HPL Past Events - 2020
- - This Year's Current Events
- - This Year's Recent Events
- - Cancelled Events - 2020 (COVID) - Past Events - 2019 - Past Events - 2018
- - December 2020 - HPL Recommended Books for Holiday Gifts
- - Starting Oct. 20 - Inter-Library Loan Services Resume
- - Starting Sept. - Autumn Children's Story Time
- - Wed. Aug. 26 - Women's Suffrage 100th Anniversary Celebration
- - Starting Aug. 3 - HPL Reopens By Appointment Only
- - July / Aug. - Summer Programs at the HPL
- - Starting June 15 - HPL Reopens For Curbside Pickup
- - Starting March - Suggested Activities Page
- - Starting March 21 - HPL Closure for COVID-19
- - Wed., March 4 - Landscaping with Native Plants - Judith Robinson - Train Station - Wed. Night Out Series
- - Wed., Feb. 5 - Beginning Your Genealogy Research - Catherine Zahn - Wed. Night Out Series
- - Wed., Jan. 8 - NON-PARTISAN INTRODUCTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE - Sophie Glover - Wed. Night Out Series
2020 Recent Events
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Happy Holidays from the HPL
The first Sunday in December is always reserved for the Hopewell Public Library’s Annual Holiday Open House. It’s one of our favorite events as we get to visit with our friends in the community, share cookies and hot cider, and thank you for your support and patronage.
But 2020 has been an unusual and trying year. Never would an open house be more appreciated, it’s just not the right time. So, instead we are sending you our special holiday thanks in this original artwork from our local author and artist, Barbara DiLorenzo. Her work conveys joy, community and most of all, hope—all things we are wishing you for the season and the coming year. As you prepare for the holidays, we invite you to come by and view our Gift Giving Recommendations. (All titles are available in bookstores, and our friends at the Book & Bear will special order them for you.) Be sure to check out the 1,000 new E-books we’ve added to our digital resources. And not to be missed is our Ugly Sweater Contest on Facebook! With warmest wishes for happiness and good health this Holiday Season! - Anne, Arnold, Elaine, Jennifer, Connie and Norm |
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HPL Recommended Books for Holiday Gifts
December 2020 Click here to browse the full list of staff suggestions, or drop by the Library to see the Adult and Children's books on display! |
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Inter-Library Loan Services Resume
Starting October 20, 2020 Inter-Library Loan (ILL) services resume at the library on October 20. If you are looking for a book that we don’t have in our collection, we can borrow it from another library. Just ask! You can email the library at [email protected], or use the ILL form to submit a request. |
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Autumn Children's Story Time
September / October 2020 Children's Story Time is back! We will gather Mondays at 10:30 am, outdoors at the gazebo in Hopewell Park (weather permitting). Adult masks, please. Bring a towel for distanced seating. To be safe, we are limiting attendance. To reserve a spot, email [email protected] by noon on Fridays. We'll notify you by end of day Friday if we're oversubscribed. |
Many thanks to local author and illustrator Barbara DiLorenzo and Bobbie Fishman of The Bear and the Books for their help with the children’s summer Quest activity.
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Women's Suffrage 100th Anniversary Celebration
Wed., Aug. 26, 4 - 6 pm in Hopewell Gazebo Park South Greenwood and Columbia Avenues Covid policies will be implemented Stop by Hopewell Borough's Gazebo Park to join the HPL in celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment!
Also - On Tuesday, August 18, Nancy Kennedy will be presenting a Zoom talk on "Women Win the Vote! The Suffrage Fight in Three Acts." For more information, visit the Hopewell Valley Historical Society site, which also has an article on "The Women's Suffrage Movement in Hopewell Valley," and a Q & A video with Nancy. |
Author Nancy B. Kennedy
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HPL Reopens By Appointment Only
Starting the week of August 3, 2020 Starting August 3, the library will be open three days a week by appointment only during modified hours! You can schedule an appointment to browse, use a library computer, or reserve a place to use your own computer. Face masks will be required. Curbside pickup service will continue to be available for contactless service. Click for full details on Curbside Pickup (PDF). We will be open for browsing appointments and for computer appointments on Tuesday and Thursdays, 12 PM to 4 PM, and Saturdays, 12 noon to 2 PM. Curbside pickup also will be available during these hours. Review the full details in the PDF and then schedule an appointment by phone at 609-466-1625, or by email at [email protected]. |
Steve and Rae Grasso donated sneeze guards and spiffed up the HPL landscaping to help us get ready for reopening! They "love our library" and wanted to make sure staff and the community are safe and protected. We are extremely grateful to them both.
