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10:00 AM

Director's Book Club

Join us as we discuss How To Be An American Housewife by Margaret Dilloway. The story of Shoko, a Japanese woman who married an American GI, and her grown daughter, Sue, a divorced mother whose life as an American housewife hasn't been what she'd expected. When illness prevents Shoko from traveling to Japan, she asks Sue to go in her place. The trip reveals family secrets that change their lives in dramatic and unforeseen ways.

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2:00 PM

The Birth of the Movies: Before there was Hollywood there was New Jersey

This program has been rescheduled from Feb. 26. About fifteen years went by between Thomas Edison’s first commercial sales of moving pictures and Cecil B. DeMille’s journey to Hollywood. During that time New Jersey was pretty much the film capital of America. Join author and silent film enthusiast Kate Gallison as she guides us on a tour of the silent movie era – much of which was centered in New Jersey – showing motion pictures from the archives of the Library of Congress.  Read more...

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9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Constituent Day With Robert Menendez's Staff

Senator Menendez’s constituent outreach staff will be at the library to host a “Constituent Day” in Morris County and will be available to speak with residents and provide information on federal issues such as Veterans Affairs, Medicare, Social Security, and the IRS.

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7:00 PM

A Woman's Crusade: Alice Paul and the Battle for the Ballot

Please join us as author Mary Walton examines the life of Alice Paul, the struggles that threatened to split apart the suffragette movement and the successes and clashes with authorities that made Paul such a notable figure. Copies of Walton's Book A Woman’s Crusade will be on sale by the author for $20 (cash or check only please). Refreshments will be served.  Read more...

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