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March 18 - 24

Laughs in the Stacks

Our first comedy benefit sold out, so we're bringing it back!


Comedian Bret Raybould (Comedy Central, SiriusXM) is returning to Hoboken Public Library with a night of stand-up featuring professional comedians with credits on Comedy Central, HBO, SiriusXM, and their own hour specials.


Proceeds from the show benefit the Hoboken Public Library Friends & Foundation, and seating is limited so grab your spot before it's gone.

Featured Programs

Reality Rewritten: A Misinformation Escape Room

Saturday, March 21 at 2:00 PM

Main Library, 3rd Floor


Heres the game: A simple joke gone wrong—an AI-generated post meant for laughs spirals into a real-life disaster, derailing your friend’s hopes to be elected to the student council. Your mission? Travel back in time, change the flow of information, and fix the mistake.


Register today for REALITY REWRITTEN an escape room designed for kids and parents, grounded in the latest research on the technologies and tactics used to spread misinformation and sow division online.



This program is run in partnership with the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public. 


This is meant for kids ages 8 and up to be played with their parent or caregivers.


The escape room features puzzles and finding clues around the room.

NJ Maker Day Program

Sunday, March 22 at 11:00 AM

Main Library, 3rd Floor


Stop by Hoboken Public Library to celebrate NJ Makers Day!

Try hands-on building and crafting stations in our MakerSpace, with staff there to help you along the way. It's a fun, creative day for the whole community.


  • Canva Design Lab - Teen Zone
  • Custom Design Pressing - MakerSpace
  • Hands-on engineering project - Storytime Room


Blood Drive

Monday, March 23 at 12:00 PM

Main Library, Large Program Room


Are you ready to help save lives? The New York Blood Center will be hosting a Blood Drive at the Hoboken Public Library. Appointments are encouraged, but walk-ins are welcome until 4:30PM.


To prepare for donating, please eat well and stay hydrated, bring a valid photo ID, and make sure you are feeling well and symptom-free. Donors must be at least 17 years old, or 16 with a completed parental consent form, and must meet minimum weight requirements.


For full eligibility requirements and additional information, please visit nybc.org/eligibility.


Register to donate here: https://donate.nybc.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/329476

 

Recurring Programs


Remember to always check our website for up-to-date information.

 

Art with Liz

Wednesday, March 18

Main Library, Small Program Room


This week, we will examine and celebrate the paradoxical paintings of Shara Hughes. A young American painter who questions through her work what is conventionally beautiful and what is ugly. She starts with objects considered to be traditionally beautiful and renders them in ways that some may find the opposite of that.


Students will have to determine for themselves what they think. Still life work will be what we focus on, and flowers will be our subject as they famously are for Ms. Hughes.


This program will be held both in person and live on Zoom and YouTube.


Registration is required whether you are attending in person or online.


Creative Corner: Teddy T-Shirt Workshop

Wednesday, March 18 at 4:00 PM

Main Library, Story Time Room


This week, TAB member Eva will host a Teddy Bear T-Shirt Workshop, where participants will befriend a new teddy bear and custom design their T-Shirts. 


The bears will spend a couple of nights at the library and their sleepover will be documented on HPL's Kids Instagram Account.


Pickup of bears can be arraigned by contacting juvenile@hobokenlibrary.org 


Register to reserve your spot. Activities will be suited for kids ages 6 and up. 

FREE Tax Preparation Services

with AARP

Saturday, March 22 at 10:30 AM

Main Library, Large Program Room


The library is hosting free income tax preparation assistance provided by AARP's IRS certified volunteer tax preparers. This service is designed to help eligible individuals and households accurately prepare and electronically file their federal and state income tax returns at no cost.


AARP volunteers are trained to assist with common tax situations and ensure returns are completed with care and confidentiality. This program is open to the community, with a focus on older adults and those with moderate income, though all eligible individuals are welcome.


Appointments are required and availability is limited. Please note, after you are registered, you will be emailed your time slot for the day.


Please review eligibility requirements and bring all necessary tax documents to your appointment to ensure a smooth and efficient experience.


Eligibility Requirements:

- Have lived in New Jersey for all of 2025.

- Have a Social Security number or ITIN number that allows you to work in the US.

- Work only in New Jersey or New York, or have other taxable income.

- NOT have income from rental property or a business with employees, inventory, a loss, or over $50,000 in total expenses, or be a “For Hire Driver”. (Uber, Lyft, etc.)

- Other restrictions may apply. If you have an unusual situation, please ask about restrictions before making your appointment.

Board Game Book Club- NEW

Saturday, March 21 at 2:00 PM

Grand Street Branch, Program Room


In March, we are pairing The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey with the classic murder mystery game Clue! The book is for adults/teens, but anyone age 8+ is welcome to come and play while we discuss this debut coming-of-age mystery novel.


The book is available to borrow from our catalog as well as on hoopla as an eBook or audiobook.

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club

Monday, March 23 at 6:00 PM

Main Library, Small Program Room


The Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club is meeting to discuss The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera.


When a comet destroys Earth, Petra Pena and a few hundred others are chosen to journey to a new planet and carry on the human race. But when Petra wakes up hundreds of years later, she discovers she is the only one who still remembers Earth. A sinister Collective has taken over the ship and wiped the memories of everyone aboard, leaving Petra as the sole keeper of humanity's stories and its only hope for the future.

 

Staff Book Picks

ADULT PICK



Irish Soda Bread Murder

by Carlene O'Connor


Three cozy mystery writers, three St. Patrick's Day murders, one very suspicious baked good. This cozy anthology serves up St. Patrick's Day charm and small-town intrigue in equal measure, with a soda bread body count that would make any Irish grandmother nervous.


Tara Meehan finds herself entangled in a psychic convention gone wrong, Bettina Fraser's bake-off triumph sours when a judge drops dead mid-sample, and April Claus arrives in coastal Oregon to find stolen goods, a murder weapon, and elves to keep undercover. Light on gore and heavy on atmosphere, this is the kind of read that pairs perfectly with a cup of tea and an afternoon with nowhere to be.

YOUNG ADULT PICK



A Greater Goal

by Elizabeth Rusch


More than 250 women have pulled on the U.S. National Soccer Team jersey. They came to win, and win they did, racking up World Cup titles and Olympic gold while fighting a battle that never should have had to be fought: the right to be paid equally for doing it.


Rusch traces the full arc of that story, from the pioneering players who built the program from scratch to the generations that followed, each one inheriting a fight alongside a legacy. What emerges is less a sports history and more a portrait of collective courage, women who kept showing up, kept performing at the highest level, and refused to let the scoreboard be the only place where their worth was measured.

KID PICK



Once Upon an Eid: Stories of Hope and Joy by 15 Muslim Voices




Eid is one word, but it contains multitudes. The smell of samosas frying, the feel of a new outfit on the way to prayers, the anticipation of gifts and gathering.


This anthology brings together fifteen of today's most celebrated Muslim authors to capture what that single day feels like from every angle, in short stories, poetry, and graphic novel chapters that together add up to something bigger than any one of them alone.


A joyful, layered celebration of a holiday that deserves exactly this kind of spotlight.