Events and Programs
The Ocean County Library system has offered many free author events, luncheons, and book signings, featuring authors such as Peter Maas, Sandra Brown, David Baldacci, James Patterson, Robert Pinsky, William Wegman, several Sesame Street cast members, Malachy McCourt, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Nora Roberts, Chris Elliott, Anne Perry, Anne Lamott, Laura Lippman, the TV Chef Robert Irvine and others.
The library has also hosted many free concerts featuring music of different genres. National acts such as Steve Forbert, Ron Sexsmith, Marshall Crenshaw, Glenn Tilbrook (of Squeeze), Bill Kirchen, Graham Parker, NRBQ, and Maggie and Terre Roche have all played at the library. Julius LaRosa and Carmel Quinn have appeared as well.
Comedian Jim Breuer of Saturday Night Live fame performed at the library on October 7, 2010.
Additionally, events on topics from art demonstrations, Barnegat Bay ecology, local history, Meet the Mayor, sessions of the National Issues Forum, history of Television and other popular culture topics, cooking demonstrations, medical and legal issues, small business workshops and many other topics are presented at the different library locations. The Library has partnered with corporations such as HBO, Showtime, CBS, Scholastic, The Sesame Workshop, Viacom, and many others to produce special events.
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