On May 20, the Southside Library will
celebrate its 10th anniversary with a Plaza Fair! The free Plaza Fair will open at 11:00 a.m.
to the music of Mariachis Buenaventura followed by a welcome from Mayor Javier
Gonzales and City Councilors.
The event will go from 11:00 am to 4:00
pm. Over 25 non-profits serving the
community will have booths at the Plaza Fair! This special day will be
celebrated with activities for children, information from local agencies for
adults, music, and special guest Randi’s Reptiles will be in the Community
Room. Dahlia Cummings will do a special Books & Babies program. Also performing will be Wise Fool and EMI
ARTE Flamenco dancers. MAKE Santa Fe
will be there to join in the creative day!
Sparky the Firedog mascot and a fire truck will be on site.
Other booths will include the Santa Fe Botanical
Garden, United Way, Somos Un Pueblo Unido, the New Mexico Museum of Art, Earth
Care, 1 Santa Fe, Chainbreaker Collective, Friends of the Santa Fe Public
Library, Food Oasis, the Santa Fe Farmers Market, and La Familia.
Food will be a part of this festival. Everything in the Plaza Fair will be free!
Many of the sponsors will provide special coupons for the attendees!
The generous sponsors of the Plaza Fair
include Dairy Queen, Genoveva Chavez Community Center, 1 Santa Fe, the Brindle
Foundation, the Friends of the Library, and the Santa Fe Botanical Garden.
The ever popular Summer Reading Program
kicks off at the May 20 Plaza Fair. Children will be able to sign up for this
year’s Summer Reading Program during the event. This year’s Summer Reading
Program theme is “Build a Better World.” The performances presented during the
Summer Reading Program will explore that theme using songs, stories, and other
methods. The crafts programs will feature building structures using one’s
imagination.
Can’t make it to the Kickoff event?
Registration for the Summer Reading Program is available at all three Santa Fe
Public Libraries through July 15. The Summer Reading Program registration and
all events are free. Prizes are given after each week of reading, starting on
May 30. Children may enter for the grand prize drawing of a bicycle after the
third week of reading. The Grand Prize drawing and other drawings will be held
at the end of the Summer Reading Program during parties at all three locations.
The program is open to children up to the age of 12.
Special sponsors of the Summer Reading
Program include Dairy Queen, the Genoveva Chavez Community Center, Friends of
the Santa Fe Public Library, McDonald’s, Applebee’s, Santa Fe Century, and the
Santa Fe Botanical Garden.
What do you do when you join the Summer
Reading Program? Read books or have them read to you! Attend special
performances and participate in arts and crafts activities! It is a great time
to explore personal areas of interest, everything from ghosts to the sciences,
how-to books, and great stories.
Numerous studies have proven that active
participation in summer reading prevents reading loss, not only for the youth
reading on their own, it includes the children you read to. Reading loss is
cumulative and children who do not read during the summer may be left behind
when school starts again.
Participation in the Summer Reading events
is available to all families and children whether one joins the program or not.
Stop in at the Main Library, La Farge Branch, or the Southside Branch for more
information.
Check out the calendar in this issue. Visit
us on the web at www.santafelibrary.org.
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