5888 to make an appointment. Intention Setting Workshop TW – 3/13, 3:30 pm, Tuesday CH – 3/21, 10:30 am, Wednesday Reset your intentions for 2018 and Tween Tuesdays Preschool Music Makers C – 3/1, 9:30 am, Thursday release anything holding you back in this Come hang out with other tweens for Join us as we play a variety of musical Mouse/Basic Computer Skills workshop. REG gaming or crafting. Ages 10 – 12. REG instruments. Ages 3 – 5. REG REG CH – 3/6, 10 am, Tuesday CH – 3/23, 3:30 pm, Friday MKR/CH – 3/1, 3:30 pm, Thursday Baby & Me Read to the Dogs DIY Daffodil Interactive stories, songs and more Practice reading alongside gentle, Daffodils come up in March – make one for you and your baby. Ages up to 12 beautiful therapy dogs. Ages 5 – 12. for yourself. REG months. REG REG A – 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, 6 pm, A – 3/6, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27, 10 am, FR – 3/26, 7 pm, Monday Thursdays Tuesdays Trustees of the Library Meeting Adult Knitting Meetup English Conversation Group The Trustees of the Library welcome new members. 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10 35 CH – 3/14, 10:30 am, Wednesday TW – 3/21, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Waddler Time Tween Team Challenge: Copycat Coder JACKSON Ages 13 – 23 months with caregiver. Solve a coding puzzle and create a 732-928-4400 REG website. Ages 9 – 14. REG Please Register T – 3/14, 6 pm, Wednesday WHM/A – 3/21, 7 pm, Wednesday Teen Advisory Board Meeting Women of the Armed Forces A – 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, Sponsored by the Great John Mathis 9 am – 2 pm, Thursdays A – 3/14, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Chapter of the National Society Daughters AARP Tax Assistance SCORE Workshop: How to Launch a of the American Revolution. REG Free tax assistance by members Successful Small Business of AARP. No age requirement, but REG A – 3/22, 2 pm, Thursday appointments are required. Must bring Rutgers Cooperative Extension A – 3/3, 10 am – 1 pm, Saturday or previous year(s) returns, photo ID, social FR – 3/15, 9:30 am – 12 pm, Thursday Ocean County Master Gardeners – 3/21, 6 pm – 9 pm, Wednesday security or ITIN card, and all relevant tax Friends of the Stafford Library Container Gardening with Herbs Art of Pysanky: Ukrainian Eggs documents related to the tax years to be Meeting Q&A before and after talk. REG Make a beautifully designed egg using prepared. Please call 732-928-4400 traditional materials and a traditional ext. 3808 to make an appointment. REG A/T – 3/15, 3/29, 10 am – 12 pm, process that uses a wax-resist batik Thursdays method. Please bring an egg carton F – 3/22, 6 pm, Thursday C – 3/1 – 3/31 Writers Group or container for your egg and a smock The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s Tech Classes REG or worn shirt. All other supplies will be Stages Festival Presents: Technology classes are offered every provided. Sponsored by the Jackson Peter and the Wolf month. We teach a variety of classes A/T – 3/15, 2 pm – 7 pm, Thursday Friends of the Library. Ages 18+. A play performed by the Pushcart that are designed for students of different Blood Drive Seating limited. Sign up for only one Players. For more details, please see levels. Among the classes that we offer Sponsored by the American Red Cross. session. REG page 40 of this brochure or visit on a regular basis are: Computers 101, To register call 1-800-RED-CROSS or www.theoceancountylibrary.org, Windows 10, Microsoft® Word (both online redcrossblood.org CH – 3/5, 3/19, 9:30 am or 10:30 am, www.stagesfestival.org, or basic and intermediate), and Microsoft® Mondays www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG PowerPoint. We are now also offering a MKR/CH – 3/17, 10 am – 1 pm, Inspire Your Heart with Art class in Google Drive. For details, call the Saturday Art activities for ages 1 – 3. REG MKR/T – 3/22, 7 pm, Thursday library at 732-928-4400, ext. 4 or register Drop-in Craft DIY Teen: Upcycled Artist Portfolios online at www.theoceancountylibrary.org Supplies provided. Ages 12 – 18. REG A – 3/5, 3/19, 6:30 pm, Mondays WHM/T – 3/19, 7 pm, Monday Knit-Chat-Chain Volunteers CH – 3/2, 10:30 am, Friday Tea and Suffragists: Escape Room Items are donated to hospitals. TW – 3/23, 3:30 pm, Friday Baby & Me Unscramble puzzles to find the secret Tween Minecraft Club Ages up to 18 months with caregiver. to success to get women’s right to vote TW/T – 3/6, 6:30 pm – 8 pm, Tuesday Ages 9 – 14. REG REG in the U.S. A relaxing tea time is your Anime Club reward. Ages 12 – 18. REG We will watch selected clips from a A – 3/26, 7 pm, Monday A – 3/2, 2 pm, Friday different series each month, taste- DVD Discussion Group: Detroit Spring: Get Your CH – 3/20, 10:30 am, Tuesday test Japanese snacks, and talk about Garden Growing Preschool Storytime everything anime. Ages 11 – 16. REG C – 3/27, 10:30 am, Tuesday Judith Richtmyer REG Windows 10 Basics from the Ocean C – 3/8, 2 pm, Thursday REG County Master C – 3/20, 2:30 pm, Tuesday Top Notch Resumes I: The Basics Gardeners OCL Language Databases Get some great resume writing tips to CH – 3/28, 10:30 am, Wednesday shares ideas and Learn 80 new languages. REG help you present your best resume to Toddler Time expertise on how potential employers. This class is funded Ages 2 – 3 with caregiver. REG to get your garden MKR/A – 3/21, 3 pm, Wednesday by the New Jersey Department of Labor ready for spring. REG Make It! Instagram Magnets A – 3/28, 6 pm, Wednesday and Workforce Development Career Bring digital images. REG Feature Film: The Glass Castle Connections grant. REG 34 (PG-13) 127 min. 11 MKR/CH – 3/8, 6:30 pm, Thursday MKR/F – 3/10, 10 am – 3 pm, Saturday Build it! Drop in Make it! STAFFORD Create a moving cardboard Strawbee Stop by anytime between 10 am and 609-597-3381 creature and work together to make an 3 pm to see what you can make. awesome Keva Plank marble run. Please Register Ages 6 – 12. REG CH – 3/12, 10:30 am, Monday End of the Rainbow Storytime WHM/A/FR – 3/1, 10:30 am, Thursday MKR/A/CH/T – 3/9, Friday and 3/10, Enjoy this colorful storytime with Friends Adventure: Saturday parachute play and crafts. Ages 3 – 6. Aim for a High Mark New Jersey Makers Day REG First person interpreter Kim Hanley A statewide celebration of tinkering, brings to life. Presented crafting, and STEM-based learning. A – 3/12, 3/26, 10 am, Mondays by NJ Council for Humanities/Public See our website for details. REG Knit-Chat-Chain Volunteers Scholars Project. Sponsored by the A – 3/7, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Items are donated to hospitals Friends of the Stafford Library. REG Adulting 101: Fast, Easy, Cheap Food MKR/CH – 3/9, 10:30 am, Friday Giovanna Carbonello, ShopRite Drop in Build it! BD – 3/13, 1 pm, Tuesday A/F – 3/1, 3/8, 1 pm – 3 pm, Thursdays, Registered Dietician, talks eating cheap Get building in our creation stations with Every Last One by Anna Quindlen 3/3, 3/17, 3/31, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, but nutritious. REG LEGOS®, Magnatiles, Keva Planks and Saturdays more. Ages 4 – 12. MKR/T – 3/13, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, String of Purls – Knit/Crochet CH – 3/8, 6:30 pm, Thursday Tuesday LEGO® Builders Club MKR/A – 3/9, 12 pm, Friday Tech Tuesday: Gaming A – 3/2, 3/16, 3/23, 12:30 pm – 4 pm, Ages 5 – 12. REG Bread Pudding Demonstration Make your own video game with Fridays Learn how to make delicious bread Bloxels, then play our Nintendo Switch. Mah Jongg MKR/F – 3/9, 1 pm – 4 pm, Friday pudding and taste the results. Alert us Ages 12 – 18. REG Garden Party Maker Day (Part 1) in advance of food allergies. Ages 18+. T – 3/2, 3/16, 3:30 pm, Fridays Make decorations and transform the REG CH – 3/14, 3/28, 9:30 am or 10:30 am, Learn Online Classroom for Teens: library into a garden party. All ages. Wednesdays American Sign Language Toddler Time REG MKR/F – 3/10, 10 am – 2 pm, Saturday Pint sized songs and stories perfect for Garden Party Maker Day (Part 2) you and your little one. Ages 1 – 3. REG A – 3/4, 3/11, 3/18, 3/25, 3 pm, Sundays Fun spring activities for all ages. and 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26, 11 am, Mondays FR – 3/15, 7 pm, Thursday English Conversation Group A – 3/12, Reception 6 pm, Lecture 7 pm, Friends Meeting Monday All are welcome to attend. BD – 3/5, 11 am, Monday Pine Shores Art Association A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman Art History Lecture CH – 3/15, 6:30 pm, Thursday Georgian Court Professor Lisa Festa, LEGO® Club MKR/TW – 3/5, 6:30 pm, Monday PhD, presents The Art of Dutch Master Bring yourself, bring a friend, create with Tween Maker: Tie Dye Shoelaces Rembrandt. Reception features Pine MKR/A – 3/9, 2 pm, Friday our LEGOS®. Ages 6 – 12. REG Supplies provided. Age 9 – 14. REG Shores artists Kathy Crocker, Julianna Ireland in a Jar: Adult Maker Craft Costa, Dorothy Siclare, and Tom Create a mini scene in a jar inspired by CH/F – 3/16, 10 am – 3 pm, Friday CH – 3/6, 10:30 am, Tuesday Troyano. Exhibit will be shown through the Irish countryside. Makes a great gift Drop in St. Patrick’s Day Crafts & Bouncing Babies February and March. REG for St. Patrick's Day. Ages 18+. REG Leprechaun Hunt Ages up to 12 months. REG CH – 3/13, 10:30 am, Tuesday MKR/CH – 3/9, 4 pm, Friday C – 3/6, 3/13, 2 pm – 4 pm, Parachute Play A – 3/17, 1 pm – 4:30 pm, Saturday 10 am – 12 pm, Tuesdays Make it! Leprechaun Traps Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day Ages 3½ – 5. REG Looking for treasure? Create a Get to Know Your iPad Enjoy refreshments from 1 pm to Call for a 30-minute appointment. Leprechaun trap with our supplies and 1:45 pm and watch The Quiet Man BD – 3/13, 1 pm, Tuesday see if you can catch one. Ages 6 – 12. film starting at 2 pm. Sponsored by the Ordinary Grace by William Kent REG A – 3/7, 1 pm, Wednesday Krueger Jackson Friends of the Library. Seating Brain Games 12 limited. Ages 18+. REG 33 CH – 3/13, 3:45 pm, Tuesday A – 3/21, 2 pm, Wednesday MKR/T – 3/19, 3 pm – 4:30 pm, Monday Rainbow Magnets "Who Would Have Thought?" Maker Monday: Lord of the Rings Create a decorative magnet for Join local author Fred Weintraub for Miniatures CH/F – 3/23, 12 pm, Friday St. Patrick’s Day. Ages 6 – 12. REG some humor and wisdom. REG Create tiny versions of iconic images The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s from the trilogy. Ages 11 – 16. REG Stages Festival Presents: CH – 3/14, 11 am, Wednesday BD – 3/21, 6:30 pm, Wednesday A Cinderella Tale… Happily Ever After Baby & Me Open Our Mind Book Club A – 3/19, 3 pm, Monday A play performed by the Pushcart Share some music and movement Circling the Sun by Paula McLain. Retirement Careers Players. For more details, please see together. Ages 6 – 18 months with Look for a new career after retirement. page 40 of this brochure or visit caregiver. REG C – 3/22, 11 am, Monday Learn about new options, free resources www.theoceancountylibrary.org, Introduction to Facebook® and explore short-term education www.stagesfestival.org, or C – 3/15, 11 am, Thursday PC skills and an existing email account possibilities. Plan and enjoy your next www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG Internet Beyond the Basics required. REG phase of life. This event is funded by the Take the next step. Mouse and internet Ocean County College Trade Adjustment CH – 3/26, 10:30 am, Monday skills required. REG T – 3/22, 2:45 pm, Thursday Assistance Community College and Career Unicorns vs. Narwhal Storytime Egg Painting Training and New Jersey Department Who is the best, unicorns or narwhals? A – 3/15, 2 pm, Thursday Paint a pretty wooden egg for Easter. of Labor and Workforce Development Find out with stories, parachute and Thriller Thursdays: It Ages 12 – 18. REG Career Connections grants. REG crafts. Ages 3 – 5. REG Seven kids battle a clown terrorizing their small town. (R) 135 min. REG CH – 3/22, 6 pm, Thursday CH – 3/20, 10:30 am, Tuesday A – 3/26, 2 pm, Sock Bunnies Spring Storytime Monday BD – 3/19, 10:30 am, Monday No-sew bunnies made of socks. The Listen to seasonal stories and make a All About Autism Friends Book Discussion Group library will provide all materials. craft. Ages 3 – 6 with caregiver. REG Support Group The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens. Ages 6 – 11. REG Together, we will explore ways in T – 3/19, 2:30 pm, Monday C – 3/27, 3 pm, Tuesday which autism affects Teen Movie Afternoon Tech Tuesday: Computer Cleanup our lives. REG Drop in our meeting room to catch a Learn how to clean up and organize fun flick. This month's movie is to be your computer storage space. REG A – 3/26, 6 pm, Monday determined. Ages 12 – 18. Evening Film: Baby Driver WHM/T – 3/28, 2:45 pm, Wednesday A talented, young getaway driver meets Tea and Suffragists the girl of his dreams and sees a chance Sip tea and learn about women’s voting to ditch his criminal life. (R) 113 min. rights. Ages 12 – 18. REG REG A – 3/20, 3 pm – 4 pm, Tuesday CH – 3/28, 11 am, Wednesday Art of Meditation: For Beginners A – 3/27, 10 am, Tuesday Total Toddler Time Learn different techniques of meditation. Coloring for Adults Calling all waddlers and walkers. Come Learn to destress and bring yourself into Rediscover the joy of coloring. REG enjoy music and movement. presence and clarity. Seating is limited. Ages 18 – 36 months. REG REG CH/F – 3/27, 10 am – 3 pm, Tuesday Drop-in Bunny & Egg Crafts A – 3/19, 7 pm, Monday BD – 3/28, 7:30 pm, Wednesday T – 3/20, 7 pm – 8:30 pm, Tuesday Acoustic Musicians Guild Good Readers Book Club Teen Advisory Board MKR/T – 3/27, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Sponsored by Friends of the Point The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner. Grades 7 – 12. REG Tuesday Pleasant Borough Branch. REG Teen Cuisine: Flour + H2O = Pasta C – 3/29, 2 pm, Thursday CH – 3/21, 9:30 am or 10:30 am, Flour and water are the building blocks CH – 3/20, 11 am, Tuesday Pinterest® for Beginners Wednesday of many recipes. Each month, we will Once Upon a Storytime Learn the basics of this awesome visual Drop in Toddler Play start with flour and water and add other Come dressed up for storybook time. website. REG Hang out and make new friends while ingredients to create delicious kitchen Ages 3 – 6. REG the little ones entertain themselves with staples. This month we will make pasta our toys and activities. Ages 1 – 3. from scratch the old-fashioned way. 32 Ages 12 – 18. REG 13 CH – 3/7, 3/21, 11 am, Wednesdays LACEY POINT BOROUGH Building 4 Babies 609-693-8566 732-295-1555 Drop in for some block building. Ages up to 6 years with caregiver. Please Register Please Register A – 3/7, 6:30 pm, Wednesday ED – 3/1 – 3/31 Navigating the Business World After ED – 3 /1 – 3/31 Aerial Photography by Ocean Air Tax Reform Meeting Room Art Support Squadron (Meeting Room); Who wins and loses under the new tax Lacey Township Elementary Schools The Caesars of Rome Exhibit bill? Learn the key points. REG Student Art by Ray Pietrucha (Large Display Case); Exhibit by Kayla Michaelis C – 3/8, 11 am, Thursday C – 3/1 – 3/30 (Small Display Case). Internet Basics One-on-One Computer Instruction Computer mouse experience required. Assistance with computers, library A/F – 3/3, 2 pm, Saturday C – 3/1, 11 am, Thursday REG resources, eReaders and tablets. Celtic Music with Daoine Basic Mouse & Computer Skills Available by appointment only. We welcome back this popular band for Perfect for beginners. REG T – 3/8, 2:45 pm, Thursday a toe-tapping celebration of traditional Teen Tech Week Day CH – Lacey Branch Children’s Celtic music. Sponsored by the Friends T – 3/2, Friday, and 3/26, Monday Visit the meeting room to enjoy our tech Activities of the Lacey Library. REG Take & Make and gaming stations. Ages 12 – 18. For a complete list of children’s D.I.Y. craft kits for ages 12 – 18. REG programs, visit our website or visit the A – 3/6, 6:30 pm, Tuesday Branch for our monthly calendar The Art of Meditation for Beginners CH – 3/2, 11 am, Friday MKR/A – 3/9, 11 am, Friday Learn to still your mind with instructor Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! New Jersey Maker Adults: A – 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, 12 pm, Shazia Zaman. REG Celebrate this beloved children’s author. Perfume to Go Thursdays Ages 3½ – 6. REG Design your own solid perfume that’s Mah Jongg Mavens & Masters A – 3/6, 3/20, 2 pm, Tuesdays perfect for travel. REG Have you always wanted to learn how Chair Yoga for Seniors A – 3/3, 2 pm, Saturday to play Mah Jongg? You can learn by A gentle yoga practice for adults with Eyes in the Sky: Ocean Air Support MKR/T – 3/9, 2:45 pm, Friday watching seasoned players. Do you limited mobility. Taught by Nancy Bonta Squadron NJ Makers Day Craft Stations already know? Either way, come join us. Voitko, certified yoga instructor.REG Learn how aviation and public safety go Visit our teens-only mini Maker Faire. together. REG Ages 12 – 18. REG T – 3/1, 7 pm, Thursday A – 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28, 1 pm, Teen Cooking: Scones Wednesdays T – 3/5, 3 pm, Monday Ages 11 and up. REG Teen Volunteer Day (TAB) English Conversation Group F – 3/10, 2 pm, Saturday Practice English in an informal setting. Have fun earning community service WHM/A – 3/2, 1 pm, Friday hours. Ages 12 – 18. REG The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s Women’s History Month Lunchtime Stages Festival Presents: WHM/T – 3/8, 7 pm, Thursday Film: Princess Kaiulani Schoolhouse Rock Live! A Suffragette Tea Party A – 3/5, 6 pm, Monday The true story of Hawaiian Princess A play performed by the Centenary Learn about the women’s fight for the Dessert & A Movie: Marshall Kaiulani, who fought for the rights of her Stage Company. For more details, right to vote while drinking tea and The library will provide dessert. (PG-13) people. (PG) 130 min. 118 min. REG please see page 40 of this brochure or eating delicious goodies. Ages 13 – 17. visit www.theoceancountylibrary.org, REG A – 3/3, 9:30 am, Saturday WHM/CH – 3/6, 11 am, Tuesday www.stagesfestival.org, or Knitting & Crocheting www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG MKR/F – 3/9, 3 pm, Friday Rosie Revere, Engineer Bring your yarn, needles or hooks, and Make-Up Your Rock A beautifully-illustrated tale of a girl and make some new friends while you knit. WHM/A – 3/12, 2 pm, Monday Create your own rocks and inspire her dream to become a great engineer. All skill levels welcome. Ages 3½ – 6. REG Women of the Civil War others, while spreading kindness in your History professor Richard Trimble will community. REG discuss women’s roles during the War Between the States. REG 14 31 CH – 3/13, 4 pm, Tuesday BD – 3/19, 1 pm, Monday POINT BEACH Bright & Beautiful Therapy Dogs Commonwealth by Ann Patchett F – 3/10, 2 pm, Saturday 732-892-4575 REG Copies of the book are available at the The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s circulation desk. Please Register A – 3/13, 7 pm, Tuesday Stages Festival Presents: Elaine and the Cimarron Sky Band A Cinderella Tale… Happily Ever After T – 3/19, 4 pm, Monday Elaine Orzechowski and her band will A play performed by the Pushcart Spring Bath Bombs ED – Curio Display perform classic country and bluegrass Players. For more details, please see Ages 11 and up. REG Mary Steiner – Piggybanks music. REG page 40 of this brochure or visit www.theoceancountylibrary.org, A – 3/19, 7 pm, Monday ED – Meeting Room Art Display BD – 3/15, 12 pm, Thursday www.stagesfestival.org, or Water colors and oil paintings by the Literature & Lunch Declutter, De-stress and Get www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG Manasquan River Group of Artists. Heart in the Right Place by Liane Things Done! Moriarty. REG We welcome back bestselling author CH – 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, A – 3/12, 12 pm and 1 pm, Monday and organizing humorist Jamie Novak to 10:30 am, Thursdays Music and Movement with Friends learn a few simple organizing tricks for Storytime with Miss Mary Ann A musical program for adults with your home and life. REG Ages 3 – 5 years. REG special challenges and their caregivers with Joan Seele-Goold. There are CH/T – 3/20, 4:30 pm, Tuesday T – 3/2, 3/16, 3 pm, Fridays two sessions – please register for Let’s Make Art Afternoon Adventures with one session only. This program Heather Popielarczyk will teach art Dungeons and Dragons™ made possible by a grant from the REG to children with special challenges KearnyBank Foundation. REG and their siblings. This program made possible by a grant from the CH – 3/5, 3/12, 3/26, 11 am, Mondays CH – 3/15, 3:30, Thursday F – 3/13, 5:30 pm, Tuesday Toddler Stories and Songs The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s KearnyBank Foundation. Ages 8 – 16. Meet the Mayor Ages 18 – 36 months. REG Stages Festival Presents: REG A Cinderella Tale… Happily Ever After Stop in and meet the mayor in an A – 3/6, 7 pm, Tuesday A play performed by the Pushcart informal setting. WHM/CH – 3/21, 4 pm, Wednesday Make Natural Remedies Players. For more details, please see Kids Cook: Recipes from Master Gardener Patti Vilan will explore page 40 of this brochure or visit A – 3/13, 6:30 pm, Tuesday Fannie Farmer how to turn garden herbs into natural www.theoceancountylibrary.org, Small Business Program with SCORE We’ll be learning about this cookbook care products. REG www.stagesfestival.org, or In partnership with Ocean County pioneer and working on a few recipes www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG SCORE. REG from The Fannie Farmer Junior A – 3/6, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27, 7:30 pm, Cookbook. Ages 7 – 12. REG Tuesdays A/T – 3/20, 6 pm, Tuesday A – 3/15, 10 am, Thursday English Conversation Group Pickin’ at Point Art with Friends CH – 3/22, 4 pm – 5 pm, Thursday New members welcome. REG An art program for adults with special T/F – 3/22, 3 pm, Thursday Paws for Reading – Therapy Dogs challenges and their caregivers A – 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28, 10 am – 2 pm, Board Game Afternoon For beginning readers. REG Wednesdays REG with Joan Brenner. This program AARP Tax Help made possible by a grant from the T – 3/22, 7 pm, Thursday Volunteers from AARP will help A – 3/24, 11 am, Saturday KearnyBank Foundation. REG TAB (Teen Advisory Board) Meeting individuals prepare simple returns. Local Author Visit: Leesa Hagen Seniors (60+) have priority. Call for an This Point Pleasant author will discuss A – 3/16, 2 pm, Friday FR – 3/27, 4 pm, Tuesday appointment. REG her book You Can Manifest Love and Get Your Veggie Garden Growing Friends of the Lacey Library Meeting Wealth! REG Join Rutgers Cooperative Extension New members are always welcome. MKR/CH/T – 3/10, 11 am, Saturday Ocean County Master Gardener Berry New Jersey Makers Day A – 3/27, 6:30 pm, Tuesday Jones for information on vegetable Create with a green screen. REG Crafts for adults: Bunny Magnet A – 3/28, 6 pm, Wednesday gardens. REG Evening Film: Home Again A – 3/12, 3/26 1 pm, Mondays BD – 3/27, 7 pm, Tuesday A recently separated woman moves to Stitch at the Beach The Postmistress by Sarah Blake Los Angeles where she invites three All skill levels welcome. REG REG young men to stay in her guesthouse. 30 (PG-13) 97 min. 15 CH/TW – 3/3, 2:30 pm, Saturday A – 3/7, 7 pm, Wednesday LAKEWOOD Video Games PLUMSTED Drop In Notary Services 732-363-1435 Play video games. Ages 6 – 12. 609-758-7888 A local volunteer will be available to provide free New Jersey notary Please Register WHM/T – 3/5, 2:30 pm, Monday Please Register services. Please call 609-758-7888 to Women Chefs: confirm our volunteer is available. C – Computer Classes by Cook and learn about the woman who WHM/ED – 3/1 – 3/31 Appointment began one of the first cooking shows for Women’s Steps Change the World T/TW – 3/8, 4 pm, Thursday Contact us at 732-363-1435 ext. 2100 TV. Ages 12 – 18. All of February we are asking patrons to Needlecraft Project to book a one-on-one computer class. bring in a pair of women’s shoes for a ® Sew a bookmark for Topics include Microsoft Word, Excel, CH/TW – 3/5, 6 pm, Monday “shoe tree” display in March. The shoes Women’s History month. Ages 8 and up. PowerPoint, computer and eReader Sunset Silhouettes should be from a women who is now, or REG basics, Facebook®, Universal Class®, was, a part of the person’s life. These ® Use watercolors to create a beautiful Lynda.com , and more. sunset scene. Ages 6 – 12. REG shoes and their proud descriptions, will CH – 3/9, 10 am, Friday be featured in our Women’s History Baby Book Time WHM/CH/TW – All Mondays, 3:30 pm, WHM/T – 3/6, 5:30 pm, Tuesday Month display. Ages 1 – 18 months with caregiver. REG MakeHER: Women in Art Game Night: Monopoly Create art inspired by famous women The game we now know as Monopoly CH – 3/2, 10:30 am, Friday CH – 3/13, 10 am, Tuesday artists. Ages 6 – 12. REG was created by Lizzie Magie in 1904. Dr. Seuss Special: Celebrate Read Toddler Time Ages 12 – 18. Across America Ages 18 – 36 months with caregiver. A – 6:30 pm, all Mondays Listen to Dr. Seuss stories, put socks REG English Conversation Group CH/TW – 3/6, 6 pm, Tuesday on the fox, look for red and blue fish, Practice speaking English in a friendly Marble Art and learn how to really “hatch an egg” CH – 3/13, 11 am, Tuesday setting. Make art using Sharpies® and rubbing with Horton and our local Animals and Storytime alcohol. Ages 6 – 12. REG Gardens Unlimited experts, who will be Ages 3 – 5 years with caregiver. REG T – 5:30 pm, all Wednesdays bringing baby chicks. Video Game Night A – 3/7, 11 am, Wednesday A – 3/14, 7 pm, Wednesday Open video gaming. Ages 12 – 18. Coloring for Adults A – 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28, 1 pm – 5 pm, Cooking for Diabetes Color and listen to music. REG Wednesdays Join our ShopRite experts as they demo CH/F – 1:30 pm, all Fridays AARP Free Income Tax Help healthy dishes for those with diabetes. Friday Fun A – 3/7, 3 pm, Wednesday The AARP Tax Aide Program will Free samples available. REG Crafts for families. All ages. OCC Career Development Series: electronically complete and file a federal Retirement Careers and New Jersey tax return, free of A – 9 am, all Saturdays Learn of free resources and education charge, by IRS certified volunteers. English as a Second Language (ESL) While this program is available to all F – 3/16, 10:30 am, Friday options to continue working in Stages Festival: The Velveteen Rabbit Classes retirement. REG taxpayers, special emphasis is provided Free English classes for adults. to those age 60 or over with low to A play performed by the Push Cart Please register at 9 am. moderate income. Veterans should Players. For more details, please see MKR/CH/TW – 3/7, 3 pm, Wednesday page 40 of this brochure or visit Maker Play also bring a copy of their DD214 with CH – 3/1, 3:30 pm, Thursday them to apply for the new NJ Veterans www.theoceancountylibrary.org, Play with technology and maker toys. www.stagesfestival.org, or Read to the Dogs Ages 8 – 12. Exemption. Veterans can also apply Practice reading with certified therapy ahead of time through the State of New www.njtheateralliance.org. REG dogs. Ages 5 – 9. REG F – 3/7, 5:30 pm, Wednesday Jersey to reduce refund processing time. Appointments are necessary. CH/TW/T – 3/28, 4 pm, Wednesday Family Game Club Drums and Snares Everywhere CH/TW – 3/1, 6 pm, Thursday Join us for an evening of board game To register, please call the Plumsted Gaming Branch at 609-758-7888. REG Our local Dream Suite Academy fun using the library's new collection of instructors will show and play a Play video games. Ages 6 – 12. tabletop games. REG A – 3/7, 7 pm, Wednesday cacophony of percussion instruments. CH – 3/3, 10:30 am, Saturday Meet the Mayor Q&A and hands-on demonstrations will T – 3/8, 5:30 pm, Thursday be provided. REG Celebrate Dr. Seuss’s Birthday Manga + Anime Club Schedule an appointment to meet with Celebrate with us. Ages 6 – 11. Ages 12 – 18. Mayor Trotta and Assemblyman Dancer. 16 Please call 609-758-7888. 29 A – 3/15, 1 pm, Thursday CH – 3/20, 10 am, Tuesday CH – 3/8, 6 pm, Thursday T – 3/13, 3 pm, Tuesday Poets’ Studio Read, Rock, & Rhyme Bilingual Storytime Gardening Club Whether you are an accomplished poet Let's get moving with songs, stories, the Enjoy stories in Spanish and English. Clean the community garden and or a new one, our monthly workshop will parachute, and instruments. Ages 2 – 6. Ages 3 – 10. prepare for spring. Ages 12 – 18. inspire you. REG REG T – 3/13, 3/27, 5:30 pm, Tuesdays CH – 3/16, 9:30 am, Friday FR – 3/20, 2 pm – 4 pm, Tuesday F – 3/9, 1:30 pm, Friday TAB Wigglers & Walkers Friends Book Sale The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s Earn community service hours and have Foster motor, sensory, and social skills. Get six books for $1 and help the Stages Festival Presents: fun. Ages 12 – 18. Join us for books, rhymes, songs, and Friends of the Island Library. Drop in. Miss Nelson is Missing! movement, followed by playtime. A play performed by the Centenary A – 3/14, 3/28, 11:30 am, Wednesdays Ages up to 2 years. REG A – 3/23, 1 pm, Friday Stage Company. For more details, Lakewood Crochet Club Friday Afternoon Movie: please see page 40 of this brochure or Bring your current projects. New A – 3/16, 1 pm, Friday A Monster Calls visit www.theoceancountylibrary.org, members welcome. Friday Afternoon Movie: A boy seeks the help of a tree monster www.stagesfestival.org, or Much Ado About Nothing to cope with his single mother's terminal www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG T – 3/14, 2 pm, Wednesday Young lovers, soon to wed, conspire illness. (PG-13) 108 min. REG De-stress, Make a Mess! to get confirmed singles Benedick and MKR/CH/T – 3/10, All day, Saturday Forget your worries at our art and spa Beatrice to wed as well. (PG-13) WHM/CH – 3/26, NJ Makers Day creation stations. Ages 12 – 18. 111 min. REG 10 am, Monday Build and create to celebrate NJ Makers Girl Power! Day. All ages. CH/TW – 3/14, 5 pm, Wednesday CH/TW – 3/16, 3:45 pm, Friday Dance Party Jellybean Bingo! Books at the Beach: All kids are invited MKR/CH/T/TW – 3/10, 2 pm, Saturday Play and win prizes. Ages 6 – 12. REG A Book Club for Kids to dance to pop hits NJ Makers Day: Art Studio We’ll discuss a book and do fun and kids’ songs by Explore new art forms. A – 3/14, 6:30 pm, Wednesday activities. Best for 3rd grade reading awesome women Adult Craft levels and up. Home-schooled families and girls. Ages 1 – 5. WHM/A – 3/11, 2 pm, Sunday Celebrate National Irish American are welcome. Contact the Branch for REG Ladies of Country Music Heritage Month by making a piece of art this month’s selection. REG Celebrate Women’s History Month with using ancient Celtic and Irish symbols. A – 3/26, 6 pm, Monday Elaine and the Cimarron Sky Band, REG F – 3/17, 10 am – 2 pm, Saturday Essential Oils 101 performing the classic country songs Demonstration Presenter Joan Colandrea will teach of singers Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, CH/TW – 3/15, 6 pm, Thursday Pieceful Shores Quilt Guild celebrates you what essential oils are, their Patsy Cline, Emmylou Harris, and other Shamrockin’ National Quilting Day with their annual benefits and how to use them safely legendary stars. REG Shamrock fun. Ages 4 – 12. quilting demonstration and display of and effectively with demonstrations and quilts. The display case in the lobby giveaways. REG A – 3/12, 11 am, Monday will feature a month-long exhibit of their Healthy Snacks small works. Drop in. Designed for adults with special F – 3/28, 4 pm, Wednesday challenges, a dietitian will lead an WHM/A – 3/19, 7 pm, Monday The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s interactive cooking program. Please Ladies of Country Music Stages Festival Presents: register by calling Lori at 609-693-8566, Celebrate Women’s History Month with Tales from the Garden - A Celebration ext. 3926. REG Elaine and the Cimarron Sky Band, of the History and Folklore of NJ performing the classic country songs A play performed by the Growing Stage – T – 3/12, 2:30 pm, Monday of singers Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, The Children’s Theatre of New Jersey. Women Chefs: Cristeta Comerford T – 3/15, 7 pm, Thursday Patsy Cline, Emmylou Harris, and other See page 40 for details of this brochure Cook and learn about the woman Drawing Workshop for Teens legendary stars. REG or visit www.theoceancountylibrary.org, who became the first female Filipino Local artist Carly-Jean Booker will www.stagesfestival.org, or American White House Executive Chef. demonstrate life drawing and offer one- www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG Ages 12 – 18. on-one guidance to participants as they practice sketching different poses with a 28 live model. REG 17 A – 3/9, 1 pm, Friday WHM/A – 3/16, 11:30 am, Friday CH/TW – 3/22, 6 pm, Thursday LONG BEACH ISLAND Friday Afternoon Movie: Dunkirk Book Café: Wordy Women Crafty Kids Allied soldiers are surrounded by the Celebrate great reads by women and Picture marbles. Ages 6 – 12. 609-494-2480 German Army, and evacuated during P about women. REG lease Register a fierce battle in World War II. (PG-13) CH/TW/T – 3/24, 2 pm, Saturday 105 min. REG ED – 3/1 – 3/29 CH/TW/T – 3/17, 2:30 pm, Saturday Gaming Art Exhibit: Amergael Shamrock Slime Play video games. Ages 6 – 16. CH – 3/10, 2:30 pm, Saturday Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with green NJ Makers Day: Explore, Create, Play WHM/A – 3/2, 1 pm, Friday slime. Ages 8 – 14. REG BD – 3/27, 11 am, Tuesday Bring your family for art, sensory Friday Afternoon Movie: Suffragette The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion experiences, and experiments, including The foot soldiers of the early feminist WHM/T – 3/19, 2:30 pm, Monday New members are welcome to this chalkboard slime. Dress for a mess. movement, women who were forced Women Chefs: B. Smith monthly book discussion group. REG All ages. REG underground to pursue a dangerous Cook and learn about the woman who game of cat and mouse with an became a famous restaurateur, author CH/TW/T – 3/28, 6 pm, Wednesday FR – 3/12, 10 am, Monday increasingly brutal State. (PG-13) and chef. Ages 12 – 18. Art Friends of the Island Library Board 106 min. REG Create original art by using different Meeting CH/TW – 3/19, 6 pm, Monday materials. Ages 6 – 12. REG All are welcome. Drop in. WHM/F – 3/3, 12:30 pm – 4 pm, 101 Saturday, Held at Ocean Acres Learn to hand sew and use a sewing WHM/A – 3/29, 12 pm, Thursday A – 3/12, 6 pm, Monday Community Center, Manahawkin machine. Ages 8 – 16. REG Tea and a Movie: Wonder Woman Italian Cultural Society of LBI Celebrate Irish Arts Festival: Diana, Princess of the Amazons and Sponsored by the Italian Cultural The Irish Woman T – 3/20, 3 pm, Tuesday trained to be a warrior, leaves her home Society of LBI. REG Clan Suibhne and others will recall Gardening Club to fight in the ongoing World War. She experiences of people coming to Sow seeds inside for our summer finally discovers her full powers and true A – 3/14, 10 am, America. Performances will include community garden. Ages 12 – 18. destiny as Wonder Woman, the first Wednesday songs, dancing, and poetry. Sponsored female superhero to get her own movie. Wearin’ of the Green – by the Long Beach Island and Stafford CH/TW – 3/20, 4:30 pm, Tuesday Snacks. (PG-13) 145 min. REG Songs from Ireland branches, Ocean County Library and DIY Beaded Bracelets Gerry Murray, a musician Amergael. Make your own cute and colorful from County Cavan, Ireland, bracelet. Ages 5 – 12. and a fellow Irish entertainer A – 3/5, 3/19, 1 pm, Mondays will perform popular and Brain Games MKR/CH/TW/T – 3/20, 6 pm, Tuesday traditional Irish songs. Seniors are invited to join in fun and Make It: Healthy Cooking Sponsored by the Friends entertaining activities that stimulate your Learn how to prepare a healthy meal of the Island Library. brain. Refreshments. REG with a licensed nutritionist. Ages 8 – 16. Refreshments courtesy of REG Amergael. REG A – 3/6, 11 am, Tuesday Blood Pressure Screening CH/TW/T – 3/21, 6 pm, Wednesday T – 3/14, 6 pm, Wednesday Free screening by the Long Beach Bottle Cap Necklaces Teen Advisory Board (TAB) Meeting Island Health Department. Drop in. Make a cute necklace using a bottle A – 4/11, 4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, Earn community service hours. New cap. Ages 8 – 13. 6:30 pm, Wednesdays members welcome. Grades 6 – 12. A – 3/6, 3/20, 1 pm, Tuesdays Citizenship Prep Class Adult Writers’ Group CH – 3/21, 6 pm, Wednesday This 7-week class will help you pass T – 3/14, 7 pm, Wednesday All are welcome. Sponsored by the Family Movie Night the naturalization test to become a U.S. Teen Takeover: Hot Cocoa Friends of the Island Library. Leap (PG) 90 min. All ages. citizen. To be eligible you must be a Taste testers and junior chefs alike are qualified immigrant at least 18 or older. invited to experiment with hot cocoa MKR/CH – 3/9, 10 am, Friday A – 3/21, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Attendance at all sessions is required. recipes before winter ends. Mini Makers in Action Adult Craft Class size is limited. To register contact Ages 12 – 18. REG Celebrate NJ Makers Day with STEAM REG 732-363-1435 ext. 2117. REG stories and crafts. Ages 1½ – 4. REG 18 27 LITTLE EGG HARBOR 609-294-1197 F – 3/3, 10:30 am, Saturday The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s WHM/T – 3/19, 7 pm, Monday Tuckerton Branch Please Register Tea and Suffragists: Escape Room Stages Festival Presents: A Cinderella Tale… Happily Ever After Unscramble puzzles to find the secret WHM/CH – 3/27, 11:30 am, Tuesday A play performed by the Pushcart to success to get women’s right to vote Look Who’s Famous A – BY APPOINTMENT ONLY in the US. A relaxing tea time is your Welcome to our world of famous women, Career Guidance and Job Search Players. For more details, please see reward. Ages 12 – 18. REG with stories and craft. Ages 2 – 8. REG Assistance by Appointment page 40 of this brochure or visit Funded by the New Jersey Department www.theoceancountylibrary.org, WHM/A – 3/21, 7 pm – 8 pm, of Labor and Workforce Development www.stagesfestival.org, or Wednesday Upper Shores Branch Career Connections grant. www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG Women of the Armed Forces Panel discussion. Sponsored by the WHM/CH – 3/5, 10:30 am, Monday A – BY APPOINTMENT ONLY CH – 3/3, 11 am – 1 pm, Saturday Great John Mathis Chapter of the Wonderful Women Storytime & Craft One-on-One Computer Chats & Chess Classes with LEH Chess Club NSDAR. REG It’s Women’s History Month. Come hear eBooks at the Library Introductory chess classes are being stories about amazing women and make Call the Little Egg Harbor Branch to offered to children ages 7 and older. Toms River Branch a craft. Ages 1 – 5. REG schedule an appointment. Limit one session a month per person. CH/F – 3/6, 6 pm, Tuesday WHM/A – 3/7, 7 pm, Wednesday and Dr. Seuss Celebration WHM/CH – 3/8, 6:30 pm, Thursday 3/10, 3 pm, Saturday A – BY APPOINTMENT ONLY A guest reader will share a Dr. Seuss Wondrous Women Reel Cinema: Women’s History Month One-on-One Genealogy Class story. Green eggs and ham toss and Come learn about some incredible Film Screening The Eagle Huntress Call the Little Egg Harbor Branch to coloring sheets. REG women in history. Ages 6 – 12. REG Breathtaking aerial cinematography schedule an appointment. Limit one and BAFTA Award Nominee for Best A – 3/7, 2 pm, Wednesday WHM/T – 3/19, 6 pm – 7:30 pm, Documentary. An enchanting tale of girl session a month per person. Adult Coloring Monday power. Foreign language film. (G) 101 min. Roaring Twenties Coffeehouse A – 7 pm, all Tuesdays Rediscover the joy of coloring. Music It’s Women’s History Month and we’re WHM/A – 3/20, 7 pm, Tuesday English Conversation Group and light refreshments. Sponsored by celebrating by travelling back in time to Ladies of Country Music the Friends of the Little Egg Harbor the 1920s. Join us at the music, games, Celebrate Women’s History Month with A – 1 pm, all Wednesdays Branch. and drinks provided by Starbucks. Feel Elaine and the Cimarron Sky Band, Mah Jongg at the Library free to dress in your best 1920s attire. performing the classic country songs Please bring your current year gaming CH – 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28, 10:30 am of singers Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, cards and game sets. Wednesdays WHM/MKR/CH/F – 3/24, 3 pm – 4 pm, Patsy Cline, Emmylou Harris, and other 1, 2, 3, Grow with Me – Family Place Saturday legendary stars. REG CH – 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 10:30 am, Be part of this rewarding interactive Fly, Amelia! Drop-in Craft Thursdays play experience. In person registration Women’s History Month craft celebrating WHM/A – 3/28, 7 pm, Wednesday Mother Goose begins February 21. Ages 12 – 36 . Dorothy Parker portrayed by Lapsit months with parent/caregiver. REG Rene Goodwin Rhythm, rhyme, WHM/TW/T – 3/29, 11 am – 1 pm, Celebrate Women’s History Month music, and T – 3/8, 6:30 pm, Thursday Thursday with a first person dramatic portrayal of movement. TAB Meeting Put Yourself in Herstory enduring icon Dorothy Parker. REG Ages 12 to 17 Drop by the Teen Zone during lunchtime months with WHM/A – 3/9, 2 pm, Friday to take a photo with a historical Waretown Branch parent/caregiver. The Hidden Half: Finding background on our green screen. REG Your Female Ancestors Please join us as Dawn Heyson WHM/T/TW – 3/5, 7 pm, Monday T – 3/1, 7 pm, Thursday presents ways to tackle the difficulty of Learn to Draw Women Superheroes Robot Races identifying your female ancestors. REG Local artist Lenny Rivera will lead a workshop on drawing women 26 superheroes. Ages 12 – 18. REG 19 MKR/CH – 3/10, 10:30 am, Saturday A – 3/21, 2 pm, Wednesday Make an Artbot Adult Coloring Please join us for this special hands-on Rediscover the joy of coloring. We're maker event to learn how to make an providing the coloring sheets and color, Artbot. Ages 5 and up. REG but feel free to bring your own. Little Egg Harbor Branch Point Pleasant Beach Branch

