AUTHOR TALKS AND BOOK SIGNING

The Clarence Dillon Public Library will host three successful local authors on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at noon.  The authors will give short “craft talks” and sign their major books.  Alan Winter of Bernardsville, New Jersey will sign copies of his exciting thriller, Savior’s Day.   Keith Hirshland of Peapack, New Jersey will sign copies of his gripping memoir, Cover Me Boys: I’m Going In: Tales of the Tube from a Broadcast Brat.  Jack McLean of Fort Lee, New Jersey will sign copies of Loon:  A Marine Story, his powerful memoir of the Vietnam War and his return home.

The program is free and there is no registration – just drop in. 

The Clarence Dillon Public Library (www.clarencedillonpl.org) is located at 2336 Lamington Road in Bedminster, New Jersey.

BACH LECTURE AND CONCERT

The sublime music of Johann Sebastian Bach and his extraordinary career and persona are explored by Sandy Putnam followed by an exceptional local virtuoso, Meghan Jin, on the library’s grand piano on Sunday, January 17, 2016 at 2:00 pm.  Johann Sebastian Bach was a magnificent classical composer who is revered for his musical complexities and innovations. 

Pianist Meghan Jin is a 13-year old 8th grader at William Annin Middle School in Basking Ridge, New Jersey.  She started studying the piano with Ms. Gloria Chu when she was 4.  A serious student of the piano, Meghan has competed and received top places in a number of auditions and competitions in NJ and NY in the past 8 years.  She was the 1^st place winner at the 2014 Piano Teachers Congress New York Competition, 2^nd place winner (solo) and 3^rd place (concerto) at the  2014 MEA completion, 1^st place winner at 2015 Music Festival Rising Star Competition, 2^nd place winner (concerto) at the 2015 MEA completion, and received Honorable Mention in 2015 Steinway Scholarship Competition.  Most recently, Meghan won 3^rd place at the 2015 NJMTA Young Musicians Competition.  As winners of some of these events, she has enjoyed the opportunities to perform at Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Riders University and City University of NJ. 

The program will be held in the downstairs meeting rooms of the library.  Admission is free but registration is requested but not required.  To register please call the library at 908-234-2325, or email ref@dillonlibrary.org or enroll in person at the library’s circulation desk. 

The Clarence Dillon Public Library (www.clarencedillonpl.org) is located at 2336 Lamington Road in Bedminster, New Jersey.

MAGIC CONDUCTOR'S READING ADVENTURE

Steve Woyce’s The Magic Conductor’s Reading Adventure will visit the Clarence Dillon Public Library on Saturday, December 12, 2015 at 10:30 am.  Join Steve the Magic Conductor and search for clues to help solve a mystery!  This fun-filled family program combines magic, storytelling, and audience participation and will have everyone excited about reading.  All aboard!   

The program will be held in the downstairs meeting rooms of the library.  Admission is free but registration is requested.  Please register by calling the library at 908-234-2325 ext. 107 or in person in the Children’s Library.  For more information please contact Helen Petersen, Children’s Librarian.  

The Clarence Dillon Public Library (http://www.clarencedillonpl.org) is located at 2336 Lamington Road (at the corner of Route 206 and Lamington Road) in Bedminster, New Jersey.

PR Contact:     Marie Crenshaw

                        Assistant Director

                        Clarence Dillon Public Library

                        2336 Lamington Road

                        Bedminster, NJ  07921

                        (908) 234-2325 ext. 111

                        mcrenshaw@dillonlibrary.org

FIVE SPECIAL AMERICANS LECTURE

Professor James Kane will present a program on the lives of five special Americans:  Emily Dickinson, John Steinbeck, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Ernest Hemingway, and F. Scott Fitzgerald.  The program will be held on Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 2:00 pm. His fast-paced lecture covers their lives, their times, their remarkable works and what happens to each at the end.  As poets and writers each of these individuals moved America.  Professor James Kane is a popular literary speaker who never fails to amuse and move his audiences.

The program will take place in the downstairs meeting rooms of the library.  Admission is $5.00 which is payable at the door.  Registration is requested but not required.    Please register by calling the library at 908-234-2325 or by email ref@dillonlibrary.org or in person at the circulation desk. 

PIANIST MISUZU TANAKA RECITAL

Pianist Misuzu Tanaka will perform works of the great 19^th century Romantic-era composers at the Clarence Dillon Public Library on Sunday. November 1, 2015.  The recital will begin at 2:00 pm. Ms. Tanaka studied piano at the Julliard School with Martin Canin and chamber music with Jacob Lateiner, Seymour Lipkin, and Robert Mann.  She holds a Masters in Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the University of Michigan.  She has performed at Lincoln Center, Washington’s Kennedy Center, and across Europe and Japan.   She has established herself as an artist of remarkable individuality with a rare combination of poetic sensitivity and breathtaking virtuosity.  

The program will take place in the downstairs meeting rooms of the library.  Admission is $5.00 which is payable at the door.  Registration is requested but not required.    Please register by calling the library at 908-234-2325 or by email ref@dillonlibrary.org or in person at the circulation desk.