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 [...]
A Wild Surge of Guilty Passion – A Book Talk
On Tuesday, December 6 at 7:00 p.m. in the Central Park Library Cedar Room, Adult Services is presenting local author Ron Hansen, who will discuss writing and his new novel: A Wild Surge of Guilty Passion. The book is a fact-based fictionalized account of the famous torrid love affair that led to the 1927 murder [...]
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 [...]
Kids Count at Santa Clara City Library!
Our library has always provided stellar services to our children and last fiscal year (July 2010- June 2011) was no exception. Over 18,000 young library card holders aged zero to 14 and their parents/caregivers borrowed a whopping 1,344,289 children’s items! These materials included books, audio materials, videos, and more. Children’s and young adults’ socialization and [...]
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 [...]
Mission Community Fund Supports Literacy
The Mission City Community Fund Granted SCCLFF $5000 To Support Literacy A special thank you to Mission City Community Fund who awarded the SCCLFF $5,000 for the purpose of publishing In Our Own Words, a book of writings by adult literacy students in the Read Santa Clara Program, and a shorter brochure version of the [...]
Story Times & Art Activities at Local Homeless Shelters
Librarians from both our Youth Services and Literacy departments regularly present library programs at three Santa Clara family transitional housing shelters: HomeSafe, the Bill Wilson Center, and the Sobrato Family Living Center. Each program includes a story time and a light supper for families, and craft activities for kids. Families also receive gift books, can [...]
Make a Splash – Read!
The Library’s 2010 Summer Reading theme is “Make a Splash – Read!” Events will include story times, concerts, and special performances for both children and teens. Children who meet their reading goals will receive a free paperback book, and teens will receive a Borders’ gift card. Please see the Library’s website for registration information and [...]
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