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Dear Hoboken,
With the start of the new school year fast approaching, we are excited to announce the launch of our Back to School Reading Challenge. From August 11 to September 30, we're encouraging young readers and Mile Square Summer Reading Challenge participants to keep up their independent reading.
To join us, simply sign up for the challenge by using our Beanstack website or by downloading the app. Once registered, you can begin tracking your reading progress and earning exciting prizes, such as raffle tickets and Jibbitz charms, for every 100 minutes of reading!
As part of our commitment to promoting lifelong learning, we also encourage caregivers to explore our educational resources, such as Brainfuse, Hoopla, and Miss Humblebee's Academy, for a rewarding Back to School experience!
Regards,
Jennie Pu
Library Director
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Affordable Connectivity Program Enrollment Event
Monday, August 14 @ 11 am
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The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is a federal benefit program that provides free and low-cost internet plans to low-income households. Visit the Library between 11 AM and 1 PM to meet with an ACP Enrollment Specialist who can help you enroll and even apply for a free computer through the local Hoboken nonprofit Computers4People.
Details here
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Cooking with Ms. Nicole:
Picnic Edition
Tuesday, August 15 @ 5:30 pm
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Come watch Ms. Nicole make picnic treats for those lazy hazy days of Summer! Space is limited, and registration is required.
If you have a food allergy, or have questions about this event, please email Ms. Nicole.
Details and Registration here
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Bookbike @ HOPES Back to School Community Game Day
Wednesday, August 17 @ 1 pm
400 Jackson Street
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HPL and the BookBike will be at the HOPES Back-to-School Community Game Day & Resource Fair! This free family event is open to all, with food, refreshments, games, and more. The event takes place at Mama Johnson Field. Stop by the Library table and BookBike to check out books, sign up for a library card, pick up a craft, and more!
Details here
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World Cup Final Party
Sunday, August 20 @ 12 pm
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Join us at the library for an exciting World Cup Final Party! We'll be serving up healthy Açaí Bowls while cheering on our favorite national teams. Bring your team spirit and appetite, and let's create unforgettable memories for all!
Questions about this? Please email Natalie.
Details here
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SNAP Application Assistance
Monday, August 21 @ 11 am
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Do you need help affording food for you and your family? Community Food Bank of NJ will be in the library for drop-in SNAP (Food Stamps) application assistance. Stop by on the 2nd floor of the Main Library (500 Park Ave) to speak with a SNAP application assistor from CFBNJ.
Details here
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Friendsdays @ the Learning Center at HHA!
Wednesdays from 3:30 - 5 pm
401 Harrison Street
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Join us for Friendsdays @ the Learning Center! This exciting new program allows children to interact with HPL staff in a variety of activities such as games, crafts, and more. Bring your friends and don't miss out on the fun!
Details here
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Featured Title
Ghost Music: A Novel
by An Yu
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"From the author of the "original and electric" Braised Pork (Time), An Yu's enchanting and contemplative novel of music and mushrooms follows a former concert pianist searching for the truth about a vanished musician. For three years, Song Yan has filled the emptiness of her Beijing apartment with the tentative notes of her young piano students. She gave up on her own career as a concert pianist many years ago, but her husband Bowen, an executive at a car company, has long rebuffed her pleas to have a child. He resists even when his mother arrives from the southwestern Chinese region of Yunnan and begins her own campaign for a grandchild. As tension in the household rises, it becomes harder for Song Yan to keep her usual placid demeanor, especially since she is troubled by dreams of a doorless room she can't escape, populated only by a strange orange mushroom."
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The Farewell Tour: A Novel
by Stephanie Clifford
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"It's 1980, and Lillian Waters is hitting the road for the very last time. Jaded from her years in the music business, perpetually hungover, and diagnosed with career-ending vocal problems, Lillian cobbles together a nationwide farewell tour featuring some old hands from her early days playing honky-tonk bars in Washington State and Nashville, plus a few new ones. She yearns to feel the rush of making live music one more time and bask in the glow of a packed house before she makes the last, and most important, stop on the tour: the farm she left behind at age ten and the sister she is finally ready to confront about an agonizing betrayal in their childhood."
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We Want Your Italian Recipes! | |
The Hoboken Public Library (HPL) is collecting and compiling Italian Recipes for a zine (like a pamphlet, but more fun) to celebrate Italian Heritage Month this October. Please submit only family recipes, nothing from cookbooks! The deadline for submissions is September 15, 2023. For additional information and the opportunity to be featured in our zine, please sign up by clicking here. | | | | |
