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| Tuesday | 1pm - 9pm |
| Wednesday | 1pm - 9pm |
| Thursday | 10am - 6pm |
| Friday | 10am - 6pm |
| Saturday | 10am - 6pm |
| Sunday | noon - 6pm |
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Posted on Thursday, April 4, 2013 by fillups
The de Young Museum in San Francisco is the first North American venue to present the art exhibit Girl with a Pearl Earring Dutch : Paintings from the Mauritshuis . Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring painting has intrigued art lovers for centuries partially because so little is known about the artist himself. The film, Girl with A Pearl Earring, based on Tracy Chevalier's novel, . . . more »
Posted on Friday, March 29, 2013 by LaurenJoan
The beauty of springtime, delicate blossoms, green hills covered in mustard flowers, colored eggs hidden in the garden... a chicken riding a bike... ...with a wagon full of Easter Eggs... ahhh, the good old days -- they are a part of forever spring.... ...so hitch up your chick (or bunny) to your egg wagon... or set sail in your egg boat upon a pea-green sea... . . . more »
Posted on Thursday, March 28, 2013 by LaurenJoan
O Brother Chicken! Sister Chick! O gracious me! O my! This broken Eggshell was my home! I see it with my eye! However did I get inside? Or how did I get out? And must my life be evermore, an atmosphere of doubt? Can no one tell? Can no one solve, this mystery of Eggs? Or why we chirp and flap our wings,—or why we've . . . more »
Posted on Thursday, March 28, 2013 by fillups
April is National Poetry Month and the Milpitas Library is celebrating on Wednesday nights. We start our celebration with a Poetry Slam on April 3rd starting at 6:00 pm. Our emcee will be renowned Poetry Slammer David Perez. April 10th at 6:00 pm we will host an Open Mic. All interested poets and musicians are encouraged to share your art! Refreshments will be served. April . . . more »
Posted on Tuesday, March 26, 2013 by njoy4life
Would you like a half hour of personalized help downloading library resources to your eReader? Appointments can be scheduled on Tuesdays 6:00-7:00 pm and Wednesdays 3:00-5:00 pm. To schedule an appointment either come by the second floor reference desk or call 1.408.262.1171 ext. 3616.
Posted on Monday, March 25, 2013 by LaurenJoan
April-is-POETRY-is-Wednesdays at 6 pm at Milpitas Library - flex your poetry muscles with a month of programs. Poetry Month at Milpitas Library has poetry for everyone -- poets, listeners, kids, teens, and adults. Stop by any Wednesday and you will be swept into a great waxing tide of the eloquent, whether elegant or comic or silly or gargantuan or formidable or enlightenting or just plain . . . more »
Posted on Friday, March 22, 2013 by fillups
This is the SEVENTH Annual SCCLD Teen Poetry Contest! You may submit up to three poems through the website or to your local SCCLD library Information Desk by May 1st, 2013. Free verse, sonnets, haiku and any other poetry form is welcome. Two Winning poems will be chosen from each library in the SCCLD system in the Middle School and High School categories. Besides joining . . . more »
Posted on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 by LaurenJoan
Alice and Joanie B. were croaking their favorite food song in celebration of SCCLD'S Focus on Food -- Today is Monday, today is Monday Monday, string beans All you hungry children Come and eat it up. Tuesday, spaghetti... Wednesday, ZOOOOP... Thursday, roast beef. . . Friday, fresh fish. . . Saturday, chicken... what? chicken!? How about tofu instead? Okay....AHhmmm... Saturday, tofu chicken... Sunday, ice cream! . . . more »
Posted on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 by coffeecritic
Ever find yourself in a museum looking at a painting or art installation, and think to yourself, "My kid could do that!"? I think I have a pretty open mind when it comes to art, but I can't deny that this thought has occasionally crossed my mind. But there are other times when a somewhat eccentric, or seemingly simple work of art has had a . . . more »
Posted on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 by fillups
With vivid colors that run riot over the canvas, the art of Gloria Ramos is making its bold presence felt in the south wing of the Milpitas Library until May 2013. Gloria Ramos, a writer as well as an artist, states, "I write, I cook, I dance, I share, I inspire....whenever the opportunity or inspiration to do one or the other arises, I JUST DO . . . more »
