Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Friday, January 31st @ 2-5pm! Family Fun Fridays @ the Visalia Library!!!


Family Fun @ the Visalia Library!!!
Join us every Friday for free Kinect gaming, movies and over 15 board games that families can enjoy playing together!
When: Every Friday 2pm-5pm
Movie
@ 2pm: Disney's A Bug's LIfe
@4pm: Disney's A Bug's Life
(children might want to bring pillows or something comfortable to rest on during the movie.)

Kinect Sports! 3-5pm
(Kinect is for ages 6-13)
Board Games available to play in Children's Wing:
Candy Land, Chess, Checkers and Backgammon, Chutes and Ladders, Clue, Connect 4, Dominoes, Go Fish card game, Hi Ho Cherry-O, Memory, Regular playing cards, Scrabble, Sorry!, Uno
Cost: Free!!!
Where: The Children's Wing of the Tulare County Library Visalia Branch
Who: Children, teens and parents (adults must be with a child in order to attend this program)
*Parents must stay with children under the age of 14. *No group or daycare visits are allowed during our program times.Please call in advance to schedule a group visit.For further information or to schedule a group visit, call the Children's Dept. 713.2731

Independent Film Night, February 16

The independent film for January is Queen of Hearts. The film will be shown on February16 at 6pm.

For more information, visit the Independent Film Movement Series page on the Library's web site.

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Friday, January 27th 2-5pm! Family Fun Fridays @ the Visalia Library!!!



Family Fun @ the Visalia Library!!!
Join us every Friday for free Kinect gaming, movies and over 15 board games that families can enjoy playing together!
When: Every Friday 2pm-5pm
Movie
@ 2pm: Disney's Pinocchio
@4pm: Monster's Inc.
(children might want to bring pillows or something comfortable to rest on during the movie.)

Kinect Sports! 3-5pm
(Kinect is for ages 6-13)
Board Games available to play in Children's Wing:
Candy Land, Chess, Checkers and Backgammon, Chutes and Ladders, Clue, Connect 4, Dominoes, Go Fish card game, Hi Ho Cherry-O, Memory, Regular playing cards, Scrabble, Sorry!, Uno
Cost: Free!!!
Where: The Children's Wing of the Tulare County Library Visalia Branch
Who: Children, teens and parents (adults must be with a child in order to attend this program)
*Parents must stay with children under the age of 14. *No group or daycare visits are allowed during our program times.Please call in advance to schedule a group visit.For further information or to schedule a group visit, call the Children's Dept. 713.2731
The Friends of the Tulare County Library will hold their monthly meeting on Saturday, February 11 at 9 AM in the library's upstairs (blue) meeting room. Everyone is welcome to attend! Please contact Sheryll at 713-2709 for more information.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Friday, January 19th 2-5pm! Family Fun Fridays @ the Visalia Library!!!



Family Fun @ the Visalia Library!!!
Join us every Friday for free Kinect gaming, movies and over 15 board games that families can enjoy playing together!
When: Every Friday 2pm-5pm
Movie
@ 2pm: Disney's Bambi
@4pm: How To Train Your Dragon
(children might want to bring pillows or something comfortable to rest on during the movie.)

Kinect Sports! 3-5pm
(Kinect is for ages 6-13)
Board Games available to play in Children's Wing:
Candy Land, Chess, Checkers and Backgammon, Chutes and Ladders, Clue, Connect 4, Dominoes, Go Fish card game, Hi Ho Cherry-O, Memory, Regular playing cards, Scrabble, Sorry!, Uno
Cost: Free!!!
Where: The Children's Wing of the Tulare County Library Visalia Branch
Who: Children, teens and parents (adults must be with a child in order to attend this program)
*Parents must stay with children under the age of 14. *No group or daycare visits are allowed during our program times.Please call in advance to schedule a group visit.For further information or to schedule a group visit, call the Children's Dept. 713.2731

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Mystery Readers' Meeting, January 18

The next Mystery Readers meeting will be held on January 18th at 6:30 pm in the Visalia Library's upstairs "blue" meeting room. This month we will discuss the book you received in last month's Yankee Swap (or one you received for the Holidays).

For more information on the Mystery Readers, please visit the Friends' of the Library web page.

Friday, January 13th 2-5pm! Family Fun Fridays @ the Visalia Library!!!



Family Fun @ the Visalia Library!!!
Join us every Friday for free Kinect gaming, movies and over 15 board games that families can enjoy playing together!
When: Every Friday 2pm-5pm
Movie
@ 2pm: Disney's Beauty and the Beast
@4pm:Disney's Dolphin Tale
(children might want to bring pillows or something comfortable to rest on during the movie.)

Kinect Sports! 3-5pm
(Kinect is for ages 6-13)
Board Games available to play in Children's Wing:
Candy Land, Chess, Checkers and Backgammon, Chutes and Ladders, Clue, Connect 4, Dominoes, Go Fish card game, Hi Ho Cherry-O, Memory, Regular playing cards, Scrabble, Sorry!, Uno
Cost: Free!!!
Where: The Children's Wing of the Tulare County Library Visalia Branch
Who: Children, teens and parents (adults must be with a child in order to attend this program)
*Parents must stay with children under the age of 14. *No group or daycare visits are allowed during our program times.Please call in advance to schedule a group visit.For further information or to schedule a group visit, call the Children's Dept. 713.2731

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Literacy Center Needs Volunteers, Schedules Training

The Library Literacy Center will hold a training for prospective tutors on January 19, from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. The training is open to anyone interested in helping adults in need of reading, writing and mathematics skills. It will be held at The Literacy Center, 417 N. Locust Avenue, Visalia, CA. For further information and to sign up, please call 713-2745.

Learn How to Download eBooks, January 11

Join us on January 11 (and every second Wednesday of the month) for a class on how to download the library's selection of eBooks and audiobooks. Instruction will be given on how to download these materials for each available format. The class is held from 6:30 to 7:30 in the computer lab at the Visalia Library.

Friends of the Library Meeting, January 12

The Friends of the Tulare County Library will hold their monthly meeting on Thursday, January 12, at 7 PM in the library's upstairs (blue) meeting room. Everyone is welcome to attend! Please contact Sheryll at 713-2709 for more information.