@ Menlo Park Library

Join our visiting teaching artist and make your own piece of art using felt and paper!

Celebrate our 9th Annual Summer Puppetry Festival with this special documentary screening!

Before Fred Rogers and Jim Henson, there was Shari Lewis.
Lewis was a children’s television pioneer whose whimsical creations and ebullient spirit guided generations of children as they came of age, with the beloved sock puppet characters Charlie Horse, Hush Puppy and, of course, Lamb Chop.

From Shari’s early years of TV success, to her 1990s comeback in her 60s, director Lisa D’Apolito’s heartfelt documentary charts the life, loves, and career hits and misses of the spunky perfectionist who forever changed the landscape of children’s entertainment.

About the Summer Puppetry Festival:

We’re presenting our 9th Annual Summer Puppetry Festival! Menlo Park celebrates puppetry in its many forms, with a series of puppet shows and related events featuring beloved performers from throughout the Bay Area and beyond. Drop in for one event, or join us for the entire series. View the schedule at menlopark.gov/puppetry.

Color or sketch with us in the creative environment of the library!

Bring your own materials or take some humble printer paper and see what you create. We’ll provide coloring sheets & colored pencils and put together a still life for you to try your hand at.

All levels welcome. This is not a class, but a social event around a fun activity.

Cozy Coloring Corners takes place on the last Sunday of each month.

Join us online to learn about ten favorite California native perennials to grow.

All of the plants we’ll discuss are fairly easy to grow, and will attract butterflies and pollinators throughout most of the year.

Our Garden Talks take place online on the first Wednesday of each month.