Month: March 2016

Celebrating New Readers

It was so heartwarming to see all the new adult readers perform on Saturday afternoon – to read things that they’ve written. We are so proud of them and all their hard work!  

Congratulations!!

A big congratulations to Kathy Watanabe, a former board member, for being named to City Council last week! She’s been a library supporter for a long time, and been involved in the community for even longer. She’s going to do a great job.

Our partner, helping literacy

Y’all donate a lot of books to us. Thank you! We do our best to get every single book to a good home: either in the library or to another book lover outside the library. But sometimes, despite our best efforts, we’re unable to match that book with a buyer. That’s where Better World Books …

In Our Own Words

  Publishing In Our Own Words every year is almost a rite of passage. We fund it every year through your donations. What is it? Read Santa Clara is the library’s Adult Literacy Program. In Our Own Words is a book of short works written by people who are in the program. We’ll celebrate the …

We want your textbooks!

One of the most common donation questions we get is: do you accept textbooks? And the answer is: yes! We especially like newer textbooks, like the ones pictured above, but we’ll take any and all of your textbooks. Just drop them in our donation bin by the bookstore in the Central Park Library (if you have …

How to make potstickers

Chef Cory from Yan Can Cook, who donated a great cooking lesson/tasting dinner to Lollapalooza has been all over the local news lately for the Lunar New Year. Check out his latest segment!