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Teens: I Read This Book
2025-04-01 19:00:002025-04-01 20:00:00America/New_YorkTeens: I Read This BookPrinceton Public Library - Community Room
Tuesday, April 01 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Add to Calendar2025-04-01 19:00:002025-04-01 20:00:00America/New_YorkTeens: I Read This BookMembers of the library's Teen Advisory Board present their favorite recently read books at this annual event. Join us and discover your next great read. Princeton Public Library - Community Room
Members of the library's Teen Advisory Board present their favorite recently read books at this annual event. Join us and discover your next great read.
Community Room Accessibility
Wheelchair accessible
Assistive listening system compatible with personal T-coil-enabled devices (compatible headphones also available for use during programs)
English-language subtitles for films (when available)
If there is an accommodation that you need or would like so that you can fully enjoy library programs, please visit our Accommodations Request Form.
The library joins in the annual celebration of Pi Day and Albert Einstein's birth with a variety of activities. See below for schedule. Registration required for some events.
Princeton Public Library - 3rd Floor Pop-up Programming Area
The Princeton Einstein Museum of Science presents activities and challenges, and a chance to interact with a Princeton University physicist, at this Pi Day event.
The author and journalist discusses his book "The Einstein Effect: How the World's Favorite Genius Got Into Our Cars, Our Bathrooms, and Our Minds," and why Einstein remains popular today.
AARP volunteers prepare and electronically file Federal and N.J. individual, non-complex income tax returns for seniors and people of low and moderate income. Appointments are required.
Writers receive constructive feedback at these twice-monthly group sessions during which participants read passages from a work in progress and members offer suggestions.
Come play together at the library! These drop-in play sessions offer an opportunity for young children to play with their caregiver in a relaxed, fun and social learning space. Themes change weekly.
Need some help with your homework? Have a problem you just can't solve? Stop by the CoLab on the third floor of the library for some help with your school assignments.
This social club meets once each month to set up personalized bullet journals for the month to come. Some materials will be provided, or bring your own preferred supplies. For adults and teens 16+.
This free, 15-week course is held in partnership with LiteracyNJ. This class is for Beginning English adult learners. Students are expected to attend all 15 sessions. Registration is full.
In the annual Marchand Leadership Lecture, Joanne Ramos, author of “The Farm,” will be joined by Samantha Skey, CEO of SHE Media, to discuss the role and possibilities of art in times of polarization.
Come play together at the library! These drop-in play sessions offer an opportunity for young children to play with their caregiver in a relaxed, fun and social learning space. Themes change weekly.
Need some help with your homework? Have a problem you just can't solve? Stop by the CoLab on the third floor of the library for some help with your school assignments.
All Mercer County residents are eligible for this photo ID card, which provides the cardholder's personal identifying information, medical risk factors and emergency contact information.
Award-winning author Ted Chiang gives a lecture as part of the "Humanities for AI" series presented by The Princeton University Center for Digital Humanities and its partners.
In this documentary, grammar expert Ellen Jovin takes her pop-up grammar advice stand on a road trip across the U.S. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Jovin and director Brandt Johnson.
Writers receive constructive feedback at these monthly online group sessions during which participants read passages from a work in progress and members offer suggestions.
Bring your knitting and/or crochet project (and your own supplies) to these drop-in social gatherings. Sessions will not include instruction. Registration is not required.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children 2 years old and up with an adult caregiver.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children up to 24 months old with an adult caregiver.
After Baby Storytime, stay and play with your baby in a supportive and nurturing environment with other young families and continue the fun with free play and socialization.
This free, 14-week course is held in partnership with LiteracyNJ. Students must already have basic English skills and are expected to attend all 14 sessions. Registration is full.
Need some help with your homework? Have a problem you just can't solve? Stop by the CoLab on the third floor of the library for some help with your school assignments.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children 2 years old and up with an adult caregiver.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children up to 24 months old with an adult caregiver.
Need some help with your homework? Have a problem you just can't solve? Stop by the CoLab on the third floor of the library for some help with your school assignments.
Join us at Firestone Library to discuss "The Chosen and the Beautiful," a retelling of "The Great Gatsby" by Nghi Vo, and examine items from the collection tied to themes from the book.
Join the Princeton Tech Meetup community for an evening of networking, collaboration, and an insightful presentation by Jasper Geurts on "Managing Technical Debt in a Systematic Way."
After being mistaken for a pickpocket, Chaplin’s Tramp flees into the ring of a traveling circus and soon becomes the star of the show, falling for the troupe’s bareback rider along the way.
Kick off Makers Day with an interactive storytime featuring books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children 2 years and up, accompanied by an adult.
Choose from a selection of decorative ribbon and make a key fob wristlet with heavy duty cotton webbing, hardware and clamps. No sewing experience needed.
AARP volunteers prepare and electronically file Federal and N.J. individual, non-complex income tax returns for seniors and people of low and moderate income. Appointments are required.
