Week of Events
Thanksgiving Day
Day after Thanksgiving
Learn How to Play Piano with Omayra
Virtual Study Hall
Virtual Study Hall
The Virtual Study Hall is an educational initiative to support Jersey City high school students enrolled in our SAT Prep course as well as those who are looking to improve their school performance. This program aims to build a relationship with high school students and students from Saint Peter’s University. We believe that college tutors […]
Garden State Jazz Greats
Garden State Jazz Greats
Join Jazz scholar Ben Young as he explores the majesty, style, and genius of New Jersey’s jazz greats. You may already know many of these names, and all of them you should know as each of these innovators has left their indelible imprint on world culture through the incredible African American creation of Jazz. Ben […]
Thanksgiving Craft
Thanksgiving Craft
GOBBLE GOBBLE at the Glenn D. Cunningham Branch Library! Stop by and pick up a Thanksgiving craft kit.
Egyptian Style Belly Dance with Tarik Sultan
Egyptian Style Belly Dance with Tarik Sultan
This dance class series is designed to introduce students to the social folk dance of Egypt know in the West as Belly Dance. Students will be taught the cultural and historical origins of the dance as well as the movement vocabulary of the dance involving the arms, hands, torso and hips. This is a fun, […]
Virtual Study Hall
Virtual Study Hall
The Virtual Study Hall is an educational initiative to support Jersey City high school students enrolled in our SAT Prep course as well as those who are looking to improve their school performance. This program aims to build a relationship with high school students and students from Saint Peter’s University. We believe that college tutors […]
JCFPL Open SAT Prep
JCFPL Open SAT Prep
This 6-week, drop-in-style Zoom series will help you prepare for the SAT using Khan Academy. The sessions will cover utilizing Khan Academy and signing up for the SAT Exam, focusing on the types of questions found on the SAT, exploring valuable test-taking tips and strategies, and guidance on preparing on your own and taking practice […]
Meditation For Older Adults
Meditation For Older Adults
Join Amy Rutledge, a meditation guide, artist, and actor living in Jersey City, every week for a guided meditation session.
Build A Body’s Chair Workout With Kathy Jackson
Build A Body’s Chair Workout With Kathy Jackson
Join Kathy Jackson for Build A Body's Chair Workout featuring chair aerobics and yoga.
Drag Queen Story Hour
Drag Queen Story Hour
Join Harmonica Sunbeam every week for a virtual story time focused on reading, music and movement!
Tech Tuesdays
Tech Tuesdays
Tech Tuesdays is a program for any Jersey City Free Public Library patron or staff member who wants to learn about the basic functions of their smartphones, e-Readers, tablets, and computers, and how those devices can be used to access library resources. Please note, due to the coronavirus pandemic, Tech Tuesdays will take place virtually […]
Virtual Study Hall
Virtual Study Hall
The Virtual Study Hall is an educational initiative to support Jersey City high school students enrolled in our SAT Prep course as well as those who are looking to improve their school performance. This program aims to build a relationship with high school students and students from Saint Peter’s University. We believe that college tutors […]
JCFPL Open SAT Prep
JCFPL Open SAT Prep
This 6-week, drop-in-style Zoom series will help you prepare for the SAT using Khan Academy. The sessions will cover utilizing Khan Academy and signing up for the SAT Exam, focusing on the types of questions found on the SAT, exploring valuable test-taking tips and strategies, and guidance on preparing on your own and taking practice […]
Liberated Success Presents “Succeeding in the Workplace: A Workshop Series”
Liberated Success Presents “Succeeding in the Workplace: A Workshop Series”
Liberated Success, Inc.'s mission is to empower Gen Z'ers in the building of their career toolkit with techniques to succeed in any work environment. This 5 part workshop series will cover: Communication & Workplace Culture, Workplace Technology, Teamwork & Collaboration, Maintaining a Positive Attitude, Receiving Praise, Criticism and Feedback. Participants will leave this workshop series […]
Rising Tide Capital Orientation
Rising Tide Capital Orientation
This program introduces Rising Tide Capital’s small business programs to assist entrepreneurs and existing business owners with business management and planning offerings that can prepare them to set up, operate, and improve their small businesses. Participants will have an opportunity for a Q&A session. A Spanish language translation of this program will be available.
