{"id":11471,"date":"2017-08-18T01:36:42","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T05:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=11471"},"modified":"2017-08-18T01:36:42","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T05:36:42","slug":"local-libraries-to-host-eclipse-viewing-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2017\/08\/local-libraries-to-host-eclipse-viewing-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Libraries to Host Eclipse Viewing Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1143\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1143\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1143\" src=\"http:\/\/tomsriver.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/014-1024x806.jpg\" alt=\"Ocean County Freeholder Director Joseph H. Vicari and Ocean County Library Director Susan Quinn check out the \u201cEclipse Shades\u201d that were distributed by the Ocean County Library. (Photo: Ocean County)\" width=\"640\" height=\"504\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-1143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ocean County Freeholder Director Joseph H. Vicari and Ocean County Library Director Susan Quinn check out the \u201cEclipse Shades\u201d that were distributed by the Ocean County Library. (Photo: Ocean County)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A number of Ocean County Library system branches will host events where attendees can safely view Monday&#8217;s solar eclipse.<\/p>\n<p>The libraries will provide &#8220;eclipse shades&#8221; and present a family-oriented program to learn more about the eclipse and view it safely.&nbsp;Library solar eclipse programs that are still accepting registration are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Island Heights Branch, 121 Central Ave., 732-270-6266, 1:30 p.m. Monday, Aug 21 Watch the partial solar eclipse and play themed games. This is a children\u2019s program that will be held at the Island Heights Pavilion.<\/li>\n<li>Toms River Branch, 101 Washington St., 732-349-6200, 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug 21 for a children\u2019s craft as we prepare for the partial solar eclipse.<\/li>\n<li>Little Egg Harbor Branch, 290 Mathistown Road, 609-294-1197, 2:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 21. Get a free pair of glasses and watch the solar eclipse. There will be snacks and games. This is a Teen Program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The programs are free and open to the public but registration is required. Eclipse shades are available for registered program participants.<\/p>\n<p>An adult 18 or older must sign for the glasses.&nbsp; To register call the branch or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/SolarEclipseOCL\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/SolarEclipseOCL<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2017\/08\/local-libraries-to-host-eclipse-viewing-events\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A number of Ocean County Library system branches will host events where attendees can safely view Monday&#8217;s solar eclipse. The libraries will provide &#8220;eclipse shades&#8221; and present a family-oriented program to learn more about the eclipse and view it safely.&nbsp;Library solar eclipse programs that are still accepting registration are: Island Heights Branch, 121 Central Ave., [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[24,1592,3038],"class_list":["post-11471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ocean-county","tag-brick-nj-news","tag-ocean-county","tag-solar-eclipse"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/014.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgt2Ft-2Z1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}