Upcoming Events
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Date: Monday, Jul 21, 4:00 PM
Location: Alum Rock
Maker Mondays is an opportunity to create using exciting tools like our sewing machines, crochet hooks, and paint supplies. We meet every first and third Monday. For ages 10 and up. There’s a different project every month.In July, we’re working with origami!Free. No registration required. ADA Accommodation Requests
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Date: Monday, Jul 21, 4:00 PM
Location: Biblioteca Latinoamericana - Community Room
Learn how to draw with Tayasui Sketches! Tayasui Sketches is a beginner drawing application for the iPad. Learn the basics with us or perfect your drawing skills with Tayasui Sketches. iPads will be provided. For ages 8 - 14. Older siblings are welcome. Registration recommended. Drop-ins are welcome. This is...
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Date: Tuesday, Jul 22, 10:30 AM
Location: Almaden - Picture Book Area
Join us for a special storytime with Valley Water as we learn about water conservation through stories, songs, and more of your favorite storytime activities.Free. No registration required.ADA Accommodation Requests
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Date: Tuesday, Jul 22, 4:30 PM
Location: Santa Teresa - Community Room
Color some coffee filters, spray them, and make your own butterfly creation! Free. No registration required. While supplies last. ADA Accommodation Requests
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Date: Tuesday, Jul 22, 5:00 PM
Location: Alum Rock
This beginner course will introduce Sanskrit to middle schoolers. Students will begin by learning the alphabet. For Ages 7-17. Free! ADA Accommodation Requests
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Date: Wednesday, Jul 23, 5:00 PM
Location: Bascom - Study Room 2
Do you have a presentation or interview coming up? Want to gain confidence with your public speaking and conversation skills? Silicon Valley Speaking Club meetings are an excellent opportunity for practice! A free program. Group is friendly and welcoming. If you have a presentation or other material prepared which you...
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Date: Thursday, Jul 24, 10:30 AM
Location: Alviso - Children's Area 5050 N. 1st Street San Jose, CA 95002
Join us for a special storytime with Valley Water as we learn about water conservation though stories, songs, and more of your favorite storytime activities.Free. No Registration required.
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Date: Thursday, Jul 24, 3:00 PM
Location: Almaden - Community Room
Join us at Almaden Branch library to celebrate Summer Learning!This classic fairy tale follows the spoiled princess Ofelia on her birthday. Her life is changed by a chance meeting with a frog – who we know to be a handsome prince, transformed by a witch. When she loses her new...
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Date: Thursday, Jul 24, 5:00 PM
Location: Alum Rock
This beginner course will introduce Sanskrit to middle schoolers. Students will begin by learning the alphabet. For Ages 7-17. Free! ADA Accommodation Requests
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Date: Friday, Jul 25, 3:00 PM
Location: Village Square
Register to volunteer away your library fines at a rate of $20 per hour while helping the library maintain a clean and welcoming environment.Tables and chairs cleaning – Wipe down crucial furniture used for library events.Tabletop/windows – Help reinvigorate our branch by wiping down tabletops and cleaning dusty windows.Tabletop/windows/grounds cleanup...
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Date: Friday, Jul 25, 4:00 PM
Location: Willow Glen - Patio
The Magic Science Show is a collection of exciting experiments and demonstrations that will inspire scientific learning. This entertaining show will teach basic chemistry concepts including: acids, bases, pH, soaps, polymers, gases, states of matter, color reactions, and more! When you understand the science behind how the world works you...
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Date: Saturday, Jul 26, 11:00 AM
Location: West Valley - Meet at Information Desk
Every now and then, libraries need a little extra love from the communities they serve. You can volunteer away your library fines at a rate of $20 per hour while helping the library maintain a clean and welcoming environment. Pre-registration required. This is a perfect opportunity for anyone interested in...
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Date: Saturday, Jul 26, 1:00 PM
Location: Mountain View Public Library
Registration is required. Click this link to attend the virtual event. You’re invited to join us online with award-winning author Rex Ogle as he talks to viewers about his struggles to navigate sixth grade as written about in his book Free Lunch. Instead of giving him lunch money, Rex’s...
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Date: Tuesday, Jul 29, 5:00 PM
Location: Alum Rock
This beginner course will introduce Sanskrit to middle schoolers. Students will begin by learning the alphabet. For Ages 7-17. Free! ADA Accommodation Requests
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Date: Wednesday, Jul 30, 11:00 AM
Location: Mt. Pleasant - Entrance
Drop-in every last Wednesday of each month to volunteer away your library fines at a rate of $20 per hour while helping the library maintain a clean and welcoming environment. Details and Requirements: • Must be able to commit to the full session • Anyone under the age of 15...
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Date: Wednesday, Jul 30, 5:00 PM
Location: Bascom - Study Room 2
Do you have a presentation or interview coming up? Want to gain confidence with your public speaking and conversation skills? Silicon Valley Speaking Club meetings are an excellent opportunity for practice! A free program. Group is friendly and welcoming. If you have a presentation or other material prepared which you...
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Date: Thursday, Jul 31, 5:00 PM
Location: Alum Rock
This beginner course will introduce Sanskrit to middle schoolers. Students will begin by learning the alphabet. For Ages 7-17. Free! ADA Accommodation Requests
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Date: Friday, Aug 1, 4:00 PM
Location: Vineland - Community Room
The Cricut Open Lab is a 45-minute learning session on select Fridays with machines available to use. First-time users can learn what the Cricut machine is and how it works. You can also watch these tutorial videos ahead of time to get a better idea of how to use the...
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Date: Saturday, Aug 2, 10:00 AM
Location: Village Square - Community Room
Are you interested in playing and learning chess? If so, you are invited at the Village Square Branch Library to come and learn to play chess at the beginners and intermediate levels. Walk-ins are welcome! Our Village Square Chess Club meets 1st and 2nd Saturday of every month. ADA Accommodation...
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Date: Saturday, Aug 2, 10:30 AM
Location: East SJ Carnegie
Drop-in the first Saturday of the month to volunteer away your library fines at a rate of $20 per hour while helping the library maintain a clean and welcoming environment. Details and Requirements: • Must be able to commit to the full session • Anyone under the age of 15...