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Election Day is November 3! Make sure to have a plan and check out our info on Voter Resources & our First-Time Voter Guide. Ballot boxes are outside Mitchell Park & Rinconada Libraries. Voting Centers at Mitchell Park Community Center & Rinconada Library are open October 31 to November 2 from 9–5 PM; and 7 AM to 8:00 PM on Election Day, November 3!
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November Holiday Closure Dates
- Closed on Wednesday, November 11 for Veterans Day
- Closed November 26 and 27 for Thanksgiving Day
- Sidewalk Service will only be available on November 24, 25 & 28 of Thanksgiving week. All Library services end at 5 PM on Wednesday, November 25.
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Keep up with News & Current Affairs by reading the Washington Post and New York Times. Both newspapers are available online and are FREE with your PACL card!
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Picture Book Bundles are now available for checkout at Mitchell Park and Rinconada Libraries! Each bundle includes a variety of 10 picture books, carefully selected by our librarians for families to discover and enjoy.
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Teach a Librarian To Play Video Games
2nd & 4th Thursdays at 3:30 PM
Librarian Camden streams live on the Library’s Twitch.tv account every month to learn how to to play Minecraft. With zero knowledge of how Minecraft works and absolutely no clue how to get started, Camden needs all the help she can get. Follow us on twitch.tv/paloaltolibrary and join us for the livestream twice a month!
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Virtual ESL Conversation Group
Every Wednesday at 11 AM
Our online ESL (English as a Second Language) conversation group program offers a friendly and informal environment for adults over 18 years of age to practice speaking and listening in English. Registration is required for online classes and an email address is required to receive a Zoom link. Class starts promptly at 11 a.m. and attendees will break out into in small groups.
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Look for more Virtual Events on our website, including storytimes, book clubs and ESL programs!
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Sidewalk Service
Are you curious to see what staff are doing during Sidewalk Service? Then watch A Sidewalk Service Story and Sidewalk Service: Behind the Scenes at Rinconada to get a glimpse into all that is done to get items to you during this pandemic. Make sure to place your hold today!
The book drops are now open all weekend at Downtown & College Terrace Libraries. While we no longer charge late fees for items, we do hope that you return your items at the soonest opportunity, so that other customers may enjoy them.
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Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Pretty sure this is on everyone's "best of" list, so here it is again. Glennon can be the most relatable, most flawed, most human person and the most inspiring, most profound, most enlightened person–within the same paragraph.
-Marleah, Supervising Librarian
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Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam (Book on order)
This heart-wrenching and necessary novel-in-verse tells the story of Amal, a teen, artist, and poet, who is incarcerated for a crime he didn't commit. As we learn more about Amal through lyrical verse interspersed with abstract watercolors, we also gain first-hand insight into the broken and biased prison system. What makes this book even more powerful is that it is co-written by Yusef Salaam from the Exonerated Five.
-Molly, Teen Librarian
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