Join us for upcoming events, classes and programs at Westwood Free Public Library! All events are free and open to the public. Registration required where noted. The library reserves the right to cancel any program due to inclement weather or other unforeseen events.
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Music & Movement: Jiggly Wiggly (children to age 5) Downstairs
10:30 am
Knitting & Crocheting Club (Upstairs Meeting Room)
11:30am Knitting & Crocheting Club (Upstairs Meeting Room) Friday, Dec. 1, 11:30am(11:30am) 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
Santa Letter Writing: (Gr K-5) Downstairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm Santa Letter Writing: (Gr K-5) Downstairs Friday, Dec. 1, 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm![]() Downstairs Meeting Room Let's get a head start on your wish list letters to Santa. You'll have different letter styles to choose from and you'll be able to decorate it too. Light snack provided. Only one letter per registered child (45 mins)
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ESL Advanced Beginner English Class (Downstairs Mtg. Room)
7pm-8:30pm ESL Advanced Beginner English Class (Downstairs Mtg. Room) Monday, Dec. 4, 7pm-8:30pm(September 18th, 25th, October 2nd, 16th, 23rd, 30th, November 6th, 13th, 20th, December 4th) Downstairs Meeting Room |
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Story Art (Gr K-2) Downstairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm Story Art (Gr K-2) Downstairs Tuesday, Dec. 5, 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm(Tues., 9/5; 10/10, 11/7, & 12/5 @ 3:45 pm) ![]() Downstairs Meeting Room Each month we will listen to a story from a picture book and then create a take home art project based on the story. Combining art and literature helps students improve their reading comprehension, critical thinking skills, spatial awareness, and visualization. Limited supplies. Meets monthly. (45 m...read more
Mocktails: The Art of Non-Alcoholic Mixology (Downstairs Meeting Room)
6:00pm Mocktails: The Art of Non-Alcoholic Mixology (Downstairs Meeting Room) Tuesday, Dec. 5, 6:00pmDownstairs Meeting Room Refreshing and flavorful non-alcoholic drinks are perfect for entertaining and everyday enjoyment. Learn from Vanessa Young, founder of Thirsty Radish about the art of making drinks, syrups, infusions, and edible garnishes. We will even explore how to use herbs and spices to approximate the flavors ...read more
Knitting & Crocheting Club (Upstairs Meeting Room)
7:00pm Knitting & Crocheting Club (Upstairs Meeting Room) Tuesday, Dec. 5, 7:00pmUpstairs Meeting Room 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
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Fall Peek A Book Story Time (children ages 2-5) Children’s Room (Upstairs)
10:30 am - 11:00 am Fall Peek A Book Story Time (children ages 2-5) Children’s Room (Upstairs) Wednesday, Dec. 6, 10:30 am - 11:00 am![]() Children's Room Story Time is a great way to introduce your little one to early literacy by listening to stories, dancing, singing, doing fingerplays and it can expand their social circle too. (30 mins)
Swiftie Club (Gr 5-12) Downstairs Meeting Room
3:45pm-4:30pm Swiftie Club (Gr 5-12) Downstairs Meeting Room Wednesday, Dec. 6, 3:45pm-4:30pm(Wednesday, Dec. 6, Jan. 3, Feb. 7, March 6, April 10, May 1, June 5, July 3, August 7) Downstairs Meeting Room Our last Swiftie Club! Join us for a farewell pizza party while we listen to her music, decorate cookies, and design our own canvas tote bags!
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ESL Class Conversation - Downstairs Meeting Room
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM ESL Class Conversation - Downstairs Meeting Room Thursday, Dec. 7, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM(7:00 PM - 8:30 PM) |
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Northwest Bergen Regional Health Commission
10:15 am -11:15 am Northwest Bergen Regional Health Commission Friday, Dec. 8, 10:15 am -11:15 amUpstairs Meeting Room
Knitting & Crocheting Club (Upstairs Meeting Room)
11:30am Knitting & Crocheting Club (Upstairs Meeting Room) Friday, Dec. 8, 11:30am(11:30am) 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
JLC - Westwood Teens Talk Subcommittee Mtg
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm JLC - Westwood Teens Talk Subcommittee Mtg Friday, Dec. 8, 4:00 pm - 4:45 pmUpstairs Meeting Room |
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Gardening Time (Outside)
11am Gardening Time (Outside) Sunday, Dec. 10, 11am Westwood Library Garden Club members meet to garden. Want to join? Send an email to urbiel@westwood.bccls.org.
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LVPV Manager Meeting and Marilyn Katz Goodbye (Upstairs Meeting Room) - CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS
10am-2pm LVPV Manager Meeting and Marilyn Katz Goodbye (Upstairs Meeting Room) - CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS Tuesday, Dec. 12, 10am-2pm
Adult Craft: Snow Globe Ornament (Upstairs Meeting Room)
2:00pm
Knitting & Crocheting Club (Upstairs Meeting Room)
7:00pm Knitting & Crocheting Club (Upstairs Meeting Room) Tuesday, Dec. 12, 7:00pmUpstairs Meeting Room 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
Fresh Voices Book Group: Pageboy by Elliot Page
7:00pm Fresh Voices Book Group: Pageboy by Elliot Page Tuesday, Dec. 12, 7:00pm![]() 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
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Fall Peek A Book Story Time (children ages 2-5) Children’s Room (Upstairs)
10:30 am - 11:00 am Fall Peek A Book Story Time (children ages 2-5) Children’s Room (Upstairs) Wednesday, Dec. 13, 10:30 am - 11:00 am![]() Children's Room Story Time is a great way to introduce your little one to early literacy by listening to stories, dancing, singing, doing fingerplays and it can expand their social circle too. (30 mins)
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Movie Matinee: Love Again (Downstairs Meeting Room)
1:00pm Movie Matinee: Love Again (Downstairs Meeting Room) Thursday, Dec. 14, 1:00pmDownstairs Meeting Room 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 Love Again starring Priyanka Chopra and Sam Heughan. Registration is required as space is limited.
