Adult Events

Library Update with Director Karen Brodsky

While the situation is constantly changing, Library Director Karen Brodsky holds weekly talks on Mondays about the status of the library and its plans for reopening.  You are welcome to bring your questions, which she will answer in this live virtual meeting.

We will also talk about the status of the annual Book Sale.  Friends of the Library officers and co-chairs of the Book Sale Debbie Fabian and Maureen Kelly will lead this discussion.

Click here to join:    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86877612340

Or phone:  +16465588656  Meeting ID: 868 7761 2340

Weichert Realtors Explain How COVID-19 Has Affected the Local Real Estate Market

Weichert Realtors’ brokers and Chatham residents, Mary Weichert and John Tunny will discuss how COVID-19 has affected the local real estate market.  In this presentation they will speak about how urban millennials are taking an interest in suburban areas creating a greater demand for homes in the local suburbs.  However, a shortage of homes for sale continues to challenge buyers.  Learn more about how recent events have created a market that can benefit both buyers and sellers.  Please join us Tuesday, September 22 at 7 pm.

Click here to join:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89190629406

Or join by phone:  646 558 8656       Meeting ID:  891 9062 9406

Concert with Catmoondaddy

What’s more fun than live music outdoors?  Catmoondaddy is a Central Jersey rock band that plays a wide repertoire of songs from the 60’s to the present.  The quartet is Al Radzik on vocals and guitar, Mike Mossa on bass and vocals, Walt Haakecreate on drums, and vocalist Carol Archdeacon.  Please join us Wednesday, September 23 at 7 pm on the side lawn of the library for a performance of popular music.  Bring a chair or a blanket to get comfortable, and remember to observe social distancing rules.

Library Update with Director Karen Brodsky

While the situation is constantly changing, Library Director Karen Brodsky holds weekly talks on Mondays about the status of the library and its plans for reopening.  You are welcome to bring your questions, which she will answer in this live virtual meeting.

We will also talk about the status of the annual Book Sale.  Friends of the Library officers and co-chairs of the Book Sale Debbie Fabian and Maureen Kelly will lead this discussion.

Click here to join:    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86877612340

Or phone:  +16465588656  Meeting ID: 868 7761 2340

In Our Own Voice

Jay Yudof, MS, Certified Psychiatric Practitioner, and a NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Recovery Programs Coordinator, will present In Our Own Voice.

NAMI In Our Own Voice presentations change attitudes, assumptions, and stereotypes about people with mental health conditions.  These presentations provide a personal perspective of mental illness, as presenters with lived experience talk openly about what it’s like to live with a mental health condition.

Trained presenters humanize the misunderstood, highly stigmatized topic of mental illness by showing that it’s possible—and common—to live well with a mental health condition. This presentation also provides:

• A chance to ask presenters questions, allowing for a deeper understanding of mental health conditions and dispelling of stereotypes and misconceptions.
• The understanding that every person with a mental health condition can hope for a brighter future.
• Information on how to learn more about mental health and get involved with the mental health community.

Click here to join:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82616730550

Or join by phone: 646-558-8656      Meeting ID: 826 1673 0550

* If you would like to attend this program but would prefer to have your video camera turned off and/or not use your real name when you sign in to Zoom, you are more than welcome to do so.  We want as many people as possible to be able to benefit from this important program and to help erase the stigma of mental illness.  

Book Group - The Vanishing Half

Join Mary Kennedy for a virtual meeting of the library’s book group on Wednesday, September 30 at 1 pm.  This month’s featured title is The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett.  Please call the library to reserve a copy of the book.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83408213026

Meeting ID: 834 0821 3026

Protect Yourself Against Consumer Fraud

Melanie Hazim, Outreach Director of  the NJ Division of Consumer Affairs will hold a virtual presentation on consumer fraud.  Learn about the IRS phone scam, lottery scams,  grandparent scam, door-to-door/home improvement scams, telemarketing scams by phone, e-mail and text messaging, identity theft, phishing and more.  Please join us Wednesday, October 7 at 7 pm.   Click on the link below.

Author Visit: Amy Ellis Nutt

Amy Ellis Nutt will talk about her book Becoming Nicole: The transformation of an American family.  Amy has written for The Star-Ledger, Sports Illustrated, and The Washington Post, where she was a reporter covering neuroscience and mental health.  She won a Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 2011, as well as many other journalistic awards, and taught journalism at Princeton University.  Becoming Nicole, about a transgender identical twin and her family, is her second New York Times bestseller.

Click here to join:    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88095343048

Or join by phone:  +16465588656  Meeting ID: 880 9534 3048

Fall Into Winter Gardening with a Rutgers Master Gardener

Rutgers Master Gardener, Gail Di Domenico will present a virtual lecture explaining everything you need to know to get your lawn, trees, shrubs, perennials, vegetable garden, and ornamental beds ready for winter.  Information on extending the garden season, bulbs, vegetables to plant, and plants with winter and year round interest will be discussed.  A calendar of chores and projects will be included.  Please join us Monday, October 19 at 7 pm.  You are requested by the presenter to sign up online if you wish to attend this lecture.  We will send a password and a meeting id to your email address to join the zoom meeting before it takes place.