What's New at the Library

Teen YouTube Hangout

June 27th, 4pm: Main Library
June 28th, 4:30pm: Henry Inman
July 5th, 4pm: Iselin
July 6th, 3pm: Fords

Grades 8-12

 

Got a favorite YouTube music video?  Anime AMV? Jpop dance cover? Come share it with us! Unwind at the end of the school year with a program all about the music we love.

Games at the Library: Family Games

Saturday, June 30 12:00 - 4:00 PM

Woodbridge Main Library - 2nd Floor Meeting Room

Our next game meet will be on the 30th at the Main Library and we will be playing family games. Featured games are Sushi Go, Wits and Wagers and Codenames. We will also bring a bag of favorites. If there is anything anyone would like to play, please let us know and well bring it along. Also feel free to bring anything of your own just be ready to explain how to play.
Hope to see everyone there!

Libraries Rock! The Fiddle in America: A History & Demonstration

Thursday, June 28 @ 7:00 PM

Woodbridge Main Library - Ground Floor Meeting Room

How often do you get to hear music and then have a high-energy conversation about its role in historical traditions, its cultural influence, and its style and technique? Until the early twentieth century, the fiddle was the centerpiece of American folk music and folk culture. In this interactive session, Dr. Matthew Backes explores the origins and history of American fiddle music—covering a range of styles and modes of expression—and raises along the way big questions about musical tradition and music making.
 

A Conversation About Legal Issues Impacting the LGBTQ Community

Tuesday, June 26 @ 7:00 PM

Woodbridge Main Library - Ground Floor Meeting Room

June is Pride Month, which recognizes the accomplishments of, and issues facing, the LGBTQ Community. Robyn Gigl, an attorney and activist, will discuss what it means to be LGBTQ and the legal issues those in the community face, as well as how those issues impact society at large. Distinctions between sexual orientation and gender identity will be explored, as well as discussing appropriate and inappropriate terminology, use of names and pronouns. Questions are encouraged throughout.

AUTHOR RAKESH SATYAL BOOK SIGNING

Tuesday, June 19 @ 7:00 PM

Iselin Branch Library

Join us in celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Iselin Branch of the Woodbridge Public Library on Tuesday June 19th  at 1081 Green Street, Iselin, NJ 08830, with acclaimed novelist Rakesh Satyal.
 
RAKESH SATYAL is the author of the novels No One Can Pronounce My Name, and Blue Boy, which won the 2010 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Debut Fiction and the 2010 Prose/Poetry Award from the Association of Asian American Studies. Satyal was a recipient of a 2010 Fellowship in Fiction from the New York Foundation for the Arts and two fellowships from the Norman Mailer Writers' Colony. His writing has appeared in New York magazine, Vulture, Out magazine, and The Awl. A graduate of Princeton University, he has taught in the publishing program at New York University and has been on the advisory committee for the annual PEN World Voices Festival. 
 
Watch Rakesh Satyal on a recent broadcast of Late Night with Seth Myers.

ISELIN BRANCH LIBRARY’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Tuesday, June 19 @ 1:00 PM

Iselin Branch Library

Join us in celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Iselin Branch of the Woodbridge Public Library on Tuesday June 19th  at 1081 Green Street, Iselin, NJ 08830.
 
The kick-off begins at 1pm with the JFK High School Marching Band, followed at 2pm with Mayor John McCormac cutting the ribbon and welcoming all to the newly renovated Iselin Branch Library.
 
Events schedule throughout the day include Teen Time Crafts at 2:30, a vocal performance by the Manjari School of Performing Arts at 4:00, and Indian Folk and Classical Dance by performers from Arudhra saai Natyashala.  At 6:30 a dedication of “Entwined” a photographic installation celebrating the history of cooperation between the Iselin Branch Library and the Woodbridge Garden Club will take place.  
 
Evening events include acclaimed novelist Rakesh Satyal talk and book signing followed by a reception with appetizers.
 
For more information about these events please call 732-634-4450. 
 

Movies @ Main: Daddy Issues

Daddy Issues

Now with popcorn provided for by the Woodbridge Library Foundation; we've got entertainment covered.

Got an open Friday and are in the mood for a free matinee? Stop by for our Movies at Main film series.

Fridays @ 2pm in the Main Library

May 13 Beginners (2010)
May 18 Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
May 25 Nebraska (2013)
June 1 Delivery Man (2013)
June 8 Walking Out (2017)
June 15 Glass Castle (2017)
Read more for information about each movie.

LGBT 101

Monday, June 18  6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Main Library Ground Floor Meeting Room

The LGBT 101 workshop provides participants with basic information, terminology,and key concepts around gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, and intersectionality. Participants will learn the challenges faced by LGBT youth in school and community settings and how to to be inclusive and affirming of the LGBT community.
 
Presented by Garden State Equality.  Garden State Equality is a statewide political advocacy organization in the U.S. state of New Jersey that advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights.

Libraries Rock! The Beatles: From Liverpool to Abbey Road

Thursday, June 14 @ 6:30 PM

Woodbridge Main Library - Ground Floor Meeting Room

This lecture will follow in the footsteps of The Beatles as they embark on their historic journey starting from their early days as a cover band in Liverpool and Hamburg, into the excitement of Beatlemania, including concert performances, and films, thru their creative ground breaking studio albums (Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Peppers) to the formation of Apple Corps and finally to their remarkable final recordings at Abbey Road Studios.  Coming full circle, we will explore the highlights of each individual’s post Beatles work. 

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