Articles - Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries

How Santa Cruz Public Libraries Are Building One of America’s Most Diverse Book Collections

I, like so many other kids, loved the library. I emerged from my weekly visits with a stack of books […]

A major step forward is underway this week in downtown Santa Cruz as contractors pour the first structural concrete for

By Carolyn Mish Tucked inside the Old Wrigley building, up a staircase, and behind decorated double doors, you’ll find Idea

Filipino American History Month (FAHM) is a designated celebration of Filipinos’ first arrival at Morro Bay on October 18, 1587.

By Carolyn Mish Mike Rotkin–longtime UCSC lecturer and co-founder of the Community Studies program and five-time former mayor of the

Just steps from the entrance of the Boulder Creek branch library, patrons are greeted with an explosion of color and

After a misty morning, the clouds parted and the sun began to shine to welcome future Friends of the Downtown

By Carolyn Mish There are many people and groups who have been championing the effort to improve the ten branches

As the Santa Cruz County Youth Poet Laureate program wraps up its first year, participants in the program have much

By Carolyn Mish Bjorn Jones is a librarian at the Downtown branch of the Santa Cruz Public Library with a