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This event is in the "Toddlers (0-2)" group.
This event is in the "Preschool (3-5)" group.

Storytime with Miss Elizzie

10:30am - 11:00am
Toddlers (0-2), Preschool (3-5)
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Coddington Room (Small)
Age Group: Toddlers (0-2), Preschool (3-5)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Bring your babies and toddlers for stories, songs and socialization.  And meet new friends.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Evening Book Club

7:30pm - 8:30pm
Adults
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Conti Room (Large)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Groups
Event Details:

The evening book club will discuss This Indian Kid by Eddie Chuculate, who brings his childhood to life with spare, unflinching prose.

This event is in the "Toddlers (0-2)" group.
This event is in the "Preschool (3-5)" group.

Friday Open Play Coddington

10:00am - 4:30pm
Toddlers (0-2), Preschool (3-5)
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Coddington Room (Small)
Age Group: Toddlers (0-2), Preschool (3-5)
Program Type: Sports & Games
Event Details:

Play with our train set, dollhouse, Duplo legos and puppet theater.  And make new friends!

This event is in the "Toddlers (0-2)" group.
This event is in the "Preschool (3-5)" group.
This event is in the "Elem Children (6-12)" group.

Dinosaurs Arise!

10:30am - 11:30am
Toddlers (0-2), Preschool (3-5), Elem Children (6-12)
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Conti Room (Large)
Age Group: Toddlers (0-2), Preschool (3-5), Elem Children (6-12)
Program Type: Sports & Games, Performance, Workshop/Lecture
Event Details:

Dinosaurs Arise! offers an interactive dinosaur program which includes stories, digging for fossils,  touching and learning about fossils, and feeding and playing with Ruby the Baby Raptor and Kota the Triceratops.

This event is in the "Elem Children (6-12)" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.

Teens Teaching: Math Club

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Elem Children (6-12), Teens
Registration Required
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Coddington Room (Small)
Age Group: Elem Children (6-12), Teens
Program Type: Workshop/Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

For students in 4th-6th grades.

This event is in the "Everyone" group.
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Conti Room (Large)
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

Join the Friends of the New Providence Memorial Library in celebrating the opening of the newest art exhibit in the library, the work of photographer Nancy Ori. 

This event is in the "Elem Children (6-12)" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.

NP Chess Club Lecture

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Elem Children (6-12), Teens, Adults, Everyone
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Conti Room (Large)
Age Group: Elem Children (6-12), Teens, Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Sports & Games
Event Details:

Learn to play chess with the NP Chess Club! 

The club will present instructional lectures & strategy in the Conti Family Room.  These presentations are open to children, teens and adults.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

NP Garden Club

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adults
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Conti Room (Large)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Workshop/Lecture
Event Details:

Presentation TBA, sponsored by the New Providence Garden Club, which holds its meeting afterward. Everyone is welcome to attend.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Mason Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

The Mason Room is the New Providence Historical Society’s climate-controlled archive of historical records pertaining to New Providence, which is located within the New Providence Memorial Library at 377 Elkwood Avenue.

This event is in the "Toddlers (0-2)" group.
This event is in the "Preschool (3-5)" group.

Signs, Songs & Stories with Miss Cathy

10:30am - 11:00am
Toddlers (0-2), Preschool (3-5)
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Coddington Room (Small)
Age Group: Toddlers (0-2), Preschool (3-5)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Signs, Songs & Stories with Miss Cathy features stories, interactive rhymes, songs, sign language and movement for ages 3-5 (preschooler - K).

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Morning Book Club

10:30am - 11:30am
Adults
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Conti Room (Large)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Groups
Event Details:

The morning book group will discuss Cultish: the Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell.  From SoulCycle to Scientology, we're all obsessed with cults. Linguist Amanda Montell examines the language cults use to draw us in.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Movie: Title TBD

1:00pm - 3:45pm
Adults
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Conti Room (Large)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Movie
Event Details:

Title TBD

Film screenings are made possible by the Friends of the New Providence Memorial Library. Everyone is welcome.

This event is in the "Toddlers (0-2)" group.
This event is in the "Preschool (3-5)" group.

