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Wednesday, August 5 at 4:30 PM
Main Library, Large Program Room
Join us for a prehistoric adventure!
Kids will get to:
- Come face-to-face with Terry the T. Rex (Our 8' tall, 12' long T. rex!) and our real life looking baby dinosaur puppets including a raptor, Brontosaurus, Pterandon and more!
- Handle replica fossils with their own hands
- Participate in engaging dinosaur-themed activities including a fossil & dinosaur lesson, fossil dig activity and more!
- Learn fascinating paleontology & dinosaur facts from our passionate Dino trainers!
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Saturday, August 8 at 2:00 PM
Main Library, Large Program Room
Learn about Chinese gongfu tea, its cultural significance and mythical origins, taste three single-origin teas paired with a Chinese dessert, and enjoy a guzheng performance. Chinese gongfu tea is a method of brewing tea with time and effort, allowing us to control the time, temperature, and quantity of the brew to maximize the tea’s flavor. It encourages us to slow down a moment in our day, to focus on what’s in the cup, and appreciate what nature can create.
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We know change can bring questions, and we want to make sure you feel informed and supported every step of the way. As August 13 approaches, our FAQs page has everything you need to know about the Main Library's temporary closure, from program locations and book returns to library card services and how to access materials while we are under renovation.
In the meantime, the Grand Street Branch is open, the book lockers are running around the clock, and your library community isn't going anywhere. We are so grateful to be taking this step together.
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Join the 2026 BCCLS Scavenger Hunt - a fun-filled journey to discover the BCCLS logo hidden in participating libraries.
Here’s how it works:
- Pick up your scavenger hunt form at either Hoboken Public Library location starting June 15.
- Visit at least 3 libraries between June 15 and August 15, 2026, and find the hidden BCCLS logo.
- Get your form stamped with each library’s property stamp as proof of your discovery!
- Return your form to any BCCLS library by August 29, 2026.
Visit at least 3 libraries (hint: the Main Library and Grand Street Branch are listed as two separate locations) and you may win a $50 Visa Gift Card!
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Recurring Programs
Remember to always check our website for up-to-date information.
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Through Friday, August 7 at 5:00 PM
Grand Street Branch
Help us stock up Hoboken students for the new school year! In partnership with HOPES, we're collecting school supplies for our Back to School Supply Drive.
We're collecting:
- Highlighters
- Book covers
- Pencil cases
- Bookbags
- Calculators
- Lined paper
- Notebooks
- Pens
- Pencils
- Crayons
- Folders
- Binders
Every donation helps a local student start the school year ready to learn.
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Tai Chi
Tuesdays & Thursdays at 11:15 AM
Grand Street Branch, Gymnasium
Find your balance at the Grand Street Branch.
Instructor Peter leads a free weekly workshop open to beginners and all experience levels.
Whether you're new to the practice or looking to maintain a regular routine, this is a welcoming and accessible way to move your body and clear your mind. Elevator access is available.
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Social Work Drop-In Hours
Thursdays at 12:00 PM
Grand Street Branch, Study Room
The library has always been a place where everyone belongs, and that includes making sure our community has access to the support and resources they need.
Whether you need a referral to home health care, affordable housing, or mental health services, help navigating benefits applications for Temporary Disability Insurance, Paid Family Leave, or Unemployment Insurance, or simply someone to point you in the right direction, we are here.
Drop in, ask your questions, and let us help you find what you are looking for.
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Feel Good Friday
Monday, August 3 at 3:30 PM
Grand Street Branch, Program Room
Fridays just got a whole lot sweeter.
Stop by the library every Friday to check out a book and treat yourself to an ice cream treat on us. It is the perfect way to kick off the weekend with a great read in hand and something delicious to go along with it.
Open to children and teens while supplies last.
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VEX Robotics Program
Saturday, August 8 at 11:00 AM
Main Library, MakerSpace
The future is being built right here in the MakerSpace.
This teen-led robotics program uses VEX classroom robotics kits to introduce teens and adults to the fundamentals of coding and programming, giving participants hands-on experience making small robots complete real tasks and challenges. Designed as a five-session series running through August, you are welcome to drop in for one class or come back for all of them.
Space is limited to 10 students per session, so registration is required. Come build something.
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Evil Genius
by Claire Oshetsky
Darkly funny and deliciously unsettling, Claire Oshetsky's latest follows a young woman whose obsession with tales of love and death begins to take on a rather personal dimension. What starts as a literary fixation slowly reveals itself as something far more calculated, a subconscious reckoning with the abusive husband she can no longer ignore.
Oshetsky writes with a sly, sharp wit that makes the sinister feel almost reasonable, and that is precisely what makes this novel so compulsively readable.
For anyone who likes their domestic fiction with a very sharp edge.
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Your Fault
by Mercedes Ron
Starting university was supposed to be a new chapter. But for Noah, it means stretching a relationship that already runs on high voltage across new distances, new pressures, and secrets neither she nor Nick has fully faced yet.
Mercedes Ron doesn't flinch from the messiness of loving someone whose past is still catching up with them, and whose future isn't guaranteed to include you.
Raw, propulsive, and emotionally honest, this is a romance for readers who know that the hardest part of trusting someone isn't falling for them. It's staying.
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Speed Reader
by Matthew Cody
Zander Fast has always been last at everything, last to finish his assignments, last off the bus, last to live down his uncle's embarrassing tall tales. Then a mysterious book arrives in the mail and suddenly Zander can't stop reading, or running, or saving the entire town.
Matthew Cody's action-packed adventure is a love letter to reluctant readers wrapped inside a superhero story, complete with a best friend, a trusty dog, and a villain with very big plans for Cape City.
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