Music & concerts
JUN18
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Music & concerts
Good Tyme String Band
newprovidence
Join us for some toe tapping fun with our favorite string band. All ages welcome!
MusicBring the grandkids
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Events in New Providence, NJ
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Outdoors & nature
JUN18
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Outdoors & nature
Zoophoria
newprovidence
This exciting hands-on wildlife program, led by professional handler Samantha Slevens, will keep you on the edge of your seat. Learn about some very special animals, their behaviors and habitats, and how the right environment can help them. And do not miss the opportunity to meet Cheeseburger, a giant toad!
Hiking and natureOutdoors
Classes & arts
JUN20
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Classes & arts
Book Bedazzling Craft
newprovidence
Bling your own book! Bring your own book and bedazzle the title or the cover artwork with rhinestones. You can bring a hardcover with a dust jacket, or a paperback. Choose a book cover that doesn't have too much going on, so that a focal point will be easy to choose. Look for a book cover with no excessive detail, and large blocks of color. Wax pencils, B7000 glue, and rhinestones in a variety of colors and two sizes (2 mm and 3 mm) will be provided. This adult craft was made possible by the...
Arts and craftsIndoors
Tastings
JUN22
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Tastings
Silent Book Club
newprovidence
At Silent Book Club there's no assigned reading. All readers are welcome—ebooks or audiobooks, poetry or prose, fiction or non-fiction... it's BYOBook. We gather to read together in quiet camaraderie. Silent Book Club meets in the armchairs in the Quiet Zone at the front of the library. Stick around afterward if you'd like to chat about what we're reading. Welcome to introvert happy hour! This is the New Providence chapter of Silent Book Club, which occasionally meets elsewhere in New Provide...
Classes and talksIndoors
Community & civic
JUN23
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Community & civic
NP Historical Society Mason Room Open
newprovidence
The Mason Room is the New Providence Historical Society’s climate-controlled archive of historical records pertaining to New Providence, which is located within the New Providence Memorial Library at 377 Elkwood Avenue. The room was named for Frank B. and Mary M. Mason. This facility holds an extensive collection of historic photographs, maps, newspapers, official minutes, audio tapes and other records. The public is welcome to conduct research and make inquires here. Society volunteers are e...
IndoorsBring the grandkids
Theater & film
JUN23
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Theater & film
Between Two Worlds: Fiddler on the Roof
newprovidence
The 1971 Academy Award winning film Fiddler on the Roof will be screened in the Conti Room. Tevye, a hardworking milkman in a humble 1910 Ukrainian village works to find wealthy husbands for three of his daughters. He does so while struggling with poverty and his increasingly oppressive surroundings. This is an adaptation of the long-running Broadway musical based on the classic novel "Tevye and His Daughters" by Sholem Aleichem. Rated G, this lavishly produced and critically acclaimed screen...
Arts and craftsIndoors
Lifelong learning
JUN23
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Lifelong learningHappens regularly
Haunting Chapters Book Club
newprovidence
This month the Haunting Chapters Book Club will be discussing The Devil and Mrs. Davenport by Paulette Kennedy. Copies of each month's book are available on request at the front desk starting one month prior to the meeting. This book club is moderated by a volunteer. Missouri, 1955. Loretta Davenport has led an isolated life as a young mother and a wife to Pete, an ambitious assistant professor at a Bible college. They’re the picture of domestic tranquillity—until a local girl is murdered and...
Classes and talksVolunteeringWeeklyIndoors
Classes & arts
JUN25
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Classes & arts
Knitting Workshop
newprovidence
Learn to knit from seasoned knitters. Space is limited and registration is required.
Arts and craftsClasses and talksIndoors
Lifelong learning
JUN25
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Lifelong learning
The Declaration of Independence: America's Birth Certificate
newprovidence
Joel Farkas presents the Declaration of Independence: America's Birth Certificate in this fun, brisk presentation. Topics include the Magna Carta (1215), The French and Indian War, The Declaration of Independence, The Revolutionary War, Independence, The French Revolution, Napoleon, and The War of 1812. Fasten your saddles and your seatbelts - this is going to be quite a ride! Joel Farkas has lectured extensively on the American Revolution. He is a Lecturer at the Lifelong Learning Institute...
