The Clark Public Library is hosting many free activities and special events for children, teens, and adults this summer in conjunction with the. On Your Mark, Get Set, Read summer reading program. The library hopes to entice everyone to keep reading all summer long! Pre-schoolers, school-age children, teens, and adults can sign up for their own summer reading program. The reading program is a fun way to enable children and teens to maintain their reading skills during the summer. Adults may participate in our “Exercise Your Mind” reading program. Weekly prize drawings will be held for adults who participate in the summer reading program and prizes will be awarded to children and teens as well. The Friends of the Clark Public Library have generously donated grand prizes for the children’s, teen and adult programs. Registration is ongoing and may be done by visiting clarklibrary.beanstack.org. Be sure to visit the library and enjoy these free events for people of all ages.
Registration is required for programs unless noted. Additionally, free movies are shown at the library on Monday and Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. Newly released DVDs are featured each Tuesday evening at 6:30 p.m. No registration is required for movies.
Visit our online calendar at www.clarklibrary.org or call 732 388 5999 for more information.
Anime Drawing Workshop
Monday, July 11 at 6:00 p.m.
Artist Doug Barron will teach you how to draw your own Anime characters. Open to Grades 5-12. Registration is required.
Virtual Visit – Ecuador and Galapagos Islands
Monday, July 11 at 7:00 p.m.
Join us as we welcome back nature/wildlife photographer, Alan Levin. He will be sharing his stunning photos and tales from Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands to help us get ready for the Summer Olympics in South America. Registration is required.
Summer LEGO® Club
Friday, July 18 at 7:00 p.m, Tuesday, August 2 at 3:30 p.m. and Monday, August 22 at 7:00 p.m.
We provide the LEGO® blocks; you provide the creativity. This program is for children in grades K – 5. No registration.
Book Club for Adults
Monday, July 18 at 7:00 p.m.
Join us for our next book club meeting! We will be discussing “The Vacationers” by Emma Straub. Celebrating their thirty-fifth anniversary and their daughter’s high-school graduation during a two-week vacation in Mallorca, Franny and Jim Post confront old secrets, hurts, and rivalries that reveal sides of themselves they try to conceal.
Raconteur Radio – The Wizard of Menlo Park
Tuesday, July 19 at 7:00 p.m.
This program features theatrical lighting, costumes, sound effects, and vintage commercials. Thomas Alva Edison reflects back upon his long career as an inventor, scientist, and businessman, during which he opens an “invention factory” at Menlo Park, perfects the phonograph, and, with a Herculean trial-and-error effort, finally succeeds in creating a practical electric light. Registration is required.
Go Wild in the Jungle
Thursday, July 21 at 7:00 p.m.
Join Classroom Adventure Stories for a wild adventure! Go on safari and meet a variety of jungle animals. Roar like lions and dance like monkeys. Swing from vine to vine, climb a cliff, and swim away from hungry crocodiles! Lots of props will be used and the children actively participate so they are the stars of the story! This program contains an important anti-bullying message.
This program is for children ages 3 and up; registration is requested. Registration is required.
Bollywood Fitness Challenge
Tuesday, July 26 at 3:30 pm.
Indian dance rhythms will make you move and shake; expert skills it does not take Challenge yourself to go with the beat; this fitness session we promise will be a treat! Learn about Indian pop culture and experience how Bollywood has blended the east with the west. Find out more about its growing global appeal and unique music blend. Wear Indian costumes to get in the mood and show us your best dance moves in this Bollywood Fitness Challenge! Program is for children ages 6 -12 years old. Younger siblings may attend.
Registration is required.
Foil Art Class
Monday, August 1 at 2:00 p.m.
Join artist Helen Frees as you create a beautiful piece of aluminum foil art for teens entering grades 6 -12 Registration is required.
Registration is required for programs listed above, unless noted otherwise. Additionally, free movies are shown at the library on Monday and Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. Newly released DVDs are featured each Tuesday evening at 6:30 p.m. No registration is required for movies. See our online calendar at http://www2.youseemore.com/clarkpl/ or call 732-388-5999.
