Coming Events
Robot Day
 Robot
Day is on July 18, 2009, the second anniversary of the opening
of the new library. At 2 p.m. Paul Loughridge, creator of the
robot sculptures located in the Children's area, will announce
the winner of the contest to name the robots (deadline to enter
is July 11). This will be followed by a build-a-robot craft
activity for kids, ages 6-13. Meet the artist at 3 p.m. and
learn how he creates his sculptures. Answers to the "name the
robots' parts" activity for adults will be revealed. Contest
details and robot craft sign-up available at the library.
35th Anniversary of the Friends
of the Library
We’re celebrating the 35th Anniversary of the Friends of the
Library with party on Saturday afternoon, October 24, 2009.
We want to create a display for that event that covers the history
of the Friends, and so we’re looking for old FMHL information,
photos, flyers, "artifacts", etc., especially from the 1970s
and 1980s. If you have anything Friends-related that we might
use, please contact president Carol
O'Hare.
Speaker Forum
Thursday, September 24, 2009 — Gary Soto,
Author, Poet and Playwright. With close to 50 published works,
Gary Soto was most recently recognized when his 2009 publication
of Partly Cloudy: Poems of Love and Longing was selected
as a Junior Library Guild Selection. Mr. Soto will join
us for storytelling, readings, and book signing. Many
of his titles are required student reading, so we are especially
inviting teens to participate in this special opportunity to
meet a writer whose appeals spans the gamut from youth to adults,
in English and in Spanish.
Location: In the Program Room at the Library
Time: 7 p.m.
Thursday, October 15, 2009 — Nils Peterson,
Santa Clara County Poet Laureate. Details coming soon.
Location: In the Program Room at the Library
Time: 7 p.m.
Thursday, November 12, 2009 — Steve Lin,
Classical Guitarist. Lin will perform, talk about his
experiences living in other countries and will share how to
experience and relate to music.
Location: In the Program Room at the Library
Time: 7 p.m.
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Upcoming
Programs at the Morgan Hill Library
Writer Laurie R. King
Thurs, July 9, 2009 7 p.m.
Author of 19 books, including the mystery adventures of Mary Russell
and Sherlock Holmes, King talks about her latest book, The Language
of Bees. See
the PDF flyer (80 kB).
Henry Coe State Park: Plant recovery following the 2007
Lick fire
Thurs, July 16, 2009 7-9 p.m.
Dr. Winslow Biggs, of Stanford University and a Coe Park volunteer,
describes the situation of native plants after the big fire. See
the PDF flyer (971 kB).
Meetings
The next FMHL Board Meeting is tentatively scheduled for
early September 2009 in the Program Room at the
Morgan Hill Library. (Date and time TBA) If you have
agenda items, please bring them to the attention of the Secretary
or contact President Carol O'Hare. Members
are welcome to attend.
Speaker
Forums
Please send ideas for future Speaker Forums to Vicky
Reader (readerv<at>earthlink.net).
Note: Replace <at> with @ in email address.
Bookstore
Volunteer Schedules
Bookstore volunteers may now view the schedule on Google Calendar.
See the Book
Sales page for more information.
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Recent Events
Silicon Valley Reads 2009
Not a Genuine Black Man, by Brian
Copeland, stand-up comedian and host of a weekly radio show
on KGO, was the topic of discussion for the Silicon
Valley Reads/Morgan Hill Reads program. The author spoke at
the Community Playhouse in Morgan Hill on February 12, 2009. He
will continue to appear at other locations in the South Bay for
several weeks, signing his new book. See the Silicon Valley Reads
site for a calendar of events.
You can still download
and print a PDF flyer of the event (1.46 MB).
Silicon Valley Puzzle
Day 2009
Silicon Valley
Puzzle Day, now in its third year, was held on Saturday and
Sunday, February 7-8, 2009, at the Morgan Hill Library.
Speaker Forum
Biologist Glenn R. Stewart with the
Santa
Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group at Long Marine Laboratory,
University of California, Santa Cruz, spoke on the work of the
group with peregrine falcons and efforts to recover them from
near-extinction on Saturday, December 6, 2008. You can still download
a PDF flyer of the event (393 kB). For further reading, see
"Falcons
of North America" by Kate Davis. The library doesn't
own this book, but it can also be purchased from Booksmart
in Morgan Hill.
Library Grand Opening
A Grand Opening celebration for the new Morgan Hill
Library at 660 W. Main Avenue was held on Saturday, July 21, 2007.
The library is now open for your use and enjoyment on its previous
regular schedule, effective Tuesday, July 24, 2007.
See the Grand Opening Photo Gallery.
Also see Rosanne Macek's photos of the Donor
Reception held at the library a week earlier.
(The Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new Morgan Hill Library took
place on May 13, 2006. Click here to view a photo gallery of the event.)
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