Expert Resume Review and Interview Tips, in February
Sign up for a 30 minute, one-on-one session with Anne Davenport, an expert on resumes and interviewing with many years experience as a hiring manager. She offers an efficient review of a resume or tips for a successful interview. Sunday, February 10, 2013, 2:00 – 4:30pm Tuesday, February 12, 2013, 5:00 – 7:30 p.m. Sunday, February [...]
Apply for the Library Craft Faire
On Saturday, December 8th, 2012, the second annual Holiday Craft Faire will be held in the Central Library, from 10am until 4pm. Many vendors will be there, selling items like hand-made jewelry, candles, soaps, clothing, and other items. If you’re a vendor and would like to get a table, well, they’re filling up fast, so [...]
An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe event a great hit!
Last week, the foundation helped fund “An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe”, presented by Duffy Hudson, at the Central Park Library. This one-man play provided a look at Poe’s life, books and was seen by a packed room of children and adults.
Estate Planning and Advance Health Care Directive Seminar
Local estate planning attorney Eric B. Norris will update us on the current status of the estate tax exemption (due to expire at the end of this year). He will tell us why every Californian needs an Advance Health Care Directive, and will explain how you can get your Advance Health Care Directive done without an attorney. Eric [...]
Santa Clara Summer Reading 2012
Every summer, the Santa Clara Library has a program, “Summer Reading”, with a number of events for children, teens, and adults. Starting June 1st, anyone can sign up at the city library website to participate. Summer Reading is a sponsored in part by the Santa Clara Library Foundation & Friends, and that means that every summer the [...]
Heritage Home Tour is Here!
This year’s Santa Clara Holiday Historic Home Tour is this weekend, Friday, December 2nd from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Saturday, December 3rd from Noon to 5 p.m. Tickets are still available for purchase at City Lights Espresso, 1171 Homestead Road, Santa Clara through Friday or at the Harris-Lass Museum, 1889 Market Street, Santa Clara on [...]
ESL Coordinator Wanted
The library is starting an English as Second Language (ESL) Conversation Club and is looking for a volunteer to coordinate the program. The club will offer a comfortable environment for adults with limited English language skills to practice speaking in English. In consultation with library staff, the ESL Conversation Club Coordinator will: Recruit, orient, and [...]
Teen Moms Win with Grant from Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust
Read Santa Clara has been awarded a $1,000 grant from the Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust toward their work with the teen mothers at the Young Parents Center (YPC) of Wilson High School to encourage them to read for pleasure and to share a love of reading with their young children. The Foundation & Friends teamed [...]
A View of the Past: Historic Watercolor Paintings Hung in Gallery
From 1965 through the 1970s, the Friends of the Santa Clara Public Library and the Santa Clara Art Association (originally known as the “Mission City Artists”) collaborated to sponsor a Santa Clara Annual Art Show in the Central Library. All media were accepted: painting, sculpture, collage, drawing, and mosaic. Three of these paintings have been [...]
Becoming a “Friend Forever” of the Library
If the Library has been a special place for you and your family, you can give a gift now that will keep the Santa Clara City Library a very special place for families far into the future. The “Friend Forever” planned-giving program of the Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends can serve your best [...]