This group, which explore books, authors and issues related to the African American experience, meets on the third Monday of each month.The group is currently at capacity. To join the waiting list, contact Adrienne Harden at 973-744-0500 ext. 2241.

Come one, come all, and stitch the evening away! Bring your knit, crochet, or other fiber arts and crafts projects and work on them in the library café. All ages welcome.

Please note that formal instruction will not be provided. Registration is not required, but feel free to RSVP to our Facebook event for updates and reminders.

Sit & Stitch does not meet on days that the library is closed or closes early.

Join us for a discussion of a great book!  All adults invited.  To join, please email reference@montclair.bccls.org or call 973-744-0500 ext. 2235.

January’s book: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

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The United Methodist Communities at PineRidge of Montclair, in collaboration with MPL and AngelaCARES, hosts a resource center for seniors in the library’s Senior Space. PineRidge of Montclair and AngelaCARES equip the space with resources and programs aimed at enriching the lives of local seniors. Senior Space programming takes place every Wednesday from 10am to 2pm.

Click here for the current monthly schedule.

Questions? Call the library reference desk at 973-744-0500 ext. 2235.

On Wednesdays at 2 pm, Montclair Public Library hosts The Every Wednesday Matinee, a classic film series presented in its auditorium. In January 2019, we we will be watching movies based on true crimes. The movies are as follows:

January 2: Anatomy of a murder –Starring: James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara. In a murder trial, the defendant says he suffered temporary insanity after the victim raped his wife. What is the truth, and will he win his case? (1959, 160 minutes, black & white).

January 9: Bonnie and Clyde –Starring: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard. Bonnie Parker, a bored waitress falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks. (1967, 111 minutes, color).

January 16: The wrong man — Starring: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle. In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel “Manny” Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber. (1956, 105 minutes, black & white).

January 23: I want to live! –Starring: Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent. The true story of brazen bad girl Barbara Graham, a perpetual offender, who tries to go straight but is sent to death row after being implicated in a murder. (1958, 120 minutes, black & white).

January 30: The Boston Strangler — Starring: Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy. A series of brutal murders in Boston sparks a seemingly endless and increasingly complex manhunt. (1968, 116 minutes, black & white).