FOUND THE LIBRARY IN THE "PATCH"

RED BANK PUBLIC LIBRARY upcoming events as reported in the new "Patch".

PATCH OF NEWS

New place in town to get your local news. The Red Bank-Shrewsbury Patch is a new online news gathering organization.



You will find information about upcoming programs at the library - so keep your eyes on the Patch!

WE ARE OPEN!!!

The snow drifts are piled high, the parking lot a little askew, the newspapers still being sorted.

But the cheerful staff of the Red Bank Public Library are here to say "hello" and help you with your requests. So come on over.

And Happy Holidays!

Best of 2010 from Harper Collins Canada

Another list! Do you have a list? Let us know!

December 2010

2010 has been an incredible year for literature and for HarperCollins Canada. We are proud of every single one of our books, but a few keep popping up on all the year-end lists.
Room by Emma Donoghue, winner of Rogers Writers’ Trust Award for Fiction and shortlisted for the prestigious 2010 man Booker Prize, Freedom by Jonathan Franzen, an Oprah’s Book Club pick and Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda, the break-out hit and #1 bestseller. These three have been making more ‘best of’ lists than we can keep up with.Need more? How about Dianne Warren’s Cool Water, winner of the Governor General’s Award for Fiction, David Bergen’s The Matter with Morris, shortlisted for the Giller, and Paul Harding’s Tinkers, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction? If you haven't read any of these yet, you're one of the few. (But luckily there are a few days left in the year).
One more accomplishment we have to recognize, Lawrence Hill’s The Book of Negroes passed a huge milestone: selling over 500,000 copies in Canada!
Thanks to all of our Savvy Readers and we hope you continue to enjoy all that we have to offer in 2011.

MAJOR ROAD CLOSURE IN RED BANK NOV 11-19

NJ TRANSIT ADVISES RED BANK MOTORISTS OF UPCOMING DETOUR

West Bergen Place railroad crossing closed for repairs November 11-19

Beginning on or about Thurs., Nov. 11 and continuing through Fri., Nov. 19, 2010, NJ TRANSIT will make improvements to the W. Bergen Pl. railroad crossing in Red Bank.

To accommodate this work, West Bergen Place will be closed to motor vehicles between
Maple and Shrewsbury avenues during this time. (Local traffic only; no motor vehicles
may cross tracks.) All motorists will be detoured around the crossing.

CHARLOTTE'S WEB AT THE TWO RIVER THEATRE COMPANY

AND EVERYWHERE ELSE IN TOWN!

enjoy the spread of good cheer and pay it forward!

check out Charlotte's "power of one" in the Atlanticville

CELERATE AND PRESERVE BLACK HISTORY IN RED BANK

SUNDAY OCTOBER 3RD

163 SHREWSBURY AVE, 12-5 PM

THE 154TH BIRTHDAY OF JOURNALIST T. THOMAS FORTUNE

PARTY AT FRANK TALK ART BISTRO AND BOOKS
("where art, culture and good conversation are always on the menu")

RED BANK ROAD CLOSURE - SUNDAY

BE AWARE THAT THE TRIATHALON COMES THROUGH TOMORROW!!

http://www.raceforum.com/redbank/

CHECK THE MAPS - WEST FRONT STREET UP TO MARINE PARK AFFECTED

SIGN UP HERE FOR THE TOWNWIDE YARDSALE

WANT TO PUT YOUR HOUSE ON THE MAP?????

THEN REGISTER FOR THE TOWNWIDE YARD SALE

AT THE RED BANK PUBLIC LIBRARY

HAVE YOU READ ANY OF THESE BOOKS?

Amazon posted their picks for the month of September - do you agree?

AMAZON PICKS

THE COUNTDOWN HAS STARTED!

THIS TIME NEXT WEEK YOU CAN BUY BOOKS TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT.

THE FRIENDS OF THE RED BANK PUBLIC LIBRARY ARE HOSTING ANOTHER ONE OF THEIR BOOK SALE EXTRAVAGANZAS - SO DON'T MISS OUT!

ASBURY PARK PRESS COVERAGE

THE BOOK SALE RUNS SATURDAY 9:00-4:00

($10 for early entry at 8:00am)

SUNDAY 1:00-5:00

MONDAY BAG SALE 10:00-2:00

($5 fill a bag with books)

RED BANK GHOST TOURS

Count Basie Theatre is offering Friday night Ghost Tours. There is a small cost per person. See link for details!! Get in the spooky mood!

COUNT BASIE

SOME NEWS ABOUT THE BIG SALE!!!!

