Who doesn’t want to learn to break codes? From ancient, hidden secrets to spies in the war, code breaking has been around for thousands of years. Join us to learn about the history of code breaking, including all about influential figure Alan Turing, how codes can be broken, and some popular ciphers to make …
Continue reading “Learn how to crack codes at Central Park Library tomorrow”
The next Summer Adveture concert coming up is tomorrow – Tuesday June 6 – at 5:30pm outside the Mission Branch Library. DRUMMM’s “OneBEAT!” Community Rhythm Celebration will bring out the drummer in you! Fun for ALL ages and abilities. Instruments provided. Prepare to be inspired! We are proud to support the Summer Adventure …
The first Summer Reading activity is happening on Monday June 5 at the Mission Branch Library. Your children will be able to explore different building materials and thier imaginations to build new creations! This indoor activity will fill up on a first-come, first-serve basis, no registration needed. Sign up for the Santa Clara City …
Summer adventure – aka the summer reading program – starts tomorrow! This is a great way to keep up with your favorite books over the summer, and to give you ideas for fun things to do. The Library will be full of activities, so make sure to check out the full list. You can …
Summer Adventure – this year’s summer reading program – starts on June 1! That’s a little over a week to go. You can sign yourself or your family up on the Santa Clara City Library website starting Thursday June 1. Summer Adventure events start Monday June 5. The summer reading program is one of the …
Another favorite 2022 thing: after two years of low-key summer reading, the summer reading concerts were back! We love it when the Library hosts weekly summer reading concerts and performances. They’re a great draw to the library, and once patrons are in the library they’re more likely to sign up for summer reading. Which …
Continue reading “2022 Favorite Things: Summer Reading Concerts”
The Foundation and Friends supports all kinds of important extras at the Santa Clara City Library, things like the Summer Reading concerts! These are important events that draw people to to the library during the summer months. When more people come to the library, more people sign up for summer reading. When more people …
Thank you for your support of Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends. So far in 2022, you, your family, your friends, and your neighbors have donated over $175,000! Your investment in our community made the following possible: An in-person Comic Con, bringing family fun and a different kind of literacy to over …
How far do your donations go? It’s a question any donor wants answered. To that end, we have the finalized summer reading 2022 statistics. And we want to share them with you! “I liked that the program focused more on the days that we read books, more than the amount of books we read.” The …
Continue reading “Want more summer reading statistics? We’ve got them for you!”
By Rachel Schmidt, Youth Services This is a longer article than we normally run. It’s an excerpt from our printed newsletter that went out last week and should be in your mailbox shortly, if you’re on our mailing list. Summer Reading was a great success this year! Our community loved the focus on reading every …
Continue reading “Santa Clara read over 36,490 days this summer!”