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1996 documentary When We Were Kings
Thursday, 2/9 at 7 p.m.
The film tells the story of the 1974 heavyweight championship bout in Zaire which was called The Rumble in the Jungle at the time. The drama of the fight between an aging Ali past his prime fighting heavyweight champion Foreman who was 10 years younger is set against promoter Don King’s scramble to come up with $10 million to pay them. Eventually, King gets the money from Mobutu Sese Seko, the dictator of Zaire. Rated PG.
Join us for another wonderful concert sponsored by the Friends of NPML.
Sunday, 2/12 @ 3 p.m.
Local staff and students from Elefante Music will present a concert of varied instruments and music. There will be a
Double feature movie day during winter vacation on
Wednesday, 2/22
for our young patrons. Come at 10 a.m.
for The Angry Birds Movie
and come back after lunch for
Pete’s Dragon
@ 1 p.m.
Jonathan Mercantini, professor of history at Kean University, will be speaking about the Rise and Fall of Negro League Baseball.
On 2/26 @ 2 p.m.
Dr. Mercantini will discuss the origins of segregation in baseball, the development and growth of the Negro Leagues and their demise following integration in the major leagues. He will also talk about important NJ figures including Effa Manley and Larry Doby. Finally, join us for the first meeting of the
NPML Non-Fiction book club
Tuesday, 2/28 @ 7 p.m.
We’ll be discussing Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Copies of the book are available at the Circulation Desk.
A full calendar of events including regular meetings of morning and evening book clubs, the Knitting Club, the Baseball Club, movies and kids’ events is available at www.newprovidencelibrary.org. Like us on Facebook for updates. All events are FREE and open to the public.
