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October 2023

From the Director:

Get ready for MPL’s annual South Texas Book Festival! We kick off with Countdown to the Eclipse, 2 weeks of special events that lead up to the solar eclipse on October 14th. Enjoy an evening of outstanding poetry with Stellar Verse at CommonSpace Coffee Shop on Thursday, October 26th from 6-8pm. Then, join us for a full day of authors, storytelling, crafts, giveaways, activities, and fun for the whole family on Festival Day, Saturday, October 28th, from 11am-6pm. Finish this exciting month with our popular Trick-or-Treat Trail on Tuesday, October 31, from 5-7pm. View the entire schedule and details by going to https://mcallenlibrary.net/stbf/schedule.

MPL gratefully acknowledges our Official Sponsor, H-E-B Helping Here, and all of our sponsors, partners, and guests for their support!

I am pleased to announce that McAllen Public Library has once again been accredited by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) for the State Fiscal Year 2024. MPL has earned accreditation for more than 33 years. As an accredited library, MPL has access to any TSLAC program made possible through federal funding, including statewide interlibrary loan (ILL), E-rate, TexShare Databases, and funding opportunities through competitive and non-competitive grant programs.

Kate P. Horan, MLS

Library Director

Current Hours of Operation

Main Library

Monday - Thursday

9 AM - 9 PM

Friday - Saturday

9 AM - 6 PM

Sunday

1 PM - 9 PM

Lark & Palm View Branches

Monday - Thursday

10 AM - 9 PM

Friday - Saturday

10 AM - 5 PM

Sunday

1 PM - 9 PM

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Eclipse Glasses Drive Thru

October 7th, 10 AM

October 8th, 2 PM

We're counting down the days to the solar eclipse! Drop by Main Library's drive-thru to pick up an eclipse kit for your family. Each Kit contains 4 eclipse glasses

and a glasses care guide.

Available while supplies last.

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12th Annual Children’s Cancer and Breast Cancer

Awareness Walk-a-Thon

(Lark)
Wednesday, October 18th - 10:30AM

Join us for our eleventh annual walk, run, or stroll around Garza Park in

awareness of Breast & Children’s Cancer Month. Support all of our loved ones who have survived, or are going through, this battle. Mommies, grandmas, daddies, grandpas & kids of all ages are welcome! We’ll have some special guests to help us make this day a fantastic one!

Please wear pink or yellow.

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Children's Programs

For more information on children events, visit the MPLKids Facebook!

Program Highlight:

Stay & Create (Palm View Branch)

October 26th at 5 PM

Children's Programs

Baby Storytime

Mondays at 1 PM

Kinder Kids

Wednesdays at 10 AM

Bilingual Storytime

Fridays at 10 AM

STEM Sunday

October 1st at 2 PM

Toddler Time

October 3rd, 10th, 17th, & 24th at 10 AM

Sunday Storytime

October 8th & 22nd at 2 PM

Eclipse Explorers

October 12th at 6 PM

Solar Eclipse Viewing Party

October 14th at 11:30 AM

Little Cocina

October 15th at 2 PM

Tiny Tots Halloween

October 31st at 10 AM

Once Upon a Time

(Lark)

October 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 9th,10th, 12th. 16th, 17th, 23rd, 24th, 30th, & 31st at 11 AM

Family Storytime

(Lark)

October 3rd, 10th, 17th & 24th at 6:30 PM

Miss Musica

(Lark)

October 4th & 11th at 11 AM

Coloring Day

(Lark)

October 4th & 18th at 6 PM

Crafty Kids

(Lark)

October 11th at 6 PM

UTRGV-HEB Planetarium

(Lark)

October 13th at 11 AM

Tween Hangout

Alma Thomas Art

(Lark)

October 16th at 6 PM

Bilingual Storytime -

La Hora de los Cuentos

(Palm View)

Tuesdays at 11 AM

Toddler Time

(Palm View)

Thursdays at 11 AM

Stay & Create

(Palm View)

October 4th & 25th at 5 PM

In B-Tween Club

(Palm View)

October 5th & 19th at 5 PM

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Teen Programs

For more information on teen events, visit MPLTeenFacebook!

Program Highlight:

Among Us Live

October 12th at 6 PM

Teen Programs

K-Pop Club

August 8th at 6 PM

Back to School Bingo

August 11th at 2 PM

Mazes & Monsters Club

August 17th & 31st at 6 PM

Virtual Reality

August 20th at 6 PM

Bullet Journaling

August 22nd at 6 PM

Air Dry Clay Workshop

(Lark)

August 1st at 6 PM

Air Dry Clay Workshop

(Lark)

August 6th at 2 PM

Nature Bookmarks

(Lark)

August 8th at 6 PM

Inner Child Day

(Lark)

August 17th at 6 PM

Level Up Club

(Palm View)

August 3rd, 17th, & 24th at

4 PM

Gamers Unplugged

(Palm View)

August 8th & 29th at 4 PM

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Adult Programs

For more information on adult events, visit the MPL Adults Facebook!

Program Highlight:

Coffee and Crochet Club (Palm View Branch)

October 18th at 11 AM

Adult Programs

Assistance for Enrollment in Health Insurance with MHP

Mondays and Wednesdays at 9 AM

MPL Gaming Club

October 10th & 17th at 5:30 PM

Anime/Manga Club

October 18th at 2 PM

Knitting Club

(Lark)

Tuesdays at 2 PM

Hispanic Heritage Month Movie Day

(Lark)

October 11th at 6 PM

Sketching Class

(Lark)

October 10th & 24th at 6 PM

DIY Fall T-Shirt

(Lark)

October 12th at 6 PM

Virtual Painting Class

(Lark)

October 13th at 2 PM

Painting Class

(Lark)

October 14th at 1:30 PM

Adult Coloring

(Lark)

October 18th at 6 PM

Clase de Computacion

(Palm View)

Wednesdays at 1 PM

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Diverse Voices Book Club

Thursday, October 19th at 6:30 PM

"[A] blend of horror and mystery with a gothic heart, complete with a heroine on the brink of madness, running into the night in fear. This chilling read exposes the rotting soul of colonialism and manages to be wildly entertaining while doing so." — Shelf Awareness

If you would like to join the book club, please call 681-3000.

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Lark Book Club

Tuesday, October 17th at 6:30 PM

Simone St. James knows that true terror, as she effectively illustrates in The Sun Down Motel, goes beyond things that go bump in the night....St. James deftly melds an engrossing mystery with a tense supernatural thriller....keeps the tension high with myriad surprising twists."

—Associated Press

If you are interested in joining the book club, please call 681-3100.

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