Adult Events

Mostly Motown is a review of classic rhythm and blues and soul of the 1960s and 70s. Songstress Rhonda Denet and the Silver Fox Songs Trio will celebrate a time when this primarily African-American genre crossed over to mainstream audiences. Featured songs were made famous by female artists Aretha Franklin, Martha & The Vandellas, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Etta James, Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield and Roberta Flack, as well as male artists Ray Charles, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and Al Greene.

This concert will be outside in the front of the library. No registration or tickets are necessary. Attendance is on a first come basis. Bring your own folding chair as chairs will not be provided. Everyone must maintain social distancing.

Come learn about healthy options at that family reunion or friends’ BBQ as well as how to enjoy the foods you love without over doing it and how to ensure safety while grilling and eating. Time to focus on nutritious, seasonal eating that includes fresh summer foods you will love for their taste and health benefits!

Jennifer Shukaitis, MPH is a faculty member in the Department of Family and Community Health Sciences at Rutgers Cooperative Extension. During her time there, she has implemented programs in nutrition and wellness to audiences ranging in age from pre-school to older adults. She has also partnered with FoodCorps, the NJ Department of Agriculture, and several schools and non-profits to implement farm-to-school programming throughout New Jersey.

This is a Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

The Mahwah Library Writers’ Collective meets weekly with the goal to support adult writers at all levels who are committed to their work. The collective will allow writers of fiction and creative non-fiction to share their stories and receive constructive feedback and you do not need to be published to join. To encourage the writing process, we recommend that members attend regularly and have material ready to share every 4 to 6 weeks. Please email Nick Johns at nicholas.johns.nj@gmail.com to register and for program information.

Identify ways to protect your business’s intellectual property (IP) assets through patents, trademarks and copyrights. Among other things, you will learn: • the risks to businesses when IP is not protected • what sorts of IP are protected by each of patents, trademarks and copyrights • things to do and not to do prior to seeking protection of IP • the procedures usually taken in obtaining each of a patent, a trademark and a copyright and more. Presenters are Laurie Marshall and Libby Varghese have been counseling clients on trademarks, copyrights and the legal aspects of branding.

This program is an on-line event and requires registration on the SCORE Northeast New Jersey website. Follow this link to register: https://northeastnj.score.org/content/take-workshop-279

Join Joan Tarrant for an hour long gentle Zoom yoga. Have ready your mat, blanket, blocks, tissues, water and comfortable clothes. This is a great opportunity to stretch, breathe, move, and relax together doing gentle yoga poses, then partake in a deep relaxation with Tibetan Singing Bowls during the meditation. This is Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

All your souvenirs, treasures, collections, and sentimental items hold stories about your life and you don’t want these stories to be lost. Join Jamie Novak and learn how to capture your story while sorting out the clutter. Bestselling author and expert organizer Jamie Novak will lead this virtual program as you learn how to easily collect your stories. If you have clutter, are a saver, or sentimentalist, and don’t want your legacy to be bins of stuff then this is the program for you. This is a two part event. You must be able to attend both sessions.

This is a Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address) You must be able to attend both sessions. Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

Each month there will be a selection of four books, and out of that four we’ll vote for the one we want to read. Selections for each month might be centered around an author, a theme, or a genre. While the voting will be on Facebook our actual discussion will be held in the library every third Thursday of the month in the Octagon Room from 7:30pm-8:30pm.This month’s selection is Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion.

The world is a hectic place (even more so now), meditation has been known to reduce stress, relieve pain, and recharge mind and body. Many people are enjoying the benefits of meditation: companies like Google, Proctor and Gamble, Target, General Mills, organizations like the United States Marine Corp, the Chicago Bulls (under Coach Phil Jackson), some public schools, and even a U.S. Congressman. Leena Unnikrishnan and Nirmal Mukhi have over 20 years experience practicing Sahaja Meditation. This is Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

The 2020 US Open was held at Winged Foot in Mamaroneck, one of golf’s four majors. Siwanoy Country Club, a country club located in Bronxville, hosted the first PGA Championship in 1916, which was won by Jim Barnes. Golf first gained popularity in the United States during the Gilded Age, with Westchester County becoming home to one of the nation’s first golf clubs. The popularity of golf skyrocketed with the advent of live television and the charisma of golf’s first superstar, Arnold Palmer. Palmer’s charm and talent helped him become a worldwide celebrity and he mastered using his celebrity to lift the popularity of golf to new heights, making golf the tremendously popular sport it is today. Evan Weiner is an award- winning sports journalist.

This is a Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

Christina Saiz-Rodriguez, MD, FACOG, Co-Medical Director, Urogynecology
Patrick Culligan, MD, FACOG, FACS, Co-Medical Director, Urogynecology Bulkamid Therapy is a non-invasive, long-lasting procedure that has been shown to be a safe and effective treatment for urinary stress incontinence in women. Find out more about this treatment and if it is the right procedure for you.
Registration is by calling 1-800-VALLEY 1 (1-800-825-5391) or online by going to https://www.valleyhealth.com/events. If after you register, you need to cancel please email us at CommunityHealth @ValleyHealth.com

The Mahwah Library Writers’ Collective meets weekly with the goal to support adult writers at all levels who are committed to their work. The collective will allow writers of fiction and creative non-fiction to share their stories and receive constructive feedback and you do not need to be published to join. To encourage the writing process, we recommend that members attend regularly and have material ready to share every 4 to 6 weeks. Please email Nick Johns at nicholas.johns.nj@gmail.com to register and for program information.