MKR/A – 3/10, 2 pm, Saturday CH – 3/22, 4 pm, Thursday WHM/A – 3/9, 2 pm, Friday A – 3/13, 7 pm, Tuesday Play Read to a Dog The Hidden Half: Finding Your Female Elaine and the Cimarron Sky Band Please join us for this special hands- Practice reading alongside gentle, Ancestors Elaine Orzechowski and her band will on maker event to learn how to make beautiful therapy dogs. Ages 5 and up. Please join us as Dawn Heyson perform classic country and bluegrass paper, books, , , and REG presents ways to tackle the difficulty of music. REG more. identifying your female ancestors. REG T – 3/22, 7 pm, Thursday A – 3/13, 3/27, 6 pm, Tuesdays Gaming Point Pleasant Borough WHM/CH – 3/15, 4 pm, Thursday Adult Video Gamers Club Marching with Aunt Susan Branch A – 3/24, 1 pm, Saturday Celebrate women’s history with the story A – 3/14, 3/28, 6:30 pm, Wednesdays Afternoon Movie about Susan B. Anthony. Ages 5 and up. WHM/CH – 3/6, 11 am, Tuesday Get Your Knit On: Knit Night REG Rosie Revere, Engineer FR – 3/27, 10:30 am, Tuesday Come hear the tale of a girl and her WHM/CH – 3/15, 4 pm, Thursday Friends of the Little Egg Harbor dream to become a great engineer. Marching with Aunt Susan Branch Long Beach Island Branch Ages 3½ – 6. REG Celebrate women’s history with the story Please join the Friends of the Little Egg about Susan B. Anthony. Ages 5 and up. Harbor Branch. WHM – 3/2, 1 pm, Friday WHM/A – 3/12, 2 pm, Monday REG Friday Afternoon Movie: Suffragette Women of the Civil War The foot soldiers of the early feminist Join history professor Richard Trimble BD – 3/15, 7 pm, Thursday movement, women who were forced for an exploration of women’s roles Marvelous Sleuths Book Club underground to pursue a dangerous game during the War Between the States. Man Overboard by J.A. Jance. Please of cat and mouse with an increasingly REG pick up a copy at the circulation desk. brutal State. (PG-13) 106 min. REG WHM/T – 3/28, 2:45 pm, Wednesday T – 3/15, 7 pm, Thursday WHM – 3/26, 10 am, Monday Tea and Suffragists Basic Girl Power! Dance Party Sample different types of tea and learn All kids are invited to dance the morning about the movement that obtained the TW – 3/20, 5 pm, Tuesday away to pop hits and kids’ songs by right to vote for British women. Pokémon Club awesome women and girls. We’ve got Ages 12 – 18. REG Pokémon fans are invited to battle, trade the tunes, you bring the moves. cards, and meet other fans. Bring your CH – 3/27, 6 pm, Tuesday Ages 1 – 5. REG Stafford Branch DS and games to battle with parent’s The Lizard Guys permission. Ages 9 – 14. REG Live animal presentations with reptiles Plumsted Branch and bugs. The Lizard Guys explain WHM/A/FR – 3/1, 10:30 am, Thursday Friends Adventure: TW – 3/20, 6:30, Tuesday where the animal would come from, its WHM/ED – 3/1 – 3/31 Minecraft normal diet, its life expectancy and other Aim for a High Mark Women’s Steps Change the World First person interpreter Kim Hanley Play Minecraft and talk about the game questions. Ages 5 and up. REG All of February we are asking patrons to with other players. Ages 9 – 14. REG brings Annie Oakley to life. Presented bring in a pair of women’s shoes for a by NJ Council for Humanities/Public A – 3/28, 6:30 pm, Wednesday “shoe tree” display in March. The shoes Scholars Project. Sponsored by The BD – 3/20, 1 pm, Tuesday Adulting 101 should be from a women who is now, or Friends of the Stafford Library. REG LEH Book Discussion Couponing and sales. REG was, a part of the person’s life. These Defending Jacob by William Landau. shoes and their proud descriptions, will Please pick up a copy at the circulation T – 3/29, 1 pm, Thursday be featured in our Women’s History desk. Art Month display. 20 25 Lakewood Branch WHM/T – 3/12, 2:30 pm, Monday Women Chefs: Cristeta Comerford WHM/CH/TW – 3:30 pm, all Mondays Cook while learning about the woman MakeHER: Women in Art who became the first female, Filipino Create art inspired by famous women American White House Executive Chef. artists. Ages 6 – 12. REG Ages 12 – 18.