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Summer Programs at the HPL
July & August 2020 - Curbside Pickup - Summer Reading for Children - Imagine Your Story - Children's Quest Hunt Curbside pickup for books, DVDs, and audio CDs at the Hopewell Public Library has been up and running for the past few weeks. We are thrilled to be back in contact with our patrons, and to see all of those smiles (even from behind masks!). The summer reading program, IMAGINE YOUR STORY, has started for children. The children’s program this year includes a fantastic Quest to search for imaginary creatures throughout the borough. For curbside pickup, Library patrons are able to request an item through the Holds system on the HPL website, or by calling the library for help. When requested items are ready, the patron is contacted and scheduled for a Tuesday or Saturday pickup between 12:00pm and 2:00pm. InterLibrary Loan services have not yet resumed, and the library building remains closed to the public at this time. Pre-closure items should be returned to the library Drop Boxes by July 15th when the regular fee schedule will restart. Check the website for details about how to get a HPL library card if needed. The summer reading for children is under way, but there is still time to sign up for the program by calling the library for details. Children choose their own personal goal of how many books they can read during the summer. This year, the HPL is fortunate to have local author and illustrator, Barbara DiLorenzo, as a collaborator for a children’s Quest! Ms. DiLorenzo (barbaradilorenzo.com) has created poetic clues for our Quest hunt, and has painted magical, mythical, imaginary creatures to be found hiding here and there in the Hopewell community. There will be a total of seven creatures to find - with a new clue each week. Three hunters who complete the Quest and are able to find all of the creatures will win a gift certificate to The Bear and the Books!
More information and full details for curbside pickup and the children’s summer program can be found on the library’s website (redlibrary.org). And keep an eye on HPL Facebook posts (Hopewell Public Library NJ). Feel free to contact the library with any questions (609-466-1625). Staffing is still limited, but we will get back to you as soon as we can. Hopewell Public Library, 13 E. Broad St., Hopewell NJ 08525. |
Quest Rock Painting by Barbara DiLorenzo
Many thanks to local author and illustrator Barbara DiLorenzo and Bobbie Fishman of The Bear and the Books for their help with the children’s summer Quest activity.
Many thanks to to our good neighbor and children’s book writer & illustrator Barbara DiLorenzo, who decorated our summer Quest rocks so artfully and wrote the poetic clues that led us to them! Our thanks also to her daughter, Maddy, who sourced the rocks
for her Mom!
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HPL Reopens For Curbside Pickup
Starting June 15, 2020 The Governor has announced that libraries can open June 15th for curbside pickup only. THE BUILDING WILL NOT BE OPEN. HPL reopening will begin with the contactless pickup of requested items. You place your order and put them on hold with your library card account. Staff will pull your order and contact you for pickup. Your experience will be much like picking up dinner at your local restaurant. Review the full details below. For more information, contact us by phone at 609-466-1625, or email at [email protected]. |
Click for Curbside Pickup Full Details (PDF)
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Suggested Activities
Starting March 2020 New Suggested Activities page:
- Keep Connected: Stay in touch with the HPL community on Facebook and Instagram - Get books online: HPL E-Book Information and the E-Book Catalog. |
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HPL Closure for COVID-19
Starting Saturday, March 21, 2020
The Hopewell Public Library is closed until further notice.
All events are cancelled. All due dates will be extended until we reopen.
Read Library Closure Update, March 21, 2020 (PDF)
Read Hopewell Borough COVID-19 Announcement, March 13, 2020 (PDF)
Starting Saturday, March 21, 2020
The Hopewell Public Library is closed until further notice.
All events are cancelled. All due dates will be extended until we reopen.
