Saturday, June 3rd, 10am-4pm
At the Scotts Valley Library Branch
Gently used books, dvds, cds and audiobooks for sale.
Most items under $5.00
All proceeds from the sale will benefit the Scotts Valley Branch of the Santa Cruz Public Library
Scotts Valley Friends Summer Book Sale
Saturday, June 3rd, 10am-4pm
At the Scotts Valley Library Branch
Gently used books, dvds, cds and audiobooks for sale.
Most items under $5.00
All proceeds from the sale will benefit the Scotts Valley Branch of the Santa Cruz Public Library
Trees to Seas
Lecture & Discussion Series The Trees to Seas series features speakers and workshops about local natural science and ecology. Join us each 3rd Thursday of the month at the Scotts Valley Library to learn more about this place we call home. Brought to you in partnership with Julianne Rhodes, Environmental Compliance Consultant for the City of Scotts Valley.
Scotts Valley Library • 4th Thursdays
6:30pm - 8:30pm
251 Kings Village Rd.
April 20th
A Flyfisherman's History of the San Lorenzo River:
Flyfisherman & conservationist Tom Hogye leads us through the rich and colorful history of fishing the San Lorenzo River. Discover the history of this great anadromous fisheryfrom a time when there were more fish than you could shake a stick at-to the status today of restoring this once great habitat.
May 18
Journey to the North Atlantic Gyre: A Scientist Witnesses Plastic Pollution Carolyn Rosevelt, M.S. Research scientist, NASA ARC-CREST/CSU Monterey Bay. The 5 Gyres Institute is on a mission to educate the world about single-use plastic pollution. Carolyn Rosevelt recounts a 20-day journey across the North Atlantic and the effects of this pollution.
Movies That Matter
Join us on the 4th Wednesday of each month-from now through August--for film screenings and thought-provoking discussions of films made from 1900-1940's. Every month we will screen a film from a different decade and discuss its historical context and significance.
4th Wednesday of each month
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Scotts Valley Library 251 Kings Village Rd.
April 26: A Trip to the Moon (1902), The Great Train Robbery (1903), The Haunted House (1908), The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908)
May 24: Hearts of the World (1918)
June 28: Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
July 26: Reefer Madness (1936)
August 23: Murderers Among Us (1946)
Tabletop Night
Unplug for a few hours ... These aren't your grandparents' board games! Games like Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, and Exploding Kittens as well as many others will be available.
This is a program for adults only (ages 21+).
1st & 3rd Wednesdays• starting March 1
SCOTTS VALLEY LIBRARY
• 6:30pm-8:30pm
• 251 Kings Village Rd
Program sponsored by:
Friends of the Scotts Valley Library and Epic Adventure Games
Antique Silver
ANTIQUE SILVER
Come explore with us the experience of being old. Through stories and insights, they offer us another way of interpreting reality.
Co-directed by Donald Grube & Patricia Hernan Grube
7PM Wednesday May 10
Santa Cruz Downtown Library
7PM Thursday May 11
Scotts Valley Library
7PM Thursday May 18
Aptos Library
Readers are: Ellie Van Houten, Karen Scharnberg, Virginia Henry Steve Grube, Donald Grube, and Patricia Hernan Grube
Free, though donations toward our expenses are appreciated.
Citizen Science
Supermassive Black Holes:The Most Powerful Objects in the Universe
What is a supermassive black hole? If no light can escape them, how can they be the brightest and most powerful objects in the universe? Dr. Martin Gaskell will describe in easy-to-understand, non-technical terms using everyday concepts, how these monstrous black holes grow and produce their tremendous outpourings of energy by swallowing gas.
Thursday, May 4th • 2017
Scotts Valley Library• 251 Kings Village Rd.
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Martin Gaskell Ph.D
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California at Santa Cruz.
PARTNERS IN CITIZEN SCIENCE ...
Santa Cruz Public Libraries and partners invite you to join us every first Thursday for a lecture and Q&A with local experts and researchers in the field discussing life science, ecology, geology, genetics, climatology and more. Let's connect, inspire and inform each other!
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