Literacy Center Newsletters Available Online

Literacy Center Newsletters are now available on the Tulare County Library's website. Click here to go directly to the "Literacy Center Newsletters" page and here to go to the Literacy Program's webpage (the link to the newsletters is at the bottom of the page).

Climate and Gardening Lecture at Three Rivers Library, November 12

 

Kaweah Lake with Water Receding, Three Rivers, CA

Please join us at the Three Rivers Library on November 12 at 6:30pm for a lecture titled "A Weather Primer: What Gardeners Need to Know About the Climate of Three Rivers." Bill Tweed, writer, naturalist, retired park service manger, and Three Rivers resident for 25 years, will be presenting this interesting and informative lecture.  Please call (559) 561-4564 for more information.

Food For Fines, November 1 - November 29

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Tulare County residents who have library fines can get a break on what they owe and help the hungry at the same time.

During the month of November, anyone who  brings in non-perishable food items to any branch of the Tulare County Library can have their fines reduced or eliminated.  One dollar per food donation will be deducted from existing fines, except for any charges for lost or damaged library items. There is no limit to the amount of fine reduction. (Items must be brought to a staff member at the circulation/check-out counter.)

The food will be picked up by Foodlink for Tulare County and used to restock the pantries of food banks throughout the county.  Items collected from the fifteen branches will be distributed in each branch’s local community and surrounding areas.

“Food for Fines’ is a new collaborative program sponsored by the library and Foodlink.  It will be held semi-annually in the months of November and April.  Library patrons can bring their books and donations November 1-29 to any of the following library branches: Alpaugh, Dinuba, Earlimart, Exeter, Ivanhoe, Orosi, Pixley, Springville, Strathmore, Terra Bella, Three Rivers, Tipton, Visalia and Woodlake.  Non-perishable food items will be accepted thankfully from anyone wishing to donate them, whether a fine is due or not.

Bad Movie Night, November 26th

Join us at the Visalia Library on the 4th Tuesday of the month for your favorites in B movies and cheesy classics.

This month--on November 26th--we will show Goonies at 6:00pm.

Friends of the Tulare County Library Meeting, November 14

The Friends of the Tulare County Library will hold their monthly meeting on Thursday, November 14th, 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.

Independent Film Movement Series, November 21

This month’s Independent Film Movement selection is Three Worlds,  showing at the Visalia Library at 6PM.

Al, a young man from a modest background, is ten days away from marrying the daughter of his boss. One night, while coming back drunk from his bachelor party, Al commits a hit-and-run when he hits a man by accident and is urged to leave the scene of the crime by his two friends. The next day, gnawed by guilt, he decides to go to the hospital to inquire anonymously about his victim. What he does not know is that the entire accident was witnessed from a balcony by a young woman, Juliette, who is going through her own emotional upheavals.

Directed by Catherine Corsini
France / 2012 / French & Moldovan with English subtitles / 101 min

Family Fun Friday @ the Visalia Branch, October 25th, 2013

Join us every Friday in the Children’s Wing for free movies, Kinect gaming, and board games that families can enjoy playing together!

Movies start at 2:00pm and 4:00pm

Playing this week: 

2pm: It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

4pm: Monster House

Play Xbox Kinect from 3:00 to 5:00pm

(Kinect is for children ages 6-13)

*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 programs. Please call in advance to schedule a group visit. For more information, call the Children's Desk at 713-2731.

Around the World in 30 Instruments with Four Shillings Short, November 8th

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The Celtic/Folk/World music duo Four Shillings Short will present a multi-cultural educational concert for all ages called "Around the World in 30 Instruments" at the Tulare County Library Visalia Branch on Friday, November 8 at 7:00 pm.

The husband and wife team play a fantastic array of instruments including Hammered & Mountain Dulcimer, Mandolin, Mandola, Bouzouki, Tinwhistles, Recorders, Medieval and Renaissance Woodwinds, North Indian Sitar, Charango, Bowed Psaltery, Banjo, Bodhran, Guitar, Percussion, and even a Krumhorn. This fun and informative program includes traditional music from Ireland and Scotland, India, Medieval and Renaissance Europe and the Americas.

Celebrating their 18th year together, Aodh Og O’Tuama and Christy Martin tour in the US and Ireland and are independent folk-artists.  They have made 10 recordings, give 150 concerts a year and live as full time Troubadours.  They travel from town to town performing at music festivals, theatres and performing arts centers, folk societies, libraries, private homes and schools.

Aodh Og O’Tuama grew up in a family of poets, musicians and writers.  He received his degree in Music from University College Cork, Ireland, and received a Fellowship from Stanford University in California in Medieval and Renaissance performance.  He plays Tinwhistles, Medieval and Renaissance woodwinds, Recorders, Doumbek (from Morocco), bowed Psaltery, Spoons and sings both in English, Gaelic and French.

