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    3Jan, 2023
    BJ’s Restaurant Fundraiser

    Join us on Wednesday, February 1 for a BJ’s Restaurant fundraiser to benefit Friends of the Scottsdale Public Library. We will receive 20 percent of the proceeds on all food and non-alcoholic beverage purchases.

    Simply bring in this flyer when you dine in enter the fundraiser code FEB321 when you order online. This offer is valid for dine in, takeout or curbside orders, but you must present the flyer. Tell your friends and family.

     

    10May, 2021
    Third “Airtime With an Author” Event Welcomes Donis Casey

    Local author Donis Casey was the latest local author to entertain the Friends of the Scottsdale Public Library members with an hour long talk about her mystery novels on Friday, May 7 at Arabian Library.

    Book Signing
    Author Donis Casey signs copies of her book for Friends members

    The event was held outdoors on the patio with limited attendance due to COVID-19, and Casey spoke about how she got started writing, why she chose the mystery genre, and how she develops her characters across a series of novels.

    Her Alafair Tucker mysteries feature a woman (Tucker) with 10 children, and each book in the series spotlights one of the children in the middle of the mystery. While most are set in 1910s Oklahoma, The Wrong Hill to Die On takes place in Arizona. Each book in the series also features recipes at the end related to the novel’s topic.

    “It’s very hard to fool mystery readers, because if you read a lot of mysteries they know all your tricks,” Casey told the crowd. “That’s the fun of being a mystery writer is you have to try to fool the reader with a misdirect or a surprise.”

    Casey also discussed her newest series, the Bianca Dangerous Hollywood mysteries. Her latest novel in this series, Valentino Will Die, came out earlier this year.

    Due to summer weather, our next “Airtime with an Author” event won’t take place until the fall. These events are exclusive to Friends members, so be sure to join today so you don’t miss out on great local author presentations.

    19May, 2020
    Friends Sponsors 2020 Summer Reading Program

    The Friends of the Scottsdale Public Library is proud to support this year’s Scottsdale Public Library Summer Reading Program (SRP), which will run from June 1 through August 1, 2020.

    Designed to encourage literacy at all ages, kids, teens, and adults log each minute they read over two months online to earn points. The goal is to read at least 20 minutes each day to build a lifelong reading habit.

    There will also be reading challenges and library programs with secret codes.

    Many of the events will be held virtually this year due to the COVID-19 virus. These include yoga storytimes, Shark Week family storytime, a series with McDowell Sonoran Preserve, craft programs, and trivia games for teens and adults.

    Kids can pick up a bilingual gameboard at Civic Center Library through the drive thru windows at the Appaloosa, Arabian and Mustang branches or curbside from Civic Center starting May 26, or at service desks when the Library reopens in early June.

    Participants who complete the program will receive completion prize packets during August, while supplies last. The Friends contributed towards the purchase of this year’s prizes, which will include books, journals, stickers, and water bottles.

    1Nov, 2018
    Scottsdale Library History Salon Series is Back in January

    Scottsdale Public Library has announced its next round of free salon series events celebrating the history of Scottsdale beginning in January.

    The first event on Thursday, January 10, 2019 will feature Golf in Scottsdale at Arabian Library at 6pm, just in time for the annual Phoenix Open golf tournament.

    Join us at Civic Center Library on Thursday, February 14, 2019 for History of Scottsdale Housing at 6pm.

    The March event will delve into How Scottsdale Evolved as a Health & Wellness Center. It will take place Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 6pm in Appaloosa Library, which will turn 10 years old in 2019.

    In April, we’ll explore Why Scottsdale Looks the Way It Does at Mustang Library Auditorium on Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 6pm.

    Lastly, on May 2, 2019 we hope to celebrate the opening of the Scottsdale Heritage Connection (SHC) with Preserving Scottsdale’s Stories: Publications and Oral Histories in the SHC Collection. This event will take place in Civic Center Library’s Copper Gallery at 6pm.

    All events are hosted by Scottsdale historians and authors Joan Fudala and Doug Sydnor. They will include photos, videos and other historic documents that will be featured in the SHC when it opens in 2019.

    The SHC is being funded through a capital campaign by the Friends of the Scottsdale Public Library.

    For more information on the series or the City’s historical collection, please visit http://www.scottsdalelibrary.org/historical.

    30Jul, 2016
    Arabian Library Named Most Beautiful in Arizona

    In TechInsider’s recent ranking of the most beautiful library in all 50 states, Scottsdale’s Arabian Library was ranked #1 in Arizona.

    Arabian Library courtyard
    Patrons enjoy the Arabian Library branch

    According to the article, criteria for the judging was awards by the American Institute of Architects and the American Library Association awards. Arabian won the 2009 Library Building Award from these organizations.

    The Arabian branch originally opened in September 2007, and among its features is LEED® Silver Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. Designed by Phoenix-based Richärd + Bauer, its signature look includes bronze-colored steel and giant windows to optimize natural light.

    If you haven’t visited Arabian Library recently, come check out the most beautiful library in Arizona.