Improv Class - Thank you George Street Playhouse

We had a great time with Ms. Christa from George Street!
Thank you for a fun evening.
Check out their other classes here
http://www.georgestplayhouse.org/

See our photo gallery for more photos.
http://www.hpplnj.org/gallery


Next up:

Creating Video Games Monday July 13th 7 pm
Led by local professor Bill Crosbie



Graffiti Art Wall - Wednesday July 15th 3 pm
Led by local artist and teacher Jill Caporlingua from Gallery Chaos



Hope to see you there

Michelle

Summer Reading Begins!

Sign up online or in the library

Teen Summer Reading
Log hours read and written to be eligible for prizes
Come into receive your packet which includes
a journal and the rules

Teen Summer Workshops:
Improv
Creating Video Games
Film Making
Paper Making
Chess Club
Art Wall

See Calendar for dates
We appreciate sign-ups so we can plan but you are always welcome to attend.

See me if you have any questions.

I hope to see many of you over the summer.

Be safe and remember to bring a book with you wherever you go!

Next post will be book recommendations.

Come pick up your copy of Expresso Summer 2009!

Michelle

A picture is worth a thousand words...

Planting Day, Wednesday May 27 3 pm!

We built the bed!










Join us for planting.
Bring some plants to donate if you have them.
Still in need of some herbs and maybe one tomato plant

We already have promised or in hand:
watermelon, cantaloupe, cucumber, zucchini, one tomato plant, some peppers, lavender, lemon basil, lettuce and chard

I was INSPIRED to build one in my own yard over the weekend

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It was great fun and hopefully will prove very rewarding!

We will be reading to our garden this summer. Perhaps we will even be INSPIRED to write it some poetry ;)

my garden
inspires me
to grow
~ michelle r

Edible Garden Project!

Green Teens - join us Friday, May 22 at 3 pm

We will walk from the library down to the Oriti's house to build a raised bed
for our vegetable garden. Wear something appropriate and bring a hammer, gloves and you green thumb if you can.

We'll discuss the square foot gardening method we will be using.

check it out here:

www.squarefootgardening.com

We'll come back to the library and at 4 for a concert if you can stay....
Melissa Lisbao, who will be performing at Carnegie Hall in June, will play the violin for the community. She will be performing three Celtic fiddle pieces, Bach’s Sonata in G-Minor, and, Wieniawski’s Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Opus 22

We will have refreshments at the library.

Planting next Wednesday the 27th at 3 pm!

See you there.

Michelle

With a little help from our Friends...

We are generously funded....every cookie, prize, t-shirt and event is compliments of our Friends of the Library. Please support them by donating or purchasing (or both) at the:

Friends of the Library Book Sale - accepting book donations all week. Sale is Sat/Sun, the 16 and 17th Bring your good books to the meeting room. The earlier in the week, the better. We also need volunteers to sort so feel free to stay awhile if you can. Then come back and buy over the weekend.

HP5K - Honoring Riki Jacobs, local aids activist, mom and good neighbor. Race begins Sunday at 9 am. Still time to register. www.therunningcompany.net/hp5k or stop by the Main Street office with your check for $25 and fill out an application. Pick up your t-shirt/number and goody bag at the 421 Raritan between 12 - 2 on Sat or the morning of the race 7:30 in Bank of America lot. Good luck to all.

Planting Day on Raritan Ave Saturday May 16th for more info www.mainstreethp.org

GREEN TEENS Take on....
An Edible Gardens Project at the Library - Friday, May 22 join us in building 2 raised beds that will be used to plant some edibles - tomatoes, herbs, radishes etc. For more info and how to find out how you can make your own edible garden http://www.ediblegardensproject.org/

We have a busy summer lined up - check back for info.

Expresso submissions welcome - please send us your poetry, short stories, art, cartoons etc.
expresso@hpplnj.org

Grazie,

Michelle

Free Comic Book Day!

Join me this Sunday afternoon when Fallout Shelter from New Brunswick comes to give away free comic books. All comics will be appropriate for all ages.

They will be here from 1 - 3 - maybe longer if you want them to....
Fallout Shelter will also be bringing some card games and Role Playing Games

Fallout Shelter is located at
27 Bayard St.
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732) 354-4520

If you can't make it Sunday please go pay them a visit.

Tell your friends!

See you there,

Michelle