Library Calendar

Kids in grades 3 and higher, please join Ms. Melanie on Thursday, October 17th at 6:00 pm for Scary Stories!

We will listen to scary stories from RL Stine, the author of the Goosebumps series, while painting our own spooky masks.

Please register on the RSVP button below. Thank you!

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Denville residents and residents of neighboring communities may sign up now!

Mah Jong at the Library – the first, second and third Fridays from 10 – 12.  For experienced players only. If you have a Mah Jong set, please bring it.  No registration necessary.

Join us in the Library’s theater for a screening of  The Age of Innocence  (PG).  A tale of nineteenth-century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman’s cousin.  No Registration is required for this program.

Kids in grades K-5 (and their families!) are invited to join us for our Halloween Spooktacular on Friday, October 18th at 6:00 pm … after the library closes!

Here’s the fun we have in store for you:

• Pumpkin Painting!

• Photo Booth!

• Spooky “What’s in the Box?”!

• Buttons!

• Bead-a-Necklace!

• Cotton Candy!

• Perler Beads!

• Cool Crafts!

• Music!

• Face Painting!

No registration is necessary and costumes are optional! Happy Halloween! 🎃

This program is full. Thank you!

For our young friends of all ages and abilities, we will be hosting an Inclusive Halloween Storytime on Saturday, October 19th at 10:00 am.

Please join us for a quieter storytime with lots of movement. After our stories, we will trick-or-treat throughout the library for fun non-food items.

You may bring or wear your Halloween costumes and any coping devices. Also please let us know if there’s anything we can do to make our storytime sensory friendly for your child.

Please RSVP on the button below. Thank you!

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Kids in grades K-5 are invited to join us on Monday, October 21st at 6:30 pm for a special interactive play, Sleepy Hollow Halloween!

Our friend Kitty Jones (who has brought us the Fairy Godmother and Grace the Pirate) returns with another fun-filled show. We’ll be transported to Sleepy Hollow, where skeletons high-step in a graveyard dance and goblins haunt the villagers. This is a spooky — but not scary! — Halloween tale with lots of audience participation, lots of laughs, and just a little bit of spookiness.

Please register on the RSVP button below. Boo!

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Denville residents and residents of neighboring communities may sign up now!

Chair Yoga is a form of yoga therapy practiced in a chair or standing, using a chair for support. The poses are adaptations of modern yoga posture that will nourish your mind and body and relax you from head to toe. All are welcome. Light breakfast.  Bring a towel please.Patrons must register for all 5 sessions.
 Suggested $5 donation per class at the door.
Registration is open to all.

 Tuesday, October 22, 7pm.  Tarot cards are a divining tool based on the hero’s journey, astrology, numerology and symbolism. Tarot can be studied and practiced for years or used simply with intention.  The Rider-Waite Tarot deck will be the focus this evening. Presented by Jennifer Kalawar.

Registration details: Denville Residents  and Residents of neighboring communitiesmay register for this program now.  Thank you for respecting our policy.

Join us as Horror artist Stephen Gale connects classic Universal supernatural characters with the ancient stoney settings which inspired their spooky stories.  This event is family friendly.

Registration details: Denville Residents and Residents of neighboring communities may register for this program now.  Thank you for respecting our policy.

  Join us at the library with Karen Noel to learn the health benefits of forest bathing; exploring the very nature of our five senses in the outdoors. The “how to and the why” of the Japan healing art of Shinrin-Yoku. Wear comfortable shoes as we conduct part of the lecture outdoors(weather permitting).

Registration is required for this lecture.

Join us in the Library’s theater for a screening of  Hocus Pocus  (PG).  A curious youngster moves to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches that were executed in the 17th century.  No Registration is required for this program.

Goblins, ghosts, and witches … oh my!

We are holding a special Saturday Halloween Storytime on Saturday, October 26th at 10:00 am. For ages 2 to 6, we will be reading Halloween stories, singing Halloween songs, and making a special craft to take home.

Please wear your costumes so we can trick-or-treat for non-food items in the library afterward! And please make sure to register on the RSVP button below. Happy Halloween!

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 Saturday, October 26, 1pm.  This step by step sewing workshop for ADULTS will show you how to build a project from start to finish.  Participants will leave the workshop with a completed market tote and new sewing skills. No sewing experience is required.  All materials provided. Suggested donation per participant of $10. Registration limited to 12 participants, aged 18+

Registration details: Denville Residents and Residents of neighboring communities may register for this program now.   Thank you for respecting our policy.

project shown is representative of similar projects and may not be the exact project completed.

Our Build a Bear program is full. Please email maryellen.liddy@denvillelibrary.org if you’d like to be added to a waitlist. Thank you!

Kids of all ages are welcome at our Build a Halloween Bear! 🐻 program on Monday, October 28th at 6:00 pm.

We will build 16″ stuffed white teddy bears — with their own t-shirt capes! — to take home and keep. The bears have velcro closures, so no sewing is required. We’ll also share some stories and songs.

Space is limited to 24 children. When you register, please only count children who are building a bear (not caregivers) in your registration total.

*** Because of the cost associated with each stuffed friend, we are requiring a $5.00 deposit (cash or check made payable to Denville Library) to confirm your spot for this program. Your deposit must be received at the library by 5 pm on Friday, October 11th, or we will cancel your registration. We will return your deposit when you attend the program. If you cancel within 48 hours of the program or fail to attend, we will keep your deposit to reimburse the library for the unused materials. We will email all registrants with complete instructions. Thank you! ***

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Denville residents ONLY may sign up beginning  Wednesday, October 2nd.

Residents of all neighboring communities may sign up beginning Friday, October 4th. Early registrations from non-Denville residents will be canceled. Thank you for respecting our policy!

Chair Yoga is a form of yoga therapy practiced in a chair or standing, using a chair for support. The poses are adaptations of modern yoga posture that will nourish your mind and body and relax you from head to toe. All are welcome. Light breakfast.  Bring a towel please.Patrons must register for all 5 sessions.
 Suggested $5 donation per class at the door.
Registration is open to all.

Come and join our informal daytime knitting and crocheting group.  We meet the second and the last Tuesday of the month.  Bring your needles, hooks, yarn or other handheld craft.

Get ready to dance the morning away!

Ages 2-6, please join us for another Preschool Dance Party on Wednesday, October 30th at 10:30 am. We will be dancing to the Monster Mash and lots of great Halloween tunes!

** Since we will be dancing, we are asking that kids please NOT wear costumes to this event. Thank you! **

Please register on the RSVP button below. See you soon!

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Denville residents and residents of neighboring communities may sign up now!

A panel discussion featuring Daniela Gisoseffi and Marian Glenn on the Green New Deal and how it creates political will to save habitable earth. Presented by The Green Team.

Registration details: Denville Residents and residents of neighboring communities may register for this program now. Thank you for respecting our policy.