Thanksgiving Grab & Go Craft Kit
Thanksgiving Grab & Go Craft Kit
The JCFPL is thankful for all our wonderful patrons! To celebrate Thanksgiving, stop by the Five Corners library to pick up a Thanksgiving-themed craft kit.
Bollywood Dance Lessons
Bollywood Dance Lessons
Shehnaaz Dance Academy is a Jersey City based Bollywood Indian Dance Academy teaching children and adults. Tune in for weekly Bollywood dance classes. For more information on Shehnaaz Dance Academy, visit their website: https://shehnaazdanceacademy.com/.
Self-Love Meditation for Teens
Self-Love Meditation for Teens
Join Ms. Amy as she teaches several meditation techniques to help cultivate confidence, self-love and self-worth, release stress, anxiety, and promote connection and peace to all! Meditation also helps with focus, concentration and navigating difficult emotions and release limiting beliefs and negative self-talk which really tend to hold us back as we get older in […]
Virtual Study Hall
Virtual Study Hall
The Virtual Study Hall is an educational initiative to support Jersey City high school students enrolled in our SAT Prep course as well as those who are looking to improve their school performance. This program aims to build a relationship with high school students and students from Saint Peter’s University. We believe that college tutors […]
JCFPL Open SAT Prep
JCFPL Open SAT Prep
This 6-week, drop-in-style Zoom series will help you prepare for the SAT using Khan Academy. The sessions will cover utilizing Khan Academy and signing up for the SAT Exam, focusing on the types of questions found on the SAT, exploring valuable test-taking tips and strategies, and guidance on preparing on your own and taking practice […]
Storytime with Mia the Saint Bernard
Storytime with Mia the Saint Bernard
Mia is a Saint Bernard and certified AKC therapy dog! Weighing in at over 150 pounds, Mia has provided tons of licks and love to children in autistic schools, individuals battling with sickness in hospitals and elderly seniors in nursing homes. Originally the dog of humanitarian Richard John Albero, Lucia Albero is following in her […]
Virtual Study Hall
Virtual Study Hall
The Virtual Study Hall is an educational initiative to support Jersey City high school students enrolled in our SAT Prep course as well as those who are looking to improve their school performance. This program aims to build a relationship with high school students and students from Saint Peter’s University. We believe that college tutors […]
Declutter with Organizer Jamie Novak
Declutter with Organizer Jamie Novak
If clutter topples out of closets and paperwork covers your table, then this decluttering series is for you. Organizing humorist and bestselling author Jamie Novak share her laugh-out-loud funny approach for what to do with all your clutter. Join Jamie Novak for live declutter sessions and wrap up each week on a clutter-free note. Log […]
Virtual Study Hall
Virtual Study Hall
The Virtual Study Hall is an educational initiative to support Jersey City high school students enrolled in our SAT Prep course as well as those who are looking to improve their school performance. This program aims to build a relationship with high school students and students from Saint Peter’s University. We believe that college tutors […]
Civics For The Emerging Activist
Civics For The Emerging Activist
This program intends to empower and inform citizens on the various topic of civic discourse and governance, including issues on the significance of the bill of rights, voter registration, and more.
National Adoption Month Storytime
National Adoption Month Storytime
In celebration of National Adoption Month, JCFPL's Five Corners Branch will host a special storytime to spread awareness and encourage all of us to learn about adoption. This program aims to highlight the journey of adoption and recognize the value of all types of families.
Virtual Study Hall
Virtual Study Hall
The Virtual Study Hall is an educational initiative to support Jersey City high school students enrolled in our SAT Prep course as well as those who are looking to improve their school performance. This program aims to build a relationship with high school students and students from Saint Peter’s University. We believe that college tutors […]