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February 2012

Friday, January 6 to Tuesday, February 28

Claiming Citizenship: African Americans and New deal Photography

Traveling photography exhibit highlighting the new opportunities created for African Americans by the New Deal.

          The Richard Stockton College of NJ Library

          101 Vera King Farris Drive

          Galloway

          (609) 626-3529

Wednesday, February 1, 8:00 PM

Growing Up in the 1950s: The Hopes and Frustrations of a Prosperous Age

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 Norwood Historical Society

 Church of the Holy Communion Fellowship Hall

 66 Summit Street

            Norwood

            (201) 784-0585

Thursday, February 2, 1:00 PM

All Over This Land: American Regional Folk Music

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 Keenagers of St. Andrew's Church

 327 Marlton Pike West

 Cherry Hill

            (856) 429-6692

Monday, February 6, 6:30 PM

Sojourner Truth: "Ain't I a Woman?"

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 Ocean County Library - Island Heights Branch

 121 Central Avenue

 Island Heights

            (732) 270-6266

Wednesday, February 8, 7:00 PM

New Jersey in the American Revolution

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 Hopewell Valley Historical Society

 Mercer County Library - Hopewell Township Branch

 245 Pennington-Titusville Road

             Pennington

            (609) 737-1547

Thursday, February 9, 4:30 PM

Claiming Citizenship: African Americans and New deal Photography

Panel discussion examining the historical, political, and aesthetic dimensions of the exhibit "Claiming Citizenship." 

          The Richard Stockton College of NJ Library

          101 Vera King Farris Drive

          Galloway

          (609) 626-3529

Friday, February 10, 1:30 PM

Paul Robeson: A Chautauqua

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 Teaneck Public Library

 840 Teaneck Road

 Teaneck

            (201) 837-4171

Sunday, February 12, 2:00 PM

The Age of the New Negro:  Harlem in the 1920s

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 Monmouth County Library - Eastern Branch

 1001 Highway 35

 Shrewsbury

            (732) 683-8980

Wednesday, February 15, 1:30 PM

The Suffragette Movement:  How Women Won the Vote

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 The Women's Club of Wyckoff

 176 Wyckoff Avenue

 Wyckoff

            (201) 891-2435

Friday, February 17, 7:00 PM

Abraham Lincoln: Man of Sorrow

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 Trailside Nature and Science Center

 452 New Providence Road

 Mountainside

            (908) 789-3670

Sunday, February 19, 1:00 PM

Eleanor Roosevelt: A New Woman

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 The Contemporary of Trenton

 176 West State Street

 Trenton

            (609) 298-6529

Wednesday, February 22, 7:00 PM

Conservative and Feminist: An Unlikely Pairing

A lecture on women's conservative political thought since 1800. 

          Montclair State University

          1 Normal Avenue

          Montclair

          (973) 655-5144

Saturday, February 25, 2:00 PM

Sojourer Truth: "Ain't I a Woman?"

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 Mount Laurel Library

 100 Walt Whitman Avenue

 Mount Laurel

            (856) 234-7319

Monday, February 27, 7:30 PM

Mr. Jefferson and His Music

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 Pequannock Township Public Library

 477 Newark Pompton Turnpike

 Pompton Plains

            (973) 835-7460

Wednesday, February 29, 7:00 PM

Paul Robeson:  A Chautauqua

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 Washington Township Public Library

 37 East Springtown Road

 Long Valley

            (908) 876-3596

Wednesday, February 29, 7:30 PM

Medieval Castles of England and Wales

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 The Barron Arts Center

 582 Rahway Avenue

 Woodbridge

            (732) 726-7024

 


March 2012

Thursday, March 1, 10:00 AM

Revolutionary Tea:  An 18th Century Tea Experience

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 Friends of the Stafford Library

 129 North Main Street

 Manahawkin

            (609) 597-3381

Sunday, March 4, 2:00 PM

Revolutionary Tea:  An 18th Century Tea Experience

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 Friends of the Maywood Library

 459 Maywood Avenue

 Maywood

            (201) 845-5176

Sunday, March 4, 7:00 PM

The Olmsted Historic Landscape Legacy in New Jersey

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 The Weekend Club at Village Grande

 Village Grande Clubhouse

 100 Grande Boulevard

            West Windsor

            (609) 918-1333

Monday, March 5, 6:00 PM

Reporting on the Arab Spring: One Year Later

Talk by NPR journalist Deborah Amos on recent developments in the Middle East.

          Cohen Lounge, Dickinson Hall

          Montclair State University

          1 Normal Avenue

          Montclair

          (973) 655-4499

Wednesday, March 7, 7:00 PM

Jacqueline Kennedy's Historic Preservation Legacy - 45 Years Later

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 Passaic County Historical Society

 Lambert Castle

 3 Valley Road

            Paterson

            (973) 247-008

Thursday, March 8, 7:00 PM

Abigail Adams:  Dearest Friend

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 Mendham Township Library

 2 West Main Street

 Brookside

            (973) 809-7432

Monday, March 12, 1:00 PM

The Music of the 1950s

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 Springfield Free Public Library

 66 Mountain Avenue

 Springfield

            (973) 376-4930

Tuesday, March 13, 11:00 AM

Our Daughters, The Soldiers

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 Bridgewater Women's Club

 Somerset County Library

 North Bridge Street & Vogt Drive

            Bridgewater

            (908) 685-1348

Thursday, March 15, 1:00 PM

Eleanor Roosevelt: The War Years

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 Women's Guild of the Rossmoor Community Church

