Illusive Comics & Games has generously offered to donate 10% of the day’s sales on Monday, June 18th to support Teen Summer Reading at the Library. They are the largest comic book and gaming store in Silicon Valley with a huge selection of new and current comics. Please visit their store June 18th at 2725 El Camino Real …
Every summer, the Santa Clara Library has a program, “Summer Reading”, with a number of events for children, teens, and adults. Starting June 1st, anyone can sign up at the city library website to participate. Summer Reading is a sponsored in part by the Santa Clara Library Foundation & Friends, and that means that every summer the …
Just in time for summer, the Santa Clara City Library Foundation has funded a new exciting feature for Library users that provides free or discounted passes to fun places to visit in the Bay Area such as the Tech Museum, Asian Art Museum and the California Academy of Sciences. The “Discover and Go” page on …
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Silicon Valley Reads presented over 100 free events throughout Santa Clara County between January and April 2012. This year, The Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends hosted four events, Adult Services and Youth Services each hosted two programs, which were co-sponsored by the Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends. March 18 – film …
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Volunteers of the Santa Clara Library Foundation & Friends at the annual volunteer recognition event. On Saturday, April 28th, the Santa Clara Library held a ceremony to honor all of the volunteers who work in the library, providing valuable services from the children’s department through adult literacy. Among those honored were many of the volunteers …
At our March, 2012 Chocolate Party, over $25,000 earned from book sales in the store in the lobby of Central library and from the monthly Saturday book sales was granted out for Library projects. Patrons will benefit from an expanded Large Print and Non-Fiction collections, portable scanners at the Tech Center and Heritage Pavilion, the …
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As of January, 2012, the state has completely eliminated all state-sponsored funding for public libraries, including funds for literacy programs. Unless the California State Legislature acts to change this, literacy programs throughout the state will be in serious jeopardy, including our own Read Santa Clara. Imagine if you couldn’t read and write. How would you …
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As of January, 2012, the state has completely eliminated all state-sponsored funding for public libraries. Unless the California State Legislature acts to change this, funding will evaporate for the long-standing cooperation agreement among public libraries that allows residents of one community to freely use a library in another community. For example, Santa Clara County Libraries …
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Date: 3/18/2012 2:00 p.m. Location: Central Park Library Redwood Room 2635 Homestead Road Santa Clara, California 95051 The Silicon Valley Reads program is offering the award-winning film, Allah Made Me Funny – Live in Concert, produced by Unity Productions Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on increasing understanding between people of different faiths and cultures. “This …
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Date: 4/29/2012 2:00 p.m. Location: Central Park Library Redwood Room 2635 Homestead Road Santa Clara, California 95051 The Library is holding the closing event for the Silicon Valley Reads 2012 program: “Muslim and American: Two Perspectives.” For the third time, Sumbul and Willow will continue the conversation about their respective books, The Muslim Next Door …