Menlo Park Library

Join this week! 4/5: Open! 4/7: Open-mic Poetry Night 4/8: Incarceration camp survivor Yoshiko Kanazawa 4/10: Global Language Storytime: Japanese 4/11: Hawaiian music with Faith Ako 4/12: Junk Poetry Workshop --and much more! bit.ly/4pMn1Xl

Steve Segal is a lauded animator who has won awards at Cannes and animated for TV, video games, and feature films including Toy Story & many other Pixar projects. Meet Steve Apr. 13 as he joins us to share an abbreviated look at the history of animation! bit.ly/4sIeWE8

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April is here--National Poetry Month! 4/7: Poetry Night, emceed by local poet Charlotte Muse 4/12: Junk Poetry Workshop with Dina Klarisse -- hands-on creative fun! All month: Youth Poetry Voices. Local kids: submit your poems! menlopark.gov/youthpoetry bit.ly/4pMn1Xl

Menlo Park Library and Belle Haven Library will be closed this Saturday, April 4. Please join us at Burgess Park for Menlo Park's Spring Festival and Egg Hunt! Advance tickets are required: visit menlopark.gov/programs.

One Book, One Coast is here! Menlo Park is teaming up with nearly 200 library systems across California, Washington, and Oregon. Join us for a special exhibition, honored guests, performances, and more. Visit menlopark.gov/oboc.

Join us Sat. 4/4 in SSF for the Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest Small Press Comics Expo! Free admission, with hands-on fun and giveaways, plus dozens of artists, including special guests Brandon McKinney, Jessica Fong, Maia Kobabe, and Lucky Srikumar! comicartsfest.com.

We're a week away from a special Poetry Night! Join us at the library April 7 to sharing and listen to great poems. This special event will be hosted by local poet Charlotte Muse. bit.ly/46wOUe6

Our monthly Garden Talk is one of our most popular programs! Join us online on the first Wednesday of each month for great tips from experienced gardeners. April 1: Success with Tomatoes May 6: Flowers for Your Garden June 3: Citrus Tree Care bit.ly/4s0qJ02

Join us this week for storytimes & more! 4/1: Teen Tabletop Gaming 4/1: Garden Talk: Success with Tomatoes 4/4: Small Press Comics Expo @ South San Francisco Library 4/4: Menlo Park Libraries Closed--join us in Burgess Park for the city's Spring Festival bit.ly/4pMn1Xl

April is National Poetry Month, and our annual Menlo Park Youth Poetry Voices exhibition is back! This exhibition allows youth in Grades 1-12 to share their original poetry with the Menlo Park community. Submissions will be accepted April 1-30 at menlopark.gov/youthpoetry.

Menlo Park is joining nearly 200 library systems across California, Washington, and Oregon for a 2-month celebration of literacy, learning, community, and civil discourse. Join us for a special exhibition, honored guests, performances, and more. Visit menlopark.gov/oboc.

Read the latest Library and Community Services Newsletter: publicinput.com/Email/m617551

Join us for a Seed Swap! It happens out on the library patio this Saturday, March 28 from 10-Noon. Meet our garden experts, and swap seeds with other garden enthusiasts. No seeds? No problem! We'll make sure you don't go away empty-handed. bit.ly/4al1jmf

Success with tomatoes--that's the topic of our April Garden Talk! Join us online Wednesday, April 1 at 6:30 p.m., and our experts will give you the info you need to grow your best home crop yet. Sign up now! bit.ly/4pMn1Xl

Menlo Park Library and Belle Haven Library will be closed Friday, March 27 for staff development. We will reopen 3/28 for our regular Saturday hours of 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Our website remains open for you 24/7 for research, digital downloads and streaming, account management and more.

March 25 is National Tolkien Reading Day! Celebrate J.R.R. Tolkien by reading favorite passages. Why March 25? It's the date of the downfall of Sauron and the fall of Barad-dûr. Of course, if you're a Tolkien fan, you already knew that. bit.ly/4pLz8Tv

What we're reading: Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke. Join our Sci-Fi/Fantasy book group online or in-person on April 27 to talk about this character's explorations of his sprawling, labyrinthine, ocean-containing home. bit.ly/40KsmD2

Grab your library card and read all the comics! Available through our website, ComicsPlus lets you get unlimited access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels and manga for children, teens, and adults, from more than 100 publishers. bit.ly/3J9M1Yg

Our new exhibition is here! On display through May 17, “Am I An American or Am I Not?” gets its title from Fred Korematsu, who famously challenged the mass imprisonment of over 125,000 Japanese Americans during WWII. menlopark.gov/oboc