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Library Programs on Demand |
One upside to our Library programs being virtual for the time being is that you can view the programs that you may have missed in the comfort of your home at any time that works for you! Or maybe you attended the program already but just want to watch the program again so that you can review the content or the skill that you learned on one of our Library's programs.
Whatever the case may be, you can enjoy our programs on demand in the comfort of your home anytime!
Whatever the case may be, you can enjoy our programs on demand in the comfort of your home anytime!
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Revitalizing Your Garden for Spring
Speaker: Esther Lim, Designer Have you looked out your window and casually contemplated on designing your garden? This is a seminar for those who don't know where to start but also for those for need a little refresher on what resources are here for them in Northern New Jersey. Recorded: 5.7.2020 Reference Solutions Training – For Business Expansion
Trainer: Bill Carlson Reference Solutions is a premier source of information for reference and research available free with your Library card! In this training video, you will learn how to use the U.S. Business and Consumer Modules to target specific groups of businesses or individuals who may most likely be interested in their products or services. You will also learn how to identify the ideal geography of potential new customers, learn key contacts, research competitors and much more. Recorded: 7.13.2020 
Storytime on Demand
Reader: Mary Anne Guiliano, Children's Librarian Now you can have your own personal storytime from the comfort of your home, or on the go, whenever you want. Storytime builds vocabulary and a love of books. Kids who love books and stories become better readers! Just click on one of the videos below to enjoy some songs, fingerplays, and books performed by our Children's Librarian. Feel free to use the catalog links in the title to borrow the books being read from the Library. New Year New You: Organize Your Home in the New Year with the Magic of 5
Speaker: Stacey Agin Murray, Organized Artistry Learn how to organize your home in the New Year:
Recorded: 1.21.2021 Intermediate Level Part III: Learn Calligraphy With a Crayola Marker!
Teacher: Michelle Zytkewicz Week three we will dive in-depth into the attitude of letters. We will practice various letter forms. Students will be able to explore different calligraphy styles as they learn to develop their own style. Students will practice creating moods using the tools we learned in week two. Click here to download class notes for the intermediate classes to practice on your own at home. Recorded: 3.9.2021 Historic New Bridge Landing: Virtual Talk with Deborah Powell
Speaker: Deborah Powell Historic New Bridge Landing, located in our very own town of River Edge, has a compelling and complex story, from Native American to colonial to a strategic crossing throughout the American Revolutionary War. Deborah Powell moved to River Edge in 1981 with her husband, the late historian Kevin Wright. This began a career and fascination with the most important historic site in Bergen County and northern New Jersey and decades of work to grow the site and the Bergen County Historical Society's artifact collection. Powell continues to serve as the BCHS Commissioner on the Historic New Bridge Landing Park Commission, in addition to Museum Collection Chair and a Past President. Recorded: 4.15.2021 Watercolor Florals Class for River Edge Seniors
Speaker: Swetha Shenoy In this hour-long virtual class, patrons will first learn the basics of watercolors. You will be guided through a set of exercises to understand water and brush control and learn how to paint leaves and flowers. Patrons will then use these techniques to create their own floral composition. Recorded: 7.29.2021 |
Color Pencil Drawing Class for Beginners
Instructor: Sarah Kim, Art Teacher For this beginner's adult class, we will learn about combining colors to achieve shading. Our first lesson will be drawing with easy shapes of fruits such as oranges, lemons or apples. Materials needed: Pencil, Eraser, Box of colored pencils, pencil sharpener and some drawing paper (or a visual journal or sketch book) Recorded: 5.21.2020 Reference Solutions Training – U.S. Jobs & Internships
Trainer: Bill Carlson Reference Solutions is a premier source of information for reference and research available free with your Library card! In this training video, you will earn how to easily navigate the combined power of the premier business reference and research tool, ReferenceUSA, with the world’s #1 job site, indeed.com. Recorded: 7.20.2020 Beginner: Learn Calligraphy With a Crayola Marker!
