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Purls of Wisdom/Jersey Knitters

2:00pm–4:00pm
Main Library
Adults
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Group Study Room 1
Age Group: Adults

Crafter's Corner

6:00pm–7:00pm
Mount Tabor
Teens, Adults
Library Branch: Mount Tabor
Room: Program Area
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Adult, Arts & Crafts, Teen
Event Details:

Adults and teens are welcome to grab your latest knitting, crochet, or other textile project and join us for our casual Crafter's Corner!

PEAC Parsippany Environmental Advisory Committee

6:30pm–8:30pm
Main Library
Adults
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult, Outside Group
Event Details:

PEAC Parsippany Environmental Advisory Board meetings to discuss environmental issues in the Township

Design Your Own Mitten (Ages 3 & Up)

7:00pm–7:45pm
Main Library
Children
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Children's Storytime Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Create your own paper mittens.

Recommended for ages 3 & up.

No registration required.  

If Books Could Kill

7:00pm–8:30pm
Main Library
Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult, Presentation
Registration Required
Event Details:

Books can be quite deadly. Throughout history the materials that have been used to make books have varied  from arsenic to lead. This lecture will provide histories, stories, and imagery on the poisonous aspects of book production. 

Disclaimer(s)

Photographs and/or video may be taken at this event. By taking part in this event you grant the library full rights to use the images for fundraising, publicity or other purposes. This might include (but is not limited to) the right to use them in the library’s printed and online publicity, website, social media, and press releases. If you do not wish to be photographed during this event, please inform a library staff member.

Mount Tabor Kids Book Club

4:00pm–5:00pm
Mount Tabor
Children
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Mount Tabor
Room: Children Corner in the Library
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Book Group
Registration Required
Event Details:

Who Was Anne Frank? by Ann Abramson

Disclaimer(s)

Photographs and/or video may be taken at this event. By taking part in this event you grant the library full rights to use the images for fundraising, publicity or other purposes. This might include (but is not limited to) the right to use them in the library’s printed and online publicity, website, social media, and press releases. If you do not wish to be photographed during this event, please inform a library staff member.

AARP Tax Aide Training

9:00am–4:00pm
Main Library
Adults
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Meeting Rooms A & B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Outside Group
Event Details:

AARP Tax Training

Snack & Play (Ages 2-5)

10:00am–10:45am
Main Library
Children
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Children's Storytime Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Children
Event Details:

Enjoy a snack and play with fun toys in the storytime room.

Recommended for children ages 2-5.

No registration required.  

Disclaimer(s)

Photographs and/or video may be taken at this event. By taking part in this event you grant the library full rights to use the images for fundraising, publicity or other purposes. This might include (but is not limited to) the right to use them in the library’s printed and online publicity, website, social media, and press releases. If you do not wish to be photographed during this event, please inform a library staff member.

Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS)

9:00am–11:15am
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Meeting Rooms A & B
Program Type: Outside Group

Snowman Needle Felting Project (Ages 7 and Older)

1:00pm–2:00pm
Main Library
Children
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Children's Storytime Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Children
Registration Required
Event Details:

For children ages 7 and older.

Make a snowman needle felting project with instruction from Christine from Woolly Pets!

Registration is required and will begin on January 3, 2026 at 9am.

Disclaimer(s)

Photographs and/or video may be taken at this event. By taking part in this event you grant the library full rights to use the images for fundraising, publicity or other purposes. This might include (but is not limited to) the right to use them in the library’s printed and online publicity, website, social media, and press releases. If you do not wish to be photographed during this event, please inform a library staff member.

Junk Journaling with Kara DeJesus (18 years & older)

2:00pm–3:30pm
Main Library
Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Meeting Rooms A & B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult, Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Junk journaling is a creative form of journaling that uses recycled materials like old book pages, receipts, magazine clippings, packaging, and other “junk” to create a personalized journal.

Disclaimer(s)

Photographs and/or video may be taken at this event. By taking part in this event you grant the library full rights to use the images for fundraising, publicity or other purposes. This might include (but is not limited to) the right to use them in the library’s printed and online publicity, website, social media, and press releases. If you do not wish to be photographed during this event, please inform a library staff member.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: CLOSED

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Main Library, Lake Hiawatha

AARP Tax Aide Training

9:00am–4:00pm
Main Library
Adults
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Outside Group
Event Details:

AARP Tax aide training

Hacklebarney Chapter of Trout Unlimited

7:00pm–8:30pm
Main Library
Adults
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Outside Group
Event Details:

Fly Tying Classes

Gentle Yoga

10:00am–11:00am
Main Library
Adults
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Meeting Rooms A & B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult, Health & Wellness

This is a paid program $5.00 a class.

