The password is ‘Eagle’ : A soaring speakeasy at the Morristown library

Linda Whiteford of Parsippany, Karen Malet of Maplewood and Theresa Sarga of Elizabeth at Speakeasy at the Morristown & Township Library, Oct. 21, 2016. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Linda Whiteford of Parsippany, Karen Malet of Maplewood and Theresa Sarga of Elizabeth at Speakeasy at the Morristown & Township Library, Oct. 21, 2016. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
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Linda Whiteford of Parsippany, Karen Malet of Maplewood and Theresa Sarga of Elizabeth at Speakeasy at the Morristown & Township Library, Oct. 21, 2016. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Linda Whiteford of Parsippany, Karen Malet of Maplewood and Theresa Sarga of Elizabeth at Speakeasy at the Morristown & Township Library, Oct. 21, 2016. Photo by Kevin Coughlin

Talk about full service operations!

Gin Minsky and Phonograph D. J. Mac at Speakeasy at the Morristown & Township Library, Oct. 21, 2016. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Gin Minsky and Phonograph D. J. Mac at Speakeasy at the Morristown & Township Library, Oct. 21, 2016. Photo by Kevin Coughlin

Last we week we borrowed two newly released Blu-ray movies from the Morristown & Township Library.  We came back on Friday morning for free yoga, led by Munah Hayes, and returned in the evening for a Roaring ’20s Speakeasy, featuring silent films, 78 rpm Dixieland jazz albums spinning on the gramophone, and a dancing flapper from Phonograph DJ Mac.

The Speakeasy kicked off a year-long celebration of the centennial of the library’s Willis wing.

We can’t wait to see what else the staff dreams up. This should be a fun year.

Slideshow photos by Kevin Coughlin

Linda Whiteford of Parsippany, Karen Malet of Maplewood and Theresa Sarga of Elizabeth at Speakeasy at the Morristown & Township Library, Oct. 21, 2016. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Gin Minsky and Phonograph D. J. Mac at Speakeasy at the Morristown & Township Library, Oct. 21, 2016. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Library Director Chad Leinaweaver at Speakeasy at the Morristown & Township Library, Oct. 21, 2016. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Elizabeth Goldring of Lyndhurst and Colin Murray of Rockaway at Librarians Stephen Brunskill and Carolyn Dorsey at Speakeasy at the Morristown & Township Library, Oct. 21, 2016. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Librarians Carolyn Dorsey, Norma Kelly, Kay Abiskali and Arlene Sprague, at Speakeasy at the Morristown & Township Library, Oct. 21, 2016. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Sarah Vacchiano of Union and Rachel Stein of Morristown, members of the 'Seekers' book club, at Speakeasy at the Morristown & Township Library, Oct. 21, 2016. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Librarians Stephen Brunskill and Carolyn Dorsey at Speakeasy at the Morristown & Township Library, Oct. 21, 2016. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Elizabeth and Pablo Quesnel of Morristown at Speakeasy at the Morristown & Township Library, Oct. 21, 2016. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Linda Whiteford of Parsippany and Karen Malet of Maplewood at Speakeasy at the Morristown & Township Library, Oct. 21, 2016. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Karen Malet of Maplewood and Theresa Sarga of Elizabeth at Speakeasy at the Morristown & Township Library, Oct. 21, 2016. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
HOLD STILL! Flapper Gin Minsky dances to music from Phonograph D.J. Mac at Speakeasy at the Morristown & Township Library, Oct. 21, 2016. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
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