Sorin Lungu from Creatively Yours has a special craft to celebrate the Summer Reading Theme “Tails and Tales”.   We will be decorating a Gecko. 

Registration is required, craft kits are while supplies last, and one per person.  Priority will be given to Mahwah residents with a Mahwah Library Card.  If you are not a Mahwah resident you will be place on the waiting list.

 The kit will have all the necessary project materials and instructions. This project DOES need to be “fired” and MUST be returned by June 20th at 5PM to be “fired”. “Firing” will take 2 weeks so call Thursday July 1st to see if your project is back at the library and ready to be picked up.

This craft is for adults only. Registration is required. Registration starts June 1st on the Mahwah Library website or by calling 201-529-7323 extension 226. Craft can be picked up at the library June 11th until June 14th at 9PM. If the craft is not picked up by then the kit will be given to someone on the waiting list.

Join Joan Tarrant for an hour long gentle Zoom yoga. Have ready your mat, blanket, blocks, tissues, water and comfortable clothes. This is a great opportunity to stretch, breathe, move, and relax together doing gentle yoga poses, then partake in a deep relaxation with Tibetan Singing Bowls during the meditation. This is Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

The world is a hectic place (even more so now), meditation has been known to reduce stress, relieve pain, and recharge mind and body. Many people are enjoying the benefits of meditation: companies like Google, Proctor and Gamble, Target, General Mills, organizations like the United States Marine Corp, the Chicago Bulls (under Coach Phil Jackson), some public schools, and even a U.S. Congressman. Leena Unnikrishnan and Nirmal Mukhi have over 20 years experience practicing Sahaja Meditation. This is Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

Join us as we celebrate Summer Reading with a trip to the zoo! Kick off summer reading at our in-person Summer Reading Celebration!

Sign up for our summer reading program and be sure to take one of our grab and go crafts. Then head outside to experience Karen’s Petting Zoo to visit with ducks, rabbits, goats, pigs, a mini horse, and alpaca and more! Miss Alicia will be twisting balloons in to into animals and other shapesof your choosing to take home! 

Join Gerard and Diane Barros as they salute the legendary singer/songwriter Carole King and cover several of her great solo hits and classics she wrote for other artists, such as the Drifters, Shirelles, Beatles, Monkees, James Taylor, Cliffons, Herman’s Hermits and more! She made history with her milestone album, “Tapestry”, and with the multitude of timeless classics she wrote for so many musicians of the 1960’s and 1970’s. The present generation rediscovered her music with the Broadway production of “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical”.

This concert will be outside in the front of the library. No registration or tickets are necessary. Attendance is on a first come basis. Bring your own folding chair as chairs will not be provided. Everyone must maintain social distancing.

Travel with photographer Ray Turkin as he explores nature’s beauty in the southwest through a compilation of images he made, on and off the beaten path, over the past two decades. We’ll travel to California, Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico and visit some iconic locations as well as areas that may be new to you. If you’ve been to some of the locations, you’ll enjoy seeing them through his lens and, hopefully, the images will bring back very fond memories. If you haven’t been there, maybe you’ll be inspired to travel after it’s safe to do so again. No need for hiking boots, you’ll see it all from the comfort of your own home.

This is a Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

The Mahwah Library Writers’ Collective meets weekly with the goal to support adult writers at all levels who are committed to their work. The collective will allow writers of fiction and creative non-fiction to share their stories and receive constructive feedback and you do not need to be published to join. To encourage the writing process, we recommend that members attend regularly and have material ready to share every 4 to 6 weeks. Please email Nick Johns at nicholas.johns.nj@gmail.com to register and for program information.

Join Joan Tarrant for an hour long gentle Zoom yoga. Have ready your mat, blanket, blocks, tissues, water and comfortable clothes. This is a great opportunity to stretch, breathe, move, and relax together doing gentle yoga poses, then partake in a deep relaxation with Tibetan Singing Bowls during the meditation. This is Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

All your souvenirs, treasures, collections, and sentimental items hold stories about your life and you don’t want these stories to be lost. Join Jamie Novak and learn how to capture your story while sorting out the clutter. Bestselling author and expert organizer Jamie Novak will lead this virtual program as you learn how to easily collect your stories. If you have clutter, are a saver, or sentimentalist, and don’t want your legacy to be bins of stuff then this is the program for you. This is part two of a two part event. You must be able to attend both sessions.

This is a Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address) You must be able to attend both sessions. Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

How can you GET and KEEP your next customer through the power of great branding? Join personal and business branding expert, Ramon Ray, as he shares with you his key strategies for building a STRONG brand that gets customers coming to you and causes them to want to buy again and refer others to you. You’ll learn that it’s more than logos and color; it’s also about WOWING your customer and other easy-to-implement tips to help you GROW! This program is an on-line event and requires registration on the SCORE Northeast New Jersey website. Follow this link to register: https://northeastnj.score.org/content/take-workshop-279

Anytime, anywhere you are! New book each month.

