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Upcoming EVENTS

Upcoming events

  • The LEGACY WALL

    • 12 Nov 2019
    • 23 Nov 2019
    • Palm Springs Library - Grand Atrium

    The Legacy Wall is a 24' long x 8 tall' x 6' deep ... nearly 400 square-feet of biographical content of LGBT persons throughout history in a 360-degree doubled-sided island, bathed in LED lighting from above and below. In addition to their compelling biographies, each element is linked to a digital information portal -- accessible through user smartphones -- making video and education resources available on demand for all visitors and providing fuller  context to the names and important contributions these individuals made. The Legacy Wall celebrates the LGBT pantheon during this critical time when hard-fought gains are being threatened with reversal. 

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  • BOOK CLUB: The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng

    • 15 Nov 2019
    • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • The Learning Center at the Library

     

    The FOPSL Book Club meets on the third Friday of the month at 2:00 p.m. (September-June) in The Learning Center at the Library, and is open to everyone.  The March 20, 2020 meeting will start an hour earlier at 1:00 p.m.  Members of the club read the selected book for the month and join in lively discussions.

    Most titles are available as downloadable audiobooks and/or eBooks from PSPL.

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  • Legacy Wall Celebration Mix and Mingle with Friends and Foundation

    • 15 Nov 2019
    • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
    • Palm Springs Public Library
    • 57 registrants

    Legacy WallThe Friends of the Palm Springs Library are excited that the Legacy Wall has come to Palm Springs and will be at the Palm Springs Public Library Nov. 12 – 23, 2019. During the time the exhibit will be at the Library, students from across the Coachella Valley will be visiting and participating in education activities at the Library. In celebration of this fantastic event, you and a guest are invited to attend a reception to meet the Executive Director of the Legacy Project, Victor Salvo, and to see the Legacy Wall in the Library. We also want to take this opportunity for you to meet the Board members for both the Friends of the Palm Springs Library and the Library Foundation.  Light refreshments will be served.

     Fr. Mychal Judge

    The Legacy Wall features LGBTQ people throughout history, who have contributed in over 20 distinct fields, from every walk of life, from over 30 countries, spanning 4,000 years. The content is international and multicultural, and has been substantially vetted and sourced. This wonderfully positive and inspiring exhibit tells the stories behind such figures as Social Justice pioneer Jane Addams; Civil Rights organizer Bayard Rustin; British mathematician Alan Turing; U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Jordan; Astronaut Sally Ride; Renaissance artist and inventor Leonardo DaVinci; Transgender icons Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson; Mexican Artist Frida Kahlo; and Fr. Mychal Judge (the “Saint of 9/11”) – with over 125 digitally interactive “mini-biographies” in all.

     Legacy Wall Celebration Mix and Mingle

    Palm Springs Public Library

    300 S. Sunrise Way

    Palm Springs, CA 92262

     

    Friday, November 15, 2019

    6:00 – 7:30 p.m.

    Free to Friends of the Palm Springs Library members

    **TIME EXTENDED!  RSVP by November 8**

    Light refreshments


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  • Book Sale

    • 14 Dec 2019
    • 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
    • JC Frey Building

    A variety of books, DVDs, CDs and more will be available for purchase. The sale will be held in the JC Frey Building from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

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  • Book Sale

    • 15 Dec 2019
    • 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
    • JC Frey Building

    $4 a bag sale! The sale will be held in the JC Frey Building from 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

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  • BOOK CLUB: Caveat Emptor by Ken Perenyi

    • 20 Dec 2019
    • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • The Learning Center at the Library

     

    The FOPSL Book Club meets on the third Friday of the month at 2:00 p.m. (September-June) in The Learning Center at the Library, and is open to everyone.  The March 20, 2020 meeting will start an hour earlier at 1:00 p.m.  Members of the club read the selected book for the month and join in lively discussions.

    Most titles are available as downloadable audiobooks and/or eBooks from PSPL.

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  • BOOK CLUB: It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis

    • 17 Jan 2020
    • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • The Learning Center at the Library

     

    The FOPSL Book Club meets on the third Friday of the month at 2:00 p.m. (September-June) in The Learning Center at the Library, and is open to everyone.  The March 20, 2020 meeting will start an hour earlier at 1:00 p.m.  Members of the club read the selected book for the month and join in lively discussions.

    Most titles are available as downloadable audiobooks and/or eBooks from PSPL.