ESL Class Conversation - Downstairs Meeting Room
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM ESL Class Conversation - Downstairs Meeting Room Thursday, Dec. 14, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM(7:00 PM - 8:30 PM) |
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Music & Movement: Jiggly Wiggly (children to age 5) Downstairs
10:30 am
Knitting & Crocheting Club (Upstairs Meeting Room)
11:30am Knitting & Crocheting Club (Upstairs Meeting Room) Friday, Dec. 15, 11:30am(11:30am) 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
Make a Mini Gingerbread House: (Gr K-8) Downstairs
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm Make a Mini Gingerbread House: (Gr K-8) Downstairs Friday, Dec. 15, 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm![]() Downstairs Meeting Room It wouldn't be the Holiday season without a gingerbread house. Have fun constructing and decorating a mini gingerbread house. Limited supplies. Only one per family - siblings must share one mini gingerbread house. (1 hour)
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Comedy Performance: The Maturely Motivated Players (Downstairs Meeting Room)
4:00 pm Comedy Performance: The Maturely Motivated Players (Downstairs Meeting Room) Tuesday, Dec. 19, 4:00 pmDownstairs Meeting Room The Maturely Motivated Players are back to perform Not Quite Yet, a show about the eccentricities of growing older, something we all share! It also is based on the compiled writing of well known humorous authors and comedians.
Junior Library Council Meeting (Gr 6-12) Downstairs
6:00 pm - 6:45 pm Junior Library Council Meeting (Gr 6-12) Downstairs Tuesday, Dec. 19, 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm(Tues. 10/17, 11/28, 12/19, 1/23 (virtual), no Feb mtg, 3/12, 4/16, 5/21 @ 6:00 pm) ![]() Downstairs Meeting Room 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)
Knitting & Crocheting Club (Upstairs Meeting Room)
7:00pm Knitting & Crocheting Club (Upstairs Meeting Room) Tuesday, Dec. 19, 7:00pmUpstairs Meeting Room 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
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Fall Peek A Book Story Time (children ages 2-5) Children’s Room (Upstairs)
10:30 am - 11:00 am Fall Peek A Book Story Time (children ages 2-5) Children’s Room (Upstairs) Wednesday, Dec. 20, 10:30 am - 11:00 am![]() Children's Room Story Time is a great way to introduce your little one to early literacy by listening to stories, dancing, singing, doing fingerplays and it can expand their social circle too. (30 mins)
Create Quick Snacks Club: (Gr 4-6) Downstairs
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Thriller/Mystery Book Club (Gr 4-6) Upstairs
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm Thriller/Mystery Book Club (Gr 4-6) Upstairs Thursday, Dec. 21, 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm(Thurs. 9/14, 10/12, 11/17 & 12/21 @ 3:45 pm) ![]() Upstairs Do you love mystery books with a little edge? Then join this new book club where we will read a different thriller/mystery book each month. Please read the book before the scheduled meeting. You can pick up all 4 books for Sept to Dec at the Circulation Desk. We will read books in this o...read more
Gardening Time (outside)
5pm Gardening Time (outside) Thursday, Dec. 21, 5pm(Thursdays July 16, July 27, August 17, September 11, September 28, October 19, November 9, November 30, December 21) Westwood Library Garden Club members meet to garden. Want to join? Send an email to urbiel@westwood.bccls.org.
ESL Class Conversation - Downstairs Meeting Room
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM ESL Class Conversation - Downstairs Meeting Room Thursday, Dec. 21, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM(7:00 PM - 8:30 PM)
Adult Book Group: How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz (Upstairs Meeting Room)
7:30pm Adult Book Group: How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz (Upstairs Meeting Room) Thursday, Dec. 21, 7:30pm The Online Book Group takes place on zoom 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 register for each month yo...read more
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Knitting & Crocheting Club (Upstairs Meeting Room)
11:30am Knitting & Crocheting Club (Upstairs Meeting Room) Friday, Dec. 22, 11:30am(11:30am) 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
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Knitting & Crocheting Club (Upstairs Meeting Room)
7:00pm Knitting & Crocheting Club (Upstairs Meeting Room) Tuesday, Dec. 26, 7:00pmUpstairs Meeting Room 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
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Make Your Own Room Door Sign: (Gr 4-8) Downstairs
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Make Your Own Room Door Sign: (Gr 4-8) Downstairs Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm![]() Downstairs Meeting Room Claim your space! You'll get to design and decorate your room sign with a variety of items to create your own sign with your name, or a phrase. Limited supplies. Only one per registered child. (1 hour)
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Board Game Bonanza: (Gr K-5) Downstairs
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
New Year’s Silent Disco (Adult Main Floor)
6-8pm New Year’s Silent Disco (Adult Main Floor) Thursday, Dec. 28, 6-8pm What better place for a silent disco than a Library?? Join us for a fun way to celebrate the end of 2023 and welcoming 2024. Dance on your own together at our first silent disco. Headphones, light sticks and snacks provided and all ages welcome. Choose from three different songs and...read more
ESL Class Conversation - Downstairs Meeting Room
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM ESL Class Conversation - Downstairs Meeting Room Thursday, Dec. 28, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM(7:00 PM - 8:30 PM) |
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Knitting & Crocheting Club (Upstairs Meeting Room)
11:30am Knitting & Crocheting Club (Upstairs Meeting Room) Friday, Dec. 29, 11:30am(11:30am) 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
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