Every month, our book club gathers on Facebook to read “Book to Film” classics like Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Godfather, Great Gatsby, Jaws, and more! Read the book and watch the film in your own time within the month. The Facebook-based book club is led by two Mahwah Library staffers (Andrew and Joy) and is perfect for the busy reader, whether you are an avid bibliophile or casual reader. https://ww.facebook.com/groups/mahwahlibrarybookclub

The world is a hectic place (even more so now), meditation has been known to reduce stress, relieve pain, and recharge mind and body. Many people are enjoying the benefits of meditation: companies like Google, Proctor and Gamble, Target, General Mills, organizations like the United States Marine Corp, the Chicago Bulls (under Coach Phil Jackson), some public schools, and even a U.S. Congressman. Leena Unnikrishnan and Nirmal Mukhi have over 20 years experience practicing Sahaja Meditation. This is Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

The Mahwah Library Writers’ Collective meets weekly with the goal to support adult writers at all levels who are committed to their work. The collective will allow writers of fiction and creative non-fiction to share their stories and receive constructive feedback and you do not need to be published to join. To encourage the writing process, we recommend that members attend regularly and have material ready to share every 4 to 6 weeks. Please email Nick Johns at nicholas.johns.nj@gmail.com to register and for program information.

Life and work have changed dramatically and swiftly over the last few months. Now, more than ever, you must rely on your digital presence and your ability to network effectively over social media platforms. Google yourself to get started. Join this workshop to learn how to create your brand and communicate with potential employers and mentors. Debra J. Stark, MA, has been in the role of Career Advisor at Ramapo College of New Jersey for 15+ years serving both students and alumni.

This is a Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

Join Joan Tarrant for an hour long gentle Zoom yoga. Have ready your mat, blanket, blocks, tissues, water and comfortable clothes. This is a great opportunity to stretch, breathe, move, and relax together doing gentle yoga poses, then partake in a deep relaxation with Tibetan Singing Bowls during the meditation. This is Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

Join a museum educator for a guided, virtual walk-through of the core galleries of the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. Learn how soldiers, women, African Americans, Native Americans, children and others experienced the tumultuous events of the Revolution through the stories and objects they left behind.

This is a Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

The world is a hectic place (even more so now), meditation has been known to reduce stress, relieve pain, and recharge mind and body. Many people are enjoying the benefits of meditation: companies like Google, Proctor and Gamble, Target, General Mills, organizations like the United States Marine Corp, the Chicago Bulls (under Coach Phil Jackson), some public schools, and even a U.S. Congressman. Leena Unnikrishnan and Nirmal Mukhi have over 20 years experience practicing Sahaja Meditation. This is Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

Prepare to fall in love again with the music of Simon & Garfunkel. From their first startlingly authentic rendition of Sound of Silence, to their playful version of Cecilia, Jeb Guthrie and Jock Guthrie will have every audience member smiling and singing along. Through songs, stories, trivia and humor, Jeb and Jock Guthrie pay homage to the music of Simon & Garfunkel and playfully engage the audience along the way. The show highlights the brothers’ deep spiritual connection to this music, and to the 60s, the period that made it all happen.

This concert will be outside in the front of the library. No registration or tickets are necessary. Attendance is on a first come basis. Bring your own folding chair as chairs will not be provided. Everyone must maintain social distancing.

Artists, captains of industry, showmen — all were among the men and women who, from the time of the Civil War through the Great Depression, had unique and often lavish homes built upon the precipices of the New Jersey Palisades. Through images and narrative, historical interpreter Eric Nelsen from the Palisades Interstate Park Commission brings the story of the grand estates — and the families and servants who lived at them — to vibrant life. Eric Nelsen is an historical interpreter at the Palisades Interstate Park and oversees the park’s historic Kearney House.

This is a Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

Kariann Abbate, MD, Director, Center for Comprehensive Heart Failure Care

Heart failure, sometimes known as congestive heart failure, occurs when your heart muscle doesn’t pump blood as well as it should. Find out more about this common condition and the latest treatments to better manage it.
Registration is by calling 1-800-VALLEY 1 (1-800-825-5391) or online by going to https://www.valleyhealth.com/events. If after you register, you need to cancel please email us at CommunityHealth@ValleyHealth.com

The Mahwah Library Writers’ Collective meets weekly with the goal to support adult writers at all levels who are committed to their work. The collective will allow writers of fiction and creative non-fiction to share their stories and receive constructive feedback and you do not need to be published to join. To encourage the writing process, we recommend that members attend regularly and have material ready to share every 4 to 6 weeks. Please email Nick Johns at nicholas.johns.nj@gmail.com to register and for program information.

Projecting financial results are critical for your business financial sustainability. This workshop emphasizes the importance of effectively projecting sales, expenses and cash flow to monitor the health of the business. Covering: What revenue can be expected? What expenses will there be, do we have them all? What is the best case we can see, worst and most likely? How far into the future should I project? What are the sources of information for your estimates?