Classes and talksIndoors
Classes & arts
JUN25
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Classes & arts
Yarn Craft
newprovidence
Join us to make a simple craft with yarn.
Arts and craftsIndoors
Classes & arts
JUN27
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Classes & arts
Crafterday
newprovidence
Drop by to use the materials and instructions to make a craft. Take home your creation!
Arts and craftsIndoors
Pickleball & rec
JUN29
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Pickleball & recHappens regularly
Mahjong Open Play
newprovidence
The Conti Room is reserved for mahjong open play. Open play is for those who already know how to play mahjong. - This is a self-led group. - Please bring your own mah-jongg sets and cards. The library will also provide a set. - There are some Mondays this year when there is no open mahjong, so please check the calendar. - Depending on how many players there are, one player may need to be on a team with another player, or 2 players may have to play a game with rules adapted for 2 players. Regi...
PickleballWeeklyIndoors
Theater & film
JUL2
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Theater & film
Documentary: Flag Day
newprovidence
Set in the small farming community of Three Oaks, Michigan — home to the nation’s largest Flag Day parade — the documentary film Flag Day is a portrait of ritual, identity, and belonging in an era of deep political division. Over the course of Flag Day weekend, this 2026 film immerses viewers in the lives of a diverse cross-section of townspeople in Three Oaks: veterans, local business owners, marching bands, and volunteers who, for one weekend each June, create an event that is at once nosta...
Arts and craftsIndoorsBring the grandkids
Classes & arts
JUL6
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Classes & arts
Knit Night/ Stay & Crochet
newprovidence
Knitters, crocheters and stitchers are welcome to come work on your works-in-progress in the Conti Room. Come see what everyone's working on and show off the project you recently finished. It's a talkative group that welcomes introverts and extroverts alike. Regulars & those who just want to drop in for one session here and there are all welcome. Drop by anytime between 7 pm and 8:30 pm.
Arts and craftsIndoors
Theater & film
JUL7
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Theater & film
Movie: Sinners
newprovidence
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, identical twin brothers who are both played by Michael B. Jordan return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back: vampires. Set in the Jim Crow South, this "unapologetically Black genre knockout" features toe-tapping music. Rated R for sexual content, language, and strong bloody violence, this film took home the following Academy Awards in 2026: Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay...
Arts and craftsIndoors
Lifelong learning
JUL9
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Lifelong learning
Evening Book Club
newprovidence
This month the Book Club will discuss The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters. Peters' debut combines narrative skill and a poignant story for a wonderful novel to which many readers will gravitate. In 1962, an Indigenous Mi'kmaq family is in Maine to pick summer blueberries when their youngest child, four-year-old Ruthie, disappears. Her six-year-old brother, Joe, saw her last. Told in alternating, first-person chapters from Joe and a narrator called Norma, the novel follows the painful reverbera...
Classes and talksIndoorsBring the grandkids
Community & civic
JUL11
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Community & civic
Sound Meditation
newprovidence
Join Kathy Martin, a third level sound practitioner experienced in Himalayan singing bowls and various other meditative instruments, for a Sound Meditation. Enjoy the hypnotic rhythm and sound that balance and relax you from the inside out. Lie or sit down while she guides you through a sound experience to reach new levels of relaxation. Please wear comfortable clothes, bring a mat and any other items you may want, like a blanket or small pillow. This program was made possible by the Friends...
Bring the grandkids
Community & civic
JUL13
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Community & civicHappens regularly
Batter Up: Let's Talk Baseball
newprovidence
Baseball enthusiasts are invited to discuss teams, players and issues of the sport with other baseball fans. Listeners are welcome too! The baseball group has been meeting monthly for over 10 years and has been called "smart and fervent" by a guest speaker.
