Friday, March 14 (10:30 AM - 12:00 PM)
Location: Boulder Creek
Room: Boulder Creek Community Room, Outdoor Amphitheater

A time for free play for children with a participating adult. Arrival and departure times are flexible. This is a drop-in early learning program, where there will be toys for developing and strengthening gross motor skills, as well as providing time for young children to learn socialization skills,  and for all participants to form friendships.

Friday, March 14 (10:30 AM - 12:00 PM)
Location: La Selva Beach

Come learn and play with us.  Every Friday morning (except the 1st Friday of the month) starting at 10:30a. 

Questions??  Please call the La Selva Beach Library   831.427.7710

La Selva Beach Library, 316 Estrella Ave.  

Friday, March 14 (11:00 AM - 1:00 PM)
Location: Live Oak

We are knitting at Live Oak Library on Fridays. This fun social group. Come for part of the time or stay for the whole event. Other fiber crafts are welcome and encouraged. 

For more information contact the librarian Julie Soto sotoj@santacruzpl.org or 831-427-7700 ext 7649

Friday, March 14 (11:00 AM - 12:00 PM)
Location: Aptos
Room: The Betty Leonard Community Room

Join us for great stories and a craft. 

Fridays  11:00a to 12noon

Aptos Branch Library, Community Room

Ages 4-6

Friday, March 14 (11:00 AM - 12:00 PM)
Location: Capitola
Room: Ow Family Community Room

Baby Story Time features songs, rhymes, stories, and lap play designed to help babies develop early literacy skills. This program is designed for children ages birth to two and their caregivers, but all ages are welcome! After Baby Time, stay for Stay & Play to reinforce early literacy skills through play and create connections with other families. 

Friday, March 14 (11:00 AM - 11:30 AM)
Location: Scotts Valley
Room: Fireside Community Room

Come join Librarian Emily for stories, songs, and lots of fun for preschoolers and their caregivers in our beautiful, newly-renovated Scotts Valley Library Branch every Friday at 11am.

Friday, March 14 (1:00 PM - 2:30 PM)
Location: La Selva Beach

Did you know that  PACZKI is a round filled doughnut (23 points)?  Come test your vocabulary in a game of Scrabble®.

FRIDAYS

1:00

La Selva Beach Library, 316 Estrella Ave., LSB

Are you a bridge player too?  The LSB Bridge Club is 10:30-12:00 on Fridays (except the 1st Friday of the month).  

Questions? Call the La Selva Beach Library at 831-427-7710.

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Friday, March 14 (1:00 PM - 3:00 PM)
Location: Downtown
Room: Life Literacies Center

An Encompass Outreach worker will be available on a drop-in basis, 1:00 - 3:00 PM, in the Life Literacies Center at the Downtown Library for anyone with questions regarding connecting to social services, county mental health, addiction recovery options, housing applications, the Homeward Bound bus ticket program, obtaining a PO Box, clearing camping tickets, obtaining a fee-free DMV CA Identification application and more.

Friday, March 14 (2:00 PM - 3:15 PM)
Location: Live Oak

The Live Oak Book Group meets on the second Friday of the month. Each month we vote on a book the month prior to the meeting.

This month's book is Give Unto Others: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery by Donna Leon.

For more information, email Jim Lewis at lewwwis@gmail.com or call the Live Oak Branch Library at (831) 427-7711.

Friday, March 14 (2:00 PM - 4:00 PM)
Location: Felton
Room: Felton Study Room

Are you stuck with a technology question?

One of our tech savvy staff members at the Felton Library would like to help you troubleshoot your question with a 30 minute (or less) appointment. Possible topics may include: creating an email account, creating documents, attaching files, using premium subscription library resources, downloading and streaming content like movies, books, and audiobooks, and more. Please bring any devices you use, and have your necessary passwords and library card with you.

Make an appointment: https://santacruzpl.libcal.com/appointments/felton

Advance appointments are prioritized. Visit the library's information desk or call telephone information (831-427-7713) for help making an appointment. Arriving later than 5 minutes after scheduled time may result in appointment cancellation. Walk-ins are welcome, when openings are available.

Visit the library's Digital Learning webpage for more opportunites: https://www.santacruzpl.org/digitallearning

We look forward to helping you!

Friday, March 14 (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM)
Location: Live Oak

Every week we will have a new project idea for you to build or explore. Projects will include Science, Arts & Crafts, Model building, and Exploration of the environment around us.

Please allow at least 30 minutes to complete a project.

Children under 7 yrs old will need an adult present to help them. Expect to get messy!

Friday, March 14 (3:00 PM - 4:00 PM)
Location: Boulder Creek
Room: Boulder Creek Community Room

Please join us at the Boulder Creek Branch Library for a musical performance featuring Sean Gaskell and the West African Kora harp. The kora is a 21 stringed West African harp that is traditionally played by oral historians known as Griots. Many of these songs preserve a history dating back 800 years to the founding of the Mande empire. 

Sean Gaskell studied under the extensive instruction of Moriba Kuyateh and the late Malamini Jobarteh in Gambia, and both Youssoupha Cissokho and Mamadou Cissokho in Senegal and has presented at libraries, k-12 schools, colleges, universities and assisted living facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Friday, March 14 (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM)
Location: Felton
Room: Felton Community Room

Use your imagination and build anything you can dream! Lego and Duplo blocks will be available for children and youth to tinker with, build, explore, and creatively play! 

No registration necessary.

Friday, March 14 (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM)
Location: Aptos
Room: The Betty Leonard Community Room

Learn how to create Lego devices using simple machines (gears, levers, pulleys, and swivels). Participants work at their own pace. Once their device will work manually, then it will be motorize.    Builders will learn how to program motors using Lego WeDo software.

