The Union Public Library has exciting events planned for adults, tweens, teens and children during the month of March 2017 at both the Main Library (MN) and Vauxhall Branch (VH).
The library now offers New Jersey Career Connections to provide job-search and career navigation assistance to community members. Among other functions, New Jersey Career Connections can help you apply for funding assistance, prepare a personal budget, research and attend skills training, sharpen existing skills, build and enhance your resume, and learn interview and job-search skills. You can access the New Jersey Career Connections website (careerconnections.nj.gov) on the public computers in our library. In addition, the library now offers an onsite mobile computer lab where jobseekers are able to use laptop computers to create or update a resume, complete job applications, or connect with the New Jersey Career Connections website. Check in with a librarian to learn more about this initiative and computer lab hours.
The Friends of the Union Public Library will be hosting a Paint and Sip fundraiser to support the library. Join us on Thursday, March 23 from 7-10pm (doors open at 6:30pm) at the American Legion Hall – 3 Bond Drive, Union, NJ. Bring a friend, relax and enjoy, as you paint your very own masterpiece. BYO! Instruction will be provided, creativity is up to you!
Tickets are $30 per person and available at the Union Public Library – 1980 Morris Ave., Union NJ or by emailing uplfriends@yahoo.com. Tickets will be on sale through March 15, and will not be available at the door. The Friends is a 501(c)(3) organization and $15 of the fee is tax deductible.
Programs at Vauxhall Branch (VH)
ADULTS
TAI CHI FREE EXERCISE PROGRAM
Tuesdays from 12:30-1:30pm March 7, 14, 21, 28
For mature adults. Wear sneakers and comfortable clothing. Sign up required.
SHOPRITE OF UNION
Monday, March 13 at 7pm
Join Shoprite of Union for National Nutrition Month
HILTON READERS BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Monday, March 27 from 6-7:45pm
This month’s book will be Glory Over Everything: Beyond the Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom. Bring dinner & beverage, dessert will be provided. Please contact Vauxhall Branch Library for help obtaining
a copy of the book. All are welcome to attend, no sign-up required.
CHILDREN
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM: READ ACROSS AMERICA CELEBRATION with a special guest reader
Tuesday, March 7 from 10:45am-11:45am
Children ages 3-5 and their parents/guardians. Sign-up required.
PRESCHOOL GAMETIME
Tuesday, March 21 from 11:00 am -11:45
Children ages 3-5 and their parents/guardians. Sign- up required.
FAMILY DROP-IN CRAFT
Saturday, March 25 from 2-3:00pm
Drop in to the Vauxhall Branch Library for some art making fun for children of all ages. While supplies last, No sign-up required.
TWEENS AND TEENS
GAME TIME FOR TWEENS
Thursday, March 23 from 4:00-5:00pm
Ages 9-12 are welcome to try their hand at board games, card games and more! Sign up required.
SOMEONE’S DAUGHTER YOUNG LADIES ACADEMY
Saturday, March 4 from 11am – 1pm
“F.A.B.” Fashion Against Bullying. First Saturday of the month through June. Young ladies in middle and high school will learn how creative solutions like fashion can be used as a tool against bullying. For more information or to register, please call (908) 937-4613 or the Vauxhall Branch at (908) 851-5451.
Sign up is required.
TWEEN MAKE IT @ YOUR LIBRARY:”PAPER PLATE FRISBEE” CRAFT
Thursday, March 16 from 4-5pm
Children ages 9-12 are welcome to come and make a craft. Sign up is required.
CLUB TEEN: “BUDGETING AND MONEY MANAGEMENT”
Wednesday, March 29 from 6-8pm
Hey High School Students, this course is designed to introduce and discuss the importance of creating budgets and managing money wisely. Contact Vauxhall Library (908) 851-5451 for more information. No sign-up required.
AFTERNOON MOVIE FOR TWEENS
Thursday, March 9 from 3-4:55pm
Join us for new Disney animated film about a spirited teenager who sails out on a daring mission to prove herself a master wayfinder and fulfill her ancestors’ unfinished quest.Rated PG, 113minutes.
The Vauxhall Branch Library is located at 123 Hilton Avenue, Vauxhall, NJ 07088. (908)851-5451.
Programs at Union Public Library (MN)
ADULTS
NEW**ADULT MEDITATION CLASSES
Thursdays from 10-11am March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Together, we will embark on a journey into understanding our own selves. We will learn to de-stress, relax, and explore the workings of our minds. For more information call (908) 851-5450 ext.2.
SCORE: WOMEN IN THEIR OWN BUSINESS
Monday, March 6 at 6:30 pm
This seminar covers this process from a woman’s perspective and discusses both the unique advantages and disadvantages often faced by women entrepreneurs starting and running their own business. Registration required.
LINCOLN CENTER LOCAL PRESENTS:
Romeo & Juliet performed by the San Francisco Ballet
Thursday, March 9 at 1pm (run-time 2 hours)
Join us for this prerecorded film screening from Lincoln Center Local. With its passionate choreography and
spine-tingling swordsmanship, celebrate this colorful and emotional retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet.
Mozart Festival performed by the Chamber Music Society
Thursday, March 23 at 1pm (run-time 1 hour)
Join us for a second time in March for a prerecorded screening of this festive all-Mozart program, featuring the exquisite Piano Trio in B-flat major, K. 502; the charming Horn Quintet in E-flat major, K. 407, and the exuberant Viola Quintet in C major.
