The Summer Seminar Series
The Summer Seminar Series started in 1985, and continues this year with a lineup of eight seminars of wide-ranging subjects. The Seminars are free. No registration is required. Seating limited. All seminars begin at 10:30 a.m. Please check the library’s website at madisonnjlibrary.org for more information.
Monday, July 9 — Dr. Doug Simon, “Great Power Shifts and New Directions for American Foreign Policy”
Thursday, July 12 – Ellen Barry, “Infinite Variety of Shakespeare’s Women”
Monday, July 16 — James Michael, “Now and Then: The Golden Age of Baritone”
Thursday, July 19 — Jeffrey Finegan, Sr. “My Dear General: The Extraordinary Relationship of George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette”
Monday, July 23 — Dr. Nicole Yanoso, “The Irish and the American Presidency”
Thursday, July 26 — Dr. Gary Darden, “Ediface Complex: The Vanderbilt Rivalries”
Monday, July 30 — Dr. Carlos Yordan, “Brexit One Year Later”
Thursday, August 2 —Martha Chang, “From Shanghai to Madison: An Immigrant’s Story”
Touch a Truck – Saturday, July 28, 2018 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
This will be a family event with fun for all, including trucks to climb on and explore; Magic Shows at 11:00, 11:30, 12:00 and 12:30 pm; Model train exhibit; refreshments; face painting and ‘tattoos’; balloon animals, and more. For Toddlers to age 12, and their parents—children must be accompanied by an adult. Touch a Truck will take place on the grounds of the Madison Public Library and the Madison Area YMCA, presented by the Friends of the Madison Public Library in cooperation with the Madison Area YMCA & the Madison Rotary Club for the benefit of the Madison Public Library.
Toddlers to Age 12: $8 in advance by July 21 or $10 at the door.Teens-Adults: $5
Tickets available at Friendsmadisonnjlibrary.org or visit the Library’s Circulation Desk
Summer Reading Club
The Summer Reading Club kicked off June 18, and runs through July 31st. Be sure to make plans to include the Library in your Summer activities. The Library is located at 39 Keep Street, Madison. Please call 973-377-0722 , or check our website, madisonnjlibrary.org, for more information.
Adult Painting Night – Monday, August 13 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Create a beautiful lighthouse painting during this 2 hour painting workshop. Local artist Erica Pizza will guide you step-by-step through creating your own work of art. All supplies included.
Registration required for this program. Space is limited.
Enjoy Explore India: Traditional Wood Block Printing – Wednesday, August 1 from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Join this workshop to learn the techniques of block printing and find out more about this ancient Indian folk art tradition with Seema Moondra! Participants will participate in decorating their own scarf to take with them. Registration required for this program. Space is limited.
The Vinyl Club—Wednesday, Jul. 18, 7:00 p.m.
Celebrate the Library’s summer reading theme ‘Libraries Rock,’ and enter the world of music as the Library’s Jeff Payton discusses and plays some of the seminal albums of progressive rock.
First up in this proposed series is Rush’s fourth album, 2112, from 1976. A futuristic take on individuality in an unbending, mechanized society, this ‘storytelling’ music is alternately hard and soft, violent and gentle, tragic and uplifting. And the three musicians’ abilities are impeccable—among the best at their respective instruments at the time, and maybe of all time.
Enjoy the immersive experience (both aural and visual) of this music from beginning to end and contribute to the discussion of the album, its cover art, trivia, and the album’s artistic impact. Whether you attend to just enjoy the music, or to participate in the discussion, the evening should prove to be an enjoyable experience.
Come and enjoy this fantastic album with us. Free. Please register for this event.
Movie Showings at the Library
Free. No registration required. Descriptions derived and adapted from IMDb
Wednesday, July 11 at 7p.m.
The Narrow Margin
1952/ 71min./ NR
Director: Richard Fleischer
Stars Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White
A tough cop is assigned to protect a mobster’s wife on a cross-country train that is taking her to testify against her husband and his criminal pals. And the crooks are after the wife, but they don’t know what she looks like.
Saturday, July 14 at 2p.m.
The Ghost Writer
2010/ 129min./PG-13
Director: Roman Polanski
Stars Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall
A ghost writer, hired to complete the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister, uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy.
Wednesday, July 25 at 7p.m.
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936/115 min./NR
Director: Frank Capra
Stars Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur
Longfellow Deeds, a simple-hearted Vermont tuba player, inherits a fortune and has to contend with opportunist city slickers.
Saturday, August 18 at 2 p.m.
The Intern
2015/121 min./PG-13
Director: Nancy Meyers
Stars Robert DeNiro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo
A 70-year-old man takes an internship at a fashion start-up, and bonds with its young CEO.
