Finding Community: A Library Workshop Series on Loneliness, Healing, and Human Connection
Transformational Coach Cara Hopkins, Supervisor Kim De Serpa, Aptos Friend Pat Emard By Carolyn Mish Over the past three months, […]
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Why Every Santa Cruz Business Should Want their Name in the New Downtown Library
A version of this essay recently appeared in the Santa Cruz Area Chamber news. By Sarah Beck, Executive Director of
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How Santa Cruz Public Libraries Are Building One of America’s Most Diverse Book Collections
By Carolyn Mish I, like so many other kids, loved the library. I emerged from my weekly visits with a
Milestone Reached: Concrete Pours Begin on Santa Cruz’s Downtown Library Project
A major step forward is underway this week in downtown Santa Cruz as contractors pour the first structural concrete for
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Library Co-Sponsored Event Invites Everyone to Experience AI at Idea Fab Labs
By Carolyn Mish Tucked inside the Old Wrigley building, up a staircase, and behind decorated double doors, you’ll find Idea
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Filipino American History Month, Background and Book Display at Garfield Park Library
Filipino American History Month (FAHM) is a designated celebration of Filipinos’ first arrival at Morro Bay on October 18, 1587.
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Honoring Mike Rotkin
By Carolyn Mish Mike Rotkin–longtime UCSC lecturer and co-founder of the Community Studies program and five-time former mayor of the
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Summer Adventures from Story Walks to “Disco in the Sky”
Just steps from the entrance of the Boulder Creek branch library, patrons are greeted with an explosion of color and
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Downtown Library Festival Recap
After a misty morning, the clouds parted and the sun began to shine to welcome future Friends of the Downtown
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New Downtown Library: Fulfilling a Promise
By Carolyn Mish There are many people and groups who have been championing the effort to improve the ten branches
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Teens Expand Community Through Poetry
As the Santa Cruz County Youth Poet Laureate program wraps up its first year, participants in the program have much
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Bjorn Jones, Downtown Branch Librarian, On Digital Literacy
By Carolyn Mish Bjorn Jones is a librarian at the Downtown branch of the Santa Cruz Public Library with a
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