A – 10/12, 6:30pm, Wednesday
A – 10/11, 6:30 pm, Tuesday
(in Spanish with English subtitles)
A modern-day portrayal of daily life in a
remote part of the mountainous Colombian
countryside, set around the friendship between
Manuel and Julián. One day, while playing
a game of football, they kick the ball into a
minefield. Accompanied by Poca Luz, they do
everything they can to recover their prized
belonging, an essential part of their everyday
lives and dreams. Directed by Carlos Cesar
Arbelaez, winner of the New Directors Award
- San Sebastian Int’l Film Festival. Spanish
with English subtitles, 93 minutes. You bring
your dinner, we provide the movie.
Celia Cruz & Friends: A Night of Salsa
One of Celia Cruz’s most memorable stage
concerts, this PBS special features many
Salsa greats. When it comes to world music,
language barriers don’t exist! Chips & Salsa
& soda served! Feel free to bring your dinner.
Dinner & a Movie
The Colors of the Mountain
CH – 10/13, 6:30pm, Thursday
Going Places: Mexico
Ages 8 – 12. Explore the customs and
cultures of Mexico and make a craft.
Required registration begins September 29.
TUCKERtON BRANCH
CH – 9/20, 11:30am, Tuesday
Mexican Stories and Craft
Story and Craft. REG.
CH – 10/10, 2:00pm, Monday
Flicks with Flair! Hispanic Heritage
Month Film Screening
A – 10/14, 12:30 pm, Friday
Flicks with Flair! Hispanic Heritage
Month Film Screening
Calle 54: A documentary that dances! Take
the musical journey with Madrid-based
filmmaker, Fernando Trueba, as he explores
the wide & wonderful world of Latin jazz.
Chips & Salsa & soda served! Feel free
to bring a bag lunch.
A, F – 10/19, 5:00-9:00pm, Wednesday
Salsa Dance Party! with
Ray Rodriguez y Swing Sabroso
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with an
evening of fun! Learn to dance with Daniel’s
Ballroom. Enjoy a Big Band with the Salsa
Dura sound!
5:00 pm-Salsa Dance Instruction
6:30 pm-Sample Latino light fare
7:00 pm-Ray Rodriguez y Swing Sabroso!
Celebrate Hispanic History Month
CH – 10/29, 10:30am, Saturday
UPPER SHOREs
Learn about the Mexican holiday of Dia de
los Muertos by making your own sugar skull!
Sugar skulls are a traditional folk art from
Southern Mexico used to celebrate Day of the
Dead. Mounds of colorful sugar skulls are sold
in open air village markets during the week
preceding the holiday don’t miss the chance
to create your own! Ages 6 and up.
Registration required.
Drop- in craft.
CH – 9/15, 9/22, 9/29, 1:00pm, Thursdays
Hispanic Heritage Month Storytime
3 week session
It’s Hispanic Heritage Month! Join us for
three weeks of stories and fun. We’ll feature
Spanish words and songs each week!
Register once for all three sessions. Ages 3-5.
Celebrate Day of the Dead:
Sugar Skull Making Workshop
Ocean County Library / 732-349-6200 / www.theoceancountylibrary.org
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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage
with
Ocean County Library!
BEACHWOOD
CH – 9/23, 3:00pm, Friday
Celebrate Hispanic
Heritage Month
Drop in Craft
Come, learn, create! Children will be
making their own Ojo de Dios, Papel
Picado and Maracas. Ages 3 and up
with caregiver.
Ray Rodriquez y
Swing Sabroso
Barnegat - 10/15, 2pm
Stafford 10/26, 7pm
Upper Shores 10/19,
5-9pm
BARNEGAt
A,T,CH,F – 10/15, 2:00pm, Saturday
Ray Rodriquez y Swing Sabroso
Ray Rodriquez y Swing Sabroso have a
distinctive style of Salsa Dura and it’s the
result of the unique and extensive musical
backgrounds of the band’s individual members,
who have performed and recorded with some
of the most recognizable names in Latin music
before joining together to form Swing Sabroso.
Ray was born in Aquadilla, Puerto Rico and
studied at the renowned Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. Ray Rodriquez y Swing
Sabroso continue to perform at Lincoln Center,
S.O.B.’s, LQ’s Philadelphia Salsa Congress,
NYC Salsa Congress and at many more
festivals and clubs. REG
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CH – 10/24, 6:30pm, Monday
Celebrate Day of the Dead:
Sugar Skull Making Workshop
Sugar skulls are a traditional folk
art from Southern Mexico used to
celebrate Day of the Dead. Mounds of colorful
sugar skulls are sold in open air village markets
during the week preceding the holiday don’t
miss the chance to create your own!
