We are happy to offer additional hours making it more convenient for you to visit the library.
Monday - Thursday 9:00am - 9:00pm
Friday 10:00am - 9:00pm
Saturday 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday 1:00pm - 5:00pm
For your safety and the safety of the staff, we continue to follow the guidance of the CDC and Montgomery County Health Department regarding masking and other Covid protocols. Currently, we are requesting everyone over the age of two, regardless of vaccination status, to wear their masks while in the library.
Used Book Sales
Indoors!
All sales run 9:00am - 9:00pm
Thursday, October 7th
Tuesday, October 19th
Thursday, November 11th
Tuesday, November 23rd
Thursday, December 9th
Do your Christmas shopping here!
Tuesday, December 21st
Last sale of the year.
For your safety and the safety of our volunteers, masks are strongly recommended for everyone.
Your local independent three-screen movie theater.
24 W Broad St, Souderton, PA 18964
The Broad Theateropened in 1922 as a single screen movie theater. It was the entertainment hub of the community for generations until its doors closed in 2004. Kyle Hoff and Charlie Crown bought the vacant building shell in 2018. On November 28, 2020, the Broad Theater opened as a state-of-the-art three screen movie theater with over 320 seats. Digital projectors, Dolby 7.1 surround sound, and stadium seating provide a first class movie experience.
Customers can watch first-run, classic, and independent films. The lobby is a vibrant gathering hub for the community where patrons can enjoy concessions and the latest from FreeWill Brewing.
Foundation of Friends
The Foundation of Friends has been busy the last few months and we wanted to update you, our "shareholders," on some of our recent progress. We work hard to provide the library with the tools and resources it needs and feel it is our responsibility to report to members of the community on recent developments.
We hosted the Dinner in White in late August, which was able to return from its hiatus in 2020. It was a wonderful evening filled with food and festivities that raised much-need funds for the library. All money raised goes directly to the library. More pictures of the festivities can be seen here.
You might have heard by now about the book vending machine. The vending machine contains books that are used as prizes for children partaking in one of the many reading challenges IVPL hosts. Like you, we feel passionate about children's literacy and we are happy to fund it. We think this tool both promotes and rewards children for reading and will serve as a very valuable resource for years to come. A video demonstration from Ms. Angela can be seen here.
The Foundation of Friends is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to offer financial assistance to the library with the goal of providing the people of Indian Valley with an outstanding library now and into the future. We work alongside the Indian Valley Public Library Board of Trustees and library staff. You may become a member here. We hope you consider joining and help us in building a library our community will benefit from for generations to come.
Featured Online Resource
Each month, we highlight one of the many free online resources that IVPL provides for you, our patrons, as a part of your membership.
Gale Literature provides access to literary databases, supporting researchers at all levels. Explore author biographies, literary criticism and commentary, book excerpts and more, all through a single interface.
Browse all Gale research products available from your library by going to this link.
Did you know donations to the annual appeal go directly toward IVPL expenses? Your gifts help pay for staff, budgets for programs and speakers, maintenance of our facilities, resources, and services IVPL provides for you.Every giftmade directly supports the library's day-to-day operations of IVPL. Every dollar counts.
Please feel to contact me if you have any questions about supporting the library. I am happy to assist in any way that I can.
Did you know you can borrow a bike from IVPL for up to 48 hours? It's true! We are happy to partner withTMA Bike Share. Stop in for a book and a bike - all you need is a picture ID and bike helmet.
Museum Passes
IVPL offers museum passes that provide free admission to local museums and historic sites. Clickhereto reserve your pass.
All Ages Events
IVPL's Planeswalker Club
Thursday, October 7th
5:00—7:00 PM
Reading Room.Registrationis required for this event.
Thursday, October 14th
5:00—7:00 PM
Reading Room.Registrationis required for this event.
Thursday, October 21st
5:00—7:00 PM
Reading Room.Registrationis required for this event.
Thursday, October 28th
5:00—7:00 PM
Reading Room.Registrationis required for this event.
