THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
The Friends of New Brunswick Free Public Library have made significant contributions to the library and to the services we provide for the community. The Friends is an active service organization promoting library activities and raising funds. Through the efforts of the Friends, the library is provided with additional materials, programs and equipment.
The Goal of the Friends group is to stimulate awareness and use of the library, and promote reading and life long learning. Become a Friend, and with your membership, enable the library to share with the community the wealth of knowledge in a speaker or a book.
You can become a Member of the Friends or make a donation to the library by downloading and filling out the Friends brochure here (or en español), or by visiting the Library.
MEMBERS
Executive Board
Harvey Schrier, President
Marilyn Herod, Vice-President
Charles L. Renda, Secretary
George Dawson, Treasurer
Robert Belvin Marie Borbely Cecilia Claflen
Eloine Dunlap Jennie Fischer Eudora Mason Teresa Vivar
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FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY EVENTS
The Friends' Book Club
Mondays at 1:30 p.m. in the Library's Carl T. Valenti Community Room. The only requirements are to have read the book and be willing to discuss it.
Download a copy of the Friends' Book Club Schedule.
September 27, 2010
The Places in Between by Rory Stewart.
The adventures of a Scottish diplomat and scholar who walked across Afghanistan in the winter of 2002.
October 25, 2010
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson.
A novel which incorporates a murder mystery, family saga, love story and financial intrigue.
November 22, 2010
Consequences by Penelope Lively.
A love affair which affects three generations of women.
December 13, 2010
Greene on Capri: a Memoir by Shirley Hazzard.
The author records her memories of the prickly friendship she and her husband shared with Graham Greene in their recurring visits to the island of Capri.
January 31, 2011
The Bingo Palace by Louise Erdrich.
A rich mix of family histories, tribal gambling and a humanist vision.
February 28, 2011
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCaan.
Philippe Petit’s 1974 tight rope walk between the twin towers is the back-drop of this vibrant novel, a mosaic of stories about the people of NYC.
March 28, 2011
The Weight of a Mustard Seed by Wendell Steavenson.
An elegantly written account of Iraq and an Iraqi general war hero who turned against Saddam Hussein.
April 25, 2011
Tinkers by Paul Harding.
Scenes from the life of an old man, who remembers them while he is dying.
May 23, 2011
A Thousand Sisters by Lisa Shannon.
The experiences of an American woman who went to the Congo to try to do something to help Congolese women.
June 13, 2011
Ayn Rand and the World She Made by Anne C. Heller.
A biography of a gallant, brilliant but cruel and self-destructive woman who became a potent symbol of vehement individualism.
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Noontime Programs
Wednesdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Library's Carl T. Valenti Community Room. Admission is free; coffee and tea will be served.
Download a copy of the Friends' Noontime Program Schedule. (2010-2011 schedule coming soon.)
September 1, 2010
Panthea Reid will be talking about her latest book, Tillie Olsen: One Woman, Many Riddles, a biography of a crusader for women writers. Ms. Reid is also the author of William Faulkner: The Abstract and the Actual (1974) and the editor of books about Walker Percy (1979) and Ellen Douglas (2000).
October 6, 2010
Pianist Edith Anderson returns.
(More to be announced.)
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