HPL Events
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Ongoing Events
Children's Storytime Mondays at 10:15am at the Hopewell Train Station Regular Programs Including Book Clubs and Children's Activities Question of the Month Come share your thoughts in our programming box! We have a new topic each month. 
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Upcoming Events
April Events Tuesday, April 1st- Stitch 'n' Knit | 2:00 - 4:00 pm Tuesday, April 1st- HPL Book Club | 6:30 - 8:00 pm Wednesday, April 2nd - Creative Aging: Spring Artist Series | 2:00 - 3:30 pm Wednesday, April 2nd- Night Knitters | 6:30 - 8:00 pm Tuesday, April 8th- Sew Now What? | 6:00 - 8:00 pm Wednesday, April 9th- Sew Now What? | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Wednesday, April 9th- Creative Aging: Spring Artist Series | 2:00 - 3:30 pm Wednesday, April 9th- Speaker Series | 7:00 - 8:30 pm The Secrets of Butterfly Gardening - What do Butterflies Really Need? Wednesday, April 16th- Creative Aging: Spring Artist Series | 2:00 - 3:30 pm Wednesday, April 16th- Night Knitters | 6:30 - 8:00 pm Wednesday, April 16th- Speaker Series: | 7:00 - 9:00 pm Exploring Hopewell's Black History through the Archives Thursday, April 17th- Craft Night | 5:30 - 7:00 pm Wednesday, April 23rd- Creative Aging: Spring Artist Series | 2:00 - 3:30 pm Wednesday, April 30th- Night Knitters | 6:30 - 8:00 pm May Events Saturday, May 3rd- Hopewell Children's Book Festival | 11:00 am - 2:00 pm Sunday, May 4th- Upcycled Book Art Fundraiser | 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Tuesday, May 6th- Stitch 'n' Knit | 2:00 - 4:00 pm Tuesday, May 6th- HPL Book Club | 6:30 - 8:00 pm Tuesday, May 13th- Cookbook Club | 6:30 - 8:00 pm Wednesday, May 14th- Watercolor/Collage Garden Workshop | 2:00 - 4:00 pm Wednesday, May 14th- Night Knitters | 6:30 - 8:00 pm Wednesday, May 14th- Speaker Series: Dark Skies | 7:00 - 8:15 pm Friday, May 16th- Cruise Night Fundraiser | 5:00 - 8:00 pm Monday, May 19th- 2-D Needle Felting 101 | 6:00 - 7:30 pm Wednesday, May 28th- Night Knitters | 6:30 - 8:00 pm |
Past Events
Past Events-2025
Past Events-2024 - Past Events - 2022 - Past Events - 2021 - Past Events - 2020 - Cancelled Events - 2020 (COVID) - Past Events - 2019
Past Events-2025
Past Events-2024 - Past Events - 2022 - Past Events - 2021 - Past Events - 2020 - Cancelled Events - 2020 (COVID) - Past Events - 2019
This class is open to our Creative Aging Participants. Registration is required for this class. Space is limited.
Spring Artists Series:
Looking Outside and Inside
Artwork by: Wyeth and Bonnard
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Students will explore windows and doors as visual and spatial devices in Art, using watercolor, pencil, and collage. Images by Andrew Wyeth, Henri Matisse and Pierre Bonnard will serve as sources of inspiration. |
Wednesdays
March 26th through April 23rd 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm at Highland Studio in Hopewell |
Registration for this event will open up Friday, February 28th at 12:30pm. Please check this page for the most up-to-date information, or join our mailing list here!
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Tuesday, April 1st | 2:00 - 4:00 pm
at the Hopewell Public Library or online via Zoom Hopewell Public Library is happy to host a knitting club again for all interested adults. Come to the library to socialize and work on your current knitting projects!
The club will meet every first Tuesday of the month at the Hopewell Public Library from 2:00pm-4:00pm. For more information, contact Sara Schoonover at [email protected]. The meeting will be held in person at the library and via Zoom at the link below (Meeting ID: 867 0916 4523). |
at the Hopewell Public Library
13 East Broad Street, Hopewell, NJ 08525 Tuesday, April 1st | 6:30 - 8:00 pm
The HPL book club will meet to discuss their latest literary selection:
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan For more information, visit redlibrary.org/book-clubs. |
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Wednesdays, April 2nd, 16th, and 30th | 6:30 - 8:00 pm
at the Hopewell Public Library or online via Zoom “We knit at night!” Join a friendly group of knitters who want to knit at night! Night Knitters will take place in-person at the library and online via Zoom at the link below (Meeting ID: 813 3665 8194)
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A sewing tutorial & a community mending day
Tuesday, April 8th | 6:00 - 8:00 pm
and again on
Wednesday, April 9th | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
at the Seeds to Sew Shop
16 Seminary Ave., Hopewell Boro
and again on
Wednesday, April 9th | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
at the Seeds to Sew Shop
16 Seminary Ave., Hopewell Boro
Got a sewing machine you're unsure how to use or thinking of getting one? Join this class to learn how to thread the machine, fill a bobbin, change a needle, and sew simple stitches and corners. Bring your own machine or use one of ours. Seeds to Sew International will provide thread, fabric, and needles.