Classes and talksWeeklyBring the grandkids
Pickleball & rec
JUL13
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Pickleball & recHappens regularly
Mahjong Open Play
newprovidence
The Conti Room is reserved for mahjong open play. Open play is for those who already know how to play mahjong. - This is a self-led group. - Please bring your own mah-jongg sets and cards. The library will also provide a set. - There are some Mondays this year when there is no open mahjong, so please check the calendar. - Depending on how many players there are, one player may need to be on a team with another player, or 2 players may have to play a game with rules adapted for 2 players. Regi...
PickleballWeeklyIndoors
Lifelong learning
JUL14
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Lifelong learningFree
Books & Bagels
newprovidence
A book club with no assigned reading! Join us for a free bagel from NP Bagel Cafe and we'll take turns speaking about the books that we're reading/ have enjoyed recently. This program is moderated by a librarian, and was made possible by joint support from NP Bagel Cafe and the Friends of the New Providence Memorial Library.
Classes and talksFreeIndoors
Pickleball & rec
JUL14
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Pickleball & recHappens regularly
Mahjong Open Play
newprovidence
The Conti Room is reserved for mahjong open play. Here's what you need to know: - Open play is for those who already know how to play mahjong. - This is a self-led group. - Please bring your own mah-jongg sets. The library will also provide a set. - Registration is recommended, but not required. If you register, you'll receive an email reminder for the session you signed up for. If more than 24 players show up, registrants will have priority for seats over walk-ins. - There are some Mondays t...
PickleballWeeklyIndoors
Classes & arts
JUL15
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Classes & arts
Watch Party: State Fair Crafts with Smithsonian Curator Mary Savig
newprovidence
Come watch a recording of the ilbrary's interview with Smithsonian Curator Mary Savig, recorded live last month, on the history and significance of craft at state fairs—from blue-ribbon quilts to sculpted butter cows, and so much more! Come hear about the fascinating (and often surprising) world of American state fair crafts. Mary Savig is The Fleur and Charles Bresler Curator-in-Charge of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery. She holds a PhD in American Studies from the Univ...
Arts and craftsIndoorsBring the grandkids
Classes & arts
JUL16
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Classes & arts
Knit Night/ Stay & Crochet
newprovidence
Knitters, crocheters and stitchers are welcome to come work on your works-in-progress in the Conti Room. Come see what everyone's working on and show off the project you recently finished. It's a talkative group that welcomes introverts and extroverts alike. Regulars & those who just want to drop in for one session here and there are all welcome. Drop by anytime between 7 pm and 8:30 pm.
Arts and craftsIndoors
Music & concerts
JUL16
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Music & concerts
Good Tyme String Band
newprovidence
Join us for some toe tapping fun with our favorite string band. All ages welcome!
MusicBring the grandkids
Community & civic
JUL18
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Community & civic
Paint a Pet Portrait
newprovidence
Paint a colorful portrait of your pet. First, you'll use paint markers to trace the outlines of your pet's face onto a sheet of clear plastic (the front of a picture frame). If there are any features of your pet's face you'd like to be a particular color, you will also paint those on the plastic. Finally, you'll paint blocks of color for the background of the portrait, which will be placed inside the frame. What to bring with you: You're going to need a printout of your pet's photo. Crop the...
Arts and craftsBring the grandkids
Pickleball & rec
JUL20
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Pickleball & recHappens regularly
Mahjong Open Play
newprovidence
The Conti Room is reserved for mahjong open play. Open play is for those who already know how to play mahjong. - This is a self-led group. - Please bring your own mah-jongg sets and cards. The library will also provide a set. - There are some Mondays this year when there is no open mahjong, so please check the calendar. - Depending on how many players there are, one player may need to be on a team with another player, or 2 players may have to play a game with rules adapted for 2 players. Regi...
