For ages 18 months-4

Encourage your child to discover new things and play with others at our sensory free-play program! There will be multiple sensory activities for your young child to explore each week.

Due to high demand the program may be split into two groups if we are over capacity before the program begins, each session lasting 20 minutes.

No advance registration required, but you will need to stop by the children's desk to get your name on the list when you come in that morning. Once the list is full, the program is full.

Please note that an adult must stay with the child at all times to supervise and make sure everyone is playing safely!

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library

Every Wednesday 1:00-2:30 PM

Adults are invited to join us at the Glen Rock Public Library for the Knit & Crochet Club!

Bring your project (supplies not provided by the Library) and join with others who also love to knit and crochet and craft together.

This is a drop-in event; registration is not required.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 4:00 PM

Join us for Teen Anime Club. Each month, we'll watch the first three episodes of a different anime and discuss over snacks!
Registration is required. We meet on the third Wednesday of every month.

What we're watching:
DEMON SLAYER
A family is attacked by demons and only two members survive - Tanjiro and his sister Nezuko, who is turning into a demon slowly. Tanjiro sets out to become a demon slayer to avenge his family and cure his sister.
Watch the trailer here!

Register online: https://bccls.libcal.com/event/14343208

For Pre-K-Grade 3

Come to the library Wednesday evening for a fun drop-in craft project! There is no registration for this program, but supplies are limited and will be on a first come, first served basis.

This program is kindly sponsored by the Friends of the Glen Rock Public Library.

For grades K-5

REGISTRATION OPENS MARCH 15TH AT 10AM

Come to the library and build whatever your imagination can dream up at Lego Club! Build your own creation or work with other kids to make something incredible! This is a free-form program, no instructions or sets required.

Register in LibCal

**HIGH-DEMAND PROGRAM**

For Pre-K-2nd graders

Spring brings rain, flowers, and ducklings! Make your own cute duck craft at the library. Registration is required.

Register through LibCal

**Registration for High Priority programs is limited to Glen Rock Library cardholders for the first week. Registration for non-Glen Rock cardholders begins on the 23rd.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library

PRE-K TO 2ND GRADE

Gather around the (fake) fire for an evening of stories all about the great outdoors! There will be a craft following storytime that can either be taken home or done at the library. Registration required!

Register in LibCal

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Glen Rock Library.

Monday, April 21st at 7pm

Love the idea of a book group, but don't want to read deep literary works? This book group is just what you've been looking for!

We are reading: The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz. Copies are available at the circulation desk beginning March 17th.

Get ready for stories, songs, fingerplays, and movement with Miss Libby! Storytime will be held every Tuesday at 10:30 AM in the Children’s Room.

This is a drop-in program, no registration required!

 Join RoseMarie Cappiello and learn about mediumship.  She'll discuss how mediumship works, signs from your loved ones, dreams visits from loved ones and how to understand the grieving process.  She will also make spirit connections with loved ones as time allows.

The library will be open after hours for the event only.

Please register here with LibCal.

Registration opens March 15th

For ages 18 months-4

Encourage your child to discover new things and play with others at our sensory free-play program! There will be multiple sensory activities for your young child to explore each week.

Due to high demand the program may be split into two groups if we are over capacity before the program begins, each session lasting 20 minutes.

No advance registration required, but you will need to stop by the children's desk to get your name on the list when you come in that morning. Once the list is full, the program is full.

Please note that an adult must stay with the child at all times to supervise and make sure everyone is playing safely!

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library

Every Wednesday 1:00-2:30 PM

Adults are invited to join us at the Glen Rock Public Library for the Knit & Crochet Club!

Bring your project (supplies not provided by the Library) and join with others who also love to knit and crochet and craft together.

This is a drop-in event; registration is not required.

3rd-5th Grade

REGISTRATION OPENS MARCH 15TH AT 10 AM

Use different kinds of paper to make a bouquet of flowers that will never die! Registration is required.

Register in LibCal

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Glen Rock Public Library.

Wednesday, April 23 at 7:00 PM

Join Swetha from The Paisley Corner for this fun workshop!

Participants will first learn the basics of watercolors. 
They will be guided them through a set of exercises to understand brush control
and water control. They will also learn watercolor techniques like “wet-on-wet” and “wet-on-dry”.

