Sign up for one of our 15-minute sessions and ask one of our librarians your tech questions! Feel free to bring your phone, tablet or other device. In partnership with Cranford Community Center. Please follow the link or contact the library to register.

Stop by the library and pick up this month’s adult craft! This month you’ll get to create a macramé necklace. Thanks to the Friends of the Cranford Public Library for sponsoring this monthly program! While supplies last.

Join us for some unguided, open-ended play! We’ll supply the space and toys, toddlers and their caregivers are welcome to hang out and play. No registration required.

Photographers of all levels are invited to connect, share their work, talk shop, and work in the darkroom. The Darkroom is located in the Arts & Crafts Room on the second floor of the Community Center, the space is wheelchair-accessible.

Made possible by funds from the Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

The Starlab Portable Planetarium System is bringing the universe to the library! A field trip without leaving the building.  Participants are able to view the nighttime sky.  They will observe the stars, planets, the moon and other celestial objects as they appear in the evening sky.

This program is best suited to elementary-aged students.

No registration is required, but space is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. Tickets will be given out at the Children’s Desk beginning at 6:30 on the day of the performance.

This free program is made possible by the Friends of the Library.

If you’re interested in poetry of any kind and from any era, this is the club for you!

The first half of the meeting will be a brief, informal class highlighting the history of poetry along with some of its major types and techniques. The second half will be in the style of a book club, with poems that we will discuss and interpret together as a group.

Tea and baked goods will be served. Please let the library know ahead of time if you have any allergies or dietary restrictions.

*This is a sensory-friendly event and will therefore have a limited number of tickets available.*

The Starlab Portable Planetarium System is bringing the universe to the library! A field trip without leaving the building.  Participants are able to view the nighttime sky.  They will observe the stars, planets, the moon and other celestial objects as they appear in the evening sky.

This program is best suited to elementary-aged students.

No registration is required, but space is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis. Tickets will be given out at the Children’s Desk beginning at 6:30 on the day of the performance.

This free program is made possible by the Friends of the Library.

Families with babies and toddlers are invited to join us for storytime at Hanson Park on Thursday mornings from June 6 through July 18 (weather permitting). We will not have storytime on the 4th of July. Bring a blanket or chair to sit on. In the event of inclement weather, this event will be cancelled.

This class is full, please email lantolino@cranfordlibrary.org to be added to the waitlist.

The goal of this course is to acquire pre-literacy skills such as phonemic awareness, phonological awareness, sound to letter correspondence, blending, and segmenting of words. Before a child develops the ability to read they must first understand that letters map to speech sounds. Later children will develop the ability to sense syllables and syllable types. Here is where real reading begins! The approach in this course is multisensory. We will utilize narratives, visual cues, kinesthetic cues, and auditory cues in order to set every child up for reading.

This free class will be held on Thursday nights in the Cranford Public Library from July 18 through August 29. There will be no class on Thursday, August 15. Because each class builds on the last, we ask registrants to attend all sessions. Registration is required.

Join us for our 2nd annual Tosho-con! This free, full-day, all-ages comic, anime, and pop culture convention will include panels, interactive workshops, crafts, special guests, dance parties, a cosplay contest, Artist Alley and more!

No registration needed! Follow our Facebook event page for up-to-date program and guest information.

Co-sponsored by the Cranford Public Library and the Friends of the Cranford Public Library. Thanks to our partners at the Cranford Community Center and Downtown Cranford.

Learn the basics of karate with Master C of USA Karate and Fitness! This class is appropriate for children ages 3 and up. No registration is required, just drop in.

Paint your own cottagecore decorations at the library! Ages 10+

Join us for some unguided, open-ended play! We’ll supply the space and toys, toddlers and their caregivers are welcome to hang out and play. No registration required.

Photographers of all levels are invited to connect, share their work, talk shop, and work in the darkroom. The Darkroom is located in the Arts & Crafts Room on the second floor of the Community Center, the space is wheelchair-accessible.

Made possible by funds from the Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

Join us for another fun evening of trivia! This free event is hosted by the Friends of the Cranford Public Library! Join us in the Community Room on the first floor of the Community Center! Feel free to bring your own snacks and (non-alcoholic) drinks. Prizes awarded to the winning team.

Learn all about, and get hands-on, with real animals! Spanish words for the animals will be taught and we will highlight some challenges caused by humans that the animals face in their natural habitats. We’ll be joined by 6-8 animals as well as Tripod the Sulcata Tortoise!

This program is best suited to elementary-aged students.

No registration is required, but space is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis.

