New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Roanhorse will join the Denville Public Library for a virtual talk on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2026, at 7 p.m., headlining a busy stretch of library programs before the Thanksgiving break. Roanhorse will discuss her Between Earth and Sky trilogy, Black Sun, Fevered Star and Mirrored Heavens, an epic fantasy series inspired by the cultures of the pre-Columbian Americas. Details are on the library’s author talk page.
The week opens Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m. with Picturing the People, a virtual lecture on the life and work of Norman Rockwell presented by Mallory Mortillaro. The hour-long talk covers Rockwell’s Saturday Evening Post covers and later works including Rosie the Riveter, The Problem We All Live With and Freedom from Want, the painting many people know as the Thanksgiving picture. It is free, and the library emails a Zoom link before the program. Sign up through the Rockwell program listing.
Adults 18 and older can head to the library at 121 Diamond Spring Road for Craft Night on Wednesday, Nov. 18, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. All supplies are provided, no experience is needed and space is limited, so registration is required through the Craft Night page.
On Thursday, Nov. 19, at 6:30 p.m., a Tenement Museum educator leads a live virtual tour of 97 Orchard Street in New York, telling the story of the Rogarshevsky family, Jewish immigrants who worked in the garment industry in the 1910s. Registration is capped at 10. Earlier that day, the casual Not So Greats Book Group meets in person at 10:30 a.m., with no sign-up needed.
The library closes at 1 p.m. on Nov. 25 for the holiday weekend, so check our Denville Thanksgiving closures guide before you go. For the rest of this month’s lineup, see our Denville Library November 2026 roundup.
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