Library Events

Generally the first on the month at 7pm. Check Calendar for exact dates.

Tuesday evening meetings for those who can't make our Friday morning meetings! Gather together and work on your current knitting and crocheting projects as you chat and socialize with fellow yarn-lovers! Bring your own supplies and trade tips and ideas, share patterns, and create beautiful piece...read more

Mr. Corbitt's music classes build a musical foundation by encouraging musical play and introducing simple music theory exercises that connect tykes’ musical world to ours, and more importantly, ours to theirs. Using contemporary songs from the realms of jazz, reggae, pop, rock, and R&B...read more

This infant program will provide early literacy opportunities for caregivers and babies through a story time with interactive song, rhymes and fingerplay specifically for this age group. (30 mins)

Ms. Lisa brings her angelic voice and guitar to sing popular interactive songs you can sing and dance to.  (30 mins)

Gather together and work on your current knitting and crocheting projects as you chat and socialize with fellow yarn-lovers! Bring your own supplies and trade tips and ideas, share patterns, and create beautiful pieces alongside friends. All skill levels are welcome! This club will meet weekly. (1 h...read more

It won’t cross New Jersey, but we will experience a partial solar eclipse where the moon will cover a majority of the sun between 3:24 and 3:25 p.m. that day.  Join us on the front lawn to see what we can through our special solar glasses (free handout to you) and enjoy some other ac...read more

For kids in grades K-5.  Practice with reading skills with a buddy (teen volunteer).  Promotes positive intergenerational engagement and reading skill development. 

Tuesday evening meetings for those who can't make our Friday morning meetings! Gather together and work on your current knitting and crocheting projects as you chat and socialize with fellow yarn-lovers! Bring your own supplies and trade tips and ideas, share patterns, and create beautiful piece...read more

Ms. Shelley returns showing us how to move and stretch our growing bodies while connecting it to a relevant story.  (30 mins)

Join fellow Swifties to talk about all things Taylor Swift related! We'll listen to her music, make playlists, analyze her lyrics, play Taylor Swift themed trivia, do crafts, and more! Meets monthly. (45 min)

This infant program will provide early literacy opportunities for caregivers and babies through a story time with interactive song, rhymes and fingerplay specifically for this age group. (30 mins)

Let's celebrate the release of the new edition of Dav Pilkey's graphic novel Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder! We'll play a Dog Man cast quiz, learn how to draw the Supa Buddies, go on a Supa Epic Scavenger Hunt, and more! Light snack provided.

Ms. Lisa brings her angelic voice and guitar to sing popular interactive songs you can sing and dance to.  (30 mins)

Gather together and work on your current knitting and crocheting projects as you chat and socialize with fellow yarn-lovers! Bring your own supplies and trade tips and ideas, share patterns, and create beautiful pieces alongside friends. All skill levels are welcome! This club will meet weekly. (1 h...read more

Come see a variety of short films, documentaries and the trailer for the main event's feature film, The Zombie Wedding, starring SNL alum Cheri Oteri and The Walking Dead’s Seth Gillam. Plus, aspiring movie writers and film aficionados will have the chance to participate in Q&As with Z...read more

Monthly craft program for adults. Make a decorative bowl out of air dry clay. All supplies provided.

For kids in grades K-5.  Practice with reading skills with a buddy (teen volunteer).  Promotes positive intergenerational engagement and reading skill development. 

This service based program meets monthly for 45 mins. Volunteers follow a structured program of activities/tasks that benefit the Westwood Community from October 2023 to May 2024.  You must be enrolled in the program to register for monthly mandatory meetings. (45 mins)

Tuesday evening meetings for those who can't make our Friday morning meetings! Gather together and work on your current knitting and crocheting projects as you chat and socialize with fellow yarn-lovers! Bring your own supplies and trade tips and ideas, share patterns, and create beautiful piece...read more

On Exhibit through end of May 2024 is the work of Patricia Stella, a former resident of Westwood and former employee of the Westwood Library. Please join us for a reception for her work, paintings and pottery, on Tuesday, April 16 between 7 and 8:30pm.  Light refreshments available. 

