RANDOLPH TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Nursery Rhyme Time

When: Monday, November 23, 2009 - 9:30 AM
Where: Meeting Room

Ages 6-23 months. REGISTRATION FOR RANDOLPH RESIDENTS BEGINS ON 9/1 AT 10 A.M. Parents please register you child for only one storytime. Do not register yourself but do enter your name under guardian.

Twos Together

When: Monday, November 23, 2009 - 10:15 AM
Where: Meeting Room

Age 2. REGISTRATION FOR RANDOLPH RESIDENTS BEGINS ON 9/1 AT 10 A.M. Parents please register you child for only one storytime. Do not register yourself but do enter your name under guardian.

Kindergarten Korner

When: Monday, November 23, 2009 - 4:30 PM
Where: Meeting Room

Kindergartners only. REGISTRATION FOR RANDOLPH RESIDENTS BEGINS ON 9/1 AT 10 A.M. Parents please register you child for only one storytime. Do not register yourself but do enter your name under guardian.

Nursery Rhyme Time

When: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 9:30 AM
Where: Meeting Room

Ages 6 to 23 months. REGISTRATION FOR RANDOLPH RESIDENTS WILL BEGIN ON 9/1 AT 10 A.M. Parents please register your child for only one storytime. Do not register yourself but do enter your name under guardian.

Family Drop-in Storytime

When: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 10:30 AM
Where: Meeting Room

All ages welcome (with adult.) No registration necessary.

Tales & Tunes for Fours and Fives

When: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 9:30 AM
Where: Meeting Room

Ages 4 & 5, not yet in kindergarten. REGISTRATION FOR RANDOLPH RESIDENTS BEGINS ON 9/1 AT 10 A.M. Parents please register you child for only one storytime. Do not register yourself but do enter your name under guardian.

Tales & Tunes for Threes

When: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 10:30 AM
Where: Meeting Room

Age 3. REGISTRATION FOR RANDOLPH RESIDENTS BEGINS ON 9/1 AT 10 A.M. Parents please register you child for only one storytime. Do not register yourself but do enter your name under guardian.

Tales & Tunes for Fours and Fives

When: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 1:30 PM
Where: Meeting Room

Ages 4 & 5, not yet in kindergarten. REGISTRATION FOR RANDOLPH RESIDENTS BEGINS ON 9/1 AT 10 A.M. Parents please register you child for only one storytime. Do not register yourself but do enter your name under guardian.

Pearl Harbor - An Act of Infamy

When: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 7:00 PM
Where: Meeting Room

It was then the largest strike force ever assembled - thirty-three ships, including six carriers. At 6:00 a.m. on the tropical morning of Dec. 7, 1941, this Japanese force was positioned 275 miles north of Pearl Harbor on Oahu, Hawaii. It launched two separate attack groups of torpedo bombers, high level bombers, dive bombers and fighters. The surprise was complete. The terrible attack that followed started at 7:53 a.m.; by 9:55 a.m. it was all over. And by 1:00 p.m. the Japanese carriers were heading back to Japan. Behind them, they left chaos - twenty-five hundred American dead, air fields destroyed, civilians hurt and killed - and our American fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor left crippled. The attack plunged the United States into WW II.

See slides of Pearl Harbor from the sky as the attack pilots saw it, the actual attack, the horrific destruction of USS Arizona (1170 American heroic sailors and Marines are entombed aboard her yet), and the ship as it rests in thirty feet of water today. Visit the elegant Arizona Memorial. Hear why the code "Tora,Tora, Tora" was used. Learn why the Japanese had to modify their torpedoes before the attack, and how the Nevada was able to get underway during the attack. Learn what a cruise ship had to do with the attack as well as what happened to the Japanese leaders after the attack. Learn how surviving members of Arizona are now electing to join their shipmates in eternity. And what did a cruise ship have to do with the attack? In the end, the Japanese made two huge errors - what were they? Read the rare, Dec. 7, 1941 Extra edition of the Honolulu Star Bulletin. Pres. Roosevelt called Dec. 7th "A date which will live in infamy.”

Dr. James Kane is a former teacher, principal, and for twenty-five years, a Superintendent of Schools and is now an Adjunct Professor at William Paterson University. He earned a Masters of Arts degree and the Professional Diploma, a 6-year degree, from Columbia University. His doctorate was awarded following doctoral studies at New York University and Fairleigh Dickinson University. He has served as a United States Marine infantry officer in the Fleet Marine Force, Pacific. A recipient of the Governor’s Award, New Jersey’s highest honor in education, he was elected in 1997 to Who’s Who in America.

No children under age 7 permitted.

Evening Book Club

When: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 8:00 PM

Evening Book Club for adults. Title selections often feature Pulitzer and Man Booker prizewinning novels as well as foreign titles. December title: "Out stealing horses" by Per Petterson.