Projecting Financial Results is an on-line event and requires registration on the SCORE Northeast New Jersey website. Follow this link to register: https://northeastnj.score.org/content/take-workshop-279

Sorin Lungu from Creatively Yours has a special craft for the Summer. An adorable garden gnome.

Registration is required, craft kits are while supplies last, and one per person. Priority will be given to Mahwah residents with a Mahwah Library Card. If you are not a Mahwah resident you will be placed on the waiting list.

The kit will have all the necessary project materials and instructions. This project DOES need to be “fired” and MUST be returned by July 23rd to be “fired”. “Firing” will take 2 weeks so call Wednesday August 6th to see if your project is back at the library and ready to be picked up.

This craft is for adults only. Registration is required. Registration starts July 1st on the Mahwah Library website or by calling 201-529-7323 extension 226. Craft can be picked up at the library July 14th until July 19th. If the craft is not picked up by then the kit will be given to someone on the waiting list.

Join Joan Tarrant for an hour long gentle Zoom yoga. Have ready your mat, blanket, blocks, tissues, water and comfortable clothes. This is a great opportunity to stretch, breathe, move, and relax together doing gentle yoga poses, then partake in a deep relaxation with Tibetan Singing Bowls during the meditation. This is Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

Melissa Sweet mixes E. B. White’s personal letters, photos, and family ephemera with her own exquisite artwork to tell the story of this American literary icon. Readers young and old will be fascinated and inspired by the journalist, New Yorker contributor, and children’s book author who loved words his whole life. This authorized tribute, a New York Times bestseller, includes an afterword by Martha White, his granddaughter. Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White is by Caldecott Winning Illustrator Melissa Sweet.

This is a Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

Content powers marketing and grabs the attention of customers, media and investors. Still, with constantly changing algorithms, endless content distribution platforms and limited time or personnel resources, business owners are often overwhelmed before they start. In this webinar, SCORE Mentor Jasmine Powers will show you five key ways to get control of your content marketing for attracting clients and positioning your brand. This program is an on-line event and requires registration on the SCORE Northeast New Jersey website. Follow this link to register: https://northeastnj.score.org/content/take-workshop-279

Each month there will be a selection of four books, and out of that four we’ll vote for the one we want to read. Selections for each month might be centered around an author, a theme, or a genre. While the voting will be on Facebook our actual discussion will be held in the library every third Thursday of the month in the Octagon Room from 7:30pm-8:30pm.This month’s selection is Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion.

The world is a hectic place (even more so now), meditation has been known to reduce stress, relieve pain, and recharge mind and body. Many people are enjoying the benefits of meditation: companies like Google, Proctor and Gamble, Target, General Mills, organizations like the United States Marine Corp, the Chicago Bulls (under Coach Phil Jackson), some public schools, and even a U.S. Congressman. Leena Unnikrishnan and Nirmal Mukhi have over 20 years experience practicing Sahaja Meditation. This is Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

Take a walking photographic tour of Governors Island along with commentary describing each photo. Often confused with other New York islands, Governors Island is located just 800 yards from lower Manhattan. From 1776, and up until 1996, the island has served as a military post for various branches of the military. The lecture and slide presentation will take you on a walking tour of the island highlighting its history, architecture, and its many sites including Fort Jay, Liggett Hall, and Castle Williams. Mario currently lectures at Bergen Community College’s Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) and is also a licensed New York City Sightseeing Guide.

This is a Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

Picnics, barbecues, and beach trips are enjoyable summer activities, but they often involve plenty of treats and snacking. Discover some enjoyable food choices that can assist you to stay healthy and on track during the fun summer months.
Registration is by calling 1-800-VALLEY 1 (1-800-825-5391) or online by going to https://www.valleyhealth.com/events. If after you register, you need to cancel please email us at CommunityHealth@ValleyHealth.com

The Mahwah Library Writers’ Collective meets weekly with the goal to support adult writers at all levels who are committed to their work. The collective will allow writers of fiction and creative non-fiction to share their stories and receive constructive feedback and you do not need to be published to join. To encourage the writing process, we recommend that members attend regularly and have material ready to share every 4 to 6 weeks. Please email Nick Johns at nicholas.johns.nj@gmail.com to register and for program information.

Join Joan Tarrant for an hour long gentle Zoom yoga. Have ready your mat, blanket, blocks, tissues, water and comfortable clothes. This is a great opportunity to stretch, breathe, move, and relax together doing gentle yoga poses, then partake in a deep relaxation with Tibetan Singing Bowls during the meditation. This is Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

Guest Lecture: Dartmouth Professor Nancy Jay Crumbine “An Evening with E.B. White” on the enduring legacy of the classic Charlotte’s Web and his other works and essays.

Nancy Jay Crumbine is a professor at Dartmouth College, a Unitarian Universalist minister, a writer, actor, and public speaker. She has lectured widely under the auspices of the Vermont and New Hampshire Humanities Councils, the National Council for the Aging, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and various educational conferences, both in the US and the UK. She is the author of Humility, Anger, and Grace: Meditations Towards a Life that Matters and The Unitarian Paradox. Her articles and poems appear in a number of anthologies, most recently in two volumes of The Still Poodle Poets. She speaks regularly at First Universalist Parish of Chester, VT and for the First Wednesdays Lecture Series of the Vermont Humanities Council.