Mr. Corbitt's music classes build a musical foundation by encouraging musical play and introducing simple music theory exercises that connect tykes’ musical world to ours, and more importantly, ours to theirs. Using contemporary songs from the realms of jazz, reggae, pop, rock, and R&B...read more

Let’s celebrate National Poetry Month and Earth Day all in one by writing a poem for our PoeTree! We’ll write poems on leaf cutouts, read them aloud, then paste them onto our PoeTree! Light snack provided.

This infant program will provide early literacy opportunities for caregivers and babies through a story time with interactive song, rhymes and fingerplay specifically for this age group. (30 mins)

Spend your afternoons at the library as we host a monthly screening of some of the newest DVD releases from 1pm - 3:30pm. This month we will be showing Priscilla starring Jacob Elordi and Cailee Spaeny. Registration is required as space is limited.

The Adult Book Group takes place in our Upstairs Meeting Room and all adults are welcome to join.  Copies of the book are available at the Library a month prior to each discussion.  Please note that some titles are also available as downloadable ebooks and eaudio books.  Please regist...read more

Ms. Lisa brings her angelic voice and guitar to sing popular interactive songs you can sing and dance to.  (30 mins)

Gather together and work on your current knitting and crocheting projects as you chat and socialize with fellow yarn-lovers! Bring your own supplies and trade tips and ideas, share patterns, and create beautiful pieces alongside friends. All skill levels are welcome! This club will meet weekly. (1 h...read more

Let's listen to Taylor's new album, The Tortured Poets Department, together while we rank the songs as a group, do a craft, and more! Light snack provided.

https://www.westwoodpubliclibrary.org/friends-trivia-night.htmlClick the above link to learn more and get tickets!

NJ born Paul Robeson was an exceptional athlete, lawyer, actor, singer, cultural scholar, author, and political activist, advocating for the civil rights of people around the world. Learn more about this extraordinary individual and enjoy a knock out performance of songs he made famous.

For kids in grades K-5.  Practice with reading skills with a buddy (teen volunteer).  Promotes positive intergenerational engagement and reading skill development. 

Tuesday evening meetings for those who can't make our Friday morning meetings! Gather together and work on your current knitting and crocheting projects as you chat and socialize with fellow yarn-lovers! Bring your own supplies and trade tips and ideas, share patterns, and create beautiful piece...read more

The Fresh Voices Book Group is a new book group at the library that aims to read books by new voices—debut authors with fresh perspectives. We will be reading a mix of fiction and nonfiction as well as biographies and memoirs. Some of these books will cover topics dealing with current social i...read more

Ms. Shelley returns showing us how to move and stretch our growing bodies while connecting it to a relevant story.  (30 mins)

Gather together and work on your current knitting and crocheting projects as you chat and socialize with fellow yarn-lovers! Bring your own supplies and trade tips and ideas, share patterns, and create beautiful pieces alongside friends. All skill levels are welcome! This club will meet weekly. (1 h...read more

Join us outside at 10am on Saturday, April 27 for a tree planting with the Shade Tree Committee, part of ArborFest 2024.All our welcome to attend and learn a little something about trees before we get one planted at the Library!  Inside will be a woodturning program that while the registration ...read more

The Hudson Valley Wood Turners will be at the Westwood Library on Saturday, April 27 from 11-3pm.  Please register for one of the four slots available each hour for one on one instruction on wood turning and making your own pen.  Of course you are welcome to come to just watch, too! (Suita...read more

The Hudson Valley Wood Turners will be at the Westwood Library on Saturday, April 27 from 11-3pm.  Please register for one of the four slots available each hour for one on one instruction on wood turning and making your own pen.  Of course you are welcome to come to just watch, too! (...read more

The Hudson Valley Wood Turners will be at the Westwood Library on Saturday, April 27 from 11-3pm.  Please register for one of the four slots available each hour for one on one instruction on wood turning and making your own pen.  Of course you are welcome to come to just watch, too! (...read more

For kids in grades K-5.  Practice with reading skills with a buddy (teen volunteer).  Promotes positive intergenerational engagement and reading skill development. 

Tuesday evening meetings for those who can't make our Friday morning meetings! Gather together and work on your current knitting and crocheting projects as you chat and socialize with fellow yarn-lovers! Bring your own supplies and trade tips and ideas, share patterns, and create beautiful piece...read more