Ages 6 - 12. REG
BERKELEY
A – 9/8,
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Thursday
Dinner and a
Movie: Pan’s
Labyrinth
In the fascist
Spain of 1944, the
bookish young
stepdaughter of a
sadistic army officer escapes into an
eerie but captivating fantasy world. You bring
CH – 9/22, 4:00pm, Thursday
CH – 9/27, 6:30pm, Tuesday
Join us for a brief overview of the holiday
followed by sugar skull decorating and a mask
making craft. Ages 6 - 12. REG
Ages 0 - 12. Families welcome. Celebrate
Hispanic Heritage Month with stories in
English and Spanish, a food demo, and ending
with a piñata. Required registration begins
September 13.
Day of the Dead /El Dia de los muertos:
Sugar Skull Workshop
T – 10/3, 5:00 – 7:00pm, Monday
Teen Day of the Dead Festival
Come learn about the traditional Mexican holiday “El Dia de los muertos!” The Day of the
Dead celebration is intended to show respect
for the deceased, and also to reinforce the idea
that death is a natural part of life. We’ll paint
plaster “sugar skulls” and create an “offrenda”
– an offering. Bring snacks and beverages to
put on the offrenda – and to share! NO REG
A – 10/26, 7:00pm, Wednesday
Hispanic Heritage Month Fiesta
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. Area
students will prepare food from different
cultures to sample. And, enjoy a live musical performance by Ray Rodriguez y Swing
Sabroso, who are known for their distinctive
style - Salsa Dura. REG
TOMs RIVER
CH – 9/20, 6:30pm, Tuesday
Just Messing Around
Mexican Papeles Picados
Ages 7 - 12. Create a festive decoration by
making a traditional Mexican paper craft called
papeles picados. Required registration begins
September 6.
T – 9/20, 7:00-8:00pm, Tuesday
TAB (Teen Advisory Board)
Volunteer for the library and meet new friends!
We’ll also celebrate Hispanic Heritage by
watching a biopic of a famous Latin@ icon.
Ages 12 - 18.
Family Fiesta
A, T – 9/27, 7:00-8:00pm, Tuesday
Girls Night Out Craft
Enjoy some time together and make a craft to
take home! Ages 12 - 18 with moms, aunts,
grandmas, cousins, etc. In honor of Hispanic
Heritage Month, we’ll make Guatemalan
Worry Dolls. REG
A – 9/28, 6:00pm, Wednesday
Dinner & a Movie
Love in the Time of Cholera
Young Florentino and Fermina fall passionately
in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to
marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino
is devastated and throws himself into hundreds
of romances over the years all while his heart is
reserved for her. When Fermina’s husband dies,
Florentino attends the funeral with the intention
of winning his true love back after all these
years. Starring Javier Bardem, Hector Elizondo
and John Leguizamo, directed by Mike Newell.
Rated R; 138 minutes; 2007. You bring your
dinner, we provide the movie.
A – 10/3, 7:00pm, Monday
Alborada Spanish Dance
Come celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with
the Alborada Dancers, one of the best Flamenco
Dance groups in the country. Alborada Dancers
will share Spanish culture through Spanish
Music, Escuela Bolero Classical and Flamenco
dancing as well as some Mexican Dance.
Come enjoy the performance and the
exotic costumes to celebrate Hispanic
Heritage Month. All welcome. REG
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CH – 9/29, 10:45am, Thursday
A – 10/8, 2:00pm, Saturday
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with
stories, songs, and a tasty Mexican food craft.
Ages 2 - 5.
These talented dancers will leave you breathless
with their performances of the Flamenco and
other traditional Spanish dances. Light
refreshments will be served. REG
Budding Chefs: Fiesta
F – 10/15, 10:30am, Saturday
Alborada Spanish Dance Company
Day of the Dead Flower Skulls
T – 10/13, 3:00pm, Thursday
POINt PLEAsANt BOROUGH
Teens are invited to learn about the Latin
American holiday Día de los Muertos and
decorate their own sugar skull. All materials
supplied. Grades 6-12. REG
T – 9/21, 3:00pm, Wednesday
StAFFORD
Learn about the Mexican holiday of Dia de los
Muertos by crafting a multi-colored Flower
Skull. Families welcome.