WHM/T – 3/5, 2:30 pm, Monday WHM/CH/TW – 3/12, 6 pm, Monday Women Chefs: Julia Child The Tree Lady Story and Craft Cook while learning about the woman Learn about Kate Sessions. Ages 6 – 12. who began one of the first cooking REG shows for TV. Ages 12 – 18. WHM/F – 3/15, 3 pm, Thursday WHM/T – 3/6, 3 pm, Tuesday Family Game Club: Women’s History Movie & Popcorn: BIG– Celebrate Edition! Great Women Film Directors Join us for an afternoon of board games (PG-13) Ages 12 – 18. designed by women. REG

WHM/T – 3/6, 5:30 pm, Tuesday WHM/A – 3/16 11:30, Friday Women’s History Month Game Night: Book Café: Wordy Women Monopoly™ Celebrating great reads by women and The game we now know as Monopoly™ about women in honor of Women’s was created by Lizzie Magie in 1904. History Month. REG Ages 12 – 18. WHM/T – 3/19, 2:30 pm, Monday WHM/CH/TW – 3/7, 6 pm, Wednesday Women Chefs: B. Smith Rosie the Riveter Cook while learning about the woman Story and a building craft. Ages 6 – 12. who became a famous restaurateur, author and chef. Ages 12 – 18. WHM/CH/TW – 3/8, 5 pm, Thursday Coloring for Kids: Women’s History WHM/A – 3/29, 12 pm, Thursday Month Tea and a Movie: Wonder Woman Ages 4 – 12. REG Diana, princess of the Amazons and trained to be a warrior, leaves her home WHM/CH – 3/8, 6 pm, Thursday to fight in the ongoing World War. She Bilingual Storytime finally discovers her full powers and true Enjoy stories about women in Spanish destiny as Wonder Woman. She is the and English. Ages 3 – 10. first female superhero to get her own movie. Snacks. (PG-13) 145 min. REG WHM/A – 3/12, 2 pm, Sunday Ladies of Country Music Celebrate Women’s History Month with Elaine and the Cimarron Sky Band, performing the classic country songs of singers Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline, Emmylou Harris, and other legendary stars. REG 24 21 WHM/CH – 3/12 – 3/17 WHM/CH/F – 3/6, 10 am – 3 pm, Famous Women Scavenger Hunt Tuesday Who am I? What did I do to become Women in Art Drop-in Crafts famous? Find my picture in the library Part of our Celebrate Women Series. and match my name with what I did. Come to the library anytime. If you find WHM/A – 3/7, 2:30 pm, Wednesday all the famous women you will win a Afternoon Film: Princess Kaiulani small prize. All ages. Hawaiian Princess Kaiulani fights for the rights of her people after fleeing to Barnegat Branch WHM/T – 3/21, 6 pm or 7 pm, Brick Branch England to escape civil unrest. When Wednesday the Hawaiian monarchy falls, the Tea & Suffragists: Escape Room princess arranges for an emergency WHM/A – 3/10, 12 pm, Saturday WHM/C – 3/2, 10:30 am, Friday Unscramble puzzles to discover the meeting with U.S. President Grover Women’s History Month Tea American Women's History Online secret to success in the fight for women’s Cleveland. Based on a true story. Join us for tea and a light snack in Explore more than 500 years of history. right to vote in the US. Be rewarded with (PG) 130 min. REG honor of Women’s History Month. In REG a relaxing tea time. Ages 12 – 18. REG partnership with Barnegat Recreation. WHM/CH/F – 3/29, 10 am – 3 pm WHM/A – 3/5, 7 pm, Monday REG Women in Science Drop-in Crafts WHM/CH – 3/22, 6 pm, Thursday Ladies of Country Music Drop-In Women’s History Month Craft Part of our Celebrate Women Series. WHM/A – 3/10, 1 pm, Saturday Celebrate Women’s History Month with Drop by the kids’ zone to make a craft Legendary Ladies of Jazz Elaine and the Cimarron Sky Band, celebrating Women’s History Month. A tribute to pioneer women in jazz music performing the classic country songs Lacey Branch *This is a Drop-In program meaning history. Breaking color and gender of singers Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, there is no registration, and it is a "do on barriers, the sirens of song, lived their Patsy Cline, Emmylou Harris, and other WHM/A – 3/2, 1 pm, Friday your own" craft. Ages 5+. lives out loud and took us along for the legendary stars. REG Women’s History Month Lunchtime ride. With live singing and video images Film: Princess Kaiulani as the backdrop, take a journey through Beachwood Branch WHM/T – 3/13, 7 pm, Tuesday The true story of Hawaiian Princess time with us. REG Tea and Suffragists Kaiulani, who fought for the rights of her WHM/TW/T – 3/5, 7 pm, Monday Tea and history. Sample different teas people. (PG) 130 min. WHM/TW – 3/13, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm, Tea and Suffragists and learn about the movement that Tuesday Tea and history. Sample different teas obtained the right to vote for British WHM/T – 3/8, 7 pm, Thursday Women’s History Month Bingo and learn about the movement that women. Ages 12 – 18. REG A Suffragette Tea Party Celebrate Women’s History Month with obtained the right to vote for British Learn about the women’s fight for the snacks, games, and interesting facts. women. Ages 10 and up. REG WHM/A – 3/28, 2:30 pm, Wednesday right to vote while drinking tea and Ages 8+. REG Eat Your Words eating delicious goodies. Ages 13 – 17. Berkeley Branch We will cook and taste some recipes REG WHM/A – 3/17, 11 am, Saturday from famous women chefs. REG Documentary Saturday: WHM/CH – 3/21, 4 pm, Wednesday WHM/A – 3/6, 7 pm, Tuesday Silver Wings, Flying Dreams Kids Cook: Recipes from Fannie Ladies of Country Music Jackson Branch The amazing true story of pioneering Farmer Celebrate Women’s History Month with women, who for a brief moment in the We’ll be learning about this cookbook Elaine and the Cimarron Sky Band, WHM/CH/F – 3/1, 10 am – 3 pm, darkest days of WWII, shattered the pioneer and working on a few recipes performing the classic country songs Thursday glass ceiling to become the first women from The Fannie Farmer Junior of singers Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Women in Space Drop-in Crafts to pilot American military aircraft. (NR) Cookbook. Ages 7 – 12. REG Patsy Cline, Emmylou Harris, and other Part of our Celebrate Women Series. 55 min. legendary stars. REG

22 23 WHM/CH – 3/12 – 3/17 WHM/CH/F – 3/6, 10 am – 3 pm, Famous Women Scavenger Hunt Tuesday Who am I? What did I do to become Women in Art Drop-in Crafts famous? Find my picture in the library Part of our Celebrate Women Series. and match my name with what I did. Come to the library anytime. If you find WHM/A – 3/7, 2:30 pm, Wednesday all the famous women you will win a Afternoon Film: Princess Kaiulani small prize. All ages. Hawaiian Princess Kaiulani fights for the rights of her people after fleeing to Barnegat Branch WHM/T – 3/21, 6 pm or 7 pm, Brick Branch England to escape civil unrest. When Wednesday the Hawaiian monarchy falls, the Tea & Suffragists: Escape Room princess arranges for an emergency WHM/A – 3/10, 12 pm, Saturday WHM/C – 3/2, 10:30 am, Friday Unscramble puzzles to discover the meeting with U.S. President Grover Women’s History Month Tea American Women's History Online secret to success in the fight for women’s Cleveland. Based on a true story. Join us for tea and a light snack in Explore more than 500 years of history. right to vote in the US. Be rewarded with (PG) 130 min. REG honor of Women’s History Month. In REG a relaxing tea time. Ages 12 – 18. REG partnership with Barnegat Recreation. WHM/CH/F – 3/29, 10 am – 3 pm WHM/A – 3/5, 7 pm, Monday REG Women in Science Drop-in Crafts WHM/CH – 3/22, 6 pm, Thursday Ladies of Country Music Drop-In Women’s History Month Craft Part of our Celebrate Women Series. WHM/A – 3/10, 1 pm, Saturday Celebrate Women’s History Month with Drop by the kids’ zone to make a craft Legendary Ladies of Jazz Elaine and the Cimarron Sky Band, celebrating Women’s History Month. A tribute to pioneer women in jazz music performing the classic country songs Lacey Branch *This is a Drop-In program meaning history. Breaking color and gender of singers Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, there is no registration, and it is a "do on barriers, the sirens of song, lived their Patsy Cline, Emmylou Harris, and other WHM/A – 3/2, 1 pm, Friday your own" craft. Ages 5+. lives out loud and took us along for the legendary stars. REG Women’s History Month Lunchtime ride. With live singing and video images Film: Princess Kaiulani as the backdrop, take a journey through Beachwood Branch WHM/T – 3/13, 7 pm, Tuesday The true story of Hawaiian Princess time with us. REG Tea and Suffragists Kaiulani, who fought for the rights of her WHM/TW/T – 3/5, 7 pm, Monday Tea and history. Sample different teas people. (PG) 130 min. WHM/TW – 3/13, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm, Tea and Suffragists and learn about the movement that Tuesday Tea and history. Sample different teas obtained the right to vote for British WHM/T – 3/8, 7 pm, Thursday Women’s History Month Bingo and learn about the movement that women. Ages 12 – 18. REG A Suffragette Tea Party Celebrate Women’s History Month with obtained the right to vote for British Learn about the women’s fight for the snacks, games, and interesting facts. women. Ages 10 and up. REG WHM/A – 3/28, 2:30 pm, Wednesday right to vote while drinking tea and Ages 8+. REG Eat Your Words eating delicious goodies. Ages 13 – 17. Berkeley Branch We will cook and taste some recipes REG WHM/A – 3/17, 11 am, Saturday from famous women chefs. REG Documentary Saturday: WHM/CH – 3/21, 4 pm, Wednesday WHM/A – 3/6, 7 pm, Tuesday Silver Wings, Flying Dreams Kids Cook: Recipes from Fannie Ladies of Country Music Jackson Branch The amazing true story of pioneering Farmer Celebrate Women’s History Month with women, who for a brief moment in the We’ll be learning about this cookbook Elaine and the Cimarron Sky Band, WHM/CH/F – 3/1, 10 am – 3 pm, darkest days of WWII, shattered the pioneer and working on a few recipes performing the classic country songs Thursday glass ceiling to become the first women from The Fannie Farmer Junior of singers Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Women in Space Drop-in Crafts to pilot American military aircraft. (NR) Cookbook. Ages 7 – 12. REG Patsy Cline, Emmylou Harris, and other Part of our Celebrate Women Series. 55 min. legendary stars. REG

22 23 Lakewood Branch WHM/T – 3/12, 2:30 pm, Monday Women Chefs: Cristeta Comerford WHM/CH/TW – 3:30 pm, all Mondays Cook while learning about the woman MakeHER: Women in Art who became the first female, Filipino Create art inspired by famous women American White House Executive Chef. artists. Ages 6 – 12. REG Ages 12 – 18.