At the end of the workshop, participants will combine these techniques
to create vibrant feather bookmarks!

Glen Rock Library cardholders will be given preference.
Registration opens on March 15th. Register here with LibCal.

This event is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Glen Rock Library.

Thursday, april 24th at 10:30 AM

Join Jon Leslie for A Club in Motion! Restore your body to its natural state with the aid of a Mobility Club. Said tool addresses shoulder, elbow and wrist issues as well as building up resilience against future injuries. Benefits include:

• Improved core strength and shoulder mobility

• Enhanced grip

• Greater tendon and ligament resilience

• Mental calm due to repetitive movements

Register here with LibCal.

AGES 18 MO. TO 4

Bring your little ones to the library for a drop-in craft! The projects will be simple enough for little hands to do. No registration required, while supplies last!

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library

2nd-5th Graders

**High-Demand program

On the climb up the ice-capped Mt Kilimanjaro, student-engineers will discover its 5 biomes from the base of Kilimanjaro to its peak. To avoid altitude sickness, you must hike slowly on the way down. Using gravity, slope, and friction, participants will build a STEAMtastically slow, animal-filled trek down the mountain. Registration required.

Register in LibCal

**Registration for High Priority programs is limited to Glen Rock Library cardholders for the first week. Registration for non-Glen Rock cardholders begins on the 23rd.

This program is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Glen Rock Library.

Thursday, April 24, 6pm-7pm

Join us for a fun evening of art! This month we'll be painting a spring meadow

For grades 6-12. Registration is required: https://bccls.libcal.com/event/14336683

This program is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

thursday, April 24th at 6:30 PM

Eleven Citizens. Two Sides. One Intractable Problem.

The Tennessee 11 documentary follows a group of ideologically diverse citizens in the wake of the Covenant School shooting in Nashville as they try to find common ground on one of the country’s most divisive issues: gun rights and safety.

The film depicts how eleven strangers, despite their different positions on guns, were able to work together to develop solutions to gun violence, in a state that has the 11th highest firearm death rate in the nation. The citizens’ productivity and respect for one another is juxtaposed with the state legislature’s inability to make progress on the same issue, including a tense special session that took place while the film was being shot and resulted in little agreement on gun.

Running time: 79 minutes. 30 minute facilitated conversation led by Maggie Jacoby to follow.

This screening has kindly been sponsored by the Better Together Film Festival.

Registration is required through the Better Together Film Festival here.

SUNDAY, April 27 at 2:00-4:00 PM

The Arts Council of Glen Rock (ACGR) invites artists of any level to its Open Studio at the Glen Rock Public Library.

Open Studio is a drawing session held once a month from November 2024 through April 2025. People of any age can join other artists one Sunday afternoon a month (2 :00 to 4:00 p.m.) to sketch.

Bring your art materials and draw from a provided still life and/or clothed model. There is no instruction. There is no fee to participate.

This is a drop-in event, but to be added to ACGR’s Open Studio email “reminder” list, send a note to acgr@glenrocknj.net with “Open Studio” in the subject line.

Monday, April 28, 5:30pm

Each subject in Minhwa has a special meaning. Learn about Korean folk art in this class taught by a Glen Rock High School student.

For Glen Rock students in grades 2 and up. Space is limited and registration is required. 

Register online through LibCal: https://bccls.libcal.com/event/14428306

Email kristen.rasczyk@glenrock.bccls.org if you have any questions. 

For 4th and 5th graders.

REGISTRATION BEGINS MARCH 15TH

The April book club is Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell. The day that Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever. It’s the day he learned about the Archipelago—a cluster of unmapped islands where magical creatures of every kind have thrived for thousands of years, until now. And it’s the day he met Mal—a girl on the run, in desperate need of his help.

An activity and snacks will be provided to participants. 

Pick up books starting 3/24

Register in LibCal

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Glen Rock Library.

Monday, April 28th, 7pm

Genealogical Society of Bergen County - Monthly Meeting 
5 Tips to Effectively Use Family Search
Presentation by Michelle Chubenko
Ridgewood Public Library

Discover how to effectively navigate Family Search, the world’s largest genealogical resource. Learn how to locate birth, marriage & death records, county histories, directories, tax records, and more.  In this presentation, Michelle will share 5 tips for you to successfully use FamilySearch.

All GSBC events, meetings and webinars are free and open to the public. 

