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Learn about Lunar New Year - one of the most important celebrations of the year among East and Southeast Asian cultures, including Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean communities, among others. |
Enjoy a Lunar New Year digital library representing the richness of traditions and celebrations across cultures. Attend free, virtual Lunar New Year programs, get creative with art-inspired activities, take a virtual tour, and much more! Above image: Frolicking animals (Choju giga), Japan 1392–1568, Muromachi period, ink on paper, Purchase—Charles Lang Freer Endowment, Freer Gallery of Art, F1974.1 |
Lunar New YearLearn a little about the festivities, food, calendars, and colors of the Lunar New Year. |
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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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Spotlight On: Adulting 101: Life Skills for the 21st Century Thursday, January 19 3:30 p.m., Altrusa Theater Thursday, January 26 3:30 p.m., Shepard Hall For emerging adults ages 16 to 21. Registration is required. This project is supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. |
Beginner's Cross Stitch To-Go Kits Pick-up begins: Monday, January 16 For ages 18 and up. No registration is required. |
Toddler Time Story Time sessions: Tuesdays, January 17 - February 21, and Thursdays, January 19 - February 23 10:00 a.m., Altrusa Theater For ages 1 to 3. Registration is required. |
Youth Sew Much Fun Wednesday, January 18 4:00 p.m., Learning Center For ages 6 to 12. Registration is required. |
Youth Coding and Culture Thursdays, January 19 - February 2 4:00 p.m., Learning Center For ages 9 to 14. Registration is required. |
Teen Bolt Friday, January 20 4:30 p.m., Altrusa Theater For teens in junior high and high school. No registration is required. |
Tech Help Saturdays 11:00 a.m., Learning Loft For adults ages 18 and up. Registration is required. |
Paws to Read Tuesdays, January 24 and 31 3:30 p.m., Altrusa Theater For children in grades 1-6. Registration is required. Call or visit Youth services to register child for a 15-minute time slot beginning: Monday, January 16. |
Preschool Yoga Story Time Friday, January 27 11:00 a.m., Altrusa Theater For ages 3 to 5 with caregivers. No registration is required. |
Teen Anime Club Friday, January 27 4:30 p.m., Shepard Hall For teens in junior high and high school. No registration is required. |
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Mouse Tales Tuesdays, January 10 - February 21 10:30 a.m., Orcutt Branch For ages 3 to 5. No registration is required. |
Next Chapter Book Club Wednesday, January 18 4:00 p.m., Los Alamos Branch Wednesday, January 25 4:00 p.m., Guadalupe Branch For ages 8 to 12. No registration is required. Sponsored in whole or in part by Central Coast Literacy Council |
Winter Take Home Craft (Bookmobile) For all ages. No registration is required. |
Pop-Up Bookmobile Stops Saturday, January 28 12:00 p.m., Bob Orach Park For all ages. Weather dependent. No registration is required. |
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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The Bird Tattoo: A Novel by Dunyā MīkhāʼīlA young Yazidi woman living in the mountain village of Sinjar in northern Iraq finds her life forever changed when her husband goes missing after ISIS infiltrates the area and she is kidnapped and enslaved before escaping her captors and being reunited with some of her family.
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Every House is Haunted by Ian RogersA collection of short horror stories explores the supernatural, from a honeymoon cabin with an unspeakable appetite to a jazz club at the crossroads of reality hosting those who can break a deal with the devil.
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Fatty Fatty Boom Boom: A Memoir of Food, Fat, and Family by Rabia ChaudryFrom the best-selling author and host of the popular Undisclosed podcast comes a warm, intimate memoir about food, body image and growing up in a loving but sometimes oppressively concerned Pakistani immigrant family.
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Children's Book Recommendations |
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Ways to Share Joy by Renée WatsonRyan is caught between two friends who both want to be her best friend, her brother ruins her latest baking project, and a classmate keeps teasing her at school, yet Ryan still looks for a way to see the bright side of things and not let anything steal her joy.
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Minecraft Epic Inventions: Builds to Spark Your Imaginationby Mojang AbFrom an intergalactic space station to a kawaii waterways course to an animal sanctuary, this must-have Minecraft resource offers 12 incredible builds to spark readers imaginations along with some excellent pro-builder tips.
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Teen Book Recommendations |
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Sitting In, Standing Up: Leaders of the Civil Rights Era by Diane C. TaylorSitting In, Standing Up: Leaders of the Civil Rights Era tells the story of one of the most tumultuous and important eras in American history through the lives of five major figures of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
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