Events

BBQ Extravaganza

Chow down on some delicious BBQ from the best food trucks & restaurants in the area. Admission is FREE! The event is from 5-11 pm. Live racing begins at 6:20 pm Food Trucks: TBA Vendors can compete for $2,500 in prize money – details below: BBQ Extravaganza Prizes: $500 prize for the best brisket, chicken, pulled pork, ribs & people’s choice. Entrants must be ready to sell by 5pm Entrants must pre

Summer Kids Chess Club

Demarest - Program Room

Come play chess with players of all levels. This event will take place at the library in the children's area. As always, children ages eight and under must be accompanied by an adult at all times, and children cannot visit the library alone until the age of eleven. Registration is not required, but space and chessboards are limited. Your child may have to wait for a turn to play, but we encourage

Paint a Flowerpot

Elmwood Park - Community Room

Join us for a fun, creative crafting session before summer ends. We provide all the supplies. While you are here, explore our Community Seed Library. Grab a packet seeds to plant in your newly decorated pot or save for next spring! Supply may be limited.

Spanish Advanced

Fair Lawn - Level B Room

Join Socrates and learn to read, write, and speak Advanced spanish. All materials will be provided. For students who have taken Socrates' first 2 levels or have completed an Intermediate Spanish class elsewhere.

Spanish Beginner/Low Intermediate

Fair Lawn - Level B Room

Join Socrates and learn to read, write, and speak beginner/ low intermediate spanish. All materials will be provided. For students who have never taken a Spanish class, or have completed a beginning Spanish class.

Artists' Eyes on the American Revolution: John Singleton Copley, Painting Realism and History

Garfield - Community Room

Join Dr. Norris, art historian with Armchair Art Tours and the Met Cloisters team, for a look at John Singleton Copley (1738–1815), colonial America's most influential painter. Self-taught and largely untrained, Copley built his reputation on portraits so precise they captured both the likeness and the stature of sitters like Paul Revere, John Hancock, and Samuel Adams. As revolution brewed

Bereavement Support Group

Hackbarth Auditorium

Join us on Saturdays at 10:30 am for a bereavement support group for survivors of loved ones lost to suicide. We welcome anyone who has experienced this particular tragic loss. There are no expectations of anyone who chooses to attend.

Open Makerspace

Maywood - Makerspace

Adults and accompanied children are welcome to drop in and use our Makerspace. Materials must be purchased and some tools/materials might not be available. Check-in with staff prior to using the space is required.

Live Concert: Happy Trails! Country Classics

Montvale - Memorial Reading Garden

Join Gerard and Diane Barros for a musical journey through the golden years of country pop. This entertaining program features beloved hits by Linda Ronstadt, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Lynn Anderson, Eddie Rabbitt, and Johnny and June Carter Cash, along with a few memorable one-hit wonders that are sure to bring back fond memories. This concert will take place in the Library Reading Garden.

Speed Cubing

Paramus - Main - 116 E. Century Road

Speed Cubing Saturdays, August 29 3:00-4:00pm Grades 3 and up Bring your Rubik’s cube and other twisty 3-D puzzles. Register two weeks in advance.

Busterstock!

Paramus - Bandshell - 116 E. Century Road

Busterstock! Saturday, August 29, 7:00pm Presented by the Paramus Police Department An awareness event on addiction & overdose featuring live 70s–80s cover music by The Marri family and friends, plus food trucks.

SUMMER SATURDAY HOURS

Ramsey - Ramsey Library

Saturday Summer hours are 10am - 2pm June: 20th & 27th July: 11th, 18th & 25th August: 1st, 8th, 15, 22nd & 29th We will resume normal Saturday hours on September 12th.

Breastfeeding Basics

140 E. Ridgewood Ave, Suite 501N, Paramus, NJ

Childbirth Preparation (Lamaze)

140 E. Ridgewood Ave, Suite 501N, Paramus

SUMMER HOURS (2 pm close)

Maywood - Children's Room

The Library closes at 2 pm on Saturdays in July and August.

Open Piano Sessions

Hackbarth Auditorium

Friends Booksale

USDR Powers Room

twomoonsaway Album Release Show

Debonair Music Hall

$15 Advance / $20 DOS ***Any seating is first come first served***

Mayor's Annual Walk

 

Town Picnic