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- 2022 Big Read Keynote: Uyen Khuong, Action Together NJ – Recording Available
- 2022 NEA Big Read Program Information & Recordings
- 2024 Big Read Kickoff: In Conversation with Author Daniel Mendelsohn, Recording Available
- 2024 NEA Big Read Program Information and Recordings
- 2026 Beyond the Page Community Wide Read
- A Question of Humanity: A Feature of Two TV Episodes, 3/29/26, 3 PM @ PPL
- Adult Book Discussion Group
- Afternoon Movie & Craft: Wall-E, 3/18/26, 2 PM @ PPL
- Amazing New Jersey: People and Places of the Garden State – Recording Available
- An Intro to NJ’s Historic Burial Grounds – Recording Available!
- Art Talk: Marcel Duchamp -Recording Available Until 3/7/2026
- Author Talk: New Jersey’s Lost Piney Culture – Recording Available!
- Author/Photographer Talk: Seeing the Sourlands by Jim Amon – Recording Available
- Beginning Genealogy: Starting Your Family Tree – Recording Available Soon!
- Binge Boxes – Movie Collections Curated for You!
- Black Culture & History Podcasts
- Book Review: A Murder in Time by Julie McElwain
- Book Review: Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan
- Book Review: Force of Nature by Jane Harper
- Book Review: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
- Book Review: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
- Book Review: Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
- Book Review: Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner
- Book Review: Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg
- Book Review: The Bitter Side of Sweet by Tara Sullivan
- Book Review: The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
- Book Review: The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud
- Book Review: We Are The Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson
- Brain Pickings: Sustenance for the Literary Soul
- Busy Town Tradition
- Chatting with Raina Telgemeier
- Check out these Books Inspired by New Jersey!
- Circe: Examining the Impact of a Retelling – Recording Now Available!
- Clever Corvids, 4/11/26 @ 11 AM
- Creating a Backyard Victory Garden – Recording Available
- DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL 3/20/26: What If? Art Show Call for Art 2026
- Discussion Panel: Immigration Experiences – Recording Available!
- Electric Literature: Energy In Every Post
- Emily Roebling & the Brooklyn Bridge, Recording Available
- Epic Reads for the YA Crowd
- Featured Artist: Alisha Hastings-Kimball
- Featured Artist: Janet Keller Laughlin
- Featured Artist: Kit Greener
- Film: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 3/15/26, 3PM @ HVCHS
- Find Books That Match Your Reading Style: NoveList
- Free eBooks – Project Gutenberg – Recommended Reads
- FREE Music Together demo class! Wednesday, 1.21.26 @ 10:30AM
- Free Online Documentary Film Series – Archived – Select Recording Available
- Free Short Stories Online
- Get Lost at LiteraryHub.com
- Grammarly
- Graphic Novel & the Oral Tradition – Recording Available!
- Guided Autobiography: People Are Made of Stories, 3/18/26 @ 7 PM via Zoom
- Healthy Holiday Eating via YouTube
- History of the Graphic Novel– More Than Superheroes and Spandex – Recording Available!
- Hopewell Valley History Project: Discover Local History from Home – Recording Available
- In Conversation with Author Bobbie Jean Huff – Recording Available
- In Conversation with Author Charles Hunt – Recording Available
- In Conversation with Author Colby Cedar Smith – Recording Available
- In Conversation with Author Jessica Pearce Rotondi – Recording Available!
- In Conversation with Author Laura Sims – Recording Available
- In Conversation with Author Laura Spence-Ash – Recording Available
- In Conversation with Author Mariah Fredericks – Recording Available!
- In Conversation with Author Victoria Weisfeld, Recording Available
- In Conversation with Dr. Cal Newport, 3/19/26 @ 7 PM via Zoom
- In Conversation with Local Filmmakers of Capsules – Recording Available
- Jersey Genius: Author Stephen Crane – Recording Available!
- Joseph Bonaparte’s Point Breeze Estate – Recording Available
- Keynote Speaker Thi Bui in Conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen – Recording Available
- Little Free Library Comes to Kunkel Park
- Madeline Miller in Conversation with Author/Illustrator George O’Connor – Recording Available
- Nature Programs @ Washington Crossing – Recording Available
- New @ the Maker Station this March!
- Nutrition the Mediterranean Way, Recording Available!
- On Color: Color Theory Talk with the Grounds for Sculpture – Recording Available
- Organize Like An Archivist – Recording Available
- Outdoor Story Time, Wednesdays @ 11
- Paws to Read- Read to a Cat! Wednesday, 4/15/26 @ 4 PM
- Pearl S. Buck in China – Recording Available!
- Pennington Profile and the Story of its Creation, Recording Available
- Picture This: Cataloging Digital Family Photos – Recording Available
- Plant Based Recipes Series via YouTube
- Poetry Workshop with Patricia Smith – Recording Coming Soon!
- Publishers Have Much to Offer Online
- Recommended Reading for Adults
- Robotics Workshop for Families, 3/14/26 @ 1pm
- Small Space Gardening Talk with Bracco Farms – Watch Now
- Spirits of Hopewell Valley Living History – Recording Available
- Stories of Slavery in New Jersey – Recording Available
- Storm Water Management – Recording Available
- Story Stroll, Sept. – Oct., 2024
- StoryCorps Animated Short Film Highlights the Importance of Libraries
- Take Home Craft: God’s Eye Weaving Kits, 3/2024
- Take the Trolley: The Trolley Age in Mercer County – Recording Available
- Tech Night In, 3/20/26
- The Art of Storytelling: Rewriting the Pop Culture Script, 4/7/26 @ 7 PM
- The Boys Who Said No! Documentary Film Discussion with Director Judith Ehrlich – Recording Available
- The Great Silence of Lichens, 3/24/26 @ 7 PM via Zoom
- The Hopewell Valley COVID-19 Time Capsule Project – Recording Available
- The Life & Work of the Johnson Family – Recording Available
- The Mercer & Somerset Story & The Frog War – Recording Available
- The Winter Garden – Recording Available!
- Trenton’s Urban Renewal and the Struggle for Community via Zoom, 6/14
- Tune in to WDVR 89.7FM to learn about Beyond the Page! Recording Coming Soon!
- Using Zoom for Online Library Programs
- Virtual Conversation with Ted Chiang, 4/16/26 @7 PM via Zoom
- Virtual Read Alouds 📚 and Arts/Crafts 🎨
- Washington Crossing State Park: Natural History & Design – Recording available!
- Washington Crossing State Park: The Future Unveiled –Recording Available
- Women of the Seas and the Stars – Recording Available
- Women Win the Vote! The Suffrage Fight in Three Acts – Recording Available
- Writing Forward: A Creative Writing Blog