Come play together at the library! These drop-in play sessions offer an opportunity for young children to play with their caregiver in a relaxed, fun and social learning space. Themes change weekly.
Need some help with your homework? Have a problem you just can't solve? Stop by the CoLab on the third floor of the library for some help with your school assignments.
This social club meets once each month to set up personalized bullet journals for the month to come. Some materials will be provided, or bring your own preferred supplies. For adults and teens 16+.
Sociologist Musa al-Gharbi, joined in conversation by Shamus Kahn, presents his new book "We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite."
This free, 15-week course is held in partnership with LiteracyNJ. This class is for Beginning English adult learners. Students are expected to attend all 15 sessions. Registration is full.
Come play together at the library! These drop-in play sessions offer an opportunity for young children to play with their caregiver in a relaxed, fun and social learning space. Themes change weekly.
Need some help with your homework? Have a problem you just can't solve? Stop by the CoLab on the third floor of the library for some help with your school assignments.
All Mercer County residents are eligible for this photo ID card, which provides the cardholder's personal identifying information, medical risk factors and emergency contact information.
Bring your knitting and/or crochet project (and your own supplies) to these drop-in social gatherings. Sessions will not include instruction. Registration is not required.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children 2 years old and up with an adult caregiver.
Sketchers of all abilities and experience levels meet twice monthly to sketch, draw and paint together in this social art group. Sessions held on the second Tuesday and last Wednesday of the month.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children up to 24 months old with an adult caregiver.
After Baby Storytime, stay and play with your baby in a supportive and nurturing environment with other young families and continue the fun with free play and socialization.
This free, 14-week course is held in partnership with LiteracyNJ. Students must already have basic English skills and are expected to attend all 14 sessions. Registration is full.
Need some help with your homework? Have a problem you just can't solve? Stop by the CoLab on the third floor of the library for some help with your school assignments.
Poet and professor Patricia Smith shares insights into her process by offering readings and commentary on the backstories informing some of her celebrated work. In person or virtual on Zoom.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children 2 years old and up with an adult caregiver.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children up to 24 months old with an adult caregiver.
Need some help with your homework? Have a problem you just can't solve? Stop by the CoLab on the third floor of the library for some help with your school assignments.
The author is joined by Brian Herrera to discusses his recently published book, "White Light: The Elemental Role of Phosphorus in Our Cells, in Our Food, and in Our World."
New Jersey State Library genealogy librarian Regina Fitzpatrick shares strategies for locating New Jersey women in records collections from the Colonial era to the 20th century. On Zoom.
The rich cultural life of Princeton's Francophone community is celebrated with an afternoon of music, dance, food and displays by local artists, artisans and vendors on Hinds Plaza.
This Canadian drama tells the story of a young girl using her vivid imagination to cope with the absence of her mother. Q&A to follow with filmmaker Marie-Claire Marcotte. Registration required.
AARP volunteers prepare and electronically file Federal and N.J. individual, non-complex income tax returns for seniors and people of low and moderate income. Appointments are required.
Come play together at the library! These drop-in play sessions offer an opportunity for young children to play with their caregiver in a relaxed, fun and social learning space. Themes change weekly.
Need some help with your homework? Have a problem you just can't solve? Stop by the CoLab on the third floor of the library for some help with your school assignments.
Connie Goddard discusses her new book, the intellectual heritage of the Bordentown School and the effort to reopen the campus as a school and open space for the public. Registration requested.
This free, 15-week course is held in partnership with LiteracyNJ. This class is for Beginning English adult learners. Students are expected to attend all 15 sessions. Registration is full.
Need some help with your homework? Have a problem you just can't solve? Stop by the CoLab on the third floor of the library for some help with your school assignments.
All Mercer County residents are eligible for this photo ID card, which provides the cardholder's personal identifying information, medical risk factors and emergency contact information.
Idra Novey, author of several novels, faces the complexities of life on a swiftly heating earth in her new poetry collection "Soon and Wholly." She is joined by Monica Youn and Ilya Kaminsky.
Writers receive constructive feedback at these twice-monthly group sessions during which participants read passages from a work in progress and members offer suggestions.
Members of the library's Teen Advisory Board present their favorite recently read books at this annual event. Join us and discover your next great read.
Bring your knitting and/or crochet project (and your own supplies) to these drop-in social gatherings. Sessions will not include instruction. Registration is not required.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children 2 years old and up with an adult caregiver.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children up to 24 months old with an adult caregiver.
After Baby Storytime, stay and play with your baby in a supportive and nurturing environment with other young families and continue the fun with free play and socialization.
This free, 14-week course is held in partnership with LiteracyNJ. Students must already have basic English skills and are expected to attend all 14 sessions. Registration is full.
Need some help with your homework? Have a problem you just can't solve? Stop by the CoLab on the third floor of the library for some help with your school assignments.
