by Mary Olson
The Summer Reading Program: Read, Renew, Repeat at Ventura County Library is coming to a close. See final dates below.
Christoper T. Magician performing magical feats inspired by and based upon popular children’s books, bringing each book to life with wacky, interactive, and hysterical magic at Hill Road Library: Friday, August 2, 10:30 am and The Party Puppet Show at Hill Road Library: Tuesday, August 6, 3:00 pm and celebrate your summer reading accomplishments at End of Summer Parties featuring everyone’s favorite treat – Mister Softee! Free for kids and teens!
Hill Road Library: Thursday, July 25, 2:30 pm
Saticoy Library: Saturday, July 27, 12:00 pm
E.P. Foster Library: Monday, July 29, 3:00 pm
Ventura Friends of the Library will have a pop-up book sale of children’s and young adult books at E.P. Foster Library on the patio outside the children’s entrance along with the End of Summer Party.
Avenue Library: Tuesday, July 30, 2:00 pm
There’s still one more Hill Road Library Movie Monday, July 29, 3:30 to 5:00 pm – Cool off, color, have a snack and watch Big Hero 6.
Game On! Board Games for all ages continues into the Fall at Hill Road Library. Every Sunday, 11 am to 1 pm. Drop by and choose from over 35 games to play! Fun for families or a great reason to meet with friends.
Wise Owls is a Book Club for adults that enjoy reading children’s literature, meeting quarterly at Hill Road Library. The Summer selection is Odder by Katherine Applegate. Inspired by the true story of a Monterey Bay Aquarium program that pairs orphaned otter pups with surrogate mothers, this poignant and humorous tale told in free verse examines bravery and healing through the eyes of one of nature’s most beloved and charming animals. Tuesday, August 20, 5:00 to 6:00 pm. To join the mailing list for this Book Club please email [email protected]. Visit the Hill Road Library to pick up the latest Wise Owls Book Club selection.
Hill Road Library Book Club meets monthly on the last Tuesday at 4:00 pm. On July 30 at 4:00 pm, discuss The Music of Bees by Eileen Garvinm. The August Club Selection is The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams. Visit the Hill Road Library to pick up the latest Book Club selection.
Local film historian and composer Ross Care brings Walt’s People: The Ross Care Letters to E.P. Foster Library on Saturday, August 17, 1:00 to 2:00 pm Join Ross Care as he discusses this new collection, in which Disney studio artists recall in their own words what it was like to work with Walt Disney on classic films ranging from Snow White and Fantasia in the early 1940s to later films such as Sleeping Beauty.