 Rossmoor Clubhouse

 Monroe Township

            (609) 655-0351

Thursday, March 15, 2:00 PM

The Shannachie of Glendunbun Ballybeg: Traditional Celtic Tales

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 Monmouth County Library - Marlboro Branch

 1 Library Court

 Marlboro

            (732) 536-9406

Thursday, March 15, 7:00 PM

Mark Twain:  Wit and Wisdom

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 Friends of the Middlesex Library

 1300 Mountain Avenue

 Middlesex

            (732) 356-6602

Sunday, March 18, 2:00 PM

The Shannachie of Glendunbun Ballybeg: Traditional Celtic Tales

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 Ridgewood Public Library

 125 North Maple Avenue

 Ridgewood

            (201) 670-5600

Tuesday, March 20, 7:30 PM

Lenape Culture: An Introduction to American Indian Life in New Jersey

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 Beacon Fire Chapter - DAR

 Summit Library

 75 Maple Street

            Summit

            (908) 464-8054

Wednesday, March 21, 2:00 PM

18th Century: a Capital Concert of Music as Can Be Heard in Dublin

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 Wednesday Morning Club of Cranford

 The Kilkenny House

 112 South Avenue East

            Cranford

            (908) 272-6243

Wednesday, March 21, 5:00 PM

Romeo and Juliet, the Ballet

Presentation on the major themes of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, the history of the ballet,

and the way that the play's themes have been conveyed through dance.

          Rider University Theater

          2083 Lawrenceville Road

          Lawrenceville

          (732) 249-1254

Wednesday, March 21, 7:00 PM

Afghanistan-Pakistan After the American Exit

Lecture on the current state of culture and science in Afghanistan with a resurgent Taliban and

a nuclear Pakistan.

          Cohen Lounge, Dickinson Hall

          Montclair State University

          1 Normal Avenue

          Montclair

          (973) 655-4499

Friday, March 23, 7:00 PM

Feminist Liberalism and its Applications

A lecture on contemporary feminist liberal political philosophy.

          Montclair State University

          1 Normal Avenue

          Montclair

          (973) 655-5144

Saturday, March 24, 2:00 PM

The Lenape - or Delaware - Indians

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 Middlesex County Cultural & Heritage Commission

 Thompson Park Lodge

 1701 Perrineville Road

            Monroe Township

            (732) 745-4489

Monday, March 26, 7:00 PM

Eleanor Roosevelt:  A New Woman

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 Ocean County Library - Plumsted Branch

 119 Evergreen Road

 New Egypt

            (609) 758-7888

Tuesday, March 27, 3:30 PM

Civil Society and the Women's Movements in the Middle East

Panel examining the role that civil society and women's movements have played in recent protests and

uprisings in the Middle East.

          Cohen Lounge, Dickinson Hall

          Montclair State University

          1 Normal Avenue

          Montclair

          (973) 655-4499

Tuesday, March 27, 7:00 PM

Film Screening & Discussion: A Jihad for Love (2007)

Screening and discussion of a documentary focusing on gay, lesbian, and transgender Muslims living in

the Muslim and Western worlds.

          University Hall, Room 1040

          Montclair State University

          1 Normal Avenue

          Montclair

          (973) 655-4499

Wednesday, March 28, 3:00 PM

The Abaya Chronicle: The Lives of Women in the Middle East

Talk on the lives of female business and political leaders in the United Arab Emirates.

          Cohen Lounge, Dickinson Hall

          Montclair State University

          1 Normal Avenue

          Montclair

          (973) 655-4499

Wednesday, March 28, 7:00 PM

Perfect Ladies: The Arts of Dress, Beauty and Etiquette in the Victorian Age

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 Ocean County Library - Jackson Branch

 2 Jackson Drive

 Jackson

            (732) 928-4400

Thursday, March 29, 7:00 PM

Conversation on Race and the Civil War

Moderated community discussion using the letters of a young Civil War soldier from Burlington County to

explore the importance of race relations during the Civil War.

          Burlington County Historical Society

          457 High Street

          Burlington

          (609) 386-4773

 


April 2012

Monday, April 2, 7:00 PM

Songs of the Civil War:  History and Myth

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 Hamilton Township Historical Society

 Hamilton Township Free Public Library

 1 Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. Way

             Hamilton Township

             (609) 581-3758

Monday, April 2, 7:45 PM

Alice Paul:  New Jersey's Crusader for Equality

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 Edgewater Park Women's Club

 400 Delanco Road

 Edgewater Park

            (609) 871-0073

Friday, April 13, 1:00 PM

Unlacing the Victorian Woman

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 YWCA Princeton Newcomers Group

 59 Paul Robeson Place

 Princeton

            (609) 497-2100

Saturday, April 14, 2:00 PM

Paul Robeson:  A Chautauqua

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 Willingboro Public Library

 220 Willingboro Parkway

 Willingboro

            (609) 877-6668

 

Monday, April 23, 1:30 PM

Singing Workers: American Occupational Folksongs

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 Union Township Senior Citizens

 Bethlehem Presbyterian Church

 2 Race Street

             Pittstown

             (908) 735-4306

Saturday, April 28, 11:00 AM

Living and Laughing by The Chopsticks-Fork Principle

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 Medford Leas Residents Association

 1 Medford Leas Way

 Medford

            (609) 654-3045

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