Read Library Closure Update, March 21, 2020 (PDF)
Read Hopewell Borough COVID-19 Announcement, March 13, 2020 (PDF)
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HPL "Wednesday Night Out" Lecture Series -- March
Landscaping with Native Plants Wednesday, March 4, 7 pm -- at the #Hopewell Train Station# 2 Railroad Place, Hopewell NJ Free and open to the public You can transform your property into a garden that is beautiful, supports our pollinators with food and habitat, and that requires less maintenance by using perennial native flowers, bushes, ground covers, and trees. Learn more about how to create beautiful native garden habitats of any size. It is the vast and quickly diminishing community of native pollinators of bees, birds, butterflies, beetles, flies, and small mammals that work together to supply 85% of the main global crops that feed people --- fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, and oils. This hardworking group also is responsible for being the food for many other animals, besides us, in the ecosystem. You can still have some lawn but implement better practices for it. You can still have some of your favorite annuals --- just not the ones that jump into our forest and choke out the diversity of growth that is necessary for a healthy ecosystem. Judith K. Robinson began growing food organically and that led to the study of the importance of providing habitats and nutritional support for native pollinators. Her business creates designs for all sizes of native plant gardens. She also teaches Native Plant Garden Design at Mercer County Community College and at the Princeton Adult School, and delivers workshops to businesses, organizations, libraries, and schools. In 2009 she co-founded the flourishing Princeton Farmers' Market. Certified in Organic Land Use by Northeast Organic Farming Associations of New York & Connecticut, her training includes the Rodale Institute, Native Plant Society of New Jersey, Stockton College, Xerces Society, FOHVOS, Sourland Conservancy, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, and Duke Farms. Find out more at www.ourworldourchoices.com |
Photo by Cari Ellen Herman
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HPL "Wednesday Night Out" Lecture Series -- February
Beginning Your Family Research: A Basic Genealogy Wednesday, February 5, 7 pm -- at the Hopewell Train Station 2 Railroad Place, Hopewell NJ Free and open to the public Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to find out about your family’s history. Where to look, how do you start? Catherine Zahn will get you started. Geared for beginners who want to learn how to do family history, you will learn the basics including where to find needed information, how to organize it, how to use the internet and utilize databases that will give you the most of online services. You may have heard stories about your grandparents or their parents but you aren’t certain how to discover the details and truth behind the story. Come and learn how easy it is to research your family. You’ll learn how to trace your family through census and church records and then apply that information with online databases to uncover your family’s naturalization papers. Researchers can be overwhelmed by the wealth of online databases. How do you find the material you need to further your research? Online databases will give you tricks and hints how to make the most of online services Catherine (Casey) Zahn, founder of the Central Jersey Genealogical Club and past trustee of the Genealogical Society of NJ, teaches adult genealogy classes throughout N.J. She was the national program chair for the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference in Philadelphia. A former teacher, Mrs. Zahn is the author of All About My Family and Family News - books for teaching children family history. Download presentation handout by Catherine Zahn (PDF) |
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HPL "Wednesday Night Out" Lecture Series -- January
NON-PARTISAN INTRODUCTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE Wednesday, January 8, 7 pm -- at the Hopewell Theater 5 S. Greenwood Ave., Hopewell NJ Free and open to the public It’s Time to Get Serious! NO HYPE. JUST FACTS. A NON-PARTISAN, DIFFERENT KIND OF TALK ON CLIMATE CHANGE. Most Americans across party lines recognize climate change is happening, but many don’t know how it will impact them directly and whether there is urgency to address it. On Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at 7 pm at the Hopewell Theater, Hopewell Public Library will present the C-Change Primer, a different kind of talk about climate change. The Primer focuses on facts from trusted sources. On actual and perceived risks. On human issues, not political ones. Kathleen Biggins, founder of C-Change Conversations, a Princeton-based nonprofit organization, developed the Primer in consultation with independent climate scientists and public policy specialists. The Primer has been endorsed by moderate and conservative business, political, and social leaders and enthusiastically received by audiences of more than 7,500 people in 28 states. The organization is comprised of business, legal, media, and medical professionals, including Sophie Glovier, who will present the Primer. Sophie works with nonprofits, early-stage companies, and local government to create a more sustainable society. She is a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Business School. The Primer presents clear, unbiased information that helps people understand how climate change will affect them personally, with an emphasis on how our changing environment is affecting our health, national security and the global economy. It answers many of the questions most Americans have about climate change, such as: How do we know climate change is real and is caused by humans? What is the scientific consensus? What are the dangers? Is there hope? Bring a friend and receive a free Hopewell Theater movie pass. (Offer not valid for family members.) Learn more about The Primer and the C-Change Conversations Lecture Series at www.c-changeconversations.org. |
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Holiday Closings 2020
Wed., Jan. 1 - New Year’s Day
Mon., Jan. 20 - Martin Luther King Day
Mon., Feb. 17 - Washington’s Birthday
Mon., May 25 - Memorial Day
Sat., July 4 - Independence Day
Mon., Sept. 7 - Labor Day
Mon., Oct. 12 - Columbus Day
Wed., Nov. 11 - Veterans Day
Thurs., Nov. 26 - Thanksgiving Day
Fri., Nov. 27 - Day After Thanksgiving
Thurs., Dec. 24 - Christmas Eve
Fri., Dec. 25 - Christmas Day
Thurs., Dec. 31 - New Year’s Eve, open 12 - 3 pm
Wed., Jan. 1 - New Year’s Day
Mon., Jan. 20 - Martin Luther King Day
Mon., Feb. 17 - Washington’s Birthday
Mon., May 25 - Memorial Day
Sat., July 4 - Independence Day
Mon., Sept. 7 - Labor Day
Mon., Oct. 12 - Columbus Day
Wed., Nov. 11 - Veterans Day
Thurs., Nov. 26 - Thanksgiving Day
Fri., Nov. 27 - Day After Thanksgiving
Thurs., Dec. 24 - Christmas Eve
Fri., Dec. 25 - Christmas Day
Thurs., Dec. 31 - New Year’s Eve, open 12 - 3 pm