Events

The Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends will be celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2026! We will host an anniversary gala on May 16, 2026 at the Triton Museum.

Stay tuned for more information as we approach 2026!

The Santa Clara City Library will be celebrating the Mission Branch Library’s 70th anniversary on Saturday, November 1, and we are proud to be a part of it. Festivities will be from 12:30 PM to 4 PM.

In celebration of 70 Years of Stories, the Library wants YOUR story! If you have a memory of the library or a photo to share, please let us know via this form as soon as possible. We want to hear from YOU!

Mary Hanel wrote up this history of the Mission Branch Library for us back in 2016, when its latest renovation was just beginning. We encourage you to read it and learn more about the history of the oldest library in Santa Clara!

Librarypalooza 2025 was on Saturday April 5, 2025 at the Triton Museum of Art.

You could have bid on fun auction prizes including:

Santa Clara History Tour with Mary Hanel
Private wine class for 20 at Total Wine & More
Lunch with the City Librarian, Patty Wong
65” TV
Sport Basket
Games Basket
Spa Basket
Adventure Basket
Travel Basket
Eataly Basket

Our 2025 honoree was Steve Ricossa. Steve joined the Board of Library Trustees in July 2016, and continues to serve on the Board. He took on the role of Liaison to the Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends in 2018, and eventually was elected a full board member of the Foundation in 2020. He still serves on the Foundation board. He has lived in Santa Clara for over 36 years and is also a member of the Board of the Mission City Community Fund and of JW House at Kaiser Santa Clara.

Our speaker was Preston Metcalf, the Executive Director and Senior Curator, Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara. In addition to his 35 years with the Triton Museum, he was also a lecturer of Art History at Mission College in Santa Clara, and San Jose City College. He has lectured on art and art history both locally and abroad, has had more than 60 articles and essays published, and had his first novel, Casanova, Curator of Memories published in 2018. Through his innovative art and education programs at the Triton Museum, hundreds of thousands of our community’s children, youth, and adults have received fundamental art education and experiences, including award winning programs such as sculpture classes for the blind, hospital bedside art instruction for chronically and terminally ill children, art mentoring for developmentally disabled adults, and art/literary crossover programs such as the Triton’s immensely popular monthly Triton Book Club, which explore the influences of art on literature, and how great literature sometimes influenced the visual arts. He sees art not as a static form of entertainment, but rather — like literature — as world expanding experiences, bringing new views, ideas, considerations, and voices into our lives.

Librarypalooza 2025 Information

What is Librarypalooza?
Librarypalooza is the gala fundraising event for The Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends. It’s also a perfect time to have fun with your fellow library supporters! Register today!

The event raises money for The Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends, an organization dedicated to supporting the Santa Clara City Libraries and lifelong learning in Silicon Valley. To that end, we will ask for donations at the event, though it is not required to make one.

Where is Librarypalooza?
This year Librarypalooza was at the Triton Museum or Art. The Museum’s address is 1505 Warburton Ave, Santa Clara, 95050.

When is it?
Librarypalooza 2025 was on Saturday April 5, 2025 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM – a perfect time for a cocktail hour!

Who should attend?
Anyone who wants to support The Santa Clara City Library!

Librarypalooza 2025 Sponsors

Related Companies

Mission City Federal Credit Union

Marwan Mukhar and Lia Theologides Mukhar

Librarypalooza 2025 Sponsorship Levels

Announcing our sponsorship levels! Becoming a Librarypalooza sponsor is a great way to get your name out in the Santa Clara community while supporting the Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends. Your support of Librarypalooza makes more classes and events from happen. Things like: Comic Con, Summer Reading, and more. You make it possible!

Buy your sponsorship online or mail your payment to:
Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends
2635 Homestead Rd
Santa Clara, CA 95051

Please email JoAnn Davis with any questions.

Pulitzer Sponsorship – $5,000

4 free tickets to the event
business name and logo on website and poster
thanked during event program
recognition in monthly email newsletter
included in post-event sponsor thank you
logo in event slideshow
solo social media post (x2)
name and logo on community poster (if received by January 31, 2025)
logo on event program (if received by March 15, 2025)

Caldecott Sponsorship – $2,500

2 free tickets to the event
business name and logo on website and poster
thanked during event program
recognition in monthly email newsletter
included in post-event sponsor thank you
logo in event slideshow
solo social media post

Newbery Sponsorship – $1,000

1 free ticket to the event
business name and logo on website and poster
thanked during event program
recognition in monthly email newsletter

Hugo Sponsorship – $500

1 free ticket to the event
business name and logo on website and poster

Buy your sponsorship online or mail your payment to:
Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends
2635 Homestead Rd
Santa Clara, CA 95051

Please email JoAnn Davis with any questions.

Librarypalooza 2024: A Literary Happy Hour took place on Saturday May 11, 2024 from 5:00pm – 7:30pm at the Triton Museum at 1505 Warburton Ave in Santa Clara.

Librarypalooza 2024 Information

Expect a raffle full of fun prizes, delicious food, drinks, and a chat with Olivia Allen-Price, host of the Bay Curious podcast!

Olivia Allen-Price is the host and senior editor of KQED’s award-winning Bay Curious podcast. She’s also the author of a book based on the podcast called “Bay Curious: Exploring the Hidden True Stories of the San Francisco Bay Area.” She’s also worked at The Baltimore-Sun, The Virginian-Pilot. She holds degrees in journalism and political science from Elon University.

Where is Librarypalooza?
This year, for the first time, Librarypalooza will be at the Triton Museum! The Museum’s address is 1505 Warburton Ave, Santa Clara, 95050.

What are some of the raffle prizes?
The big raffle prize is a 55″ Samsung TV, donated by Video Only. We will also have San Francisco 49ers and San Jose Sharks themed baskets, in addition to food and wine baskets – you’ll have to come to the event to see them all!

When is it?
Librarypalooza 2024 will be on Saturday May 11, 2024 from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM – a perfect time for a cocktail hour celebrating booze and books!

Who should attend?
Anyone who wants to support The Santa Clara City Library!