Play tabletop and card games. All ages are welcome; however, adult supervision is required for players under 13.
Delaware Valley University Students are visiting Indian Valley Public Library and bringing some friends with them. Spend the evening learning about different wildlife at the library by visiting different tables.
This is a free event for all ages, but registration is required for a 30 minute slot.
Youth Events
Tinker Tuesdays: Build a Zoo (Grades K-5)
Tuesday, October 12th 4:00-5:00PM
Community Room
Join us as we use 3DuxDesign kits to build special enclosures for zoo animals. Registration is required and opens one week before the program date. For the safety of everyone, masks are required for this program.
Babies Boogie
Mondays, October 4th, 11th, 18th — 9:15-9:45 AM
Community Room
Join us for a short story time designed for children ages birth to 24 months. For the safety of everyone, masks for adults and older siblings are encouraged. We will meet in the Community Room in order to practice social distancing. Registration is required for each event and opens 1 week before the event.
Crafternoon
Thursdays—4:00 PM
Facebook
Join us on Facebook for quick art and crafts videos.
Maker Mondays: Junior Engineers (Grades K-5)
Monday, October 4th — 4:00-5:00 PM
Community Room
This month, we challenge you to build a tower that will hold a tennis ball 10 cm off the table using basic materials. Registration is required and opens 1 week before the program date. For the safety of everyone, masks are strongly encouraged.
Maker Mondays: Marble Run Computers (Grades 2-5)
Monday, October 18th — 4:00-5:00PM
Community Room
Join us for some hands-on exploration of basic computer programming using Turning Tumbler kits. Registration is required and opens 1 week before the program date. For the safety of everyone, social distancing and masks are encouraged.
This program uses parts from Indian Valley Public Library's Tinkering Kit. The kit was funded by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Office of Commonwealth Libraries.
Maker Mondays: Lego Club
(Grades K-5)
Monday, October 25th — 4:00-5:00PM
Community Room
Stop by the library for some building with your friends. Complete our challenge or building whatever you like. Registration is required and opens 1 week before the program date. For the safety of everyone, masks and social distancing are encouraged.
Virtual Star Wars Reads
Saturday, October 16th — 7:00PM
Facebook
Everyone from the youngest Padawans to the wisest Jedi Masters are invited to join Nicole for a special story time to explore a galaxy far, far away.
Join us for some stories, songs, silliness and more brain building fun. All ages welcome. Masks and social distancing encouraged. We will meet in the Library's Community Room.
Teens are invited to join Nicole for some spooky fun! Explore everything from creepy folk tales and urban legends to modern scary shows and movies. Registration is required.
Ages 13 to 17
Tween Graphic Novel Book Club
Tuesday, October 19th—4:00-4:30PM
Community Room & Zoom
Join Nicole either in person or on Zoom to discuss a graphic novel. Ages 9-12.
Each month's graphic novel will be available on Hoopla.
Sid, Axl, and Ivan volunteer to make a late-night fast-food run for the high school theater crew, and when they return, they find themselves. Not in a deep, metaphoric sense: They find copies of themselves onstage. As they look closer, they begin to realize that the world around them isn't quite right. Turns out, when they went to the taco place across town, they actually crossed into an alien dimension that's eerily similar to their world. The aliens have made sinister copies of cars, buildings, and people-and they all want to get Sid, Axl, and Ivan. Now the group will have to use their wits, their truck, and even their windshield scraper to escape! But they may be too late. They may now be copies themselves . . .
Don't forget to follow IVPL Teens Instagram - @ivpl_teens - for more updates and great content!
Chess for Beginners
Tuesdays, October 5th, 12th, 19th, & 26th — 6:30-7:30PM
Reading Room
Learn how to play chess and hone your skills!
