Programs
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5 events,
What the Tech? : Tech & Device Help with Burju
What the Tech? : Tech & Device Help with Burju
Do you need help with your devices? Having trouble accessing our online resources? Well, have no fear! Burju can help solve your technology issues and show you how to use your devices. No appointment necessary! Just drop in from 9am-12pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
Wednesday Story Time
Wednesday Story Time
Join Ms. Rebecca in a fun-filled story time with an exciting new theme every week! Open to children ages 1-5. Please register for only one time slot.
Wednesday Story Time
Wednesday Story Time
Join Ms. Rebecca in a fun-filled story time with an exciting new theme every week! Open to children ages 1-5. Please register for only one time slot.
2 events,
Sensory Story Time
Sensory Story Time
Having trouble with "traditional" story times? Do you want your child to experience a more hands-on approach to storytelling? Come join us for a fun sensory play story time. Favorite toys and/or fidgets are encouraged! Please sign up each child individually, space is limited.
Meet Lesser-Known First Ladies
Meet Lesser-Known First Ladies
Most people today have never heard of Julia Tyler, Abigail Fillmore, or Caroline Harrison. Indeed, be ready to share the trials and triumphs of several First Ladies who once lived in the White House but are barely known today. Become acquainted with women who were outgoing and accomplished as well as with those who performed [...]
1 event,
Story Craft Club
Story Craft Club
Join us one Saturday a month for a super creative craft-focused story time! Open to children of all ages! Please register; space is limited!
5 events,
What the Tech? : Tech & Device Help with Burju
What the Tech? : Tech & Device Help with Burju
Do you need help with your devices? Having trouble accessing our online resources? Well, have no fear! Burju can help solve your technology issues and show you how to use your devices. No appointment necessary! Just drop in from 9am-12pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
Wednesday Story Time
Wednesday Story Time
Join Ms. Rebecca in a fun-filled story time with an exciting new theme every week! Open to children ages 1-5. Please register for only one time slot.
Wednesday Story Time
Wednesday Story Time
Join Ms. Rebecca in a fun-filled story time with an exciting new theme every week! Open to children ages 1-5. Please register for only one time slot.
3 events,
Sensory Story Time
Sensory Story Time
Having trouble with "traditional" story times? Do you want your child to experience a more hands-on approach to storytelling? Come join us for a fun sensory play story time. Favorite toys and/or fidgets are encouraged! Please sign up each child individually, space is limited.
Movie Night: Howl’s Moving Castle
Movie Night: Howl’s Moving Castle
Stop by the library for a movie night! To kick-start our new anime clubs we will be showing the movie Howl's Moving Castle. This event is for all ages! Please register online.
The Civil War and the Gilded Age
The Civil War and the Gilded Age
Mark Twain labeled the last half of the nineteenth century “The Gilded Age”: glittering on the outside and rotten on the inside. During this period Civil War generals and politicians were active in society circles and politics. Join Dr. Peter Lubrecht as he traces the lives and events connected with them. This program is open [...]
3 events,
Canceled Memory Cafe
Canceled Memory Cafe
Join us at the Hackettstown Free Public Library's "Memory Cafe" hosted by Johan Naranjo of House of the Good Shepherd. A "Memory Cafe" is a stigma-free social group for people experiencing memory loss and their families and caregivers. Each session includes a fun activity or presentation and time for attendees to socialize, relax, share, and [...]
Second Saturday Comic Club
Second Saturday Comic Club
Calling all kids grades 2-5 who love comics and graphic novels! Join us for a morning of reading, drawing, and talking about cool comics and graphic novels. Bring your favorite comic or graphic novel and we'll provide the drawing supplies. No registration necessary! Just come on by!
Language Exchange Cafe
Language Exchange Cafe
Looking to learn Spanish with native speakers? At the Language Exchange Cafe, native English speakers and native Spanish speakers get together to learn each other's language and have some coffee. It is a fun, immersive, interactive way to build your second language skills. No registration necessary - just show up and have a good time! [...]
3 events,
Anime Club: Children
Anime Club: Children
Come join our new anime club! We will meet once or twice a month to watch your favorite shows! This club is open to children aged 7-11. Please register online.
What the Tech? : Tech & Device Help with Alyssa
What the Tech? : Tech & Device Help with Alyssa
Do you need help with your devices? Having trouble accessing our online resources? Well, have no fear! Alyssa can help solve your technology issues and show you how to use your devices. No appointment necessary! Just drop in from 5pm-8pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays
Language Exchange Cafe
Language Exchange Cafe
Looking to learn Spanish with native speakers? At the Language Exchange Cafe, native English speakers and native Spanish speakers get together to learn each other's language and have some coffee. It is a fun, immersive, interactive way to build your second language skills. No registration necessary - just show up and have a good time! [...]