This free program is made possible by the Friends of the Library.

Learn to play chess! Children grades 3 and up.

This class is full, please email lantolino@cranfordlibrary.org to be added to the waitlist.

The goal of this course is to acquire pre-literacy skills such as phonemic awareness, phonological awareness, sound to letter correspondence, blending, and segmenting of words. Before a child develops the ability to read they must first understand that letters map to speech sounds. Later children will develop the ability to sense syllables and syllable types. Here is where real reading begins! The approach in this course is multisensory. We will utilize narratives, visual cues, kinesthetic cues, and auditory cues in order to set every child up for reading.

This free class will be held on Thursday nights in the Cranford Public Library from July 18 through August 29. There will be no class on Thursday, August 15. Because each class builds on the last, we ask registrants to attend all sessions. Registration is required.

Join the teen librarian and play games on the library’s Nintendo Switch! Ages 10+

Do you have questions about services for seniors or their caregivers? Come visit the Aging Services Kiosk, speak to our specialists and get answers to your questions about:

Pharmaceutical Assistance

Home Energy Assistance/USF

Cooling Assistance

Home Care

Home Delivered or Congregate Meals

Medicaid Eligibility

Social Security

Caregiver Relief Programs

Transportation

And much more!

Join us for some unguided, open-ended play! We’ll supply the space and toys, toddlers and their caregivers are welcome to hang out and play. No registration required.

Root for the United States Women’s National Team against the Matildas in a buzzy matchup during the Olympics! Will the United States make it out of the group stage? Come cheer on the team and enjoy fun activities. Ages 10+

Photographers of all levels are invited to connect, share their work, talk shop, and work in the darkroom. The Darkroom is located in the Arts & Crafts Room on the second floor of the Community Center, the space is wheelchair-accessible.

Made possible by funds from the Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

Join us on a treasure-hunting adventure deep within the jungle! The audience helps the performer act out the tale, as we use the events in the story to explore several exciting science concepts:

• Air pressure

• Energy transfer

• Physical vs. chemical changes

• And more!

Volunteers help conduct each experiment and the whole audience gets involved in changing variables, making predictions, and comparing results! We’ll even bring some experiments out into the crowd for all to see.

This program is best suited to elementary-aged students.

No registration is required, but space is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis.

This free program is made possible by the Friends of the Library.

This class is full, please email lantolino@cranfordlibrary.org to be added to the waitlist.

The goal of this course is to acquire pre-literacy skills such as phonemic awareness, phonological awareness, sound to letter correspondence, blending, and segmenting of words. Before a child develops the ability to read they must first understand that letters map to speech sounds. Later children will develop the ability to sense syllables and syllable types. Here is where real reading begins! The approach in this course is multisensory. We will utilize narratives, visual cues, kinesthetic cues, and auditory cues in order to set every child up for reading.

This free class will be held on Thursday nights in the Cranford Public Library from July 18 through August 29. There will be no class on Thursday, August 15. Because each class builds on the last, we ask registrants to attend all sessions. Registration is required.

Literary Café is a book chat program. The format is simple: Bring a few of your recent favorite books and tell the other members of the group what you like about them. If you don’t have a copy of the book you want to talk about, that’s okay, too. The books can be new or old, fiction or non-fiction, classic or contemporary. There is no required reading, and you will have the opportunity to learn about books recommended by other group members. Attend as many sessions as you’d like. Admission is free and all are welcome. Light refreshments provided by the Friends of the Cranford Public Library.

Join us the first meeting of the Romance Readers Book Club! Bring any book you’re reading and want to discuss and share (smut allowed!). No registration is needed but space is limited. Join us in the Raddin Room!

Photographers of all levels are invited to connect, share their work, talk shop, and work in the darkroom. The Darkroom is located in the Arts & Crafts Room on the second floor of the Community Center, the space is wheelchair-accessible.

Made possible by funds from the Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

Children in Kindergarten and older are invited to join us for a fairy-themed storytime! No registration required.

This class is full, please email lantolino@cranfordlibrary.org to be added to the waitlist.

The goal of this course is to acquire pre-literacy skills such as phonemic awareness, phonological awareness, sound to letter correspondence, blending, and segmenting of words. Before a child develops the ability to read they must first understand that letters map to speech sounds. Later children will develop the ability to sense syllables and syllable types. Here is where real reading begins! The approach in this course is multisensory. We will utilize narratives, visual cues, kinesthetic cues, and auditory cues in order to set every child up for reading.

