Library of the Chathams February 2022
Income Tax Assistance
Wednesdays, February 2nd to April 13th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA). Appointments for this free service may be made in person or by calling the library at 973-635-0603. Please bring all your financial records from 2021, copies of your 2020 Federal and State tax returns, all printed and blank forms from the Internal Revenue Service, picture identification, and proof of Social Security for all dependents filing.
Essex Water Color Show
Sunday, February 6th, from 2:15 p.m. to 4 p.m
The Essex Water Color Club, the oldest water color club in New Jersey, will hold a show of its work at the library through February. An opening reception, sponsored by The Friends of The Library, will be held for the artists. The public is invited to attend.
Traveling the Lewis and Clark Trail
Tuesday, February 8th at 7 p.m.
Former Chatham resident, Jennifer White Fischer, will present a talk on traveling the Lewis and Clark Trail. at the Library of the Chathams. Through her photographs, she will tell the exciting story of the Corps of Discovery’s adventures in the early 1800’s as they explored the newly acquired Louisiana Territory, crossed the Bitterroot Mountains, and continued on to the Pacific Ocean. Fischer is the author of Adventures Across America, On and Off the Trail of Lewis and Clark, which is about her two extended road trips following the trail and exploring the northwest United States. She has been writing about her travels for the Out and About section of the New Jersey Hills Media Group newspapers, which includes The Chatham Courier, for the past five years.
Who Wants to Talk? In Defense of Romance Novels: Empowering Women, Exhibiting Nontoxic Masculinity & Embracing Sexuality
Tuesday, February 16th at 7 p.m
Michelle Altieri, Professor of Communications at the County College of Morris, will explore how romance novels, far from being frivolous, are about empowering women, exhibiting nontoxic masculinity, and embracing sexuality. Using novel excerpts by Julia Quinn, Diana Gabaldon, Nora Roberts, and others, the library will take a closer look at the value of romance, as well as how the genre is providing space for all generations of women to love others, plus themselves, fiercely and unapologetically. Join the Library of the Chathams, sign up at chathamlibrary.org, or call 973-635-0603. This is part of Who Wants to Talk, which is a series of online conversations moderated by Library Director, Karen Brodsky.
