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April 2022

From the Director:

Thank you to everyone who came out for MPL’s first big, in-person event of 2022, the World Languages Festival, featuring the Botanical Fridas sculpture exhibition. Highlights from this event, which welcomed 1,800 visitors, included an Art Discovery Self-Guided Tour map, international food samples and activities, a used book sale, cultural discovery tables, crafts for all ages, and a Korean poetry presentation. The weather was beautiful and families had a great time!

Coming soon on April 9 is MPL’s Community Family Health Fair. All are welcome to attend this event, with opening remarks from the Office of Congressman Vicente Gonzalez, free health screenings, health and wellness vendors, children’s crafts, and a free train ride to emphasize our theme: Get Your Health on Track!

Then, on April 30, families are invited to celebrate El día de los niños/El día de los libros with MPL! Acclaimed children’s authors Diana Lopez, Chris Barton, and Jennifer Ziegler will read from their latest books. There will be signed book raffles at each author session, a free book giveaway, crafts, popcorn, cotton candy, and a family-oriented Selena Look-Alike Contest. Having begun as Children’s Day in 1925, Día today is a nationally recognized initiative that emphasizes the importance of literacy for all children from all backgrounds. As always, MPL events are free admission and open to the public. We hope to see you this Spring! For more information, go to our website at www.mcallenlibrary.net.

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

10th Annual Children's Autism and Child Abuse Awareness Walk

Friday, April 8th at 10:30AM

Come join us for our 10th annual walk, run, or stroll around the Garza Park in support of National Autism and Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month. Mommies, grandmas, daddies, grandpas, and kids of all ages are welcome!

The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende

Vividly and pointedly evoking prejudices "unconventional" couples among the current-day elderly faced (and some are still battling), Allende, as always, gives progress and hopeful spirits their due.

-Kirkus.com

Registration is required for new members.

Contact reference at 956-681-3000 to register.

¡Hola Papi! : How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons

by John Paul Brammer

From popular LGBTQ advice columnist and writer John Paul Brammer comes a hilarious, heartwarming memoir-in-essays chronicling his journey growing up as a queer, mixed-race kid in America’s heartland to becoming the “Chicano Carrie Bradshaw” of his generation. --Goodreads.com

Registration is required for new members.

Contact reference at 956-681-3000 to register.

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

“The epic adventures Evelyn creates over the course of a lifetime will leave every reader mesmerized. This wildly addictive journey of a reclusive Hollywood starlet and her tumultuous Tinseltown journey comes with unexpected twists and the most satisfying of drama.” -- PopSugar.com

Registration is required.

Please call Lark Branch at 956- 681-3100.

Ven a la biblioteca y saca cualquier libro. Lea el libro y llévese un marcapáginas de Recomendaciones Frescas. Una vez que haya terminado de leer el libro, complete el marcador de recomendaciones frescas donde explica brevemente: por qué les gustó el libro, por qué recomendarían el libro o explicar de qué se trata el libro. Devuelva el libro junto con el marcapáginas de Fresh Recommendations y, a cambio, recibirá un ambientador para coche DIY de Recomendacines Frescas.

Children's Programs

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

Program Highlight:

S.T.E.M Saturday

Get your science on and have fun with some cool experiments for Earth Day! For ages 3rd-5th graders!

Programs

Once Upon a Time

(Lark)

Mondays at 11 AM

Baby Storytime

Mondays at 11 AM

Toddler Time

Tuesdays at 11 AM

Bilingual Storytime

(Palm View)

Thursdays at 6 PM

Family Storytime

April 10th at 2 PM

Teen Programs

For more information on teen events, visit MPLTeenFacebook!

Program Highlight:

DIY Seed Bombs

Monday, April 18th at 6 PM

Teens, join us as we make our very own "seed bombs".

Programs

TAC Meeting

April 2nd and April 23rd

LIBFLIX

(Palm View Branch)

Wednesdays at 4 PM

Fight the Boredom

(Palm View Branch)

Thursdays at 4 PM

Create Your Own Comic

(Lark Branch)

April 14th at 6 PM

AniManga Club:
April 27th at 6 PM

Adult Programs

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

Program Highlight:

Take a Minute- Banking for Kids

Airs on Facebook on Sunday, April 10th

Money Smart Week is from April 9th to April 16th, 2022. In celebration, this video is for parents who are thinking of opening a bank account for their kids.

Programs

Basic Computer Class

(Palm View Branch)

Mondays & Wednesdays

at 1 PM

DIY Kitchen Caddy

(Palm View Branch)

April 7th at 10 AM

DIY Easter Wreath

(Lark Branch)

April 7th at 10 AM

Lark Knitting Club

(Lark Branch)

Tuesdays at 2 PM

Tech Help

Main Library, Lark, and Palm View Branches

Adult Paining Class

(Lark Branch)

April 9th and 22nd at 1:30 PM

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