MONTCLAIR, NJ (June 16, 2026) — The Township of Montclair, the Montclair Public Library, and the Montclair Public Library Foundation today announced the Library has been selected to receive $36.6 million in transferrable tax credits through the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s Cultural and Arts Facilities Expansion (CAFE) Program, representing one of the largest single...
MONTCLAIR, NJ (May 13, 2026) — In a landmark effort to empower renters and foster a greater understanding of tenants rights, the Montclair Public Library is proud to announce the launch of “New Jersey Keys to Tenancy.” Funded by generous grants from The New Jersey State Bar Foundation and Partners For Health Foundation, this expansive...
MONTCLAIR, NJ (May 13, 2026) — In a landmark effort to empower renters and foster a greater understanding of tenants rights, the Montclair Public Library is proud to announce the launch of “New Jersey Keys to Tenancy.” Funded by generous grants from The New Jersey State Bar Foundation and Partners For Health Foundation, this expansive...
MONTCLAIR, NJ (March 16, 2026) — On Tuesday, April 7, at 6:30 p.m., the Montclair Public Library will be hosting two outstanding journalists in conversation about Jews in the American South. Nicholas Lemann, former dean of Columbia Journalism School and New Yorker staff writer, and Dale Russakoff (“The Prize”), a longtime former reporter for The...
MONTCLAIR, NJ (February 5, 2026) — On Saturday, February 21, at 4 p.m., the Montclair Public Library will host award-winning television producer and author A’Lelia Bundles, in a talk with Princeton professor Khalil Gibran Muhammad about Bundles’s new biography of A’Lelia Walker, her great-grandmother, the hair care heiress and patroness of the Harlem Renaissance. Bundles...
MONTCLAIR, NJ (February 3, 2026) — Montclair Public Library is pleased to announce that library cardholders now have free access to LinkedIn Learning, an online education platform offering thousands of video courses taught by real-world experts. LinkedIn Learning is an award-winning industry leader in online training, with a digital library of over 16,000 courses covering...
MONTCLAIR, NJ (January 28, 2026) — The Montclair Public Library is proud to present the photography of Michael Yellin, a local amateur birder and bird photographer. This exhibit will be on view in the library gallery at 50 South Fullerton Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07042 from February 2, 2026 and completing on February 28, 2026. The...
MONTCLAIR, NJ (January 21, 2026) — On Monday, February 21, at 4 p.m., the Montclair Public Library will welcome Amy Wallace, the ghostwriter of the #1 New York Times bestseller “Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice” by the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre, to a Zoom talk with Gabrielle Glaser (“American...
MONTCLAIR, NJ (January 16, 2026) — Montclair Public Library is proud to announce a year-long series of programs and events honoring a century of national Black history commemorations in the United States. The series, titled “Come Celebrate With Me: 100 Years of Honoring Black History,” recognizes the origins of organized Black history observances dating back...
MONTCLAIR, NJ (January 15, 2026) — Montclair Public Library is excited to announce the launch of “1000 Books Before Kindergarten,” a free early-literacy initiative designed to encourage families to read together, laying the foundation for a lifelong love of reading. This program challenges parents and caregivers to read 1,000 books with their child before they...
