The Library is now an official passport application acceptance facility MONTCLAIR, NJ (January 13, 2025) — Eligible individuals, including those who live outside Montclair, can now apply in-person for a passport at the Montclair Public Library. This new service will primarily help individuals who have never held a U.S. passport, as well as children under...
What happens when a New Jersey community bands together to create artworks for public display? Find out at the Montclair Art Museum and Montclair Public Library, where new, collaborative artworks will be exhibited from mid-December 2024 through early January 2025. Fourteen volunteer art-making teams have been working since early October 2024, each team creating an...
Free community event on December 14 features music, dance, poetry, and more MONTCLAIR, NJ (December 2, 2024) — The Montclair Public Library invites the community to celebrate Kwanzaa on Saturday, December 14, with a marketplace and series of free programs. This celebration builds on the Library’s 35-year tradition of featuring Kwanzaa as the keystone of...
Free one-on-one service resumes for the public MONTCLAIR, NJ (November 19, 2024)—After a pause in service, the public can once again meet one-on-one with a social worker at the Montclair Public Library. This free service can be reserved by appointment or on a walk-in, first-come-first-served basis at the Main Library. The social worker is available:...
“I Partner with My Public Library” honors its work with Montclair Public Library MONTCLAIR, NJ (October 22, 2024) — The Montclair-based Partners for Health Foundation is among 11 winners named in the national “I Partner with My Public Library” awards. Created by the non-profit organization Let’s Move in Libraries, this award celebrates the crucial work...
-Check out our print Spanish collection at the back of the second floor in the Main building. We have fiction, some non-fiction and some ESL materials available. -Read our catalog in Spanish by clicking on the “English (U.S.)” at the top righthand portion of the screen and selecting “Español (US).” -Use our catalog to select...
Were you inspired by Ayana Mathis in conversation about her new book, “The Unsettled,” with Emily Raboteau? Here are some related materials you can borrow through the library! ASSORTED BOOKS “The Twelve Tribes of Hattie” by Ayana Mathis “Searching for Zion: The Quest for Home in the African Diaspora” by Emily Raboteau “Facing Apocalypse: Climate, Democracy,...
MPL RESOURCES YouTube video of Montclair Public Library’s recent Adult School class on “Exploring Native American Identity: Forced Adoption, Self Discovery and Fraud,” Participants: adoptee activist and author Michele Kriegman, author and producer Gabrielle Glaser, and Prof. Chris Matthews, chair of Anthropology and director of the Native American and Indigenous Studies program at Montclair State...
