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Hopewell Public Library's September 2024 Events

1. Mondays, 10:30 - 11:00 am - Preschool Storytime - The Hopewell Borough Gazebo Park, S Greenwood Ave, Hopewell, NJ 08525

Join us for some stories and songs with our storytime reader, Sara! This event will take place on September 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th!

2. Tuesday, September 3rd, 6:30 - 8:00 pm - HPL Book Club - The Hopewell Public Library, 13 East Broad Street, Hopewell, NJ 08525

The HPL book club will meet to discuss their latest literary selection: The Path Between the Seas: the Creation of the Panama Canal by David McCullough.

3. Tuesday, September 3rd, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm -Stitch 'n' Knit - The Hopewell Public Library, 13 East Broad Street, Hopewell, NJ 08525 or via Zoom

Come to the library to socialize and work on your current knitting projects with Nina Lane! This event can be attended in-person or virtually via Zoom.

4. Wednesday, September 4th, 6:30 - 8:00 pm - Night Knitters - The Hopewell Public Library, 13 East Broad Street, Hopewell, NJ 08525

"We knit at night!" Join a friendly group of knitters who want to knit at night! This event can be attended in-person or virtually.

5. Wednesday, September 18th,  2:00 - 3:30 pm  - Creative Aging - Drawing Heads and Faces: A Class for Beginners - Karen McLean's Studio, 14 Mercer Street, Hopewell, NJ 08525

The first of five sessions with local artist Karen McLean. We will start the session with studies of Individual Features and proceed to compose Faces and Heads in Profile and Full Face. Students will begin  by first referencing Diagrams, then Photographs, Drawings by Master Artists (such as Picasso, Degas and others), and finally have a session with a live model.

Space is limited and registration is required. Check redlibrary.org/events for the most up-to-date information, or join our mailing list at redlibrary.org!

6. Wednesday, September 18th, 6:30 - 8:00 pm - Night Knitters - The Hopewell Public Library, 13 East Broad Street, Hopewell, NJ 08525

"We knit at night!" Join a friendly group of knitters who want to knit at night! This event can be attended in-person or virtually.

7. Sunday, September 22nd, 10:00 am - 11:30 am -Talk and Tour at the Sked Street Bonsai Garden - registrants will be given the address prior to the event

Join us for a lecture on bonsai basics, a guided garden tour, and a Q&A session at the Sked Street Bonsai Garden.  The exact location will be given to registrants prior to the event. Rain date is scheduled for Sunday, September 29th.

Discover the basics of Bonsai with Carl Stern at the Sked Street Bonsai Garden, the location of the Central Jersey Bonsai Club. Learn about the history, design, care, and maintenance regarding this craft.  The Sked Street Bonsai Garden includes over 100 trees and more than 50 species.  Some of these trees have been "in training" for over 20 years.  This is Mr. Stern's 40th year of "doing Bonsai."  The garden provides the feeling of being in a small, relaxing sanctuary with the new landscaping and enclosure. 

Please register at redlibrary.org/events.

(Max. registrants- 15)

8. Wednesday, September 25th,  2:00 - 3:30 pm  - Creative Aging - Drawing Heads and Faces: A Class for Beginners - Karen McLean's Studio, 14 Mercer Street, Hopewell, NJ 08525

The second of five sessions with local artist Karen McLean. We will start the session with studies of individual features and proceed to compose faces and heads in profile and full face. Students will begin  by first referencing diagrams, then photographs, drawings by master artists (such as Picasso, Degas and others), and finally have a session with a live model.

Space is limited and registration is required. Check redlibrary.org/events for the most up-to-date information, or join our mailing list at redlibrary.org!

9. Date and time TBD - Speaker Series: Martha McPhee - Location TBD

Local, award-winning novelist  Martha McPhee just published her first memoir, Omega Farm. Martha grew up on Omega Farm in Ringoes with her four sisters, five step siblings, mother, and stepfather, in a house filled with art, people, and the kind of chaos that was sometimes benevolent, sometimes more sinister. The pandemic brought Martha home again to her childhood farm to care for her ailing mother. With her husband and children in tow, Martha strives to nurture the present (along with a forest) while the past relentlessly asserts itself—even as Martha's mother, the person she might share her memories with or even try to hold to account, no longer knows who Martha is. A masterful exploration of a complicated family legacy and a powerful story of environmental and personal repair, we felt this candid account would be one our community would find relatable as it raises so many urgent issues that impact women, teens, parents, families and backyard ecosystems everywhere. Martha will be presenting a live-narration of family photographs taken by her mother, the renowned Princeton photographer, Pryde Brown, and which capture the people and the world that made Martha the riveting truth-teller she is today.

MARTHA McPHEE is the author of the novels An Elegant Woman, Dear Money, L'America, Gorgeous Lies, and Bright Angel Time.  She is also the author of Omega Farm, a memoir. Her work has been honored with fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts and The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.  In 2002 she was nominated for a National Book Award.  Her novels have been Best Books of The Year on The New York Times, Washington Post and Chicago Tribune lists.  Her essays and reviews have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers including The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Newark Star Ledger, Vogue, More, Harper's Bazaar, Self, Traveler, Travel & Leisure, among many others. McPhee is a tenured member of the English Department at Hofstra University, where she teaches fiction. She lives in New York City with her children and husband, the poet and writer Mark Svenvold.

The time, date, and location for this event has not been decided as of the publication of this listing. Please visit redlibrary.org/events for the most up-to-date information!