Mexican Paper Flowers
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by
making colorful Mexican tissue paper
flowers. Grades 6 - 12. REG
CH – 10/6, 4:00pm, Thursday
Mexican Pottery Bowl
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by
decorating & painting a traditional Mexican
pottery bowl. Grades K - 5. REG
Día de Los Muertos
T – 9/21,
6:00 – 8:00pm, Wednesday
Teen Movie: Under the Same Moon
In “La Misma Luna” (Under the Same Moon),
a young Mexican boy travels to America to
find his mother, who is working illegally in
order to support her family. Rated PG-13.
We’ll have popcorn! NO REG
Alborada
Dance Theatre!
Manchester-10/28, 3:00pm
Plumsted - 9/17, 11:30am
Pt. Pleasant Boro - 10/8, 2pm
Toms River - 10/3, 7pm
dinner…we’ll provide dessert! Presented in
Spanish with English subtitles; rated R.
T – 9/13, 6:30pm, Tuesday
Teen Craft Club – Hispanic Heritage
Month Celebration!
Come in for the first month of the teen craft
club and make some great crafts in celebration
of Hispanic Heritage Month. Ages 13 - 18.
CH – 9/15 - 10/15
Discovery Dive
We’re celebrating Hispanic cultures. Drop-in
anytime to hunt for famous people and things
from Hispanic countries. When you find everything on the list, you will win a small prize!
Ages 3-12.
BRICK
T – 9/22, 6:30-8:00pm, Thursday
Come Celebrate Hispanic/
Latin America Musicians
There are many famous musicians from Ricky
Martin to Shakira who have made it big and are
loved all over the world. Stop by and listen to
some samplings of music from some familiar
and unfamiliar artists. You might just find
some new music for your collection! Ages
13 - 18 please. REG
A – 9/28, 2:00pm
Wednesday
El AbueloFilm Showing
‘The Grandfather/
El Abuelo’ is an
award-winning
film telling the
story of an aristocrat who seeks to
discover his true
heir. Stunning cinematography and
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an evocative score magically transport viewers
to the rugged coast of Spain and to a time and
way of life that has disappeared. REG
IsLAND HEIGHts
CH – 9/7, 10:30am, Wednesday
Shake, Shake, Shake! Storytime
Stories and a maraca craft.
Children ages 3 ½ - 5. REG
A – 9/12, 7:00pm, Monday
Loteria (Mexican Bingo)
Join us for Loteria, a Mexican Bingo game
that uses traditional Hispanic folk art on cards
instead of numbers. Have fun and learn a
little Spanish. Small prizes will be awarded
to winners. Space is limited to 20 adults.
REG
CH – 9/17, 11:00am, Saturday
Piñata Fiesta
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with
stories, games and a treat-filled piñata
craft. Space is limited to 20 children.
Children ages 3 ½ and up. REG
CH – 9/23, 1:00pm, Friday
Dora the Explorer Celebration
Join us for stories featuring everyone’s favorite
explorer and her amigos. Enjoy treats and
a make a craft. Children ages 3 ½ and up.
REG
JACKsON
CH – 10/6, 7:00pm, Thursday
Celebrate with Magic from Mark/
Celebramos con la Magia de Mark
Ages 4 and up. Explore the rich Hispanic
culture through magic. Join us for an evening
of fun with magician Mark Zacharia as we
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discover several fascinating Hispanics from
the past. Required registration begins Sept 20.
CH – 11/2, 6:30pm, Wednesday
Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos
Grades 3 - 6. Learn about the traditional Mexican celebration in honor of departed loved ones,
then make your own sugar skulls! REG
LACEY
CH – 10/12, 3:30pm, Wednesday
Celebrate Day of the Dead:
Sugar Skull Making Workshop
Brief overview of the Mexican holiday Dia
de los Muertos, followed by sugar skull
decorating and a mask making craft.
Ages 9-12. REG
LAKEWOOD
CH – 9/20, 5:30pm, Tuesday
Dulce Sombreros
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage by decorating
cookie sombreros. Ages 6 - 12.
CH – 9/28, 5:30pm, Wednesday
The Goat in the Chili Patch
That mean old goat keeps causing trouble in the
chili patch. Whatever will the other animals do
about him? Find out in this Mexican folktale.
