Newark After Dark: Club Scene from the ’50s through the ’70s
Recipe for a Great Evening! Start with time to view the exhibit Scene in Newark: The Tiny Prince Collection, 2nd floor gallery, Main Library Then enjoy a reception, with live music by Leo Johnson, longtime Newark-based jazz saxophonist, and renowned bassist Lisle Atkinson, and refreshments in Centennial Hall. Then time travel back to Newark’s thriving... Read More
Ginger Loves Stories!
But she can’t read by herself and needs your help! Please come and read to her at the library! You read to the dog, practicing your reading skills, and make a new friend! Thursday, July 13, 2017 2:00 – 3:00 pm Branch Brook Branch Library 235 Clifton Avenue, Newark For more information, call Branch Brook... Read More
Bilingual Preschool Math and Science Story Time
Stories, songs, and activities bring important math and science concepts to life for preschoolers. Historias, canciones y actividades traen importantes conceptos de matemáticas y ciencias a la vida para los preescolares. Join in the fun with this bilingual story time for little ones! Únete a la diversión con este tiempo historia bilingüe para los más... Read More
Please Join Us for the Library’s 2017 Booked for the Evening Gala
Thursday, November 30, 2017 Awards and Reception 6:00 – 9:00 pm After-Party 9:00 – 11:00 pm Nanina’s in the Park 540 Mill Street, Belleville, NJ 07109 Mark your calendar now to attend the Booked for the Evening 2017 Gala! Please join us as we honor Michael X. McBride Partner Connell & Foley Michael Bright President... Read More
Furry Friends Petting Zoo
Meet our friends from Quiver Farms as we greet and feed exciting animal pals! Chicks | Goats | Pigs | Bunnies | Much more! Friday, July 14, 2017 2:00 – 4:00 pm Courtyard, Main Library 5 Washington Street, Newark For more information, please contact the Children’s Room, at 973-733-7797
Newark Black Film Festival Youth Cinema
Newark Public Library is a proud partner of the Newark Black Film Festival, now in its 43rd year, presenting Youth Cinema on six Mondays in July and August. Monday, July 3, 2017 10:30 am – 12:15 pm Centennial Hall, 2nd Floor, Main Library 5 Washington Street, Newark George Washington Carver Learn how... Read More
Voices from the Rebellion
Fifty years ago, for five days in July 1967, the African American and Latino community in Newark rebelled against racist policies and everyday oppression. Rooted in years of institutional racism, many people of color moved to Newark as part of the Great Migration, seeking jobs and opportunity, but were met with widespread discrimination in housing,... Read More
Scene in Newark: the Tiny Prince Collection
Scene in Newark: the Tiny Prince Collection Carl “Tiny Prince” Brinson was a writer, editor, publisher, and city worker. Born in Newark in 1917, he documented the nightlife of Newark’s flourishing club scene, and the social gatherings that happened every day in Newark and nearby towns — barbeques, graduations, fashion shows, Negro League baseball games,... Read More
Y on Wheels for Summer Fun & Fitness
The Newark Public Library is partnering with the YMCA of Newark and Vicinity to promote a healthy summer! The Y on Wheels van will be visiting our Summer Reading programs at all locations, bringing fitness and sports activities and more! Come out and enjoy a day of fun in the sun! Friday, June 30, 2017... Read More
Summer of 2017 Fine Forgiveness
Do you have overdue books, CDs, and other library materials? Overdue fines for those materials can be forgiven this summer two ways: All children and teens who participate in the Summer Reading Challenge will have their fines waived. Library borrowers who bring nonperishable food for Essex County pantries* will have their fines waived. Program Details... Read More