For more information about our society, visit our web site, here.

Get ready for stories, songs, fingerplays, and movement with Miss Libby! Storytime will be held every Tuesday at 10:30 AM in the Children’s Room.

This is a drop-in program, no registration required!

For ages 18 months-4

Encourage your child to discover new things and play with others at our sensory free-play program! There will be multiple sensory activities for your young child to explore each week.

Due to high demand the program may be split into two groups if we are over capacity before the program begins, each session lasting 20 minutes.

No advance registration required, but you will need to stop by the children's desk to get your name on the list when you come in that morning. Once the list is full, the program is full.

Please note that an adult must stay with the child at all times to supervise and make sure everyone is playing safely!

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library

Every Wednesday 1:00-2:30 PM

Adults are invited to join us at the Glen Rock Public Library for the Knit & Crochet Club!

Bring your project (supplies not provided by the Library) and join with others who also love to knit and crochet and craft together.

This is a drop-in event; registration is not required.

Wednesday, April 30th, 6:00pm-7:00pm

Students in grades 9-12 can earn 1 hour of volunteer time for participating in our monthly teen book club! 

Our first meeting will be Wednesday, April 30 at 6pm and we'll be reading Wilder Girls by Rory Power: "a feminist Lord of the Flies about three best friends living in quarantine at their island boarding school, and the lengths they go to uncover the truth of their confinement when one disappears."

At this meeting we will also have a sign up sheet for anyone who would like to earn additional volunteer time by choosing a month in which they will choose the book that we'll read and lead the discussion. This will earn you an additional 1 hour of volunteer time (for a total of 2 hours for that month).

Copies can be picked up at the circulation desk. 

Register online: https://bccls.libcal.com/event/14337348

Questions? Email kristen.rasczyk@glenrock.bccls.org

Snacks will be provided!

Thursday, May 1st at 10:30 AM

Join Jon Leslie for A Club in Motion! Restore your body to its natural state with the aid of a Mobility Club. Said tool addresses shoulder, elbow and wrist issues as well as building up resilience against future injuries. Benefits include:

• Improved core strength and shoulder mobility

• Enhanced grip

• Greater tendon and ligament resilience

• Mental calm due to repetitive movements

Register here with LibCal.

THursday, May 1st, 6:00pm-7:00pm

Book club for students in grades 6-8! Tween Book Club will meet on the first Thursday of the month at 6pm

Join us to talk about books, socialize, and enjoy snacks. 

May's books are "The Island of Beyond" by E.J. Atkinson and "Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling. Read one or both!  Copies can be picked up at the circulation desk. 

Register online: https://bccls.libcal.com/event/14343312

Questions? Email kristen.rasczyk@glenrock.bccls.org

Snacks will be provided!

Friday, May 2 at 11:00 AM

Join us for a fun movie morning every first Friday of the month.  Light refreshments will be provided

This month's movie is September 5

**HIGH-DEMAND PROGRAM**

For Pre-K-2nd graders

REGISTRATION OPENS APRIL 15TH AT 10 AM.

We're using our unconscious mind to create art! Let your hand flow across the page and color the negative space to create a work of art! Registration is required.

Register through LibCal

**Registration for High Priority programs is limited to Glen Rock Library cardholders for the first week. Registration for non-Glen Rock cardholders begins on the 23rd.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library

*High Demand Program

Grades 3-5

REGISTRATION OPENS APRIL 15TH AT 10 AM

Sign up to join a small group of adventurers in a game of Dungeons and Dragons led by an experienced Dungeon Master from Play! Hoboken.

Registration Required. Please note that there will be no exceptions made in regards to the age of the participants.

Register in LibCal

*This is a high-demand program! Glen Rock patrons have priority registration for one week, residents of other towns can sign up starting the 23rd.

High-Demand Program

REGISTRATION OPENS APRIL 15TH AT 10 AM

FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN 10 & UNDER

Bring the family and make a blanket fort in the Children's Room! Strictly BYOB (bring your own blankets) but we will provide each family with a campfire, stories, games, and clamps for your blankets.

Feel free to bring any games from home, but please note that no food will be permitted at this program.

Register in LibCal

**This is a high-demand program! Glen Rock patrons have priority registration for one week, residents of other towns can sign up starting the 23rd.**

Get ready for stories, songs, fingerplays, and movement with Miss Libby! Storytime will be held every Tuesday at 10:30 AM in the Children’s Room.