This free class will be held on Thursday nights in the Cranford Public Library from July 18 through August 29. There will be no class on Thursday, August 15. Because each class builds on the last, we ask registrants to attend all sessions. Registration is required.

Today is the very last day to register and/or report time for our Summer Reading Challenge! Be sure to enter all of the time that you spent reading this summer. Everyone who participates in the challenge is invited to our end of summer party, happening on Thursday, August 15 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

This free program is made possible by the Friends of the Library.

Do you have questions about services for seniors or their caregivers? Come visit the Aging Services Kiosk, speak to our specialists and get answers to your questions about:

Pharmaceutical Assistance

Home Energy Assistance/USF

Cooling Assistance

Home Care

Home Delivered or Congregate Meals

Medicaid Eligibility

Social Security

Caregiver Relief Programs

Transportation

And much more!

Join us the 2nd Tuesday of the month for crafts and conversation! There will be a new project each month. All supplies will be provided. Sponsored by the Friends of the Cranford Public Library. Space is limited and opens up the month prior to each program.

Photographers of all levels are invited to connect, share their work, talk shop, and work in the darkroom. The Darkroom is located in the Arts & Crafts Room on the second floor of the Community Center, the space is wheelchair-accessible.

Made possible by funds from the Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

If you’re interested in poetry of any kind and from any era, this is the club for you!

The first half of the meeting will be a brief, informal class highlighting the history of poetry along with some of its major types and techniques. The second half will be in the style of a book club, with poems that we will discuss and interpret together as a group.

In this session, we will be focusing on narrative poems, i.e. poems that tell a story through verse (think The Divine Comedy or The Odyssey). Attendees are encouraged to bring a poem of their choosing that fits this description, although this is not required.

Tea and baked goods will be served. Please let the library know ahead of time if you have any allergies or dietary restrictions.

*This is a sensory-friendly event and will therefore have a limited number of tickets available.*

Celebrate the hard work of our Summer Reading Program participants at this huge party! We’ll have games, music, crafts, entertainment, and a bounce house. Everyone who participated in the program is invited.

This program is for participants in our annual Summer Reading Program only, if you’d like to attend be sure to enroll and log time in the program. The last day to participate is Monday, August 12.

This free program is made possible by the Friends of the Library.

Photographers of all levels are invited to connect, share their work, talk shop, and work in the darkroom. The Darkroom is located in the Arts & Crafts Room on the second floor of the Community Center, the space is wheelchair-accessible.

Made possible by funds from the Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

Join us for another fun evening of trivia! This free event is hosted by the Friends of the Cranford Public Library! Join us in the Community Room on the first floor of the Community Center! Feel free to bring your own snacks and (non-alcoholic) drinks. Prizes awarded to the winning team.

Learn to play chess! Children grades 3 and up.

This class is full, please email lantolino@cranfordlibrary.org to be added to the waitlist.

The goal of this course is to acquire pre-literacy skills such as phonemic awareness, phonological awareness, sound to letter correspondence, blending, and segmenting of words. Before a child develops the ability to read they must first understand that letters map to speech sounds. Later children will develop the ability to sense syllables and syllable types. Here is where real reading begins! The approach in this course is multisensory. We will utilize narratives, visual cues, kinesthetic cues, and auditory cues in order to set every child up for reading.

This free class will be held on Thursday nights in the Cranford Public Library from July 18 through August 29. There will be no class on Thursday, August 15. Because each class builds on the last, we ask registrants to attend all sessions. Registration is required.

Photographers of all levels are invited to connect, share their work, talk shop, and work in the darkroom. The Darkroom is located in the Arts & Crafts Room on the second floor of the Community Center, the space is wheelchair-accessible.

Made possible by funds from the Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

This class is full, please email lantolino@cranfordlibrary.org to be added to the waitlist.

The goal of this course is to acquire pre-literacy skills such as phonemic awareness, phonological awareness, sound to letter correspondence, blending, and segmenting of words. Before a child develops the ability to read they must first understand that letters map to speech sounds. Later children will develop the ability to sense syllables and syllable types. Here is where real reading begins! The approach in this course is multisensory. We will utilize narratives, visual cues, kinesthetic cues, and auditory cues in order to set every child up for reading.

This free class will be held on Thursday nights in the Cranford Public Library from July 18 through August 29. There will be no class on Thursday, August 15. Because each class builds on the last, we ask registrants to attend all sessions. Registration is required.

Join us the 2nd Tuesday of the month for crafts and conversation! There will be a new project each month. All supplies will be provided. Sponsored by the Friends of the Cranford Public Library. Space is limited and opens up the month prior to each program.