6 events,
What the Tech? : Tech & Device Help with Burju
What the Tech? : Tech & Device Help with Burju
Do you need help with your devices? Having trouble accessing our online resources? Well, have no fear! Burju can help solve your technology issues and show you how to use your devices. No appointment necessary! Just drop in from 9am-12pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
Wednesday Story Time
Wednesday Story Time
Join Ms. Rebecca in a fun-filled story time with an exciting new theme every week! Open to children ages 1-5. Please register for only one time slot.
Microsoft Powerpoint for Beginners
Microsoft Powerpoint for Beginners
Learn the basics of Microsoft Powerpoint at the Hackettstown Free Public Library. Let Karen and Burcu explain how you can use Powerpoint to showcase pictures, create a presentation, and visualize data. Please bring your own laptop/tablet/iPad if you have one - public computers are limited.
4 events,
Chair Yoga
Chair Yoga
Are you looking for a wellness break during your day? Some stretches and breathing that can help you to relax and move while you work? Or perhaps you have some mobility issues, and you want to try a gentle yoga practice? Then chair yoga is for you! Marsha Rudolph, MA, RYT, Registered Yoga Teacher, will [...]
Sensory Story Time
Sensory Story Time
Having trouble with "traditional" story times? Do you want your child to experience a more hands-on approach to storytelling? Come join us for a fun sensory play story time. Favorite toys and/or fidgets are encouraged! Please sign up each child individually, space is limited.
Anime Club: Adults
Anime Club: Adults
Come join our new anime club! We will meet once or twice a month to watch your favorite shows! This club is open to adults/teens aged 16+ Please register online.
2 events,
What the Tech? : Tech & Device Help with Burju
What the Tech? : Tech & Device Help with Burju
Do you need help with your devices? Having trouble accessing our online resources? Well, have no fear! Burju can help solve your technology issues and show you how to use your devices. No appointment necessary! Just drop in from 9am-12pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
Scrabble Club
Scrabble Club
Are you looking for a place to have fun and meet new friends while keeping your mind sharp or improving your English skills? Come to the Scrabble Club! It's the original "Words with Friends!" Play the board game Scrabble with others and enjoy a morning at the library. Even if you have never played the [...]
2 events,
What the Tech? : Tech & Device Help with Burju
What the Tech? : Tech & Device Help with Burju
Do you need help with your devices? Having trouble accessing our online resources? Well, have no fear! Burju can help solve your technology issues and show you how to use your devices. No appointment necessary! Just drop in from 9am-12pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
Get into S.T.E.A.M.! (5 and under)
Get into S.T.E.A.M.! (5 and under)
Let's strengthen your science, technology, engineering, art, and/or math skills once a month! Your child will be able to participate in an engaging engineering activity to test their S.T.E.A.M. skills. This event is for ages 5 and under. Please register each child separately.
3 events,
Wednesday Story Time
Wednesday Story Time
Join Ms. Rebecca in a fun-filled story time with an exciting new theme every week! Open to children ages 1-5. Please register for only one time slot.
Betsey Stockton’s Neighbors: Princeton’s Black Community in the Era of the Civil War
Betsey Stockton’s Neighbors: Princeton’s Black Community in the Era of the Civil War
Princeton, New Jersey, has long had the reputation of being a pretty and prosperous college town, an almost bucolic stop midway between Philadelphia and New York. Yet despite being in the North, Princeton had strong ties to the South throughout the antebellum era, largely because the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) had a [...]
Get into S.T.E.A.M. (5 and up)
Get into S.T.E.A.M. (5 and up)
Let's strengthen your science, technology, engineering, art, and/or math skills once a month! Your child will be able to participate in an engaging engineering activity to test their S.T.E.A.M. skills. This event is for ages 5 and over. Please register each child separately.
4 events,
The Evolving Employment Model: Managing Your Career in the Rapidly Changing Economy
The Evolving Employment Model: Managing Your Career in the Rapidly Changing Economy
The employment landscape is changing. Consulting and gig jobs, health passports, major disrupters, Work-From-Home, and more seem to dominate that landscape. Understanding what the changing employment model is and how to fit into it is essential to work success. Please join Paul Cecala of Cecala Career Consultants for this highly interactive session that explores what [...]
Sensory Story Time
Sensory Story Time
Having trouble with "traditional" story times? Do you want your child to experience a more hands-on approach to storytelling? Come join us for a fun sensory play story time. Favorite toys and/or fidgets are encouraged! Please sign up each child individually, space is limited.
