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• Coleen Dee Berry wrote a new blog post: Get Ready for the “Muster in Manalapan” on Sunday, April 10!   1 year, 1 month ago · View

  Come immerse yourself in history at the Monmouth County Library’s “Muster in Manalapan,” an afternoon of entertaining and educational Civil War programs for the whole family, to mark the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War. The Muster will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 10 at Library Headquarters, 125 [...]

• Coleen Dee Berry wrote a new blog post: Poetry Month at Monmouth County Library–Get Ready for Some Mayhem!   1 year, 2 months ago · View

  April is Poetry Month! Come meet local poets and hear a noted New York City slam poetry troupe at the Monmouth County Library: — On Sunday, April 3, at 2 p.m., enjoy a free performance at Library Headquarters in Manalapan by The Mayhem Poets, a slam poetry and theatre troupe from New York City that has [...]

• Coleen Dee Berry wrote a new blog post: Bob Dylan tribute band Highway 61 Revisited plays free concert at Monmouth County Library   1 year, 3 months ago · View

  Celebrate a true cultural icon. Come hear the Bob Dylan tribute band Highway 61 Revisited in a free concert at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 30. The band will be joined by a special guest — violinist Scarlett Rivera, who played on Dylan’s Desire album and toured with him on [...]

• Coleen Dee Berry wrote a new blog post: Free Jazz Weekend at Monmouth County Library Headquarters   1 year, 5 months ago · View

  Looking for some good post-turkey entertainment that’s free and doesn’t involve football? Try the free jazz weekend at Monmouth County Library Headquarters! Join us for three timeless jazz concerts the weekend of Nov. 26 through 28 at the Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan. The concerts are as follows: The Steve Kuhn Trio Friday, Nov. [...]

• Coleen Dee Berry wrote a new blog post: When Science Goes Wrong…Life in the Dead Zone at Monmouth County Library   1 year, 7 months ago · View

  Why would anyone want to live in the irradiated “dead zone” around the infamous Chernobyl nuclear reactor? Find out tonight at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, when author Irene Zabytko talks about her book “The Sky Unwashed,” and Life in the Dead Zone, the documentary film based on her book. This program is free and begin at 6:30 p.m., [...]

• Coleen Dee Berry wrote a new blog post: Science is FUNdamental Launch Day! Sept. 26 at Monmouth County Library Hqs   1 year, 7 months ago · View

  So you think science is boring? Let us change your mind this Sunday at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters in Manalapan. Talk to a NASA space shuttle astronaut, learn about rockets and robots, and find out how the science of CSI! From 1 to 5 p.m.on Sunday, Sept. 26, the New Jersey Center for the Book will sponsor [...]

• Coleen Dee Berry wrote a new blog post: Murder on Friday the 13th at Library Hqs? Cool!   1 year, 9 months ago · View

  What better way to spend Friday the 13th than embroiled in a murder mystery? Come to the Monmouth County Library Headquarters after hours on Friday, August 13, for a Murder Mystery- Hollywood style, sponsored by the library’s Teen and Young Adult Program. From 7 to 9 p.m. participants will interact with members of Murder on Cue to solve [...]

• Coleen Dee Berry wrote a new blog post: Teen Vacation Reading Club Kickoff June 19 at Monmouth County Library   1 year, 11 months ago · View

  Make waves at your library this summer! Find a bounty of free fun, food, live music and tie-dye at the Monmouth County Library’s Teen Vacation Reading kickoff this Saturday, June 19, from 1 to 4 p.m. The event will be held at the Library Headquarters in Manalapan, 125 Symmes Drive. The Make Waves at Your [...]

• Coleen Dee Berry wrote a new blog post: Marlboro Library’s get well card touches injured soldier   1 year, 11 months ago · View

  The Marlboro Township Library staff last month received a surprise visit from a grateful soldier – and they wish him all the best in his continued recovery! When Marlboro Township Library branch librarian Robyn Miller heard that Lt. Augustine Kim had been injured in April while on patrol in Afghanistan, she wanted to do something [...]

• Coleen Dee Berry wrote a new blog post: Renee Taylor performs at Monmouth County Library Headquarters on May 23   2 years ago · View

  MANALAPAN _ Come watch Emmy-nominated actress Rénee Taylor transform herself, as she presents her one-woman show about Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 23, at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive. Taylor will perform “An Afternoon with Golda Meir.” This poignant and humorous play was written by Taylor, [...]