WHM/T – 3/5, 2:30 pm, Monday WHM/CH/TW – 3/12, 6 pm, Monday Women Chefs: Julia Child The Tree Lady Story and Craft Cook while learning about the woman Learn about Kate Sessions. Ages 6 – 12. who began one of the first cooking REG shows for TV. Ages 12 – 18. WHM/F – 3/15, 3 pm, Thursday WHM/T – 3/6, 3 pm, Tuesday Family Game Club: Women’s History Movie & Popcorn: BIG– Celebrate Edition! Great Women Film Directors Join us for an afternoon of board games (PG-13) Ages 12 – 18. designed by women. REG

WHM/T – 3/6, 5:30 pm, Tuesday WHM/A – 3/16 11:30, Friday Women’s History Month Game Night: Book Café: Wordy Women Monopoly™ Celebrating great reads by women and The game we now know as Monopoly™ about women in honor of Women’s was created by Lizzie Magie in 1904. History Month. REG Ages 12 – 18. WHM/T – 3/19, 2:30 pm, Monday WHM/CH/TW – 3/7, 6 pm, Wednesday Women Chefs: B. Smith Rosie the Riveter Cook while learning about the woman Story and a building craft. Ages 6 – 12. who became a famous restaurateur, author and chef. Ages 12 – 18. WHM/CH/TW – 3/8, 5 pm, Thursday Coloring for Kids: Women’s History WHM/A – 3/29, 12 pm, Thursday Month Tea and a Movie: Wonder Woman Ages 4 – 12. REG Diana, princess of the Amazons and trained to be a warrior, leaves her home WHM/CH – 3/8, 6 pm, Thursday to fight in the ongoing World War. She Bilingual Storytime finally discovers her full powers and true Enjoy stories about women in Spanish destiny as Wonder Woman. She is the and English. Ages 3 – 10. first female superhero to get her own movie. Snacks. (PG-13) 145 min. REG WHM/A – 3/12, 2 pm, Sunday Ladies of Country Music Celebrate Women’s History Month with Elaine and the Cimarron Sky Band, performing the classic country songs of singers Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline, Emmylou Harris, and other legendary stars. REG 24 21 MKR/CH – 3/10, 10:30 am, Saturday A – 3/21, 2 pm, Wednesday Make an Artbot Adult Coloring Please join us for this special hands-on Rediscover the joy of coloring. We're maker event to learn how to make an providing the coloring sheets and color, Artbot. Ages 5 and up. REG but feel free to bring your own. Little Egg Harbor Branch Point Pleasant Beach Branch