Check out the Atlanticville!!

FURLOUGH FRIDAY

DON'T FORGET!

RED BANK PUBLIC LIBRARY IS CLOSED AUGUST 27, 2010

LIBRARIES HOUSE HUMANITY'S ACCOUNT OF ITSELF

Treasured Shelves

Take me! Take me! I

Hear from the library shelves as

Students seek knowledge, pleasure

Time's treasures await claiming by

Serious reading students to seek, find

Books of today,

Yesterday that invite

Them to fulfill their desires.

Religious beliefs, art's accomplishments

History's telling, biography greats

Science's discoveries, music's variety

Literature's enjoyment, all await choosing as

If time were timeless eternity to

Be fitted in a moment of decision.

Libraries house humanity's account of itself

Generation after generation leaves its

Best for posterity, we have but to

Seek, learn, enjoy treasures that are ours

Awaiting our discovery.

such a beautiful perspective....thank you Sr. Mary Agnita Coakley for touching our lives.

SEPTEMBER PROGRAMS - AT THE LIBRARY

CHECK OUT UPCOMING ADULT PROGRAMS

Summer is coming to an end and so too are the trips to the beach - so plan to attend some great programs at the library!

FIRST NOTICE - MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!

September 25th is the townwide garage sale in Red Bank

The Friends of the Red Bank Public Library, together with RedBankGreen, will be supporting this event. Registration takes place at the library. (Dates and details to follow so check back!)

At the same time, the Friends will be holding their Book Sale Extravaganza - Saturday, Sunday and Monday (Bag Sale).

Don't miss this great event the last weekend in September!!!

A POEM FROM A DEAR PATRON

Sr. Mary Agnita Coakley, a long time patron of the Red Bank Public Library and a revered member of the community of Red Bank and St. James Parish, passed away recently. Not until her death did I realize she was a published poet - and that she wrote several poems about the joys of the library! I feel some regret that I didn't get to tell her how much I am enjoying her poetry. Here is just one of her poems

LIBRARY QUESTERS

Row on row books stand waiting, inviting
All who come, discover between
Covers every kind of treasure, would
You be a sleuth seeking to solve a mystery
A captain on a ship tracking down pirates
Explorers of space and beyond going
Between planets, moons, comets, stars
Seeking an answer to the origin of life,
An archaeologist trying to unlock ancient
Mysteries that have defied solutions,
A romanticist seeking tales of love tried, true
A would be traveler seeking foreign ports, places
Beckoning, intriguing, must be seen first hand,
A scary story reader before bedtime,
A ghost story teller to frighten unsuspecting listeners,
A teller of folk tales giving glimpses into the past.

For those who would uncover its riches by
Expanding knowledge, enjoying flights of fancy, a
Visit to the library is the present touching the past
Meeting the future in ways yet unknown, all this and
More await questers who would seek its treasures

LOOKING FOR LOCAL NEWS ABOUT RED BANK?

NJ.COM HAS A LINK YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK OUT!

RED BANK

PROGRAM FOR THE YOUTH OF RED BANK

THANK YOU DAVID PROWN!

PAPERBACK BESTSELLERS LIST FROM NPR

National Public Radio

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Current list of paperback sellers -

How many of these have you read???

JULY 15 BESTSELLERS

KUDOS TO RBPL FOR THEIR RAIN GARDEN!

Check out the timely (drought!) article about the library rain garden.....

Globus Design Associates

(And thanks to the volunteers who are cleaning up the library grounds today! It is a hot day and we appreciate their time)

CYBER BULLYING - FYI

Please join us this Saturday for a presentation and discussion on the topic of cyber-bullying with Kevin Clark, Director of the Computer Crimes Unit at the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. The event will take place at 11 a.m. this Saturday, June 12th at Frank Talk Bistro, 163 Shrewsbury Avenue, Red Bank.

Cyber-bullying is a new challenge being faced by our children, and law enforcement in Monmouth County is dedicated to educating both young people and their parents on this matter. Mr. Clark has given similar presentations in schools all across Monmouth County. Please join us in this opportunity to learn more about how to protect your children from this new crime.

This talk is the first of three events planned in collaboration with the Red Bank Borough Police Department and the Red Bank Mayor and Council, culminating in Red Bank's National Night Out Against Crime which will take place on August 3rd. There will also be a trash clean-up on July 17th.

Stephen McCarthyChief of Police Red Bank Police Department

SUPPORT RBPL IN THE SHEEHAN RUN

IT'S ALL IN FUN AND FOR A GOOD CAUSE - WHAT COULD BE BETTER THAN THAT?