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  • BOOK CLUB: The Food Explorer by Daniel Stone

    • 21 Feb 2020
    • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • The Learning Center at the Library

     

    The FOPSL Book Club meets on the third Friday of the month at 2:00 p.m. (September-June) in The Learning Center at the Library, and is open to everyone.  The March 20, 2020 meeting will start an hour earlier at 1:00 p.m.  Members of the club read the selected book for the month and join in lively discussions.

    Most titles are available as downloadable audiobooks and/or eBooks from PSPL.

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  • Palm Springs Speaks: Bob Woodward

    • 06 Mar 2020
    • 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
    • Richards Center for the Arts

    Bob Woodward gained international attention when he and Carl Bernstein uncovered the Watergate scandal in 1973. Since then, Watergate’s theme of secret government has driven Woodward’s tough but fair and non-partisan reporting. He pulls back the curtain on the inner workings of Washington; revealing in meticulous detail what’s really going on in the halls of power. Have the lessons of Watergate been forgotten? Is the media doing its job? Woodward offers an historical perspective as only he can. Woodward has written about the last nine U.S. presidents and chronicled how the power of the presidency has evolved. He is author of 19 bestselling books – 13 were #1 – more than any contemporary nonfiction writer. His latest bestseller, Fear: Trump in the White House, is the deepest dive ever made into the first months of any America president. Currently associate editor for The Washington Post where he’s worked since 1971, Bob Woodward has won nearly every American journalism award including two Pulitzers.

    Tickets include a copy of his book, “Fear: Trump in the White House.”  Book signing following event.

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  • BOOK CLUB: The Elephant's Journey by Jose Saramago

    • 20 Mar 2020
    • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • The Learning Center at the Library

     

    The FOPSL Book Club meets on the third Friday of the month at 2:00 p.m. (September-June) in The Learning Center at the Library, and is open to everyone.  The March 20, 2020 meeting will start an hour earlier at 1:00 p.m.  Members of the club read the selected book for the month and join in lively discussions.

    Most titles are available as downloadable audiobooks and/or eBooks from PSPL.

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  • BOOK CLUB: Becoming by Michelle Obama

    • 17 Apr 2020
    • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • The Learning Center at the Library

     

    The FOPSL Book Club meets on the third Friday of the month at 2:00 p.m. (September-June) in The Learning Center at the Library, and is open to everyone.  The March 20, 2020 meeting will start an hour earlier at 1:00 p.m.  Members of the club read the selected book for the month and join in lively discussions.

    Most titles are available as downloadable audiobooks and/or eBooks from PSPL.

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  • BOOK CLUB: Educated by Tara Westover

    • 15 May 2020
    • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • The Learning Center at the Library

     

    The FOPSL Book Club meets on the third Friday of the month at 2:00 p.m. (September-June) in The Learning Center at the Library, and is open to everyone.  The March 20, 2020 meeting will start an hour earlier at 1:00 p.m.  Members of the club read the selected book for the month and join in lively discussions.

    Most titles are available as downloadable audiobooks and/or eBooks from PSPL.

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  • BOOK CLUB: The Library Book by Susan Orlean

    • 19 Jun 2020
    • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • The Learning Center at the Library

     

    The FOPSL Book Club meets on the third Friday of the month at 2:00 p.m. (September-June) in The Learning Center at the Library, and is open to everyone.  The March 20, 2020 meeting will start an hour earlier at 1:00 p.m.  Members of the club read the selected book for the month and join in lively discussions.

    Most titles are available as downloadable audiobooks and/or eBooks from PSPL.

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To learn more about 
the Events & Classes presented by the Palm Springs Public Library, 

click HERE. 

A monthly Book Club, 

an Annual Book Sale, 

an Annual Membership Meeting 

and other Special Events 

throughout the year are presented by 

The Friends of the Palm Springs Library.


The Friends' Book Club meets on the third Friday of the month (unless otherwise noted) at 2:00 p.m. at the library and is open to everyone. Members of the Club read the selection for the month, then join in lively discussions. 


HOW TO REGISTER FOR 
A MEMBERS-ONLY EVENT:

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2.  On the next page, click the gray REGISTER button on the left side of the screen. Your email address will auto-fill into the block on the next page.

3.  Choose MEMBERS-ONLY REGISTRATION, then click NEXT. All of your information will be auto-filled by the computer on the next page - First and Last Names, Email Address and Phone Number. Click NEXT. 

4.  A light blue REVIEW & CONFIRM box appears. 

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6.  If paying by check, click INVOICE ME. Print the invoice sent to your email account and mail it promptly, along with your payment, to:  

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