MKR/A – 3/10, 2 pm, Saturday CH – 3/22, 4 pm, Thursday WHM/A – 3/9, 2 pm, Friday A – 3/13, 7 pm, Tuesday Paper Play Read to a Dog The Hidden Half: Finding Your Female Elaine and the Cimarron Sky Band Please join us for this special hands- Practice reading alongside gentle, Ancestors Elaine Orzechowski and her band will on maker event to learn how to make beautiful therapy dogs. Ages 5 and up. Please join us as Dawn Heyson perform classic country and bluegrass paper, books, origami, quilling, and REG presents ways to tackle the difficulty of music. REG more. identifying your female ancestors. REG T – 3/22, 7 pm, Thursday A – 3/13, 3/27, 6 pm, Tuesdays Gaming Point Pleasant Borough WHM/CH – 3/15, 4 pm, Thursday Adult Video Gamers Club Marching with Aunt Susan Branch A – 3/24, 1 pm, Saturday Celebrate women’s history with the story A – 3/14, 3/28, 6:30 pm, Wednesdays Afternoon Movie about Susan B. Anthony. Ages 5 and up. WHM/CH – 3/6, 11 am, Tuesday Get Your Knit On: Knit Night REG Rosie Revere, Engineer FR – 3/27, 10:30 am, Tuesday Come hear the tale of a girl and her WHM/CH – 3/15, 4 pm, Thursday Friends of the Little Egg Harbor dream to become a great engineer. Marching with Aunt Susan Branch Long Beach Island Branch Ages 3½ – 6. REG Celebrate women’s history with the story Please join the Friends of the Little Egg about Susan B. Anthony. Ages 5 and up. Harbor Branch. WHM – 3/2, 1 pm, Friday WHM/A – 3/12, 2 pm, Monday REG Friday Afternoon Movie: Suffragette Women of the Civil War The foot soldiers of the early feminist Join history professor Richard Trimble BD – 3/15, 7 pm, Thursday movement, women who were forced for an exploration of women’s roles Marvelous Sleuths Book Club underground to pursue a dangerous game during the War Between the States. Man Overboard by J.A. Jance. Please of cat and mouse with an increasingly REG pick up a copy at the circulation desk. brutal State. (PG-13) 106 min. REG WHM/T – 3/28, 2:45 pm, Wednesday T – 3/15, 7 pm, Thursday WHM – 3/26, 10 am, Monday Tea and Suffragists Embroidery Basic Girl Power! Dance Party Sample different types of tea and learn All kids are invited to dance the morning about the movement that obtained the TW – 3/20, 5 pm, Tuesday away to pop hits and kids’ songs by right to vote for British women. Pokémon Club awesome women and girls. We’ve got Ages 12 – 18. REG Pokémon fans are invited to battle, trade the tunes, you bring the moves. cards, and meet other fans. Bring your CH – 3/27, 6 pm, Tuesday Ages 1 – 5. REG Stafford Branch DS and games to battle with parent’s The Lizard Guys permission. Ages 9 – 14. REG Live animal presentations with reptiles Plumsted Branch and bugs. The Lizard Guys explain WHM/A/FR – 3/1, 10:30 am, Thursday Friends Adventure: TW – 3/20, 6:30, Tuesday where the animal would come from, its WHM/ED – 3/1 – 3/31 Minecraft normal diet, its life expectancy and other Aim for a High Mark Women’s Steps Change the World First person interpreter Kim Hanley Play Minecraft and talk about the game questions. Ages 5 and up. REG All of February we are asking patrons to with other players. Ages 9 – 14. REG brings Annie Oakley to life. Presented bring in a pair of women’s shoes for a by NJ Council for Humanities/Public A – 3/28, 6:30 pm, Wednesday “shoe tree” display in March. The shoes Scholars Project. Sponsored by The BD – 3/20, 1 pm, Tuesday Adulting 101 should be from a women who is now, or Friends of the Stafford Library. REG LEH Book Discussion Couponing and sales. REG was, a part of the person’s life. These Defending Jacob by William Landau. shoes and their proud descriptions, will Please pick up a copy at the circulation T – 3/29, 1 pm, Thursday be featured in our Women’s History desk. Pancake Art Month display. 20 25 LITTLE EGG HARBOR 609-294-1197 F – 3/3, 10:30 am, Saturday The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s WHM/T – 3/19, 7 pm, Monday Tuckerton Branch Please Register Tea and Suffragists: Escape Room Stages Festival Presents: A Cinderella Tale… Happily Ever After Unscramble puzzles to find the secret WHM/CH – 3/27, 11:30 am, Tuesday A play performed by the Pushcart to success to get women’s right to vote Look Who’s Famous A – BY APPOINTMENT ONLY in the US. A relaxing tea time is your Welcome to our world of famous women, Career Guidance and Job Search Players. For more details, please see reward. Ages 12 – 18. REG with stories and craft. Ages 2 – 8. REG Assistance by Appointment page 40 of this brochure or visit Funded by the New Jersey Department www.theoceancountylibrary.org, WHM/A – 3/21, 7 pm – 8 pm, of Labor and Workforce Development www.stagesfestival.org, or Wednesday Upper Shores Branch Career Connections grant. www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG Women of the Armed Forces Panel discussion. Sponsored by the WHM/CH – 3/5, 10:30 am, Monday A – BY APPOINTMENT ONLY CH – 3/3, 11 am – 1 pm, Saturday Great John Mathis Chapter of the Wonderful Women Storytime & Craft One-on-One Computer Chats & Chess Classes with LEH Chess Club NSDAR. REG It’s Women’s History Month. Come hear eBooks at the Library Introductory chess classes are being stories about amazing women and make Call the Little Egg Harbor Branch to offered to children ages 7 and older. Toms River Branch a craft. Ages 1 – 5. REG schedule an appointment. Limit one session a month per person. CH/F – 3/6, 6 pm, Tuesday WHM/A – 3/7, 7 pm, Wednesday and Dr. Seuss Celebration WHM/CH – 3/8, 6:30 pm, Thursday 3/10, 3 pm, Saturday A – BY APPOINTMENT ONLY A guest reader will share a Dr. Seuss Wondrous Women Reel Cinema: Women’s History Month One-on-One Genealogy Class story. Green eggs and ham toss and Come learn about some incredible Film Screening The Eagle Huntress Call the Little Egg Harbor Branch to coloring sheets. REG women in history. Ages 6 – 12. REG Breathtaking aerial cinematography schedule an appointment. Limit one and BAFTA Award Nominee for Best A – 3/7, 2 pm, Wednesday WHM/T – 3/19, 6 pm – 7:30 pm, Documentary. An enchanting tale of girl session a month per person. Adult Coloring Monday power. Foreign language film. (G) 101 min. Roaring Twenties Coffeehouse A – 7 pm, all Tuesdays Rediscover the joy of coloring. Music It’s Women’s History Month and we’re WHM/A – 3/20, 7 pm, Tuesday English Conversation Group and light refreshments. Sponsored by celebrating by travelling back in time to Ladies of Country Music the Friends of the Little Egg Harbor the 1920s. Join us at the music, games, Celebrate Women’s History Month with A – 1 pm, all Wednesdays Branch. and drinks provided by Starbucks. Feel Elaine and the Cimarron Sky Band, Mah Jongg at the Library free to dress in your best 1920s attire. performing the classic country songs Please bring your current year gaming CH – 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28, 10:30 am of singers Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, cards and game sets. Wednesdays WHM/MKR/CH/F – 3/24, 3 pm – 4 pm, Patsy Cline, Emmylou Harris, and other 1, 2, 3, Grow with Me – Family Place Saturday legendary stars. REG CH – 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 10:30 am, Be part of this rewarding interactive Fly, Amelia! Drop-in Craft Thursdays play experience. In person registration Women’s History Month craft celebrating WHM/A – 3/28, 7 pm, Wednesday Mother Goose begins February 21. Ages 12 – 36 Amelia Earhart. Dorothy Parker portrayed by Lapsit months with parent/caregiver. REG Rene Goodwin Rhythm, rhyme, WHM/TW/T – 3/29, 11 am – 1 pm, Celebrate Women’s History Month music, and T – 3/8, 6:30 pm, Thursday Thursday with a first person dramatic portrayal of movement. TAB Meeting Put Yourself in Herstory enduring icon Dorothy Parker. REG Ages 12 to 17 Drop by the Teen Zone during lunchtime months with WHM/A – 3/9, 2 pm, Friday to take a photo with a historical Waretown Branch parent/caregiver. The Hidden Half: Finding background on our green screen. REG Your Female Ancestors Please join us as Dawn Heyson WHM/T/TW – 3/5, 7 pm, Monday T – 3/1, 7 pm, Thursday presents ways to tackle the difficulty of Learn to Draw Women Superheroes Robot Races identifying your female ancestors. REG Local artist Lenny Rivera will lead a workshop on drawing women 26 superheroes. Ages 12 – 18. REG 19 A – 3/9, 1 pm, Friday WHM/A – 3/16, 11:30 am, Friday CH/TW – 3/22, 6 pm, Thursday LONG BEACH ISLAND Friday Afternoon Movie: Dunkirk Book Café: Wordy Women Crafty Kids Allied soldiers are surrounded by the Celebrate great reads by women and Picture marbles. Ages 6 – 12. 609-494-2480 German Army, and evacuated during P about women. REG lease Register a fierce battle in World War II. (PG-13) CH/TW/T – 3/24, 2 pm, Saturday 105 min. REG ED – 3/1 – 3/29 CH/TW/T – 3/17, 2:30 pm, Saturday Gaming Art Exhibit: Amergael Shamrock Slime Play video games. Ages 6 – 16. CH – 3/10, 2:30 pm, Saturday Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with green NJ Makers Day: Explore, Create, Play WHM/A – 3/2, 1 pm, Friday slime. Ages 8 – 14. REG BD – 3/27, 11 am, Tuesday Bring your family for art, sensory Friday Afternoon Movie: Suffragette The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion experiences, and experiments, including The foot soldiers of the early feminist WHM/T – 3/19, 2:30 pm, Monday New members are welcome to this chalkboard slime. Dress for a mess. movement, women who were forced Women Chefs: B. Smith monthly book discussion group. REG All ages. REG underground to pursue a dangerous Cook and learn about the woman who game of cat and mouse with an became a famous restaurateur, author CH/TW/T – 3/28, 6 pm, Wednesday FR – 3/12, 10 am, Monday increasingly brutal State. (PG-13) and chef. Ages 12 – 18. Collage Art Friends of the Island Library Board 106 min. REG Create original art by using different Meeting CH/TW – 3/19, 6 pm, Monday materials. Ages 6 – 12. REG All are welcome. Drop in. WHM/F – 3/3, 12:30 pm – 4 pm, Sewing 101 Saturday, Held at Ocean Acres Learn to hand sew and use a sewing WHM/A – 3/29, 12 pm, Thursday A – 3/12, 6 pm, Monday Community Center, Manahawkin machine. Ages 8 – 16. REG Tea and a Movie: Wonder Woman Italian Cultural Society of LBI Celebrate Irish Arts Festival: Diana, Princess of the Amazons and Sponsored by the Italian Cultural The Irish Woman T – 3/20, 3 pm, Tuesday trained to be a warrior, leaves her home Society of LBI. REG Clan Suibhne and others will recall Gardening Club to fight in the ongoing World War. She experiences of people coming to Sow seeds inside for our summer finally discovers her full powers and true A – 3/14, 10 am, America. Performances will include community garden. Ages 12 – 18. destiny as Wonder Woman, the first Wednesday songs, dancing, and poetry. Sponsored female superhero to get her own movie. Wearin’ of the Green – by the Long Beach Island and Stafford CH/TW – 3/20, 4:30 pm, Tuesday Snacks. (PG-13) 145 min. REG Songs from Ireland branches, Ocean County Library and DIY Beaded Bracelets Gerry Murray, a musician Amergael. Make your own cute and colorful from County Cavan, Ireland, bracelet. Ages 5 – 12. and a fellow Irish entertainer A – 3/5, 3/19, 1 pm, Mondays will perform popular and Brain Games MKR/CH/TW/T – 3/20, 6 pm, Tuesday traditional Irish songs. Seniors are invited to join in fun and Make It: Healthy Cooking Sponsored by the Friends entertaining activities that stimulate your Learn how to prepare a healthy meal of the Island Library. brain. Refreshments. REG with a licensed nutritionist. Ages 8 – 16. Refreshments courtesy of REG Amergael. REG A – 3/6, 11 am, Tuesday Blood Pressure Screening CH/TW/T – 3/21, 6 pm, Wednesday T – 3/14, 6 pm, Wednesday Free screening by the Long Beach Bottle Cap Necklaces Teen Advisory Board (TAB) Meeting Island Health Department. Drop in. Make a cute necklace using a bottle A – 4/11, 4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, Earn community service hours. New cap. Ages 8 – 13. 6:30 pm, Wednesdays members welcome. Grades 6 – 12. A – 3/6, 3/20, 1 pm, Tuesdays Citizenship Prep Class Adult Writers’ Group CH – 3/21, 6 pm, Wednesday This 7-week class will help you pass T – 3/14, 7 pm, Wednesday All are welcome. Sponsored by the Family Movie Night the naturalization test to become a U.S. Teen Takeover: Hot Cocoa Friends of the Island Library. Leap (PG) 90 min. All ages. citizen. To be eligible you must be a Taste testers and junior chefs alike are qualified immigrant at least 18 or older. invited to experiment with hot cocoa MKR/CH – 3/9, 10 am, Friday A – 3/21, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Attendance at all sessions is required. recipes before winter ends. Mini Makers in Action Adult Craft Class size is limited. To register contact Ages 12 – 18. REG Celebrate NJ Makers Day with STEAM REG 732-363-1435 ext. 2117. REG stories and crafts. Ages 1½ – 4. REG 18 27 A – 3/15, 1 pm, Thursday CH – 3/20, 10 am, Tuesday CH – 3/8, 6 pm, Thursday T – 3/13, 3 pm, Tuesday Poets’ Studio Read, Rock, & Rhyme Bilingual Storytime Gardening Club Whether you are an accomplished poet Let's get moving with songs, stories, the Enjoy stories in Spanish and English. Clean the community garden and or a new one, our monthly workshop will parachute, and instruments. Ages 2 – 6. Ages 3 – 10. prepare for spring. Ages 12 – 18. inspire you. REG REG T – 3/13, 3/27, 5:30 pm, Tuesdays CH – 3/16, 9:30 am, Friday FR – 3/20, 2 pm – 4 pm, Tuesday F – 3/9, 1:30 pm, Friday TAB Wigglers & Walkers Friends Book Sale The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s Earn community service hours and have Foster motor, sensory, and social skills. Get six books for $1 and help the Stages Festival Presents: fun. Ages 12 – 18. Join us for books, rhymes, songs, and Friends of the Island Library. Drop in. Miss Nelson is Missing! movement, followed by playtime. A play performed by the Centenary A – 3/14, 3/28, 11:30 am, Wednesdays Ages up to 2 years. REG A – 3/23, 1 pm, Friday Stage Company. For more details, Lakewood Crochet Club Friday Afternoon Movie: please see page 40 of this brochure or Bring your current projects. New A – 3/16, 1 pm, Friday A Monster Calls visit www.theoceancountylibrary.org, members welcome. Friday Afternoon Movie: A boy seeks the help of a tree monster www.stagesfestival.org, or Much Ado About Nothing to cope with his single mother's terminal www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG T – 3/14, 2 pm, Wednesday Young lovers, soon to wed, conspire illness. (PG-13) 108 min. REG De-stress, Make a Mess! to get confirmed singles Benedick and MKR/CH/T – 3/10, All day, Saturday Forget your worries at our art and spa Beatrice to wed as well. (PG-13) WHM/CH – 3/26, NJ Makers Day creation stations. Ages 12 – 18. 111 min. REG 10 am, Monday Build and create to celebrate NJ Makers Girl Power! Day. All ages. CH/TW – 3/14, 5 pm, Wednesday CH/TW – 3/16, 3:45 pm, Friday Dance Party Jellybean Bingo! Books at the Beach: All kids are invited MKR/CH/T/TW – 3/10, 2 pm, Saturday Play and win prizes. Ages 6 – 12. REG A Book Club for Kids to dance to pop hits NJ Makers Day: Art Studio We’ll discuss a book and do fun and kids’ songs by Explore new art forms. A – 3/14, 6:30 pm, Wednesday activities. Best for 3rd grade reading awesome women Adult Craft levels and up. Home-schooled families and girls. Ages 1 – 5. WHM/A – 3/11, 2 pm, Sunday Celebrate National Irish American are welcome. Contact the Branch for REG Ladies of Country Music Heritage Month by making a piece of art this month’s selection. REG Celebrate Women’s History Month with using ancient Celtic and Irish symbols. A – 3/26, 6 pm, Monday Elaine and the Cimarron Sky Band, REG F – 3/17, 10 am – 2 pm, Saturday Essential Oils 101 performing the classic country songs Quilting Demonstration Presenter Joan Colandrea will teach of singers Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, CH/TW – 3/15, 6 pm, Thursday Pieceful Shores Quilt Guild celebrates you what essential oils are, their Patsy Cline, Emmylou Harris, and other Shamrockin’ National Quilting Day with their annual benefits and how to use them safely legendary stars. REG Shamrock fun. Ages 4 – 12. quilting demonstration and display of and effectively with demonstrations and quilts. The display case in the lobby giveaways. REG A – 3/12, 11 am, Monday will feature a month-long exhibit of their Healthy Snacks small works. Drop in. Designed for adults with special F – 3/28, 4 pm, Wednesday challenges, a dietitian will lead an WHM/A – 3/19, 7 pm, Monday The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s interactive cooking program. Please Ladies of Country Music Stages Festival Presents: register by calling Lori at 609-693-8566, Celebrate Women’s History Month with Tales from the Garden - A Celebration ext. 3926. REG Elaine and the Cimarron Sky Band, of the History and Folklore of NJ performing the classic country songs A play performed by the Growing Stage – T – 3/12, 2:30 pm, Monday of singers Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, The Children’s Theatre of New Jersey. Women Chefs: Cristeta Comerford T – 3/15, 7 pm, Thursday Patsy Cline, Emmylou Harris, and other See page 40 for details of this brochure Cook and learn about the woman Drawing Workshop for Teens legendary stars. REG or visit www.theoceancountylibrary.org, who became the first female Filipino Local artist Carly-Jean Booker will www.stagesfestival.org, or American White House Executive Chef. demonstrate life drawing and offer one- www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG Ages 12 – 18. on-one guidance to participants as they practice sketching different poses with a 28 live model. REG 17 CH/TW – 3/3, 2:30 pm, Saturday A – 3/7, 7 pm, Wednesday LAKEWOOD Video Games PLUMSTED Drop In Notary Services 732-363-1435 Play video games. Ages 6 – 12. 609-758-7888 A local volunteer will be available to provide free New Jersey notary Please Register WHM/T – 3/5, 2:30 pm, Monday Please Register services. Please call 609-758-7888 to Women Chefs: Julia Child confirm our volunteer is available. C – Computer Classes by Cook and learn about the woman who WHM/ED – 3/1 – 3/31 Appointment began one of the first cooking shows for Women’s Steps Change the World T/TW – 3/8, 4 pm, Thursday Contact us at 732-363-1435 ext. 2100 TV. Ages 12 – 18. All of February we are asking patrons to Needlecraft Project to book a one-on-one computer class. bring in a pair of women’s shoes for a ® Sew a needlepoint bookmark for Topics include Microsoft Word, Excel, CH/TW – 3/5, 6 pm, Monday “shoe tree” display in March. The shoes Women’s History month. Ages 8 and up. PowerPoint, computer and eReader Sunset Silhouettes should be from a women who is now, or REG basics, Facebook®, Universal Class®, was, a part of the person’s life. These ® Use watercolors to create a beautiful Lynda.com , and more. sunset scene. Ages 6 – 12. REG shoes and their proud descriptions, will CH – 3/9, 10 am, Friday be featured in our Women’s History Baby Book Time WHM/CH/TW – All Mondays, 3:30 pm, WHM/T – 3/6, 5:30 pm, Tuesday Month display. Ages 1 – 18 months with caregiver. REG MakeHER: Women in Art Game Night: Monopoly Create art inspired by famous women The game we now know as Monopoly CH – 3/2, 10:30 am, Friday CH – 3/13, 10 am, Tuesday artists. Ages 6 – 12. REG was created by Lizzie Magie in 1904. Dr. Seuss Special: Celebrate Read Toddler Time Ages 12 – 18. Across America Ages 18 – 36 months with caregiver. A – 6:30 pm, all Mondays Listen to Dr. Seuss stories, put socks REG English Conversation Group CH/TW – 3/6, 6 pm, Tuesday on the fox, look for red and blue fish, Practice speaking English in a friendly Marble Art and learn how to really “hatch an egg” CH – 3/13, 11 am, Tuesday setting. Make art using Sharpies® and rubbing with Horton and our local Animals and Storytime alcohol. Ages 6 – 12. REG Gardens Unlimited experts, who will be Ages 3 – 5 years with caregiver. REG T – 5:30 pm, all Wednesdays bringing baby chicks. Video Game Night A – 3/7, 11 am, Wednesday A – 3/14, 7 pm, Wednesday Open video gaming. Ages 12 – 18. Coloring for Adults A – 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28, 1 pm – 5 pm, Cooking for Diabetes Color and listen to music. REG Wednesdays Join our ShopRite experts as they demo CH/F – 1:30 pm, all Fridays AARP Free Income Tax Help healthy dishes for those with diabetes. Friday Fun A – 3/7, 3 pm, Wednesday The AARP Tax Aide Program will Free samples available. REG Crafts for families. All ages. OCC Career Development Series: electronically complete and file a federal Retirement Careers and New Jersey tax return, free of A – 9 am, all Saturdays Learn of free resources and education charge, by IRS certified volunteers. English as a Second Language (ESL) While this program is available to all F – 3/16, 10:30 am, Friday options to continue working in Stages Festival: The Velveteen Rabbit Classes retirement. REG taxpayers, special emphasis is provided Free English classes for adults. to those age 60 or over with low to A play performed by the Push Cart Please register at 9 am. moderate income. Veterans should Players. For more details, please see MKR/CH/TW – 3/7, 3 pm, Wednesday page 40 of this brochure or visit Maker Play also bring a copy of their DD214 with CH – 3/1, 3:30 pm, Thursday them to apply for the new NJ Veterans www.theoceancountylibrary.org, Play with technology and maker toys. www.stagesfestival.org, or Read to the Dogs Ages 8 – 12. Exemption. Veterans can also apply Practice reading with certified therapy ahead of time through the State of New www.njtheateralliance.org. REG dogs. Ages 5 – 9. REG F – 3/7, 5:30 pm, Wednesday Jersey to reduce refund processing time. Appointments are necessary. CH/TW/T – 3/28, 4 pm, Wednesday Family Game Club Drums and Snares Everywhere CH/TW – 3/1, 6 pm, Thursday Join us for an evening of board game To register, please call the Plumsted Gaming Branch at 609-758-7888. REG Our local Dream Suite Academy fun using the library's new collection of instructors will show and play a Play video games. Ages 6 – 12. tabletop games. REG A – 3/7, 7 pm, Wednesday cacophony of percussion instruments. CH – 3/3, 10:30 am, Saturday Meet the Mayor Q&A and hands-on demonstrations will T – 3/8, 5:30 pm, Thursday be provided. REG Celebrate Dr. Seuss’s Birthday Manga + Anime Club Schedule an appointment to meet with Celebrate with us. Ages 6 – 11. Ages 12 – 18. Mayor Trotta and Assemblyman Dancer. 16 Please call 609-758-7888. 29 CH – 3/13, 4 pm, Tuesday BD – 3/19, 1 pm, Monday POINT BEACH Bright & Beautiful Therapy Dogs Commonwealth by Ann Patchett F – 3/10, 2 pm, Saturday 732-892-4575 REG Copies of the book are available at the The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s circulation desk. Please Register A – 3/13, 7 pm, Tuesday Stages Festival Presents: Elaine and the Cimarron Sky Band A Cinderella Tale… Happily Ever After T – 3/19, 4 pm, Monday Elaine Orzechowski and her band will A play performed by the Pushcart Spring Bath Bombs ED – Curio Display perform classic country and bluegrass Players. For more details, please see Ages 11 and up. REG Mary Steiner – Piggybanks music. REG page 40 of this brochure or visit www.theoceancountylibrary.org, A – 3/19, 7 pm, Monday ED – Meeting Room Art Display BD – 3/15, 12 pm, Thursday www.stagesfestival.org, or Water colors and oil paintings by the Literature & Lunch Declutter, De-stress and Get www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG Manasquan River Group of Artists. Heart in the Right Place by Liane Things Done! Moriarty. REG We welcome back bestselling author CH – 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, A – 3/12, 12 pm and 1 pm, Monday and organizing humorist Jamie Novak to 10:30 am, Thursdays Music and Movement with Friends learn a few simple organizing tricks for Storytime with Miss Mary Ann A musical program for adults with your home and life. REG Ages 3 – 5 years. REG special challenges and their caregivers with Joan Seele-Goold. There are CH/T – 3/20, 4:30 pm, Tuesday T – 3/2, 3/16, 3 pm, Fridays two sessions – please register for Let’s Make Art Afternoon Adventures with one session only. This program Heather Popielarczyk will teach art Dungeons and Dragons™ made possible by a grant from the REG to children with special challenges KearnyBank Foundation. REG and their siblings. This program made possible by a grant from the CH – 3/5, 3/12, 3/26, 11 am, Mondays CH – 3/15, 3:30, Thursday F – 3/13, 5:30 pm, Tuesday Toddler Stories and Songs The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s KearnyBank Foundation. Ages 8 – 16. Meet the Mayor Ages 18 – 36 months. REG Stages Festival Presents: REG A Cinderella Tale… Happily Ever After Stop in and meet the mayor in an A – 3/6, 7 pm, Tuesday A play performed by the Pushcart informal setting. WHM/CH – 3/21, 4 pm, Wednesday Make Natural Remedies Players. For more details, please see Kids Cook: Recipes from Master Gardener Patti Vilan will explore page 40 of this brochure or visit A – 3/13, 6:30 pm, Tuesday Fannie Farmer how to turn garden herbs into natural www.theoceancountylibrary.org, Small Business Program with SCORE We’ll be learning about this cookbook care products. REG www.stagesfestival.org, or In partnership with Ocean County pioneer and working on a few recipes www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG SCORE. REG from The Fannie Farmer Junior A – 3/6, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27, 7:30 pm, Cookbook. Ages 7 – 12. REG Tuesdays A/T – 3/20, 6 pm, Tuesday A – 3/15, 10 am, Thursday English Conversation Group Pickin’ at Point Art with Friends CH – 3/22, 4 pm – 5 pm, Thursday New members welcome. REG An art program for adults with special T/F – 3/22, 3 pm, Thursday Paws for Reading – Therapy Dogs challenges and their caregivers A – 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28, 10 am – 2 pm, Board Game Afternoon For beginning readers. REG Wednesdays REG with Joan Brenner. This program AARP Tax Help made possible by a grant from the T – 3/22, 7 pm, Thursday Volunteers from AARP will help A – 3/24, 11 am, Saturday KearnyBank Foundation. REG TAB (Teen Advisory Board) Meeting individuals prepare simple returns. Local Author Visit: Leesa Hagen Seniors (60+) have priority. Call for an This Point Pleasant author will discuss A – 3/16, 2 pm, Friday FR – 3/27, 4 pm, Tuesday appointment. REG her book You Can Manifest Love and Get Your Veggie Garden Growing Friends of the Lacey Library Meeting Wealth! REG Join Rutgers Cooperative Extension New members are always welcome. MKR/CH/T – 3/10, 11 am, Saturday Ocean County Master Gardener Berry New Jersey Makers Day A – 3/27, 6:30 pm, Tuesday Jones for information on vegetable Create with a green screen. REG Crafts for adults: Bunny Magnet A – 3/28, 6 pm, Wednesday gardens. REG Evening Film: Home Again A – 3/12, 3/26 1 pm, Mondays BD – 3/27, 7 pm, Tuesday A recently separated woman moves to Stitch at the Beach The Postmistress by Sarah Blake Los Angeles where she invites three All skill levels welcome. REG REG young men to stay in her guesthouse. 30 (PG-13) 97 min. 15 CH – 3/7, 3/21, 11 am, Wednesdays LACEY POINT BOROUGH Building 4 Babies 609-693-8566 732-295-1555 Drop in for some block building. Ages up to 6 years with caregiver. Please Register Please Register A – 3/7, 6:30 pm, Wednesday ED – 3/1 – 3/31 Navigating the Business World After ED – 3 /1 – 3/31 Aerial Photography by Ocean Air Tax Reform Meeting Room Art Support Squadron (Meeting Room); Who wins and loses under the new tax Lacey Township Elementary Schools The Caesars of Rome Exhibit bill? Learn the key points. REG Student Art by Ray Pietrucha (Large Display Case); Exhibit by Kayla Michaelis C – 3/8, 11 am, Thursday C – 3/1 – 3/30 (Small Display Case). Internet Basics One-on-One Computer Instruction Computer mouse experience required. Assistance with computers, library A/F – 3/3, 2 pm, Saturday C – 3/1, 11 am, Thursday REG resources, eReaders and tablets. Celtic Music with Daoine Basic Mouse & Computer Skills Available by appointment only. We welcome back this popular band for Perfect for beginners. REG T – 3/8, 2:45 pm, Thursday a toe-tapping celebration of traditional Teen Tech Week Day CH – Lacey Branch Children’s Celtic music. Sponsored by the Friends T – 3/2, Friday, and 3/26, Monday Visit the meeting room to enjoy our tech Activities of the Lacey Library. REG Take & Make and gaming stations. Ages 12 – 18. For a complete list of children’s D.I.Y. craft kits for ages 12 – 18. REG programs, visit our website or visit the A – 3/6, 6:30 pm, Tuesday Branch for our monthly calendar The Art of Meditation for Beginners CH – 3/2, 11 am, Friday MKR/A – 3/9, 11 am, Friday Learn to still your mind with instructor Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! New Jersey Maker Adults: A – 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, 12 pm, Shazia Zaman. REG Celebrate this beloved children’s author. Perfume to Go Thursdays Ages 3½ – 6. REG Design your own solid perfume that’s Mah Jongg Mavens & Masters A – 3/6, 3/20, 2 pm, Tuesdays perfect for travel. REG Have you always wanted to learn how Chair Yoga for Seniors A – 3/3, 2 pm, Saturday to play Mah Jongg? You can learn by A gentle yoga practice for adults with Eyes in the Sky: Ocean Air Support MKR/T – 3/9, 2:45 pm, Friday watching seasoned players. Do you limited mobility. Taught by Nancy Bonta Squadron NJ Makers Day Craft Stations already know? Either way, come join us. Voitko, certified yoga instructor.REG Learn how aviation and public safety go Visit our teens-only mini Maker Faire. together. REG Ages 12 – 18. REG T – 3/1, 7 pm, Thursday A – 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28, 1 pm, Teen Cooking: Scones Wednesdays T – 3/5, 3 pm, Monday Ages 11 and up. REG Teen Volunteer Day (TAB) English Conversation Group F – 3/10, 2 pm, Saturday Practice English in an informal setting. Have fun earning community service WHM/A – 3/2, 1 pm, Friday hours. Ages 12 – 18. REG The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s Women’s History Month Lunchtime Stages Festival Presents: WHM/T – 3/8, 7 pm, Thursday Film: Princess Kaiulani Schoolhouse Rock Live! A Suffragette Tea Party A – 3/5, 6 pm, Monday The true story of Hawaiian Princess A play performed by the Centenary Learn about the women’s fight for the Dessert & A Movie: Marshall Kaiulani, who fought for the rights of her Stage Company. For more details, right to vote while drinking tea and The library will provide dessert. (PG-13) people. (PG) 130 min. 118 min. REG please see page 40 of this brochure or eating delicious goodies. Ages 13 – 17. visit www.theoceancountylibrary.org, REG A – 3/3, 9:30 am, Saturday WHM/CH – 3/6, 11 am, Tuesday www.stagesfestival.org, or Knitting & Crocheting www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG MKR/F – 3/9, 3 pm, Friday Rosie Revere, Engineer Bring your yarn, needles or hooks, and Make-Up Your Rock A beautifully-illustrated tale of a girl and make some new friends while you knit. WHM/A – 3/12, 2 pm, Monday Create your own rocks and inspire her dream to become a great engineer. All skill levels welcome. Ages 3½ – 6. REG Women of the Civil War others, while spreading kindness in your History professor Richard Trimble will community. REG discuss women’s roles during the War Between the States. REG 14 31 CH – 3/13, 3:45 pm, Tuesday A – 3/21, 2 pm, Wednesday MKR/T – 3/19, 3 pm – 4:30 pm, Monday Rainbow Magnets "Who Would Have Thought?" Maker Monday: Lord of the Rings Create a decorative magnet for Join local author Fred Weintraub for Miniatures CH/F – 3/23, 12 pm, Friday St. Patrick’s Day. Ages 6 – 12. REG some humor and wisdom. REG Create tiny versions of iconic images The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s from the trilogy. Ages 11 – 16. REG Stages Festival Presents: CH – 3/14, 11 am, Wednesday BD – 3/21, 6:30 pm, Wednesday A Cinderella Tale… Happily Ever After Baby & Me Open Our Mind Book Club A – 3/19, 3 pm, Monday A play performed by the Pushcart Share some music and movement Circling the Sun by Paula McLain. Retirement Careers Players. For more details, please see together. Ages 6 – 18 months with Look for a new career after retirement. page 40 of this brochure or visit caregiver. REG C – 3/22, 11 am, Monday Learn about new options, free resources www.theoceancountylibrary.org, Introduction to Facebook® and explore short-term education www.stagesfestival.org, or C – 3/15, 11 am, Thursday PC skills and an existing email account possibilities. Plan and enjoy your next www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG Internet Beyond the Basics required. REG phase of life. This event is funded by the Take the next step. Mouse and internet Ocean County College Trade Adjustment CH – 3/26, 10:30 am, Monday skills required. REG T – 3/22, 2:45 pm, Thursday Assistance Community College and Career Unicorns vs. Narwhal Storytime Egg Painting Training and New Jersey Department Who is the best, unicorns or narwhals? A – 3/15, 2 pm, Thursday Paint a pretty wooden egg for Easter. of Labor and Workforce Development Find out with stories, parachute and Thriller Thursdays: It Ages 12 – 18. REG Career Connections grants. REG crafts. Ages 3 – 5. REG Seven kids battle a clown terrorizing their small town. (R) 135 min. REG CH – 3/22, 6 pm, Thursday CH – 3/20, 10:30 am, Tuesday A – 3/26, 2 pm, Sock Bunnies Spring Storytime Monday BD – 3/19, 10:30 am, Monday No-sew bunnies made of socks. The Listen to seasonal stories and make a All About Autism Friends Book Discussion Group library will provide all materials. craft. Ages 3 – 6 with caregiver. REG Support Group The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens. Ages 6 – 11. REG Together, we will explore ways in T – 3/19, 2:30 pm, Monday C – 3/27, 3 pm, Tuesday which autism affects Teen Movie Afternoon Tech Tuesday: Computer Cleanup our lives. REG Drop in our meeting room to catch a Learn how to clean up and organize fun flick. This month's movie is to be your computer storage space. REG A – 3/26, 6 pm, Monday determined. Ages 12 – 18. Evening Film: Baby Driver WHM/T – 3/28, 2:45 pm, Wednesday A talented, young getaway driver meets Tea and Suffragists the girl of his dreams and sees a chance Sip tea and learn about women’s voting to ditch his criminal life. (R) 113 min. rights. Ages 12 – 18. REG REG A – 3/20, 3 pm – 4 pm, Tuesday CH – 3/28, 11 am, Wednesday Art of Meditation: For Beginners A – 3/27, 10 am, Tuesday Total Toddler Time Learn different techniques of meditation. Coloring for Adults Calling all waddlers and walkers. Come Learn to destress and bring yourself into Rediscover the joy of coloring. REG enjoy music and movement. presence and clarity. Seating is limited. Ages 18 – 36 months. REG REG CH/F – 3/27, 10 am – 3 pm, Tuesday Drop-in Bunny & Egg Crafts A – 3/19, 7 pm, Monday BD – 3/28, 7:30 pm, Wednesday T – 3/20, 7 pm – 8:30 pm, Tuesday Acoustic Musicians Guild Good Readers Book Club Teen Advisory Board MKR/T – 3/27, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Sponsored by Friends of the Point The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner. Grades 7 – 12. REG Tuesday Pleasant Borough Branch. REG Teen Cuisine: Flour + H2O = Pasta C – 3/29, 2 pm, Thursday CH – 3/21, 9:30 am or 10:30 am, Flour and water are the building blocks CH – 3/20, 11 am, Tuesday Pinterest® for Beginners Wednesday of many recipes. Each month, we will Once Upon a Storytime Learn the basics of this awesome visual Drop in Toddler Play start with flour and water and add other Come dressed up for storybook time. website. REG Hang out and make new friends while ingredients to create delicious kitchen Ages 3 – 6. REG the little ones entertain themselves with staples. This month we will make pasta our toys and activities. Ages 1 – 3. from scratch the old-fashioned way. 32 Ages 12 – 18. REG 13 MKR/CH – 3/8, 6:30 pm, Thursday MKR/F – 3/10, 10 am – 3 pm, Saturday Build it! Drop in Make it! STAFFORD Create a moving cardboard Strawbee Stop by anytime between 10 am and 609-597-3381 creature and work together to make an 3 pm to see what you can make. awesome Keva Plank marble run. Please Register Ages 6 – 12. REG CH – 3/12, 10:30 am, Monday End of the Rainbow Storytime WHM/A/FR – 3/1, 10:30 am, Thursday MKR/A/CH/T – 3/9, Friday and 3/10, Enjoy this colorful storytime with Friends Adventure: Saturday parachute play and crafts. Ages 3 – 6. Aim for a High Mark New Jersey Makers Day REG First person interpreter Kim Hanley A statewide celebration of tinkering, brings Annie Oakley to life. Presented crafting, and STEM-based learning. A – 3/12, 3/26, 10 am, Mondays by NJ Council for Humanities/Public See our website for details. REG Knit-Chat-Chain Volunteers Scholars Project. Sponsored by the A – 3/7, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Items are donated to hospitals Friends of the Stafford Library. REG Adulting 101: Fast, Easy, Cheap Food MKR/CH – 3/9, 10:30 am, Friday Giovanna Carbonello, ShopRite Drop in Build it! BD – 3/13, 1 pm, Tuesday A/F – 3/1, 3/8, 1 pm – 3 pm, Thursdays, Registered Dietician, talks eating cheap Get building in our creation stations with Every Last One by Anna Quindlen 3/3, 3/17, 3/31, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, but nutritious. REG LEGOS®, Magnatiles, Keva Planks and Saturdays more. Ages 4 – 12. MKR/T – 3/13, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, String of Purls – Knit/Crochet CH – 3/8, 6:30 pm, Thursday Tuesday LEGO® Builders Club MKR/A – 3/9, 12 pm, Friday Tech Tuesday: Gaming A – 3/2, 3/16, 3/23, 12:30 pm – 4 pm, Ages 5 – 12. REG Bread Pudding Demonstration Make your own video game with Fridays Learn how to make delicious bread Bloxels, then play our Nintendo Switch. Mah Jongg MKR/F – 3/9, 1 pm – 4 pm, Friday pudding and taste the results. Alert us Ages 12 – 18. REG Garden Party Maker Day (Part 1) in advance of food allergies. Ages 18+. T – 3/2, 3/16, 3:30 pm, Fridays Make decorations and transform the REG CH – 3/14, 3/28, 9:30 am or 10:30 am, Learn Online Classroom for Teens: library into a garden party. All ages. Wednesdays American Sign Language Toddler Time REG MKR/F – 3/10, 10 am – 2 pm, Saturday Pint sized songs and stories perfect for Garden Party Maker Day (Part 2) you and your little one. Ages 1 – 3. REG A – 3/4, 3/11, 3/18, 3/25, 3 pm, Sundays Fun spring activities for all ages. and 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26, 11 am, Mondays FR – 3/15, 7 pm, Thursday English Conversation Group A – 3/12, Reception 6 pm, Lecture 7 pm, Friends Meeting Monday All are welcome to attend. BD – 3/5, 11 am, Monday Pine Shores Art Association A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman Art History Lecture CH – 3/15, 6:30 pm, Thursday Georgian Court Professor Lisa Festa, LEGO® Club MKR/TW – 3/5, 6:30 pm, Monday PhD, presents The Art of Dutch Master Bring yourself, bring a friend, create with Tween Maker: Tie Dye Shoelaces Rembrandt. Reception features Pine MKR/A – 3/9, 2 pm, Friday our LEGOS®. Ages 6 – 12. REG Supplies provided. Age 9 – 14. REG Shores artists Kathy Crocker, Julianna Ireland in a Jar: Adult Maker Craft Costa, Dorothy Siclare, and Tom Create a mini scene in a jar inspired by CH/F – 3/16, 10 am – 3 pm, Friday CH – 3/6, 10:30 am, Tuesday Troyano. Exhibit will be shown through the Irish countryside. Makes a great gift Drop in St. Patrick’s Day Crafts & Bouncing Babies February and March. REG for St. Patrick's Day. Ages 18+. REG Leprechaun Hunt Ages up to 12 months. REG CH – 3/13, 10:30 am, Tuesday MKR/CH – 3/9, 4 pm, Friday C – 3/6, 3/13, 2 pm – 4 pm, Parachute Play A – 3/17, 1 pm – 4:30 pm, Saturday 10 am – 12 pm, Tuesdays Make it! Leprechaun Traps Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day Ages 3½ – 5. REG Looking for treasure? Create a Get to Know Your iPad Enjoy refreshments from 1 pm to Call for a 30-minute appointment. Leprechaun trap with our supplies and 1:45 pm and watch The Quiet Man BD – 3/13, 1 pm, Tuesday see if you can catch one. Ages 6 – 12. film starting at 2 pm. Sponsored by the Ordinary Grace by William Kent REG A – 3/7, 1 pm, Wednesday Krueger Jackson Friends of the Library. Seating Brain Games 12 limited. Ages 18+. REG 33 CH – 3/14, 10:30 am, Wednesday TW – 3/21, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Waddler Time Tween Team Challenge: Copycat Coder JACKSON Ages 13 – 23 months with caregiver. Solve a coding puzzle and create a 732-928-4400 REG website. Ages 9 – 14. REG Please Register T – 3/14, 6 pm, Wednesday WHM/A – 3/21, 7 pm, Wednesday Teen Advisory Board Meeting Women of the Armed Forces A – 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, Sponsored by the Great John Mathis 9 am – 2 pm, Thursdays A – 3/14, 6:30 pm, Wednesday Chapter of the National Society Daughters AARP Tax Assistance SCORE Workshop: How to Launch a of the American Revolution. REG Free tax assistance by members Successful Small Business of AARP. No age requirement, but REG A – 3/22, 2 pm, Thursday appointments are required. Must bring Rutgers Cooperative Extension A – 3/3, 10 am – 1 pm, Saturday or previous year(s) returns, photo ID, social FR – 3/15, 9:30 am – 12 pm, Thursday Ocean County Master Gardeners – 3/21, 6 pm – 9 pm, Wednesday security or ITIN card, and all relevant tax Friends of the Stafford Library Container Gardening with Herbs Art of Pysanky: Ukrainian Eggs documents related to the tax years to be Meeting Q&A before and after talk. REG Make a beautifully designed egg using prepared. Please call 732-928-4400 traditional materials and a traditional ext. 3808 to make an appointment. REG A/T – 3/15, 3/29, 10 am – 12 pm, process that uses a wax-resist batik Thursdays method. Please bring an egg carton F – 3/22, 6 pm, Thursday C – 3/1 – 3/31 Writers Group or container for your egg and a smock The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s Tech Classes REG or worn shirt. All other supplies will be Stages Festival Presents: Technology classes are offered every provided. Sponsored by the Jackson Peter and the Wolf month. We teach a variety of classes A/T – 3/15, 2 pm – 7 pm, Thursday Friends of the Library. Ages 18+. A play performed by the Pushcart that are designed for students of different Blood Drive Seating limited. Sign up for only one Players. For more details, please see levels. Among the classes that we offer Sponsored by the American Red Cross. session. REG page 40 of this brochure or visit on a regular basis are: Computers 101, To register call 1-800-RED-CROSS or www.theoceancountylibrary.org, Windows 10, Microsoft® Word (both online redcrossblood.org CH – 3/5, 3/19, 9:30 am or 10:30 am, www.stagesfestival.org, or basic and intermediate), and Microsoft® Mondays www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG PowerPoint. We are now also offering a MKR/CH – 3/17, 10 am – 1 pm, Inspire Your Heart with Art class in Google Drive. For details, call the Saturday Art activities for ages 1 – 3. REG MKR/T – 3/22, 7 pm, Thursday library at 732-928-4400, ext. 4 or register Drop-in Craft DIY Teen: Upcycled Artist Portfolios online at www.theoceancountylibrary.org Supplies provided. Ages 12 – 18. REG A – 3/5, 3/19, 6:30 pm, Mondays WHM/T – 3/19, 7 pm, Monday Knit-Chat-Chain Volunteers CH – 3/2, 10:30 am, Friday Tea and Suffragists: Escape Room Items are donated to hospitals. TW – 3/23, 3:30 pm, Friday Baby & Me Unscramble puzzles to find the secret Tween Minecraft Club Ages up to 18 months with caregiver. to success to get women’s right to vote TW/T – 3/6, 6:30 pm – 8 pm, Tuesday Ages 9 – 14. REG REG in the U.S. A relaxing tea time is your Anime Club reward. Ages 12 – 18. REG We will watch selected clips from a A – 3/26, 7 pm, Monday A – 3/2, 2 pm, Friday different series each month, taste- DVD Discussion Group: Detroit Spring: Get Your CH – 3/20, 10:30 am, Tuesday test Japanese snacks, and talk about Garden Growing Preschool Storytime everything anime. Ages 11 – 16. REG C – 3/27, 10:30 am, Tuesday Judith Richtmyer REG Windows 10 Basics from the Ocean C – 3/8, 2 pm, Thursday REG County Master C – 3/20, 2:30 pm, Tuesday Top Notch Resumes I: The Basics Gardeners OCL Language Databases Get some great resume writing tips to CH – 3/28, 10:30 am, Wednesday shares ideas and Learn 80 new languages. REG help you present your best resume to Toddler Time expertise on how potential employers. This class is funded Ages 2 – 3 with caregiver. REG to get your garden MKR/A – 3/21, 3 pm, Wednesday by the New Jersey Department of Labor ready for spring. REG Make It! Instagram Magnets A – 3/28, 6 pm, Wednesday and Workforce Development Career Bring digital images. REG Feature Film: The Glass Castle Connections grant. REG 34 (PG-13) 127 min. 11 A – 3/1, 7 pm, Thursday ISLAND HEIGHTS TOMS RIVER Preparing for Your Job Interview 732-270-6266 A/T – 3/19, 6:30 pm, Monday 732-349-6200 Learn how to research your potential NJ Stages Theater Presents: employer and be prepared to ask the Please Register The Adventure of the Speckled Band Please Register right questions. Ocean County College A Sherlock Holmes play performed Career Development Seminar Series, by the East Lynne Theater Company. funded by the U.S. Department of CH – 3/3, 10:30 am, Saturday For more details, please see page ED – 3/1 – 3/31 Labor Trade Adjustment Assistance LEGO® Play 36 of this brochure or visit Toms River Schools Student Art Show Community College & Career Training We’ll supply the LEGO® bricks for nd www.theoceancountylibrary.org, (McConnell Gallery/2 Floor Gallery) Grant. REG imaginative free play. Ages 3½ – 8. REG www.stagesfestival.org, or www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG A – 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, CH – 3/2, 10:30 am, Friday T – 3/5, 7 pm, Monday 9 am – 12 pm, Thursdays Dr. Seuss Birthday Party TAB/Teen Craft AARP Tax Aide Program Join us to celebrate Dr. Seuss and his All teens are welcome to join our Teen Free tax preparation help. characters for Read Across America Advisory Board. Earn volunteer hours Day. Ages 2 – 5. REG while having fun. Ages 12 – 17. REG A – Tuesdays, 12 pm – 7 pm, Wednesdays, 12 pm – 7 pm, MKR/CH/F – 3/3, 2 pm – 3:30 pm, CH – 3/7, 10:30 am, Wednesday Thursdays, 12 pm – 7 pm, Saturday Toddler Time Fridays*, 10 am – 4 pm, Crafty Kids Drop-in Join us for a fun selection of stories, Saturdays, 10 am – 3 pm, Join us to make a rainbow craft. featuring history making women, songs, *Please note, the Library is closed on and fingerplays. Ages 1½ – 3½.REG Friday, 3/30 in observance on Good A – 3/3, 2 pm, Saturday Friday. Songs and Stories of Ireland MKR/F – 3/9, 3:30 pm, Friday Vita Tax Aide Join us as we celebrate Irish culture with New Jersey Makers Day Free income tax service sponsored by Ian Gallagher. REG Participate in New Jersey Makers Day Fulfill/Monmouth & Ocean for low to with a fun STEM project. REG moderate income households. Call A – 3/5, 6 pm, Monday (732) 643-5888 to make an appointment. Intention Setting Workshop TW – 3/13, 3:30 pm, Tuesday CH – 3/21, 10:30 am, Wednesday Reset your intentions for 2018 and Tween Tuesdays Preschool Music Makers C – 3/1, 9:30 am, Thursday release anything holding you back in this Come hang out with other tweens for Join us as we play a variety of musical Mouse/Basic Computer Skills workshop. REG gaming or crafting. Ages 10 – 12. REG instruments. Ages 3 – 5. REG REG CH – 3/6, 10 am, Tuesday CH – 3/23, 3:30 pm, Friday MKR/CH – 3/1, 3:30 pm, Thursday Baby & Me Read to the Dogs DIY Daffodil Interactive stories, songs and more Practice reading alongside gentle, Daffodils come up in March – make one for you and your baby. Ages up to 12 beautiful therapy dogs. Ages 5 – 12. for yourself. REG months. REG REG A – 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, 6 pm, A – 3/6, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27, 10 am, FR – 3/26, 7 pm, Monday Thursdays Tuesdays Trustees of the Library Meeting Adult Knitting Meetup English Conversation Group The Trustees of the Library welcome new members. A – 3/1, 3/15, MKR/A – 3/6, 12 pm – 2 pm, Tuesday 6 pm, Thursdays Lunchtime Cooking Demo A – 3/17, 11 am, Saturday TW – 3/27, 3:30 pm, Tuesday Gamers Corner Drop in and learn how to make fast and Homemade Bath Bombs Tween Tuesdays 20-somethings easy recipes that you can recreate at Prepare for a relaxing day in the future Come hang out with other tweens for Ages 18 – 29. home. by making bath bombs today. REG gaming or crafting. Ages 10 – 12. REG

