Upcoming Events
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Date: Monday, Jul 21, 10:30 AM
Location: Santa Clara City Library - Mission Branch
If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands! Connect with us for a fun, interactive storytime. Storytime is a magical time for children of all ages and abilities to learn and interact with one another. Our Library staff will share stories, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement! Grownups can...
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Date: Tuesday, Jul 22, 1:30 PM
Location: Santa Clara City Library - Northside Branch
Come hang out and play some Nintendo Switch games on the big screen! Test your skills in Super Smash Bros, or race your friends in Mario Kart! For grades 3-8. Your attendance to this program grants permission to the City of Santa Clara to take your photograph and/or your child's...
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Date: Tuesday, Jul 22, 5:30 PM
Location: Santa Clara City Library - Mission Branch
Come sing traditional camp songs! Bring a blanket or chairs to sit on! Your attendance to this program grants permission to the City of Santa Clara to take your photograph and/or your child's photograph for marketing purposes.
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Date: Wednesday, Jul 23, 10:30 AM
Location: Santa Clara City Library - Northside Branch
The wheels on the ambulance go round and round! Please join us for a very special storytime all about ambulances and the people that drive them! Afterward we'll go outside to see an ambulance up close! Please note paramedics may need to leave to respond to an emergency. This event...
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Date: Wednesday, Jul 23, 10:30 AM
Location: Santa Clara City Library - Central Park Branch
Outdoor Storytime is a fun and interactive 25-minute program aimed at ages 2-5. Our Librarians will share stories, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement! Grownups can also learn some tips for engaging kids in early literacy. Bring a blanket, a snack and get ready to move, sing, and laugh with your...
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Date: Wednesday, Jul 23, 3:30 PM
Location: Santa Clara City Library - Northside Branch
Join us for a fun art session at the library! During this event, attendees are encouraged to use their own creativity while making arts and crafts. All ages welcome! Your attendance to this program grants permission to the City of Santa Clara to take your photograph and/or your child's photograph...
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Date: Wednesday, Jul 23, 3:30 PM
Location: Santa Clara City Library - Mission Branch
Join us for a splishy splashy water playdate for babies, toddlers and their caregivers. We'll feature water tables perfect for kids to explore water! Siblings welcome. Bring a towel or change of clothes because you will get wet! This event is generously sponsored by the Santa Clara City Library Foundation...
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Date: Wednesday, Jul 23, 5:30 PM
Location: Santa Clara City Library - Central Park Branch
Let's celebrate our Summer Adventure - Summer Reading Program with this exciting event, and don't forget to register for Summer Adventure to read, learn and play all summer long! Join Kuumba for an energetic, interactive dance and drum session that brings the vibrant traditions of West African dance and drumming...
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Date: Thursday, Jul 24, 9:30 AM
Location: Santa Clara City Library - Mission Branch
Baby & Me Storytime is designed to promote early literacy for babies birth-2 years old. The first 20 minutes includes songs, a simple story, fingerplays and nursery rhymes followed by 20 minutes of play. We recommend bringing a blanket for your little one. Your attendance to this program grants permission...
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Date: Thursday, Jul 24, 4:30 PM
Location: Santa Clara City Library - Central Park Branch
Youth in grades 3 to 6 are welcome to join us for an exciting event all about the wonders of physics and force. Understand what force is by pushing/pulling the tables/chairs/balls. Feel what is an action force & a reaction force. Have fun with Newton’s Third Law of Motion by...
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Date: Thursday, Jul 24, 6:00 PM
Location: Santa Clara City Library - Northside Branch
If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands! Connect with us for a fun, interactive, pajama storytime! Storytime is a magical time for children of all ages and abilities to learn and interact with one another. This storytime will be extra magical as we invite all attendees to...
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Date: Friday, Jul 25, 10:30 AM
Location: Santa Clara City Library - Central Park Branch
Baby & Me Storytime is a 15-20 minute program designed to promote early literacy for babies birth-1.5 years old. Storytime includes songs, a simple story, fingerplays and nursery rhymes including early literacy tips for you to take home and practice with your baby. Bring a blanket for your little one...
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Date: Friday, Jul 25, 10:30 AM
Location: Santa Clara City Library - Northside Branch
If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands! Connect with us for a fun, interactive storytime. Storytime is a magical time for children of all ages and abilities to learn and interact with one another. Our Library staff will share stories, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement! Grownups can...
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Date: Friday, Jul 25, 10:30 AM
Location: Santa Clara City Library - Central Park Branch
Outdoor Storytime is a fun and interactive 25-minute program aimed at ages 2-5. Our Librarians will share stories, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement! Grownups can also learn some tips for engaging kids in early literacy. Bring a blanket, a snack and get ready to move, sing, and laugh with your...
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Date: Friday, Jul 25, 11:30 AM
Location: Santa Clara City Library - Mission Branch
Join us every Friday in July at the Mission Branch Library to put together puzzles! You can spend as much or as little time as you like. All ages are welcome!
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Date: Friday, Jul 25, 4:00 PM
Location: Santa Clara City Library - Northside Branch
This month's mystery is The Secret Sea! Investigate mysteries as you solve puzzles, discover clues, explore STEM concepts and work together to solve various riddles! This program will be split into two sessions. Tickets are required and will be given out at the front desk 15 mins before the start...
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Date: Friday, Jul 25, 4:45 PM
Location: Santa Clara City Library - Northside Branch
This month's mystery is The Secret Sea! Investigate mysteries as you solve puzzles, discover clues, explore STEM concepts and work together to solve various riddles! Tickets required. After the first session is filled up, tickets will be given out for this session at the front desk. This is the second...
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Date: Saturday, Jul 26, 10:30 AM
Location: Santa Clara City Library - Northside Branch
Join us for a library playdate for toddlers and their caregivers. We'll feature open-ended play materials perfect for children's development! Siblings welcome. Ages 18 months - 4 years. Your attendance to this program grants permission to the City of Santa Clara to take your photograph and/or your child's photograph for...
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Date: Saturday, Jul 26, 1:00 PM
Location: Santa Clara City Library - Northside Branch
Learn how to make dog toys for local shelters with local non profit Pupcycled. Participants of all ages can braid or sew used, machine-washed clothing into dog toys for local shelters! Please note this is NOT a craft to take home. All dog toys are created for donation to local...
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Date: Monday, Jul 28, 10:30 AM
Location: Santa Clara City Library - Mission Branch
If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands! Connect with us for a fun, interactive storytime. Storytime is a magical time for children of all ages and abilities to learn and interact with one another. Our Library staff will share stories, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and movement! Grownups can...