HISTORY ALIVE PRESENTS ROSA PARKS: FIRST LADY OF CIVIL RIGHTS
Thursday, March 9 at 7pm
The American Historical Theatre specializing in first person living history, presents a fully staged, one woman show
on Rosa Parks. Ms. Parks’ story will serve to remind all who hear it that we cannot always stand by and observe the status quo. Alexandra Ford is thrilled to bring Rosa Parks’ story to audiences in the 21st century. As part of her research for Rosa Parks, Miss Ford has traveled to Montgomery and Tuskegee Alabama. She has read all the biographies of Rosa Parks and examined pages and pages of supplemental Material related to the Civil Rights Movement in America. This program is funded by the Horizons Speakers Bureau of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
MOVIES FOR ADULTS: TUESDAYS AT TWO
March 7, 14, 21, & 28
Join us Tuesdays at 2pm for free movies. Doors open at 1:50pm and elevator access is available. Please call the Library for specific titles and more information at (908)-851-5450.
WRAPPED IN LOVE KNITTING GROUP
Monday, March 13 from 6:30-8pm
Love to knit or crochet? Always wanted to learn how? Join our monthly group from the NJ sharing Network. Bring your own material or we can get you started. Please register in advance.
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: UNION COUNTY CLERK JOANNE RAJOPPI DISCUSSES HER NEW BOOK
Tuesday, March 14 at 7pm
Northern Women in the Aftermath of the Civil War: The Wives and Daughters of the Brunswick Boys tells the story of the perseverance and stamina of women facing an altered world after the Civil War, many of whom were confronted by widowhood, burdened with returning soldiers addicted to alcoholism or drugs or strained by the care of men suffering from post-traumatic stress. Rendered economically helpless, a woman like Mary Ann Hamilton with young children –including a daughter considered “insane” at the time – was forced to eke out a living as best she could. This book sheds light on these courageous women and the legacy of dreams and hopes they left their children in the context of a rapidly changing American culture.
A lifelong resident of Union County and former journalist, Joanne Hamilton Rajoppi is a history aficionado. She is a trustee of the Union County Historical Society, recipient of the Westfield Historical Society Trustee Award and served as Chair of the Union County Sesquicentennial Committee Celebration. She served as Mayor of her hometown, as Chair of the County Board of Freeholders and as Assistant Secretary of State for New Jersey. Presently, she is the Union County Clerk.
OFF THE SHELF BOOK GROUP
Thursday, March 16 at 7pm
This month’s book selection will be Just Kids by Pattie Smith. Please contact the Union Public Library Reference Desk for help obtaining a copy of the book (908)851-5450 x2. New members always welcome.
BLUEBERRIES: NEW JERSEY’S WONDER FRUIT
Monday, March 20 at 7pm
Join Food Historian Judith Krall Russo to discover the history of this fascinating berry and the contributions NJ has made to its cultivation. Learn why the blueberry is touted as the wonder fruit with a host of healthful benefits and hear about the variety of ways to prepare and savor these berries. This program is funded by the Horizons Speakers Bureau of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
UNION COUNTY’S MOBILE AGING SERVICE KIOSK (ASK)
Tuesday, March 21 from 12-2pm
Union County’s new mobile Aging Service Kiosk (ASK) will host free information events at the library on a monthly basis. The events are designed to provide residents with a convenient, friendly way to find out about services for the aging, and for their families and caregivers. ASK is staffed by professionals with the Division on Aging and Disability Resource Connection of the Union County Department of Human Services. They will provide information and guidance on home delivered meals, respite care, home care, adult day care and other services.
The next date will be Tuesday, April 18 from 12-2pm.
AARP SAFE DRIVING CLASS
Saturday, March 25 from 9:30am to 4:30pm
Registration is required and space is limited. Please call 908-851-5450 x2 to sign up. A course fee of $15 AARP members/$20 non- members will be collected on the morning of the class. Additional dates in April and May are available. Call the library for more information.
CHILDREN
BABIES IN THE LIBRARY
Wednesdays, March 1, 8, 15, & 22 from 10:30-10:50am
Stories, puppets, and songs for babies under 2 with parent/guardian. No sign-up required.
LEGO IN THE LIBRARY
Mondays from 3:30-4:15pm March 6, 13, 20, 27
Ages 5- up can have fun building with LEGO.
TODDLER TIME
Tuesdays, March 7, 14, 21, & 28 from 10:30-11am
Stories, puppets, and songs for2-3 year olds with parent/guardian. No sign-up required.
PRESCHOOL STORYTIME
Tuesdays, March 7, 14, 21 and 28 at 11:30am
Ages 3-5 with parent/guardian
READ TO WALDI THE DOG
Monday, March 13 and March 20 at 4:30pm
A program for independent readers. Waldi is a certified therapy dog who loves to be read to by children. Advance registration is required for this program and must be done by phone or in-person at the Union Public Library. Please see Children’s librarian for registration. (908) 851-5450 ext.3
TEEN TRIVIA
Thursday, March 16 at 3:30pm
Teens in grades 9-12, come join us for teen trivia with chances to win cool prizes. Registration required.
UPL PAGETURNERS: BOOK DISCUSSION FOR 4TH AND 5TH GRADERS
Thursday, March 16 from 7-8pm
Love to read? We will read and discuss a different book each month. This month the group will discuss Wonder by R.J. Palacio. Pick up your copy at the Children’s Desk. Sign up required.
TEENS
TEEN ADVISORY BOARD
Friday, March 17 at 3:30pm
Teens ages 13+ help us make Union Public Library a place for you! Let us know what programs and events you want to see. Earn community service hours by coming to meetings. Sign up required.
The Main Library is located at 1980 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083. For additional information call 908-851-5450, or find us on the web at www.uplnj.org
