Deadline: Monday, August 27, 2018 Donations can be brought to Franklin Township Public Library 485 DeMott Lane Somerset, NJ 08873 Please contact Assemblyman Danielsen’s Office with questions: 732-247-3999 or AsmDanielsen@njleg.org
Monthly Archives: July 2018
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Walk-ins are welcome! If a program is full, take your chances and come anyway – there are always people who don’t show up and forget to cancel. Registration helps us to know how to set up the room for our programs, so we like it when you register, but our […]
CD Curtain DIY Thursday August 2nd @ 7pm Learn to create curtains from old CDs and yarn using a simple weaving technique. Taught by our Teen Volunteers! Here are some other fun ideas to re-purpose or upcycle old CDs!
This week’s staff pick is Here by Richard McGuire. This graphic novel doesn’t follow any specific story or characters, but instead has a simple concept. Each page is a wide shot of the same exact location spanning tens of thousands of years. Within that same page, separate and sometimes intersecting panels show […]
Rock Jewelry and Pop Rocks Bark Saturday July 28th @ 11am Create rings and necklaces using beautiful colored rocks and then learnt to make delicious chocolate bark using the classic candy: Pop Rocks! Classic pop rocks! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyLnUo_xz84&w=560&h=315] Video credit to Rhett and Link on Good […]
At 28 years old, Eli “Berg” Koenigsberg has never encountered a challenge he couldn’t push through, until a head injury leaves him with lingering headaches and a weakness for opiates. Berg moves to a remote Northern California town, seeking space and time to recover, but soon finds himself breaking into […]
Our 2018 Summer Reading program is nearly over! This year’s theme is Libraries Rock! To celebrate, we’ve put together a display featuring music (in CD format) and biographies of some of the best known rock musicians. Here are a few standout titles: Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury by […]
School’s out for the SUMMER! Check out our display of Summer adventure reads in the Teen Room. We’ve got lake houses, mysterious disappearances, trips through Europe, and more! Below are some suggested titles to get you started. The Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy Spalding Seventeen, fashion-obsessed, and gay, Abby […]
Just Dance and Karaoke Tuesday July 17th @ 7pm Our PS4 is ready and the microphone is turned up to 11! Come take turns dancing and singing all night long. All skill levels and genres welcome. Summer of K-Pop! Korean Hip-Hop: A New Poetic Intervention Thursday July […]
On this day in 1862, renowned American geologist Florence Bascom was born. She was the first woman to earn a PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1893, and she was the second woman in the United States to earn a PhD in geology. She also went on to be the […]