PickleballWeeklyIndoors
Classes & arts
JUL21
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Classes & arts
Morning Book Club
newprovidence
The morning book club will discuss Hula by Jasmin Iolani Hakes. Hi'i is proud to be part of a family renowned for its contributions to hula and her hometown of Hilo, Hawaii, but there's a lot she doesn't understand. She's never met her legendary grandmother, and her mother has never revealed the identity of her father. Worse, unspoken divides within her tight-knit community have started to grow, creating fractures whose origins are somehow entangled with her own family history. In hula, Hi'i...
Arts and craftsClasses and talksIndoorsBring the grandkids
Pickleball & rec
JUL21
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Pickleball & rec
Mahjong Open Play
newprovidence
The Conti Room is reserved for mahjong open play. Here's what you need to know: - Open play is for those who already know how to play mahjong. - This is a self-led group. - Please bring your own mah-jongg sets. The library will also provide a set. - Registration is recommended, but not required. If you register, you'll receive an email reminder for the session you signed up for. If more than 24 players show up, registrants will have priority for seats over walk-ins. - There are some Tuesday e...
PickleballIndoors
Theater & film
JUL21
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Theater & film
Movie: 1776
newprovidence
1776 is the 1972 film version of the Broadway musical comedy directed by Peter Hunt. In the days leading up to July 4, 1776, Continental Congressmen John Adams and Benjamin Franklin coerce Thomas Jefferson into writing the Declaration of Independence as a delaying tactic as they try to persuade the American colonies to support a resolution on independence. As George Washington sends depressing messages describing one military disaster after another, the businessmen, landowners and slave holde...
Arts and craftsIndoorsHoliday
Community & civic
JUL23
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Community & civicFree
Blood Drive
newprovidence
Save a life - donate blood! NJ Blood Services will host a blood donation drive. Walk ins are welcome, but appointments are preferred. To schedule an appointment visit: https://www.nybc.org/njdrive and enter sponsor code 62661. You can also text or call Genevieve at 732-672-5281 to make an appointment. Please remember to eat, drink and bring your donor ID card or ID with name and photo.
VolunteeringFreeBring the grandkids
Pickleball & rec
JUL27
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Pickleball & recHappens regularly
Mahjong Open Play
newprovidence
The Conti Room is reserved for mahjong open play. Open play is for those who already know how to play mahjong. - This is a self-led group. - Please bring your own mah-jongg sets and cards. The library will also provide a set. - There are some Mondays this year when there is no open mahjong, so please check the calendar. - Depending on how many players there are, one player may need to be on a team with another player, or 2 players may have to play a game with rules adapted for 2 players. Regi...
PickleballWeeklyIndoors
Tastings
JUL27
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Tastings
Silent Book Club
newprovidence
At Silent Book Club there's no assigned reading. All readers are welcome—ebooks or audiobooks, poetry or prose, fiction or non-fiction... it's BYOBook. We gather to read together in quiet camaraderie. Silent Book Club meets in the armchairs in the Quiet Zone at the front of the library. Stick around afterward if you'd like to chat about what we're reading. Welcome to introvert happy hour! This is the New Providence chapter of Silent Book Club, which occasionally meets elsewhere in New Provide...
Classes and talksIndoors
Lifelong learning
JUL28
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Lifelong learningFree
Haunting Chapters Book Club
newprovidence
The Haunting Chapters Book Club will read Don't Look Now by Daphne Du Maurier. Full of bone-chilling tales, this short story collection includes "The Birds," the basis for the Alfred Hitchcock film of the same title, and other creepy classics. Daphne du Maurier wrote some of the most compelling and creepy novels of the twentieth century: Rebecca, My Cousin Rachel, and Jamaica Inn. Less known, though no less powerful, are her short stories, in which she gave free rein to her imagination in nar...
Classes and talksFreeIndoors
Theater & film
JUL28
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Theater & film
Between Two Worlds: Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
newprovidence
Fiddler: Miracle of Miracles is the first in-depth documentary film that chronicles the story of Fiddler On The Roof, exploring the unexpected richness of its themes as well as its long reach across time and cultures. "What makes it brilliant is that it demonstrates how universal this distinctly Jewish musical has become, how it has been embraced by many cultures and how it is still influential today." - G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle Click here to view all upcoming events in the B...