Teacher: Michelle Zytkewicz This is a hands-on interactive course! In this introductory virtual calligraphy course, you will learn how to create fun, fancy, fabulous calligraphy using a regular classroom marker (or any calligraphy markers you may have at home). Click here to download class notes to practice on your own at home. Recorded: 12.1.2020
Journeys into River Edge from a Social Distance: Presidential River Edge Speaker: Eric Model Roosevelt School has occupied an important role in River Edge’s history for more than a century. It is also one of many local places that have a Presidential connection. Join us for this pre-Presidents’ Day weekend “Journey into River Edge” and learn of a few of it’s connections to Presidents and American history by way of Roosevelt, Washington, street names and more. Recorded: 2.11.2021 Journeys into River Edge from a Social Distance: A St. Patrick's Day River Edge Style
Speaker: Eric Model Share your own recollections with us as we pay tribute to the Irish River Edge community with personal stories, a recipe and more. We hope you can join us - bring along a good beverage perhaps a story or two to share. as we “Journey into River Edge” together. Recorded: 3.11.2021 Mason Jar Flower Arrangement with Randi from Delford Flowers in River Edge
Teacher: Randi Duffie Join us as we make a beautiful flower arrangement for your home. In this class, Randi from Delford Flowers in River Edge will teach you how to put together a rustic mason jar flower arrangement for your home in the comfort of your home! Recorded: 4.22.2021 |
HealthBarn: Boost Your Immune System
Instructor: Stacey Antine, founder of HealthBarn USA With everyone's heightened interest in boosting their immune system, this is a must attend nutrition workshop that will cover food, dietary supplements and lifestyle choices to give your immune system a turbo boost! Click here for additional information on nutrition. Recorded: 6.18.2020 A Virtual Journey into River Edge from a Distance: Remembering River Edge
Speaker: Eric Model River Edge is a special place – has been for a long time. Join Eric Model as we start to remember who we are, what’s important to us, how it got to be and why. Eric Model’s family moved to River Edge in 1951. He was raised here. In the 1990’s he came back to town to raise a family of his own. Journeys into River Edge is adapted from a national Journeys into Hidden America that Eric founded some 30 years ago. It featured explorations of the offbeat, off the beaten path, overlooked and forgotten – places “beyond the interstate”. Recorded: 7.28.2020 A Virtual Journey into River Edge from a Distance: Hometown Holiday Memories
Speaker: Eric Model This year’s different kind of holiday season has us thinking of holiday seasons past. Many associate this time of year with landmark symbols of the season in the city such as the tree at Rockefeller Center, the Rockettes, Santa at Macy’s, the Giant New Year’s Eve Ball Drop at Times Square, etc. For others the memories are more personal and intimate – friends, family, gifts, dinner and a fireplace filling the room with warmth. But how about River Edge? This Journey into River Edge will feature “Hometown Holiday Memories”, special places and moments around here for this special time of year. We hope you will share your perspective and your holiday favorites whether at home or around town. Recorded: 12.7.2020 Intermediate Level Part I: Learn Calligraphy With a Crayola Marker! Teacher: Michelle Zytkewicz Part one of the intermediate class will be an introduction to the anatomy of letters (this will be a more in-depth study than what is covered in my beginner course) and basic vocabulary for calligraphers. Students will also learn the basics of typography to help us understand the art of text. Click here to download class notes for the intermediate classes to practice on your own at home. Recorded: 2.23.2021 The Memory Masterclass with Fred Berthelot (Open to 5th Grade and Up)
Speaker: Fred Berthelot How good is your memory? Do you often misplace items? Do you have a hard time remembering people’s names, facts and figures, or forget items on your to-do list? Do you or your child have a hard time studying for exams? You don’t have a bad memory – you just need a better way to use it! Mentalist Fred Berthelot will help you discover the true potential of your amazing memory. Recorded: 3.18.2021 Journeys into River Edge from a Social Distance: Remembering Joe Maugeri (A River Edge Local Hero)
Speaker: Eric Model & Ryan Gibbons Joe Maugeri was a special person. He touched many lives in many ways. Beyond his family, he also meant a lot to the people of River Edge – whether on the streets as a beloved school crossing guard at Cherry Hill (Joe Maugeri Crossing), at church or as a Veteran leading us in our community observance on Memorial Day. Remembering Joe Maugeri is a celebration of the life of one meant so much to so many. Join us as we come together to honor the life and legacy of Joe Maugeri – a local hero. Share your own recollections with us as we pay tribute to Joe Maugeri, our local River Edge hero with personal stories. Recorded: 5.13.2021 |
LIVE! Cooking with Stacey from HealthBarn: Chicken Fajitas
Instructor: Stacey Antine, founder of HealthBarn USA Looking for a fun cooking experience? Prepare Chicken Fiesta Fajita, a fun, nutritious, and delicious recipe perfect for dinner time and inspired by her Appetite For Life cookbook! Click here for a full recipe. Recorded 6.25.2020 A Virtual Journey into River Edge from a Social Distance
Speaker: Eric Model Our second journey will include an exploration of "School Days" in River Edge over the years, "River Edge Legends" and the chance for you to share some of your memories, recollections, artifacts, trivia and misc. tidbits about River Edge, why it is unique and why it means so much to us (A "Show and Tell" of things and stories on and about River Edge"). Recorded: 9.30.2020 New Year New You: Coping with COVID
Speaker: Stephanie Drag, MA, LAC With COVID-19 creating a "new normal", people have had to make several adjustments to living daily life: staying home except essential trips, figuring out remote school, not celebrating holidays and milestone in person, and maybe even job loss. The stress of these adjustments and increased social isolation can cause feelings of depression and anxiety. This presentation will share physical, mental, and emotional activities to help cope with COVID. Click here to download the presentation. Recorded: 1.15..2021 Intermediate Level Part II: Learn Calligraphy With a Crayola Marker! Teacher: Michelle Zytkewicz Week two we will do a variety of lettering drills to practice slant and spacing. Students will be introduced to how spacing, slant, and letter characteristics produce a mood or attitude used to make us feel a certain way when we look at them. Click here to download class notes for the intermediate classes to practice on your own at home. Recorded: 3.2.2021 Bearing Witness for My Family: Surviving the Holocaust Presented by Jerry Zaks
Speaker: Jerry Zaks In commemoration of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), Jerry Zaks, a son of survivors from Poland, will relate a deeply personal story about the human experience of the Holocaust. The presentation starts in 1937, when his parents were 17 and 18 years old and traces their lives from before WWII, how they survived multiple concentration camps and death marches, and how they eventually rebuilt their lives in America. Recorded: 3.31.2021 Virtual Alumni in Recovery (AinR) Community Event
The program features speakers from the Alumni in Recovery (bereaved parent and recovery member) as well as speakers from community groups including Stigma-Free Initiative, Comprehensive Behavioral Health and the River Edge Police Department. We will be speaking on the topic of addiction, connecting with your community and making a difference. Get involved and get in the know! Recorded: 7.15.2021 |
