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Ocean County Library Ocean County Library is the largest public library system in New Jersey with 21 locations.

Adapting to Change: Coping Skills for Parkinson's Progression📍 Barnegat Branch • Wednesday, Sept. 16 • 2pm🔗 Register her...
09/04/2026

Adapting to Change: Coping Skills for Parkinson's Progression

📍 Barnegat Branch • Wednesday, Sept. 16 • 2pm
đź”— Register here: https://theoceancountylibrary.libnet.info/event/16915270

📍 Berkeley Branch • Wednesday, Sept. 16 • 6pm
đź”— Register here: https://theoceancountylibrary.libnet.info/event/16872950

This program focuses on the emotional and personal side of Parkinson’s progression and how changing abilities, routines, relationships, and independence can impact daily life. It is designed to be supportive, conversational, and welcoming for individuals living with Parkinson’s, caregivers, and loved ones.

Acoustic Concert with Todd Meredith📍 Toms River Branch • Monday, September 14 • 6:30pm🔗 Register here: https://theoceanc...
09/04/2026

Acoustic Concert with Todd Meredith
📍 Toms River Branch • Monday, September 14 • 6:30pm
đź”— Register here: https://theoceancountylibrary.libnet.info/event/16455886

Join us for an acoustic concert with Ocean County musician, Todd Meredith. Todd will be playing some of your favorite hits from Buddy Holly, Bruce Springsteen, The Beatles, James Taylor, and more. He is even known to take a request or two!

đź“Ł Sponsored by the Friends of the Ocean County Library - Toms River.

Reader Services Book Recommendation of the Week: The Book of Doors by Gareth BrownBookseller Cassie is given an unusual ...
09/04/2026

Reader Services Book Recommendation of the Week: The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

Bookseller Cassie is given an unusual book by her favorite customer. There is a handwritten message to Cassie, telling her that this is The Book of Doors, and that any door is every door. She discovers the book has extraordinary powers and she and her best friend Izzy are swept away by the possibilities of travelling to anywhere. Then, Cassie and Izzy are confronted by violence and danger, because there is a nameless evil out there that is hunting them...Because some doors should never be opened.

đź“š Borrow a copy here: https://tinyurl.com/3p63827y

The Strictly 60's Band📍 Bay Head Express • Friday, September 18 • 6pm🔗 Register here: https://theoceancountylibrary.libn...
09/04/2026

The Strictly 60's Band
📍 Bay Head Express • Friday, September 18 • 6pm
đź”— Register here: https://theoceancountylibrary.libnet.info/event/15794068

The Strictly 60's band will take you on a musical journey with a spectacular playlist in a wide variety of styles including British Invasion, Motown, Rock and Roll, Soul, Surf, Doo W*p and R&B.

The concert will be held outside the Bay Head Borough Hall in Centennial Park. Please bring a blanket or chair for seating.

*Please note there is a rain date scheduled for Thursday, September 24, 6pm*

đź“Ł Sponsored by the Ocean County Library Foundation.

Musiquita: A Bilingual Music ExperienceTuesday, September 1511am: Tuckerton Branch2pm: Beachwood Branch - Mayo Park Cen...
09/03/2026

Musiquita: A Bilingual Music Experience

Tuesday, September 15
11am: Tuckerton Branch
2pm: Beachwood Branch - Mayo Park Center

Monday, October 12
11am: Plumsted Branch
3pm: Manchester Branch

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Musiquita, a bilingual (English/Spanish) all ages music experience. The wife/husband duo features Blanca Cecilia González (violin/voice/uke/percussion) and Jesse Elder (piano/vocals/percussion/melodica). They have a play-based approach to performing which encourages the audience to sing, dance and move along with them in joyful celebration. They perform originals, Latin Folk music, classical, jazz, pop, children’s classics and so much more.

đź”— Register here: https://tinyurl.com/ycxwk57h

The Boys of Autumn: Stories from Baseball History📍 Upper Shores Branch • Wednesday, September 16 • 6:30pm🔗 Register her...
09/03/2026

The Boys of Autumn: Stories from Baseball History
📍 Upper Shores Branch • Wednesday, September 16 • 6:30pm
đź”— Register here: https://theoceancountylibrary.libnet.info/event/16553090

Autumn is full of baseball tales, like the first modern World’s Series, as it was called, full of talk of players betting openly on the games and labor issues with the owners. The fall also brought the biggest base-running in the sport’s history and the first of what is now hundreds of Dominican ballplayers. Learn more about these stories and others from Phil Coffin, the author of “A Baseball Book of Days: Thirty-One Moments That Transformed the Game.”

Phil Coffin, a longtime New York Times editor who lives in Point Pleasant Beach, is the author of two books of unconventional baseball history: “A Baseball Book of Days: Thirty-One Moments That Transformed the Game” and “When Baseball Was Still Topps: Portraits of the Game in 1959, Card by Card.” He has been a member of the Society for American Baseball Research since 1994.

đź“ŁSponsored by The Friends of the Uppers Shore Branch.

FanNation: The GeekstravaganzaToms River Branch • Saturday, October 3 • 10am - 4pmJoin us for the library's comic con st...
09/03/2026

FanNation: The Geekstravaganza
Toms River Branch • Saturday, October 3 • 10am - 4pm

Join us for the library's comic con style event! There will be crafts, scavenger hunts, an escape room and more!

For the full schedule of events visit: https://theoceancountylibrary.org/fannation

đź“šOcean County Library Summer Reading Challengeđź“šđź–ŠSign-ups for all agesđź“…The challenge ends September 9th.đź“šTo earn your com...
09/02/2026

đź“šOcean County Library Summer Reading Challengeđź“š
đź–ŠSign-ups for all ages
đź“…The challenge ends September 9th.
đź“šTo earn your completion badge, read or listen to 5 books.

Get your books logged by September 9th for your chance to win a summer reading prize. Keep track of your Summer Reading Challenge activities by logging on to the Ocean County Library Reading Challenge Site, https://theoceancountylibrary.beanstack.org/reader365 or download the mobile app for Beanstack!

Sounds of the Season with the Acoustic Musicians Guild📍 Plumsted Branch • Monday, September 28 • 6:30pm🔗 Register here: ...
09/02/2026

Sounds of the Season with the Acoustic Musicians Guild
📍 Plumsted Branch • Monday, September 28 • 6:30pm
đź”— Register here: https://theoceancountylibrary.libnet.info/event/15999915

Do you enjoy the natural sound of unplugged music? Join us for an evening of songs by the Acoustic Musicians Guild.

Founded in 1996, the Brick Township-based Guild is a 501(c) nonprofit organization that promotes the advancement of acoustic music and musicians in New Jersey. The group is open to all genres, welcomes musicians of all skill levels and offers non-judgmental support.

The Acoustic Musicians Guild is composed of instrumentalists and vocalists who perform collectively and individually.

Explore New Jersey Historical Newspapers!Our new New Jersey Historical Newspapers Collection is now available through Ne...
09/02/2026

Explore New Jersey Historical Newspapers!

Our new New Jersey Historical Newspapers Collection is now available through Newsbank! Browse through a digitized versions of Jersey Journal, Newark Star-Ledger, Trenton Evening Times, and Trentonian page by page or easily search for a person, place or event. If you’re interested in local history, businesses, human-interest stories, sports, genealogy and more, this is sure to become one of your favorite resources at the library!

đź“° Give it a try: https://tinyurl.com/z5a7ykc8

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