Free Movies During Spring Break at the Visalia Children's Branch

Join us for free movies to celebrate Spring and National Library Week

Tuesday, April 15th @ 2pm: Frozen
                                      4pm: It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown

Wednesday, April 16th @ 2pm: The Nut Job
                                           4pm: Rise of the Guardians

Thursday, April 17th @ 2pm: The Croods
                                        4pm: Alvin & the Chipmunks: Easter Collection

Friday, April 18th @ 2pm: Hop
                                   4pm: The Nut Job
(+ XBox Kinect for Family Fun Friday, 3 - 5pm)

Additional Library Teen Program Orientation Sessions Scheduled for April and May

Additional orientation sessions have been scheduled for the "Your Tulare County" teen program, a partnership between Tulare County Library and ValleyPBS. Teens ages 14 through 18 can check out an iPad mini from the library to record, edit and post their "Day in the Life" video at the ValleyPBS ByYou website. Teens who wish to participate are invited to attend, with a parent, one of the upcoming orientation sessions: April 19 at 12:00 pm and May 3 at 12:30 pm at the Visalia Branch Library, and May 2 at 5:00 pm at the Dinuba Branch Library.

For further information, contact Teen Librarian Faythe Arredondo at 559-713-2703.

Free Computer Classes at the Tulare County Library!

Did you know that your Tulare County Library offers free computer classes? That’s right: free computer classes are available right here at your library to absolutely anyone!

Each class is a one-day session, and because space is limited, we require pre-registration.

Classes for the rest of April are already booked up, but check back around the 15^th of the month (every month) to learn the new class schedule. This is also the first day you can register for upcoming classes.

Additionally, if there’s a class in particular you’re interested in, you can indicate the name of the class(es) you're interested in taking on the Interest List clipboard located in the Computer Lab, and we will contact you when we offer that class (or classes). Some classes we offer include Mouse Basics, Intermediate Word, Internet Job Searching, Identity Theft, Internet 101, Resume 101, and one-on-one help. For more information on Tulare County Library computer classes, call the Computer Lab at (559) 713-2719.

Be sure to check this blog next week when we'll be posting an update with information about computer class offerings for May, or you can always stop by the library and ask us in person!

Celebrate National Library Week, April 13 - 19

 

Celebrate National Library Week by participating in the Visalia library's special activities and events honoring how libraries change lives for the better:

Children: 

• Watch a movie Tuesday through Friday at 2:00pm and 4:00pm in the Children’s Area. 
•  Participate in an evening storytime on Thursday at 6:30pm for families. (Children of all ages are welcome, not just pre-school.) The theme will be books and libraries.

Young Adults: 

• Participate in "Operation Book Drop", where teens  drop books off on benches on Main Street
• Watch Library Wars, the movie based on the Young Adult Manga book series
• Tell everyone how libraries have changed your life by filling out a “Lives Change at Your Library" sign

Adults:

• Tell everyone how libraries have changed your life by filling out a “Lives Change at Your Library" sign

Origami for Tweens, Third Friday of Each Month

Tweens (ages 10-12) can join Flo, Children's Librarian, and Faythe, Teen Librarian, every third Friday of the month from 4 to 5:30 at the Visalia Library to participate in fun origami projects. Drop into the Homework Center in the Children’s Wing anytime during the session to participate.

Independent Film Series, April 17

This month’s Independent Film Movement selection is Tanta Agua.

Synopsis: What could be worse than being 14 and on vacation with your father, stuck indoors during a seemingly endless rainstorm? Alberto and his two children, Lucia and Federico, set off to a hot springs resort for a short vacation. Alberto, who doesn't see his kids much since the divorce, refuses to allow anything to ruin his plans. But the springs are closed until further notice due to heavy rains, and Lucia's adolescent rebellion clashes against her father's enthusiastic efforts for family quality time. When she meets friends her age, equally bored at the rained-out resort, Lucia's vacation starts looking up. But flings can be fleeting, and it's her father's reliable insistence they spend time together that proves to be the most meaningful part of their unexpectedly enjoyable getaway.

Directed by Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge

Uruguay / 2013 / Spanish with English subtitles / 102 min.

Friends of the Tulare County Library Meeting, April 10th

The Friends of the Tulare County Library will hold their monthly meeting on Thursday, April 10th, 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.