10 35 A – 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28, 10 am, T – 3/13, 4:30 pm – 6 pm, Tuesday A – 3/17, 1:30 pm, Saturday CH – 3/21, 10:30 am, Wednesday Wednesdays Teen Anime Club Feature Film: Mother! Awesome Owls Storytime English Conversation Group Jennifer Lawrence stars in this thriller as We’ll read some awesome owl books MKR/CH – 3/13, 6:30 pm, Tuesday a woman who descends into madness. and make a craft. Ages 3 – 5. REG A – 3/7, 7 pm, Wednesday Young Artist’s Studio (R) 121 min. REG Open Mic Night Join us for our monthly art program. C – 3/21, 2 pm, Wednesday Performers register at 6:30 pm. Ages 6 – 12. REG CH/F – 3/19, 10:30 am, Monday Excel Basics Youth Art Month Kiddie Crafting Learn to create a spreadsheet and use T – 3/7, 7 pm – 8 pm, Wednesday BD – 3/13, 7 pm, Tuesday Celebrate Youth Art Month with some basic Excel functions. REG TAB (Teen Advisory Board) The Kitchen House by Kathleen fun crafts. REG Earn an hour of community service by Grissom CH – 3/21, 5 pm, Wednesday doing group projects. C – 3/19, 2:30 pm, Monday Special Challenges Storytime and Play MKR/CH – 3/14, 10:30 am, Wednesday Yahoo! Basics Enjoy music, art, stories, and sensory MKR/CH – 3/9, 10:30 am, Friday Arty Party Set up and learn the basics of a Yahoo! play. Ages 2 – 6. REG Make a Mask! Make & Take Join us for our monthly art program. email account. REG March comes in like a lion and goes out Ages 3½ – 5. REG C – 3/22, 7 pm, Thursday like a lamb. Chose a mask to make and OCL Website take home. Ages 3½ – 5. REG A – 3/14, 7 pm, Wednesday Learn how to navigate the Ocean Monthly Meditation County Library website. Mouse and MKR/T – 3/10, 10:30 am – 12 pm, REG keyboard skills are required. REG 1 pm – 2:30 pm, Saturday Tech Take-Apart C – 3/15, 2:30 pm, Thursday MKR/T/CH/A – 3/23, Open up familiar pieces of technology Microsoft® Word 2010 I 2:30 pm, Friday like a laptop and a PlayStation and learn REG Superhero Selfies about the parts inside. Science educator Use the magic of Aubrey Weibel will teach us what the CH/F – 3/16, 3:30 pm, Friday F – 3/19, 6:30 pm, Monday a green screen to little pieces do. REG for one session. St. Patrick’s Day Family Fun The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s take a selfie with Make a holiday craft and play some Stages Festival Presents: your favorite FR – 3/12, 2 pm, Monday green games. REG Schoolhouse Rock Live! superhero. REG Friends of the Ocean County Library – A play performed by the Centenary Toms River Meeting WHM/T – 3/19, 6 pm – 7:30 pm, Stage Company. For more details, CH/F – 3/26, Monday please see page 40 of this brochure or 10:30 am, CH – 3/12, 6:30 pm, Monday Roaring Twenties Coffeehouse visit www.theoceancountylibrary.org, Monday Boys Club It’s Women’s History Month and we’re www.stagesfestival.org, or Black and Join us for our monthly program full of celebrating by travelling back in time to www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG White Ball fun. Ages 8 – 12. REG the 1920s. Join us at the music, games, Come dressed and drinks provided by Starbucks. Feel C – 3/20, 2:30 pm, Tuesday in your finest black and white finery and A – 3/12, 7 pm, Monday free to dress in your best 1920s attire. Formatting in Word enjoy a grand party. REG Cookbook Club Learn to transform pictures, shapes, and Do you love cooking and testing out new A – 3/19, 6:30 pm, Monday text. Basic knowledge of Word required. WHM/A – 3/28, 2:30 pm, Wednesday recipes? Join our cookbook club. REG How to Get the Most Out of Your REG Eat Your Words Marketing Efforts Online We will cook and taste some recipes C – 3/13, 9:30 am, Tuesday This program is presented in partnership T – 3/20, 7 pm, Tuesday from famous women chefs. REG Internet I with SCORE of Ocean County. REG Survival Skills for the Zombie REG Apocalypse C – 3/28, 6 pm, Wednesday CH – 3/19, 6:30 pm, Monday Learn wilderness survival skills that will Mouse Basics CH – 3/13, 10 am, Tuesday Girls Club help you survive the zombie apocalypse. First stop for beginners. Learn how to Toddler Time Join us for our monthly program full of REG use the mouse. REG Fun stories and activities for your little fun. Ages 8 – 12. REG one. Ages 2 – 3. REG 36 9 F – 3/21, 7 pm, Wednesday F – 3/21, 7 pm, Wednesday TOMS RIVER Toms River Multigenerational TOMS RIVER Toms River Multigenerational Orchestra Orchestra (continued) Music lovers will enjoy a wide range of (continued) Music lovers will enjoy a wide range of Please Register orchestral selections from these local Please Register orchestral selections from these local performers. REG performers. REG

