HPL Recent Events - 2022
Banned Books Scavenger Hunt
Monday, September 19th - Saturday, September 24th
Sign up at the Hopewell Public Library!
Sign up at the Hopewell Public Library!
Solve anagrams and search the town for banned books in this year's scavenger hunt!
Prizes for all who complete the scavenger hunt. Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read. Come to the library this week to celebrate! Items hidden in the scavenger hunt are from the American Library Association's list of Top 10 Most Challenged Books from 2001-2021. Find them hidden around Hopewell, or check some out from our Banned Books Display at the library!
Prizes for all who complete the scavenger hunt. Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read. Come to the library this week to celebrate! Items hidden in the scavenger hunt are from the American Library Association's list of Top 10 Most Challenged Books from 2001-2021. Find them hidden around Hopewell, or check some out from our Banned Books Display at the library!
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Mooncakes, Lanterns, and Storytime: Featuring Hopewell author Yobe Qiu
Saturday, September 24 | 10:00-11:00am
Hopewell Train Station 2 Railroad Place, Hopewell, NJ 08525 Please join us for a special storytime with Hopewell children’s author Yobe Qiu. Yobe will share her beautiful book, Our Moon Festival. The story immerses us in the unique ways Vietnamese, Chinese, and Japanese families and communities celebrate the Moon Festival. Book signing and a lantern craft to follow read aloud. Books will be available to purchase.
For more information, please call the library at 609-466-1625. |
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TED, Tea, and Therapy (Dog)
Thursday, September 22nd | 2:00-3:00pm
at the Hopewell Public Library According to the American Library Association, in 2021, Libraries across the USA faced an "unprecedented number of bids" to ban books. In this week aimed at highlighting the issue, let’s talk about this. Register Here |
"Age is an issue of the mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." - Mark Twain
Supporting a healthy Microbiome
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Summer Reading 2022
Summer Reading ran from June 22nd-August 31st, with events taking place weekly throughout the summer!
Summer Reading ran from June 22nd-August 31st, with events taking place weekly throughout the summer!
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This year's theme was "Oceans of Possibilities"
Wednesday, July 6th: An Afternoon on the Boardwalk
Wednesday, July 13h: Mad Science Sea Life Workshop Thursday, July 21st: Oceans of Possibilities Project at Art Sparks Wednesday, July 27th: Sea Life Storytime & Craft Wednesday, August 3rd: Ocean Singalong & Dance Party Wednesday, August 10th: Local Water Systems Workshop Thursday, August 18th: Toy Boat Building Wednesday, August 24th: Nature Walk & Stream Splash For the first time this year, we had over 100 summer readers!
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Creative Aging Art Workshop (over 60’s)
at HPL Wednesday, July 13, 2022 | 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm A one day Art workshop, sponsored by NJ Council of Arts, delving into traditional and contemporary pen & ink applications. Learn and experiment with a wide variety of mark-making techniques and create compositions that will bring simple objects to life on paper. Nothing required but your enthusiasm |
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More about the artist, Margaret Fanning
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Researching Local History: Exploring Seminary Ave
Wednesday, July 6 | 7pm Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Ave. In person or via Zoom Free, registration required only for Zoom participants (register here) How can we find out about our local history – people and families, places and businesses?
In this presentation, Doug Dixon of the Hopewell Valley History Project will follow up on his recent historic walking tour of Seminary Avenue to demonstrate how researching with a variety of resources (many online) can weave together interesting stories of our local history. Why focus on Seminary Avenue? It turns out that Seminary Ave. has been a “starter street” for Hopewell since it was opened around 1880. Its apartments and storefronts allowed young families and small businesses to establish themselves in a growing town – from barbers and butchers, to clothing and grocery stores. Doug will explore the amazing stories of people and businesses that developed along this street, illustrated by maps, photos, deeds, newspaper articles and more. The presentation and video for this program can be found on the Discovery Local History Online: Seminary Ave. - Presentation and Video page of the Hopewell Valley History Project website. Doug Dixon is an independent technology consultant and writer, morphed into a history enthusiast. He is a board member of The Hopewell Museum and the Hopewell Valley Historical Society. Doug has developed the Hopewell Valley History Project, working with local contributors to collect and freely share digital copies of Hopewell's historical materials. Co-sponsored by the Hopewell Valley Historical Society and the Hopewell Museum. |
Seminary Ave. as shown in the 1912 Fire map of Hopewell Boro
Harry Cox Shaving Parlor on Seminary Ave. c1907
Doug Dixon speaking during the Seminary Ave. Walking Tour
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Father's Day Family Storytime
Saturday, June 18 | 10am Hopewell Borough Train Station, 2 Railroad Place, Hopewell, NJ Hooray for all the dads! Join us for Donuts with Dad and some wonderful books at a special Father's Day storytime. All are welcome. No registration is required.
