October brings plenty of opportunities to celebrate the season, discover new interests, and connect with your community at MCLS. Enjoy Halloween-themed programs, join us in celebrating 100 years of Winnie-the-Pooh, and explore programs for Reading Group Month. To celebrate Friends of the Library Week, we’re also highlighting programs sponsored by our Friends groups, whose support helps make additional programming and events possible at MCLS branches. Visit our website to learn more about our Friends of the Library and how you can get involved. As we continue commemorating the 250th anniversary of American independence, there are a variety of ways to learn, celebrate, and connect at your library.
Below are selected events and programs taking place throughout the Mercer County Library System in October. For a complete list of events at your local branch, visit the MCLS Events Calendar.
Halloween
Programs for Kids
Halloween Parade and Concert
Thursday, October 22, 10:00 am
Lawrence Branch
Halloween Concert and Parade with Tim Hoh Music for Kids
Thursday, October 22, 10:30 am
Hickory Corner Branch
Halloween Storytime
Monday, October 26, 10:30 am
Thursday, October 29, 10:30 am
Saturday, October 31, 10:30 am
Hopewell Branch
Halloween Wiggles & Giggles
Tuesday, October 27, 10:00 am
Tuesday, October 27, 11:00 am
Twin Rivers Branch
Boo Bash! (Halloween Concert & Parade)
Tuesday, October 27, 10:30 am
West Windsor Branch
Halloween Party
Wednesday, October 28, 3:00 pm
Robbinsville Branch
Tim Hoh's Music For Kids Halloween Parade
Friday, October 30, 11:30 am
Ewing Branch
Spooky Sweet Creation
Friday, October 30, 3:00 pm
Hollowbrook Branch
Creep Chemistry: Halloween Chemistry Experiments with Angie Miller from Princeton University
Saturday, October 31, 12:00 pm
Hickory Corner Branch
Programs For Teens
Halloween Playfest
West Windsor Branch
Teens & Tweens Make: Ghost Portraits
Twin Rivers Branch
Hallowteen Night
Hopewell Branch
Programs for Adults
Ghost Hunting Behind the Scenes: New Jersey's Oldest Paranormal Research Team
Ewing Branch
Ghost Hunting Behind the Scenes: New Jersey's Oldest Paranormal Research Team
Robbinsville Branch
How to Hunt the Jersey Devil
Twin Rivers Branch
Adult CrafterNoon: Yarn Pumpkin Craft
Lawrence Branch
Adult Craft: Pumpkin Painting
Hollowbrook Branch
Adult Craft: Yarn Pumpkins
Hopewell Branch
How to Hunt the Jersey Devil
Lawrence Branch
Demons, Creatures, and Monsters -- Oh My!
Virtual Program
Reading Group Month
Programs for Kids
Reading Rebels
Hopewell Branch
Book Clubs for Tweens & Teens
Middle Grade Book Club
Robbinsville Branch
Graphic Novel Club
Hopewell Branch
Silent Book Club
Hickory Corner Branch
Manga Club
Hopewell Branch
Book Clubs for Adults
Get Lit Book Club - The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
Lawrence Branch
Silent Book Club
Ewing Branch
Monday Afternoon Book Club - A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst
Hopewell Branch
Poet's Perspective Poetry Reading & Open Mic
Lawrence Branch
Queer Reads
Hopewell Branch
Sci-Fi Shorts Book Club - "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison
Lawrence Branch
Sports Book Group - Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling by Danny Funt
Hopewell Branch
Bite Size Books for Busy People – Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin
Hightstown Branch
Morning Book Club - The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Lawrence Branch
Nonfiction Book Club - Stories of Slavery in New Jersey
Ewing Branch
Nonfiction Book Club - Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
Hickory Corner Branch
Hickory Corner Book Club - Hungered by Amanda Rizkalla
Hickory Corner Branch
Gardening Book Group - The Garden of Small Beginnings by Abbi Waxman
Hopewell Branch
True Crime Book Club - Slenderman by Kathleen Hale
Lawrence Branch
Imaginary Universes Book Club: Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Robbinsville Branch
Mystery Book Club - The Botanist's Assistant by Peggy Townsend
Hickory Corner Branch
Fiction Book Club - Beautiful Ugly
Ewing Branch
Celebrating 100 Years of Winnie the Pooh
Programs for Kids
Winnie the Pooh Storytime
Hollowbrook Branch
Winnie the Pooh Canvas Painting
Hickory Corner Branch
Winnie the Pooh Party
West Windsor Branch
Winnie the Pooh Creation Station
Robbinsville Branch
Friends of the Library Spotlight – Programs Sponsored by the Friends of the Library
Programs for Kids
Friday Morning Concerts:
Miss Kim
Sing along with Sarah
West Windsor Branch
Alien Stress Balls: War of the Worlds Anniversary
West Windsor Branch
Programs for Teens
Teen Interview Skills
West Windsor Branch
Programs for Adults
Matinee Movies
Hickory Corner Branch
Film Screening:
Project Hail Mary (2026)
Lawrence Branch
Fall Concert - Jersey Transit A Capella
Lawrence Branch
Cook Talks: Dining Out on a Budget
Lawrence Branch
Chasing the Last Laugh
Lawrence Branch
Mocktails & Munchies: Blackberry Pomegranate "Midnight Elixir" and Blackberry Pomegranate Cheesecake Parfaits
Hopewell Branch
How to Hunt the Jersey Devil
Lawrence Branch
Adult Craft: Frosted Bottle Lights
Hickory Corner Branch
America 250
Programs for Adults and Teens
Pilgrims and the Mayflower
Virtual Program
Patriots of the Pines!
Virtual Program
Unearthing History, One Page at a Time: The Papers of Mercy Otis Warren
Hopewell Branch
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