Programs for Adults by Location

Programs at Appaloosa Library


Jul26Thu

Summer Book Exchange
July 26 at 1:00 pm


Aug29Wed

Energy Efficiency
August 29 at 1:00 pm


Programs at Arabian Library


Jun13Wed

Advanced Genealogy - Overcoming Roadblocks
June 13 at 10:00 am


Jun19Tue

Coupon Exchange
June 19 at 6:30 pm


Jul28Sat

Summer Book Exchange
July 28 at 10:00 am


Jul31Tue

Energy Efficiency
July 31 at 6:30 pm


Programs at Civic Center Library


Jun6Wed

Meet Miss O’Dell (She Wasn’t Famous But She Was There!)
June 6 at 6:30 pm


Jun13Wed

Mortgage Issues or Concerns? Ask HUD!
June 13 at 6:30 pm


Jun20Wed

Native American Music
June 20 at 6:30 pm


Jun27Wed

Retired? What’s Next For You?
June 27 at 1:30 pm


Programs at Mustang Library


Jun6Wed

D-Day on Omaha Beach: One Vet’s Personal Account
June 6 at 2:00 pm


Jul6Fri

Summer Book Exchange
July 6 at 9:00 am


Jul21Sat

DIY Weed and Pest Control
July 21 at 4:00 pm


Jul23Mon

Alzheimer’s: Know the 10 Signs
July 23 at 6:30 pm


Programs at Palomino Library


May23Wed

McDowell Sonoran Field Institute Lecture Series I
May 23 at 6:30 pm


May30Wed

McDowell Sonoran Field Institute Lecture Series II
May 30 at 6:30 pm


Jun6Wed

McDowell Sonoran Field Institute Lecture Series III
June 6 at 6:30 pm


Jun13Wed

McDowell Sonoran Field Institute Lecture Series IV
June 13 at 6:30 pm


Find a great book or movie!


  • FICTION: Unholy night / Seth Grahame-Smith.
  • FICTION: The family Corleone / Ed Falco.
  • FICTION: The house of velvet and glass / Katherine Howe.
  • FICTION: The body in the boudoir : a Faith Fairchild mystery / Katherine Hall Page.
  • FICTION: The reverend's wife : a novel / Kimberla Lawson Roby.
  • FICTION: Harbor nocturne / Joseph Wambaugh.
  • FICTION: Hard country : a novel / Michael McGarrity.
  • NON-FICTION: Once upon a car : the fall and resurrection of America's big three automakers--GM, Ford, and Chrysler / Bill Vlasic.
  • NON-FICTION: The monster's corner : stories through inhuman eyes / edited by Christopher Golden.
  • NON-FICTION: Framework for the shoulder : a 6-step plan for preventing injury and ending pain / Nicholas A. DiNubile with Bruce Scali.
  • NON-FICTION: The vegan slow cooker : simply set it and go with 150 recipes for intensely flavorful, fuss-free fare everyone (vegan or not!) will devour / Kathy Hester.
  • NON-FICTION: Apartment gardening : plants, projects, and recipes for growing food in your urban home / Amy Pennington.
  • NON-FICTION: Selected unpublished blog posts of a Mexican Panda Express employee / [Megan Boyle].
  • NON-FICTION: The Union war / Gary W. Gallagher.
  • MOVIE: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • MOVIE: The Muppets
  • MOVIE: The Sitter
  • MOVIE: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
  • MOVIE: Carnage
  • MOVIE: The Descendants
  • MOVIE: My Week With Marilyn
  • MOVIE: Young Adult
  • MOVIE: The Adventures of Tintin

In theGallery @ The Library

Civic Center Library Gallery

1,000 Journals Project

1,000 Journals Project

March 19, 2012 – June 30, 2012

The 1,000 Journals Project is an ongoing collaborative experiment attempting to follow 1,000 journals throughout their travels. For more information, please see: 1,000 Journals Project

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Friends' Events

Friends of the Scottsdale Public Library

The Friends of the Scottsdale Public LibraryThe Friends of the Scottsdale Public Library
is a nonprofit, all-volunteer community organization whose members support Scottsdale's public library system through a variety of activities. Money raised by the Friends funds a variety of public programs at the Scottsdale libraries.

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