Adult Events
PA Medi (formerly APPRISE)
Thursday, October 7 - 9:00-12:00PM
Study Room 1
Thursday, October 14 - 9:00-12:00PM
Study Room 1
Thursday, October 21 - 9:00-12:00PM
Study Room 1
Thursday, October 28 - 9:00-12:00PM
Study Room 1
Pennsylvania Medicare Education and Decision Insight (PA MEDI) offers free Medicare counseling to older Pennsylvanians. PA MEDI Counselors are specially trained to answer your questions and provide you with objective, easy-to-understand information about Medicare, Medicare Supplemental Insurance, Medicaid, and Long-Term Care Insurance.
PA MEDI Counselors do not sell Medicare products but rather offer current, unbiased Medicare education to help you make the most informed choice about the Medicare options available to you.
Registration is required to attend the Sleeping Mat Project. Registration opens one week before each session. You must register for each session to attend.
Helping the Homeless, While Recycling!
Did you know recycled grocery bags can create colorful, woven mats for homeless individuals in our community? Through a partnership with Integrate for Good and Angels in Motion, the Indian Valley Public Library is joining the project. Each week community members will join to learn different parts of the project including cutting bags, making loops, making "plarn" (plastic yarn), and weaving the mats on a loom.
Anyone is welcome to join us!
Contact Nicole Husbands at nhusbands@ivpl.orgfor information or with questions.
Who are the Schwenkfelders?
Tuesday, October 5th — 7:00-8:00PM
Zoom
The Schwenkfelders are a religious group of Germans who immigrated to Pennsylvania in the 1730s, settling in Montgomery County. This illustrated presentation will talk about the Reformation origin of the group, why they came to Pennsylvania, and their contributions to American life.
Presented by Allen Viehmeyer, the Associate Director of Research of Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center in Pennsburg, PA.
This presentation will be held online via Zoom. Clickhereto register.Any questions? Contact Nichole Husbands at
nhusbands@ivpl.org.
Board Game Night for Adults
Tuesday, October 12th—6:30-7:45PM
IVPL Community Room
Are you game? Come and play with us!
Each session, we play two or three simple games (Rummikube, Mexican Train Dominoes, Five Crowns, Bananagrams, etc.*) - more to learn and have fun than to win!
Bring along your favorite game for us to try!
Who: Adults who enjoy learning new games.
When: Second Tuesday of the month - 6:30 pm to 7:45 pm
Where: Community Room of Indian Valley Public Library
Questions: Contact Bev Griffith, (215) 260-6361 or the IVPL Reference Desk (215) 723-9109, ext.3
*Cranium, Apples to Apples, Quiddler, Kings in the Corners and others
Woman’s Club of Perkasie Book Club
Tuesday, October 19th —1:00-3:00PM
Community Room
Woman’s Club of Perkasie Book Club - meets on the third Tuesday of the month from September 2021 - May 2022.
The Wreck and Recovery of the Pirate Ship - WHYDAH
Tuesday, October 19th—7:00-8:00PM
Zoom
This is the exciting true story of the saga, the wreck, and eventual discovery of the Whydah - the only pirate ship ever found and the incredible mysteries she shared and continues to reveal.
For more than two hundred years, the wreck of the Whydah and the riches that went down with it eluded treasure seekers, until the ship was finally found in 1984 by marine archaeologists. The artifacts brought up from the ocean floor are priceless, both in value and in the picture they reveal of life in that much-mythologized era, changing much of what we know about pirates.
Presented by: Michael Jesberger is an independent military historian who specializes in the American Revolution and Civil War time periods.
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Click here to register and receive program link. Any questions? Contact DeAnne O'Brien at dobrien@ivpl.org.
Quizzo
Tuesday, October 19th—7:00-9:00PM
Facebook
Join Quizmaster Katie on Facebook for a new, challenging round of Quizzo.
A Civil Rights Journey with Jean and Steve Godsall-Myers
Thursday, October 21st—7:00-8:00PM
In-Person Program
Community Room
Join Jean and Steve Godsall-Myers as they share their experiences (and pictures and reactions) from a “Civil Rights Journey” they took this past June – traveling from the Eastern Shore of Maryland to Wilmington, NC, from a plantation in South Carolina to the Alabama Civil Rights Triangle (Montgomery, Selma, and Birmingham), from Nashville, TN to Prince Edward County, VA, and from Harpers Ferry to Juneteenth in Lansdale, PA.