Christy Martin grew up in a family of musicians and dancers.  From the age of 15, she studied North Indian Sitar for 10 years, 5 of them with a student of master Sitarist Ravi Shankar.  She began playing the Hammered Dulcimer in her 20’s and has studied with Maggie Sansone, Dan Duggan, Cliff Moses, Robin Petrie, Tony Elman and Glen Morgan.  In addition she plays Mandolin, Mandola, Bouzouki, Banjo, Guitar, Bodhran (Irish frame drum), Charango, bowed Psaltery and sings in English, Irish, Spanish and Sanskrit.

Mystery Readers' Meeting, November 20

The next Mystery Readers' meeting will be held on November 20th at 6:30pm in the Visalia Library's upstairs "blue" meeting room. For November's meeting, please read any holiday-themed mystery.

Family Fun Friday @ the Visalia Branch, October 18, 2013

 

Join us every Friday in the Children’s Wing for free movies, Kinect gaming, and board games that families can enjoy playing together!

 

Movies start at 2:00pm and 4:00pm

Playing this week: Hotel Transylvania

 

Play Xbox Kinect from 3:00 to 5:00pm

(Kinect is for children ages 6-13)

*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 programs. Please call in advance to schedule a group visit. For more information, call the Children's Desk at 713-2731.

Three Rivers' Friends of the Library Book Sale, October 19th

THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY SEMI-ANNUAL BOOK SALE will take place at the Library, October 19th, Saturday, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.  In addition to hundreds of donated books and media available for sale (pay what you like), we will have entertainment.

At 10:30, “The Wild Child”, bubble guy, will put on his fabulous and scientific show for children and adults alike.  Later in the day at 2 p.m., Neil Strain, guitarist, will entertain folks with his finger style pickin’ blues through jazz.  And for those who need a break from selecting all those books, Elizabeth will be giving free 15 minute chair massages on the deck.

Family Fun Friday @ the Visalia Branch, October 11, 2013

 

Join us every Friday in the Children’s Wing for free movies, Kinect gaming, and board games that families can enjoy playing together!

 

Movies start at 2:00pm and 4:00pm

Playing this week: Spooky Buddies

Play Xbox Kinect from 3:00 to 5:00pm

(Kinect is for children ages 6-13)

 

*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 programs. Please call in advance to schedule a group visit. For more information, call the Children's Desk at 713-2731.

Crafty Corner: Crochet and Knitting, October 23

Experienced or not, stop by the Crafty Corner at the Visalia Library on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month at10:30am & 6:30pm.

In our first session, we will teach crochet techniques, but you can bring your own  project materials, Works In Progress (WIPs), or Unfinished Objects (UFOs) and meet others who are interested in fiber arts. You can also checkout the array of online patterns available through the library. Instruction will alternate between crochet and knitting.

Bad Movie Night, October 22th

Join us at the Visalia Library on the 4th Tuesday of the month for your favorites in B movies and cheesy classics. 

Our first movie is Hocus Pocus (1993) starring Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker (rated PG).

Cowboy Poetry & Peach Cobbler, Oct. 26

The Friends of the Tulare County Library and the Visalia Cowboy Cultural Committee invite you to drop by the Visalia Library on October 26 at 6:30pm for Dutch oven peach cobbler, followed by cowboy poetry and music.

For more information, please call Sheryll Strachan at 713-2709.

Learn About Autism and the Bright Future Program, October 24

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Independent Film Movement Series, October 17

Shun Li and the Poet

 

This month’s Independent Film Movement selection is Shun Li and the Poet. Shun Li works in a textile factory near Rome, slowly paying off the broker that brought her from China to Italy, while saving money so she can bring her young son to join her. She is suddenly transferred to work as a bartender at a pub in a small town along the Venetian Lagoon. The pub is the hangout of the local fishermen, including Bepi, a handsome old Slav immigrant nicknamed "The Poet." A tender, delicate friendship grows between Shun Li and Bepi. But gossip soon threatens their innocent relationship, a bond that had once transcended two very different, yet not at all distant cultures.

Italian and Mandarin with English Subtitles
100 minutes

Tuesdays @10am- Baby and Toddler Time! Visalia Branch

Tuesdays @10am- Baby and Toddler Time! Visalia Branch

Every Tuesday at 10AM, we will have a special time for babies (0-2) to play and interact with one another while building literacy skills!

Preschool Story Time @ the Visalia Branch every Wednesday

Wednesdays @10am- Preschool Story Time at the Visalia Branch!

Wednesdays @10am--Preschool Story Time.  Join us for stories, songs and finger plays at our preschool story time every Wednesday @ 10AM.

*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. 713.2732

Family Fun Friday @ the Visalia Branch, October 4, 2013

 

Join us every Friday in the Children’s Wing for free movies, Kinect gaming, and board games that families can enjoy playing together!

 

Movies start at 2:00pm and 4:00pm

Playing this week: The Croods

 

 

Play Xbox Kinect from 3:00 to 5:00pm

(Kinect is for children ages 6-13)

 

*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 programs. Please call in advance to schedule a group visit. For more information, call the Children's Desk at 713-2731.