This is a Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

Can you picture yourself pulling in $1,000,000 in revenue? How would it feel? Who would you tell? What would you do to celebrate? From working with thousands of small business marketers and studying the daily practices of successful ones, this value-packed workshop provides a roadmap for any small business owner to build a solid digital marketing foundation and strive toward those coveted seven figures of revenue. Join Bryan Caplan, National Speaker for Big Tech and Host of Bigger Better Biz on YouTube, as he guides you through the tips, tricks, and strategies used by Million Dollar Marketers every day to grow their brands. This program is an on-line event and requires registration on the SCORE Northeast New Jersey website. Follow this link to register: https://northeastnj.score.org/content/take-workshop-279

The world is a hectic place (even more so now), meditation has been known to reduce stress, relieve pain, and recharge mind and body. Many people are enjoying the benefits of meditation: companies like Google, Proctor and Gamble, Target, General Mills, organizations like the United States Marine Corp, the Chicago Bulls (under Coach Phil Jackson), some public schools, and even a U.S. Congressman. Leena Unnikrishnan and Nirmal Mukhi have over 20 years experience practicing Sahaja Meditation. This is Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

As a Duo, Christine and Elliot have enthralled audiences with their passion, musical integrity and diverse repertoire (Christine- piano & vocals /Elliot- world percussion kit /sax) and play a wonderful mix of Pop, Latin, jazz, dance and listening material from writers such as James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro, Beatles,Steely Dan, Roberta Flack, Bill Withers, Burt Bacharach, Sting, Sergio Mendes, Jobim, Brazilian classics, Motown songs and jazz standards. Christine Spero is no stranger to the stage. As a teen she recorded with Neil Sedaka and Don Kirschner at RCA Records. Her song “He Wasn’t Always That Way” was the USA Songwriting Competition Jazz Category winner and “Caribbean Nights” was one of the finalists. The Christine Spero Group performs her original Nu-Jazz, Latin Fusion with 3 CD releases, the latest “Spero Plays Nyro” was a tribute to the music of Laura Nyro. Christine and multi instrumentalist, producer Elliot Spero have been recording and playing live shows with the group or as a duo for over 25 Years. Their music is Streaming on Spotify, Pandora, Apple Music, Google Play and YouTube. Visit us @ http://www.christinesperogroup.com & Facebook. This concert will be outside in the front of the library. No registration or tickets are necessary. Attendance is on a first come basis. Bring your own folding chair as chairs will not be provided. Everyone must maintain social distancing.

Explore the neighborhood where New York began. From the original Dutch settlement and trading outpost at Bowling Green, to the peaceful takeover of the British in 1664, to the world financial capital of today, this lecture has it all. Marty will discuss the history of Lower Manhattan with the architecture, people and events that power Trinity Church, Federal Hall, The New York Stock Exchange, sites associated with 18th century slave uprisings, Alexander Hamilton and George Washington. Marty has lectured at the New York Public Library, JCC, The 92nd Street Y, and the Lincoln Center Campus of Fordham University.

This is a Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

LinkedIn is now the world’s #1 LARGEST professional network. It’s one of the only places where you can build a network of like-minded professionals and command authority in your industry. If you are wondering how to use LinkedIn properly so you can get noticed, build your 1st-degree connections, gain exposure, and boost revenue for your business, tune in! UPDATED specifically for 2021, Lead Generation Expert Mike Corso will teach the art of building a list and utilize LinkedIn to leverage your business. This program is an on-line event and requires registration on the SCORE Northeast New Jersey website. Follow this link to register: https://northeastnj.score.org/content/take-workshop-279

The Mahwah Library Writers’ Collective meets weekly with the goal to support adult writers at all levels who are committed to their work. The collective will allow writers of fiction and creative non-fiction to share their stories and receive constructive feedback and you do not need to be published to join. To encourage the writing process, we recommend that members attend regularly and have material ready to share every 4 to 6 weeks. Please email Nick Johns at nicholas.johns.nj@gmail.com to register and for program information.

Sorin Lungu from Creatively Yours has a special craft to celebrate the Summer Reading Theme “Tails and Tales”. We will be decorating a Fish.

Registration is required, craft kits are while supplies last, and one per person. Priority will be given to Mahwah residents with a Mahwah Library Card. If you are not a Mahwah resident you will be place on the waiting list.
The kit will have all the necessary project materials and instructions. This project DOES need to be “fired” and MUST be returned by August 6th to be “fired”. “Firing” will take 2 weeks so call Thursday August 20th to see if your project is back at the library and ready to be picked up.

This craft is for adults only. Registration is required. Registration starts July 14th on the Mahwah Library website or by calling 201-529-7323 extension 226. Craft can be picked up at the library July 28th until August 4th. If the craft is not picked up by then the kit will be given to someone on the waiting list.

