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Montco Passport to Adventure

Jun 252024
 

Try the Montgomery County Libraries PASSPORT TO ADVENTURE challenge this summer! Find out what other Montgomery County libraries offer. Norristown Public Library is participating.

Visit our circulation desk to sign up and pick up your “passport”.

Visit libraries around the county that are on the passport and get stamped. Visitors to our library will get a honeycomb logo sticker and may do a quick scavenger hunt to engage with the library. The scavenger hunt starts at our reference desk on the first floor. Visiting kids can hunt for bees upstairs in our children’s department to earn a bookmark.

After you have visited 12 or more libraries, return your “passport” of stamps and stickers to your starting library and be entered to win a $20 gift card.  Questions about this program at the Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library can be answered at the circulation or reference desks.

Challenge ends August 30, 2024. Winner will be notified in the following week.

Visit the Montgomery County Library district page for information on libraries in our area: https://www.montcolibraries.org/

 

Summer Reading Club for Adults 2024

Jun 122024
 

June 15 – August 10, 2024

Why should kids have all the fun? By reading, adults can keep their brains sharp, lower their stress levels, and be entered to win prizes too!

(available June 15th)

Start by downloading the free Beanstack app and using it to log reading time. On Beanstack you can also tackle challenges and create book reviews. You will be entered to win prizes such as our reader’s basket full of booklover gifts, $25 gift cards, and passes to Longwood Gardens. In addition, visit the reference desk at the Norristown Public Library to complete puzzles for mini-prizes and chances on a small raffle basket. Earn extra chances by attending special events at the library.

Note: Beanstack will be available starting June 15th.

Adult events this summer:

Blitzkrieg Seminars (The Invasion of France 1940): Tuesdays June 4, 11, 18 at 2:30pm in the community room (no registration needed)

Make Music Day: Noon-4pm (plus evening events around Norristown)

The Ins & Outs of Self-Publishing with author Andrea Adore: 6pm Wednesday, June 26

AAA Activities: Thursdays at 2pm we offer activities appropriate for adults of all abilities. Anyone is welcome to join. We have a lot of fun. (This program continues into fall.)

June 13 – Art     June 20 – Karaoke     June 27 – Bingo     July 11 – Art     July 18 – Karaoke     July 25 – Bingo     August 1 – Movement     August 8 – Art

Book Clubs:

Mystery Tuesday Afternoon Book Club – 2pm July 2 (The 6:20 Man) & August 6 (One of Us Is Lying)

Saturday(general) Book Club – 2pm June 15 (The Wager), July 20 (King of the Armadillos), & August 17 (Who Is Maud Dixon?)

Mostly Lesbian Monday Night Book Club – 6:30pm June 17 (Skye Falling), July 15 (She Who Became the Sun), & August 19 (to be determined at June meeting)

Craft Nights: 6pm Mondays 6/24 (tassel & beaded earrings), 7/22 (napkin decoupage), 8/26 (map coasters & crafts) Register under the events tab on this website.

Video gaming:

Novel Knockout Smash Bros Tournament – 12:30pm-4 July 20 & August 17

Comic Fest: 10am-3pm Saturday, August 3, 2024

Pick Up Chess: Every Tuesday afternoon at 2pm in the magazine area near the front entrances

Team Jigsaw Puzzle Contest: 6pm Monday, August 5 Register under the events tab on this website.

Horticultural Show sponsored by the Norristown Garden Club: Wednesday, August 14, 2024 (public encouraged to enter)

Make Music Day-June 21st – Junio 21

May 132024
 

Girl singing and smiling in front of rainbow wall art  Man and boy with recording equipment on stageMan with songbook and woman with guitar singing outsideBoy playing conga drumsPeople playing drums at the libraryDuo playing guitars and singing at the library

 

MAKE MUSIC DAY!   JUNE 21, 2024!  Junio 21!

Our 3rd annual Make Music Day Norristown is in the books! View photos from 2024 performances above. Thank you to all the community members who participated and volunteered to make it a success. If you would like to be involved in planning, hosting, or performing next year please email Jeanne at JCove@mclinc.org. Make Music Day is always on June 21st, World Music Day.

Make Music Day en junio 21.

 Manda un correo electrónico a Jeanne en la biblioteca a la dirección JCove@mclinc.org para inscribirte para presentarte como músico o para inscribirte como anfitrión voluntario.

