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Mountainside
Public Library Mountainside, New Jersey
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PHOTO GALLERY - 2009
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"The Lizard Guy" - Nov 13, 2009 A special program to introduce preschoolers to some reptiles. 25 children attended. Below-right, the first guest of the day: a bearded dragon. |
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Mountainside Library 75th Anniversary Celebration Sunday, October 4, 2009 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. |
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Plays in the Parking Lot 2009: "The Taming of
the Shrew" The Next Stage Ensemble of the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey was here on Saturday, August 8th to perform a special one-hour adaptation of Shakespeare's famous play. |
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Spook Handy A special Summer Reading Music Performance July 29, 2009 |
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Designer Holly Cleeland July 22, 2009 Summer Reading 2009 -- Be Creative at the Mountainside Library. |
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Magician Returns to the Mountainside Library July 15, 2009 A special Summer Reading 2009 event. |
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Stages: Genies, Lamps and Dreams Tales of the Arabian Nights July 8, 2009 Another special Summer Reading 2009 event. |
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Science Story Tellers July 1, 2009 Our first special event for Summer Reading 2009. The theme this year is "Be Creative @ Your Library!" |
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Mountainside Library Book Swap June 2009 A chance for children to exchange books and keep on reading! Over 60 children from grades K through 8 participated. Altogether, over 350 books were swapped. |
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Plays in the Parking Lot 2009: "The Odyssey" The Next Stage Ensemble of the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey was here on Friday, June 26 to perform a special one-hour adaptation of Homer's epic, "The Odyssey," complete with a Cyclops! The Company will return on August 8th to perform "The Taming of the Shrew" |
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Butterfly Gardening Butterfly expert Rick Mikula, operator of the Hole-In-Hand Butterfly Farm in Hazelton, PA, visited us on Thursday, June 4th. His presentation was very informative and very well attended. |
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Story Time Story times are held regularly throughout the year, with specially planned sessions for various age groups. Story times are an excellent way to foster creativity and promote early literacy. Sign your child up for the next session! |
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Family Game Night February 19, 2009 Presented by the
MPL Middle School Group, nearly 50 people came out and |
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Bubblemania!
Who would have guessed that bubbles could not only be |
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Folk Music Cafe Our popular music program, begun in Oct '08, transforms the library meeting room into a cozy, all-acoustic music venue. Join us for great music and delicious desserts. 2009 Folk Music Cafe will be held on one Thursday per month (except for August) throughout the year. Admission is free. Funded by a grant from the Watts Mountainside Community Foundation. |
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Music & Trivia of the 1950s Local musician and big band leader David Aaron was back in Mountainside on January 23rd to give a fun and interesting lecture on popular music from the 50s. |
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| Mark the Magician --
January 26, 2009 Fun for the whole family as Mark the Magician entertained the crowd with this program "Mysteries in the Library." All kids received a kazoo souvenir of the program. |
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| Music Adventures
for Children A chance to sing, dance and play to music... and even make up their own songs. Explore music, rhythm and movement. A popular program geared for fun. |
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