Plainfield Public Library

9:00am-8:45pm

(908) 757-1111

Plainfield Public Library
800 Park Ave.
Plainfield, NJ 07060
United States

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Sun: Closed

Mon-Thu: 9:00am-8:45pm

Fri: 9:00am-4:45pm

Sat: 11:00am-2:45pm

Upcoming Events

Name: Langston Hughes Storytime
Start: 2025-02-01T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-01T13:00:00-05:00
Location: Plainfield Public Library

Featured Events

Langston Hughes Storytime

Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Children's Room at Plainfield Public Library

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Children, Families, Tweens

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Library Branch: Plainfield Public Library

Room: Children's Room

Age Group: Children, Families, Tweens

Program Type: Storytime

Event Details:

Join us at the library to celebrate Langston Hughes' birthday! Enjoy a storytime and coloring sheets!

Toddler Storytime Every Wednesday in the Children's Room

Toddler Storytime - Songs, Rhymes & Playtime

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Children's Room at Plainfield Public Library

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Babies, Families

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Library Branch: Plainfield Public Library

Room: Children's Room

Age Group: Babies, Families

Program Type: Storytime

Storytime

Join us for a fun storytime.

Event Details:

Join us every Wednesday for Storytime! Enjoy songs, rhymes, and stories, followed by playtime. Children three and under and their caregivers are welcome!

two heart-shaped ornaments, one painted purple and one black, both with roses painted on them.

Paint On! Wooden Hearts

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Room 2 at Plainfield Public Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts

Age Group:

Tweens, Teens

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Library Branch: Plainfield Public Library

Room: Room 2

Age Group: Tweens, Teens

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Event Details:

Join us to paint wooden heart ornaments to keep for ourselves or give to others!

Friends of the Library - Black History Month Program

Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 11:00am - 2:30pm

Anne Louise Davis (ALD) Room at Plainfield Public Library

Program Type:

Event, Performance

Age Group:

Everyone

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Library Branch: Plainfield Public Library

Room: Anne Louise Davis (ALD) Room

Age Group: Everyone

Program Type: Event, Performance

Event Details:

Come join the Friends of the Plainfield Public Library in this program featuring live Jazz by The Brandon McCune Quartet, also presentations by The New Jersey Orators, and a look at African American Inventors!

Storytime with Former Councilman Barry Goode

Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Children's Room at Plainfield Public Library

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Children, Families

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Library Branch: Plainfield Public Library

Room: Children's Room

Age Group: Children, Families

Program Type: Storytime

Storytime

Join us for a fun storytime.

Event Details:

Join us in our Children's Room for a special storytime from former Councilman Barry Goode.

Black History Month Trivia!

Monday, February 10, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Room 2 at Plainfield Public Library

Program Type:

Event, Gaming

Age Group:

Children, Tweens

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Library Branch: Plainfield Public Library

Room: Room 2

Age Group: Children, Tweens

Program Type: Event, Gaming

Event Details:

Test your knowledge of Black History this February with our Black History Month Prize Jeopardy! Quiz. Great for Kids and Tweens.

Toddler Storytime - Songs, Rhymes & Playtime

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Children's Room at Plainfield Public Library

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Babies, Families

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Library Branch: Plainfield Public Library

Room: Children's Room

Age Group: Babies, Families

Program Type: Storytime

Event Details:

Come join us every Wednesday for a Toddler Storytime! Enjoy songs, rhymes, and stories, followed with playtime. Children three and under and their caregivers are welcome!

A set of cards and some game tokens, above three people of color playing a board game

Family Board Game Night w/Literacy

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Room 2 at Plainfield Public Library

Program Type:

Gaming

Age Group:

Children, Families, Tweens, Teens, Adults, Seniors, Everyone

Library Branch: Plainfield Public Library

Room: Room 2

Age Group: Children, Families, Tweens, Teens, Adults, Seniors, Everyone

Program Type: Gaming

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 27

Event Details:

We have a variety of board games and we'll be bringing in food (including pizza) for this evening of fun with the Library's Teen and Adult Programs and the Literacy Department.

Valentine's Day Crafts flier - same info

Kid's Valentine Crafts

Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Anne Louise Davis (ALD) Room at Plainfield Public Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts

Age Group:

Children, Families

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Library Branch: Plainfield Public Library

Room: Anne Louise Davis (ALD) Room

Age Group: Children, Families

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Event Details:

Valentine's-themed crafts for ages 5-13. Raffle/giveaway after the craft activities.

Jazz with the Bradford Hayes Quartet, Feb 13 at 6:30pm

Jazz with the Bradford Hayes Quartet - Black History Month

Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Anne Louise Davis (ALD) Room at Plainfield Public Library

Program Type:

Event

Age Group:

Everyone

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Library Branch: Plainfield Public Library

Room: Anne Louise Davis (ALD) Room

Age Group: Everyone

Program Type: Event

Event Details:

Join us for an evening of scintillating jazz with The Bradford Hayes Quartet, returning after their standing-room-only event of 2024. Mr.

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S.T.E.A.M. with Ms. T. - Black History Month Lego Style

3:00pm - 5:00pm

Children, Tweens

Anne Louise Davis (ALD) Room

Library Branch: Plainfield Public Library

Room: Anne Louise Davis (ALD) Room

Age Group: Children, Tweens

Program Type: Class, Workshop

Event Details:

Learn about the achievements of AfricanAmericans in various S.T.E.A.M. fields and build LEGO creations. Coloring pages and Duplex LEGOS provided for younger patrons.

Kids Cooking: Louis Armstrong’s Red Beans and Rice - Black History Month

1:30pm - 2:30pm

Children, Tweens, Teens

Room 2

Registration

Library Branch: Plainfield Public Library

Room: Room 2

Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Class, Workshop

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 21

Event Details:

Red Beans and Ricely Yours,

-- Louis Armstrong

Program for ages 5-18.

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