This is a drop-in program, no registration required!

Tuesday, May 6 at 2:00 pm

Join us to read and discuss The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden.

A house is a precious thing…

It is 1961 and the rural Dutch province of Overijssel is quiet. Bomb craters have been filled, buildings reconstructed, and the war is truly over. Living alone in her late mother’s country home, Isabel knows her life is as it should be—led by routine and discipline. But all is upended when her brother Louis brings his graceless new girlfriend Eva, leaving her at Isabel’s doorstep as a guest, to stay for the season.

Eva is Isabel’s antithesis: she sleeps late, walks loudly through the house, and touches things she shouldn’t. In response, Isabel develops a fury-fueled obsession, and when things start disappearing around the house—a spoon, a knife, a bowl—Isabel’s suspicions begin to spiral. In the sweltering peak of summer, Isabel’s paranoia gives way to infatuation, leading to a discovery that unravels all Isabel has ever known. The war might not be well and truly over after all, and neither Eva—nor the house in which they live—are what they seem.

Titles will be available at the Circulation Desk (starting March 30). The audiobook of this title is also available on the Libby app.

Registration is not required. Drop in to join our discussion over tea & treats.

For ages 18 months-4

Encourage your child to discover new things and play with others at our sensory free-play program! There will be multiple sensory activities for your young child to explore each week.

Due to high demand the program may be split into two groups if we are over capacity before the program begins, each session lasting 20 minutes.

No advance registration required, but you will need to stop by the children's desk to get your name on the list when you come in that morning. Once the list is full, the program is full.

Please note that an adult must stay with the child at all times to supervise and make sure everyone is playing safely!

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library

Every Wednesday 1:00-2:30 PM

Adults are invited to join us at the Glen Rock Public Library for the Knit & Crochet Club!

Bring your project (supplies not provided by the Library) and join with others who also love to knit and crochet and craft together.

This is a drop-in event; registration is not required.

3rd-5th Grade

REGISTRATION OPENS APRIL 15TH AT 10 AM

Paint two wooden windchimes shaped like hummingbirds for joyful, springtime decorations. Registration is required.

Register in LibCal

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Glen Rock Public Library.

Join Diane Cherico, a licensed massaged therapist and medical practitioner for a fun and informative talk on how to deal with muscular pain and the importance of proper stretching.

Her book will be available for puchase.

Registration opens April 15th

Please register here with LibCal.

AGES 18 MO. TO 4

Bring your little ones to the library for a drop-in craft! The projects will be simple enough for little hands to do. No registration required, while supplies last!

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library

2nd-5th Graders

**High-Demand program

STEAM Teams will discuss the importance of the wind as a sustainable resource. They will then work together to design a working model that harnesses the wind's energy and transfers it to the mechanical energy needed to move objects. Registration required.

Register in LibCal

**Registration for High Priority programs is limited to Glen Rock Library cardholders for the first week. Registration for non-Glen Rock cardholders begins on the 23rd.

This program is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Glen Rock Library.

Saturday, May 10th at 10:00am-2:00 PM

Celebrate World Collage Day with a fun, hands-on art event! Join members of the Arts Council of Glen Rock for four hours of creating unique collages using various materials. This event is perfect for all skill levels, so come explore your creativity and be a part of this artistic celebration. Adults and teenagers are welcome. No instruction and no fee to participate.

This is a drop-in event; no registration required.

Monday, may 12th at 6:00 pm

Join us to read and discuss Yours for the Taking by Gabrielle Korn

The year is 2050. Ava and her girlfriend live in what's left of Brooklyn, and though they love each other, it's hard to find happiness while the effects of climate change rapidly eclipse their world. Soon, it won't be safe outside at all. The only people guaranteed survival are the ones whose applications are accepted to The Inside Project, a series of weather-safe, city-sized structures around the world.

Jacqueline Millender is a reclusive billionaire/women’s rights advocate, and thanks to a generous donation, she’s just become the director of the Inside being built on the bones of Manhattan. Her ideas are unorthodox, yet alluring—she's built a whole brand around rethinking the very concept of empowerment.

