Friday, June 28th 5-7pm

$10 per person donation
Light food and spirits
RSVP by June 24th to Kim Wolf at 908-654-5200.

We are also seeking gi basket donations. Promote your business!

A benefit for Alzheimer’s New Jersey!

Bring the KIDS to The Chelsea at Fanwood for Pumpkin Decorating!

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25TH
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
EVERYTHING IS SUPPLIED!
RSVP BY OCT. 21, 908-654-5200. LIMITED SEATING.

The popular Readers Forum book club meets monthly in the Cranford Public Library. New members are always welcome! Sessions are on Monday at 7:00 pm in the Fridlington Room. Questions? Call the Reference Desk at 908-709-7272, or email [email protected]. The library can’t guarantee a copy of each book for every participant, but every effort will be made to obtain multiple copies.

January’s title is “Educated” by Tara Westover (2018): An extraordinary memoir of a woman who grew up in Idaho off the grid testifying to the irrepressible thirst to learn.

Where: Chisholm Community Center, 100 S. Springfield Ave, Springfield, NJ 07081

RSVP: If you’re interested in attending, please call 908-547-3307 or click here to RSVP!

WESTFIELD AREA YMCA AND BRAIN INJURY ALLIANCE OF NJ HOST A FREE VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON LECTURE ON BALANCE, FALL PREVENTION, AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY

The Westfield Area YMCA is hosting a free program entitled “Heads Up Seniors” focused on fall prevention and pedestrian safety on Tuesday, March 29 at 12:30 pm.  Presented by the Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey, the program will be accessible via Zoom or in-person at the Main Y Facility located at 220 Clark Street in Westfield.  The Zoom meeting ID is 824 5522 2211.  The password is 236782.

Objectives of the workshop are:

• To provide strategies to best prevent falls
• To provide a safety checklist to anticipate and prevent potential hazards
• To educate pedestrians to walk and drive safely
• An interactive game is included.

Registration is not required.  For more information, contact Jean White at [email protected] or call 908-301-9622 x246.

The Y is the nation’s leading nonprofit dedicated to youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. Visit westfieldynj.org to learn more.  Financial assistance is available for those who qualify.

Register here.

After an 1891 homicide near the South Street Seaport, New York’s coroner announced Jack the Ripper had arrived. As panic grew, authorities charged a North African immigrant with murder. He was finally freed over a decade later when a prominent New Jersey resident produced a mysterious artifact. Recently, author Luke Jerod Kummer discovered new evidence in this unsolved case, inspiring his Audible Original drama, “Takers Mad” (adbl.co/3ttLvrr). On Saturday, April 23rd, the Cranford Historical Society will host a special event for Kummer to present his findings and discuss this strange chapter in local history.

We are thrilled to welcome back Raconteur Radio for another in-person radio play! Join us at the Cranford Community Center on Wednesday May 11 at 7pm. Raconteur Radio stages theatrical presentations of vintage radio plays, classic works of literature/film, and pop culture parodies for live audiences at traditional and improvised venues throughout the Tri-State area. They’ve been called “family friendly guerrilla theater” by the New York Times and one of “the 7 best things to do in NJ” by the Newark Star-Ledger. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Join us on Zoom Wednesday, May 18th at 6:30 pm for a Q&A with Tiffany D. Jackson, a New York Times best-selling, award-winning author of novels for young adults. Monday’s Not Coming, a book based on the unexplained, unresolved disappearances of Black children in America, received the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent from the American Library Association in 2019. Her novel Allegedly, about the struggle of a recently incarcerated teen girl, was an NAACP Image Award nominee. In 2021, she co-authored “The Awakening of Malcolm X,” about the activist’s adolescent years in jail, with his daughter Ilyasah Shabazz.

Please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YlgBA3EwSoO-wAm0KnUI8A This event is sponsored by the Libraries of Union County Consortium.

