Preschool Storytime and Craft
Open to ages 3-5. Registration required. Children and their caregivers will enjoy stories, songs, crafts, games and movement while building language and literacy skills. Materials and snacks provided.
Toddler Tuesday *
Open to ages up to 36 months, accompanied by an adult. Registration required. Enjoy an interactive program that promotes early learning and a happy heart and mind! Stories, songs, activities, plus social time for kids and caregivers alike!
. Guardians must remain present.
. Sponsored by the Atlantic County Library Foundation
.All programs subject to change or cancellation
NOTE: TIME CHANGE for April only
Basic Computer Help by Appointment
Open to adults.
Please call us to schedule a 30 minute appointment.
Got a tech issue? Interested in accessing Digital Library materials?
Let us help. Basic computer knowledge is required.
We are unable to assist with in-depth technology issues. All programs are subject to change or cancellation.
Please call us to schedule a 30 minute appointment.
Got a tech issue? Interested in accessing Digital Library materials?
Let us help. Basic computer knowledge is required.
We are unable to assist with in-depth technology issues. All programs are subject to change or cancellation.
Craft-tastic Kids Club: DIY Seed Bombs
Open to ages 5-12. Registration required. Come celebrate Earth Day with us at the library by making your own flower seed bombs! Materials are provided. Children under age 9 must have a guardian present. All programs are subject to change or cancellation.
Wonderbook Storytime
Open
to ages 4-11. Registration required. Children aged 9 and under must be
accompanied by an adult. Wondering what a Wonderbook is? It's a print book with a ready-to-play audiobook inside. Kids will press play to read along with their favorite books and then switch to learning mode for literacy learning and fun.
Yarnbenders Crochet & Knitting Club
Yarnbenders Crochet and Knitting Club. Open to all ages (children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult). Enjoy your craft with friendly folks. All skill levels welcome. All programs are subject to change or cancellation.
Furry Buddies
Open to ages 6-14. Registration required. Read a story to therapy dogs, Erin, Kody, Fritz, and Frieda, who love sharing stories with children. Guardians must remain present.
Ventnor Beach Cleanup
Open to all ages. The Ventnor branch is partnering with Clean Ocean Action to clean the beach in honor of Earth Day.
We meet on the beach, behind the library, ready to collect bottles, plastic bags, and more. This is a rain-or-shine event. Part of the Blue Whale Project.
We meet on the beach, behind the library, ready to collect bottles, plastic bags, and more. This is a rain-or-shine event. Part of the Blue Whale Project.
Morning Rise and Shine Yoga
Open to adults. Registration required. Wake up and shine during this fun morning yoga class. Wear loose comfortable clothing and bring a mat or towel for class. All programs subject to change or cancellation.
Spring Gardening with Rutgers Master Gardener
Open to adults. Registration required. Join the Rutgers Master Gardeners to learn all about planting your Spring garden. All programs are subject to change or cancellation.
Saturday Family Storytime
Open
to all ages. Registration required. Songs, stories, and oh so much
fun! We ask that guardians please remain present with children during
the event. All programs are subject to change or cancellations.
Springtime Storytime
Open to ages 3 1/2-5. Registration required, space limited. Kids, join for a few quick stories, songs, an easy craft, plus a treat. We ask that guardians please remain present with children during the event. All programs are subject to change or cancellation. Please inform staff of any food allergies.
Let's Go LEGO
Open to ages 5 and older. Registration required. Come meet up with other LEGO enthusiasts and build your own LEGO creations. All materials provided. Guardians must remain with children 9 and under. All programs subject to change or cancellation.
Chess Club
Open to adults and interested teens and children, ages 8 & older.
Registration required.
Do you love chess? Have you always wanted to learn?
Our chess club is for all ages and levels of experience. Feel free to bring your own chess board or use one of ours. Guardians must remain present. Face masks are optional, however, social distancing guidelines are still in effect. All programs are subject to change or cancellation.