Shelby, a business major from a working-class family, is drawn to Jacqueline’s promises of power and impact. When she lands her dream job as Jacqueline’s personal assistant, she's instantly swept up into the glamourous world of corporatized feminism. Also drawn into Jacqueline's orbit is Olympia, who is finishing up medical school when Jacqueline recruits her to run the health department Inside. The more Olympia learns about the project, though, the more she realizes there's something much larger at play. As Ava, Olympia, and Shelby start to notice the cracks in Jacqueline's system, Jacqueline tightens her grip, becoming increasingly unhinged and dangerous in what she is willing to do—and who she is willing to sacrifice—to keep her dream alive.

At once a mesmerizing story of queer love, betrayal, and chosen family, and an unflinching indictment of cis, corporate feminism, Yours for the Taking holds a mirror to our own world, in all its beauty and horror.

Titles will be available at the Circulation Desk (starting April 10). The eBook and eAudio of this title is also available on the Libby app.

Registration is not required.

For 4th and 5th graders.

REGISTRATION BEGINS APRIL 15TH

The May book club book is Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales by Soman Chainani. Participants only have to read one of the short stories in this book from the author of the hit series The School for Good and Evil. Each short story is a retelling of a famous fairy tale. "Twelve tales, twelve dangerous tales of mystery, magic, and rebellious hearts. Each twists like a spindle to reveal truths full of warning and triumph, truths that free hearts long kept tame, truths that explore life . . . and death."

An activity and snacks will be provided to participants. 

Pick up books starting 4/28

Register in LibCal

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Glen Rock Library.

Monday, May 12th, 7pm

Genealogical Society of Bergen County - Extra Webinar
Searching Through the Bergen County History Archives
Speaker, Elizabeth Shepard, Bergen County Archivist
Online via Zoom. Registration required, here.

The Bergen County History Archives document the county's rich history from the colonial period to the present day.  This program will provide an overview of the archives’ vast collections and a demonstration of how to use the archives’ online catalog to locate local history and genealogical materials.

All GSBC events, meetings and webinars are free and open to the public. 

For more information about our society, visit our web site, here.

Get ready for stories, songs, fingerplays, and movement with Miss Libby! Storytime will be held every Tuesday at 10:30 AM in the Children’s Room.

This is a drop-in program, no registration required!

For ages 18 months-4

Encourage your child to discover new things and play with others at our sensory free-play program! There will be multiple sensory activities for your young child to explore each week.

Due to high demand the program may be split into two groups if we are over capacity before the program begins, each session lasting 20 minutes.

No advance registration required, but you will need to stop by the children's desk to get your name on the list when you come in that morning. Once the list is full, the program is full.

Please note that an adult must stay with the child at all times to supervise and make sure everyone is playing safely!

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library

Every Wednesday 1:00-2:30 PM

Adults are invited to join us at the Glen Rock Public Library for the Knit & Crochet Club!

Bring your project (supplies not provided by the Library) and join with others who also love to knit and crochet and craft together.

This is a drop-in event; registration is not required.

for ages 4-6

**High-Demand program

Join us as we work together to learn the basics of coding! We will build key skills that include critical thinking, problem solving, sequencing, and programming fundamentals in a collaborative, screen-free environment. Registration required.

Register in LibCal

**Registration for High Priority programs is limited to Glen Rock Library cardholders for the first week. Registration for non-Glen Rock cardholders begins on the 23rd.

For Pre-K-Grade 3

Come to the library Wednesday evening for a fun drop-in craft project! There is no registration for this program, but supplies are limited and will be on a first come, first served basis.

This program is kindly sponsored by the Friends of the Glen Rock Public Library.

For grades K-5

REGISTRATION OPENS APRIL 15TH AT 10AM

Come to the library and build whatever your imagination can dream up at Lego Club! Build your own creation or work with other kids to make something incredible! This is a free-form program, no instructions or sets required.

Register in LibCal

Thursday, May 15th, 6pm-7pm

Join us for a fun evening of art! This month we'll be paintings inspired by neon signs

For grades 6-12. Registration is required: https://bccls.libcal.com/event/14449888

This program is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Saturday, may 17th at 11:00 AM

Are you unsure of how to say some words in English? You are not alone. English is not easy, especially English pronunciation. 