 

2024 schedule:

11am: Children’s music performance with Miss Emily, geared to preschoolers – Norristown Public Library, 1001 Powell Street, upstairs

12noon: Drum Workshop with Tony Flagiello – Norristown Public Library, 1001 Powell Street, downstairs

1:45: Max on trumpet – Norristown Public Library, 1001 Powell Street, downstairs

2pm: Fricknadorable (acoustic duo) – Norristown Public Library, 1001 Powell Street, downstairs

3pm: Khadijah Graves (R&B/soul – original song) – Norristown Public Library, 1001 Powell Street, downstairs

3:10pm: Garty Bowersox (Broadway songs) – Norristown Public Library, 1001 Powell Street, downstairs

 

5-8pm+: Various Acoustic Acts – Recycle, Read, Repeat Bookstore, 208 Cherry Street

 

6-8:30pm: Student, Teacher, and Community performances. Singer songwriter, duo/trio groups, and poets – Expressive Path Creative Arts Center – 857 Cherry Street

 

7pm: Jonathan Haggard on organ – All Saints Church, 535 Haws Avenue 

 

8:15pm: Campfire singalong with s’mores – Reformed Church of the Ascension, 1700 West Main Street

 

 

AAA Activities

Jan 052024
 

 

 

 

 

All are welcome to participate in AAA Activities days. Our regular Thursday “AAA Activities” begin at 2pm and end at 3 or 3:30pm depending on participants’ involvement and schedules.  The programs are appropriate for adults of all abilities. Drop in any week or email Jeanne ahead at JCove@mclinc.org if you have questions or concerns or plan to bring a large group.  We meet in the community room which is located off the lobby on the library’s main floor. Bathrooms are nearby in the lobby. Quiet coloring is available for those who need a break. There is no cost to participate.

1st Thursdays – Movement (includes stretching session, dance parties, parachute play, etc.)

2nd Thursdays – Art (learn about an artist or technique and create art)

3rd Thursdays – Karaoke (sing along with a mic and YouTube lyrics projected on a screen, participants take turns choosing and performing songs)

4th Thursdays – Bingo (group bingo, usually no prizes)

(5th Thursdays – no activity)

2024:

July 11 – Art

July 18 – Karaoke

July 25 – Bingo

August 1 – Movement (drum exercise, floor bowling)

August 8 – Art (giant painted birds)

August 15 – (no activity/vacation)

August 22 – Bingo

August 29 – no activity/5th week

Sept. 5 – Movement

Sept. 12 – Art

Sept. 19 – Karaoke

Sept 26 – Bingo

Thank you to our June Jazz 2023 Sponsors!

Jun 072023
 

We held our annual June Jazz fundraiser on Tuesday, July 6, 2023. Twenty-six organizations and individuals sponsored the fundraiser, and turnout was terrific! Our wonderful hosts at von C Brewing Company made everyone feel welcome, and the Taco Truck by Lumbrada Express got rave reviews! The Kool Kats, formerly known as the N Town Band, delivered the smooth, upbeat jazz that our supporters ask for year after year.

Proceeds raised by June Jazz support the Library’s materials budget, placing books and other media straight into the hands, homes, and minds of the Montgomery County families we serve. We are deeply grateful to the following organizations and individuals for generously sponsoring June Jazz.

THANK YOU!

Author Sponsor

Friends of Montgomery District Library Center

Publisher Sponsor

Tompkins Bank

Editor Sponsors

Stauffer Glove & Safety

PECO

Storyteller Sponsors

Clean As A Whistle, Inc.

Miller, Turetsky, Rule & McLennan

Pathcom, Inc.

Recycle Read Repeat

Republic Bank

Shannondell at Valley Forge

Szpindor-Meyers Funeral Home

TD Bank

Bookworm Sponsors

Monica D’Antonio
Elzar & Carolyn V. Camper, Jr.
Curran Family
Dischell Bartle Dooley Law Offices
Susan K. Howard & Gene R. Frank, Ph.D.
Beth Jacksier
Kimmel Bogrette Architecture + Site
Literacy Council of Norristown
Longley Insurance Agency
Mary Metz
Montgomery Bar Association
Joan Mower
Cathyann Sweeney
Larry Tuliszewski
Waste Management

 

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Sep 082022
 

 

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Museum Passes at MC-NPL

Jul 222022
 

 

 

Looking for something to do with family or visiting friends? Check out a museum pass from the library!These select passes are for popular local attractions. Each pass can be borrowed for 3 days, allows you to bring multiple people along with you, and may even give you discounted purchases at the venue. You cannot place holds on these passes.

Please contact the circulation department for more information and to check the current availability of passes.

Museum passes are provided through the generosity of the Friends of Montgomery District Library Center.

Currently, we have the following passes available to borrow from our circulation desk:

  • Elmwood Park Zoo (admits up to 2 adults and 6 children)
  • John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove (admits up to 2 adults and 4 children)
  • Woodmere Art Museum (admits up to 2 adults and 4 children).
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