Not ready to let go of the festive feeling yet? Come celebrate Lunar New Year with your local community! For many Asian families around the world, Lunar New Year is one of the most important holidays of the year. The celebration starts on Lunar New Year Eve, January 24th, where families get together to enjoy…
Human Library: Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover
On Feb. 8, Portola Valley Library will transform into a "Human Library," where the books are people with diverse backgrounds and interesting stories to share with the readers.
Come Celebrate Diwali With Us!
Join us to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights! This year Diwali falls on Sunday, October 27 and we have special events planned for all ages to celebrate. We are even trying some new activities! Children can make paper circuit light-up cards to send to loved ones. This fun STEAM activity combines creativity, art…
National Coming Out Day
This year Lil Nas X made headlines. First there was the Billboard controversy over his hit single "Old Town Road," then in June, Nas came out. So let us celebrate Lil Nas X this National Coming Out Day. Everyone knows we celebrate Pride in June. Less well known is that for the past 31 years…
Register to Vote at the Library
Last year over 800,000 voters used National Voter Registration Day to register to vote across all 50 states. If you aren't registered, moved, or aren’t sure if your voting information is up to date—register online or visit one of our community libraries on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. Library staff can assist you in registering or…
Remembering Toni Morrison, 1931-2019
Toni Morrison, giant of American letters, died August 5th. Who can forget the first time they read Beloved, for which she won a Pulitzer, The Song of Solomon, or The Bluest Eye? Her novels could be hard to read, but that was because they revealed some hard truths. In 1993 Morrison won the Nobel Prize…
Who Was Bayard Rustin?
The Most Famous Civil Rights Hero You Never Heard Of Best known as the organizer behind the 1963 March on Washington (you see him standing behind Martin Luther King Jr. at the podium in old footage), Bayard Rustin was that and more. Beginning in the 1930s, to his death in 1987, Rustin was a labor…
Join San Mateo County Libraries at the County Fair
Kick off Summer San Mateo County Libraries has tons of summer fun waiting for you at the San Mateo County Fair, June 8 – June 16. The County Fair is one of our favorite events of the year, and we are working hard to make sure all of our visitors have a fun and rewarding…
Rise Up And Sing: The 100 Year Anniversary of Pete Seeger
Known for the civil rights anthem We Shall Overcome, Pete Seeger would have been 100 years old this month. Born May 3, 1919, events of his long life tell the history of the struggle for social justice of the last century and into the next. Seeger sang for strikers in the 1940s, served in World…
Joins Us for Bike to Work Day on May 9!
Get out and Ride! For 25 years Bay Area residents have been getting out of their cars and biking to work, celebrating bicycles as a fun and healthy way to commute. This year tens of thousands of regular and first-timers alike will bike to work on Thursday, May 9, 2019, for the 25th Bay Area…
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