Category: Librarypalooza

Win a behind-the-scenes tour!

Everyone loves getting a peak behind the scenes. You could win a behind-the-scenes tour of the library plus lunch with the City Librarian! If you’re interested in seeing where the books go after you put them in the return slot, this is the Librarypalooza auction item for you.  

Introducing our honorees!

We are honoring one of our longest serving volunteers, Crystal Scheel, and her husband Don this year at Librarypalooza. Without Crystal and Don helping us run our bookselling operation, we would be lost. They are lynchpin volunteers, helping us make decisions, selling books at every sale, and generally keeping things together.   We could not …

Read a book by F Scott or Zelda Fitzgerald to get into the Librarypalooza mood!

Today we’re celebrating F Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, two of the most famous authors of the 1920s! You can find a list of their books, including, of course, “The Great Gatsby” here. Reading one of their books is a great way to get into the 1920s mood. We’ve named the top Librarypalooza sponsorship level after …

Sponsor Librarypalooza at the Zora Neale Hurston Level

Another day, another American author from the 1920s! Today, we’re celebrating Zora Neale Hurston. She wrote “Barracoon”, “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, and more. Find your next great read from our list of her books.   We’ve named our $5,000 Librarypalooza sponsorship level after her. Learn more about what the benefits are of sponsoring Librarypalooza. …

Find books by Gertrude Stein

Celebrate authors of the 1920s – today with Gertrude Stein! She was raised in Oakland, but lived most of her adult life in Paris. The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas is probably the most famous of her works that the Santa Clara City Library has in its collection, though the library has many of her …

Books by William Faulkner

Our celebration of American authors of the 1920s continues! William Faulkner started publishing in the 1920s, and has become a staple of the American canon. We’ve put a list of his books (regardless of decade published) together to get you started on or to remind you of his books!   Our $500 sponsorship level is …