In gentle yoga, the movement is slow, each movement is linked with breath, and we enter into the postures gradually—moving in and out of each pose first, and then finding a holding position.

Disclaimer(s)

Photographs and/or video may be taken at this event. By taking part in this event you grant the library full rights to use the images for fundraising, publicity or other purposes. This might include (but is not limited to) the right to use them in the library’s printed and online publicity, website, social media, and press releases. If you do not wish to be photographed during this event, please inform a library staff member.

Winter Storytime

10:30am–11:00am
Mount Tabor
Children
Library Branch: Mount Tabor
Room: Children Corner in the Library
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Children
Event Details:

Children's storytime is a fun way for children to build skills, explore new ideas, and make friends in a welcoming space. Caregivers and little ones are invited to attend and experience stories, songs, rhymes, and activities.

No registration required.

 

Visit with Therapy Pets for All Ages

6:00pm–7:00pm
Lake Hiawatha
Children, Teens, Adults, Family
Library Branch: Lake Hiawatha
Room: Lake Hiawatha Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Teens, Adults, Family
Program Type: Adult, Children, Outside Group, Teen

A little self-care with therapy dogs goes a long way. Come by the library and pet a dog to create a little calm and relaxation in your day-to-day.

Disclaimer(s)

Photographs and/or video may be taken at this event. By taking part in this event you grant the library full rights to use the images for fundraising, publicity or other purposes. This might include (but is not limited to) the right to use them in the library’s printed and online publicity, website, social media, and press releases. If you do not wish to be photographed during this event, please inform a library staff member.

Purls of Wisdom/Jersey Knitters

2:00pm–4:00pm
Main Library
Adults
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Group Study Room 1
Age Group: Adults

De-clutter and Organize your Home

6:30pm–7:30pm
Lake Hiawatha
Adults
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Lake Hiawatha
Room: Lake Hiawatha Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult
Registration Required
Event Details:

Are you overwhelmed by clutter? Do you want to start the new year with an organized home? Join us at the library, where professional organizer Lindsey Mahanna will share some easy tips to declutter and organize your home.

Disclaimer(s)

Photographs and/or video may be taken at this event. By taking part in this event you grant the library full rights to use the images for fundraising, publicity or other purposes. This might include (but is not limited to) the right to use them in the library’s printed and online publicity, website, social media, and press releases. If you do not wish to be photographed during this event, please inform a library staff member.

New Year New You Presents: How to - Create the Life You Want to Live: A Guided Journaling Workshop

6:30pm–8:00pm
Main Library
Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult, Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Event Details:

You have the power to show up in this world the way you want to.  You can choose the answer to the question, “Who do I want to become?”  In this guided workshop, you will use journaling as a tool to create a life blueprint.&nbs

Disclaimer(s)

Photographs and/or video may be taken at this event. By taking part in this event you grant the library full rights to use the images for fundraising, publicity or other purposes. This might include (but is not limited to) the right to use them in the library’s printed and online publicity, website, social media, and press releases. If you do not wish to be photographed during this event, please inform a library staff member.

PROGRAM FULL: Healthy Bones

9:45am–11:00am
Main Library
Adults
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Meeting Rooms A & B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult, Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Healthy Bones presented by the Parsippany Library and Norwescap. This exercise class is to help keep our bones strong, with gentle stretching and movement.

Disclaimer(s)

Photographs and/or video may be taken at this event. By taking part in this event you grant the library full rights to use the images for fundraising, publicity or other purposes. This might include (but is not limited to) the right to use them in the library’s printed and online publicity, website, social media, and press releases. If you do not wish to be photographed during this event, please inform a library staff member.

DPS Advisors

5:00pm–8:00pm
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Program Type: Outside Group
Event Details:

Educational Retirement Planning Workshop

Author Talk: AJ Wyman

7:00pm–8:00pm
Mount Tabor
Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Mount Tabor
Room: Bethel
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult, Author Talks
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for an inspiring Author Talk with AJ Wyman, whose story is rooted in resilience, love, and the power of lifelong connections. 

Disclaimer(s)

Photographs and/or video may be taken at this event. By taking part in this event you grant the library full rights to use the images for fundraising, publicity or other purposes. This might include (but is not limited to) the right to use them in the library’s printed and online publicity, website, social media, and press releases. If you do not wish to be photographed during this event, please inform a library staff member.

NJCWRT Presents: Gen. George Meade Lecture Series III (2025 - 2026) GEN. GEORGE MEADE TAKES COMMAND

7:00pm–8:30pm
Zoom
Adults
Open
Registration Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Zoom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult, Presentation
Registration Required
Event Details:

Noted mainly as the General leading the Union forces at Gettysburg,  Gen Meade was appointed to command the Army of the Potomac just three days before the battle and arrived on the battlefield after the first action on July 1, 1863.