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

Crafterday

11:00am - 3:00pm
Preschool (3-5), Elem Children (6-12)
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Coddington Room (Small)
Age Group: Preschool (3-5), Elem Children (6-12)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Drop by the Coddington Room to make a craft using the materials and instructions left on the table.  Take home what you create!

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 "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.

Silent Book Club

7:00pm - 7:45pm
Adults
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Library Seating
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Groups
Event Details:

At Silent Book Club there's no assigned reading.  All readers are welcome—ebooks or audiobooks, poetry or prose, fiction or non-fiction... it's BYOBook. We gather to read together in quiet camaraderie.  

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 "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.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Haunting Chapters Book Club

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Conti Room (Large)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Groups
Event Details:

Join the Haunting Chapters Book Club!

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!)

Library Closing 1pm

1:00pm - 5:00pm
Closing
Branches:
New Providence Memorial Library
Description:

Library Closing 1pm

Library Closed

All Day 11/27 - 11/28
Closing
Branches:
New Providence Memorial Library
Description:

Library Closed All Day

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 "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 "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.

Movie: Small Things Like These

1:00pm - 2:45pm
Adults
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Conti Room (Large)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Movie
Event Details:

Small Things Like These takes place over Christmas in 1985, when devoted father and coal merchant Bill Furlong (Cillian Murphy) discovers startling secrets kept by the convent in his town, along with some shocking truths of his own.

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.

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

Read, Clap & Tap with Miss Anita

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 to read, sign and have some fun with Miss Anita.   For ages 0 - 3.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Roma Words, Roma Worlds

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Adults
Registration Required
Library Branch: New Providence Memorial Library
Room: Conti Room (Large)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Groups
Registration Required
Event Details:

The Roma Words, Roma Worlds book group discusses the work of authors of Romani descent.

Join us in person in the Conti Room or via zoom. Copies available at the front desk by request starting one month before the meeting. 

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Board Games at the Brewery

7:30pm - 9:30pm
Adults
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Sports & Games
Event Details:

Buy yourself a beer or soda and play a board game in the back room at United Brewing! Mark and Elizabeth will introduce you to board games that go beyond the usual suspects you grew up playing.

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!