Since 1998, the Walnut Creek Library Foundation has raised more than $5,000,000 in private funds for new and improved library facilities, collections, programs and services for both the Walnut Creek Downtown Library and the Ygnacio Valley (Thurman G. Casey) Library.
What's New
One City, One Book:Walnut Creek Reads Events Begin Sept. 22
"Happy Days in Walnut Creek – Coming of Age in the 1950s" will be the opening event for this year's One City, One Book program. The Sept. 22 evening program by Walnut Creek history-buff Brad Rovanpera will celebrate this year's Reads selection, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, Bill Bryson's hilarious memoir about growing up in the 1950s in America.
Tickets are now available online for two of the upcoming community events.
- "1950s Living in an Eichler:" A Rancho San Miguel Homes Tour, Sunday, Oct. 5, 1-4 p.m. Rancho San Miguel was one of Eichler's first forays away from the Santa Clara Valley and the Peninsula. Come and tour the neighborhood built in the mid-1950's. Tickets are $10 per person.
- Join us for "Diner" and a Book, discussion at Hubcaps Restaurant on Monday, October 6, 6:30 p.m. Dinner includes choice of hamburger, chicken burger or veggie burger, fries and a shake. Reservations required and dinner is $15 per person.
Tickets for both events are available online.
The complete calendar of events and the discussion guide for the program are available online and at the local libraries and while you are there don't forget to pick up a colorful and handy Walnut Creek Reads 2008 bookmark. You can use it to mark your place in the book and to refer to the complete calendar of special events, exhibits and book discussion.
Ying Chang Compestine: A Writer in Two Worlds
Program at Lesher Center Oct. 22
Ying Chang Compestine, author of Revolution is Not a Dinner Party, will discuss “A Writer in Two Worlds” at the Lesher Center for the Arts in the Knight Theater on Wednesday, October 22 at 7 p.m.
Compestine will share her journey as an author and life growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution. She will show locations where her award winning novel took place and the people who inspired the characters in the book.
Clayton Books will also sell copies of Compestine’s book and the author will do a signing after the event. Live! From the Library is free to the public. The Lesher Center for the Arts is located at 1601 Civic Dr., Walnut Creek.
This program is supported by the Foundation’s Annual Fund. Donate now . . .
Every day, our public libraries in Walnut Creek open minds, enrich lives, and bring the community together. Our libraries serve as places for education, cultural exchange, and recreation and relaxation, and as points of access to the world beyond. They serve people of all ages and from all walks of life.
Did You Know?
In 1968, the Friends of Ygnacio Valley Library was formed to establish a new library facility in the eastern end of the Ygnacio Valley.
Opening Spring 2010 in Civic Park
Every great community needs a great library, and building a new library is an investment that a community like Walnut Creek undertakes perhaps once in a generation. Learn more about the new library on the new Walnut Creek Library website and take a virtual tour.
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