Peapack & Gladstone Library
Peapack & Gladstone Municipal Complex
School Street
Peapack, NJ
908-234-0598
Fresh Fiction Database Demonstration
Wednesday, November 6th
7:30pm, Conference Room #1
Fresh Fiction compiles daily a list of books highlighted on popular radio and TV shows. Learn how to use this database and get started on your quest for new titles to read!
Movie Showing: Mud
Thursday, November 7th
12:30pm, Council Room
Two boys, Ellis and his best friend Neckbone, find a mysterious man named Mud hiding out on a deserted island in the Mississippi. Mud tells the boys fantastic stories about his life, including how he killed a man in Texas and vengeful bounty hunters are coming to get him. He says he is planning to meet and escape with the love of his life, Juniper. The boys agree to help him, but it isn't long until their small town is besieged by bounty hunters out for blood. {Summary from Syndetic Solutions}
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, and Reese Witherspoon
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 130 minutes
Sponsored by the Friends of Peapack & Gladstone Library
Keepers: Author Talk with Caroline Campion
Tuesday, November 12th
7:00pm, Conference Room #1
Local author Caroline Campion, a Peapack & Gladstone resident, joins us to discuss her recently released cookbook with Kathy Brennan, Keepers: Two Home Cooks Share Their Tried-and-True Weeknight Recipes and the Secrets to Happiness in the Kitchen. Caroline will be sharing her favorite memories and tips from the kitchen as well as some of the publishing wisdom she has learned from her experience as a magazine editor for GoodHousekeeping, GQ, Saveur, and Glamour, creator of the award winning food blog www.DevilAndEgg.com, and now as a first-time author. She will also be selling and signing copies of her book and answering questions.
All attendees of the program are invited to bring a copy of the recipe for their own keeper, a dish that has proven for them to be a “brag-worthy, reliable, crowd-pleasing recipe” to share with the group. In addition, we will be giving away two copies of Keepers and other great prizes from Urban Cottage. Light refreshments will also be available.
Sponsored by the Friends of Peapack & Gladstone Library
Fresh Fiction Database Demonstration
Monday, November 18th
1:00pm, Conference Room #1
Fresh Fiction compiles daily a list of books highlighted on popular radio and TV shows. Learn how to use this database and get started on your quest for new titles to read!
Keeping Your Mind Sharp: Cognitive Fitness
with Cristina Klymasz
Tuesday, November 19th
7:00pm, Council Room
Join us at the library for this presentation by occupational therapist Cristina Klymasz and learn how to improve cognitive abilities for daily life. Topics discussed will include an overview on the types of physical exercise, how diet affects cognitive abilities, and brain stimulating activities that can help improve cognitive functioning. Ideas for cognitive exercises will be reviewed and listeners will walk away with some great ideas and resources. An overview of Kessler’s Cognitive Rehabilitation Dementia program will also be provided.
Cristina Klymasz is an occupational therapist at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in the Cognitive Rehabilitation Program. She has inpatient and outpatient experience with brain injury, MS, stroke, and Parkinson's Disease. Her speciality is in cognitive rehabilitation and she is a Certified Brain Injury Specialist. She is published in occupational therapy journals, such as OT Practice.
Mix it Up: Cookie Jars
Thursday, November 21st
7:30pm, Conference Room #1
Make your winter baking a little more organized and convenient as when we create mixes for your favorite cookies in mason jars. They also make great gifts for the holidays! The library will supply all the ingredients and supplies needed.
Sponsored by the Friends of Peapack & Gladstone Library
Movie Showing: The Great Gatsby
Tuesday, November 26th
12:30pm, Conference Room #1
A would-be writer, Nick Carraway leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz, bootleg kings, and skyrocketing stocks. Chasing his own American dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby. It is thus that Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super rich, their illusions, loves, and deceits {summary from Syndetic Solutions}.
Cast: Leonardo Dicaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire, Joel Edgerton, and Isla Fisher
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 142 minutes
Sponsored by the Friends of Peapack & Gladstone Library
To register for any of these programs or for more information contact
Diane Hahn at dhahn@sclibnj.org or 908-234-0598.
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