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY

AND THANK YOU RED BANK GREEN!

postscript

check out the 2010 Sheehan race!

SUMMER IS THE TIME TO TRAVEL!

VISIT OUR TRAVEL SECTION

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NEWLY RE-LOCATED TO A SHELF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LIBRARY, THE TRAVEL SECTION INCLUDES GUIDE BOOKS, DVDS AND OTHER TRAVEL INFO

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HAVE A GOOD TRIP!

HEAR US ROAR!

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LIBRARIANS AS ADVOCATES

UKE IT UP AT RBPL

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FIONA AND TAYLOR

END OF SEASON ACOUSTIC SATURDAY @ RBPL

The final Acoustic Saturday concert for the spring season will take place at the Red Bank Public Library on Saturday, May 22, 2010.

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This will be a special concert with two remarkable musicians,

Fiona Crawford and Taylor Hope.

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A beautiful voice, a ukulele, an electrifying violinist: not to be missed!

FIONA AND TAYLOR

AL WRIGHT UNIT

AT THE RBPL

WRIGHT STUFF

MARK THE MAGICIAN

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Children and parents seemed to love Mark the Magician yesterday at the Red Bank Public Library
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Sam Says...

QUICK WAY TO FIND A SIMILAR BOOK

DID YOU LOVE THE LAST BOOK YOU READ AND WISH YOU COULD FIND SOMETHING YOU LOVE JUST AS MUCH?

GIVE THIS WEB SITE A TRY.


BOOK FINDER

(FYI - YOU MUST ENTER BOOK TITLE AND AUTHOR)

FIRST DATE AT LIBRARY LEADS TO ENGAGEMENT

Kathleen Carroll & Shea Oakley will be married Friday, June 18, 2010!

A description of their first date according to Kathleen:

Shea & I had our first face-to-face meeting, the start of our "first date,” at the Red Bank Public Library on Saturday, October 17th at 4:08 PM. On February 22, 2010, Shea proposed to me right here in Red Bank at my place of work, K. Hovnanian Homes!

Shea and I were “introduced” in late August, 2009 via a Facebook Group. We wrote to each other online for about 8 weeks before meeting in person. That exciting Saturday, Shea & I decided that due to our mutual love of learning, and on account of the steady raindrops outside, we would meet at your location.

We enjoyed the next 8-1/2 hours together in Red Bank – painting pottery at “A Time To Kiln,” dining at “The Eurasian Eatery,” and finally savoring chocolate cake at “The Americana Diner.” (The kicked us out of the last 2 places … most politely, of course. In fact, unbeknownst to us at the time, the manager/server of the Eurasian Eatery actually left to drive the chef home and then came back to allow us more time to talk after closing, since she suspected it was our first date. We had completely lost track of the time during our conversation and were most grateful for her kindness!)

We will forever be grateful for the Red Bank Public Library and for the Red Bank area in general for providing excellent venues for our first day together in person.

RED BANK LIBRARY IS A GREAT PLACE TO MEET!!!

SAVE LIBRARY FUNDING!

Current budget legislation in Trenton calls for a 74% decrease in funding for statewide library services.

The Red Bank Public Library is at risk! If the proposed New Jersey budget cuts are passed, the library will lose:
- Free statewide interlibrary loan and delivery of library materials
- Free access to electronic databases such as RefUSA and EBSCO
- 50% of state aid at at time when demand for services is increasing dramatically
- Access to the Internet
- Email Services
- Group Contracts which bring down the cost of electronic resources purchased by libraries will cease.

In addition, Assemblyman John DiMaio has introduced A2555 which eliminates the minimum local funding requirement for municipal public libraries. If this passes, the Red Bank Public Library will be forced to reduce hours and/or purchase fewer books, DVDs amd CDs or make other major service cuts.

THERE IS A PETITION IN THE LIBRARY TO REVERSE THE CUTS - PLEASE COME IN AND SIGN IT. HELP SAVE THE RED BANK PUBLIC LIBRARY!

GOOD JOB RED BANK MIDDLE SCHOOL

LOOK WHAT OUR KIDS CAN DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOVE ROACH

BOOK LISTS - NEW JERSEY AND.....OZ

I am lifting these lists from FLW Book Lists - thank you!

Australian Fiction

New Jersey Fiction

I think I have more chance of reading the 10 books based in OZ - how 'bout you?

