Ocean City Free Public Library Newsletter
 
Sunday, March 8th, 2026
Man Reading a Book Laying in a Grassy Field Outdoors
Spring Book Sale
Spring Book Sale:
Friday, March 13th from 10am to 6pm
Saturday, March 14th from 9am to 2pm
The sale will be held in the library atrium. Cash only. Please bring a tote bag for your purchases.
This event is sponsored by the Friends and Volunteers of the Ocean City Free Public Library: https://friendsvolunteersocfpl.com/
Author Talk with Doug Tallamy Video
If you weren't able to attend the virtual talk with author Doug Tallamy, you may watch a recording of the event here.
 
 
Author's High Tea featuring Vincent Malfitano
The Friends & Volunteers of the Ocean City Free Public Library announce the
Author's High Tea featuring Vincent Malfitano

Thursday, April 30, 2026, 2:00 PM
In the Garden Room at The Flanders Hotel in Ocean City, NJ

Tickets $40.00
Up to 10 tickets per person

Tickets go on sale Monday, March 30, 2026.

For questions, email the F & V at fvoc@oceancitylibrary.org
Books will be available for purchase.
For more information on the Author's High Tea event, please click here.
 
 
 
Classic Film Night Series
OC Whodonit Book Club
The book club is NOT meeting on March 10th.
Both books will be discussed at the regular March meeting.
 
 
Free Computer Classes 
Unrecognized Man using Silver Magic Keyboard
Free Computer Classes!
 
Classes are held on Friday mornings
from 9:00am to 10:30am in the library's Computer Center.
 
iOS Workshops for iPad and iPhone
 
Bring your iPad/iPhone to class and learn the basics as well as some popular features of your device. Participants should fully charge their device, have completed the basic setup, and know their Apple password.

Weekly topics are as follows:
 
  
March 13th:
No Class
 
March 20th:
No Class
  
March 27th:
Google Photo App for portable device - Download the Google Photos App and learn to upload, edit, organize and share photos using this application. Store photos here to free up space on your Apple device.
 

April 3rd:
No Class. Have a Good Holiday!!

 
April 10th:
Google Photos for Desktop/Laptop - Using the Computer Lab Computers, learn how to access and utilize Google Photos from your desktop/laptop device.

 
No signup needed. All classes are free and open to the public. For more information, go to our website at www.oceancitylibrary.org
 
 
MINDFULWAYS and Meditation Workshops
MINDFULWAYS and Meditation Workshops

Classes focus on developing resilience, embracing
positive energy, deepening stillness and inner awareness,
expanding loving heart energy, manifesting positive desires
and intentions, and connecting more deeply with appreciation
and gratitude for life and each other
Around the World Bakes with Classy Chef
Around the World Bakes with Classy Chef
 
Calling all culinary enthusiasts who want to learn some international bakes to add to their recipe books! "Travel" with us to the following countries as we explore various ingredients and techniques from the region.
 
These demos will be held virtually on Zoom from 6:00pm - 7:00pm.

Please click here to register. 

April 14th: Italy
May 13th: Mexico
 
 

Michael Pedicin Quintet Concerts
The Michael Pedicin Quintet…Improvisation, Creativity, and Consciousness.
A four-part jazz series demonstrating parallel relationships and synergy when musicians improvise, create, and align their collective consciousness.
Featuring: Michael Pedicin (Saxophone), Bob Ferguson (trumpet), Jim Holton (piano), Andy Lalasis (bass), and Tom Angelo (drums).
March 1st, 8th, 15th, and 22nd at 2pm in the Ocean City Free Public Library.
March is Colorectal Awareness Month
March is Colorectal Awareness Month!
Learn how early detection can save lives!

A Free Presentation at the Library
Tuesday, March 10th at 7:00pm
 
Join General Surgeon John J. Millili, DO, of Shore Physicians Group Surgeons, a Penn Medicine Surgical Affiliate, for an eye-opening presentation on colorectal cancer from a surgeon’s perspective. Dr. Millili will explain what he sees in the operating room—from early, highly treatable cancers to advanced cases that could have been prevented—and why timely screening is the most powerful tool in saving lives. You'll learn how colorectal cancer develops, why symptoms often appear too late, how modern screening options have improved, and when to get screened based on current guidelines.
 
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month:
Chat with an Expert!
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: Chat with an Expert
Thursday, March 12, 2026 
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Ocean City Free Public Library
Description
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: Chat with an Expert

March 12th between 9am - 11 am

Come and talk with an expert in the Ocean City Community Center Atrium for resources and more information.

Fox Chase Cancer Center Community Speakers Bureau

MARCH IS COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

Know the Signs. Reduce Your Risk. Protect Your Health.

Learn How You Can Decrease Your Chance Of Getting Colorectal Cancer

Learn about cancer risk, screening, treatment options, and tips for staying healthy

FREE 1-hour sessions led by trained health educators

In-person or virtual sessions

Schedule your FREE session today! Email: outreach@fccc.edu
Come and talk with an expert in the Ocean City Community Center Atrium on March 12th between 9:00am - 11:00am for resources and more information.
 
 
Virtual Wellness Classes with Vanessa Young:
Mindful Eating: A Holistic Approach to Meals
Virtual Wellness Classes with Vanessa Young-Mindful Eating: A Holistic Approach to Meals
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Online event
Description
Virtual Wellness Classes

with Vanessa Young

Vanessa Young is a cooking instructor, recipe developer, writer, and educator known for her artful approach to food and wellness topics and her focus on seasonal meals. With her artistic sensibility and kitchen wisdom, she helps home chefs become more versatile in their approach to food, often reigniting their passion for cooking through private and community classes. As the founder of Thirsty Radish (www.thirstyradish.com), she shares recipes and inspires a creative approach to life in and out of the kitchen.

