268 Bloomfield Avenue
Caldwell, New Jersey 07006
Tel: 973/226-2837
Fax: 973/403-8606
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The Poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Educators are once again invited to the Library to brainstorm about programming for The Big Read of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poetry, as well as learn about plans already underway. Teachers will receive materials from the National Endowment for the Arts as well as discuss upcoming activities, events and possible ideas for lesson plans. Free and open to all educators, from kindergarten through college, public, private, parochial institutions, and homeschooling parents as well! (Call or email ahead of time and we will have continuing education documentation for you to take with you after the program -- how great is THAT?!)
Event Location: 268 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, New Jersey 07006
K1 P2 (Knit 1 Purl 2) is an ever growing group of knitters (and crocheters!) of all ages which meets on Thursday evenings for chatting and needling fun. Scouts, and service groups (young and young-in-spirit) are encouraged to join us. You will be "hooked" as soon as you cast on your first row of stitches. The blankets, hats and mittens created during The Big Read of "The Poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow" are being shared with our friends at Okiciyapi Tipi Habitat for Humanity in Eagle Butte, South Dakota.
Event Location: 268 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, New Jersey 07006
Caldwell Public Library Director Karen Kleppe Lembo will introduce The Big Read of “The Poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow” to the Caldwell/West Caldwell Board of Education at their monthly meeting. Copies of the NEA materials created for “The Poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow" will be shared with Board Members, as well as the schedule of events, and Ms. Lembo will highlight the involvement of the Caldwell/West Caldwell School System - including James Caldwell High School students' creation of photography, sharing of music and intergenerational legacy writing. Finally, the Board will be invited to our February 12th and 27th events, as well as encouraged to participate throughout our many programs offered in March, April and May as we embark upon our community's third wonderful experience with The Big Read.
Event Location: Harrison Building, Gray Street, West Caldwell, New Jersey 07006
Join us for an entertaining evening as educator John Pascal shares stories about Artemus Ward, who was known as "the man who made Lincoln laugh." We'll have cake after the lecture and a chance to chat about our upcoming Big Read of the poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Don't miss it!
Event Location: 268 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, New Jersey 07006
We will officially launch our third wondrous experience of The Big Read with a festive celebration of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 203rd birthday! Come to the library for poetry and birthday treats, baked by the chefs of tomorrow from Essex Vo-Tech School, West Caldwell Campus. Please sign up (on our website, in person, via phone, or email) to share your favorite line(s) from Longfellow, as our "goal" is to share 203 lines for 203 years. Join poets, teens, teachers, neighbors, friends this afternoon as once again, we celebrate the power of words, especially words woven together into poetry. 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. We will officially launch our third wondrous experience of The Big Read with a festive celebration of Henry's 203rd birthday! Come to the library for poetry and birthday treats, baked by the chefs of tomorrow from Essex Vo-Tech, West Caldwell Campus. Please sign up to share your favorite line(s) from Longfellow, as our "goal" is to share 203 lines for 203 years! Click HERE for our everychanging, and evergrowing, list of events! (Oh, and if you REALLY want to be "up and doing" and make today a total poetry tribute to Longfellow, go to www.caldwell.edu to see what is happening at Caldwell College this morning. This poetry workshop should not be missed, as it features so many friends whose poetry has moved us over the years. Who knows, maybe you might see one or two of these poets "down the hill" at our Birthday Party later? How cool would that be!)
Event Location: 268 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, New Jersey 07006
We invited area poets to incorporate Longfellow's work into a reading in any way they wanted. Join us for our INAUGURAL "Local Poets Take on Longfellow" and see what John J. Trause - who doubles as the Director of the Wood-Ridge (NJ) Memorial Library - and Gabriella Radujko - who doubles as the Director of the Fairview (NJ) Free Public Library - came up with as part of The Big Read of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Free and open to the public.
Event Location: 268 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, New Jersey 07006
Poet Carrie Howson will let you peek through the doors at the meetings of a club which originated when several prominent writers gathered in 1855 to found a literary magazine - The Atlantic Monthly. They so enjoyed each other's company they decided to meet monthly, and they periodically invited select friends to join them. Among the members were Oliver Wendell Holmes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, Richard Henry Dana, John Greenleaf Whittier, William Dean Howells, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, and scientist Louis Agassiz. Offered to our community through the generosity of The Lifelong Learning Institute ("LLI") at Caldwell College in partnership with Caldwell LIVE and the Caldwell Public Library as yet another way to support The Big Read of the Poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, this hour-longclass will be held over two consecutive weeks in The Gene and Kathryn Collerd Local History Resource Room on Thursday, March 4, and Thursday, March 11, 2010.
