Market Day Book Sale
The library empties its shelves onto tables the same day Market Day fills the borough streets outside. Proceeds go back to the Newtown Library Company, which runs on volunteers and has since 1760. Bring a bag.
More at Newtown Library Company
Rummikub at the Newtown Library Company
An hour of Rummikub at the library on Centre Avenue, every Friday afternoon. Tiles and tables are already there, you just show up. Regulars will walk you through the rules.
Mahjong at the Newtown Library Company
Four players, 144 tiles and two hours in the library after closing time. Preregistration is required, and the table money goes back to the Newtown Library Company.
Children's Storytime at the Newtown Library Company
Picture books, songs and a take-home craft in the children's reading room of the 1760 library. Built for ages zero to five with a caregiver, and kids pick their own books afterward.
Around the same time
Rice's Market
Four hundred vendors across thirty acres of indoor and outdoor stalls: antiques, produce, tools, clothing, food. Gates open at seven and the lot fills early. Bring cash.
Executive Scramble at The Willows Golf Lounge
Last Tuesday scramble of September, eight until nine thirty at Liberty Boulevard. Twenty five dollars, clubs on hand, and the series keeps running into fall.
Bird Walk at Peter Wentz Farmstead
An early morning bird walk around the farmstead fields and hedgerows with the county's environmental educator. Free, but email Rebecca Blacketter to register before you go.