Please register for her classes at the link below:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/OTWm0NUWTpWU2meIuJN64w

Classes will be held virtually on Zoom only.
STEMENJ Presents: Bold Bridge Builders
Bold Bridge Builders!

Tuesday, March 17th from 3:30 PM - 5 PM

Recommended for ages 8 – 13

Build awesome bridges and test your engineering skills!

Join us for a fun, hands-on competition where you'll work in teams to design and build your very own bridges using fun materials like popsicle sticks, straws, tape, and more! Once the bridges are built, we'll put them to the strength test to see whose bridges can hold the most weight - who will be the ultimate bridge-building champion
Tuesday, March 17th
3:30pm - 5:00pm
Recommended for ages 8 – 13
 
Build awesome bridges and test your engineering skills!
 
For more information, please click here.
 
Candle Making Workshops
Make Your Own Candles
A Free Class at the Library
 
Learn the basics of candle- and scented melt-making. Impress your family with your own candle and scented melts you've made yourself to take home and enjoy! Taught by Bahamas native Meredith Mitchell-Prosser.
Participants will be using Soy Wax to make the candles.

Online registration is required and seats are limited.
 
Each date is a stand-alone class.
Please only register for one class per person.
 
Saturday April 18th
12:00pm - 2:00pm

*Registration opens on March 21st at 9:00am
 
Saturday May 16th
12:00pm - 2:00pm

*Registration opens on April 20th at 9:00am
 
Class will be held in Room N111.
 
Music for Magical Mallets
A Free Concert at the Ocean City Free Public Library
 
Friday, March 20th at 7:00pm
Chris Maloney Lecture Hall
 
Mark O'Kain, Marimba and Xylophone
Jeffrey Uhlig, Piano
 
A Pops-like Concert featuring Classics, Broadway arrangements, Tangos and Ragtime
 
For more information, please click here.
 
Mangiamo! A History of Pizza
Mangiamo! A History of Pizza
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Ocean City Free Public Library
Description
Mangiamo! A History of Pizza

Pizza is such a large part of the food culture in the United States. The pizza industry generated close to 50 billion dollars in the U.S for 2024. It seems to be only growing each year. This presentation will talk about how pizza started in Naples, Italy in the late 19th Century and then arrived in the United States in the early 20th Century. Pizza took off in cities such as New York City, Chicago, and even Trenton, New Jersey with the arrival of Italian immigrants. Americans eat approximately 100 acres of pizza every day. About 94% of the U.S. population eats pizza.

The U.S. has many legendary pizzerias such as Grimaldi's Pizzeria in Brooklyn and Lombardi's in Manhattan which was established in 1905. New Jersey has the oldest, continuously run pizzeria with Papa's Tomato Pies which was established in 1912. For the last two years, Jason Love visited more than 200 pizzerias in NYC, NJ, and Philadelphia searching for the perfect slice of pizza. You can track his pizza journey on the website: Mangiamopizza.org. His book "A Pizza Journey with Family and Friends" highlights some of the pizzerias he visited. The presentation should be a fun night with some pizza history, a bit of trivia, and some pizza as well.

Join us at the library to talk all things pizza!

No registration required.
New Jersey - Crossroads of the American Revolution
New Jersey - Crossroads of the American Revolution
Thursday, March 26th
7:00pm
Children's Activity Room
 
As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of America's founding, join local historian Jim Segrave-Daly for a lively discussion about the pivotal role that New Jersey & Cape May County played. With more than 90 military engagements in the state during the Revolution, & the Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet locally, actions taken by Loyalists & Patriots contributed greatly to America's ultimate victory. Strategically located between British-controlled New York & the Continental capital of Philadelphia, New Jersey was critical to supplying both armies with support, material, & intelligence.

For more information, please click here.
 
Jim (thelocalhistorygeek.com) has presented to libraries & civic organizations nationwide since 2009. He is an active member of the Radnor (PA) Historical Society, American Revolution Roundtable of Philadelphia, America250PADelco, Founding Forward, & a volunteer history teacher.
 
Creative Sax Quartet Concert
A Free Concert at the Ocean City Free Public Library
 
Friday, March 27th at 6:30pm
Chris Maloney Lecture Hall
 
Classical, Jazz, Big Band, Forties to Sixties
Featuring The Creative Sax Quartet with Rhythm Section and Jazz Artist
 
For more information, please click here.
 
Rescheduled: Chakra Balancing Sound Bowls
 
Chakra Balancing Sound Bowls
Tuesday, March 31st at 6:30pm

with Chrissy Ennis
No registration required.
 
Join us for an evening of relaxation, meditation, and chakra healing. The sound bath begins with breathwork and an intention-setting guided meditation that will open up the chakras (energy meridians in the body), clear blockages, and align and harmonize with the healing frequencies of the crystal bowls. Research indicates that sound healing at the cellular level reduces body pains, stress, anxiety, improves focus, energy and much more!
 
All are welcome! No experience needed. Come to relax and unwind.
 
For your comfort please bring your pillow, yoga mat and/or blanket. Chairs will be available if seating is preferred.
 
**** Please note: Sound Healing does not substitute for consulting a healthcare professional.****
 

March Young Adult Events 

Children's Resources 

Please click here for the March Children's Events Calendar!
 
 

The Ocean City Free Public Library
1735 Simpson Ave.
Ocean City, New Jersey 08226
(609) 399-2434

https://www.oceancitylibrary.org/