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Bring your garments needing mending to Seeds to Sew International to fix the clothes you already own. They will provide the supplies.
This is a self-guided community drop-in event, open to all. |
Seeds to Sew International in partnership with the Hopewell Public Library is SEW excited to announce a sewing tutorial along with a community mending day. This event will be offered on April 8th from 6:00 to 8:00pm, and again on April 9th from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm.
Space for the SEW NOW WHAT? tutorial is limited, so please only sign up if you can commit to the time selected. If the sewing class fills up, you’ll be put on a waitlist.
The community mending session is drop-in, so feel free to come and go as you please. However, please sign up in advance at the Seeds to Sew International website so they can ensure there are enough chairs and supplies for everyone.
Space for the SEW NOW WHAT? tutorial is limited, so please only sign up if you can commit to the time selected. If the sewing class fills up, you’ll be put on a waitlist.
The community mending session is drop-in, so feel free to come and go as you please. However, please sign up in advance at the Seeds to Sew International website so they can ensure there are enough chairs and supplies for everyone.
For more information and to register:
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Wednesday, April 9th 7:00 - 8:30 pm at the Hopewell Presbyterian Church 80 West Broad Street, Hopewell, NJ 08525 Discover the secrets to creating a thriving butterfly garden by learning what these delicate pollinators truly need. This workshop covers essential elements like host plants, nectar sources, and the basics of habitat design to attract and sustain butterflies. Gain insights into their behavior, life cycle, and role in a healthy ecosystem while picking up practical tips to transform any space—big or small—into a butterfly-friendly haven. Join us to bring your garden to life with color, movement, and biodiversity! |
About the Speaker:
Kirsi Bhasin is passionate about butterflies and dedicated to native plants and sustainable land stewardship. Winner of the 2024 Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve Land Ethics Award, she serves on the Hopewell Township Environmental Commission and leads the Hopewell Valley Gardens for Wildlife team. A Rutgers Environmental Steward with training from the “Knowing Native Plants” course at Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, she is committed to promoting conservation and ecological restoration. Her work has been featured in NABA’s Butterfly Gardener magazine.
Co-sponsored by the Hopewell Valley Historical Society, The Hopewell Museum, Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum,
and the Hopewell Public Library
and the Hopewell Public Library
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Wednesday, April 16th 7:00 - 9:00 pm * Doors open at 6:45 pm In Person at the Hopewell Theater 5 S Greenwood Ave, Hopewell, NJ or Online via Zoom |
In this talk, Kate Jackson will present her multi-faceted research on Black history in Hopewell Valley, discussing the various archival sources she has found and analyzed. Thanks to the work of Beverly Mills and Elaine Buck from the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum, Black history in Hopewell Valley has become more visible in recent years. There is still much to be discovered and discussed. By examining census details, trends of migration, employment records, and documented residences of Black families, Kate’s research commits the existence of the Black community to the historical record. Using other archival sources, Kate pieces together a broader sense of the nature of life in Hopewell for this long oppressed community.
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About the Speaker
Kate Jackson is a life-long Hopewell Borough resident, who interned with the Hopewell Valley Historical Society this past summer. In her final year of undergraduate studies at Rutgers University, Kate continued researching Black history in Hopewell by making it the subject of her senior capstone project. Through her work with the Rutgers Scarlet and Black Research Center, Kate has explored newspaper advertisements detailing freedom seeking events of enslaved folks in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. She maintains engagement in the Hopewell community by volunteering for the Chubby’s Project. |
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This event is free and open to the public. Please register for Zoom attendance only. If you plan to attend in person, no registration is required.
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Join Us for the Hopewell Public Library's Children's Book Festival! We are thrilled to invite you to a day of fun, creativity, and community spirit. The festival will feature the following local authors: Barbara DiLorenzo, Nancy B. Kennedy, Abigail Rayner, Laurie Wallmark, and Yobe Qiu. They will offer fireside chats, readings and book signings, along with craft tables where families can get creative! The first 50 children will receive a free book, proudly sponsored by Book an Author. See you there! |
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Tuesday, May 6th | 2:00 - 4:00 pm
at the Hopewell Public Library or online via Zoom Hopewell Public Library is happy to host a knitting club again for all interested adults. Come to the library to socialize and work on your current knitting projects!