CH – 3/20, 10 am, Tuesday CH – 3/22, 10 am, Thursday CH – 3/20, 10 am, Tuesday CH – 3/22, 10 am, Thursday Baby & Me Waddler Time Baby & Me Waddler Time Interactive stories, songs and more Interactive stories, songs and more for Interactive stories, songs and more Interactive stories, songs and more for for you and your baby. Ages up to 12 you and your little one. Ages 12 – 23 for you and your baby. Ages up to 12 you and your little one. Ages 12 – 23 months. REG months. REG months. REG months. REG

MKR/A – 3/20, 2 pm, Tuesday BD – 3/22, 2 pm, Thursday MKR/A – 3/20, 2 pm, Tuesday BD – 3/22, 2 pm, Thursday Whimsical Wind Chimes Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart Whimsical Wind Chimes Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart REG REG CH – 3/22, 6:30 pm, Thursday CH – 3/22, 6:30 pm, Thursday ® ® A/T – 3/20, 6:30 pm, Tuesday LEGO Club A/T – 3/20, 6:30 pm, Tuesday LEGO Club Paint, Pencils & Pixels – How Women Join us for some building fun. We Paint, Pencils & Pixels – How Women Join us for some building fun. We Transformed Walt Disney’s Animation supply the LEGOS®, all you need is your Transformed Walt Disney’s Animation supply the LEGOS®, all you need is your Join Mindy Johnson, author of Ink & imagination. Ages 6 – 12. REG Join Mindy Johnson, author of Ink & imagination. Ages 6 – 12. REG Paint – The Women of Walt Disney’s Paint – The Women of Walt Disney’s Animation as she raises the celluloid A – 3/22, 7 pm, Thursday Animation as she raises the celluloid A – 3/22, 7 pm, Thursday curtain on her remarkable story of Exploring Online Career Resources curtain on her remarkable story of Exploring Online Career Resources how women artists defined the classic Learn to use the online career search how women artists defined the classic Learn to use the online career search animation of Walt Disney. REG resources of Career Connections animation of Walt Disney. REG resources of Career Connections and Career Coach to improve the and Career Coach to improve the CH – 3/21, 10:30 am, Wednesday effectiveness of your job search. Narrow CH – 3/21, 10:30 am, Wednesday effectiveness of your job search. Narrow Monster Mash your search based on local job sector, Monster Mash your search based on local job sector, Not all monsters are scary. Join us for average pay, and qualifications. Ocean Not all monsters are scary. Join us for average pay, and qualifications. Ocean stories, songs, and a craft. Ages 3½ – 5. County College Career Development stories, songs, and a craft. Ages 3½ – 5. County College Career Development REG Seminar Series, funded by the U.S. REG Seminar Series, funded by the U.S. Department of Labor Trade Adjustment Department of Labor Trade Adjustment T – 3/21, 11 am – 12 pm, Wednesday Assistance Community College and T – 3/21, 11 am – 12 pm, Wednesday Assistance Community College and Homeschool Hangout Career Training Grant. REG Homeschool Hangout Career Training Grant. REG Homework help and activities especially Homework help and activities especially for our homeschooled teens. REG CH – 3/23, 10:30 am, Friday for our homeschooled teens. REG CH – 3/23, 10:30 am, Friday Baseball Storytime Baseball Storytime CH – 3/21, 4:30 pm, Wednesday It’s baseball season, join us for stories CH – 3/21, 4:30 pm, Wednesday It’s baseball season, join us for stories Ruff Readers and a craft. Ages 3½ – 5. REG Ruff Readers and a craft. Ages 3½ – 5. REG Practice your reading skills in the Practice your reading skills in the company of gentle therapy dogs. A – 3/24, 2 pm, Saturday company of gentle therapy dogs. A – 3/24, 2 pm, Saturday Ages 6 – 12. REG Jazz Virtuoso Brian Betz Ages 6 – 12. REG Jazz Virtuoso Brian Betz An afternoon of American standards An afternoon of American standards A – 3/21, 6 pm – 8 pm, Wednesday and original compositions featuring jazz A – 3/21, 6 pm – 8 pm, Wednesday and original compositions featuring jazz Anime Plus guitarist, composer and educator Brian Anime Plus guitarist, composer and educator Brian Ages 18 – 29. Betz, past winner of the Betty Carter Ages 18 – 29. Betz, past winner of the Betty Carter International Jazz Competition. REG International Jazz Competition. REG A – 3/25, 2 pm – 4 pm, Sunday MKR/CH/F – 3/31, 3 pm – 4:30 pm, A – 3/25, 2 pm – 4 pm, Sunday MKR/CH/F – 3/31, 3 pm – 4:30 pm, Participate in a Drum and Saturday Participate in a Drum and Saturday Sound Circle Maker Play: Green Screen Drop-in Sound Circle Maker Play: Green Screen Drop-in Bring your djembe, floor toms, frame Stop by for a fun portrait with our Green Bring your djembe, floor toms, frame Stop by for a fun portrait with our Green drums, conga, bongos, gongs, Screen. drums, conga, bongos, gongs, Screen. didgeridoos, and your chanting voice. didgeridoos, and your chanting voice. MKR/TW – 3/31, 5 pm, Wednesday MKR/TW – 3/31, 5 pm, Wednesday CH – 3/26, 10:30 am, Monday Middle Schoolers Code CH – 3/26, 10:30 am, Monday Middle Schoolers Code Kids Growing Great Make fun original projects with coding. Kids Growing Great Make fun original projects with coding. Stories, an activity, a craft and a Ages 11 – 13. REG Stories, an activity, a craft and a Ages 11 – 13. REG healthy snack provided by Ms. Gia healthy snack provided by Ms. Gia from ShopRite on Fischer Blvd. in Toms from ShopRite on Fischer Blvd. in Toms River. Ages 3½ – 5. REG River. Ages 3½ – 5. REG

C – 3/26, 2:30 pm, Monday C – 3/26, 2:30 pm, Monday Introduction to Pixlr Introduction to Pixlr REG REG

CH – 3/26, 6:30 pm, Monday CH – 3/26, 6:30 pm, Monday The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s Stages Festival Presents: Stages Festival Presents: Miss Nelson is Missing! Miss Nelson is Missing! A play performed by the Centenary A play performed by the Centenary Stage Company. For more details, Stage Company. For more details, please see page 40 of this brochure or please see page 40 of this brochure or visit www.theoceancountylibrary.org, visit www.theoceancountylibrary.org, www.stagesfestival.org, or www.stagesfestival.org, or www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG

MKR/T – 3/26, 6:30 pm, Monday MKR/T – 3/26, 6:30 pm, Monday Teen Cuisine Teen Cuisine Make and taste a new recipe each Make and taste a new recipe each month. Supplies provided. No month. Supplies provided. No experience necessary. REG experience necessary. REG

MKR/CH – 3/28, 10:30 am, Wednesday MKR/CH – 3/28, 10:30 am, Wednesday First Art First Art Beginning art projects for toddlers. Beginning art projects for toddlers. Bring a smock, we may get messy. Bring a smock, we may get messy. Ages 2 – 3. REG Ages 2 – 3. REG

TW/T – 3/29, 11 am – 1 pm, TW/T – 3/29, 11 am – 1 pm, Thursday Thursday Put Yourself in Herstory Put Yourself in Herstory Drop by the Teen Zone during lunch Drop by the Teen Zone during lunch time to take a photo with a historical time to take a photo with a historical background on our green screen. background on our green screen. C – 3/7, 10 am, Wednesday C – 3/13, 2:30 pm, Tuesday CH – 3/13, 11:30 am, hoopla Word Basics TUCKERTON Tuesday Learn how to borrow free digital movies, Learn basic document creation, menu 609-296-1470 What Pet Should I Get? music, and eBooks. Active library card and toolbar functionality in Word. Mouse Dog, bird, or cat; what and email needed. REG skills needed. REG Please Register do you think of that? Join us FR – 3/7, 10 am, A – 3/13, 6 pm, Tuesday for pet tales and A – 3/1, 3/15, 10 am – 12 pm, Wednesday Knit Wits pinecone Thursdays Friends Meeting Bring your crochet, knitting or crafting pet crafts. Art Chat All are welcome. needles, and your craft. REG Ages 2 – 8. All are welcome. REG A – 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28, 1 pm, WHM/T – 3/13, 7 pm, Tuesday CH – 3/2, 2 pm, Friday Wednesdays Tea and Suffragists Green Eggs and Ham Open Play Mah Jongg Tea and history. Sample different teas Do you like green eggs and ham? Find A – 3/19, 6 pm, Monday All levels of play welcome. Bring your and learn about the movement that out while you celebrate Dr. Seuss with The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s game set and current card. obtained the right to vote for British stories and crafts. Ages 2 – 8. REG Stages Festival Presents: women. Ages 12 – 18. REG At Ninety-Three C – 3/8, 2:30 pm, Thursday A/T – 3/5, 6 pm, Monday A play performed by the Dreamcatcher Hashtags A – 3/14, 10 am, Wednesday Movie: Same Kind of Different as Me Repertory Theatre. For more details, Once known as a pound sign, those Brain Health as You Age International art dealer Ron Hall must please see page 40 of this brochure or #hashtags used in social media have We’ll review the risk factors for and befriend a dangerous homeless man in visit www.theoceancountylibrary.org, changed the world. REG diseases of the brain. A light brunch will order to save his struggling marriage to www.stagesfestival.org, or be served. REG his wife, a woman whose dreams will www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG A – 3/8, 6:30 pm, Thursday lead all three of them on the journey of Beginners Guide to Facebook Live A – 3/14, 11 am, Wednesday their lives. (PG-13) 119 min. REG CH – 3/20, 11:30 am, Tuesday and Marketing your Business Brain Games Lots of Dots Author and business owner Bill Clanton Come and exercise your brain by CH – 3/6, 11:30 am, Tuesday Make your mark with our story and will help you grow your business through playing fun word games. REG Snooze Fest doodle dot activity. Ages 2 – 8. REG Facebook. Cosponsored by Ocean Slip in for some sleepy, snuggly stories County SCORE. REG C – 3/14, 6 pm, Wednesday and crafts. Wear your pajamas. CH – 3/24, 10:30 am, Saturday Universal Class ® ® Ages 2 – 8. REG LEGOS /DUPLOS Fun and Movie: MKR/T – 3/10, 11 am, Saturday Free online education courses with an Despicable Me 3 Intro to Video Game Design Ocean County Library card. REG MKR/F – 3/8, 3 pm, Thursday and Gru meets his long-lost more successful Celebrate NJ Maker Day and learn the 3/9, 2 pm, Friday twin brother Dru who wants to team up basics of video game design in this CH – 3/15, 4 pm, Thursday What’s in a Name? with him for one last criminal heist. (PG) 3-hour class. REG Greet the Therapy Dogs Design a unique quilt block square to 90 min. All ages with caregiver. REG Practice reading alongside gentle, show how your name is special during C – 3/12, 2:30 pm, Monday beautiful therapy dogs. Ages 5 and up. our Do it Yourself Name Quilt Maker A/T – 3/26, 6 pm, Monday YouTube Basics REG event. All ages. REG Movie: Only the Brave Learn how to search for videos, utilize Based on the true story of the Granite the user interface, and subscribe to A – 3/15, 6:30 pm, Thursday A/T – 3/12, 6 pm, Monday Mountain Hotshots, a group of elite channels. REG Night Crafting for Adults Movie: Geostorm firefighters risk everything to protect a The craft will be a denim wreath with When the network of satellites designed town from a historic wildfire. (PG-13) C – 3/13, 10 am, Tuesday fabric flowers. REG to control the global climate starts to 134 min. REG New Jersey Property Records attack Earth, it's a race against the clock Free access to NJ property records CH – 3/16, 10:30 am, Friday for its creator to uncover the real threat WHM/CH – 3/27, 11:30 am, Tuesday while in any Ocean County Library No-Mess Finger Painting before a worldwide Geostorm wipes out Look Who’s Famous location. REG Come enjoy finger painting without the everything and everyone. (PG-13) Welcome to our world of famous mess. Ages 2 – 5. REG 109 min. REG women, with stories and craft. Ages 2 – 8. REG 8 37 CH – 3/16, 10:30 am, Friday C – 3/5, 2:30 pm, Monday UPPER SHORES Leprechaun Hunt & Storytime BRICK Google Chrome Basics 732-793-3996 Top o' the mornin' to ya. Join us for 732-477-4513 Learn basic browsing tips, stories filled with shamrocks, rainbows customization, bookmarking, and Please Register and all things Irish. The Library Please Register adjusting privacy settings. REG Leprechaun paid us a visit. Help us find treasure hidden somewhere inside the C – 3/5, 6:30 pm, Monday A – 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, ED – 3/1 – 3/31 library. Ages 1 – 5. REG US Newsstream 10:30 am – 2:30 pm, Thursdays Youth Art Month Explore the library’s new database, AARP Tax Assistance The Art Educators of New Jersey A – 3/21, 6:30 pm, Wednesday and which offers free access to many By appointment only. Free tax present artwork by Ocean County 3/23, 2 pm, Friday popular newspapers. REG preparation and electronic filing. Call or students. Movie Time: Enjoy the Show! stop in for your appointment. The Glass Castle A – 3/1 – 4/12, 9 am, Thursdays The movie adaptation stars Brie Larson, A – 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, 2 pm, AARP Tax Help Woody Harrelson, and Naomi Watts. Thursdays Volunteers from AARP will help (PG-13) 127 min. Great American Standards individuals prepare simple returns. The talented Gary Evans will entertain Seniors (60+) have priority. English only. us at the piano. Requests welcome. Call for an appointment. REG A – 3/24, 3 pm, Saturday BD – 3/2, 3 pm, Friday The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s C – 3/1, 2:30 pm, Thursday Last Days of Night by Graham Moore Stages Festival Presents: Sherlock Twitter Holmes Adventure of the Speckled Learn how to use Twitter. Must have A – 3/14, 4 pm or 7 pm, Wednesday Band – Radio-Style! a valid email address and know the Movie Time: Enjoy the Show! A play performed by the East Lynne password for it. REG The Lunchbox Theater Company. For more details see WHM/A – 3/5, 7 pm, Monday An incorrectly delivered lunchbox, notes page 40 of this brochure or visit A – 3/2, 3/16, 10 am, Fridays Ladies of Country Music between strangers, and an unexpected www.theoceancountylibrary.org, Stitch in Time Celebrate Women’s History Month with adult friendship. Treat yourself to this www.stagesfestival.org, or Bring your crochet, knitting or crafting Elaine and the Cimarron Sky Band, tasty surprise. Set in Mumbai. Foreign www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG needles, and your craft. REG performing the classic country songs language film. (PG) 105 min. of singers Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, CH – 3/26, 10:30 am, Monday WHM/C – 3/2, 10:30 am, Friday Patsy Cline, Emmylou Harris, and other Terrific Trains Storytime & Craft American Women's History Online legendary stars. REG Chug-chug, choo-choo, that’s what Explore more than 500 years of history. trains say to you. Roll in for a storytime REG all about trains. Ages 1 – 5. REG C – 3/6, 10 am, Tuesday Consumer Reports Online CH – 3/2, 10:30 am, Friday Learn how to get reviews. REG Incredible Indiana Jones Party

You call this archaeology? Party Indy- A – 3/6, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27, style with games and crafts. Ages 2 – 6. 10 am – 12 pm, Tuesdays REG Learn to Play Mah Jongg The Brick Branch Mah Jongg Club BD – 3/2, 2 pm, Friday invites new players to this 4-week class How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny for beginners. REG CH – 3/5, 10:30 am, Monday A – 3/6, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27, Cheery Cherry Blossom Day 7 pm, Tuesdays We’ll read a Japanese folktale and then English Conversation Group we’ll make a cheery cherry blossom tree Improve your English conversational craft. Ages 3 – 5. REG skills in a fun and casual setting. All are welcome. 38 7 BD – 3/9, 1 pm, Friday CH – 3/15, 4 pm – 5 pm, Thursday Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd Woof Tales: Read to a Dog WARETOWN A – 3/13, 2 pm, Tuesday Copies available at the circulation desk. Practice your reading skills with 609-693-5133 ShopRite Presents: a trained therapy dog. Perfect for St. Patrick’s Day Cooking WHM/CH – 3/12 – 3/17 beginning readers and up. REG Please Register Join ShopRite’s registered dietitian Famous Women Scavenger Hunt Giavonna Carbonello to learn how to Who am I? What did I do to become A – 3/16, 1 pm, Friday ED – March make some delicious St. Paddy’s Day famous? Find my picture in the library Senior Movie: Green Dolphin Street Pieceful Shores Quilters Guild food. REG and match my name with what I did. A classic from 1947, this movie is set in In this annual display, members of the Come to the library anytime. If you find New Zealand as two sisters, played by Pieceful Shores Quilters Guild and local A – 3/16, 2 pm, Friday all the famous women you will win a Lana Turner and Donna Reed, vie for residents will display quilts showing new Adult Craft small prize. All ages. the love of the same man. (NR) 161 min. techniques and creative uses of fabric. Participate in a craft for adults. REG