Event Location: 268 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, New Jersey 07006
"Footprints on the Sands of Time" - Record a Memorable Moment in Your Life. Work one on one with a James Caldwell High School student to capture your story in print. You may even want to enter that story in the Essex County Legacy contest. Share your experiences with the next generation. This program is being co-sponsored by Caldwell LIVE, the library and the Caldwell-West Caldwell Board of Education. While free and open to all seniors, to help us plan ahead please call and leave your name and number - 973-403-0972.
Event Location: 268 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, New Jersey 07006
We invited area poets to incorporate Longfellow's work into a reading in any way they wanted. Join us this evening as we see what Diane Lockward - named "Poet Laureate" of West Caldwell, New Jersey! - came up with as part of The Big Read of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Free and open to the public.
Event Location: 268 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, New Jersey 07006
We invited area poets to incorporate Longfellow's work into a reading in any way they wanted. Join us this evening as we see what Laura Freedgood came up with as part of The Big Read of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Free and open to the public.
Event Location: 268 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, New Jersey 07006
Christopher Bing, illustrator of "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere," will share his take on Longfellow's work - especially timely since 2010 marks the 150th anniversary of the poem - and entertain, educate and inspire us. This program promises to be equally appealing to students, teachers, artists, poets, and historians of all ages. In addition, don't miss this chance to see MSDA's recently opened PAC!
Event Location: Doris M. Byrne Performing Arts Center, Mount Saint Dominic Academy, Caldwell, New Jersey 07006
We invited area poets to incorporate Longfellow's work into a reading in any way they wanted. Join us this evening as we see what Elaine Barden came up as part of The Big Read of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Free and open to the public.
Event Location: 268 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, New Jersey 07006
We invited area poets to incorporate Longfellow's work into a reading in any way they wanted. Join us this evening as we see what David Messineo came up with as part of The Big Read of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Free and open to the public.
Event Location: 268 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, New Jersey 07006
We invited area poets to incorporate Longfellow's work into a reading in any way they wanted. Join us this evening as we see what Marcia Ivans and Margaret Brisco came up with as part of The Big Read of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Free and open to the public.
Event Location: 268 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, New Jersey 07006
The Longfellow Chorus, and local choral groups, will perform works of Longfellow that have been set to music.
Event Location: Grover Cleveland Middle School, Caldwell, New Jersey 07006
We invited area poets to incorporate Longfellow's work into a reading in any way they wanted. Join us this evening as we see what The Write Group came up with as part of The Big Read of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Free and open to the public.
Event Location: 268 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, New Jersey 07006
Come not to "the forest primeval" but instead join us as we wander over moss-covered paths and across wide grassy terraces and "gather in the aftermath" at Greenwood Gardens, a 28-acre, early twentieth-century estate now public garden in Short Hills, NJ. Take a tour of the gardens with the founder of Greenwood, Peter Blanchard III, and then experience New Jersey Poet Rick Mullin's sharing of some of Longfellow's works with us in the Tea House garden. More information regarding registration for this event will follow soon. In the meantime, however, we are most grateful to Greenwood Gardens for once again supporting The Big Read.
Event Location: 274 Old Short Hills Road, Short Hills, New Jersey 07078
The Cool Women, a poetry performance group, will be performing in Caldwell College's Werner Lecture Hall. The event is sponsored by the English Department, Jennings Library, and the Women's Studies Program to celebrate National Poetry Month as well as be part of The Big Read! Free and open to the public.
Event Location: Caldwell College - Werner Lecture Hall, Caldwell, New Jersey 07006
We invited area poets to incorporate Longfellow's work into a reading in any way they wanted. Join us this evening as we see what Loren Kleinman came up with as part of The Big Read of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Free and open to the public.
Event Location: 268 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, New Jersey 07006
We invited area poets to incorporate Longfellow's work into a reading in any way they wanted. Join us for our FINAL "Local Poets Take on Longfellow" and see what Ted Eisenberg came up with as part of The Big Read of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Free and open to the public.
Event Location: 268 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, New Jersey 07006
Our scouts will spend a weekend camping at the Wayside Inn. Highlights to include reading Longfellow's poetry, vintage baseball game with Sudbury Scouts, and visits to historical sites.
Event Location: 72 Wayside Inn Road, Sudbury , Massachusetts 01776
Scouts and community leaders will join together to officially close Caldwell's Big Read of Longfellow.
Event Location: 72 Wayside Inn Road , Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776