7 week series: February 21st to April 4th

Fridays from 3:00p to 4:30p.  Drop-in, no advance registration

Ages 8 to 18

Saturday, March 15 (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)
Location: Boulder Creek
Room: Boulder Creek Community Room, Outdoor Amphitheater

Join us each Saturday morning for a relaxing time crafting with your neighbors. The Community Crafters are a diverse group of makers and love to share our knowledge. We knit, quilt, weave, spin, make jewelry, embroider, mend and so much more. All crafters are welcome! We hope you will join us in creating community and beautiful things!

Please note: Most weeks, crafters bring their own supplies to work on independent projects, but about once a month one of our members puts on a special workshop, sharing knowledge on a specific subject and materials are provided. Please refer to the Library calendar for updates on these special workshops, as they require registration.

Saturday, March 15 (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)
Location: Capitola
Room: Brad Mcdonald Conference Room

Please join us at the Capitola Branch Library on Saturdays, 10am-12pm for a chance to practice your English language skills with new friends and a group leader from the Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz County Literacy Program.

For more information about the Literacy Program visit https://scvolunteercenter.org/programs/literacy-program/ or call  831-427-5077.

Saturday, March 15 (10:00 AM - 3:00 PM)
Location: Downtown

Project SCOUT offers Volunteer income tax assistance and tax counseling for local residents during tax season at sites throughout Santa Cruz County. Volunteers are trained by Internal Revenue Service and Franchise Tax Board personnel. For disabled individuals unable to get to the tax sites, they have trained volunteers who can do in-home tax preparation. Seniors get priority at all library sessions.

Appointments are necessary for tax help and can be made by calling 831-427-7713 or by visiting the Downtown Branch Library Reference Desk.

For more information, call the Watsonville Office at 1-831-724-2606 or toll-free at 1-877-373-8297. Or visit the Project Scout Website: Project Scout

INCOME OF $64,000 and below, simple returns only.

El proyecto SCOUT y sus voluntarios ofrecen asistencia con preparación de impuestos y asesoría fiscal para residentes locales durante la temporada de impuestos del gobierno en sitios ubicados por todo el condado de Santa Cruz. Voluntarios están capacitados por el personal del IRS y el Franchise Tax Board (impuestos de ingresos estatales) de California. Para los individuos discapacitados incapaz de llegar a los sitios de asistencia, tendrán voluntarios preparados para ayudar con preparación de impuestos en su domicilio.

Para más información, llama a la oficina de Watsonville al 1-831-724-2606 o con llamada gratuita al 1-877-373-8297. También puede visitar el sitio web (solo en inglés): El Proyecto Scout

Saturday, March 15 (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)
Location: La Selva Beach
Room: La Selva Beach Branch Library

Are you stuck with a technology question?

One of our tech savvy staff members at the La Selva Beach Library would like to help you troubleshoot your question with a 30 minute (or less) appointment. Possible topics may include: creating an email account, creating documents, attaching files, using premium subscription library resources, downloading and streaming content like movies, books, and audiobooks, and more. Please bring any devices you use, and have your necessary passwords and library card with you. 

Make an appointment: https://santacruzpl.libcal.com/appointments/laselvabeach 

Advance appointments are prioritized. Visit the library's information desk or call telephone information (831-427-7713) for help making an appointment. Arriving later than 5 minutes after scheduled time may result in appointment cancellation. Walk-ins are welcome, when openings are available.

Saturday, March 15 (10:00 AM - 1:00 PM)
Location: Felton

Project SCOUT offers Volunteer income tax assistance and tax counseling for local residents during tax season at sites throughout Santa Cruz County. Volunteers are trained by Internal Revenue Service and Franchise Tax Board personnel. For disabled individuals unable to get to the tax sites, they have trained volunteers who can do in-home tax preparation. Seniors get priority at all library sessions.

Appointments are necessary for tax help and can be made by calling 831-427-7713 or by visiting the Downtown Branch Library Reference Desk.

For more information, call the Watsonville Office at 1-831-724-2606 or toll-free at 1-877-373-8297. Or visit the Project Scout Website: Project Scout

INCOME OF $64,000 and below, simple returns only.

El proyecto SCOUT y sus voluntarios ofrecen asistencia con preparación de impuestos y asesoría fiscal para residentes locales durante la temporada de impuestos del gobierno en sitios ubicados por todo el condado de Santa Cruz. Voluntarios están capacitados por el personal del IRS y el Franchise Tax Board (impuestos de ingresos estatales) de California. Para los individuos discapacitados incapaz de llegar a los sitios de asistencia, tendrán voluntarios preparados para ayudar con preparación de impuestos en su domicilio.

Para más información, llama a la oficina de Watsonville al 1-831-724-2606 o con llamada gratuita al 1-877-373-8297. También puede visitar el sitio web (solo en inglés): El Proyecto Scout

Saturday, March 15 (10:15 AM - 11:45 AM)
Location: Aptos
Room: The Betty Leonard Community Room
AAUW Presents an engaging talk by author Deborah Osterberg where she will explore the fascinating history of Big Trees Grove, the first coastal redwood grove preserved for public enjoyment, now part of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. Osterberg’s book, Historic Tales of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park – Big Trees Grove, traces the site’s transformation from a celebrated 19th-century resort to a cherished natural landmark. Established by Joseph Warren Welch in 1867, the grove became a world-renowned retreat, welcoming thousands of visitors—including President Theodore Roosevelt—long before Big Basin. Join us to uncover the stories of the first visitors, the explorers, and the visionaries who helped protect these towering giants for generations to come.