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Ideas Festival: Bruce Eric Kaplan

2026-05-21 19:00:00 2026-05-21 20:00:00 America/New_York Ideas Festival: Bruce Eric Kaplan Maplewood Literary Award Maplewood Memorial Library -

Thursday, May 21
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2026-05-21 19:00:00 2026-05-21 20:00:00 America/New_York Ideas Festival: Bruce Eric Kaplan Maplewood Literary Award Maplewood Memorial Library -

Maplewood Literary Award

Maplewood native Bruce Eric Kaplan will be receiving the 2026 Maplewood Literary Award.

His bio states " ...Kaplan is a wonderful fellow who writes for television and draws cartoons. In television, he has worked on shows such as Seinfeld, Six Feet Under, and Girls, and is currently an Executive Producer and Co-Showrunner of Nobody Wants This.  

As a cartoonist, his work has regularly appeared in The New Yorker for over thirty years. Three collections of these cartoons have been published. They are No One You Know, This is a Bad Time, and I Love You, I Hate You, I’m Hungry. He has written several picture books for adults including Every Person on this Planet, Edmund and Rosemary Go to Hell, and Everything is Going to be OK. 

In addition, he has written and illustrated five picture books for children. His first, Monsters Eat Whiny Children, came out in 2010 and was an instant best seller. He has written two memoirs, I Was a Child and They Went Another Way, both published to great critical acclaim."

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Ideas Festival |

Maplewood Memorial Library

Phone: 973-762-1688

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Mon, May 11 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, May 12 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, May 13 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Thu, May 14 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, May 15 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, May 16 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, May 17 Closed

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Sat, May 16, 10:15am - 12:15pm
Community Room
Live music with world-class musicians, geared for children ages 8 and under, with an adult. No registration needed. Two identical sessions: one at 10:15 am, then repeated at 11:30 am.

Sat, May 16, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Study Room 4
For SOMSD students in 5th grade and up

Tue, May 19, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Children's Program Room
For SOMSD students in 5th grade and up

Tue, May 19, 4:00pm - 4:30pm
Enjoy stories read by members of our Teen Advisory Board, as well as other teen volunteers! Intended for kids ages 4 and up. Designed for individual families, not for camps or preschool groups.

Wed, May 20, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Local History Room
Monthly Library Board Meeting

Wed, May 20, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
On Zoom
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Thu, May 21, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Tech help

Thu, May 21, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Maplewood Literary Award

Sat, May 23, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Study Room 4
For SOMSD students in 5th grade and up

Tue, May 26, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Children's Program Room
For SOMSD students in 5th grade and up

Wed, May 27, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Study Room 4
Think you know the most about the Fairview mysteries?

Thu, May 28, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Tech help

Sat, May 30, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Study Room 4
For SOMSD students in 5th grade and up

Tue, Jun 02, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Children's Program Room
For SOMSD students in 5th grade and up

Tue, Jun 02, 4:00pm - 4:30pm
Enjoy stories read by members of our Teen Advisory Board, as well as other teen volunteers! Intended for kids ages 4 and up. Designed for individual families, not for camps or preschool groups.

Thu, Jun 04, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Business Center
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Thu, Jun 04, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Community Room
Celebrating our college-bound CHS students

Sat, Jun 06, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Children's Program Room
Bring your projects!

Sat, Jun 06, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Study Room 4
For SOMSD students in 5th grade and up

Tue, Jun 09, 11:30am - 1:30pm
Children's Program Room
A meet up & resource sharing for homeschooling families, or families who want to know more about homeschooling. Families of all ages are welcome. At Main Library in the Children's Program Room.

Tue, Jun 09, 4:00pm - 4:30pm
Enjoy stories read by members of our Teen Advisory Board, as well as other teen volunteers! Intended for kids ages 4 and up. Designed for individual families, not for camps or preschool groups.

Tue, Jun 09, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Children's Program Room
For SOMSD students in 5th grade and up

Thu, Jun 11, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Business Center
Tech help

Sat, Jun 13, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Study Room 4
For SOMSD students in 5th grade and up