Join Joan Tarrant for an hour long gentle Zoom yoga. Have ready your mat, blanket, blocks, tissues, water and comfortable clothes. This is a great opportunity to stretch, breathe, move, and relax together doing gentle yoga poses, then partake in a deep relaxation with Tibetan Singing Bowls during the meditation. This is Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

When people are looking for products or services from local businesses, 97% of them turn to the internet. So if you own a local business, will people find YOUR company’s website when they search online? The best way to increase your chances of showing up in search results when people search for businesses is through local Search Engine Optimization. In this session, presented by SEO Expert Sherry Bonelli, you’ll learn some of the most important local SEO strategies you need to help your website rank higher on Google and other search engines. This program is an on-line event and requires registration on the SCORE Northeast New Jersey website. Follow this link to register: https://northeastnj.score.org/content/take-workshop-279

The world is a hectic place (even more so now), meditation has been known to reduce stress, relieve pain, and recharge mind and body. Many people are enjoying the benefits of meditation: companies like Google, Proctor and Gamble, Target, General Mills, organizations like the United States Marine Corp, the Chicago Bulls (under Coach Phil Jackson), some public schools, and even a U.S. Congressman. Leena Unnikrishnan and Nirmal Mukhi have over 20 years experience practicing Sahaja Meditation. This is Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on October 28, 1886, after more
than twenty years of planning, fund raising, and construction.  Photographer and author Kevin Woyce will show
how she was built and what she symbolizes, and introduce some of the people
involved in her creation, including sculptor Frederic Bartholdi, engineer
Gustave Eiffel, architect Richard Morris Hunt, and newspaper publisher Joseph
Pulitzer.   The program ends with brief
histories of Ellis Island and Liberty State Park. This is a Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your
email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll
send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

The Mahwah Library Writers’ Collective meets weekly with the goal to support adult writers at all levels who are committed to their work. The collective will allow writers of fiction and creative non-fiction to share their stories and receive constructive feedback and you do not need to be published to join. To encourage the writing process, we recommend that members attend regularly and have material ready to share every 4 to 6 weeks. Please email Nick Johns at nicholas.johns.nj@gmail.com to register and for program information.

Are you job seeking and need to write or update your resume?
Approximately 75% of large companies use an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) to
search through the 1,000s of resumes received for each job posting. These
systems help recruiters narrow the applicant pool by searching for related hard
skills, job titles, or qualifications. Learn how to write a winning resume that
is ATS ready and get the interview! Debra J. Stark, MA, has been in the role of
Career Advisor at Ramapo College of New Jersey for 15+ years serving both
students and alumni.  This is a Zoom
event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address).

Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll
send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

Join Joan Tarrant for an hour long gentle Zoom yoga. Have ready your mat, blanket, blocks, tissues, water and comfortable clothes. This is a great opportunity to stretch, breathe, move, and relax together doing gentle yoga poses, then partake in a deep relaxation with Tibetan Singing Bowls during the meditation. This is Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

Anytime, anywhere you are! New book each month.

Every month, our book club gathers on Facebook to read “Book to Film” classics like Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Godfather, Great Gatsby, Jaws, and more! Read the book and watch the film in your own time within the month. The Facebook-based book club is led by two Mahwah Library staffers (Andrew and Joy) and is perfect for the busy reader, whether you are an avid bibliophile or casual reader. https://ww.facebook.com/groups/mahwahlibrarybookclub

The world is a hectic place (even more so now), meditation has been known to reduce stress, relieve pain, and recharge mind and body. Many people are enjoying the benefits of meditation: companies like Google, Proctor and Gamble, Target, General Mills, organizations like the United States Marine Corp, the Chicago Bulls (under Coach Phil Jackson), some public schools, and even a U.S. Congressman. Leena Unnikrishnan and Nirmal Mukhi have over 20 years experience practicing Sahaja Meditation. This is Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

Summer might be coming to an end by Justin Derman will
transport you to the Caribbean with the steel drum calypso music of Trinidad
and Jamaica. Enjoy such songs as I Shot the Sheriff, Brown Eyed Girl, Under the
Sea, Hot Hot Hot, Banana Wind, Tingalayo, Yellow Bird, Matilda, Rum and Coco
Cola, Banana Boat Song, Brown Skinned Girl Jump in the Line, Tequila, Tobago
Jam, Fungi Mama, Everywhere Calypso, Linstead Market, Come Back Liza, Body
Water, and Jamaican Farewell. Justin Derman has performed and toured through
the west coast with guitarist Larry Coryell and Laurence Juber from Paul
McCartney, other performers include Billy J. Kramer. He is a sought after
theater musician, accompanying over 30 different musicals. His performance
credits include orchestra percussion, contemporary music, world music and drum
set experience. Justin performs frequently with his Jazz Trio and Steel Pan
Ensemble while teaching privately and in the Berkeley Heights public schools.
Justin performs his steel pans in Caribbean restaurants including Bahama Breeze
, Hibiscus in Morristown and Breeze Cafe in Metuchen.This concert will be outside in the front of the library. No registration or tickets are necessary.  Attendance is on a first come basis.  Bring your own folding chair as chairs will not be provided.  Everyone must maintain social distancing.