All ages.
A, T – 9/28, 10/5, 10/12
6:15pm, Wednesdays
Spanish Film Festival
Join us for a selection of Spanish films to
celebrate Hispanic Heritage. September 28:
The Sea Inside (Mar Adentro), starring Javier
Bardem, rated PG-13; October 5: Like Water for
Chocolate (Como Agua Para Chocolate), rated
R; October 12: Motorcycle Diaries, rated R.
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CH – 10/1, 2:30pm, Saturday
What Can You Do with Paleta?
Enjoy the story by Carmen Tafolla and
learn how to make your own paletas.
CH – 10/4, 5:30pm, Tuesday
Sabrosas Quesadillas
Let’s celebrate Hispanic Heritage and learn
some cooking skills by making quesadillas.
Ages 6 - 12.
CH – 10/11, 6:00pm, Tuesday
Diccionario
Play Miss Rachel’s famous dictionary
game in español. Ages 6+.
LIttLE EGG HARbOR
A – 9/21, 2:00pm
Wednesday
Frida: Hispanic
Heritage Month
Movie
The amazing life
story of painter Frida
Kahlo is explored
in this acclaimed
biopic. This film
follows her marriage
to famous Mexican
painter Diego Rivera, their journeys to America
and showcases the outrageous personalities that
made them legends. Kahlo was an incredible
force of a woman even after her right leg was
crippled by polio in her youth and later was
in a bus accident that almost ended her life.
Starring Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, and
Antonio Banderas. Miramax Films; Directed
by Julie Taymor. Rated R; 123 minutes; 2002.
CH – 9/28, 4:00–5:00pm, Wednesday
Celebrate Day of the Dead:
Sugar Skull Making Workshop
Brief overview and explanation of the Mexican
holiday Dia de los Muertos, followed by
sugar skull decorating and a mask making
craft. Ages 6 - 12 years old. Please register
starting September 14th.
T – 10/13, 7:00pm, Thursday
Hispanic Heritage Month Bingo & Craft
Join us for Hispanic History Bingo and
make an Ojo de Dios Craft. Ages 12 - 18.
REG
LONG BEACH IsLAND
CH – 9/14, 5:00pm, Wednesday
Celebrate Day of the Dead:
Sugar Skull Making Workshop
Learn about the Mexican holiday of Dia de
los Muertos by making your own sugar skull!
Sugar skulls are a traditional folk art from
Southern Mexico used to celebrate Day of the
Dead. Mounds of colorful sugar skulls are sold
in open air village markets during the week
preceding the holiday don’t miss the chance
to create your own! REG
MANCHEstER
CH – 10/24, 6:30pm, Monday
Celebrate Day of the Dead:
Sugar Skull Making Workshop
Learn about the Mexican holiday of
Dia de los Muertos by making your own
sugar skull! Mounds of colorful sugar
skulls are sold in open air village markets
during the week preceding the holiday
don’t miss the chance to create your
own! Ages 10 - 14. REG
dance groups in the country. The dancers will
share Spanish culture through Spanish music,
Escuela Bolera, classical, flamenco and
Mexican dances. Come enjoy the performance
and the exotic costumes. All welcome,
no registration required.
PLUMstED
F – 9/17, 11:30am, Saturday
Alborada Spanish Dance Performers
Come celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with
the Alborada Dancers, one of the best Flamenco
Dance groups in the country. Alborada Dancers
will share Spanish culture through Spanish
Music, Escuela Bolera Classical and Flamenco
dancing as well as some Mexican Dance.
Come enjoy the performance and the exotic
costumes to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.
All welcome. REG
Pt. PLEAsANt BEACH
CH – 9/15, 3:30pm, Thursday
Colorful Paper Banners
Hear a humorous Cuban folktale, and then
make a colorful tissue paper banner to celebrate
Hispanic Heritage Month. Ages 5 - 8.
Celebrate Day of the Dead:
Sugar Skull Making Workshop
Beachwood 10/24, 6:30pm, Lacey 10/12, 3:30pm
LEH - 9/28, 4pm, LBI - 9/14, 5pm
Manchester - 10/24, 6:30pm
Upper Shores - 10/29, 10:30am
F – 10/28, 3:00pm, Friday
Alborada Spanish Dancers
Come celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with
the Alborada Dancers, one of the best flamenco
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