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Greetings!
May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AANHPI), a time to honor and celebrate the rich and diverse cultures, histories, and contributions of the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities in the United States.
Just a reminder that we'll close the current Children's and Teen Rooms on the 1st Floor this Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday so that we can move those collections up to the new 3rd Floor. The new Children's, Teens' and Story Times Rooms open Thursday at 10 am.
Come visit us at Sunday's Hoboken Art & Music Festival. The BookBike will be there, with crafts, giveaways, library cards, and books, of course! Look for us near 5th & Washington. See you there.
May is a great month at your Hoboken Library. Come enjoy it with us.
Regards,
Jennie Pu
Library Director
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Fine Motor Skills Prep
Friday, May 12 @ 3:30 pm
Children's Room, 3rd Floor, Main Library
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Join us in the Children's Room on the 3rd floor for Fine Motor Skills Prep, a new program where littles one can develop their fine motor skills through crafts, activities, and free play! For Ages 3 and up. Questions about this? Please email Ms. Valerie.
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The Fires: Hoboken 1978-1982
Saturday, May 13 @ 1 pm
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Join us for a live discussion as special guest artist and historian Christopher Lopez presents images and anecdotes from his latest exhibition, The Fires. Lopez invites everyone to come and talk about their experiences during Hoboken's early period of gentrification in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Questions about this, please email James Cox.
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AAPI Month Book Club
Lead by HPL Director Jennie Pu
Tuesday, May 16, @ 5 pm
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You're invited to our AAPI Month Book Club. Hosted by Jennie Pu, the Book Club will discuss Y/N, by Esther Yi. If you are interested in joining the discussion, please email Nicole Marconi to request your copy. Copies are available online and in print.
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AAPI Party in the Park!
Saturday, May 20, 11 am - 2 pm
Church Square Park
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Celebrate AAPI Month with the Library! Join us for an afternoon of fun for all ages:
12 pm: Cooking with Ms Nicole!
1 pm: K-Pop Dance Party!
PLUS: Books & Crafts with the BookBike!
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Books & Cooks with the BookBike
At the Learning Center, 401 Harrison Street
Every Friday @ 3 pm
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Catch the BookBike every Friday at The Learning Center Branch, 401 Harrison Street. All ages are welcome to sign up for a library card, check out and return books, and enjoy a free snack and cooking demo from 3 pm to 4 pm.
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Featured Title
Your Driver Is Waiting: A Novel
by Priya Guns
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In this spiky and hilarious 21st century reboot of the iconic film Taxi Driver, a ride share driver is barely holding it together on the hunt for love, dignity and a living wage ... until she decides she's done waiting. Damani is tired. She lives paycheck to paycheck in the basement of her parents' house, driving for an app to (not even) pay the bills. Protests are all the rage, but while she keeps hearing that they're fighting for people like her she's too broke to even afford to pay attention. And they're blocking the roads. That is, until she gives a ride to Jolene, and life opens up.
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Wandering Souls
by Cecile Pin
When Julia Lee was fifteen, her hometown went up in smoke during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The daughter of Korean immigrant store owners in a predominantly Black neighborhood, Julia was taught to be grateful for the privilege afforded to her. However, the acquittal of four white police officers in the beating of Rodney King, following the murder of Latasha Harlins by a Korean shopkeeper, forced Julia to question her racial identity. She was neither Black nor white. So who was she? This question would follow Julia for years to come, resurfacing as she traded in her tumultuous childhood for the white upper echelon of elite academia.
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Visit the Library's tent at this Sunday's
Hoboken Art & Music Festival!
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The Festival takes place on Washington Street from Observer Highway all the way up to 7th Street. Get full details on the festival here.
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