Eirene John, MD, Primary Care Physician Valley Medical Group

With more focus on COVID-19 vaccines, some have neglected to acquire other needed inoculations. Join us to hear about the newest information regarding vaccinations and updates about their effectiveness.
Registration is by calling 1-800-VALLEY 1 (1-800-825-5391) or online by going to https://www.valleyhealth.com/events.  If after you register, you need to cancel please email us at CommunityHealth @ValleyHealth.com

The Mahwah Library Writers’ Collective meets weekly with the goal to support adult writers at all levels who are committed to their work. The collective will allow writers of fiction and creative non-fiction to share their stories and receive constructive feedback and you do not need to be published to join. To encourage the writing process, we recommend that members attend regularly and have material ready to share every 4 to 6 weeks. Please email Nick Johns at nicholas.johns.nj@gmail.com to register and for program information.

Sorin Lungu from Creatively Yours has a special craft for the Summer.  A Summer beach plate with a starfish on it. Registration is required, craft kits are while supplies last, and one per person.  Priority will be given to Mahwah residents with a Mahwah Library Card.  If you are not a Mahwah resident you will be place on the waiting list.

The kit will have all the
necessary project materials and instructions. This project DOES need to be
“fired” and MUST be returned by August 20th to be “fired”.
“Firing” will take 2 weeks so call Tuesday August 31st to see if your
project is back at the library and ready to be picked up.

This craft is for adults only.
Registration is required. Registration starts August 1st on the Mahwah Library
website or by calling 201-529-7323 extension 226. Craft can be picked up at the
library August 11th until August 16th.  If the craft is not picked up by then the kit
will be given to someone on the waiting list.

Join Joan Tarrant for an hour long gentle Zoom yoga. Have ready your mat, blanket, blocks, tissues, water and comfortable clothes. This is a great opportunity to stretch, breathe, move, and relax together doing gentle yoga poses, then partake in a deep relaxation with Tibetan Singing Bowls during the meditation. This is Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

Triskaidekaphobia is fear of Friday the 13th.  A Museum of Early Trades and Crafts educator
will discuss many of our common superstitions and the origins of these strange
beliefs. This is a Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your
email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll
send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

The world is a hectic place (even more so now), meditation has been known to reduce stress, relieve pain, and recharge mind and body. Many people are enjoying the benefits of meditation: companies like Google, Proctor and Gamble, Target, General Mills, organizations like the United States Marine Corp, the Chicago Bulls (under Coach Phil Jackson), some public schools, and even a U.S. Congressman. Leena Unnikrishnan and Nirmal Mukhi have over 20 years experience practicing Sahaja Meditation. This is Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

The Mahwah Library Writers’ Collective meets weekly with the goal to support adult writers at all levels who are committed to their work. The collective will allow writers of fiction and creative non-fiction to share their stories and receive constructive feedback and you do not need to be published to join. To encourage the writing process, we recommend that members attend regularly and have material ready to share every 4 to 6 weeks. Please email Nick Johns at nicholas.johns.nj@gmail.com to register and for program information.

Join Joan Tarrant for an hour long gentle Zoom yoga. Have ready your mat, blanket, blocks, tissues, water and comfortable clothes. This is a great opportunity to stretch, breathe, move, and relax together doing gentle yoga poses, then partake in a deep relaxation with Tibetan Singing Bowls during the meditation. This is Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

Each month there will be a selection of four books, and out of that four we’ll vote for the one we want to read. Selections for each month might be centered around an author, a theme, or a genre. While the voting will be on Facebook our actual discussion will be held in the library every third Thursday of the month in the Octagon Room from 7:30pm-8:30pm.This month’s selection is Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion.

The world is a hectic place (even more so now), meditation has been known to reduce stress, relieve pain, and recharge mind and body. Many people are enjoying the benefits of meditation: companies like Google, Proctor and Gamble, Target, General Mills, organizations like the United States Marine Corp, the Chicago Bulls (under Coach Phil Jackson), some public schools, and even a U.S. Congressman. Leena Unnikrishnan and Nirmal Mukhi have over 20 years experience practicing Sahaja Meditation. This is Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

The Mahwah Library Writers’ Collective meets weekly with the goal to support adult writers at all levels who are committed to their work. The collective will allow writers of fiction and creative non-fiction to share their stories and receive constructive feedback and you do not need to be published to join. To encourage the writing process, we recommend that members attend regularly and have material ready to share every 4 to 6 weeks. Please email Nick Johns at nicholas.johns.nj@gmail.com to register and for program information.

Sorin Lungu from Creatively Yours has a special craft to celebrate the Summer Reading Theme “Tails and Tales”.  We will be decorating a Llama.  Registration is required, craft kits are while supplies last, and one per person.  Priority will be given to Mahwah residents with a Mahwah Library Card.  If you are not a Mahwah resident you will be place on the waiting list.

The kit will have all the necessary project materials and
instructions. This project DOES need to be “fired” and MUST be
returned by September 3rd to be “fired”. “Firing” will take
2 weeks so call Thursday September 16th to see if your project is back at the
library and ready to be picked up.

