Drop by the library for some fun crafts after school! 

Join us for a presentation & discussion of this interesting and surprisingly relevant exhibition on Dorothea Lange’s photography with a special focus on its relationship to language – writing found in the environment, but also captions or descriptions added in various publications, to “extend, buttress, illuminate, and explain the photograph”. After an early career as portrait photographer Lange dedicated her life to documenting life during the Great Depression, travelling through the country for the Farm Security Administration to capture the lives of impoverished share croppers, documenting life inside the Japanese Incarceration Camps, in booming coast towns during WWII… She very carefully composed her thought provoking images while always dedicated to being truthful. So many of her images have become iconic, most famously the Migrant Mother.

Presented by Sylvia Laudien-Meo

Join Miss Carol for fun songs and dance! This program is intended for preschoolers. 

All are welcome to join the Kemmerer Library Book Club! The group meets in the library every other Tuesday at 1:30p.m.
Books are available in hard copy or on the Kemmerer Kindles. 

Upcoming dates are:

Mar 5th: “Weyward” by Emilia Hart

Mar 19th:   “Frozen River” by Ariel Lawhorn

April 2nd:  “Women” by Kristen Hannah

April 16th: “Finding Margaret Fuller” by Allison Pataki  (Virtual author visit with Allison Pataki on Thursday, April 25)

April 30th: “Go as a River” by Shelley Read

May 14th: “Prophet Song” by Paul Lynch

May 28th: “Table for Two” by Amor Towles 

Join us as we chat with New York Times bestselling author, Douglas Brunt, about instant bestselling debut non-fiction work The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I. This book reveals the hidden history of Rudolf Diesel, one of the world’s greatest inventors, and his mysterious disappearance on the eve of World War I. 
September 29, 1913: the steamship Dresden is halfway between Belgium and England. On board is one of the most famous men in the world, Rudolf Diesel, whose new internal combustion engine is on the verge of revolutionizing global industry forever. But Diesel never arrives at his destination. He vanishes during the night and headlines around the world wonder if it was an accident, suicide, or murder.
 
After rising from an impoverished European childhood, Diesel had become a multi-millionaire with his powerful engine that does not require expensive petroleum-based fuel. In doing so, he became not only an international celebrity but also the enemy of two extremely powerful men -– Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and John D. Rockefeller, the founder of Standard Oil and the richest man in the world. The Kaiser wanted the engine to power a fleet of submarines that would finally allow him to challenge Great Britain’s Royal Navy. But Diesel had intended for his engine to be used for the betterment of the world. 

Brunt reopens the case and provides a compelling new conclusion about Diesel’s fate. Register now to see how the mystery unfolds! 

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Have you seen the movie, Napoleon, an epic that details the chequered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine? Are you curious how historically accurate it was?  This lecture aims to explain the rise of one of the most famous figures in Western, if not, World Civilization. Napoleon’s intellectual, civic, governmental, and military achievements will be weighed in the context of the movement that birthed him – The French Revolution.

Presented by Alex Clemente

Waddle into the world of these beloved flightless birds! Learn their basic biology, where they live, and the threats they face.  Listen to how they are helped in the world and how the Jenkinson's Aquarium care for this endangered species. Enjoy this educational program with trained keepers and a real African Penguin!

Please register every child and adult that will be attending separately as space is limited. Your email address or telephone number only has to be listed for your first entry.  For each additional attendee, you simply have to press "Register another person for this event (at the same address)" at the bottom of the screen.  

If you are not successful with registration, please let us know, and we will be happy to assist you.

 

Waddle into the world of these beloved flightless birds! Learn their basic biology, where they live, and the threats they face.  Listen to how they are helped in the world and how the Jenkinson's Aquarium care for this endangered species. Enjoy this educational program with trained keepers and a real African Penguin!

Please register every child and adult that will be attending separately as space is limited. Your email address or telephone number only has to be entered on your first entry.  For each additional attendee, you simply have to press "Register another person for this event (at the same address)" at the bottom of the screen.

If you are not successful with registration, please let us know and we will be happy to assist you.

 

Kali Patrick is a Sleep & Well Being coach, who can help prioritize rest and sleep in the context of your busy work life. She especially has success with those who have had a hard time sleeping due to stress and anxious thoughts. Kali struggled with sleep for 2 decades as she climbed the tech industry corporate ladder.  Healing from burnout taught her what it really takes to feel better. She now helps clients to be successful AND maintain a healthy mind and body.

kalipatrick.com
 

Join Miss Carol for fun songs and dance! This program is intended for preschoolers. 

A canning and frozen-foods agribusiness in Cumberland County, New Jersey, during the Second World War, Seabrook Farms employed 7,000 laborers in its fields, plants, offices, and warehouses, and processed produce from more than 50,000 acres of farmland. In 1944, Seabrook Farms began recruiting incarcerated Japanese Americans from camps, and by the end of 1946, more than 2,500 Issei (Japanese immigrants) and Nisei (American-born citizens of Japanese descent) lived in company housing and worked on vegetable sorting, cleaning, and packaging lines in the plant. This talk will explore Seabrook Farms as a New Jersey site of Asian American history, and, from Professor Andy Urban’s research for his book in progress, highlight Japanese American experiences at Seabrook Farms that have not garnered significant attention or featured as part of Seabrook Farms’ collective public memory.

