Read along with Silicon Valley Reads this month! The theme this year is Finding Identity in Family History. From their website: Everyone has a family history – some they know and some they have yet to discover. The surging popularity of genealogy research is encouraging more people than ever to find out more about their ancestors …
A huge thanks to Bandai Namco for sponsoring our Comic Con raffle prizes this year! The raffle is always huge, and everyone loved their prizes. We couldn’t have done it without them!
The library is proud to host a naturalization ceremony tomorrow morning in Central Park. Join us at 10:00 to celebrate and welcome new United States citizens (just in time for the 4th of July)!
Told in the voice of the head of our Youth Services Department at Central Park Library: In celebration of Pride, parenting and teen programs were held on June 21 and 22. LGBTQ 101: Importance and Creation of Familial Support featured a panel of young adults from the LGBTQ Youth Space. Their stories were inspiring and …
Join our volunteers on Sunday at the Central Park Library as they sell books on the patio. We’ll have lots of books and movies for you and your family to take on your summer vacations!
Mary Boyle, the library’s local history librarian, led a tour of Mission City Memorial Park last May, and the Santa Clara Weekly was kind enough to cover it! Thanks to them and thanks to Mary for engaging everyone in learning more about their community.
The Central Park Library has hiking backpacks available to check out at the front desk. They are a 3-week checkout with 1 renewal. The backpack includes a field guide, log book, binoculars, some laminated sheets to help identify birds and plants, and some other accessories. We are super-proud to have helped pay for these beauties, …
Looking for the perfect book to read on the beach? Need some exciting titles to make plane rides fly by? Want something great for your kids to read over summer break? Attend our Book Buzz panel at Central Park Library tomorrow June 5 at 7pm to hear librarians and booksellers, including the Foundation’s very own …
The library’s health & wellness display this month is Momentum for Mental Health. Check it out in the boulevard at Central Park Library to learn more about self-care! Thanks to Kaiser Permanente for their continued support for our health & wellness collection, classes, and events.
Early in March, it was the one year anniversary of the Library’s Tabletop Games Social night. From our librarian’s perspective: Almost 30 people came by to learn new games and make new friends, including adults and families with children. Because we’ve been getting so many more attendees in recent months, some of our regulars have …