This craft is for adults only. Registration is required.
Registration starts August 11th on the Mahwah Library website or by calling
201-529-7323 extension 226. Craft can be picked up at the library August25th
until August 30th. If the craft is not picked up by then the kit
will be given to someone on the waiting list.

Join Joan Tarrant for an hour long gentle Zoom yoga. Have ready your mat, blanket, blocks, tissues, water and comfortable clothes. This is a great opportunity to stretch, breathe, move, and relax together doing gentle yoga poses, then partake in a deep relaxation with Tibetan Singing Bowls during the meditation. This is Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

The world is a hectic place (even more so now), meditation has been known to reduce stress, relieve pain, and recharge mind and body. Many people are enjoying the benefits of meditation: companies like Google, Proctor and Gamble, Target, General Mills, organizations like the United States Marine Corp, the Chicago Bulls (under Coach Phil Jackson), some public schools, and even a U.S. Congressman. Leena Unnikrishnan and Nirmal Mukhi have over 20 years experience practicing Sahaja Meditation. This is Zoom event so register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). Registration will close 24 hours before the event and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting number, password, and URL meeting link at that time.

The Mahwah Library Writers’ Collective meets weekly with the goal to support adult writers at all levels who are committed to their work. The collective will allow writers of fiction and creative non-fiction to share their stories and receive constructive feedback and you do not need to be published to join. To encourage the writing process, we recommend that members attend regularly and have material ready to share every 4 to 6 weeks. Please email Nick Johns at nicholas.johns.nj@gmail.com to register and for program information.

Join Joan Tarrant for an hour long gentle yoga. Have ready your mat, blanket, blocks, tissues, water and comfortable clothes. This is a great opportunity to stretch, breathe, move, and relax together doing gentle yoga poses, then partake in a deep relaxation with Tibetan Singing Bowls during the meditation. This is an inperson event register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). 

Games shouldn’t just be for
children. Join us for Dominoes or Scrabble for Adults. (It all
depends on the mood of the group each day) Don’t know how to play dominoes and scrabble then instruction will be available for beginners. Dominoes has been
around for centuries or Scrabble since 1938.  If you
already know how to play then you are invited to join us too. “Fun and Games”
is free. Just stop by and join in the fun.

There
will be movie snacks and drinks. This program is free and no tickets are
necessary. Seats are on a “first come” basis.

There
will be movie snacks and drinks. This program is free and no tickets are
necessary. Seats are on a “first come” basis.

Anytime, anywhere you are! New book each month.

Every month, our book club gathers on Facebook to read “Book to Film” classics like Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Godfather, Great Gatsby, Jaws, and more! Read the book and watch the film in your own time within the month. The Facebook-based book club is led by two Mahwah Library staffers (Andrew and Joy) and is perfect for the busy reader, whether you are an avid bibliophile or casual reader. https://ww.facebook.com/groups/mahwahlibrarybookclub

The world is a hectic place (even more so now), meditation has been known to reduce stress, relieve pain, and recharge mind and body. Many people are enjoying the benefits of meditation: companies like Google, Proctor and Gamble, Target, General Mills, organizations like the United States Marine Corp, the Chicago Bulls (under Coach Phil Jackson), some public schools, and even a U.S. Congressman. Leena Unnikrishnan and Nirmal Mukhi have over 20 years experience practicing Sahaja Meditation. This is an in person event  register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). 

The Mahwah Library Writers’ Collective meets weekly with the goal to support adult writers at all levels who are committed to their work. The collective will allow writers of fiction and creative non-fiction to share their stories and receive constructive feedback and you do not need to be published to join. To encourage the writing process, we recommend that members attend regularly and have material ready to share every 4 to 6 weeks. Please email Nick Johns at nicholas.johns.nj@gmail.com to register and for program information.

Join Joan Tarrant for an hour long gentle yoga. Have ready your mat, blanket, blocks, tissues, water and comfortable clothes. This is a great opportunity to stretch, breathe, move, and relax together doing gentle yoga poses, then partake in a deep relaxation with Tibetan Singing Bowls during the meditation. This is an inperson event register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address). 

Games shouldn’t just be for
children. Join us for Dominoes or Scrabble for Adults. (It all
depends on the mood of the group each day) Don’t know how to play dominoes and scrabble then instruction will be available for beginners. Dominoes has been
around for centuries or Scrabble since 1938.  If you
already know how to play then you are invited to join us too. “Fun and Games”
is free. Just stop by and join in the fun.

There
will be movie snacks and drinks. This program is free and no tickets are
necessary. Seats are on a “first come” basis.

There
will be movie snacks and drinks. This program is free and no tickets are
necessary. Seats are on a “first come” basis.

The world is a hectic place (even more so now), meditation has been known to reduce stress, relieve pain, and recharge mind and body. Many people are enjoying the benefits of meditation: companies like Google, Proctor and Gamble, Target, General Mills, organizations like the United States Marine Corp, the Chicago Bulls (under Coach Phil Jackson), some public schools, and even a U.S. Congressman. Leena Unnikrishnan and Nirmal Mukhi have over 20 years experience practicing Sahaja Meditation. This is an in person event  register online (Don’t forget to give us your email address).