The club will meet every first Tuesday of the month at the Hopewell Public Library from 2:00pm-4:00pm. The meeting will be held in person at the library and via Zoom at the link below (Meeting ID: 867 0916 4523). |
at the Hopewell Public Library
13 East Broad Street, Hopewell, NJ 08525 Tuesday, May 6th | 6:30 - 8:00 pm
The HPL book club will meet to discuss their latest literary selection:
The Pigman by Paul Zindel For more information, visit redlibrary.org/book-clubs. |
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This class is open to our Creative Aging Participants. Registration is required for this class. Space is limited.
Watercolor/ Collage
Garden Workshop
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Wednesday, May 14th
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
at Highland Studio in Hopewell
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
at Highland Studio in Hopewell
Spend an afternoon creating an imaginary garden using a combination of watercolor and collage.
This workshop will expose you to combining media that will open you to new ways of seeing spring.
This workshop will expose you to combining media that will open you to new ways of seeing spring.
Registration for this event will open up Wednesday, April 23rd at 5:00 pm.
Please check this page for the most up-to-date information, or join our mailing list here!
Please check this page for the most up-to-date information, or join our mailing list here!
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Tuesday, May 13th
6:30 - 8:00 pm Location: The Hopewell Presbyterian Church 
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The Hopewell Public Library Cookbook Club selects a cookbook from which members choose a recipe to prepare and share with the group.
New members are always welcome! For more information, please reach out to Nancy Kennedy or check the "Hopewell Public Library Cookbook Club" Facebook Group. In May, the Cookbook Club has chosen to do a modern take on an old, classic childhood recipe. There are several cookbooks at the library to choose from. |
Dark Skies and Bright Lights
Wednesday, May 14th
7:00 - 8:15 pm
at the Hopewell Presbyterian Church
80 West Broad Street, Hopewell, NJ 08525
In the last 50 years, light pollution due to artificial nighttime lighting has obscured the Milky Way over Hopewell along with all but the brightest stars making dark skies a thing of the past. Research is finding that light pollution also affects human health and our environment in a variety of subtle but important ways. Fortunately, light pollution is simple to fix, given the will to do so. This presentation describes forms of light pollution that we encounter every day, some of its effects on our world and suggests ways to reduce it starting at the local level.
7:00 - 8:15 pm
at the Hopewell Presbyterian Church
80 West Broad Street, Hopewell, NJ 08525
In the last 50 years, light pollution due to artificial nighttime lighting has obscured the Milky Way over Hopewell along with all but the brightest stars making dark skies a thing of the past. Research is finding that light pollution also affects human health and our environment in a variety of subtle but important ways. Fortunately, light pollution is simple to fix, given the will to do so. This presentation describes forms of light pollution that we encounter every day, some of its effects on our world and suggests ways to reduce it starting at the local level.
About the Speaker:
David Ackerman is a long-time Hopewell Borough resident, a physicist and expert in light with 43 years of professional research experience at large (Bell Labs and SRI International) and start-up high-tech companies as well as his own consulting firm, Ackerman PhotoWorks. He has contributed to the design of devices for telecommunications, optics, specialty cameras and consumer products and holds over 50 US patents. He is an amateur astrophotographer and member of DarkSky International and DarkSky NJ. He is also a member of Gallery 14, a fine art photography cooperative on Mercer St in Hopewell Borough.
2-D Needle Felting 101
Monday, May 19th
6:00 - 7:30 pm
at the Hopewell Public Library
Have you ever wanted to pick up a felting needle but didn't know where to start? This hour-and-a-half needle felting class will give beginners the basic knowledge of technique and provide the materials needed to make a felted sampler. We will have floral cookie cutters available to use as stencils for a small spring bouquet or scene.
If you have any favorite open-outline cookie cutters, feel free to bring them to add unique shapes to your sampler.
This workshop will be led by Barbara MacGuigan, a local hobby artisan experienced in making 2-D needle-felted collage and ornaments.
Hope to see you there!
6:00 - 7:30 pm
at the Hopewell Public Library
Have you ever wanted to pick up a felting needle but didn't know where to start? This hour-and-a-half needle felting class will give beginners the basic knowledge of technique and provide the materials needed to make a felted sampler. We will have floral cookie cutters available to use as stencils for a small spring bouquet or scene.
If you have any favorite open-outline cookie cutters, feel free to bring them to add unique shapes to your sampler.
This workshop will be led by Barbara MacGuigan, a local hobby artisan experienced in making 2-D needle-felted collage and ornaments.
Hope to see you there!
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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. |
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