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The purpose of the Mill Valley Library is to provide the oppertunity for knowledge and personal enrichment, to furnish a variety of library materials and resources reflecting the needs of the community, and the encourage children to read.
Friendship and Connection Club Sunday, January 14th | 1:00-2:00pm Main Reading Room New to town or just looking to meet new people? At each meeting of the Friendship and Connection Club we will provide opportunities to meet new friends and connect…
Read More »Mill Valley School District’s Black Excellence Event Wednesday, January 31st | 5:00-7:00pm Mill Valley Community Center We will be at Mill Valley School District’s Black Excellence Event for Black History Month! See you there! FOR…
Read More »LIBRARY SERVICE HOURS Holiday Hours at the Library Closed December 24th and 25th Open 10am - 5pm | Tuesday, December 26th – Friday, December 29th Open 12pm- 5pm | Saturday, December 30th Closed December 31st and January 1st COMPUTER CLASSES …
Read More »Wednesday, December 20th The Main Reading Room will close at 5:00pm to set up for Meetings with Remarkable Mushroom Hunters with David Arora. The Main Reading Room will reopen at 6:00pm just for the program. The Tech Center will be closed. The rest…
Read More »Vignettes: An Evening of Original Chamber Music Friday, December 8th | 7:00pm Main Reading Room Join us for an intimate evening of original music written in Mill Valley by local composer Andrew Vickers, who is most influenced by Brahms, Debussy,…
Read More »After Hours Naked Truth. Real, Stories, Live. Friday, October 6th | 7:00pm Main Reading Room Consummate storyteller Josh Healey emcees our fall show. Our lineup includes Bay Area storytellers Reyna Amaya, Julie Soller, and Joshua Walters…
Read More »ECLIPSE PROGRAMS Learn about the Sun and Safely View the Eclipse! On October 14th, a partial annular eclipse will be visible across the country. Join the Mill Valley Library to learn about solar science, pick up a pair of eclipse glasses for safe…
Read More »Naked Truth: Real, Stories, Live. Friday, October 6th - 7:00pm Main Reading Room Consummate storyteller Josh Healey emcees our fall show. Our lineup includes Bay Area storytellers Reyna Amaya, Julie Soller, and Joshua Walters along with Mill Valley…
Read More »Supercharge Your Library Card Take the Challenge! September 1st through 30th September is Library Card Sign-up Month! Take part in the celebration by making the most of everything the Library has to offer. Complete these four easy steps to…
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Read More »Staff Reading Picks Looking for a recommendation on what to read next? This month, the book display in the Mill Valley Library fiction room features books about California by California authors! Check out a display book and take home a bookmark…
Read More »DUAL EXHIBITS Postcards from Mt. Tam & Mill Valley’s Counterculture Opening Tuesday, August 1st Lower-level gallery and inside the History Room Visit the Library's lower-level gallery to view our new exhibit Above the Clouds: Postcards…
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Read More »Take a trip down the rabbit hole of knowledge and complete activities on your bingo sheet. Each bingo you complete will earn you a raffle ticket, up to five raffle entries. This program runs June 9th - August 4th. To register for the reading…
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Read More »Author Talk A Memoir of Fighting Fire with Clare Frank Thursday, May 25th | 7:00-8:00pm Creekside Room & Online Clare Frank fought fires for nearly 30 years and served as the State of California’s first and only female Chief of…
Read More »AUTHOR TALK A Memoir of Fighting Fire with Clare Frank Thursday, May 25th | 7:00-8:00pm Creekside Room & Online Clare Frank fought fires for nearly 30 years and served as the State of California’s first and only female Chief of…
Read More »Mill Valley Historical Society Presents "Mill Valley," the Song Heard 'round the World Wednesday, May 3rd | 6:00pm In-Person Event in the Amphitheater On a balmy Christmas Day in 1969, Rita Abrams sat down on the bench next to the Mill…
Read More »9th Annual Poetry World Series In-Person Daniel Handler returns to emcee the 9th Poetry World Series, where baseball and poetry collide to create a fabulous and wacky literary event. Two teams of illustrious poets duke it out using words to swing…
Read More »Wi-Fi Hot Spots, Back-Up Batteries, Chromebooks available for checkout TECH TO GO Worried about losing power? You can check out hotspots, back-up batteries, and Chromebooks from the Library. We have a limited supply of each that are available on a…
Read More »Naked Truth: Real. Stories. Live. Friday, March 3rd | 7pm Main Reading Room After three long years, we’re back. Celebrate the return of Naked Truth, our true, live storytelling program, with the amazing Josh Healey as emcee and an…
Read More »Exhibit And Opening Reception Listen to the Music - Village Music: The Best Little Record Store in the World Tuesday, February 7th | 5:30-7:30pm Lower Level Gallery Mill Valley music legend John Goddard owned and operated the beloved…
Read More »FOR ALL AGES Lunar New Year Lion Dance Performance Saturday, January 21st | 2:30pm Creekside Room It's Lunar New Year! Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year, celebrates the beginning of a new year based on the lunisolar…
Read More »Service Outage MARINet Scheduled Outage on January 11th On Wednesday, January 11th, the Library's catalog software will migrate to the cloud. While migration is underway, many library services will not work. These services may be unavailable…
Read More »What Does ‘the Most Empty Major Downtown in America’ Say About the Future of Small Suburban Towns Like Mill Valley? Silverglide told the Times she's is fairly confident that Mixt’s “neighborhood locations,” like Mill…
Read More »Mill Valley Historical Society Presents History and Maritime Heritage of Belvedere and Tiburon with Dave Gotz Wednesday, January 4th | 7pm Virtual event on Zoom. Registrants will be sent a Zoom link upon registration. Click here to register. …
Read More »LIBRARY SERVICE HOURS Limited Holiday Hours at the Library The Library has modified open hours through Monday, January 2nd. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, January 3rd. Monday, December 26 Closed Tuesday, December 27 – Friday,…
Read More »LIBRARY SERVICE HOURS Holiday Hours at the Library The Library will have modified open hours beginning on Monday, December 19th. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, January 3rd. Monday December 19 - Friday, December 23 10am - 5pm…
Read More »Mill Valley Library Foundation From Wifi on the Plaza and Tech to Go to increased digital content and programming for kids and teens, Mill Valley Library Foundation funding makes a huge difference in what the Library is able to provide. This…
Read More »SUPPORT THE LIBRARY Friends Online Bookstore The Friends Online Bookstore has an awesome selection of books available at incredibly good prices. Check out their constantly changing inventory of best sellers, cookbooks, children’s books,…
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