Tuesday Open Play Coddington

1:00pm - 8:00pm
Toddlers (0-2), Preschool (3-5)
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Coddington Room (Small)
Age Group: Toddlers (0-2), Preschool (3-5)
Program Type: Sports & Games
Event Details:

Play with our train set, dollhouse, Duplo legos and puppet theater.   Meet new friends.

Open Play is closed from 4:00 - 5:00 pm.

This event is in the "Elem Children (6-12)" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.

Writing Wizards

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Elem Children (6-12), Teens
Registration Required
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Conti Room (Large)
Age Group: Elem Children (6-12), Teens
Program Type: Workshop/Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

Improve your skills as a writer in Writing Wizards, a creative writing workshop led by high school students. Students will learn writing through prompts and grammar lessons, and receive constructive feedback from both their peers and teachers.

Use of the library's meeting room does not indicate endorsement or agreement with the group reserving the space.
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Conti Room (Large)
This event is in the "Toddlers (0-2)" group.
This event is in the "Preschool (3-5)" group.

Mother Goose Group with Miss Debbie

10:30am - 11:00am
Toddlers (0-2), Preschool (3-5)
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Coddington Room (Small)
Age Group: Toddlers (0-2), Preschool (3-5)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join Miss Debbie for an active storytime with songs, fingerplays, dancing and fun.  (For ages 18 months - preschool but older kids welcomed!)

This event is in the "Elem Children (6-12)" group.

Lego Club

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Elem Children (6-12)
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Coddington Room (Small)
Age Group: Elem Children (6-12)
Program Type: Sports & Games
Event Details:

Construct a scene to fit the monthly theme or just create freely.  Themed creations will be on display in the children's room all month.

This event is in the "Toddlers (0-2)" group.
This event is in the "Preschool (3-5)" group.
This event is in the "Elem Children (6-12)" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.

Good Tyme String Band

10:30am - 11:00am
Toddlers (0-2), Preschool (3-5), Elem Children (6-12), Everyone
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Conti Room (Large)
Age Group: Toddlers (0-2), Preschool (3-5), Elem Children (6-12), Everyone
Program Type: Performance
Event Details:

Join this string band for some toe tapping fun.  All music lovers welcomed!

This event is in the "Preschool (3-5)" group.

Preschooler Storytime & Craft

1:30pm - 2:15pm
Preschool (3-5)
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Coddington Room (Small)
Age Group: Preschool (3-5)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Event Details:

Enjoy after-lunch stories and a craft each month.

This event is in the "Elem Children (6-12)" group.

Knitting Workshop

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Elem Children (6-12)
Registration Required
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Coddington Room (Small)
Age Group: Elem Children (6-12)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Workshop/Lecture
Registration Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Play Reading Group

6:30pm - 8:30pm
Adults
Registration Required
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Coddington Room (Small)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

We'll sit at the conference table in the Coddington Room and read through a play out loud, from start to finish.  The play reading group is moderated by a volunteer with a background in theater. 

Play TBD.

This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Knit Night/ Stay & Crochet

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Teens, Adults
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Conti Room (Large)
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Knitters, crocheters and stitchers are welcome to come work on your works-in-progress in the Conti Room.

This event is in the "Toddlers (0-2)" group.
This event is in the "Preschool (3-5)" group.

Friday Open Play Coddington

10:00am - 4:30pm
Toddlers (0-2), Preschool (3-5)
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Coddington Room (Small)
Age Group: Toddlers (0-2), Preschool (3-5)
Program Type: Sports & Games
Event Details:

Play with our train set, dollhouse, Duplo legos and puppet theater.  And make new friends!

This event is in the "Toddlers (0-2)" group.
This event is in the "Preschool (3-5)" group.

Saturday Mother Goose

10:30am - 11:00am
Toddlers (0-2), Preschool (3-5)
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Coddington Room (Small)
Age Group: Toddlers (0-2), Preschool (3-5)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join this active storytime with songs, fingerplays, dancing and fun for toddlers to preschoolers, especially for those unable to come during the week.