Arts and craftsIndoors
Classes & arts
JUL30
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Classes & arts
Knitting Workshop
newprovidence
Learn to knit from seasoned knitters. Space is limited and registration is required.
Arts and craftsClasses and talksIndoors
Classes & arts
AUG3
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Classes & arts
Knit Night/ Stay & Crochet
newprovidence
Knitters, crocheters and stitchers are welcome to come work on your works-in-progress in the Conti Room. Come see what everyone's working on and show off the project you recently finished. It's a talkative group that welcomes introverts and extroverts alike. Regulars & those who just want to drop in for one session here and there are all welcome. Drop by anytime between 7 pm and 8:30 pm.
Arts and craftsIndoors
Pickleball & rec
AUG3
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Pickleball & recHappens regularly
Mahjong Open Play
newprovidence
The Conti Room is reserved for mahjong open play. Open play is for those who already know how to play mahjong. - This is a self-led group. - Please bring your own mah-jongg sets and cards. The library will also provide a set. - There are some Mondays this year when there is no open mahjong, so please check the calendar. - Depending on how many players there are, one player may need to be on a team with another player, or 2 players may have to play a game with rules adapted for 2 players. Regi...
PickleballWeeklyIndoors
Lifelong learning
AUG3
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Lifelong learningFree
Register For English Classes (Fall 2026)
newprovidence
The library offers a free English class for non-native speakers through its partnership with Literacy New Jersey of Union County. The class meets at the library on Monday mornings. Registration for the fall semester (September - December) is open August 3-5. In order to take the English as a Second Language class this fall, the organizer requires contact Anita Alvarado for registration and placement on August 3, 4 or 5. Email: aalvarado@literacynj.org Phone Number: (908) 486-1777 ext. 402
Classes and talksFreeIndoors
Pickleball & rec
AUG4
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Pickleball & recHappens regularly
Mahjong Open Play
newprovidence
The Conti Room is reserved for mahjong open play. Here's what you need to know: - Open play is for those who already know how to play mahjong. - This is a self-led group. - Please bring your own mah-jongg sets. The library will also provide a set. - Registration is recommended, but not required. If you register, you'll receive an email reminder for the session you signed up for. If more than 24 players show up, registrants will have priority for seats over walk-ins. - There are some Mondays t...
PickleballWeeklyIndoors
Theater & film
AUG4
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Theater & filmFree
Movie: Title TBD
newprovidence
Title TBD. Film screenings are made possible by the Friends of the New Providence Memorial Library. Free, everyone is welcome.
Arts and craftsFreeIndoors
Theater & film
AUG4
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Theater & film
Movie: Is This Thing On?
newprovidence
"Is This Thing On?" will be screened in the Conti Room. In this 2026 R-rated comedy/drama, Alex (Will Arnett) faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene while his wife Tess (Laura Dern) confronts the sacrifices she made for their family--forcing them to navigate co-parenting, identity, and whether love can take a new form. Movies at the library have subtitles for the hearing impaired. Film screenings are made possible by the Friends of the New...
Arts and craftsIndoorsBring the grandkids
Theater & film
AUG6
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Theater & film
Between Two Worlds: The Klezmer Project
newprovidence
In this hybrid documentary/comedy drama, a Jewish wedding cameraman falls in love with a klezmer clarinetist and pretends to be making a documentary in order to spend time with her. His fake project leads to a real journey through Eastern Europe in search of lost klezmer melodies and the remnants of Yiddish culture. [An illustration of a man playing a violin to a cameraman] Full of music and witticisms, this romantic film explores the historical, social, and political place of language, cultu...
