Become a Member Today!

Dear Friend, 

As you may know, the library is in the middle of a major, building-wide renovation. The project, which has been many years in the making, has been made possible by the library’s building fund, generous capital support from the Millburn Township, and monies raised privately by Friends of the Millburn Library. We have nearly met our financial goal, but still need $125,000 to fully realize the project. 

Founders Program:

To meet this goal, we have launched a special Founders Program, which will be limited to 25 participants, whose tax-deductible gifts of $5,000 will be recognized on a special plaque to be placed in the renovated library space in 2022. We ask you to consider becoming a Founding Member of Friends of the Millburn Library or make a donation when you renew your membership to help us cross the finish line with this long-awaited renovation.

For more information on Friends membership please visit:

Friends Membership Info.

If you have any questions about the renovation or about the Friends of the Millburn Library, please contact me at: Friends@MillburnLibrary.org

Dorothy Kelly

President

Friends of the Millburn Library 

Winter Walk is Coming to Town

Celebrate the season with Friends at the kickoff event of the 5^th annual Winter Walk in Taylor Park this Sunday, November 21 starting at 3:00 pm.

Hooty will be participating in the festivities starting at 3:00 pm with the Snowflake Stroll and handing out free books at the Friends of the Millburn Library table. Make sure to stop by, pick up a book and learn more about the exciting renovation now happening at the Millburn Free Public Library. We hope to see you there!

Member-Merchant Initiative

Last December, Friends launched our Member-Merchant Initiative as means of supporting local Millburn-Short Hills businesses and strengthening library ties with the community. Since that time, the program has expanded fourfold. We encourage you to stay local this holiday season to keep Millburn Strong. Show your Friends Membership card to enjoy benefits at various participating businesses in the Millburn-Short Hills community.

For more details about the Friends Member-Initiative program and updated information, click here:

Fall Museum Night

Did you miss the Friends Fall Museum Night? Or, perhaps, you’d like to watch it again. Either way, you can view our wonderful program, “Expectation & Innovation: Italian Women Artists 1500-1800 featuring MOMA lecturer Larissa Bailiff through the following You-Tube Link: 

Museum Passes

The Friends sponsor the MFPL’s thriving museum pass program, providing free or reduced admission to a number of museums and cultural institutions in the area.

Museums in the program that are currently open and accepting passes are: MOMA, Guggenheim Museum, American Museum of Natural History, Montclair Art Museum, Intrepid, Air & Space Museum, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, Newark Museum and Storm King Art Center. 

For more details about the Friends museum pass program and updated information click here:

Non-Surgical Pain Management and Sports Medicine with

Dr. Aditi Menon, M.D.

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

7:00 pm-8:00 pm

Virtual on Zoom

Recommended for Adults

(Snow Date: December 15)

Join Friends of the Millburn Library for a Zoom program on pain management with Dr. Aditi Menon. A physician specializing in sports and regenerative medicine, Dr. Menon will discuss common injuries and pain issues that people face and how to prevent and treat them without surgery. 

Dr. Aditi Menon, MD specializes in sports medicine and pain management with an emphasis on regenerative medicine and wellness. She did her training at the New York Presbyterian Hospitals of Columbia Presbyterian and Weill Cornell with training at the Hospital for Special Surgery and Memorial Sloan Kettering. She is a local resident with her medical practice and wellness center in downtown Millburn.

Pre-registration is required to receive the Zoom link. Registration opens on Wednesday, November 24 at 7:00 pm.

Fireside Book Club

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family

by Robert Kolker

Monday, December 6, 2021



Moderated by: Sarah Pardi

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker is the heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease.

A NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, and WASHINGTON POST Top Ten Book of the Year

Kolker tackles this extraordinarily complex story so brilliantly and effectively that readers will be swept away. An exceptional, unforgettable, and significant work that must not be missed.”

—Booklist, starred review

Pre-registration is required to receive the Zoom link.

A Dozen Homemade Gift Ideas for the Holiday Season and Beyond with Stephanie Murphy  

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

7pm via Zoom 

This time of year is full of opportunities to give gifts and show our appreciation of others. Join Friends of the Millburn Library and Stephanie Murphy to learn how to create handmade thoughtful expressions of seasonal joy and friendship. We will watch how to make photo art, cookie jars, special ornaments, candles, candy towers, jewelry trees, coasters and scented fire starters, a blanket and a scarf.

Pre-registration is required to receive the Zoom link. Registration opens on Tuesday, November 30 at 7:00 pm.

Chess Classes

Drop-In Saturday's

Chess Classes

at the Millburn Public Library! 

Drop-in Chess Classes are in full swing with Chess Master Scott Massey on Saturday afternoons!

December 4, 11, 18 

Scott will be offering classes from children at all levels (1:00-4:55 pm). 

Beginner 1:00-2:00 pm;

Intermediate 2:05-3:20 pm;

Advanced 3:25-4:55 pm)

No pre-registration is required. 

Classes are $20/per class, payable by cash or check. 



Questions: friends@millburnlibray.org