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_______________________________________________________________________________ UPCOMING ADULT PROGRAMS Please sign up on our online calendar.
Anne Hall Speakers Series: The Olmsted Historic Landscape Legacy in New Jersey Wednesday, October 15th @ 7:00 PM
Don't lose your Signal! What to Do Before Digital TV Arrives. Monday, October 20th @ 7:00 PM
Why the DTV transition will occur and what the benefits of digital television are. What you need to do to continue to receive over-the-air- TV broadcasts after the conversion. How to apply for government coupons that reduce the costs of a digital converter box.
Friends Book Discussion: Sara Gruen's Water for Elephants Wednesday, October 22nd @ 2:00 PM
Come and discuss this fascinating novel!
Naomi Desiderio: Author of Hell at Sea Wednesday, October 22nd from 7:00 to 8:30 PM
Charles Addams Month: "The Thing" A Tribute to Charles Addams Thursday, October 30th @ 7:00 PM
They're creepy and they're kooky, Mysterious and spooky, They're all together ooky, The Addams Family.
On Thursday, October 30th at 8:00 PM join us for "The Thing: A Poetry Reading in Tribute to Charles Addams." Try not to be too frightened when Susanna Rich, English professor at Kean, reads "The Thing."
________________________________________________________________________________ LEARN @ OUR LIBRARY: UPCOMING TGIF & COMPUTER PROGRAMS Please register on our new online calendar or by calling the reference desk at 908.789.4090 ex 4130. For parents of school-aged children: Homework 911 October 14th @ 10:00 AM
Business and Investment Resources on the Internet Thursday, October 16th @ 10:00 AM
The demonstration and hands-on class will cover the basics of ReferenceUSA, NetAdvantage, and Hoover's. These are comprehensive sources of business and investment information available here at the library.
TGIF: Antonio Vivaldi Friday, October 17th @ 1:30 PM
Celebrate turn of the seasons with the the life and music of the famous Baroque composer.
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Frederick Law Olmsted was America's first and most prominent landscape architect. Famous for New York's Central and Prospect Parks, Frederick himself, his two sons, and his firm also designed a number of parks in the Garden State. Come learn about the Olmsted legacy in our state at this informative lecture event. 
In February 2009 standard TV signals will cease. This affects everyone who uses an antenna. The American Library Association and RadioShack present: 
23 year old Jacob Jankowski was getting ready to take his final exams at Cornell University when the news came that his parents had been killed in a car accident. With that news, Jacob's dreams of joining his father's vetinary practice vanish and forlorn Jacob finds himself abroad a circus train. 
Roosevelt called Nazi Germany's U-Boats the "wolfpacks of the Atlantic." Join us for a talk by local author, Naomi Desidero. Mrs. Desiderio's book 'Hell at Sea' is a fictionalized account of a young American woman taken prisoner on a Nazi German U-boat during WWII.
Parents will learn about the amazing resources the Westfield Memorial Library offers for students doing research. 
