Week Calendar

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.

Join Miss Cathy for stories, interactive rhymes and movement with sign language.

Join Miss Debbie for an active storytime of songs, fingerplays, dancing and fun.  For 18 months - preschool but older kids are always welcome!

Bring your toddlers and babies for songs, stories, fun and socialization with Miss Elizzie.

Play with our train set, dollhouse, DUPLO legos and puppet theater in the Coddington Room.  Meet new friends.  Open Play closes from 12 - 1 pm.

Join Miss Debbie for fingerplays, dancing and fun.  

Meant for toddlers through preschoolers but older children always welcomed!

Among the many benefits of a gentle yoga practice, yoga can enhance focus and concentration and lift the mood.

The cold weather is a great time for handicrafts!  Join us anytime for a variety of winter crafts.  We supply the materials and instructions and you make the crafts.  Take home your creations.

The Conti & Coddington Rooms will be reserved for High School students to study for midterms over the next week. See schedule below for details.  No registration required.

This month’s theme: healthy eating, to honor New Year's resolutions! Our moderator this month is Sangeeta.

Play with our train set, dollhouse, DUPLO legos and puppet theater in the Coddington Room.  Meet new friends.  Open Play closes from 4-5 pm.

As individual artists, they have more than made their mark in music. As a duo, they have created something extra, engaging and extremely entertaining.

Construct a scene to fit the monthly theme.  Themed creations will be on display in the children's room until the next meeting.

To register for Teens Teaching : Math Club, please register here.

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.

You are registering for Jan - March 2026. 

Play chess with the NP Chess Club!

Weekly play every Monday night from 5:30-6:30.

All ages welcome. All children age 10 or under must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver at all times while in the building.

Practice your new or developing skills by reading to a beautiful therapy dog.

Practice your new or developing skills by reading to a beautiful therapy dog.

Practice your new or developing skills by reading to a beautiful therapy dog.

Practice your new or developing skills by reading to a beautiful therapy dog.

Practice your new or developing skills by reading to a therapy dog.

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.  

Join us for a cozy evening of coloring and pizza!

Registration required.

The horror book club will discuss The Fervor by Alma Katsu, a psychological and supernatural twist on the horrors of the Japanese American internment camps in World War II. Copies of the book are available at the front desk.

We are thrilled to welcome Liz Moore to a virtual interview about her latest book, The God of the Woods, an instant New York Times bestseller and one of NPR’s 2024 “Books We Love” highlights.

The Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA celebrates Yiddish literature and culture to advance a fuller understanding of Jewish history and identity.