Month: February 2016

Lollapalooza is tomorrow!

We’ve been talking about Lollapalooza for so long that it’s hard to believe that it’s almost here! We’ve talked about the food, the auction items, the music, the golden paddle, Mission City Community Fund, and more! And we haven’t even touched on our awesome emcee, the fact that Greg Lucas the State Librarian will be here to …

Auction Prizes

We have some great auction prizes for the Lollapalooza on Saturday night! You’ll be able to bid on: 2 tickets to the Celebrity Forum speaker series + dinners at local restaurants Tasting dinner for 8 by the Mission College Culinary Arts Program Lunch with the City Librarian + the Assistant City Librarian Santa Clara History …

Check us out on Channel 15

It’s starting to be all Lollapalooza all the time around here! Earlier this week, we recorded this announcement for Channel 15 – Santa Clara’s public access channel. You can see it below. (It’s so hard to watch yourself on video!) Register for Lollapalooza today!

Prices rise for Lollapalooza at midnight!

I know you’re all excited for Lollapalooza. We are too! If you haven’t registered yet, prices go up at midnight. It’s $50 per person now, and $60 per person starting at midnight up to the event. Today would be an excellent day to register!

Read Your Way to the Big Game

Read Your Way to the Big Game was a great success. We had over 240 participants read over 1700 books in just six weeks! We’re proud to have sponsored this event, which got lots of families reading together and celebrated a successful Super Bowl in Santa Clara.

Music at the Lollapalooza

We keep talking about all the awesome things that are going to happen at the Lollapalooza (register today!). But, specifically, what do we mean? Music-wise, we are proud to announce that Santa Clara Vanguard is providing a jazz trio for the event. They’re a Santa Clara institution, and we’re proud to showcase them.

Join us for Community Conversations

The Community Conversations series is a monthly event where local experts come to the library to share their knowledge. This is a new series, covering an interesting mix of subjects. The first one is this upcoming Monday, and it’s titled Under-Represented Populations in Elite Sport. It features Kelly Crowley, A Paralympic medalist and Marlene Bjornsrud, …