El Jeremías, Independent Film, Tue 4/25, 6:00 pm

Independent Film

Tuesday April 25

6:00 pm

Visalia Branch Library

 

 

El Jeremías, a heartwarming comedy film about family love and the hard choices that come with opportunity, is directed by Anwar Safa and stars Martín Castro. After discovering his genius, Jeremías struggles between the new worlds his gifts open up to him and his loving, yet poor, family.

Family Event, Sat 4/22 6 pm, Visalia Library

Steve Martin's Working Wildlife

Saturday, April 22, 2017

6 pm

Visalia Branch Library

 

Are you ready to get up close and personal with a Binturong? How would you like to meet a movie star, albeit one with fur, whiskers, and a tail? Some might say those are the most fun and delightful movie stars to spend time with!

The Friends of the Tulare County Library are inviting one and all to a fabulously entertaining AND educational evening with Jeff Lee of Steve Martin’s Working Wildlife. Jeff will share some of his expertise in animal behavior and give you an opportunity to experience wildlife in a way not possible when viewing animals at the zoo.

Teen Book Club, Sat 4/22, 2 pm

 

Teen Book Club

Saturday, April 22, 2 pm

Visalia Branch Library

 

Drop by the library and pick up a copy of 'It’s Kind of a Funny Story' by Ned Vizzini. Then, come by on Sat 4/22 at 2 pm to watch the movie. Talk about what it all means. Snacks served! Stop by the library or call 559-713-2731 for details!

Teen Advisory Group, Sat 4/8 at 3 pm, Visalia Lib

Teen Advisory Group

Saturday April 8th at 3 pm

Visalia Branch Library

 

 

Get Involved in Your Community Library.
* Plan the events you want
* Make Friends
* Help plan the teen events you want
* Suggest books you want to read
* Hours towards Community Service

Contact Carrie for more info: 559-713-2731

Mystery Reader's Book Group, Wed 4/19 at 6:30

Mystery Reader's Book Group

Wednesday, April 19 at 6:30

Visalia Branch Library

 

“April” Mysteries

• Mia Quinn mysteries by April Henry
• FBI agent Ana Grey by April Smith
• April Taylor (British author – maybe only on Amazon)
• Immortal Descendents Series by April White (sort of mysteries)
• Joe Pickett’s series (daughter is April) by C.J. Box
• The Ides of April by Lindsey Davis (Ancient Rome mysteries).
• In Crazy Blood by T. Jefferson Parker (Wylie falls in love with April Holly)

For May we will all read the same book - INTERVENTION by Marilyn Meredith. You may pick up a copy at the reference desk (559-713-2703) any hour that the library is open.

Coloring Nights, Tue 4/18, 6 pm

Coloring Nights

Tuesday, 4/18 at 6 pm

Visalia Branch Library

 

Come join us for the Library's *Coloring Nights* at the Visalia Library. Colorists can bring their own coloring pages and pens, crayons or colored pencils. However, the Library will provide all of these necessary supplies free to participants, including some very intricate and fun coloring pages.

We will also have a large poster for National Library Week! You may join in on this larger project OR work on your own choice!

For more information about our Coloring Nights activities, please visit the Visalia Branch Library at 200 W. Oak Street, or call (559) 713-2703.

Teen Poetry Workshop, Thu 4/13, 4 pm

 

Teen Poetry Workshop

Share Your Voice

Thursday, 4/13 at 4 pm

Visalia Branch Library

Are you a teen between 13-19 interested in crafting poetry, spoken word, or lyrics? This FREE workshop is for you! All materials provided.

Friends of the Library, 4/13 at 7 pm, Visalia Branch Library

 

Friends of the Library Meeting

April 13th at 7 pm

Visalia Branch Library

 

Join the Friends of the Library at their meeting on Thursday, 4/13 at 7 pm at the Visalia Branch Library.  Everyone is welcome!

Book Club - 4/4 at 6:30 pm - Green Grass, Running Water

 

First Tuesday Book Club

Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King

April 4th at 6:30 pm

Visalia Branch Library

 

Strong, sassy women and hard-luck hardheaded men, all searching for the middle ground between Native American tradition and the modern world, perform an elaborate dance of approach and avoidance in this magical, rollicking tale by Cherokee author Thomas King.

Alberta, a university professor, would like to trade her two boyfriends for a baby but no husband; Lionel is forty and still sells televisions for a patronizing boss; Eli and his log cabin stand in the way of a profitable dam project. These three—and others—are coming to the Blackfoot reservation for the Sun Dance and there they encounter four Indian elders and their companion, the trickster Coyote—and nothing in the small town of Blossom will be the same again…

Book Sale, 4/1 at 9 am, Visalia Branch Library

No Foolin’! The Visalia Friends of the Tulare County Library hosts their ‘Spring Cleaning’ Book Sale at the Visalia Library on Saturday, April 1 from 9 am to 2 pm. The sale features a variety of books, including fiction, mystery, history, biography, art, and cookbooks. The sale also includes a nice selection of DVDs.

