Events

Video Game Club

Grades 6 to 12

Stop by to play Super Smash Bros. on the big screen!

Library Closed

The library is closed all day today.

Jester Jim

All Ages

Kick off the Summer Reading Club with Jester Jim!  The whole family will enjoy this hilarious show featuring juggling, comedy, music and more!

Sponsored by Friends of the Library

CALL: Chatham Adult Lifeworks Learning Course –Comedy in the 20th Century

Larry Wolfert, an instructor for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Rutgers University, will present a four part series of lectures on comedians of the 20^th century.  Featured comedians will include Charlie Chaplin, the Marx Brothers, Abbott and Costello, Burns and Allen, Jack Benny, Danny Kaye, Lucille Ball, Sid Caesar, Jackie Gleason, and Carol Burnett.  The series will progress to the comedic duos of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Stiller and Meara, and Marty Allen and Steve Rossi. Lectures will be held at 11 am on Tuesdays, June 6, June 13, June 20, and June 27.  Register in person, by calling 973-635-0603, or online.  A $40 fee for this series is required payable to the Friends of the Library by June 1.

CALL: Chatham Adult Lifeworks Learning Course—The History of Mystery

Four authors from the Mystery Writers of America will discuss the development of the mystery genre from its origins in the works of writers such as Edgar Allan Poe, early English mysteries, the Sherlock Holmes stories to American detective fiction authors such as Hammett and Chandler. The lectures will be held at 1 pm on the following dates:

• June 6         Peggy Ehrhart on Edgar Allan Poe
• June 13       Jeff Markowitz on Anna Katherine Green, the nearly forgotten mother of American mystery
• June 20      Lindsay Faye on Sherlock Holmes
• June 27      Dave White on the Hardboiled School of Crime Fiction in the U.S.

Register in person, by calling 973-635-0603, or online.  A $40 fee for this series is required payable to the Friends of the Library by June 1.

Library Book Group - Missing Presumed

Book Group @ The Library will be discussing Missing Presumed by Susie Steiner on Wednesday, June 28 at 1 pm. Everyone is invited to attend.  You may reserve a copy of the book at the Reference Desk.

Click here for information on the Book Group.

Legopalooza!

All Ages

No Registration Required

Build your own LEGO creation from our enormous collection of LEGOs.  All creations will be put on display in the Children’s Room.

Spanish Conversation Group

Are you a bit rusty with your Spanish language skills?  Maria José Suarez and Andrea Plitt will moderate this Spanish discussion group.  Join us and meet with these native speakers who will help you get a conversation going.  You may sign up online, in person, or call the library at 973‑635‑0603.