Jean and Steve will come with slides, stories and impressions to share with us a very humbling and sobering journey.
About the presenters: Jean is a retired German Professor and Steve is a retired pastor. They have lived in Harleysville for 11 years and are patrons of IVPL.
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This presentation will be held in-person at the library in the Community Room. Click here to register. Any questions? Contact DeAnne O'Brien at dobrien@ivpl.org.
Prescription Drug Take Back Day
Saturday, October 23—10:00AM-2:00PM
Telford police will be in the library parking lot to collect your unused prescription drugs on Saturday, October 23 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM. Drive through and drop off your unwanted prescription drugs for safe disposal.
Take Control of Your Heart Health
Saturday, October 23 2:00—3:30PM
Saturday, October 30 2:00—3:30PM
In-Person Program
Community Room
Heart disease is the #1 killer in the United States. Many of us don’t know we have a problem until we suddenly have a heart attack. But, many of these conditions are preventable and if you already have heart disease, know that it’s possible to reverse or slow down this deadly disease.
In this two-part series, you will learn how to get your heart as strong as possible so you can get more out of life.
About our presenter: Karen Mortka, MSN, CRNP is a Nurse Practitioner with over 30 years of healthcare experience. She has developed a company called Well-Connected because she is tired of seeing her patients die at a young age from something that is so preventable.
In-Person - Issues & Insights: Sundays with Tom Kolsky
Sunday, October 10—2:00-4:00PM
Sunday, October 24—2:00-4:00PM
Community Room
Join Tom Kolsky at the library for a lively discussion on current events. Tom provides a forum for civil discourse on issues of public interest in a manner that promotes better understanding of our society and the world.
Topics for October 10:
Review of current events
9/11/2001 - 9/2021 - American Foreign Policy: From Containment to Preemption and the consequences of the withdrawal from Afghanistan
This presentation will be held in-person at the library in the Community Room. Click on above links to register. Any questions? Contact DeAnne O'Brien at dobrien@ivpl.org.
Photography Club
Tuesday, October 5 & 19 —6:45-8:45PM
IVPL Community Room
Our mission is to encourage knowledge, skills and enjoyment of photography through monthly meetings, workshops, lectures and demonstrations encompassing all phases of photography. The Indian Valley Photography Club consists of advanced amateurs and those just beginning their journey into photography. Our members photograph a wide range of subjects including nature, landscape, macro, portraiture, sports, travel and much more.
Regular monthly Indian Valley Photography Club meetings are held on the first (virtually) and third (in-person) Tuesday of every month starting at 6:45 pm.
Guests are always welcome to attend. There are no fees to join
Tuesdays, October 5th, 12th, 19th, & 26th — 10:00 AM-12:00PM
Reading Room
Bridge is played with four people sitting at a card table using a standard deck of 52 cards (no jokers). The players across from each other form partnerships as North‑South and East‑West.
Chess Club
Tuesdays, October 5th, 12th, 19th, & 26th — 10:00AM-1:00PM
Fridays, October 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, & 29th — 10:00AM-1:00PM
Reading Room
Skilled chess players are welcome to bring their sets, find a partner and play during these drop-in chess session.
Knitwits
Tuesdays, October 5th, 12th, 19th, & 26th — 2:30PM-4:30PM
Study Room 1
Knitters and crocheters welcome.
Stammtisch German Language Group
Tuesday, October 26th — 6:30-7:45PM
Sprechen Sie Deutsch? If you speak (any level of) German and would like to practice conversation, feel free to join this group. Topics of conversation vary as does the level of fluency and we support each other in improving our ability to communicate. For more information, email the reference desk atrefdesk@ivpl.org.
Go to ouronline calendarto see our planned events along with more information.