(I wouldn't mind finding the Irish list....I'll get back to you)

THE HAPPINESS PROJECT

KEEP YOUR EYE ON THIS BLOG

(is this author coming to our area?)

MARCH RIGHT INTO THE LIBRARY

and attend one of the many programs going on at the library.

MARCH PROGRAMS

AMAZING WHAT TEENS CAN DO

WHEN THEY PUT THEIR MIND TO IT!

Check out the article on teen volunteers (one is from Red Bank!)

New Jersey Volunteers

LIBRARY GETS A NEW BOARD MEMBER!

GET TO KNOW JOHN!

RED BANK GREEN ARTICLE ON JOHN GRANDITS

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY EVENT AT THE RBPL

Red Bank merchants donated wonderful raffle gifts, food and flowers for the occasion.

Wine and cheese at the event donated by the Board of the Library and Volunteers

Friends from town,

friends from Borough Hall,

friends from the YMCA,

friends from out of town ...

it was an evening of friends and festivities.

Our heartfelt thanks to the volunteers that formed the Friends of the Library and to Linda Hewitt, who helped pull together the whole event. If you would like to become a "friend" and help your community library, just give Linda at call - library phone # 732 842 0690

BOOKS, BOOKS, LOTS OF BOOKS FOR SALE

YOU DIDN'T MISS IT! IT GOT POSTPONED!

Don't miss the big day tomorrow at the Red Bank Public Library

Friends of the Library will hold their book sale, rescheduled from last Saturday.

10 - 4 Saturday February 13, 2010

Buy some lovely Valentine presents!

See article below:
Red Bank Green

FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE RED BANK LIBRARY?

YOU BET!

JOIN THE "FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY"

FOR

LIVE MUSIC AND WINE AND CHEESE

(SUGGESTED DONATION $5)

AND KICK OFF THE BOOK SALE EXTRAVAGANZA OF THE SEASON

BOOK PREVIEW AND RECEPTION 7:00 - 9:00PM

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

DONATED BOOKS AND MOVIES AVAILABLE FOR SALE

BECOME A NEW JERSEY LIBRARY CHAMPION!

AND WIN FREE TICKETS TO MONSTER JAM!!!

See the NJSL website about becoming a library champion
NJLIBRARYCHAMPIONS

and click on Contest and Events Tab
or
go directly to the website below
and enter the name of a book for your chance to win 4 free tickets

WIN TICKETS!

DO YOU ENJOY READING MEMOIRS?

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CHECK OUT ROZ REISNER'S BLOG (AND BOOK)
AT

A READER'S PLACE

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MAYBE WE WEREN'T MEANT TO READ THAT BOOK....

REASONS NOT TO READ A BOOK (ALTHOUGH YOU THINK YOU SHOULD)

LIBRARY LOVERS MONTH - BOOK SALE AT THE RED BANK PUBLIC LIBRARY

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LIBRARY LOVERS MONTH BOOK SALE...
BE A LIBRARY SWEETHEART!
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Friends of the Red Bank Public Library invite lovers of libraries, books and bargains to a Used Book Sale in honor of Library Lovers Month. The sale will take place at the library on Saturday, February 6, 10-4.

( A bag sale will take place Monday, February 8, 10-12.....fill your bag )

To kick off the sale there will be a preview event on Friday, February 5, 7-9pm. With a suggested donation of $5 library lovers can join us for wine and cheese, raffle items and first dibs at the book sale.

Don't miss this opportunity to mingle and jostle as everyone realizes there are such great books at such a great price.

OUR AMAZING WORLD

SYNAPS

RED BANK - WHAT IS THE FUTURE FOR YOUR LIBRARY?

*Future of Libraries*

what do you see your library providing in the near and not so near future????

here is one person's view on the blog above - library perspectives

Let Us Know What YOU Think

"BOTH WAYS IS THE ONLY WAY I WANT IT"

Maile Meloy is not a first time author nor is she a stranger to awards. But this is the first I've heard of her. I hope to hear lots more of her after this.

After being named one of the top ten books of 2009 by the New York Times, I should get to know her name even if I cannot always quite remember the title of this book.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book of short stories. Sometimes it is nice to read just a short story without feeling committed to the book. But I found I started the next story just as soon as I finished one. They were wonderful - except maybe the final story of the book. Too bad because this left me a little disappointed....but only a little.

Don't miss this one!

HAPPY NEW YEAR, RED BANK!

what will you be saying this year ....

two thousand and ten

OR

twenty ten?

whichever way you say it, have a healthy, wealthy and safe year!