Congratulations to all the winners of the library’s teen writing contest! Our Teen librarians put this contest together as part of Teen Read Week, and the Friends & Foundation provided the prizes. You can read the winning stories here. We’re proud to support the library and all their programs. This is one of the many …
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Save the date! Our annual Love our Library Lollapalooza is coming up on February 27th. We’re planning a Great Gatsby-themed party with lots of fun and games, including a live auction to raise money to support the Santa Clara City Library. We hope to see you there!
You’ve heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday – two of the biggest shopping holidays of the year. But do you know about Giving Tuesday? Tuesday, December 1st is an annual day to donate to your favorite charities, a day to celebrate generosity and giving. The Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends will be …
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The Friends Bookstore in the Central Park Library will change its hours in December to align with the Library’s hours during the recarpeting. Starting December 9th its hours will be: Monday – Saturday: 10am – 6pm Sunday: 1pm – 5pm The bookstore will be closed after Christmas (so it can get new carpeting too!). Normal …
The Friends & Foundation’s 2015 Holiday Craft Faire is on Saturday December 5th from 10am – 4pm. We’ll have a host of local vendors selling amazing items. We hope to see you there!
This Saturday, November 7th, the Northside Library is having a HUGE Diwali celebration! The Friends will have be having a book sale at the party as well. Please stop by and get a henna tattoo and look through our books for sale. Thanks for supporting the Friends! The monthly book sale for November at Central …
We know that you’re planning to clean off your shelves in December and donate all those books and movies and music to the Library’s Foundation & Friends. December is traditionally our largest donation month. However, this year we want it to be November. Why? The Santa Clara Central Park Library us going to be open …
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We had a great time a couple of weeks ago celebrating Misson Library’s 60th birthday! I hope everyone who was able to attend had a great time! We’ll keep celebrating as often as we can.
We are super-excited to let you know that Francisco Jimenez, author of The Circuit, is speaking at the library on Monday evening! He has a new book out, Taking Hold, and he’ll be talking about that book in the Redwood Room at 7pm in the Central Park Library. It’s a wonderful opportunity to meet a …
A couple of weeks ago, Helen Silvera enjoyed her auction prize from the 2015 Love the Library Lollapalooza – a guided tour of the “Old Quad” in Santa Clara. Mary Hanel conducted the tour, and Helen brought along her friends Lee Broughman and Noreen Silva. Helen says, “it was a wonderful tour and Mary added …