Broadway and film veteran Duffy Hudson brings his talent and fascination for Edgar Allan Poe to life in this unique one-man play. Using a combination of biographical information and the dramatic interpretation of Poe’s literature, Annabel Lee, The Raven and The Tell Tale Heart, Hudson provides a unique, in-depth theatrical experience of the life and works of one …
The Santa Clara City Library salutes the Read Santa Clara staff, volunteer tutors, and learners who work diligently year round to increase literacy in Santa Clara. Did you know every year Read Santa Clara helps 100 adults who are struggling with basic literacy? And that each year Read Santa Clara’s outreach programs in Santa Clara …
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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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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 …
by Susan Baier I have to say – I’ve always thought Project BEST was a great idea but I have a new appreciation for it after seeing it in action. It was kind of thrilling to watch people actually complete the food handler’s test and get the certification. You could tell they were relieved and …
Date: Monday, February 6, 2012, 7:00 p.m. Location: Central Park Library Redwood Room 2635 Homestead Road Santa Clara, California 95051 In celebration of Black History Month, Adult Services has invited Ralph Richard Banks, the Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, to discuss his new book, Is Marriage for White People? How …
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The world of work has changed. Find out where and how employers are looking for candidates, how to identify the hidden job market, where you should be spending your job search time and energy, and how to maximize your job search results. 1:00 – 2:30 Cedar Room Thursday, February 7, 2013
Congratulations to the Library on its receipt of a Project BEST (Basic Employment Skills Training) grant! The Library plans to use the funds to help job seekers improve their basic computer literacy skills and assist food handlers who need to take the mandatory training and assessment on food handling. Librarian Mary Hanel says, “We are …
On Tuesday, December 6 at 7:00 p.m. in the Central Park Library Cedar Room, Adult Services is presenting local author Ron Hansen, who will discuss writing and his new novel: A Wild Surge of Guilty Passion. The book is a fact-based fictionalized account of the famous torrid love affair that led to the 1927 murder …
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