Summer Reading Events for Kids, Teens, and Adults
Family Kickoff Event - Tuesday, June 24 at 6pm
Games! Prizes! Food from Whole Foods! Music by mr. Ray!
Advance sign up required!
Teen and 'Tween Kickoff Event - Thursday, June 26 at 7pm
Galactic Guess Game Show! Food from Burger King!
Advance sign up required!
Adult Events
Take Flight - Thursday, July 10 @ 7pm
Nearly 48 million Americans are birdwatchers. Explore the importance of birds and nature with Jonathan Rosen. Author of Life of the Skies: Birding at the End of Nature, contributor to the New York Times and the New Yorker, editorial director of Nextbook. Make the Connection - Wednesday, July 23 @ 7pm
Steve Adubado shares secrets to becoming a great communicator. Learn how to get your message across clearly and make a lasting impact. Emmy Award-winning TV anchor, columnist and author.
Clear Skies - Thursday, July 31@ 7pm
Learn how our positive and negative intentions impact the experiences we create, how the "energy" of focusing on the glass half-empty or half-full gives us exactly what we want. Come make positive changes and say "Yes" to life. Judith Gruber, LCSW is a holistic psychotherapist and life coach. She is the author/creator of Money and Empowerment Abundance and Prosperity Cards and is on the faculty of NYU, 92nd Street Y and AsOne Coaching Institute.
Things are Looking Up - Thursday, August 7 @ 7pm
Learn how to take charge of your finances and reach your financial goals. CNBC financial correspondent Sharon Epperson shares guidelines for making the most of your money. Author of The Big Payoff: 8 Steps Couples Can Take to Make the Most of Their Money – and Live Richly Ever After.
Teen and 'Tween Events
Funding provided by the West Orange Public Library Foundation Fund
Far Out! - Wednesday, July 9 @ 7pm
See our solar system like never before with the Liberty Science Center’s Global Microscope. Learn about alien worlds in our universe! Liberty Science Center visits the Library.
Beam Me Up! - Wednesday, July 16 @ 7pm
Space tourist Gregory Olsen tells how he achieved his dreams and inspires you to do the same. International Space Station passenger, inventor, entrepreneur and professor.
Lucky Stars - Thursday, July 24 @ 4pm
Learn what your stars say about you with internationally acclaimed astrologer Joanna Martine Woolfolk. Author of the bestseller The Only Astrology Book You’ll Ever Need, television and radio personality, and columnist for Marie-Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, Self and YM.
How I Changed My Life - Wednesday, July 30 @ 7pm
Author Todd Strasser shares how writing changed his life. Award-winning author of over 100 books including Help! I’m Trapped in my Teacher’s Body.
Metamorphosis - Monday, August 4 @ 4-6pm
Morph a book into a work of art. We provide the books and supplies. You provide the creativity. Hands-on workshop with altered book artist Estrella Bianchi. Space is limited. Sign up is required.
Unleash Your Inner Gamer - Wednesday, August 6 @ 6-8pm
Dream up your own video game! Then learn how to actually create it! Hands-on workshop with icamp® video game designers. Space is limited. Sign up is required.
Children's Events
Funding provided by the Estelle Citrin Family Fund
Anti-Gravity Show - Monday, July 7 @ 4:30pm
Find out the secrets behind circus tricks that seem to defy gravity. Amazing feats with plenty of audience participation. Lisa Lou of Super Scientific Circus.
Best for ages 4 – 10. Sign ups are required.
Anansi Does the Impossible - Wednesday, July 16 @ 4pm
What will you be when you grow up? See how a children’s book author/illustrator creates her drawings. Lisa Desimini reads from her books, draws for you, and talks about being a writer. A book signing follows the program. Author of Anansi Does the Impossible and Iris Catches a Bug.
Best for ages 4 - 10. Sign ups are required.
No Strings Attached! - Monday, July 21 @ 4pm
Puppet Doodles the Clown performs in an adventure of courage and friendship. Puppets To Go puppeteers perform nationally.
Best for ages 3 - 8. Sign ups are required.
On Butterfly's Wings - Monday, July 28 @ 4pm
From Animal Planet and the Discovery Channel, the “Butterfly Guy” Rick Mikula shares a humorous and enlightening look at butterflies. See beautiful butterflies from around the world. Award-winning author, photographer, and butterfly garden designer to the stars.
Best for age 4 and up. Sign ups are required.
The Reading Bugs- Wednesday, August 6 @ 4:30pm
Sing along with the musical adventures of the Reading Bugs. You’ll imagine hissing cockroaches, singing spiders and dancing butterflies. Master storytellers Gerald Fierst and Richard Stillman of PBS and the 92 nd Street Y.
Best for age 4 and up. Sign ups are required.
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