What the Tech? : Tech & Device Help with Alyssa
What the Tech? : Tech & Device Help with Alyssa
Do you need help with your devices? Having trouble accessing our online resources? Well, have no fear! Alyssa can help solve your technology issues and show you how to use your devices. No appointment necessary! Just drop in from 5pm-8pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays
8 events,
What the Tech? : Tech & Device Help with Burju
What the Tech? : Tech & Device Help with Burju
Do you need help with your devices? Having trouble accessing our online resources? Well, have no fear! Burju can help solve your technology issues and show you how to use your devices. No appointment necessary! Just drop in from 9am-12pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
Wednesday Story Time
Wednesday Story Time
Join Ms. Rebecca in a fun-filled story time with an exciting new theme every week! Open to children ages 1-5. Please register for only one time slot.
Rummi-Klub
Rummi-Klub
Are you looking for a place to have fun and meet new friends while keeping your mind sharp and maintaining your competitive edge? Why not come to the library to play Rummikub? Even if you have never played the game before (or not in a long time), we will teach you.
3 events,
Sensory Story Time
Sensory Story Time
Having trouble with "traditional" story times? Do you want your child to experience a more hands-on approach to storytelling? Come join us for a fun sensory play story time. Favorite toys and/or fidgets are encouraged! Please sign up each child individually, space is limited.
What the Tech? : Tech & Device Help with Alyssa
What the Tech? : Tech & Device Help with Alyssa
Do you need help with your devices? Having trouble accessing our online resources? Well, have no fear! Alyssa can help solve your technology issues and show you how to use your devices. No appointment necessary! Just drop in from 5pm-8pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays
Lincoln’s Emergence as a Military Realist
Lincoln’s Emergence as a Military Realist
No one, least of all the incoming President, could foresee what the future portended as he took the oath of office in March, 1861. In fact, he would be the only President (with the exception of FDR's 3rd term) to begin and end his tenure with the imminence if not actuality of military conflict. In [...]
4 events,
What the Tech? : Tech & Device Help with Burju
What the Tech? : Tech & Device Help with Burju
Do you need help with your devices? Having trouble accessing our online resources? Well, have no fear! Burju can help solve your technology issues and show you how to use your devices. No appointment necessary! Just drop in from 9am-12pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
Summer Reading Craft Drop-in: Canvas Bags!
Summer Reading Craft Drop-in: Canvas Bags!
Come join us at the library to make a super awesome craft! This week you can color your own canvas bag, which you can use to carry all of the heavy books to and from the library this summer! Crafting starts at 9am and goes until supplies last! This is part of our Summer Reading [...]
Scrabble Club
Scrabble Club
Are you looking for a place to have fun and meet new friends while keeping your mind sharp or improving your English skills? Come to the Scrabble Club! It's the original "Words with Friends!" Play the board game Scrabble with others and enjoy a morning at the library. Even if you have never played the [...]
1 event,
Language Exchange Cafe
Language Exchange Cafe
Looking to learn Spanish with native speakers? At the Language Exchange Cafe, native English speakers and native Spanish speakers get together to learn each other's language and have some coffee. It is a fun, immersive, interactive way to build your second language skills. No registration necessary - just show up and have a good time! [...]
5 events,
What the Tech? : Tech & Device Help with Burju
What the Tech? : Tech & Device Help with Burju
Do you need help with your devices? Having trouble accessing our online resources? Well, have no fear! Burju can help solve your technology issues and show you how to use your devices. No appointment necessary! Just drop in from 9am-12pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
Wednesday Story Time
Wednesday Story Time
Join Ms. Rebecca in a fun-filled story time with an exciting new theme every week! Open to children ages 1-5. Please register for only one time slot.
Wednesday Story Time
Wednesday Story Time
Join Ms. Rebecca in a fun-filled story time with an exciting new theme every week! Open to children ages 1-5. Please register for only one time slot.
1 event,
Sensory Story Time
Sensory Story Time
Having trouble with "traditional" story times? Do you want your child to experience a more hands-on approach to storytelling? Come join us for a fun sensory play story time. Favorite toys and/or fidgets are encouraged! Please sign up each child individually, space is limited.
2 events,
Anime Club: Teens
Anime Club: Teens
Teens! Stop by the library to watch your favorite anime, discover a new series, or connect with new friends! Open to ages 12-15. Please register online.
Story Craft Club
Story Craft Club
Join us one Saturday a month for a super creative craft-focused story time! Open to children of all ages! Please register; space is limited!