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Is There a Pain-Free Colonoscopy?

Date(s): Wednesday, August 12

Time: 7:00 p.m.

An expert from Morristown Memorial Hospital will discuss the advances in this procedure that will help to alleviate your fears about having a colonoscopy. To beat colon cancer, you must find it before it causes symptoms. The current recommendation is that beginning at age 50, everyone should have a colonoscopy every ten years.

Registration Necessary: Yes    Registration Starts: June 5

Build a Rock Garden

Date(s): Wednesday, August 12

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Michael Wilson, expert horticulturist from the Frelinghuysen Arboretum, will teach you how to prepare your site, plant the appropriate plants, maintain your rock garden, and more.

Registration Necessary: Yes    Registration Starts: June 12

Vickie Russell Concert: Stories for the Journey

Date(s): Wednesday, August 19

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Get ready to be surprised by the clever phrases packed into every original song penned by the powerfully voiced yet diminutive figure of Vickie Russell. When she sings of modern world dating trials and triumphs, you’ll see your joys and challenges revealed; or her description of her favorite Monet painting will bring the colors dancing before your mind’s eye.

Enjoy Vickie’s trademark humor and spirited tale-ending twists as she weaves her stories to move you through a full life’s journey all in a single afternoon. Each story, each song is carried to you wrapped in her warm vocals and accompanied masterfully by her keyboard and guitar. Then each song is drenched in the deep bass and guitar musicianship of David Michael Peters for that full-eared richness before it reaches you. No children under age 7 permitted.

Registration Necessary: Yes    Registration Starts: June 19

Hands of Humanity

Date(s): Wednesday, August 26

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Morristown native, Costa “Gus” Mavraganis, leads two nonprofit organizations that help people in Third World countries to build homes and clinics, to bring clean water to villages that have almost nothing, and to tend to AIDS victims. As leader of the Cuba AIDS Project, he has brought hundreds of medical students, teenagers and adults interested in outreach to volunteer work to the area. In November, he will bring 15 volunteers to the Dominican Republic to renovate a church so that it may serve as a community center for local children. “It’s amazing what you can do with so little money,” he said. Mavraganis is also collecting old sewing machines, as well as baseball bats and gloves to take with him. Those who travel with him stay in the cities outside of the devastated areas. He gives travelers plenty of time to tour the cities and lounge on the beaches in between volunteer efforts. Come learn about this enriched travel and humanitarian experience.

Registration Necessary: Yes    Registration Starts: June 26

Briz in Concert—“Freedom Stairway”

Date(s): Wednesday, September 2

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Adults are invited to a concert by Briz, a music composer who recently finished writing songs for a project he calls “Freedom Stairway.” The project is based on interviews conducted in the 1930s with former slaves by the United States government’s Works Progress Administration (WPA). The story revolves around the Underground Railroad, and the attempt of thousands of slaves to reach the “Freedom Stairway.” The saga is based on real people and places and some of the songs are culled directly from the slaves’ interviews. Jeff Dame of Northeast In-Tune Magazine describes Briz’s style as “...bits of classic rock, blues, and add in musicians such as Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and Neil Young, mix them in a blender and out comes Briz.”

Registration Necessary: Yes    Registration Starts: July 2

Nothing to Fear: FDR and the Great Depression

Date(s): Wednesday, September 23

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Back by popular demand, Dr. Raymond Frey, Professor of History at Centenary College, will retell the remarkable story of the Great Depression and a president who revolutionized our federal government and economy. The year is 1932. Almost 25% of American workers are unemployed. Industries are at a near standstill. President Herbert Hoover seems unable to get the economy moving again. People wanted change, and wanted it quickly. Franklin D. Roosevelt would defeat Hoover that year, promising “action, and action now.” The first one hundred days of FDR’s presidency saw a blizzard of legislation and new, never-before-tried government programs designed to get America back on its feet and Americans back to work. Dr. Frey will also discuss the lessons learned that might help solve our present economic crisis.

Registration Necessary: Yes    Registration Starts: July 23

Free Diabetes Screening

Date(s): Wednesday, November 4

Time: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Who: 18 and over

Diabetes is a silent disease. You can have it for years and not know it. You’re at risk if you have high blood pressure, have a family history of diabetes, or are overweight and/or get little or no exercise. No fasting is required. The screening will provide an immediate blood sugar number. Discuss the results with a Nurse Educator from Morristown Memorial Hospital. You must be at least 18 years old to participate.

Registration Necessary: Yes    Registration Starts: September 4

Internet Tutoring (Ongoing)

Call the front desk to request a free tutoring session with our reference librarian. Classes will be scheduled at a convenient time for both you and the instructor. Experience with a mouse and Windows is helpful. These classes are not designed to be a first experience with a computer. These sessions are designed to enhance the knowledge you already have of your computer and the Internet.

Class 1: Internet Basics
Learn how to enter a web address, use search engines, and find the “Invisible Internet” through subject guides.

Class 2: The Library Catalog and You
Missing the old card catalog? Learn how simple it is to use the online catalog to find what you’re looking for, and even place requests online.

Class 3: Using Free Web-Based E-Mail
Learn how to set up a Yahoo!Mail account that can be accessed at the library or from anywhere in the world.

Contact for more information.

Registration Necessary: Yes    Registration Starts: Ongoing

E-Mail Reminders

The Programming Manager sends out e-mail reminders once every week or two, inviting you to sign up for programs that are not filled to capacity. If you would like to receive these notices, please e-mail your name to her at .