Join our active Mah Jongg group for weekly in-person play. 

We are not accepting beginners at this time. If you are interested in learning how to play, please register your interest by emailing programs@mendhamtwplib.org - we expect to have a series of lessons in the Spring. 

Join certified yoga teacher and Mendham-local, Sarah Whitman for a morning class of stretches and poses. 
Everyone can benefit from yoga - stretch your body and calm your mind.
Bring a mat.  Adults Only.

* Please note that from February 1st, our yoga classes will operate on a donation basis *
Sarah (our teacher) has generously donated her time weekly to the library up to this point, and we would like to compensate her for her time going forward. The amount you donate will be up to you - we are suggesting a donation of up to $5 per class. You will be able to donate via cash or via venmo directly to Sarah

Participants will be asked to sign a waiver.

Join Miss Rachel or Miss Dana for a half hour of singing, rhymes and scarf songs. An outing for babies and their caregivers.

Held in Scialla Hall, Brookside Community Club. Register once for reminders & updates.

Every 2^nd & 4^th Thursday at 1:00pm

Join Miss Dana for 30 minutes of reading and learning.  Developmentally appropriate for children ages 4 or 5.  Please register for each class no later than the day before.  Note that this program is not aimed at toddlers or babies, but not a drop-off. 

Join celebrated author, Allison Pataki as she discusses her new book, Finding Margaret Fuller.  In Finding Margaret Fuller, Pataki takes readers on a trans-Atlantic journey in this winning fictional biography of Transcendentalist writer Margaret Fuller (1810–1850). Pataki’s star-studded and gripping account is full of lush details about the life of an overlooked contributor to Transcendentalism and women’s rights. This is one to savor. 

Allison Pataki is the New York Times bestselling author of The Traitor’s Wife, The Accidental Empress, Sisi, The Queen’s Fortune, and The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post, as well as the nonfiction memoir Beauty in the Broken Places. Her novels have been translated into more than twenty languages.  A former news writer and producer, Pataki has written for The New York Times, USA Today, and other outlets. She has appeared on Today, Good Morning America, Good Day New York, and MSNBC’s Morning Joe.
 

Sponsored by Kemmerer Library.

Join art historian, Sylvia Laudien-Meo, for a presentation & discussion about 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.  After an early career as portrait photographer Lange dedicated her life to documenting life during the Great Depression and WWII.  She very carefully composed her thought provoking images while always being dedicated to being truthful. Sponsored by Kemmerer Library.

Join Miss Rachel or Miss Dana for Movers & Groovers
Stories, songs, action rhymes and scarf songs. Lots of interaction and fun. All ages from babies to preschoolers welcome.
Held in Scialla Hall, Brookside Community Church, 8 East Main Street, Brookside, NJ
Register once and you will be on our Movers & Groovers mailing list and will receive program updates, such as weather related cancelations, etc. 

Join our wonderful knitting teacher, Margaret for our "Knitting with Neighbors" group.
This friendly group will  meet every other Tuesday. 
Bring your own project, or Margaret will show you how to knit. If you're new to knitting please bring your own size 5 or 5.5 needles and yarn.  Any questions, please email programs@mendhamtwplib.org

Join certified yoga teacher and Mendham-local, Sarah Whitman for an early evening class of stretches and poses. 
Everyone can benefit from yoga - stretch your body and calm your mind.
Bring a mat.  Adults Only.
* Please note that from February 1st, our yoga classes will operate on a donation basis *
Sarah (our teacher) has generously donated her time weekly to the library up to this point, and we would like to compensate her for her time going forward. The amount you donate will be up to you - we are suggesting a donation of up to $5 per class. You will be able to donate via cash or via venmo directly to Sarah
Participants will be asked to sign a waiver.

Join Miss Rachel or Miss Dana for Movers & Groovers
Stories, songs, action rhymes and scarf songs. Lots of interaction and fun. All ages from babies to preschoolers welcome.
Held in Scialla Hall, Brookside Community Church, 8 East Main Street, Brookside, NJ

Register once and you will be on our Movers & Groovers mailing list and will receive program updates, such as weather related cancelations, etc. 

Join Miss Rachel or Miss Dana for Movers & Groovers
Stories, songs, action rhymes and scarf songs. Lots of interaction and fun. All ages from babies to preschoolers welcome.

Held in Scialla Hall, Brookside Community Church, 8 East Main Street, Brookside, NJ

Register once and you will be on our Movers & Groovers mailing list and will receive program updates, such as weather related cancelations, etc. 

This session will be a repeat of the 9:30am session.

Join our friendly group to paint a clay pot using various techniques and plant it with a succulent. All supplies are provided.
 

Choose your gnome to paint and adorn with natural elements. Ages Pre-K to 2nd Grade

Above and Beyond the Call of Duty highlights the experiences of Black women as they navigated World War II both on the New Jersey home front and abroad. Learn about the many ways these women participated in the war effort, including as volunteers, nurses, members of the Women’s Army Corps and the WAVES, as defense industry workers, and much more. Sponsored by Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum.

How was it possible for a son of a minor noble family from Corsica to become the Emperor of the French?   During this lecture, Alex Clemente 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. Sponsored by Kemmerer Library.

Join our active Mah Jongg group for weekly in-person play. 

We are not accepting beginners at this time. If you are interested in learning how to play, please register your interest by emailing programs@mendhamtwplib.org - we expect to have a series of lessons in the Spring. 

Like to play chess but have no one to play with? Join our Chess Club to meet other players and practice your skills.
The time of this club may change dependant on when players want to meet. We may be able to start a daytime club in addition if there is an interest. 

Join certified yoga teacher and Mendham-local, Sarah Whitman for a morning class of stretches and poses. 
Everyone can benefit from yoga - stretch your body and calm your mind.
Bring a mat.  Adults Only.

Sarah (our teacher) has generously donated her time weekly to the library up to this point, and we would like to compensate her for her time going forward. The amount you donate will be up to you - we are suggesting a donation of up to $5 per class. You will be able to donate via cash or via venmo directly to Sarah
Participants will be asked to sign a waiver.

Join Miss Rachel or Miss Dana for a half hour of singing, rhymes and scarf songs. An outing for babies and their caregivers.

Held in Scialla Hall, Brookside Community Club. Register once for reminders & updates.

Join our fitness instructor, Lori for a fitness class - where caregivers get to exercise whilst their babies watch! This class is intended for non-mobile children who can sit in a car carrier or lie on a blanket. 
This class will operate on a donation basis - please consider a donation of up to $5 which will go directly to our instructor. Pay via check/cash or venmo.
Participants will be required to sign a waiver before class starts.

*this class will initially be for three weeks to gauge whether there is enough interest to continue*