Are you a fan of the Friends of the Tulare County Library’s annual Literary Basket Drawing? This year’s baskets will be unveiled at the Book Sale and tickets will be available for a donation of $1.00 each. The different “themed” baskets all contain a book and much more! The drawing for basket winners takes place on Saturday, April 22.

Proceeds from the Friends of the Tulare County Library book sale and baskets provide the Tulare County Library with books, equipment, and Summer Reading Programs at all our branches.
For more information, contact Tulare County Library's Visalia Branch at 559-713-2703. The Friends of the Tulare County Library is an association for people of all ages who love libraries, reading, books, volunteering, and raising money to enhance public library services. Membership fees are tax deductible!

For more information about becoming a Friend of Tulare County Library, please contact the Library’s Volunteer Coordinator at 713-2709, go to www.tularecountylibrary.org or drop by in person at 200 W. Oak Avenue in Visalia.

Read and Cook Program, 4/18 & 4/25

What could be better than reading, cooking, and eating? In partnership with FoodLink of Tulare County, the Exeter Branch of the Tulare County Library hosts the Read and Cook Program that includes a book club and cooking class. The program is FREE and designed for adults.

First, pick up the book, What the World Eats, at the Exeter Branch Library on Tuesday, April 4.

Next, read this fascinating book during the month and join us on Tuesday, April 18 from 6:30 to 7:30pm to discuss the book at the library.

Follow up with the cooking class on Tuesday, April 25, from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. Participants are invited to attend the class at FoodLink of Tulare County located at 611 2^nd Street in Exeter.  Reading the book is not a pre-requisite to attending the cooking class.

Huntington Library Trip, Wed 4/26

The Friends of the Three Rivers Library have organized a trip to the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino! If you'd like to join the Wednesday, April 26th trip you must contact the coordinators by Wednesday, April 5th. Please click on the flyer for all of the details!

Independent Film, My Love, Don't Cross That River, Tue 3/28 at 6:00 pm, Visalia Library

The potent mix of joy and sorrow presented simply in the documentary “My Love, Don’t Cross That River” is enormously affecting, devastating in fact. Mo-young Jin’s film, a smash hit in Korea where it became the country’s biggest independent film ever, follows the 75-year marriage of Byong-man Jo and Gye-yeul Kang, or Hubby and Honey, as they refer to each other - www.latimes.com

Teen Book Club, Weight of Feathers, Thu 3/23 at 4pm

The Weight of Feathers is a lyrical story about two teens from  rival Central Valley families and their forbidden romance

For twenty years, the Palomas and the Corbeaus have been rivals and enemies, locked in an escalating feud for over a generation. Both families make their living as traveling performers in competing shows-the Palomas swimming in mermaid exhibitions, the Corbeaus, former tightrope walkers, performing in the tallest trees they can find.

Lace Paloma may be new to her family's show, but she knows as well as anyone that the Corbeaus are pure magia negra, black magic from the devil himself. Simply touching one could mean death, and she's been taught from birth to keep away. But when disaster strikes the small town where both families are performing, it's a Corbeau boy, Cluck, who saves Lace's life. And his touch immerses her in the world of the Corbeaus, where falling for him could turn his own family against him, and one misstep can be just as dangerous on the ground as it is in the trees.

A finalist for the William C. Morris YA Debut Award, Anna-Marie McLemore's The Weight of Feathers is an utterly captivating young adult novel by a talented new voice.

Author Anna-Marie McLemore, who also authored When the Moon Was Ours and the forthcoming Wild Beauty will visit the library later this year.  Participants in our March 23rd book club get a chance to get their books signed!

Toddler Yoga, Thu 3/23 at 10, Visalia Library

Children as young as two can learn basic yoga stretches in a fun, free class offered at the Visalia Branch Library in partnership with Oak Street Studios.

St. Patrick Day Crafts, 3/17 at 3:30, Visalia Library

Visalia Library Children’s Wing

FREE! All supplies provided and registration not required.

Just show up with your friends & creativity! 

 

Mystery Readers Book Group, Wed 3/15 at 6:30, Visalia Lib

Anything to do with ‘Irish’. It can be in the title, set in Ireland or have it part of the author's name!
Recommendations for books can be found at www.stopyourekillingme.com OR Use the library’s subscription to Novelist. Ask a Reference Librarian for help with Novelist if needed.

Funtastic Fridays - March

 

On Fridays in the Children's Wing of the Visalia Branch, we feature family-friendly movies.  Movies are shown at 2 pm and 4 pm.

 

March 3rd:  Surf’s Up 2: Wavemania!   (84 min, PG)

March 10:  Moana (107 min, PG)

March 17:  Pinocchio (88 min, G)

March 24:  Sing (108 min, PG)

March 31:  Beauty And The Beast (85 min, G)

 

You can also play games with your friends and family!

Board Games available all afternoon

Kinect Gaming from 3:30—5:30pm