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Public library serving Rutherford, NJ and the surrounding community 📖
2024 Best of Bergen Winner: Best Library 🏆

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🎃Halloween Craft Night at @rutherfordlibrary 👻 adult class with @cloverfolk making cookie inspired needle felted Halloween crafts! Fun way to get into spooky season with the Friends.

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The @rutherfordlibraryfriends hosted their first annual Fall Craft Night this past week and it was an absolute blast. This year’s theme was “Frost Your Way Into Fall” and in collaboration with @sweetschefjen the first craft was cookie decorating!
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The night was designed to bring folks together in a welcoming environment, much like your favorite cozy fall sweater, with seasonal decorations, hearty snacks, and the option to BYOB.
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During the 2 hour session, guests were shown a handful of different beginner friendly techniques, in fall’s favorite color scheme, used to decorate 5 cookie shapes 🎃🍁🍂
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The energy in the room was truly magical; filled with laughter, making new friends and learning a new skill! We hope the folks who joined us had as much fun as we did hosting and look forward to trying something new, next year!
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Special thanks to @traderjoes Clifton for donating beverages and a gift basket, @costco for the gift cards used to purchase supplies for the snack cups, and @_iknowjen from @theagencyrutherford for the cash donation that went to baking supplies ie:butter, sugar, flour!
Funds raised go to supporting programs at the @rutherfordlibrary like; the summer reading program, the new mural in the children’s area, movie licenses, and museum passes.

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Missed out on the cookie decorating class, well you are in luck because we have 3 extra boxes available to make your cookie decorating dreams come true!
Pop by the @rutherfordlibrary today to snag a box
Each box comes with 5 cookies, and 5 different colors to make cute pumpkin and leaf cookies with 3 small royal icing flowers to add a little bit of flair!
The library is open till 6pm today!

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An evening at one of my favorite places ( 👋🏼 @rutherfordlibrary ) taking a class taught by one of my favorite bakers/artists/humans ( 👋🏼 @sweetschefjen ) alongside one of my favorite women ( 👋🏼 @ginny.perrin ) for one of my absolute favorite causes ( 👋🏼 @rutherfordlibraryfriends ). Oh and there were cookies. It is so easy to support this town and the beautiful people in it. I still need to work a bit on my decorating. 🍪 🍁 📚

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Another beautiful day in the Borough of Trees! After you visit the Rutherford Farmers’ Market (Saturdays) cross the street to the @rutherfordlibrary courtyard and check out the Health Fair hosted by the Rutherford Health Department!

Also please be mindful of street closures for the the Rutherford High School Homecoming Parade along Union Ave between 12-1pm. Rutherford Public Schools - Rutherford, NJ

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No need to fear, there are a few more spots in my October classes! 🎃

This month will be full of needle felting adventures. I’ll be in Rutherford, Township of Washington, Ridgefield Park and Cresskill! Register for classes through my bio.

#bcclslibraries #twpwashingtonnj #rutherfordnj #ridgefieldparknj #cresskillnj

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Even our littlest shoppers find some real treasures at the @rutherfordlibraryfriends biannual book sale at the @rutherfordlibrary
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Sale runs Friday until 5:30
Saturday until 3:30
Monday - BAG SALE - until 4:30
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Stop by after the @rutherfordchamber @rutherford.nj__ Rutherford Day on Saturday
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#booksale #usedbooksale #books #readmorebooks #rutherford

Thanks Tom for helping our little shopper find the perfect book

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The Cool Kids: This project was a little different from my usual style — and that’s exactly what made it so special.

I designed the children in a single tone: reading, sharing books, being playful, using technology and getting completely lost in their imaginations.

The color unites them, but individually, they’re all unique.

From the beginning, the Director, Children’s Librarian, staff and Friends of the Library championed the idea of representing Rutherford through different ages, ethnicities, features and personalities — because there isn’t just one kind of child who walks into a library.

The books became the common thread connecting them all.

These aren’t just children painted on walls. They’re little reflections of the community that walks through these doors every day.

And hopefully, every child who enters can look up and find a little piece of themselves. 🌈📖

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Our Fall Used Book Sale is almost here 📚🍁this week is your last chance to drop off your book donations at the library and join us for our sale for great deals on adult and children books!

📚Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale 📚
🍁October 2,3,5
📍Rutherford Library

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Did you know that the @rutherfordlibrary has special art classes for adults? This week @thestudio75a taught a painting class using a canvas bag, a “book bag” if you will.
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Heading to the schedule page at RutherfordLibrary.org to see all the other awesome classes, speaking engagements, and presentations they have coming up!
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#libraryclasses #libraryartsprograms #libraryprograms #adulteducation #rutherford

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Some projects start with a sketch. This one started with an email—and people willing to receive it with an open heart. 🌈✨

Thank you to Director Gretchen Corsillo and Children’s Librarian Mrs. Jane for welcoming me into the Rutherford Public Library and trusting me to add a little Pupurishu magic to a place that already holds so much of its own.

And a huge thank you to the Friends of the Library of Rutherford, whose support helped make this transformation possible. Thank you for investing in your library, in creativity, and in creating a space the children of Rutherford can feel belongs to them. ❤️

And the timing couldn’t have been more special.

Mrs. Jane is celebrating an incredible 55 years at the Rutherford Library—55 years of stories, children, families, imagination and service. So giving her Children’s Department a total Pupurishu takeover felt like one big celebration of everything she has poured into that space for more than half a century. 📚❤️

To the entire library staff: thank you for checking on me with every suspicious noise, bang and shimmy coming from around the corner 😂, for making sure I hadn’t fallen off a ladder, and for graciously entertaining the completely unnecessary ladder dances that apparently come standard with a Pupurishu mural installation.

But one of my favorite parts of this project was meeting the Rutherford community.

The parents who stopped to talk. The little faces peeking around corners to see what changed. The children who watched these walls slowly come to life.

And especially knowing that some of those children will now walk into their library and see themselves represented on the walls.

That part means everything to me.

Thank you, Gretchen. Thank you, Mrs. Jane. Thank you to the Friends of the Library and the entire Rutherford Library family for trusting the vision, giving me room to create, and letting Pupurishu leave a little piece of our imagination behind.

Here’s to the next generation growing up surrounded by books, color, creativity—and walls that remind them they belong in the story. 🌈📚✨

With so much gratitude,
Marjoriet
Pupurishu Studios

@rutherfordlibraryfriends

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🍁Looking to learn a new craft?
🍂Wanting a fun night out with friends or a loved one, that’s unique and definitely not boring?
🍁Want to support programs that benefit the entire community?
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THIS IS THE EVENT FOR YOU!!!!
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Join me and the @rutherfordlibraryfriends as we frost our way into fall with this beginner friendly cookie decorating class at the @rutherfordlibrary.
During the class you will decorate 5 cookies with 4 different colors, learning techniques that will help you wow friends and family this holiday season.
Class is limited and this is the only way to get my sugar cookie and royal icing recipes.
🍂Big thank you to @_iknowjen from @theagencyrutherford who donated funds to help cover costs for supplies allowing 100% of ticket sales to go to the Friends and programs at the library!
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Ticket sale link in bio
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#cookiedecoratingclass #cookiefundraiser #libraryfundraiser #girlsnightout #ladiesnight friendsnightout friendsnight learn something new Rutherford

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