MKR/CH – 3/19, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, CH – 3/2, 1 pm – 4 pm, Friday T/TW – 3/19, 7 pm, Monday Monday Read Across America Drop-in Craft Teens Cook – Apple Nachos Kids Cook Celebrate Read Across America and Hands on cooking for teens and tweens. Come learn how to make a tasty treat. Dr. Seuss’s birthday with a craft. Ages 10 – 18. REG Space is limited so please register. Ages 2 – 8. Ages 8 – 12. REG CH – 3/20, 10:30 am, Tuesday WHM/T/TW – 3/5, 7 pm, Monday Itty Bitty Time A – 3/20, 2 pm, Tuesday Learn to Draw Women Superheroes Baby storytime. Ages up to 12 months. Adult Craft: Local artist Lenny Rivera will lead REG Bring a wine glass, pint glass, tumbler, a workshop on drawing women or other drinking glass and create a superheroes. Ages 12 – 18. REG A – 3/23, 2 pm, Friday beautiful etching. REG How to Hygge: A – 3/12, 7 pm, Monday A – 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28, 1:30 pm, Secret Snowdrop Musical Review with Rhythm N’ Sound CH – 3/21, 10:30 am, Wednesday Wednesdays Letters Rhythm N’ Sound will perform hits from Preschool Storytime with Craft Mah Jongg Club We will learn an the 1940s through the 1980s. Join us Hear stories and make a craft. old Danish custom for this special concert sponsored by Ages 3 – 5 with an adult. REG WHM/A – 3/8, 2 pm, Thursday of sending mystery the Friends of the Berkeley Library in Afternoon Movie: Suffragette letters to friends and A working-class laundress in memory of longtime Friend Geraldine CH – 3/23, 10:30 am, Friday th family for Easter. REG Carano. REG Cuddle Up for 1s and 2s 19 -century London joins the fight for Cuddle up with your little one as we women's suffrage. (PG-13) 106 min. FR – 3/23, 1 pm – 3 pm, Friday and A – 3/13, 10:30 am, Tuesday share stories, rhymes, songs, and 3/24, 10 am – 12 pm, Saturday Craft for Adults with Special dance. Ages 12 – 36 months. REG MKR/F – 3/10, 11 am – 12 pm, Saturday Friends of the Waretown Library Challenges New Jersey Makers Day – Book Sale Shrinky Dinks Please register ahead of time so we can CH – 3/27, 10:30 am, Tuesday th better prepare materials. REG DUPLO® Play Participate in the 4 Annual New Jersey We’ll supply the DUPLO® blocks for Makers Day by making shrinky dink A – 3/14, 11 am, Tuesday imaginative free play. Ages 3 – 5. jewelry or keychains. A/T – 3/26, 6 pm, Monday Healthy Snacks Sponsored by the Friends of the The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s An interactive cooking program Berkeley Library. REG A – 3/13, 3/27, 11 am, Tuesdays Stages Festival Presents: Adventure demonstrated by a dietician from Waretown Writers Group of the Speckled Band – Radio-Style! ShopRite. For adults with special CH – 3/28, 4 pm – 5 pm, Wednesday Join other writers of all skill levels to A play performed by the East Lynne challenges and their caregivers. LEGO® at the Library explore your skills in this informal and Theater Company. For more details, Presented by the Serving Adults with We supply the LEGO® blocks. You fun writing session. Meet new people as please see page 40 of this brochure or Special Challenges Workgroup. To supply the imagination. Make sure to get you get and give feedback and share visit www.theoceancountylibrary.org, register please call Lori at your picture taken for our bulletin board ideas with others. REG www.stagesfestival.org, or 609-693-8566, extension 3926. REG with your creation. Ages 6 – 12. REG www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG 6 39 BERKELEY 732-269-2144 CH/F – 3/5, 7 pm, Monday The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s Please Register Stages Festival Presents: Miss Nelson is Missing! A play performed by the Centenary ED – 3/1 – 3/31 Stage Company. For more details, Display Cases please see page 40 of this brochure or Vinylmation courtesy of Jenna A. visit www.theoceancountylibrary.org, A Cinderella Tale… SchoolHouse Rock Live! www.stagesfestival.org, or Happily Ever After Presented by Centenary Stage Company C – 3/1 – 3/31 www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG Presented by Push Cart Players This educational musical performance with history, Computer, eBook, and Genealogy Help math, and grammar, is based on the 1970’s cartoon series. This tale will take audiences on a Please call the branch to make an sometimes happy, sometimes sad – but Brick Branch Monday, March 19, 6:30 pm CH – 3/6, 9:30 am, Tuesday always compelling journey fueled by inner Point Boro Branch Saturday, March 10, 2:00 pm appointment. Baby and Me beauty, courage and kindness as they Rhythm, rhyme, music, and movement triumph over greed, and arrogance. Sherlock Holmes Adventure of A – 3/1 – 3/31 for babies up to 18 months with Jackson Branch Fri. March 23, 12:00 pm the Speckled Band- Radio-Style! Pop-In Puzzle Little Egg Harbor Sat. March 3, 10:30 am caregiver. Ages up to 18 months. REG Presented by East Lynn Theater Company Lacey Branch Saturday, March 10, 2:00 pm Stop by our puzzle table and help Be part of the "radio audience" as this famous Point Beach Branch Thurs. March 15, 3:30 pm complete our puzzle. New puzzle every mystery comes alive. Experience the sound effects and WHM/A – 3/6, 7 pm, Tuesday commercials as actors portray several roles to make the month. Ladies of Country Music At Ninety-Three tale come to life. Celebrate Women’s History Month with Presented by Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre Island Heights Branch Monday, March 19, 6:30 pm A – 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, 1 pm, An adaptation of the poetry of Jan Slepian, Upper Shores Branch Saturday, March 24, 3:00 pm Elaine and the Cimarron Sky Band, Thursdays which peeks into the colorful life of an elder Waretown Branch Monday, March 26, 6:00 pm performing the classic country songs artist who has a lot to say about the experience An Afternoon of Mah Jongg of singers Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, of looking back, looking forward, and looking Tales from the Garden- A Celebration of If you have your own set, please bring Patsy Cline, Emmylou Harris, and other around her. it. Sponsored by the Friends of the Tuckerton Branch Monday, March 19, 6:00 pm the History and Folklore of NJ legendary stars. REG Presented by the Growing Stage Berkeley Library. REG This collection of folktales is a fun-filled journey Miss Nelson is Missing! through the rich history of the Garden State from its CH – 3/7, 10:30 am, Wednesday Presented by the Centenary Stage Company original settlers to its many legends. Preschool Storytime with Craft Miss Nelson can’t control her crazy classroom because Long Beach Island Branch Weds. March 28, 4:00 pm she’s just too nice. When she disappears, her substitute is Enjoy stories and a craft. Ages 3 – 5 the no nonsense Viola Swamp. The class will do anything with an adult. REG to Miss Nelson back. Velveteen Rabbit Barnegat Branch Saturday, March 31, 2:00 pm Presented by the Push Cart Players A – 3/7, 7 pm, Wednesday Berkeley Branch Monday, March 5, 7:00 pm A young boy’s love and a little magic help transform Lakewood Branch Friday, March 9, 1:30 pm the Velveteen Rabbit from a favorite plaything into a Emotional Freedom Techniques Toms River Branch Monday, March 26, 6:30 pm real rabbit. Learn the true meaning of friendship in Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) this musical. is a cutting-edge, gentle stress relief Plumsted Branch Friday, March 16, 10:30 am Peter and the Wolf tool that is being used by all kinds of Presented by the Pushcart Players CH – 3/2, 10 am – 11:30 am, Friday professionals and non-professionals Victorian Magic This classic story will be brought to life before your Playtime Fun! with families, friends, and at work. eyes, and will be accompanied by riveting music. Presented by East Lynn Theater Company Drop in anytime between 10 – 11:30 am Stafford Branch Thursday, March 22, 6:00 pm Actor and magician Robert Aberdeen delights audiences Presented by Carol Bemmels, a of all ages with his classic sleight of hand and plenty of to play with our toys, socialize with other counselor with 40 years of experience audience participation. kids, and more. This is a great place for Call your branch or go online to register! who is trained and certified in EFT.REG Beachwood Branch Monday, March 26, 7:00 pm parents and caregivers to make new friends and have fun. Ages 1 – 4 years. CH – 3/9, 10:30 am, Friday Cuddle Up for 1s and 2s A – 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26, Cuddle up with your little one as we 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Mondays The Stages Festival is made possible in part by funding from the New Jersey Ocean County events have been made share stories, rhymes, songs, and State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National possible by the generous support of The Yarn Dolls dance. Ages 12 – 36 months. REG Endowment for the Arts; Bank of America; The Horizon Foundation for The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey. Knit or crochet. Bring along your New Jersey; The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation; and PSEG Foundation. 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A – 3/1, 3/8, 1:30 pm, Thursdays Taking Control of Your Health Presented by Meridian Health, this MKR/F – 3/9, 3:30 pm, Friday Register Now for Open Enrollment Grant-Funded Tuition Courses six-week course focuses on self- Register: Build Your Own BristleBot ▪ or Order a Customized Grant-Funded Class for Your Company management for chronic ailments. REG Come and build your own BristleBot ▪ and battle them against your family and ▪Courses Include: FR – 3/2, 10 am, Friday form.jotform.us/71776223891161 friends. A BristleBot is a simple robot Excel Basic Friends of the Beachwood Branch ▪ Michael Forcella made from a toothbrush, battery, and Excel Intermediate Meeting ▪ Manager of Business Engagement tiny motor. Ages 9 and up. REG Outlook New members are always welcome. ▪ 732.255.0400Contact: ext. 2157 Join us and support your local library. Microsoft 365 [email protected] MKR/F – 3/10, 10:30 am – 12 pm, ▪ Basic Professional Writing Saturday ▪ Training is funded through NJBIA, the NJ Celebrate New Jersey Makers Day ▪ Time Management Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Art, music, and science activities. Leadership Supervisory Skills and the New Jersey Community College Consortium for Workforce & Economic Development. All ages welcome. REG ▪ Team Building Supervisory Skills: Millennials - MKR/A – 3/13, 2 pm, Tuesday How to Lead Them to Success Make it: Adult Craft Real Estate: How to Increase Make a fabric-backed glass plate to Real Estate Sales decorate your home. Sponsored by the Friends of the Beachwood Branch. Ages 18+. REG WHM/TW/T – 3/5, 7 pm, Monday Tea and Suffragists Tea and history. Sample different teas F – 3/26, 7 pm, Monday and learn about the movement that The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s Grant-Funded, Tuition-Free obtained the right to vote for British Stages Festival Presents: Training Available for Certified women. Ages 10 and up. REG Victorian Magic Home Health Aide (CHHA) and A play performed by the East Lynne ▪ CertifiedNJ Resident Nurse Assistant (CNA) A – 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28, 9 am, Theater Company. For more details, ▪ 18 years of age or older Wednesdays please see page 40 of this brochure or ▪Eligibility Unemployed Requirements: for 6 months or more visit www.theoceancountylibrary.org, English Conversation Group ▪ Had an unemployment claim in the www.stagesfestival.org, or Talk about current events and other past 2 years subjects in an informal setting. www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG Call 732-255-0409 for more information. OCC is a member of NJ Community College Consortium for 4 Workforce & Economic Development and the New Jersey Business and Industry Association (NJBIA). A – 3/13, 3/27, 6 pm, Tuesdays T – 3/21, 7 pm, Wednesday Level Up with B-Gap Teen Advisory Board (TAB) Play and discuss multiplayer games with Teens grades 7 – 12 may attend to help other videogame enthusiasts. Ages 18+. plan library programs.

A – 3/14, 3/28, 7 pm, Wednesdays CH – 3/23, 3:30 pm, Adult Writers Group Friday Hone your craft with likeminded adult Tail Waggin’ Tutor writers. Practice reading alongside gentle, C – 3/15, 2 pm, Thursday beautiful therapy dogs. TechTopic: eBooks Ask a librarian your eBook-related CH – 3/27, 11 am – questions. 11:30 am, Tuesday RESOURCES FOR Hop into Spring CH/F – 3/15, 6:30 pm, Thursday Storytime Family Movie Night: Despicable Me 3 Celebrate spring with JOB SEEKERS Watch this exciting movie on our big songs, stories and a craft. Ages 2+. screen. Bring your own popcorn. REG (PG) 90 min. CH – 3/29, 6 pm, Thursday Drop-In Let’s Get Crafty Drop by the Library to make a craft celebrating National Craft Month. This is a drop-in program meaning there is no registration, and it is a "do on your own" craft. Ages 5+.

CAREER TRANSITIONS A guided, step by step approach to planning BRAINFUSE - JOBNOW! and making your next career move. Take a FREE RESUME REVIEWS career interest assessment for free, use a step by step resume builder, search job listings at Free live resume experts, live interview multiple websites at once and more. CH – 3/17, 11 am, Saturday coaches and job coaches to help you on Drop-In St. Patrick’s Day Craft your job search. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by making a fun craft. This is a drop-in program meaning there is no registration, and it is a "do on your own" craft. Ages 3+.

C – 3/19, 11 am, Monday TechTopic: Computer Help Ask a librarian your tech-related F – 3/31, 2 pm, Saturday questions. The New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s Stages Festival Presents: BD – 3/20, 2 pm, Tuesday Miss Nelson is Missing! FERGUSON’S CAREER Ordinary Grace by William Krueger A play performed by the Centenary GUIDANCE CENTER New members welcome. Copies Stage Company. For more details, (FACTS ON FILE ONLINE) available for pickup at the branch. please see page 40 of this brochure or CAREER CONNECTIONS You can now explore thousands of careers, visit www.theoceancountylibrary.org, NEW JERSEY browse scholarships, get advice about A – 3/21, 7 pm, Wednesday www.stagesfestival.org, or New Jersey's newest and most powerful applying for jobs, learn how to write the Poetry Writers Group www.njtheatrealliance.org. REG all-inclusive career tool. Resume perfect resume, and get tips on how to ace Hone your craft with likeminded adult building is just the beginning. an interview, all in one place. writers. 3 CH – 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 10:30 am – 11 am, BARNEGAT Wednesdays Toddler Time 609-698-3331 Join us for a fun-filled half hour of Please Register stories, music, and fun. Ages 18 – 36 months. REG

CH – 3/1, 6 pm, Thursday T – 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28, Drop-In Pig Day Craft 6 pm – 8:30 pm, Wednesdays Celebrate Pig Day by making a fun craft. Teen Drop in Gaming This is a drop-in program meaning there Play Wii, WiiU, tabletop, and card is no registration, and it is a "do on your games. Ages 12 – 18. Drop in. own" craft. Ages 3+. T – 3/7, 7 pm, Wednesday Teen Anime Club Enjoy all things manga and anime. Ages 12 – 18. Drop in.

JOB & CAREER ACCELERATOR Access current detailed job listings from over 5 million job postings which are collected from all major job boards. Create professional resumes and A – 3/2, 3/9, 3/16, 3/23, 1 pm, Fridays LEARNINGEXPRESS cover letters, master interviewing and Foreign Film Series LIBRARY 3.0 networking techniques, and more. 3/2: Saawariya (PG) 142 min. LearningExpress Library features nearly 3/9: No Eres Tu, Soy Yo (PG-13) 138 min. 1,000 free online tutorials, practice tests 3/16: Caramel (PG) 96 min. (GED, SAT, ASVAB, NCLEX-RN and more) 3/23: Cantinflas (PG-13) 96 min. and eBooks to help patrons of all ages.

CH – 3/5, 11 am – 11:30 am, Monday Cheese Doodle Day Fun MKR/F – 3/9, 3 pm, Friday Celebrate Cheese Doodle Day with Maker-thon songs, stories, a small snack, and a Visit stations at the library for a sampling craft. Ages 2+. Please call the branch if of all things Maker with crafts, food, child has food allergies. REG slime, fun technology, and building projects. REG A – 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26, 1 pm, Mondays Monday Movie A – 3/10, 3/24, 1 pm, Saturdays, and ... and SO much more! 3/5: Stronger (R) 116 min. 3/15, 3/22, 1 pm, Thursdays UNIVERSAL CLASS 3/12: Marshall (PG-13) 118 min. EWE Knit and Crochet FOR LIBRARIES 3/19: It (R) 135 min. Bring your own supplies and drop in. LEARNINGEXPRESS Continuing education courses free with 3/26: The Snowman (R) 120 min. LIBRARY EN ESPAÑOL an Ocean County Library card. Online FR – 3/13, 12:30 pm, Tuesday Base de datos Learning Express 3.0 instruction on your own schedule, real A – 3/6, 7 pm, Tuesday Friends of the Library Meeting en Español ofrece tutoriales en instructors to contact with questions, Burr Street Books Come join an active group looking for gramática inglesa, matemáticas basica and continuing education units on A monthly book café. new ideas to support the Library. e exámenes para practicár. selected courses. 2 BarnegatCalendar...... March of2018 Events2 BeachwoodTable...... of Contents 4 Berkeley...... 5 Brick...... 7 Island Heights...... 10 Jackson...... 11 Lacey...... 14 Lakewood...... 16 Little Egg Harbor...... 19 All Library programs are free and open to the public, but registration may be limited. Long Beach Island...... 27 To avoid disappointment, please call the Plumsted...... 29 branch where the program is offered to register.

Point Beach...... 30 All Branches of the Ocean County Library will H Point Borough...... 31 be Allclosed activities on Friday, pose Marcha degree 30, of inrisk. observance We urge you to talk to yourof physician Good Friday. before beginning any exercise program and to be especially careful if Stafford...... 33 you have any health issues. If you experience any pain or discomfort associated with any activity, Toms River...... 35 you should stop immediately to prevent injury. Tuckerton...... 37 Upper Shores...... 38 The Ocean County Library system makes every effort to provide Waretown...... 39 access to our programs for people with disabilities. Please call your local branch prior to attending the program for special arrangements.

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CH Children’s Program WHM Women's History Month

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F Family Program REG Please Register 1 Check out our 21 locations “The Ocean County Library is a truly multicultural institution. We respect, honor and celebrate individual and cultural differences. Our collections, programming, outreach, policies and personnel practices reflect this commitment. We are inclusive and understanding of our co-workers and of the communities we serve, and we seek out BARNEGAT · 112 Burr Street · 609-698-3331 others to join us on this journey.” Ocean County Library Celebrates BAY HEAD READING CENTER · 136 Meadow Avenue · 732-892-0662 New Jersey Makers Day 2018 BEACHWOOD · 126 Beachwood Blvd. · 732-244-4573 BERKELEY · 30 Station Road · 732-269-2144 BRICK · 301 Chambers Bridge Road · 732-477-4513 ISLAND HEIGHTS · 121 Central Avenue · 732-270-6266 JACKSON · 2 Jackson Drive · 732-928-4400 LACEY · 10 East Lacey Road · 609-693-8566 LAKEWOOD · 301 Lexington Avenue · 732-363-1435 LITTLE EGG HARBOR · 290 Mathistown Road · 609-294-1197 LONG BEACH ISLAND · 217 S. Central Avenue · 609-494-2480 MANCHESTER · 21 Colonial Drive · 732-657-7600 PLUMSTED · 119 Evergreen Road · 609-758-7888 Look for the MKR code in the brochure to see all our programs. POINT PLEASANT BEACH · 710 McLean Avenue · 732-892-4575 · · OCL and The New Jersey Makers Day Executive Board POINT PLEASANT BOROUGH 834 Beaver Dam Road 732-295-1555 is proud to announce the Stafford Branch of STAFFORD · 129 N. Main Street · 609-597-3381 the first-ever NJMD grant opportunity. TOMS RIVER · 101 Washington Street · 732-349-6200 TUCKERTON · 380 Bay Avenue · 609-296-1470 · · On the cover from left to right: Dr. Mae C. Jemison – Engineer, physician, and first black woman to orbit Earth. UPPER SHORES 112 Jersey City Avenue, Lavallette 732-793-3996 JK Rowling – Author known for the Harry Potter series, Rowling has become one of the world’s most successful and WARETOWN · 112 Main Street · 609-693-5133 influential novelists. Rowling has established and contributed to charitable organizations to fight poverty and social inequality. Harriet Tubman – Tubman, herself an escaped slave, helped hundreds of slaves escape the South by means of WHITING READING CENTER · Whiting Commons Shopping Center the Underground Railroad. Nancy Brinker – Nancy Brinker founded and organized “Race for the Cure” and the Susan G. 400 Lacey Road, Suite #5 · 732-849-0391 Komen Foundation. Jane Addams – For her extensive contributions in housing reform, women’s suffrage, and social work, OCL is on Social Media! Addams was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner – Argentina’s first elected female Follow us at: President. Florence Nightingale – By serving in the Crimean war, Florence Nightingale was instrumental in changing the role and perception of the nursing profession. Tegla Chepkite Loroupe – a Kenyan long-distance track and a global spokeswoman for peace, women’s rights and education. Amongst all her winnings, Loroupe holds the world records for Ocean County Library 20, 25, and 30 kilometers. Lisa Randall – The first women ever tenured in the physics departments of Princeton, MIT, and Harvard. Condoleezza Rice – Rice was the first female African-American Secretary of State and the 66th United @oceancountylib States Secretary of State. Sara Blakely – Founder of Spanx, youngest self-made female billionaire in America. Jeannette Rankin – Rep. Rankin was elected to the US House of Representatives in both 1916 and 1940. She also played a pivotal @oceancountylibrarynj role in the development of the 19th Constitutional Amendment, which granted full voting rights to American women. Follow us instantly on Snapchat! @oceancountylib Just point your Snapchat camera at our Snapcode (pictured above), and then www.theoceancountylibrary.org press and hold on the screen to scan it.

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