Arts and craftsIndoors
Community & civic
AUG10
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Community & civicHappens regularly
Batter Up: Let's Talk Baseball
newprovidence
Baseball enthusiasts are invited to discuss teams, players and issues of the sport with other baseball fans. Listeners are welcome too! The baseball group has been meeting monthly for over 10 years and has been called "smart and fervent" by a guest speaker.
Classes and talksWeeklyBring the grandkids
Pickleball & rec
AUG10
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Pickleball & recHappens regularly
Mahjong Open Play
newprovidence
The Conti Room is reserved for mahjong open play. Open play is for those who already know how to play mahjong. - This is a self-led group. - Please bring your own mah-jongg sets and cards. The library will also provide a set. - There are some Mondays this year when there is no open mahjong, so please check the calendar. - Depending on how many players there are, one player may need to be on a team with another player, or 2 players may have to play a game with rules adapted for 2 players. Regi...
PickleballWeeklyIndoors
Lifelong learning
AUG11
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Lifelong learningFree
Books & Bagels
newprovidence
A book club with no assigned reading! Join us for a free bagel from NP Bagel Cafe and we'll take turns speaking about the books that we're reading/ have enjoyed recently. This program is moderated by a librarian, and was made possible by joint support from NP Bagel Cafe and the Friends of the New Providence Memorial Library.
Classes and talksFreeIndoors
Pickleball & rec
AUG11
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Pickleball & recHappens regularly
Mahjong Open Play
newprovidence
The Conti Room is reserved for mahjong open play. Here's what you need to know: - Open play is for those who already know how to play mahjong. - This is a self-led group. - Please bring your own mah-jongg sets. The library will also provide a set. - Registration is recommended, but not required. If you register, you'll receive an email reminder for the session you signed up for. If more than 24 players show up, registrants will have priority for seats over walk-ins. - There are some Mondays t...
PickleballWeeklyIndoors
Lifelong learning
AUG13
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Lifelong learning
Evening Book Club
newprovidence
This month the Book Club will discuss Little Heathens by Mildred Kalish. This unpretentious yet deeply intelligent memoir of growing up on a central Iowa farm in the throes of the Great Depression radiates the joy of a vanished way of life as Kalish recounts what appear to contemporary eyes as unendurable deprivations. Those who share Kalish's midwestern farm background will immediately identify with her recollections of winter nights spent under layers of quilts in unheated bedrooms. Others...
Classes and talksIndoors
Classes & arts
AUG15
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Classes & arts
Paint a Book Brick
newprovidence
Decorate your yard with book bricks! Come in the morning and start painting a brick (or bricks) to look like a book of your choice. Please bring the books that you wish to paint. If you're a beginning painter, you will have better results if you bring a simpler book design. The library will provide the bricks, paint, brushes and palettes. While we can't have staff on hand the entire time, there will be step by step written instructions. Plan to spend some time in the library while you wait fo...
Arts and craftsIndoors
Pickleball & rec
AUG17
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Pickleball & recHappens regularly
Mahjong Open Play
newprovidence
The Conti Room is reserved for mahjong open play. Open play is for those who already know how to play mahjong. - This is a self-led group. - Please bring your own mah-jongg sets and cards. The library will also provide a set. - There are some Mondays this year when there is no open mahjong, so please check the calendar. - Depending on how many players there are, one player may need to be on a team with another player, or 2 players may have to play a game with rules adapted for 2 players. Regi...
PickleballWeeklyIndoors
Theater & film
AUG18
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Theater & film
Movie: Michael
newprovidence
MICHAEL will be screened in the Conti Room. This PG-13 musical biopic tells the story of Michael Jackson's life beyond the music, tracing his journey from the discovery of his extraordinary talent as the lead of the Jackson Five, to the visionary artist who became the biggest entertainer in the world. Highlighting both his life off-stage and some of the most iconic performances from his early solo career, the 2026 movie gives audiences a front-row seat to Michael Jackson as played by Jaafar J...