Good news! You can learn to hear and say English better. This seminar will give you knowledge and practice. Come and learn the sounds of American English pronunciation. Talk about what sounds or words are most difficult for you. Then, let’s practice some sounds with everyday words and fun exercises. 

For all levels of non-native English speakers, beginner to advanced. Taught by an experienced ESL teacher. 

Registration required.

Register here with LibCal.

Monday, May 19th, 6pm-7pm

May’s maker project: DIY pompom bookmarks

For grades 6-12. Space is limited and registration is required. Register online: https://bccls.libcal.com/event/14450530

Questions? Email kristen.rasczyk@glenrock.bccls.org

This program is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

For ages 1-4

REGISTRATION OPENS APRIL 15TH AT 10 AM

Come join Miss Michelle for a caregiver & me-style music and movement program full of singing, dancing, instruments, and props! Registration is required. Please note that you must register for each week individually!

Register in LibCal

This program is kindly sponsored by the Friends of the Glen Rock Public Library.

 Join us for an After hours outdoor concert! PaperJam is a 3 piece high-energy Rock/Funk Band that plays Classic Rock infused with Funky Groove.

The concert will be held on the front lawn of the library. Please bring your own chair!

In the event of bad weather, the concert will be moved inside and only the first 80 people registered will be let in.

The library will be open after hours for the event only.

Please register here with LibCal.

The concert is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Glen Rock Public Library.

Every Wednesday 1:00-2:30 PM

Adults are invited to join us at the Glen Rock Public Library for the Knit & Crochet Club!

Bring your project (supplies not provided by the Library) and join with others who also love to knit and crochet and craft together.

This is a drop-in event; registration is not required.

WEDNESDAY, May 21, 4:00 PM

Join us for Teen Anime Club. Each month, we'll watch the first three episodes of a different anime and discuss over snacks!
Registration is required. We meet on the third Wednesday of every month.

What we're watching:
SPY x FAMILY
Agent Twilight, the greatest spy of the nation of Westalis, assembles a fake family in order to infiltrate an elite private school, not realizing he recruited a psychic child and a legendary assassin also in need of a cover family.
What the trailer here!

Register online: https://bccls.libcal.com/event/14470543

For ages 1-4

REGISTRATION OPENS APRIL 15TH AT 10 AM

Come join Miss Michelle for a caregiver & me-style music and movement program full of singing, dancing, instruments, and props! Registration is required. Please note that you must register for each week individually!

Register in LibCal

This program is kindly sponsored by the Friends of the Glen Rock Public Library.

Every Wednesday 1:00-2:30 PM

Adults are invited to join us at the Glen Rock Public Library for the Knit & Crochet Club!

Bring your project (supplies not provided by the Library) and join with others who also love to knit and crochet and craft together.

This is a drop-in event; registration is not required.

Thursday, May 29 at 7:00 PM

 Join us for an instructor led watercolor class. All participants will create a beautiful watercolor foxglove plant. All materials provided.

Glen Rock Public Library cardholders will have priority in registration. Limited to 24 participants.

Registration opens April 15. Register Here with Libcal.

This event is kindly sponsored by the Friends of the Glen Rock Library.

For ages 1-4

REGISTRATION OPENS MAY 15TH AT 10 AM

Come join Miss Michelle for a caregiver & me-style music and movement program full of singing, dancing, instruments, and props! Registration is required. Please note that you must register for each week individually!

Register in LibCal

This program is kindly sponsored by the Friends of the Glen Rock Public Library.

Tuesday, June 3 at 2:00 pm

Join us to read and discuss The Wedding People by Alison Espach.

A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew.

It’s a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone. She's immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but she’s actually the only guest at the Cornwall who isn’t here for the big event. Phoebe is here because she’s dreamed of coming for years—she hoped to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband, only now she’s here without him, at rock bottom, and determined to have one last decadent splurge on herself. Meanwhile, the bride has accounted for every detail and every possible disaster the weekend might yield except for, well, Phoebe and Phoebe's plan—which makes it that much more surprising when the two women can’t stop confiding in each other.

In turns absurdly funny and devastatingly tender, Alison Espach’s The Wedding People is ultimately an incredibly nuanced and resonant look at the winding paths we can take to places we never imagined and the chance encounters it sometimes takes to reroute us.

Titles will be available at the Circulation Desk (starting May 5). The eBook & audiobook of this title are also available on the Libby app.

