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September 2017 Oakland Public Library Newsletter is Available!

Click here to see our September 2017 Newsletter.

Click here to see Children's Programs on our Kid page.

Donate to the Oakland Public Library while shopping on Amazon... Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to New Friends of the Oakland Public Library whenever you shop on AmazonSmile.  To donate by credit card using Amazon Smile, bookmark this link by Clicking Here.

 September is Oakland Library Card Sign UP Month
 Get a Library Card and Receive a BOGO Coupon for Chipotle

September is Oakland Library Card Sign UP Month. Receive a “bogo” coupon from Chipotle for getting your first OPL card or   renewing your current card. “bogo”- buy one get one.  Coupons must be used by September 30, 2017

**Hoopla Update**

Effective October 1, BCCLS will no longer offer the Hoopla service.  The Oakland Public Library will continue the Hoopla service in October.  We are hoping Oakland patrons will not experience any disruption to this service.  We will keep you posted.  BCCLS has reduced Hoopla checkouts to four (4) per patron for the month of September 2017.  Anything you checked out on Hoopla during September will remain checked out to you until the item's normal expiration date -- even if that date is beyond October 1.

 cloudLibrary App is Here! (replaced Overdrive)

Go to http://yourcloudlibrary.com/index.php/en-us/how-it-works to download the app.  Also, below are directions for different devices.

cloudLibrary printed directions:
iOS and Android (icluding many Nook tablets)
Kindle Fire (2nd Generation or newer) 

NFOPL SUNDAY AFTERNOON CONCERT SERIES:
Ramapo Valley Chamber Ensemble Dvorak and More
Sunday, October 22nd at 4:00 PM
Presbyterian Church of New Jersey
222 Ramapo Valley Road, Oakland NJ

Piano: Boston Symphony’s Jerome Rosen, Viola and Violin: Met Orchestra’s Vincent Lionti, Laura Hamilton, and Jeehae Lee Cello: NY Philharmonic’s Lanny Paykin

This is a free concert, donations are gladly accepted . NFOPL is a 501(c)3 organization.

Jewelry and Notecard Sale
Saturday, October 28th from 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM

To benefit a true jewel: Oakland's Newly Renovated Library.  From Adorable to Attention-getting, Everyday to Elegant, Funky to Fancy, Pre-formed to Prismatic this sale will contain many handcrafted pieces, vintage pieces and beautiful note cards. Something for every style and every budget. Get a head start on gift giving and support our gem of a Library.

Computer Workshop Wednesdays
Wednesdays from 1:00 - 2:30 PM 

September 27th - cloudLibrary - the cloudLibrary app has eBooks and eAudiobooks.  Free with your library card.

October 4th - Pinterest - Create a Pinterest account and learn how to pin or just use it to get great ideas for recipes, decorating and more!  Must have an email address.

Register call the library at 201-337-3742.  For more classes, Click Here

Cookbook Club
Monday, October 16th at 6:30 PM

What's a Cookbook Club?  Like a book club, members meet to discuss a specific book, in this case, a cookbook.  Meetings are a potluck meal as each member cooks one recipe from the cookbook and brings it to the meeting.  The library will supply the cookbooks, plates, cups and utensils.  Cookbook club members can pick a Squash Recipe from any cookbook in Oakland Public Library  for Monday, October 16th.  Come in and pick one up! For more information, please call the library at 201-337-3742.

Coffee & Coloring for Adults
1st & 3rd Friday of the month:
October 6th & October 20th
1:00-2:00 PM
In the Staff Room Downstairs

The library will provide the designs, paper, pencils, pens, crayons, and the coffee or tea!.

New Friends of the Oakland Public Library 
2017-2018 Sunday Afternoon Concert Series
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Musicians, NY Philharmonic Musicians, Broadway Musicians
To Preform in Sunday Afternnon Free Concert Series in Oakland

This exciting season, under the Artistic Direction of the Met Orchestra's Principal Associate Concertmaster Laura Hamilton, will feature some of the world's best musicians and performers. From the Ramapo Valley Chamber Ensemble to the Met's Greg Zuber on Percussion Mix-and-Match, to the world renowned Mark Sganga Jazz Quartet.

The Concerts begin at 4:00 PM in the acoustically superb sanctuary of the Presbyterian Church of New Jersey, located at 222 Ramapo Valley Road in Oakland. These concerts are free, donations are gladly accepted and the venue is wheelchair accessible.

The Ramapo Valley Chamber Ensemble kicks off the season on October 22 with Boston Symphony's Jerome Rosen, piano; Met Orchestra's Vincent Lionti, Laura Hamilton and Jeehae Lee on viola and violin; and NY Philharmonic 's Lanny Paykin, cello.

Percussion Mix & Match on November 19 features Met Orchestra members Greg Zuber, percussion and Laura Hamilton, violin; Lanny Paykin, cello; and Pat Zuber on flute who hails from the American Symphony Orchestra, New York City Opera, New York City Ballet, and Broadway.

Joyce Balint, Met Orchestra mandolinist and considered one of the foremost classical mandolinists in the USA, will perform in Magical Mandolin on February 11, with Spectrum Symphony Concertmaster and recording artist Susan Heerema on violin and viola; and Laura Hamilton and Lanny Paykin.

Mark Sganga Jazz Quartet returns to the Sunday Afternoon Concert Series on March 11. Mark Sganga has enthralled audiences from Stockholm to Kuala Lumpur to the Thredbo Jazz Festival in Australia. His dynamic guitar playing has been featured on tours and recordings with Indian violin virtuoso Dr. L. Subramaniam, alongside Larry Coryell and Herbie Hancock.A lifelong music educator, Mark has led numerous Master classes and workshops in improvisation, harmony, Latin rhythms, and arranging for solo guitar.

Met Orchestra's cellist, Sam Magill teams up with pianist Beth Levin to close out the series on April 15 with a Cello and Piano Recital. Sam Magill has appeared as soloist throughout Japan and the U.S., including performances in Tokyo's famed Suntory Hall and in Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall. Brooklyn-based pianist Beth Levin is celebrated as a bold interpreter of challenging works, from the Romantic canon to leading modernist composers. /The New York Times/ praised her "fire and originality," while /The New Yorker/ called her playing "revelatory."

For more information about the Sunday Afternoon Concert Series please contact the Oakland Library at 201-337-3742.

No registration is required.