In the spirit of Ken Burns’ breakout PBS documentary series on American country music, acclaimed guitarist and music historian Joey Leone presents “The History of Blues in America” a one hour program covering the history, influence and social impact of American blues music through songs, stories and historical facts. Joey highlights the influence of blues on virtually all styles of contemporary music over the past 7 decades playing a variety of songs on multiple guitars from his personal collection.

In addition to the live music segments, he touches on recurring themes of how the blues transcended racial boundaries, brought people together in times of celebration and times of healing, and show the blues followed the migration from the rural south to the urban north. Joey also ties in his upbringing in Brooklyn NY, and how important the Public Library System was for his discovery, passion, and education about music and music history. A lifelong career musician, he has toured and recorded as a guitar player for many high profile artists including Etta James, The Coasters, Sam & Dave, Wilson Pickett, Chaka Khan, and many more.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Cranford Public Library.

Seniors are invited to join us at this weekly program to learn and practice a variety of technology skills, including smartphone/tablet basics and more. Topics will be based on class interest. Feel free to bring your own device. No registration is required, but we will ask for attendees to sign in when they come.

This program will run weekly, Tuesdays at 1 pm at the Community Center, for 8 weeks, from December 13-January 31.

Co-sponsored by the Cranford Public Library and the Cranford Community Center.

Seniors are invited to join us at this weekly program to learn and practice a variety of technology skills, including smart phone/tablet basics and more. Topics will be based on class interest. Feel free to bring your own device. No registration is required, but we will ask for attendees to sign in when they come.

This program will run weekly, Tuesdays at 1pm at the Community Center, for 8 weeks, from December 13-January 31.

Co-sponsored by the Cranford Public Library and the Cranford Community Center.

Seniors are invited to join us at this weekly program to learn and practice a variety of technology skills, including smartphone/tablet basics and more. Topics will be based on class interest. Feel free to bring your own device. No registration is required, but we will ask for attendees to sign in when they come.

This program will run weekly, Tuesdays at 1 pm at the Community Center, for 8 weeks, from December 13-January 31.

Co-sponsored by the Cranford Public Library and the Cranford Community Center.

Seniors are invited to join us at this weekly program to learn and practice a variety of technology skills, including smart phone/tablet basics and more. Topics will be based on class interest. Feel free to bring your own device. No registration is required, but we will ask for attendees to sign in when they come.

This program will run weekly, Tuesdays at 1pm at the Community Center, for 8 weeks, from December 13-January 31.

Co-sponsored by the Cranford Public Library and the Cranford Community Center.

Seniors are invited to join us at this weekly program to learn and practice a variety of technology skills, including smartphone/tablet basics and more. Topics will be based on class interest. Feel free to bring your own device. No registration is required, but we will ask for attendees to sign in when they come.

This program will run weekly, Tuesdays at 1 pm at the Community Center, for 8 weeks, from December 13-January 31.

Co-sponsored by the Cranford Public Library and the Cranford Community Center.

Seniors are invited to join us at this weekly program to learn and practice a variety of technology skills, including smart phone/tablet basics and more. Topics will be based on class interest. Feel free to bring your own device. No registration is required, but we will ask for attendees to sign in when they come.

This program will run weekly, Tuesdays at 1pm at the Community Center, for 8 weeks, from December 13-January 31.

Co-sponsored by the Cranford Public Library and the Cranford Community Center.

Seniors are invited to join us at this weekly program to learn and practice a variety of technology skills, including smartphone/tablet basics and more. Topics will be based on class interest. Feel free to bring your own device. No registration is required, but we will ask for attendees to sign in when they come.

This program will run weekly, Tuesdays at 1 pm at the Community Center, for 8 weeks, from December 13-January 31.

Co-sponsored by the Cranford Public Library and the Cranford Community Center.

Seniors are invited to join us at this weekly program to learn and practice a variety of technology skills, including smart phone/tablet basics and more. Topics will be based on class interest. Feel free to bring your own device. No registration is required, but we will ask for attendees to sign in when they come.

This program will run weekly, Tuesdays at 1pm at the Community Center, for 8 weeks, from December 13-January 31.

Co-sponsored by the Cranford Public Library and the Cranford Community Center.