Registration required.
Do you love chess? Have you always wanted to learn?
Our chess club is for all ages and levels of experience. Feel free to bring your own chess board or use one of ours. Guardians must remain present. Face masks are optional, however, social distancing guidelines are still in effect. All programs are subject to change or cancellation.
Cartoon Character Mug
Open to all ages.
Registration required.
Enjoy hot beverage with a cool, personalized, famous-dog cartoon character mug, you get to color.
All supplies provided, while they last.
Children 9 and younger must be accompanied by an adult.
Teen Board Game and Pizza Afternoons
Open to children & teens, aged 10 and older. Registration required. Stop by with your friends for a fun afternoon at the library for pizza and a variety of exciting board games. All programs are subject to change or cancellations.
Afternoons of Board Games and Puzzles
Open to children and teens,10 and older. Stop by with your friends for a fun afternoon of board games and puzzles. All programs are subject to change or cancellations.
Brigantine Ink: Writers Meet-up
Open to adults. Registration required. Indulge your imagination and flex your writing muscles! Bring your own writing supplies--laptop, journal, etc--and join us for afternoon coffee and quality company. Whether you write poetry, fiction, non-fiction, memoir, or if you've never written before, this is the meet-up where you'll find the encouragement and inspiration to keep you going or get you started. Sponsored by the Atlantic County Library Foundation. All programs subject to change or cancellation.
Family Craft Day- Spring Wreath
Open to all ages. Registration required. Join us for a family craft day. Share your family's creativity with other participants and take home your art pieces. All materials provided. All programs are subject to change or cancellation.
April 13- SPRING WREATH
April 13- SPRING WREATH
Hell put to shame : the 1921 Murder Farm massacre and the horror of America's second slavery
Author: Swift, Earl, 1958- author.
Published: 2024
Call Number: 364.1523
Format: Books
Summary: On a Sunday morning in the spring of 1921, a small boy made a grim discovery as he played on a riverbank in the cotton country of rural Georgia: the bodies of two drowned men, bound together with wire and chain and weighted with a hundred-pound sack of rocks. Within days a third body turned up in another nearby river, and in the weeks that followed, eight others. And with them a deeper horror: all eleven had been kept in virtual slavery before their deaths. In fact, as America was shocked to learn, the dead were among thousands of Black men enslaved throughout the South in conditions nearly as dire as those before the Civil War. Hell Put to Shame tells the forgotten story of that mass killing and of the revelations about peonage, or debt slavery, that it placed before a public self-satisfied that involuntary servitude had ended at Appomattox more than fifty years before. By turns police procedural, courtroom drama, and political exposé, Hell Put to Shame also reintroduces readers to three Americans who spearheaded the prosecution of John S. Williams, the wealthy plantation owner behind the murders, at a time when white people rarely faced punishment for violence against their Black neighbors.
Published: 2024
Call Number: 364.1523
Format: Books
Summary: On a Sunday morning in the spring of 1921, a small boy made a grim discovery as he played on a riverbank in the cotton country of rural Georgia: the bodies of two drowned men, bound together with wire and chain and weighted with a hundred-pound sack of rocks. Within days a third body turned up in another nearby river, and in the weeks that followed, eight others. And with them a deeper horror: all eleven had been kept in virtual slavery before their deaths. In fact, as America was shocked to learn, the dead were among thousands of Black men enslaved throughout the South in conditions nearly as dire as those before the Civil War. Hell Put to Shame tells the forgotten story of that mass killing and of the revelations about peonage, or debt slavery, that it placed before a public self-satisfied that involuntary servitude had ended at Appomattox more than fifty years before. By turns police procedural, courtroom drama, and political exposé, Hell Put to Shame also reintroduces readers to three Americans who spearheaded the prosecution of John S. Williams, the wealthy plantation owner behind the murders, at a time when white people rarely faced punishment for violence against their Black neighbors.
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