Attend: Enrichment

  • Chess Club

    June 11, 2013 - 4:00pm - 6:00pm
    Location: Story Room, third floor

    Members of the Princeton High School Chess Club lead these after-school sessions for young people of all ages and abilities.  Some instruction will be available in addition to matches.  The library provides the chessboards.

  • Lecture: “Over and Under the Stormy Seas”

    June 11, 2013 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
    Location: Community Room

    Marianne Grey, Princeton University Art Museum docent, offers illustrations of nature’s art and of man’s attempts to capture the mysteries of the sea in art. Wagner’s “Der fliegende Holländer” is only one legend about this watery universe that has intrigued and challenged sailors since the Phoenicians. Part...

  • RETIREMENT LIVING: CONTRACTS, YOUR OPTIONS, YOUR WAY

    June 11, 2013 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
    Location: 2nd Floor Fireplace Area

    Over the last few years the retirement living industry has broadened its spectrum of available options and amenities. While this may help to serve more seniors, it also means more confusion for consumers trying to research, compare and understand their choices. From financial plans to health and wellness options and more, consumers need...

  • Wednesday Writers Workshop

    June 12, 2013 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm
    Location: Princeton Room

    Led by Beth Plankey, this group encourages and supports creative writers through group and individual discussion sessions leading up to the November celebration of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Princeton Room

  • Teen Volunteer Orientation

    June 12, 2013 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
    Location: Community Room

    Teens who have been accepted as summer volunteers must attend one hourlong orientation session

  • Film: “Shored Up”

    June 12, 2013 - 6:30pm - 9:00pm
    Location: Garden Theatre, Nassau Street

    The screening of this documentary, an urgent call to action in the face of the accelerating rise in sea level, is a special event of the Princeton Environmental Film Festival. Set in Long Beach Island and the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the film explores the political conflicts and personal stakes of communities along the shore....

  • Origami Club

    June 12, 2013 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
    Location: Third Floor

    Anyone interested in the traditional Japanese art of paper folding is invited to meet for 90 minutes of new, often seasonal folding. Beginners are welcome. The club is not just for kids; adults are invited, too, and must accompany anyone under the age of 7. Third Floor

  • Non-Fiction Book Group

    June 12, 2013 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
    Location: Princeton Room

    Libby Zinman Schwartz leads this new book group featuring a variety of non-fiction titles. This inaugural meeting will be a discussion of Patti Smith's National Book Award-winning "Just Kids," an account of her romance, lifetime friendship, and shared love of art with Robert Mapplethorpe. Princeton Room

  • Fiction Book Group

    June 13, 2013 - 10:30am - 11:30am
    Location: Conference Room, 2nd Floor

    Librarian Kristin Friberg leads a discussion of "Admission" by Jean Hanff Korelitz. Thirty-eight-year-old Portia Nathan, a Princeton University admissions officer, must decide whether to confront the truth when a life-altering decision from her past resurfaces. Conference Roomc

  • Princeton Farmer's Market

    June 13, 2013 - 11:00am - 3:00pm
    Location: Hinds Plaza

    Seasonal produce from local farmers, flowers, crafts and a variety of edibles are available at the market, open weekly throughout the summer. Hinds Plaza

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