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The City of Menlo Park's libraries offer a variety of programs, including art events, author talks, info sessions, craft sessions, music events, and more. To make the most of our programming efforts and this meetup page, we’d love for you to get involved. If you come to a program, say hi and let us know you saw it on meetup. If you have an idea for something you’d like to see at the library, send us a message. The library is a great space for community meetups and we’d love to play a role in making those connections!
See more events at our calendar, and check our hours and holiday closures.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Teen Media WednesdaysBelle Haven Library, Belle Haven Community Campus, Menlo Park, CA
Teens: we are now watching movies AND playing video games at the library! Join us for Teen Media Wednesdays, where we will either be watching a film or playing video games in the Teen Zone.
All films are rated PG-13 or lower and all video games are rated E10 or lower. Drop in and find out what the movie or game of the week is, and use the suggestion box in the Teen Zone to request future movies and games. Snacks are provided.
https://menlopark.gov/Government/Departments/Library-and-Community-Services/Events/Events-for-adults/202501-05-teen-media-wednesdays
This free event received funding support from the Friends of the Menlo Park Library.
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Join us for our after-hours brain-game party for ages 21+!
Join your friendly emcee-librarian Rose for a fun evening of trivia, prizes, and light refreshments and (adult) beverages.
Gather your team (or let us put together one for you), to take on questions easy, hard, and unconscionable, all related to books, and book-related films, music, and more.
This free event received funding support from the Friends of the Menlo Park Library.
Friday, August 15, 2025 | 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM
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@menlolibrary on Twitter/X - Tea & TarotMenlo Park Library, Menlo Park, CA
Join us for tea and conversation around the tarot deck.
Socialize and practice your skills reading the tarot. Although this isn’t an instructional course, meet like-minded people who can share their tarot experiences.
Decks won’t be provided, but tea and tarot-themed book recommendations will, so prepare to get cozy and pull some cards.
BYO cards and join us!
This free event received funding support from the Friends of the Menlo Park Library.
- Sunday, August 17, 2025 | 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
- Sunday, September 21, 2025 | 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
- Sunday, October 19, 2025 | 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
- Sunday, November 16, 2025 | 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
- Sunday, December 21, 2025 | 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma St., Menlo Park, CA, 94025
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From abbeys to mosques to temples, no place of worship is immune to a good mystery.
So say your prayers and dig into some ecclesiastical mysteries with us (and no, we won’t quiz you on how to spell “ecclesiastical”)!
A few leads:
The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco: In the year 1327, Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns to the logic of Aristotle, the theology of Aquinas, and the empirical insights of Roger Bacon to find the killer.
Blackwater Falls, by Ausma Zehanat Khan: Girls from immigrant communities have been disappearing for months in the Colorado town of Blackwater Falls, but the local sheriff is slow to act. The calls for justice become too loud to ignore when the body of a star student and refugee – the Syrian teenager Razan Elkader—is positioned deliberately in a mosque.
Scorched Grace, by Margot Douaihy: Sister Holiday, a chain-smoking, heavily tattooed, queer nun, puts her amateur sleuthing skills to the test in this debut crime novel set in scorching New Orleans.
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late, by Harry Kemelman: Rabbi David Small, the new leader of Barnard's Crossing's Jewish community, can't even enjoy his Sabbath without things getting stirred up in a most unorthodox way. It seems a young nanny has been found strangled, less than a hundred yards from the Temple's parking lot – and all the evidence points to Rabbi Small.
In the Bleak Midwinter, by Julia Spencer-Fleming: Clare Fergusson, the first female priest of an Episcopal church in Millers Kill, New York, finds herself immersed in the town’s secrets when a newbown baby is abandoned and a young mother is brutally slain.
--and that’s just a starting point! Join us to exchange book recommendations and discover new favorites with fellow mystery lovers.
Menlo Park’s Mystery Readers Group meets online on the third Tuesday of each month. Rather than reading the same book, we all share our reading of different books surrounding a particular theme.
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 | 06:00 PM - 07:15 PM
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