Arts and craftsIndoors
Pickleball & rec
AUG18
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Pickleball & recHappens regularly
Mahjong Open Play
newprovidence
The Conti Room is reserved for mahjong open play. Here's what you need to know: - Open play is for those who already know how to play mahjong. - This is a self-led group. - Please bring your own mah-jongg sets. The library will also provide a set. - Registration is recommended, but not required. If you register, you'll receive an email reminder for the session you signed up for. If more than 24 players show up, registrants will have priority for seats over walk-ins. - There are some Mondays t...
PickleballWeeklyIndoors
Theater & film
AUG18
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Theater & filmFree
Movie: Title TBD
newprovidence
Title TBD. Film screenings are made possible by the Friends of New Providence Memorial Library and are free. Everyone is welcome.
Arts and craftsFreeIndoors
Community & civic
AUG19
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Community & civic
Watch Party: Scheming Wives and High-Stakes Hilarity with Sue Hincenbergs, TV Producer & Author of The Retirement Plan
newprovidence
Come watch a recording of the library's interview with debut author Sue Hincenbergs about her novel The Retirement Plan, in which murder is the name of the game. When the only thing standing between three best friends and a sunny beachfront retirement condo are their husbands, what ensues is a diabolical plan to collect on their spouses’ life insurance policies. After thirty years of friendship, Pam dreams of her perfect retirement with Nancy, Shalisa, Marlene, and their husbands—until their...
IndoorsBring the grandkids
Music & concerts
AUG20
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Music & concerts
Good Tyme String Band
newprovidence
Join us for some toe tapping fun with our favorite string band. All ages welcome!
MusicBring the grandkids
Classes & arts
AUG20
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Classes & arts
Knit Night/ Stay & Crochet
newprovidence
Knitters, crocheters and stitchers are welcome to come work on your works-in-progress in the Conti Room. Come see what everyone's working on and show off the project you recently finished. It's a talkative group that welcomes introverts and extroverts alike. Regulars & those who just want to drop in for one session here and there are all welcome. Drop by anytime between 7 pm and 8:30 pm.
Arts and craftsIndoors
Theater & film
AUG21
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Theater & film
Family Movie
newprovidence
Cool off in the Conti Room with a good movie.
Arts and craftsIndoorsBring the grandkids
Pickleball & rec
AUG24
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Pickleball & recHappens regularly
Mahjong Open Play
newprovidence
The Conti Room is reserved for mahjong open play. Open play is for those who already know how to play mahjong. - This is a self-led group. - Please bring your own mah-jongg sets and cards. The library will also provide a set. - There are some Mondays this year when there is no open mahjong, so please check the calendar. - Depending on how many players there are, one player may need to be on a team with another player, or 2 players may have to play a game with rules adapted for 2 players. Regi...
PickleballWeeklyIndoors
Tastings
AUG24
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Tastings
Silent Book Club
newprovidence
At Silent Book Club there's no assigned reading. All readers are welcome—ebooks or audiobooks, poetry or prose, fiction or non-fiction... it's BYOBook. We gather to read together in quiet camaraderie. Silent Book Club meets in the armchairs in the Quiet Zone at the front of the library. Stick around afterward if you'd like to chat about what we're reading. Welcome to introvert happy hour! This is the New Providence chapter of Silent Book Club, which occasionally meets elsewhere in New Provide...
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Lifelong learning
AUG25
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Lifelong learning
Haunting Chapters Book Club
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The Haunting Chapters Book Club will discuss Jackal by Erin E. Adams. A young Black girl goes missing in the woods outside her white rust belt town. But she's not the first--and she may not be the last. . . . Liz Rocher is coming home, reluctantly. As a Black woman, Liz doesn't exactly have fond memories of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a predominantly white town. But her best friend is getting married, so she braces herself for a weekend of awkward, passive-aggressive reunions. But on the night o...
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Theater & film
AUG28
newprovidence · New Providence, NJ
Theater & film
Family Movie
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Cool off in the Conti Room with a good movie.
Arts and craftsIndoorsBring the grandkids