Winter Holiday Stories & Songs

When: Thursday, December 03, 2009 - 7:00 PM
Where: Meeting Room

ALL ATTENDEES MUST REGISTER INCLUDING ADULTS. All ages welcome. Have a wonderful evening singing songs and listening to stories. Registration for Randolph residents begins 11/19 at 10 a.m.

Annual Holiday Cookie Exchange

When: Monday, December 07, 2009 - 7:00 PM
Where: Meeting Room

Bring three dozen of your favorite cookies and share them with fellow bakers. Don’t forget to bring your recipe and an empty container. Enjoy socializing, exchanging recipes, and great cookbooks on display. The library has a great selection of cookie recipes in book section 641.86. Newcomers are encouraged to join us in this casual and fun event! Refreshments will be provided.

Hanukkah Storytime & Craft

When: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 - 10:00 AM
Where: Meeting Room

Ages 3-6 welcome. Join us for stories and a craft. Registration for Randolph residents (children) will begin on 12/1 at 10 a.m. Adults may attend but should not register.

Hanukkah Storytime & Craft

When: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 - 4:30 PM
Where: Meeting Room

Grades K & up welcome. Join us for stories and a craft. Registration for Randolph residents (children) will begin on 12/1 at 10 a.m. Adults may attend but should not register.

Pages & Popcorn: A Book Club for Grades 5 & 6

When: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 - 4:30 PM
Where: Quiet Study Room

Grades 5 & 6 welcome. If you enjoy reading and discussing books, this is the club for you. Books and popcorn will be provided. Our book for December is Scepter of the Ancients by Derek Landy. After registering pick up the book at the circulation desk. Remember to pick it up early so you have time to read it before the club meets.

Someone Must Wash the Dishes

When: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 - 7:00 PM
Where: Meeting Room

Actress Michele LaRue will perform as the fictional speaker in this satiric monologue written by staunch pro-suffragist Marie Jenney Howe back in 1912, and directed by Warren Kliewer.

Howe wields cutting humor, using the anti-suffrage movement’s own arguments to deflate the opposition. LaRue delivers the monologue to a gathering of like-minded women, ironically proving Howe’s pro-suffragist points. Following the performance, the presenter explores issues addressed by both sides, putting into context anti-suffrage arguments that may sound ludicrous to us today but were defended with dead seriousness in their time. Reviewers have called this production “wicked” in its wit, and have labeled LaRue’s performance “side-splitting.”

The production is produced by The East Lynne Company, the only theatre company in the country that is dedicated to reviving American plays and other literature of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This program is offered through the Horizons Speakers Bureau of NJ Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

No children under age 7 permitted. No cameras or recording devices allowed.

Twilight Tales

When: Monday, December 14, 2009 - 7:00 PM
Where: Meeting Room

All ages welcome with an adult. No registration necessary.

Chapter Chats: A Book Club for Grades 3 & 4

When: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 4:30 PM
Where: Quiet Study Room

Grades 3 & 4 welcome. Join us on a reading adventure as club members real aloud from a different book each month. Books and snacks will be provided. Club size is limited. Registration for Randolph residents will begin on 9/1 at 10 a.m.

Christmas Storytime & Craft

When: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 10:00 AM
Where: Meeting Room

Ages 3 to 6 welcome. Join us for stories, songs, and a craft. Registration for Randolph residents (children) will begin on 12/9 at 10 a.m. Adults may attend but should not register.

Christmas Storytime & Craft

When: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 4:30 PM
Where: Meeting Room

Grades K & up welcome. Join us for stories, songs, and a craft. Registration for Randolph residents (children) will begin on 12/9 at 10 a.m. Adults may attend but should not register.

George Washington Visits the Randolph Library

When: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 7:00 PM
Where: Meeting Room

The Randolph Library has the extraordinary honor of hosting the first President of the United States in this special press conference on Wednesday, December 16 at 7:00 p.m. In remembrance of his December 25, 1776 crossing of the Delaware River, President George Washington will recall the Battle of Trenton and the key events leading up to the formation of our new, independent nation. Citizens will also have a chance to ask the President questions.

Actor and impersonator Dean Malissa brings George Washington to life. He has portrayed Washington at the White House State Dinner hosted by President Bush in 2007, in Discovery Channel’s “Moments in Time,” the IMAX film “We the People,” and at Mount Vernon – the second actor in the United States history to be given this rare honor. He also performs in “Once Upon a Nation,” in Philadelphia’s Independence National Historic Park, a tourism initiative that brings history to life.

No children under age 7 permitted. (Citizens: kindly maintain the reserved parking space marked "Old Nelson" available for his equine servant).