Andy Urban is an Associate Professor of American Studies and History at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. His research, scholarship, teaching, and public humanities work focus on labor, migration, and public memory.


REGISTER HERE

Thanks to a grant from the NJ State Council of the Arts, we are offering Introduction to Crochet classes.
Tuesdays in May at 5:30p.m.-7:00p.m. All supplies will be provided.
May 7, 14, 21 and 28
You need to be available for all classes.
Harding residents will get priority. 

Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door.

You’re invited to join Nina Simon online as she chats about her lighthearted whodunnit about a grandmother-mother-daughter trio of amateur sleuths, Mother-Daughter Murder Night. 

Mother-Daughter Murder Night follows high-powered business woman Lana Rubicon. She has a lot to be proud of with her keen intelligence, impeccable taste, and the L.A. real estate empire she’s built. But when she finds herself trapped 300 miles north of the city, convalescing in a sleepy coastal town with her adult daughter Beth and teenage granddaughter Jack, Lana is stuck counting otters instead of square footage—and hoping that boredom won’t kill her before the cancer does. 

In a turn of events, when Jack happens upon a dead body while kayaking she quickly becomes a suspect in the homicide investigation, and the Rubicon women are thrown into chaos. Beth thinks Lana should focus on recovery, but Lana has a better idea. She’ll pull on her wig, find the true murderer, protect her family, and prove she still has power. With Jack and Beth’s help, Lana uncovers a web of lies, family vendettas, and land disputes lurking beneath the surface of a community populated by folksy conservationists and wealthy ranchers. But as their amateur snooping advances into ever-more dangerous territory, the headstrong Rubicon women must learn to do the one thing they’ve always resisted: depend on each other.

Harness your inner detective and sign up for the investigation. Register now!

Join Bonnie Rapp as we celebrate the Best of Broadway with songs from Tony-award winning shows! Celebrating composers Rodgers and Hammerstein, Kern, Loesser, Porter, Lerner and Lowe and more! Bonnie is a delight! We promise you will leave with a smile on your face and a tune in your heart!

Bonnie Rapp has been delighting audiences for many years!  She's had the honor of playing the lead role of Christine Daaé in the National Tour/San Francisco Company of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera.
 Some of Bonnie’s favorite roles include Maria in The Sound of Music, Kate in Kiss Me, Kate, Cinderella in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella,  Louise in Gypsy and Sister Amnesia and Sister Leo in Nunsense, Nunsense II and Nunsense Jamboree.  
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Bonnie had appeared in so many productions of Nunsense that the creator of the show, Dan Goggin, bestowed her with her own habit! Bonnie has also appeared in numerous Broadway galas, fundraisers, and concerts, including performances at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall.  

Enjoy the journey towards health and fitness with a DANCE CLASS! We are excited to offer 4 different dance classes - each with a different theme and style.
1. Baila Latin
2. Yalla Middle East
3. Boot Scootin Country Line dance
4. Singalong American dance party.

You will need to register for each class.
Classes will be held at First Presbyterian Church of New Vernon (2 Lees Hill Road)

TAUGHT BY CERTIFIED ZUMBA GOLD TEACHER TAMMY RESNIKOFF
My life's mission is to help people over 50 stay active and healthy for as many years as possible.  As I watched my parents age, I realized the goal of fitness should be to do what you love for as long as you can.  Every part of fitness -strength,  balance, agility, memory, mood, cardio, flexibility, are all what enable you to do activities of daily life. My goal is to form a fitness community, and bring movement, joy and functional fitness to peoples lives.  Fitness should be fun and age is only a number... come join me.

All are welcome to join the Kemmerer Library Book Club! The group meets in the library every other Tuesday at 1:30p.m.
Books are available in hard copy or on the Kemmerer Kindles. 

Upcoming dates are:

Mar 5th: “Weyward” by Emilia Hart

Mar 19th:   “Frozen River” by Ariel Lawhorn

April 2nd:  “Women” by Kristen Hannah

April 16th: “Finding Margaret Fuller” by Allison Pataki  (Virtual author visit with Allison Pataki on Thursday, April 25)

April 30th: “Go as a River” by Shelley Read

May 14th: “Prophet Song” by Paul Lynch

May 28th: “Table for Two” by Amor Towles 

Join Kathy Bross for a fun new birding activity once a month! Watch birds eat, learn how the build nests, and more!

Join Miss Carol for fun songs and dance! This program is intended for preschoolers. 

"Tara Lazar finds it fabulous to be foolish about felines. She opened the door to a cat mewling, offered the stray a can of tuna, and the cat never left.  You can find them all - Tara, her husband, two daughters and a black cat--somewhere in New Jersey. Flat Cat is her 13th book"

Tara is returning to the library to share "Flat Cat" and her love of writing children's books with us.

Thanks to a grant from the NJ State Council of the Arts, we are offering Introduction to Crochet classes.
Tuesdays in May at 5:30p.m.-7:00p.m. All supplies will be provided.
May 7, 14, 21 and 28
You need to be available for all classes.
Harding residents will get priority.