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Meet the Author: Alexander Salkin

Tuesday, November 19 @ 7 PM

Woodbridge Main Library - Ground Floor Meeting Room

Local author Alex Salkin will be discussing the creation and themes of his 2019 New Jersey-centric fantasy novel Desperate by Dusk.  Desperate by Dusk is a self-published, debut novel. Following the presentation, Alex will hold a Q&A session and book signing.  Signed copies of the book will be available for purchase with $10 cash.

Games @ the Woodbridge Library: Family Games

Saturday, November 30, 2019 12:00 - 4:00 PM

Woodbridge Main Library - 2nd Floor Periodicals Room

Love to play?  Come out and join our new Tabletop Gaming Group! This month we will be meeting at the Woodbridge Main Library' Periodicals Room (2nd Floor), from 12 – 4 PM.  

Featured games this month include:  Dixit, Forbidden Island, and The Game of Scattergories Categories. 
 
If you have a tabletop game you would like to play, please bring it to the meeting to share with and instruct the group members how to play. No registration needed. All ages welcome!

Special Movies @ Main: Little Women

Friday, December 6 @ 2 PM and Friday, December 13 @ 2 PM

Woodbridge Main Library - Ground Floor Meeting Room

On consecutive Fridays, December 6 and December 13 at the Woodbridge Main Library share a blast from the past and join us for a special showings of two classic versions of the film Little Women.  We will screen Little Women (1933) on Friday, December 6, 2019. This is an American pre-Code drama film, directed by George Cukor and starring Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Frances Dee and Jean Parker. The following week, on Friday, December 13, 2019 we will watch the technicolor marvel, Little Women (1949).  This film stars June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O'Brien and Elizabeth Taylor.

History from Art: From Saint to Santa Claus

Tuesday, December 3 @ 7 PM

Woodbridge Main Library - Ground Floor Meeting Room

Michael Norris, Ph.D. will guide us on Tuesday, December 3 @ 7 PM at the Woodbridge Main Library in an exploration through centuries of art, much of it now housed in East Coast museums, of how a kind Turkish bishop evolved into one of Christianity’s most beloved saints. Then through an analysis of American artwork we'll see Saint Nicholas changed again—into our beloved Santa Claus.  

Message about Lynda.com

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Lynda.com, now called Linkedin Learning, has formally discontinued service to libraries and is no longer available via the Woodbridge Public Library. Among other changes, the new service requires users to create a LinkedIn social media account and publicly displays on that account which courses the user has taken. These changes violate the Library’s commitment to insuring that patrons' use records are confidential.

The Woodbridge Public Library will continue offering other learning services, including Learning Express Library and Job and Career Accelerator, and is presently considering other services to offer in place of Lynda.com/LinkedIn Learning.

For more information on libraries' concerns with LinkedIn Learning, please see this article from the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom.

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