3/1/2010
The library is now on Facebook. Become a fan of the El Segundo Public Library and get the latest news, find out about upcoming events, and see library-related photos--all on Facebook!
Concerts in the Library Return with a New Day and Time!
12/21/2009
Our popular Concerts in the Library series has moved from Sundays to Saturdays!
Now scheduled at 2:00 p.m. on the third SATURDAY of each month, from January 16th through May 15th, we have a new slate of musical performances to entertain you. Free to all, the series features classical and jazz programs, as well as music from different ethnic traditions. The programs will be held in the Friends of the Library Room, with light refreshments provided by the Friends. The library is located at 111 W. Mariposa Avenue and Main Street. Call (310) 524-2728 for additional information.
Learn Basic Computer and Internet Skills
2/27/2010
The Library will offer a Beginning Computer Class from 10:00 -11:00 a.m. on Friday, March 19. Learn to use a mouse, logon to the Internet, and create an email account.
Seating is limited for this special event. Call the Reference Desk (310) 524-2728 to sign-up.
The Book Lovers Celebration Returns!
1/14/2010
Celebrate the joy of reading with the Book Lovers Celebration, a special event to be held during the months of February and March. February is the library's Mystery month, featuring displays and reading lists of detective and mystery books; the focus then shifts to Western month in March, with displays and reading lists of books about the wild west.
Beginning Monday, February 1st, patrons 18 years and older who borrow three adult fiction or non-fiction books at one time are eligible to enter weekly contests for unique prizes. The last day to enter the raffle contest is Wednesday, March 31st.
Share the joy of reading with the El Segundo Public Library and check out the Book Lovers Celebration!
This event is co-sponsored by the El Segundo Public Library and the Friends of the El Segundo Public Library.
Join Our Monthly Evening Book Discussion Group
12/21/2009
From January to April, join library staff, authors, and other avid readers in a lively discussion focusing on a book-of-the-month. Free to all, the meetings will be held the last Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in the library's Friends of the Library Room. The following dates and books are scheduled:
Wednesday, January 27th: author Jennie Nash leads a discussion of her book The Only True Genius in the Family.
Wednesday, February 24th: meet mystery author Harley Jane Kozak in a discussion of her book A Date You Can't Refuse.
Wednesday, March 31st: join Ellen Cunningham, the library's Public Services Manager, in a discussion of Lisa See's book Shanghai Girls.
Wednesday, April 28th: Kimberlee Carter, Senior Library Assistant, examines The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows.
The library is located at 111 W. Mariposa Avenue and Main Street. Call (310) 524-2728 for additional information.
Spring 2010 Teen Programs
2/26/2010
Between March 2nd and April 6th, kids in 6th grade and up are invited to join in on some cool, after-school activities. The programs will take place on Tuesdays, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in the Library's Friends of the Library Room.
March 2nd: T-Shirt Art. Make your own fashion statement! Bring a plain t-shirt and turn it into something totally you!
March 9th: Teen Book Discussion Group. Hang out with other teens and talk about books! Bring the book that you have read, or are reading, to share with others.
March 16th: Teen Movie and Popcorn. Enjoy a movie specially selected for teens, & popcorn too!
March 23rd: Teen Book Discussion Group. Hang out with other teens and talk about books! Bring the book that you have read, or are reading, to share with others.
March 30th: Make a Goth/Emo Sock Puppet. Make your own weird, wild, and wonderful Gothic (or any other style) puppet at this program.
April 6th: Teen Book Discussion Group. Hang out with other teens and talk about books! Bring the book that you have read, or are reading, to share with others. (This program will be held in the Library's Rose Garden Room)
No registration is required and snacks will be served. Call (310) 524-2726 for more information.
Below are selected new titles at the library. Come in and check out these and other books recently added to the library collection.
Black Hills, by Dan Simmons.
2/25/2010
In June of 1876, amid the chaos and bloodshed of the Little Bighorn battlefield, a young Sioux boy impulsively decides to show his courage by harmlessly "counting coup" on a dying soldier. But when he lays hands on General George Armstrong Custer precisely at the instant of the general's death, eleven-year-old Paha Sapa, whose name means "Black Hills," can't know that their brief contact will result in years of uncanny connection. For at that moment--or so Paha Sapa believes--Custer's ghost enters his body and mind, and it will remain with him for many event-filled decades to come.--From the dust jacket.
Split Image, by Robert B. Parker.
2/25/2010
The body in the trunk was just the beginning. Turns out the stiff was a foot soldier for local tough guy Reggie Galen, now enjoying a comfortable "retirement" with his beautiful wife, Rebecca, in the nicest part of paradise. Living next door are Knocko Moynihan and his wife, Robbie, who also happens to be Rebecca's twin. What initially appears to be a low-level mob hit takes on new meaning when a high-ranking crime figure is found dead on Paradise Beach. Stressed by the case, his failed relationship with his ex-wife, and his ongoing battle with the bottle, Jesse [Stone] needs something to keep him from spinning out of control. When private investigator Sunny Randall comes into town on a case of her own, she goes to Jesse for help. As their professional and personal relationships become intertwined, Jesse and Sunny realize that they have much in common with both their victims and their suspects--and with each other.--From the dust jacket.
Fantasy in Death, by J.D. Robb.
2/25/2010
Bart Minnock, founder of the computer gaming giant U-Play, enters his private room, and eagerly can't wait to lose himself in an imaginary world, to take on the role of a sword-wielding warrior king, in his company's latest top-secret project, Fantastical. The next morning, he is found dead in the same locked room, in a pool of blood, his head separated from his body. It is the most puzzling case Lieutenant Eve Dallas has ever faced, and it is not a game... She is having as much trouble figuring out how Bart Minnock was murdered as determining who did the murdering. The victim's girlfriend seems sincerely grief-stricken, and his quirky but brilliant partners at U-Play appear shocked as well. No one seems to have had a problem with the enthusiastic, high-spirited millionaire.--From the dust jacket.
The Crimson Rooms, by Katharine McMahon.
2/25/2010
Still haunted by the death of her brother, James, in the Great War, Evelyn Gifford is completely unprepared when a young nurse named Meredith and her six-year-old son appear on the Gifford's doorstep one night. The child, Meredith claims, is James's, conceived in a battlefield hospital shortly before his death. The grief-stricken Giffords welcome the child, who is the spitting image of James. But Evelyn, a struggling attorney, must now support her entire family on her salary--at a time when work for women lawyers is almost nonexistent. Suddenly a new case falls in Evelyn's lap: seemingly hopeless, it's been abandoned by her male coworkers. The accused, Stephen Wheeler--a veteran charged with murdering his young wife--is almost certain to die on the gallows...Evelyn suspects her client is truly innocent, just as she suspects there is more to the story of her "nephew" than meets the eye...--From the dust jacket.
