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Events

Adult Events

Family History on the Internet

Thursday, October 30, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Main Library Saguaro Room

Come and join us for an evening with Steve Packer, Mesa Family History Center Instructor. He will be teaching how to get started on genealogy research. He will also demonstrate how to use Ancestory.com and HeritageQuest Online.

Events for All Ages

Bats of Arizona

Tuesday, October 14, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Red Mountain Library Program Room

Come join us for a one hour presentation by Bill Burger, a wildlife biologist with the Arizona Game and Fish Department. Topics will include:

  • Bat Biology & Natural history
  • Habitat
  • Fears and myths about bats
  • Hibernation
  • Migration
  • Information and suggestions about construction and placement of bat house.

For more information please contact Bruce Barnes, (480) 644-3572

No registration is required for this FREE program!

Book Discussion Groups

Reserve a book discussion kit for your group today!
Main Library

PageTurners Book Group

Please join us the second Thursday of each month in the Main Library Board Room from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Registration is required. Call 480-644-3872
Book Group copies will be provided to the first 10 registrants.

Our group reads a variety of fiction and an occasional nonfiction title.

  • September 11
    Bel Canto
    by Ann Patchett
  • October 9
    Water for Elephants
    by Sara Gruen
  • November 13
    The Plain Truth
    by Jodi Picoult
  • December 11
    The Great Gatsby
    by F. Scott Fitzgerald

More information

Red Mountain Branch

R.M.T.M.B.C.: Fiction Book Discussion Group
(Red Mountain Tuesday Morning Book Club)

Meets the second Tuesday of each month, 10:30-12:00 p.m., Conference Room
Join this community group in discussing a wide variety of general fiction and nonfiction titles. Please go to "Ask Here" Desk for current title to be discussed.

More information

A Novel Approach Book Discussion Group

Meets the second Wednesday of the month 7-8:30 p.m., Conference Room
Join this community group in discussing a wide variety of general fiction and nonfiction titles. Please go to "Ask Here" Desk for current title to be discussed.

More information

Dobson Ranch Branch

Bellwether’s Book Discussion Group

Join us to discuss general fiction and occasional nonfiction books. Book Group copies will be provided to the first 10 people each month.

Day: Third Thursday of each month.
Time: 2 - 3:30 p.m.
Place: Dobson Ranch Branch Library Meeting Room.

September 18: Exodus by Leon Uris
October 16: These Is My Words by Nancy Turner

Business Events

Jumpstart Your Business: Free Small Business Resources

Main Library, Saguaro Room
Tuesday, October 14, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Starting or improving a small business? Get the help you need! This free workshop will share information about valuable resources in the community to support you, including the Arizona Department of Commerce, SBA, SCORE, SBDC, NEDCO, City of Mesa’s Office of Economic Development, City of Mesa Tax Audit and Collections Department, and your City of Mesa Library. You’ll learn about counseling, training, services, and e-resources and reference tools to give you the edge. You'll also get to meet with representatives and take home some great information. No registration required.

Kids Events & Storytimes

Come Join Us For a Special Event Storytime featuring Corduroy by Don Freeman
Thursday, October 2, 2008
1:30 – 2:00 pm
Red Mountain Library Program Room

We will be participating in a national movement to break the world record for the number of children reading the same book on the same day in order to raise public awareness of the importance for early literacy. This year, the official campaign book is Corduroy.

Come listen to this classic story and participate in fun teddy bear activities, including a craft!

For additional information please visit www.readfortherecord.org

 
Storytimes

Storytime
Main Library, Youth Activity Room

Wednesdays, Sept. 3 - Nov. 19, 9:30 – 10 a.m. OR 10:30 – 11 a.m.

Please join us for stories, music and fun, geared for ages 3-5. No registration necessary–limited to the first 75 persons. As a courtesy to our storytellers and audience, no one will be admitted 10 minutes after the program begins. Sorry, we are unable to accommodate groups of five or more children. (If you attend the 9:30 session, enter from the door at the back of the library–north lawn.)

Family Storytime
Red Mountain Library, Program Room

Mondays, Sept. 8 – Nov. 17, 10:30 – 11:00 a.m.
Thursdays, Sept. 11 – Nov. 20, 1:30 – 2:00 p.m.

Come join us for this literature-based program of stories, songs and activities. Geared toward ages 2-5.

Storytime
Dobson Ranch Library, Program Room

Wednesdays, Sept. 24 - Nov. 12, 10:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Please join us for stories, music and fingerplays geared for ages 2-5.
No registration necessary. Sorry, we are unable to accommodate groups of five or more children.


Baby Lapsit
Main Library, Youth Activity Room
Thursdays, Sept.4 – Nov.20, 10:30 – 11:00 a.m.

Baby Lapsits introduce the rhythm and beauty of language to babies aged birth to 18 months, using rhymes, songs, and simple stories. This program, limited to one child per grown-up lap, helps enrich the bond between caregiver and child while building the foundation for a lifelong love of books and reading
No registration required.

Cuentos Bilingual Family Storytime
Main Library, Youth Activity Room

Join us this fall for bilingual stories, music, games, and a simple take-home craft. This program is for pre-school children and their families.

The program will run the following Wednesdays from 6:30 to 7:30:
September 24th
October 29th
November 19th

Cuentos para la familia
Main Library, Youth Activity Room

Acompáñenos este otoño y disfrute de juegos, cuentos, música y una sencilla manualidad. Para niños pre-escolares y sus familias. Miércoles 24 de septiembre, 29 de octubre, y 19 de noviembre de 6:30p.m. a 7:30p.m.

Salón de Jóvenes
Biblioteca Principal de la Ciudad de Mesa
64 E. 1st Street

Bingo
Dobson Ranch Library, Program Room

Thursday, October 9, 10:00 -1 1:30 a.m.

Wondering what to do while school is out? Come play Bingo and win prizes! This program is for ages 6-12. No registration is necessary. Limited to first 50 participants. See you there!

Teen Events

 


 

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