Socrates Cafe, November 13

Socrates Cafe, November 13

Every second Tuesday of every month, the Visalia library will be hosting a Socrates Cafe at 6:30pm in the library's "blue" meeting room.

Socrates Cafe is a gathering of people who--with the help of a facilitator--engage in lively conversation about philosophical questions, posing questions, listening to others, raising challenges, and considering alternative answers.

Please join us for this fun and free event!

Learn How to Download eBooks, November 8

Join us on November 8  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.

Friday, Oct. 26th 3-5pm! 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 3pm-5pm
This week's movie @ 4pm: Casper
(children might want to bring pillows or something comfortable to rest on during the movie.)
Kinect Adventures! 3-5pm (Kinect is for ages 6-13)
Cost: Free!!!
Where: The Children's Wing of the Tulare County Library Visalia Branch
Who: Children 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

Check Out a Chromebook!

These new laptops are available for checkout at the Visalia Branch library for 2 hour or 7 day checkout.

If you’ve never used one before, sign up for one of our Introduction to Chromebook classes:

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 6:30 pm in the Purple Room

Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 6:30 pm in the Blue Room

Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 6:30 pm in the Blue Room

You can sign up for classes at the Reference Desk.

Friends of the Tulare County Library Meeting, November 8

The Friends of the Tulare County Library will hold their monthly meeting on Thursday, November 8, at 7pm in the library's upstairs (blue) meeting room. Everyone is welcome to attend!

Please contact Sheryll at 713-2709 for more information.

Mystery Readers' Book Group Meeting, November 21

The next Mystery Readers' Book Group will meet on November 21 at 6:30pm at the Visalia Library (upstairs, in the "blue" meeting room).

For November, read a political mystery. Need suggestions of what to read? Click here for a list.

For more information, please contact Sheryll at 713-2709.

Friday, Oct. 19th 3-5pm! 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 3pm-5pm
This week's movie @ 4pm: Madagascar 3
(children might want to bring pillows or something comfortable to rest on during the movie.)
Kinect Adventures! 3-5pm (Kinect is for ages 6-13)
Cost: Free!!!
Where: The Children's Wing of the Tulare County Library Visalia Branch
Who: Children 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

Guest Speaker Dr. David Cislowski, October 27

Guest Speaker, Dr. David Cislowski, will be at the Visalia Library on October 27 at 7 PM to discuss his parents' experience as Holocaust survivors.

David Cislowski is a cardiologist.  He is a Sabra (a native born Isreali) and the son of Holocaust survivors.  Both of his parents survived WWII and the Auschwitz Concentration Camp.  Dr. Cislowski grew up in California with other survivors of the Holocaust.


This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Tulare County Library.
For further information, contact Sheryll Strachan at 713-2709.

Holocaust Exhibit, October 23 - November 2

"Courage to Remember," a traveling Holocaust exhibit from the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Museum of Tolerance, will be on display at the Visalia Library from October 23 through November 2.  This free exhibit features more than 200 exclusive photographs that cannot be seen anywhere in the world, offering amazing insight into the Holocaust.

Presented by the Foundation for California and made possible by a grant from Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), the French National Railway.

Family Fun Friday Movies @ The Visalia Branch: Two different movies this week @4pm!

This week's Family Fun Friday at the Visalia Branch is going to be a little different...
This week we will be showing two different films in the Children's Wing @4pm only. In the open area, we will be showing "Spooky Buddies" and inside the...

Homework Room we will be showing Academy Award Nominee, "A Cat in Paris" (recommended for older children due to some violence in the film). We will not be offering Kinect this week, but board games will still be available.

 When: Friday 10/12/12 @4pm

Where: Children's Wing, Visalia Branch *free*

*No group/class visits during program times. 

*Parents must stay with children under the age of 11. 

*No food or drinks allowed.

First-Tuesday Book Club, November 6

The next "First-Tuesday Book Club" will meet on November 6 at 6:30 pm in the blue meeting room. This month we are reading The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.

Summary:
A young Spanish shepherd seeking his destiny travels to Egypt where he learns many lessons, particularly from a wise old alchemist.

Friends of the Tulare County Library Meeting, October 11

The Friends of the Tulare County Library will hold their monthly meeting on Thursday, October 11, 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.

Mystery Readers' Book Group Meeting, October 17

The next Mystery Readers' Book Group will meet on October 17 at 6:30pm at the Visalia Library (upstairs, in the "blue" meeting room).

For October we will all read a mystery by Deborah Crombie, twice winner of the McCavity Award.  She grew up in Texas, her first husband was British and she spends some time in England each year.  She writes British procedurals.  You may read any of her books and we will compare notes October 17^th.

For more information, please contact Sheryll at 713-2709.

Socrates Cafe, October 9

Every second Tuesday of every month, the Visalia library will be hosting a Socrates Cafe at 6:30pm in the library's "blue" meeting room.

Socrates Cafe is a gathering of people who--with the help of a facilitator--engage in lively conversation about philosophical questions, posing questions, listening to others, raising challenges, and considering alternative answers.

Please join us for this fun and free event!

Independent Film Series, October 18

The independent film for October is Amador. The film will be shown on October18 at 6pm.

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