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Summer Doldrums In Ridgewood? Here Are Library Events
Join a summer reading party, hear a speaker, walk around the track to speak English better. Here's the Ridgewood library calendar.
RIDGEWOOD, NJ — Are you or your kids bored around the house? It never hurts to click on the Ridgewood Library calendar to see what's up. Among upcoming events is a party for teens who's registered for the summer reading challenge.
The library also has access to a new database that's usable in person, ProQuest NJ Collection, which includes the Bergen Record 1898 to the present day. Ridgewood library card holders can access it remotely using their card.
The library also has collections of podcasts, local stories from Ridgewood residents, and more. "Visit Storytellers @RPL on our website," they say. "We have 34 stories ready for listening and more on the way. With funding from a 2016 grant through the Bergen County Historical & Cultural Affairs Department, we launched an oral history project. Interested in being interviewed or becoming an interviewer? Please contact Local History librarian Sarah Kiefer at [email protected] or call 201-670-5600, ext. 2135."
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Among The Events:
ESL for Adults takes place with a walk-and-talk around the track and conversation each week. Questions? Contact Victoria Schnure, [email protected].
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Book groups are taking place, with copies of the book available for pickup. The next one is The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles, with a virtual meeting Wednesday, Aug. 16, 7-8:30 p.m. Questions? Email Lorri, [email protected].
Reader’s Choice: Nana by Emile Zola, Friday, August 18, 1-2:30 pm. Questions? Email
Lorri, [email protected].
Tech Classes take place from Tech Express, Tuesdays, Aug. 15 and 22, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and Fridays, Aug. 18 and 25, 1-3 pm. "Our team of tech whisperers helps with questions about your phone, tablet or laptop," they say. Questions limited to those that can be answered in under 20 minutes.
Free/RW; $5/visitors. Contact them in advance to see if they can help: [email protected] or call 201-670-5600, ext. 2130 to schedule.
Teen Programs, including the Teen Summer Reading Challenge And Party (Gr. 6-12), Submissions of summer reading, for Grand Prize, due this Friday, Aug. 18. There will be a celebration with video games, karaoke, Switch tournaments, and an ice cream party from 4-5 p.m. Registration required:
ridgewoodlibrary.org.
Children’s Summer Reading Club (SRC) (PreK-Gr. 5), Friday, June 23 to Friday,
Aug. 18. Join SRC and win prizes just by reading thirty minutes a day. Registration required:
ridgewoodlibrary.org.
Morning Stories (All ages, with adult),Saturdays, Aug. 19 and 26, 10:30 am. Stories, songs and smiling faces for you and your child. Registration
required: ridgewoodlibrary.org.
Creative Kids with Marcia Matthews: Everything is Art (Ages 4 & up), Monday,
August 21, 11 a.m. Registration required: ridgewoodlibrary.org.
Available for Lobby or Children’s Center Pickup:
-Monthly Craft-in-a-Bag available for Ridgewood Library cardholders.
-Librarian’s Choice Kits (Birth-Gr. 5): email [email protected] for 3
age-appropriate books, coloring sheet and sticker.
-Storytime to Go (PreK-Gr. 3): Stop by and pick up a kit with books and a themed craft.
Read to a Dog/Pet (Pre-readers through grade 5), Tuesdays.
TV Trivia And More
Coming up is a trivia night at a local tavern.
Find out more at the library website here.
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