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.
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!
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
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.
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!
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