Any questions, please call (609) 466-1625. 
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Triple B Sale
Saturday, June 11th | 10am - 2pm Hopewell Public Library 13 East Broad Street Hopewell, NJ 08525 Please join us as books, bags and baked goods will be on sale
during the town-wide yard sale, rain or shine. All proceeds from the sale will be used to benefit the library. For more information, please call (609) 466-1625. |
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Seminary Avenue Historic Walking Tour
Saturday, May 21st | 11 am & 2pm Sunday, May 22nd | 1pm & 3pm Monday, May 23rd | 2pm Free, but registration is required by clicking here Seminary Ave, Hopewell NJ 08525 Co-sponsored by Hopewell Valley History Project Join Doug Dixon of the Hopewell Valley History Project for this one-hour historic walking tour of Seminary Avenue in Hopewell Borough – plus two more blocks to Gazebo Park. Explore the stories of the people and businesses of this nondescript street that helped to provide the initiative and energy to help a small village grow into a prosperous town.
The tour will continue two more blocks down East Broad and South Greenwood, ending at the Hopewell Gazebo Park. These blocks illustrate the institutions that helped to expand the town, including the hotel, library, church, bank, pharmacy, community hall, school, borough hall, firehouse, and post office. Over the past few years, Doug has developed the Hopewell Valley History Project, working with over 80 local contributors to collect and freely share digital copies of local historical materials – now with some 500 documents and maps, 2700 images, and an interactive historical map of Hopewell. Visit the References page on the Hopewell Valley History Project website for more information about the Seminary Avenue Historic Walking Tour, including the Handout, plus briefs on Seminary Ave. and East Broad / South Greenwood, and briefs on individual properties and local organizations. |
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Discussing Film: Marvel Movies
Tuesday, May 10th | 6:30pm - 7:30 pm Hopewell Public Library 13 East Broad Street Hopewell, NJ 08525 Join Staff Librarian Jamie Anderson with the Hopewell Public Library after the release of Marvel Studios' much anticipated film, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), to discuss your favorite Marvel movies.
Participants are not required to watch a particular movie or TV show to attend; simply come and discuss what you've seen! What have you enjoyed? What have you hated? What made you think? |
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Mother's Day Family Storytime (Cancelled)
Saturday, May 7 | 11:00am Hopewell Borough Train Station, 2 Railroad Place, Hopewell, NJ Time to celebrate all the moms! Join us for chocolate chip cookies and some wonderful books at a special Mother's Day storytime. All our welcome. No registration is required.
Any questions, please call (609) 466-1625. |
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Build a Home Meadow
Wednesday, May 4th | 7:00pm
Hopewell Theatre, 5 South Greenwood Ave, Hopewell, NJ Free but registration is required Note: Admittance to the Hopewell Theatre requires either proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test and masks are required when not eating or drinking.
In his Build a Home Meadow talk Mike Van Clef Ph.D. shares how to incorporate sustainable conservation practices while beautifying the area around your home. The talk goes over various landscape uses for native plants ranging from meadow patches to formal gardens. It focuses on selection of native plants based on their functions (e.g., screening, foundation plantings, plants for shade, etc.), emphasizing the value these plants provide to birds, bees and butterflies — contributing to increasing the health of our natural world. Finally, Dr. Van Clef will also discuss how to select deer resistant plants and develop creative ways to protect any native plant from marauding deer. While this Wednesday Night Out event co-sponsored by Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space (FOHVOS) has now passed, Mr. Van Clef's slideshow presentation for the event can be accessed online here. |
Part of the Hopewell Public Library's Wednesday Night Out series.
Co-sponsored by the Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space |
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Discussing Film: Favorite Movies
Tuesday, April 12th | 6:30pm - 7:30 pm Hopewell Borough Train Station at 2 Railroad Place Hopewell, NJ 08525 Join Staff Librarian Jamie Anderson with the Hopewell Public Library to discuss your favorite films and what they mean to you.
Participants are not required to watch a particular movie or TV show to attend; simply come and discuss what you've seen! What have you enjoyed? What have you hated? What made you think? |
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Seed Exchange & Children's Flowerpot Decorating
Saturday, April 9 | 10:00am - 2:00pm Hopewell Public Library, 13 East Broad Street Calling all gardeners! HPL is hosting a seed giveaway and a flowerpot decorating craft in front of the Library on Saturday, April 9.