Registration is not required. Drop in to join our discussion over tea & treats.

For ages 1-4

REGISTRATION OPENS MAY 15TH AT 10 AM

Come join Miss Michelle for a caregiver & me-style music and movement program full of singing, dancing, instruments, and props! Registration is required. Please note that you must register for each week individually!

Register in LibCal

This program is kindly sponsored by the Friends of the Glen Rock Public Library.

Wednesday, June 25th at 6:30PM

Social Security is a complicated program. This information session, led by an advisor through the Association of Financial Consultants will help you to understand how it works and how you can manage and maximize your benefits. You will hear about the do’s and don’ts of retirement. Upon completion of this educational seminar, you may discover strategies to utilize to enjoy retirement.

No registration required.

Tuesday, July 1 at 2:00 pm

Join us to read and discuss Playground by Richard Powers.

Four lives are drawn together in a sweeping, panoramic new novel from Richard Powers, showcasing the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory at the height of his skills. Twelve-year-old Evie Beaulieu sinks to the bottom of a swimming pool in Montreal strapped to one of the world’s first aqualungs. Ina Aroita grows up in naval bases across the Pacific with art as her only home. Two polar opposites at an elite Chicago high school bond over a three-thousand-year-old board game; Rafi Young will get lost in literature, while Todd Keane’s work will lead to a startling AI breakthrough.

They meet on the history-scarred island of Makatea in French Polynesia, whose deposits of phosphorus once helped feed the world. Now the tiny atoll has been chosen for humanity’s next adventure: a plan to send floating, autonomous cities out onto the open sea. But first, the island’s residents must vote to greenlight the project or turn the seasteaders away.

Set in the world’s largest ocean, this awe-filled book explores that last wild place we have yet to colonize in a still-unfolding oceanic game, and interweaves beautiful writing, rich characterization, profound themes of technology and the environment, and a deep exploration of our shared humanity in a way only Richard Powers can.

Titles will be available at the Circulation Desk (starting June 2). The eBook & audiobook of this title are also available on the Libby app.

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Tuesday, August 5 at 2:00 pm

Join us to read and discuss The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza.

Sara Marsala barely knows who she is anymore after the failure of her business and marriage. On top of that, her beloved great-aunt Rosie passes away, leaving Sara bereft with grief. But Aunt Rosie’s death also opens an escape from her life and a window into the past by way of a plane ticket to Sicily, a deed to a possibly valuable plot of land, and a bombshell family secret. Rosie believes Sara’s great-grandmother Serafina, the family matriarch who was left behind while her husband worked in America, didn’t die of illness as family lore has it . . . she was murdered.

Thus begins a twist-filled adventure that takes Sara all over the picturesque Italian countryside as she races to solve a mystery and learn the story of Serafina—a feisty and headstrong young woman in the early 1900s thrust into motherhood in her teens, who fought for a better life not just for herself but for all the women of her small village. Unsurprisingly the more she challenges the status quo, the more she finds herself in danger.

As Sara discovers more about Serafina, she also realizes she is coming head-to-head with the same menacing forces that took down her great-grandmother. At once an immersive multigenerational mystery and an ode to the undaunted heroism of everyday women, The Sicilian Inheritance is an atmospheric, binge-worthy delight.

Titles will be available at the Circulation Desk (starting June 30). The eBook & audiobook of this title are also available on the Libby app.

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Tuesday, September 2 at 2:00 pm

Join us to read and discuss Enlightenment by Sarah Perry.

From the author of The Essex Serpent, a dazzling novel of love and astronomy told over the course of twenty years through the lives of two improbable best friends.

Thomas Hart and Grace Macaulay have lived all their lives in the small Essex town of Aldleigh. Though separated in age by three decades, the pair are kindred spirits—torn between their commitment to religion and their desire to explore the world beyond their small Baptist community.

It is two romantic relationships that will rend their friendship, and in the wake of this rupture, Thomas develops an obsession with a vanished nineteenth-century astronomer said to haunt a nearby manor, and Grace flees Aldleigh entirely for London. Over the course of twenty years, by coincidence and design, Thomas and Grace will find their lives brought back into orbit as the mystery of the vanished astronomer unfolds into a devastating tale of love and scientific pursuit. Thomas and Grace will ask themselves what it means to love and be loved, what is fixed and what is mutable, how much of our fate is predestined and written in the stars, and whether they can find their way back to each other.

