Tina Kelley, Journalist, Poet, Author, will be interviewed by Library Director Sarah Lester, and will receive the 2019 Maplewood Literary Award.

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Hunt has a long career as a photographer, documenting people and the world around us through award-winning photography. Live music with the James White Band. Artists talk at 3:45.

Main Library * Drop In Join local author Holly McGhee as we celebrate her debut middle-grade novel, Matylda, Bright & Tender, about two best friends, Sussy & Guy, and their Leopard Gecko, Matylda. Holly will tell us why she chose to write the story she was most scared to write. Part of the Maplewood Ideas Festival.

At the Woodland: Khalil Gibran Muhammad in conversation with Angie Thomas. Muhammad is Professor of History, Race and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and the former Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Thomas is the author of the powerful and gripping new novel The Hate U Give, which has already been optioned for a major motion picture.

Main Library – Tuesday, March 29 7-9 pm. The library will be open after hours for this month’s Art & Music Reception, featuring quilt artist and CHS art teacher Bisa Butler. Music, wine and refreshments will be provided.

Main Library – Tuesday, March 22 4-5 pm - Ages 5 and up – Drop in – Discover how scientists and detectives gather evidence and clues to figure out what happened in the past. With author Marc Aronson, NY Times science writer Jon Gertner, science teacher John Mead, and a Maplewood Police Department Detective.

Main Library – Tuesday, March 15 at 4:00 pm. Meet the cast members of Columbia High School’s performance of Beauty and The Beast as they read stories and perform some musical numbers from the play! Watch as a makeup artist transforms a cast member into The Beast. There will be a Q and A session afterwards