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NEW Library HoursBeginning November 1, Library Hours will be: Santa Maria Main: Mondays through Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Guadalupe: Mondays through Fridays, 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
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Library Jobs Available The Library is seeking people who enjoy working with all ages for branch libraries in Cuyama, Guadalupe, Los Alamos, Orcutt, the bookmobile, and Santa Maria. Positions for Assistant Library Technician work 19 hours/week for $15.33/hour. Benefits include working in a clean and inspirational setting with ideas, people, and books. Careers at the City of Santa Maria Public Library:
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Santa Maria Public Library Programs Check out some of the Library's upcoming fun events below. For more information, or to register for events, please call (805) 925-0994, visit our website at www.cityofsantamaria.org/library, or click on any of the event images below to be redirected to our Library events calendar.
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Teen Anime Club Friday, October 15, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Held inside the Library. For junior high and high school students only. No registration is required.
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Youth Preschool Activity Packs Pick-up: Saturday, October 16 - Saturday, October 23, Youth Services Desk For ages 3 to 5. No registration is required.
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Stop the Bleed/Para de Sangrar Saturday, October 23 10:00 a.m. in English and 2:00 p.m. in Spanish, Shepard Hall For ages 18 and up. Registration is required.
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Pick-up: Saturday, October 23 - Saturday, October 30, Youth Services Desk For ages 6 to 17. No registration is required.
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Fall and Halloween Treats Saturday, October 30 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Youth Services Desk For youth 17 and under No registration is required.
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Succulent Exchange Saturday, October 30 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Lavagnino Plaza For ALL ages. No registration is required.
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Pumpkin Succulent Centerpiece Saturday, October 30 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., Shepard Hall For ages 18+ Registration begins: October 18
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Valley Reads Book Club 18+ Tuesday, November 2 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., Shepard Hall For ages 18+ The book for the month of November will be The Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Registration is required.
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Adult Book Recommendations Take a look at some of our recommended books below. Visit the Black Gold catalog, or call (805) 925-0994, to place a hold on these titles. |
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My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham JonesProtected by horror movies — especially the ones where the masked killer seeks revenge on a world that wronged them — Jade Daniels, an angry, half-Indian outcast, pulls us into her dark mind when blood actually starts to spill into the waters of Indian lake.
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Near the Bone by Christina HenryWhen three strangers arrive on the mountaintop, hunting a creature in the woods, Mattie is terrified that her husband William will get angry – because horrible things happen when he is angry.
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Teen Book Recommendations
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The Dead and the Dark by Courtney GouldNew to Snakebite, Oregon, Logan, the shunned daughter of TV’s ParaSpectors, must figure out who — or what — is haunting the town when teenagers start turning up dead, exposing the dark secrets of those around her.
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Children's Book Recommendations
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Trick or Treat, Crankenstein by Samantha BergerPlagued by costume disasters, pumpkin-carving nightmares and a terrible toothache, Crankenstein fears that this will be the crankiest Halloween EVER.
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Hardly Haunted by Jessie SimaHouse wants to be a home and hopes for a family that doesn’t mind her creaky hinges and banging pipes; however, her new family is not quite what she expected.
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