A thrillingly ambitious novel of friendship, faith, and unrequited love, rich in symmetry and symbolism, Enlightenment is a shimmering wonder of a book and Sarah Perry’s finest work to date. 

Titles will be available at the Circulation Desk (starting August 4). The eBook & audiobook of this title are also available on the Libby app.

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Tuesday, October 7 at 2:00 pm

Join us to read and discuss Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips.

In 1874, in the wake of the War, erasure, trauma, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, renegades and wanderers, freedmen and runaways. Twelve-year-old ConaLee, the adult in her family for as long as she can remember, finds herself on a buckboard journey with her mother, Eliza, who hasn’t spoken in more than a year. They arrive at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia, delivered to the hospital’s entrance by a war veteran who has forced himself into their world. There, far from family, a beloved neighbor, and the mountain home they knew, they try to reclaim their lives.

The omnipresent vagaries of war and race rise to the surface as we learn their story: their flight to the highest mountain ridges of western Virginia; the disappearance of ConaLee’s father, who left for the War and never returned. Meanwhile, in the asylum, they begin to find a new path. ConaLee pretends to be her mother’s maid; Eliza responds slowly to treatment. They get swept up in the life of the facility—the mysterious man they call the Night Watch; the orphan child called Weed; the fearsome woman who runs the kitchen; the remarkable doctor at the head of the institution.

Epic, enthralling, and meticulously crafted, Night Watch is a stunning chronicle of surviving war and its aftermath.

Titles will be available at the Circulation Desk (starting September 2). The eBook & audiobook of this title are also available on the Libby app.

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Tuesday, November 4 at 2:00 pm

Join us to read and discuss Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange.

Colorado, 1864. Star, a young survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre, is brought to the Fort Marion prison castle, where he is forced to learn English and practice Christianity by Richard Henry Pratt, an evangelical prison guard who will go on to found the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, an institution dedicated to the eradication of Native history, culture, and identity. A generation later, Star’s son, Charles, is sent to the school, where he is brutalized by the man who was once his father’s jailer. Under Pratt’s harsh treatment, Charles clings to moments he shares with a young fellow student, Opal Viola, as the two envision a future away from the institutional violence that follows their bloodlines.

In a novel that is by turns shattering and wondrous, Tommy Orange has conjured the ancestors of the family listeners first fell in love with in There There—warriors, drunks, outlaws, addicts—asking what it means to be the children and grandchildren of massacre. Wandering Stars is a novel about epigenetic and generational trauma that has the force and vision of a modern epic, an exceptionally powerful new book from one of the most exciting writers at work today and soaring confirmation of Tommy Orange’s monumental gifts.

Titles will be available at the Circulation Desk (starting October 6). The eBook & audiobook of this title are also available on the Libby app.

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Tuesday, December 2 at 2:00 pm

Join us to read and discuss Clear by Carys Davies.

John, an impoverished Scottish minister, has accepted a job evicting the lone remaining occupant of an island north of Scotland—Ivar, who has been living alone for decades, with only the animals and the sea for company. Though his wife, Mary, has serious misgivings about the errand, he decides to go anyway, setting in motion a chain of events that neither he nor Mary could have predicted.

Shortly after John reaches the island, he falls down a cliff and is found, unconscious and badly injured, by Ivar who takes him home and tends to his wounds. “Clear chronicles the surprising bond that develops between these two men…pack[ing] a great deal of power into a compact tale” (The Wall Street Journal) about connection, home, and hope—in which John begins to learn Ivar’s language, and Ivar sees himself reflected through the eyes of another person for the first time in decades.

Unfolding during the final stages of the infamous Scottish Clearances—a period of the 19th century which saw whole communities of the rural poor driven off the land in a relentless program of forced evictions—this singular novel explores what binds us together in the face of insurmountable difference, the way history shapes our deepest convictions, and how the human spirit can endure despite all odds. Moving and unpredictable, “a love letter to the scorching power of language” (The Guardian), Clear is “a jewel of a novel” (The Washington Post)—a profound and unforgettable listen.

Titles will be available at the Circulation Desk (starting November 3). The eBook & audiobook of this title are also available on the Libby app.

Registration is not required. Drop in to join our discussion over tea & treats.