September-October newsletter. 📆☕🎃 The new edition of the library newsletter is here! In its pages you will find the complete Library events calendar accompanied by fun library facts, impactful new library services, and important community project updates.

Library gets 11 million (!) new books, movies and more. 😃📚 Get virtually any book you want! Your Menlo Park Library card now gives you access to 11 million titles from dozens of public and university libraries across California and Nevada. Find and request the titles you want using the LINK+ service on the library website. Your items will be conveniently delivered to a Menlo Park Library for you to pick up. (It's free.) Here's how:<

Chainsaw story time. 📚🦉😀 Lumberjack artist @lilpaulbunyan has been causing quite a “buzz” at the Main Library. He carved two magnificent new benches for the library's outdoor story time grove. They're true works of art, delighting children and grownups alike. The redwood logs were reclaimed from a local tree removal project. They're sure to bring joy to Menlo Park for generations to come!

It's crazy hot out there, but the Library is always cool, calm and collected. This week, Menlo Park concludes the special exhibit and event series, "Confronting Violence: Improving Women's Lives." Learn more

FEATURED EVENTS 📆 IN AIR-CONDITIONED SPLENDOR

Wednesday, 8/14 - Winning the Vote: the Fight Continues
League of Women Voters presents the "mighty political experiment" of granting women the right to vote.
7:00pm @ Main Library

Saturday, 8/17 – Indian Food from the Fiji Islands
Interactive cooking demo. Try new recipes—and delicious samples.
1:00pm @ Belle Haven Branch

Tuesday, 8/20 – Try-it Truck
Bay Area Discovery Museum's engineering lab on wheels. Hands-on learning and fun.
2:00pm @ Main Library

Tuesday, 8/20 – The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Film screening. An outrageous trio journeys across the Australian outback. Rated R.
6:30pm @ Main Library

Wednesday, 8/21 - ESL Conversation Club
Looking to improve your English? Come practice with us!
5:00pm @ Belle Haven

📆✍️ See the library events calendar for complete listings.

This week Menlo Park Library hosts a special exhibit and event series: "Confronting Violence." Learn more

FEATURED EVENTS 📆

Saturday, 8/10 - Boys 'n Guns: Masculinity in a Culture of Violence
Facilitated workshop on gun violence, conflict resolution, and masculinity in American culture.
11:00am @ City Council Chambers

Sunday, 8/11 - Puppetry Festival
"The Garden Show," a lively performance by master puppeteers Tinker's Coin Productions. All ages.
2:00pm @ Belle Haven branch

Tuesday, 8/13 - Lit Book Club
Discussion of Commonwealth, by Anne Pratchett. An enthralling tale told with humor and heartbreak.
7:15pm @ Main Library

Wednesday, 8/14 - Lion Dance
Traditional Chinese lion dance at the Belle Haven library plaza. All ages.
4:00pm @ Belle Haven branch

FEATURED EVENTS 📆

Sunday, August 4 - Board Game Meetup for Adults
Meet people and have fun IRL with board games. All skill levels welcome. 
12:30–3:30 pm @ Main Library

Tuesday, August 6 - Film Discussion Group
Film buff meetup. This weekend’s films: Maiden and The Biggest Little Farm.
6:30pm @ Main Library

Wednesday, August 7 - Xtreme Science Magic
Get hooked on science! Interactive family show with experiments and more for grades K-6.
4:00pm @ Belle Haven branch

Wednesday, August 7 – Summer Film Series @ the Library
Do Dooni Chaar. A schoolteacher strives to buy a car to attend a wedding. In Hindi with English subtitles. Rated PG.
6:30pm @ Main Library

Sunday, August 11 - Summer Puppetry Festival
"The Garden Show," a lively performance by master puppeteers Tinker's Coin Productions. All ages welcome.
2:00pm @ Belle Haven branch

📆✍️ Read the library newsletter for complete calendar of events including storytimes, workshops, teen events, and more.

When you visit Menlo Park Library, you never know what treasures you may find. Here's what's happening this week at the library. 📚😃 

FEATURED EVENTS 📆

Saturday, July 27 - Dúo Cascada de Flores
Live music. Celebrated duo Arwen Lawrence and Jorge Liceaga perform the Latin American songbook.
1:00pm @ Belle Haven branch

Sunday, July 28 - Summer Puppetry Festival
Caterpillar Puppets visits with an out-of-this-world show!
2:00pm @ Belle Haven branch

Tuesday, July 30 - Community Conversation: DV 101
Confronting domestic violence. Recognize the signs, understand the dynamics, and support survivors.
6:00pm @ Main Library

Wednesday, July 31 - Capoeira
Live performance. Amazing Afro-Brazilian kinetic art form: part dance, part martial arts, all awe-inspiring.
4:00pm @ Belle Haven branch

Thursday, August 1 - Family Storytime in the Shade
Drop-in storytime for all ages - Outdoors in the shade of beautiful redwood trees
10:00am @ Main Library

Library News and Events. 📆✍️ Read the library newsletter for complete event listings, library news, and fun facts like this one: What is the oldest item in Menlo Park Library's collection? Read the answer.

The most checked-out library item of all time. 🕵️📖 The latest edition of the Menlo Park Library newsletter contains complete library event listings, information, and fun facts about the library and Menlo Park. For example, can you guess what is the most checked-out library item of all time? Read the answer on page 4.  Download the July/August edition.

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A new library for Belle Haven. 📖✍️ The City Council has unanimously approved plans to begin conceptual design, site analysis and cost estimation for a new branch library. Menlo Park Library Foundation is all-in to support this much-needed project for the community. Your involvement is needed too– join the conversation!

"Block Party Book Prize" winners. 😃📚 We had a blast at the Menlo Park Block Party on June 12! Well over 400 friends and neighbors stopped by our table to say hello, pick up a free book from the Little Free Library, and enter our "block party book prize" drawing. Congratulations to the prize winners!

📚 Julia R., whose book was "Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind," by Ann B. Ross
📚 Emmett P., whose book was "The River of Doubt," by Candice Millard