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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
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Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Group: The Deep
·OnlineOnlineJoin our Science-Fiction & Fantasy Book Group online or in person to discuss The Deep, by Rivers Solomon.
Yetu holds the memories for her people--water-dwelling descendants of pregnant African slave women thrown overboard by slave owners--who live idyllic lives in the deep. Their past, too traumatic to be remembered, is regularly forgotten by everyone, save one: the historian. Yetu remembers for everyone, and the memories, painful and wonderful, traumatic and terrible and miraculous, are destroying her. So she flees to the surface and discovers a world her people left behind long ago.
Menlo Park’s Science-Fiction & Fantasy Book Group meets hybrid, online and in-person, on the 4th Monday of each month. Our May meeting will take place on the 3rd Monday, due to the Memorial Day holiday.
Monday, May 18, 2026 | 06:30 PM - 07:45 PM
Hybrid event! Join us by Zoom webinar (register for link) or in person.
Belle Haven Library, 100 Terminal Ave., Menlo Park, CA, 94025More free events with Menlo Park Library
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Mystery Readers Group: Plot Twists
·OnlineOnlineMenlo Park Library’s Mystery Readers Group is a different kind of book group: rather than all reading the same book, we share our reading of different books on a particular theme—plot twists, for instance.
Plot twists are a way of shaking things up to keep the audience engaged. A great plot twist reveals the destination to which the action was always leading—the reader just didn’t know it!
Feel free to investigate some mysteries with plot twists! Check out our event listing for some ideas to get you started.
Menlo Park’s Mystery Readers Group meets online on the third Tuesday of each month.
Tuesday, May 19, 2026 | 06:00 PM - 07:15 PM
Zoom webinar (register for link)More free events with Menlo Park Library
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Building Brain-Healthy Habits
Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma St, Menlo Park, CA, USJoin us to learn about some ways to start taking charge of your brain health, at any age!
Our presenter from the Alzheimer’s Association will share tips for living better now and guarding against cognitive decline as we grow older.
Learn:
- Healthy habits for your brain, like exercising and eating right
- Why brain health is important at all ages
- Build a personalized action plan for brain-healthy habits
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 | 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma St., Menlo Park, CA, 94025More free events with Menlo Park Library
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Mental Health Open Mic
Cafe Zoe, 1929 Menalto Avenue, Menlo Park, CA, USPlease join us out in the community for Menlo Park’s 8th Annual Mental Health Open Mic Night!
Musician and mental health advocate Frances Ancheta Becker will be our emcee for a special event at Café Zoe. Let’s bring our voices together—or feel free to come and share support as a listener--to increase awareness and inspire action to reduce stigma against those with mental health conditions.
Whether in sharing experience, music, storytelling, readings, or poetry, join us in a safe space where you can share your own words, or listen to those of others.
About Mental Health Month:
Each year, Menlo Park Library partners with San Mateo County Health’s Office of Diversity and Equity to observe Mental Health Month, supporting awareness and action to reduce stigma against those with mental health and substance use conditions.
During the month of May, Menlo Park presents free events offering information, support, and opportunities for reflection and self-care:
May 20: Building Brain-Healthy Habits
May 27: Mental Health Open MicThis free event received funding support from the Friends of the Menlo Park Library.
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 | 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Cafe Zoe & Neighborhood Pizza Guy, 1929 Menalto Ave, Menlo Park, CA 94025More free events with Menlo Park Library
Menlo Park Library on social media:
@menloparklibrary on Instagram & Facebook
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Past events
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