News from Piscataway Public Library – April 2008

 Piscataway Library Celebrates National Library Week with Q&A Contest

April 13-19, 2008 is National Library Week and Piscataway Public Library, together with the American Library Association, invites everyone to “Join the Circle of Knowledge at your library” and re-discover the wealth of opportunities that can be found at the library and all that our nation's libraries and librarians have to offer.

Join the celebration by visiting any Library location, the J. F. Kennedy Library, the J. W. Westergard, or our Online Virtual Branch at www.piscatawaylibrary.org, through April 11 and enter the Library’s Q&A Contest.  There will be one contest for children, one for teens and one for adults.  Those answering the questions correctly will be entered into a raffle.   Three prizes will be awarded, one in each age group.

 Friends of Library Hold Spring Mini-Book Sale

The Friends of Piscataway Library will hold a Spring Mini-Book Sale in their new Book Sale Room at the J. F. Kennedy Library on Wednesday, April 16 from 10:00 am – 8:00 pm; Thursday, April 17 from 10:00 am – 8:00 pm; Friday, April 18 from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm; and Saturday, April 19 from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm.  Stop by and take advantage of bargains galore for books, CDs, records, videos and more for children and adults.

 Piscataway Library Concludes Film Movement Series with “Day Break”

Piscataway Public Library concludes its Film Movement Series, a group of award winning, first run, independent and foreign films from the top festivals at Sundance, Cannes and Toronto.  The last film in the series, “Day Break,” a film from director Hamid Rahmanian, premiers on Wednesday, April 9 at 7:00 pm at the J. F. Kennedy Library.  The film is not rated and is presented in Farsi with English Subtitles.

Winner of the Fajr Film Festival, “Day Break” is based on a compilation of true stories around Mansour, a man found guilty of murder.  Since Islamic law has put his life into the hands of his victim’s family, Mansour finds himself stuck between life and death as his execution is postponed again and again.

Book Group Discusses “The Plot Against America” at Piscataway Library

Join the upcoming Kennedy Book Discussion Group meeting on Wednesday, April 16 at 10:00 am at the J. F. Kennedy Library to discuss this year’s One Book New Jersey Adult Selection, “The Plot Against America” by Philip Roth.  The group is limited to 12 participants so those interested should reserve their place early by signing up at the reference desk at Kennedy Library or by calling the Library at 732-463-1633, ext. 6.

Philip Roth, considered by many to be one of America's greatest contemporary novelists, creates this disturbing tale of "what if?"  What if Charles Lindberg, national hero, described as a "rabid isolationist, Nazi sympathizer and crypto-fascist," was elected president in the 1940 election instead of FDR?  This alternative history novel is told from the semi-autobiographical perspective of seven-year-old Philip, growing up with his family in the predominantly Jewish Weequahic section of Newark.

For more information about these and other programs,

visit the Library’s website at www.piscatawaylibrary.org.