HPL Current and Upcoming Events
2023 Current and Upcoming Events
Ongoing Events (check for COVID restrictions)
Past and Additional Events
- Wednesday, February 1st - Wednesday Night Out: Lichens of the Hopewell Valley with Dennis Waters | 7:00 - 8:00 pm
- Tuesday, February 7th - Creative Aging: Drum Circle | 2:30 - 3:30 pm | WAIT LIST ONLY
- Wednesday, February 15th - Creative Aging: Genealogy 1 | 2:30 - 4:00 pm | WAIT LIST ONLY
- Tuesday, February 21st - Bullet Journal Book Club | 6:00 - 7:30 pm
- Wednesday, February 22nd - Creative Aging: Genealogy 2 | 2:30 - 4:00 pm | WAIT LIST ONLY
- Saturday, February 25th - Saturday Storytime with Hopewell Author Barbara Valenza | 10:00 - 11:00 am
- Tuesday, February 28th - Bullet Journal Book Club: School Planner Edition! | 6:00 - 7:30 pm
- Tuesday, March 7th - Creative Aging: Drum Circle | 2:30 - 3:30 pm
- Tuesday, March 21st - Speaker Series: Frida Kahlo: Dreams, Demons, and Devotion | 7:00 - 8:00 pm
- Wednesday, March 22nd - Creative Aging: Acupuncture: An Ancient Art for a Modern Clinical Age | 2:30 - 4:00 pm
- Wednesday, April 5th - Wednesday Night Out: St. Michael's Giving Garden with Bill Flemer | 7:00 - 8:00 pm
- Wednesday, May 24th - Creative Aging: Geocaching | 2:00 pm
Ongoing Events (check for COVID restrictions)
- Regular Programs - Including Book Clubs and Children's Activities
- Passive Programming - Come share your thoughts in our programming box! We have a new topic each month.
- Children's Storytime - Mondays at 10:30am at the Hopewell Train Station
- HPL Recommended Books
Past and Additional Events
Lichens of the Hopewell Valley
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"You can’t help but enjoy yourself at Ange’s drum circle... Your performance can be as complex or as simple as you like - all judgment-free!"
-Toni Flint, patron of HPL & regular attendee at Ange’s drum circle
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Drum Circle
February 7th | 2:30-3:30pm
The Hopewell Train Station
2 Railroad Place, Hopewell, NJ 08525 Ange Chianese has been leading interactive, non-competitive drum gatherings since beginning studies with Music for People in 1986 (www.musicforpeople.org) His focus, in recent years, has been to bring folks together in a non-judgmental forum, with emphasis mostly on 'doing' rather than 'explaining.'
Whatever it is you want to do, merely bang out your frustrations, find your own fancy rhythm, or tap into your inner child, come and join us for non-judgmental, experiential fun! If you have a drum, spoons, bunt cake tin: anything you'd like to play please bring them. Some drums will be provided. As always, no experience necessary, just enthusiasm! This event is at capacity, but you can register here for the wait list! |
WAIT LIST REGISTRATION ONLY!
Genealogy
Session 1: Wednesday, 2/15 | 2:30-4:00pm
Session 2: Wednesday, 2/22 | 2:30-4:00pm at the Hopewell Public Library Who do you think you are?!
Who doesn’t want to know more about their own family history? Join us as we investigate ways (other than Ancestry) to discover those who came before us. Casey Wilkes will guide us through databases - with tips and tricks to save hours when looking for the people from our past. This event is at capacity, but you can still register here for the wait list! |
Tuesday, February 21st & Tuesday, February 28th
at the Hopewell Public Library There are two separate bullet journaling clubs at the HPL. The Bullet Journal Book Club is for any adults 18+, while the School Planner Edition is for high school and college students ages 14-21. (18-21 year olds can go to either book club - or both!)
a journal - a calendar - a habit tracker - a mood tracker - a sketchbook - a meal planner - an exercise tracker - a class schedule - a budgeting tool - a to-do list - a reading and media log - a scrapbook - a photo album - a yearbook - a place to track your goals - a place to write your dreams - anything you want it to be!
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with Hopewell author and illustrator, Barbara Valenza
at the Hopewell Train Station
2 Railroad Place, Hopewell, NJ 08525 |
Please join us for a special storytime with Hopewell children's author and illustrator, Barbara Valenza. Barbara will read her book Little Lovedog's Long Walk Home--a story about an unusually long dachshund who thinks he has no friends. Or does he? Book signing and a dog-themed craft will follow. Books will be available for purchase. "Be a little Lovedog" stickers and pins giveaways!
No registration is required. Please call the library at (609) 466-1625 with any questions. |
"You can’t help but enjoy yourself at Ange’s drum circle... Your performance can be as complex or as simple as you like - all judgment-free!"
-Toni Flint, patron of HPL & regular attendee at Ange’s drum circle
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Drum Circle
March 7th | 2:30-3:30pm
The Hopewell Train Station
2 Railroad Place, Hopewell, NJ 08525 Ange Chianese has been leading interactive, non-competitive drum gatherings since beginning studies with Music for People in 1986 (www.musicforpeople.org) His focus, in recent years, has been to bring folks together in a non-judgmental forum, with emphasis mostly on 'doing' rather than 'explaining.'
Whatever it is you want to do, merely bang out your frustrations, find your own fancy rhythm, or tap into your inner child, come and join us for non-judgmental, experiential fun! If you have a drum, spoons, bunt cake tin: anything you'd like to play please bring them. Some drums will be provided. As always, no experience necessary, just enthusiasm! Register here! |
Frida Kahlo: Dreams, Demons, and Devotion
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Acupuncture:
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"Saint Michael's Giving Garden"
Presented by Bill Flemer
Wednesday, April 5th | 7:00pm
at the Hopewell Theater
at the Hopewell Theater
Stay tuned for more information! Check this page for updates, join our mailing list, or follow us on Facebook or Instagram!
GeocachingWednesday, May 24th | 2:00pm
The Hopewell Public Library
13 East Broad Street, Hopewell, NJ 08525 What is Geocaching? Isn’t that something only young, “techy types” do? Absolutely not!
Geocaching is a modern and fun way to treasure hunt using GPS devices. So, plan to get off the sofa and join us (in hopefully warmer spring weather), for an hour’s easy stroll around 2 sites in Hopewell. We will locate local caches and hopefully plant one of our own. We will meet outside the library at 2pm and be led on our hunt by an intrepid and experienced explorer (who knows way more than we do). So, dress accordingly and bring your mobile phone if you have one. All questions are encouraged and will be answered as we walk. Register here! |
HPL Book Club The HPL Book Club meets in the library on the first Tuesday of each month. For more information on attending, call or email the library. See HPL Book Club for the current book list. |
HPL Recommended Books
Click here to browse the full list of staff suggestions, or drop by the Library to browse the Adult and Children's books!
Click here to browse the full list of staff suggestions, or drop by the Library to browse the Adult and Children's books!