Gardeners are welcome to bring their own seeds to exchange or to select the seeds they would like from our seed giveaway table. Registration is closed for the flowerpot craft. Thank you to everyone who signed up. We look forward to seeing you on Saturday. And thank you to Stony Brook Gardens in Pennington for donating the flowerpots! |
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Film Screening and Discussion: The Visitor (2007) PG13
Thursday, March 3rd | 7pm - 9:30pm Hopewell Theater, 5 S Greenwood Ave, Hopewell, NJ 08525 Free, but registration required, click here to register Co-sponsored by the Pennington Public Library Masks and proof of vaccination or negative COVID test required for entry.
When professor Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins) travels to New York for a lecture, he’s stunned to find illegal immigrants Tarek (Haaz Sleiman) and Zainab (Danai Gurira) living in his apartment. It comes out that it was rented to them by a swindler, and Vale feels sufficiently sorry for them that he invites them to stay. They get on well until Tarek is accused of jumping a subway turnstile and lands in a detention center. He risks being deported, and Vale does everything he can to prevent it. View trailer Discussion will be led by Katie Connolly and Julie Aberger: Pennington residents Katie and Julie have been friends and neighbors for almost 40 years, and for the past several years have watched movies together weekly. Besides the movie, they enjoy wine, food, talk and laughter. Oh, and did we mention wine? The women turned to the huge selection of movies, foreign and domestic, from the Mercer County and Pennington Libraries. While watching, they eat. And sometimes drink. Katie cooks vegan while Julie orders pizza. After the movie, the two discuss and often disagree about what they have seen, sometimes vociferously. This event is part of the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read Program, implemented locally by the Pennington Public Library. The initiative intends to bring communities together around one book and use the shared experience of reading, discussing, and exploring the themes of that book as a stepping stone to learn from and listen to each other. For more of the Pennington Public Library's Big Read Programs, click here. |
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Film Discussion Club
Saturday, February 26th | 12:30pm - 1:30pm Hopewell Borough Train Station, 2 Railroad Place Hopewell, NJ 08525 Free, registration recommended Join Staff Librarian Jamie Anderson for an open and informal discussion regarding the latest in film.
Participants are not required to watch a particular movie or TV show to attend. Simply come and discuss what you've seen! What have you enjoyed? What have you hated? What made you think? |
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Take the Trolley: The Trolley Age in Mercer County
January 26th, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
IN PERSON or VIA ZOOM Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Ave. PROOF OF COVID VACCINATION OR A NEGATIVE COVID TEST REQUIRED BY THE VENUE FOR ENTRANCE. Free | Zoom Registration Required Registration for the ZOOM portion now closed. Join the Hopewell Public Library and Dennis Waters for a lecture on the history of Hopewell’s Trolleys. In the early decades of the 20th century, more than one million passengers rode the two trolley lines connecting Trenton and Princeton each year. But, trolley tracks extended as far as Pennington and Hopewell. The roads were bad, the automobile was not yet dominant, and for a few cents the trolley was the cheapest, fastest, and generally safest way to get from point A to point B in Mercer County. Join us on January 26th to learn more about the trolley age in all of its blue-sky ambition and rampant skulduggery, including where you can still see relics of the trolley lines that are still part of the landscape. Dennis Waters spent twelve years as Lawrence Township Historian. He serves as a trustee of the Lawrence-Hopewell Trail, where he manages the "History Along the LHT" project. He received a Ph.D. in advanced technology from the Watson Engineering School at Binghamton University. His book Behavior and Culture in One Dimension: Sequences, Affordances, and the Evolution of Complexity was published by Routledge in 2021. |
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Workshop: Spark Joy, Declutter, and Tidy
January 19, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
A virtual zoom event Free | Registration required 20 participant maximum NOTE: Sign-up has closed as of Jan. 18 Meet Shannon Huneycutt, founder of Spark Joy Charlotte and a KonMari Silver Consultant, as she guides participants in the KonMari Method of organizing using discussion and demonstration, followed by a Q&A. The Hopewell and Princeton Public Libraries are excited to join Shannon for a presentation on what it means to lead a life that Sparks Joy. Participants will learn the KonMari philosophy and guiding principles needed to tidy once and for all in their home, office, and life. Shannon is also sharing her Spark Joy Charlotte tidying checklist. It breaks apart KonMari categories, making it easier to apply the method. Please print it out and bring it with you to the webinar. Finally, make sure to bring a T-shirt and pair of pants for a demonstration of the KonMari vertical folding technique! |
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