This panel explores how "Latino Poetry: the Library of America Anthology" comprises a groundbreaking anthology celebrating the poetic traditions of Latino America. Hybrid. Registration requested.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children 2 years old and up with an adult caregiver.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children up to 24 months old with an adult caregiver.
Need some help with your homework? Have a problem you just can't solve? Stop by the CoLab on the third floor of the library for some help with your school assignments.
Award-winning novelist Nnedi Okorafor engages in conversation about her new novel, "Death of the Author," with Princeton's Chika Okeke-Agulu as part of the "Humanities for AI" series.
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, "Flow" follows a cat who finds refuge on a boat with other animals after surviving a flood. 1 hour, 24 minutes.
This documentary explores the mystery of a beluga whale, equipped with surveillance gear, who approached Norwegian fisherman in 2019. 1 hour, 30 minutes. Screening followed by Q&A with the filmmaker.
Learn the basics of chemistry through demonstrations and hands-on experiments at these fun workshops led by Princeton University chemistry graduate students.
Registration opens Saturday, March 22 2025 at 9:00am
This film explores the wonders of seaweed, and some of the extraordinary stories and characters whose lives have been entangled by the marine organism. 30 minutes.
After providing some of the first visual evidence of climate change through the study of melting glaciers, James Balog returns to Iceland to close the last chapter of his life's work. 40 minutes.
"Unearth" follows local Alaskans as they contend with a proposed copper mine in Bristol Bay. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Hunter Nolan. 1 hour, 23 minutes.
AARP volunteers prepare and electronically file Federal and N.J. individual, non-complex income tax returns for seniors and people of low and moderate income. Appointments are required.
Come play together at the library! These drop-in play sessions offer an opportunity for young children to play with their caregiver in a relaxed, fun and social learning space. Themes change weekly.
All are invited to take part in a community reading of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," a frequently challenged or banned book published 100 years ago. Register for a time slot.
Need some help with your homework? Have a problem you just can't solve? Stop by the CoLab on the third floor of the library for some help with your school assignments.
This free 12-week course, offered in partnership with Literacy New Jersey, prepares people for the Citizenship Test. Students must have a Green Card and basic English skills. Registration required.
This free, 15-week course is held in partnership with LiteracyNJ. This class is for Beginning English adult learners. Students are expected to attend all 15 sessions. Registration is full.
Sketchers of all abilities and experience levels meet twice monthly to sketch, draw and paint together in this social art group. Sessions held on the second Tuesday and last Wednesday of the month.
Need some help with your homework? Have a problem you just can't solve? Stop by the CoLab on the third floor of the library for some help with your school assignments.
All Mercer County residents are eligible for this photo ID card, which provides the cardholder's personal identifying information, medical risk factors and emergency contact information.
Representatives from PNC Bank's Nassau Street branch share financial safety tips and more for teens and adults for Financial Literacy Month. No registration required.
Emma Sarconi interviews Nghi Vo at this book launch event for "Don't Sleep with the Dead," a novella about Nick Carraway and his life following the tragic ending of "The Great Gatsby."
Bring your knitting and/or crochet project (and your own supplies) to these drop-in social gatherings. Sessions will not include instruction. Registration is not required.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children 2 years old and up with an adult caregiver.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children up to 24 months old with an adult caregiver.
After Baby Storytime, stay and play with your baby in a supportive and nurturing environment with other young families and continue the fun with free play and socialization.
This free, 14-week course is held in partnership with LiteracyNJ. Students must already have basic English skills and are expected to attend all 14 sessions. Registration is full.
Need some help with your homework? Have a problem you just can't solve? Stop by the CoLab on the third floor of the library for some help with your school assignments.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children 2 years old and up with an adult caregiver.
This interactive, in-person story time features books, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement for children up to 24 months old with an adult caregiver.
Need some help with your homework? Have a problem you just can't solve? Stop by the CoLab on the third floor of the library for some help with your school assignments.
Join the Princeton Tech Meetup community for an evening of networking, collaboration, and an insightful presentation by Jasper Geurts on "Managing Technical Debt in a Systematic Way."
In this collection of animated shorts based on the stories and characters by A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh, a honey-loving teddy bear, embarks on some eccentric adventures.
AARP volunteers prepare and electronically file Federal and N.J. individual, non-complex income tax returns for seniors and people of low and moderate income. Appointments are required.
Come play together at the library! These drop-in play sessions offer an opportunity for young children to play with their caregiver in a relaxed, fun and social learning space. Themes change weekly.
This free 12-week course, offered in partnership with Literacy New Jersey, prepares people for the Citizenship Test. Students must have a Green Card and basic English skills. Registration required.
This free, 15-week course is held in partnership with LiteracyNJ. This class is for Beginning English adult learners. Students are expected to attend all 15 sessions. Registration is full.
The author is joined in conversation by Princeton Professor Ruha Benjamin to discuss her latest book, "Good Friends: Bonds that Change Us and the World."
