About us
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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Co-writing Workshop
Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma St, Menlo Park, CA, USJoin us for fun prompts, free writes, and literary community!
While this is not a class, it’s a chance to connect with other writers to discuss and share creative works with like-minded people.
Staff will provide structure and writing activities, but the main focus is getting into the habit of writing and sharing what you feel comfortable with to push your writing in the direction you want to go.
Menlo Park Library’s Co-Writing Workshop takes place monthly, on the second Sunday from 2-3 p.m.
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Fiction Book Group: The Adventures of Augie March
·OnlineOnlineJoin our Fiction Book Group online to discuss The Adventures of Augie March, by Saul Bellow.
The book is a coming-of-age novel that follows Augie March, a young man growing up in Chicago during the Great Depression. As Augie moves through a series of jobs, relationships, and adventures, he searches for his own identity and resists letting others determine his future.
Filled with humor, vivid characters, and philosophical reflections, the novel explores themes of freedom, ambition, self-discovery, and the pursuit of the American Dream.
Menlo Park’s Fiction Book Group meets virtually on the second Tuesday of each month.
Tuesday, October 13, 2026 | 06:30 PM - 07:45 PM
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Vegan Filipino Cooking Lesson: Sinigang
·OnlineOnlineZoom with us to the Philippines and cook along during a delicious cooking lesson!
Chef RG Enriquez-Diez of Astig Vegan will show us how to make her version of Sinigang, a sour, tamarind-based soup that is a Filipino classic.
Sign up, download the recipes and join us!
About RG Enriquez-Diez:
RG Enriquez-Diez is the founder of the website Astig Vegan, demonstrating Filipino food can be vegan, healthy, and delicious without losing its soul. She is the author of the cookbook Filipino Vegan.
What does “Astig” mean? RG explains, "'Astig' is a Tagalog (Filipino dialect) slang word for tough, unique, or gutsy. I look at vegan Filipino food as something 'Astig.'"
This free event received funding support from the Friends of the Menlo Park Library
Wednesday, October 14, 2026 | 05:30 PM - 06:30 PM
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Hana Baba: Folktales from Sudan
Location not specified yetThe 11th Annual Menlo Park Storytelling Festival continues! Today, enjoy mesmerizing storytelling, accompanied by music played on an oud.
Join storyteller, radio host, podcaster, and voice actor Hana Baba as she shares folktales from Sudan, the stories she grew up with in her Sudanese American home.
Through engaging storytelling, Hana introduces audiences to magical tales from a rich East African tradition: stories that build empathy, curiosity, and a love for global cultures.
About Hana Baba:
Hana Baba is an award-winning radio journalist whose work appears on NPR, PRI, BBC, TED and more. She is host of Crosscurrents, the daily newsmagazine of NPR station KALW Public Radio in San Francisco, and co-creator & co-host of the award-winning and podcast The Stoop, which tells stories from across the Black diaspora.
A daughter of Sudanese immigrants, Hana explores intersectionality, and the rich and varied life experiences within African diaspora communities.
She has been recognized as a Bay Area African Cultural Icon by the California Assembly.
This is one of nine events in the 11th Annual Menlo Park Storytelling Festival. Join us for one event, or the whole series!
https://menlopark.gov/storytelling- Sun. Sept. 27 | Clara Kamunde: Afri-Crafty Tales | Belle Haven Library | All ages
- Sat. Oct. 3 | Roopa Mohan presents Kasturba Gandhi | Menlo Park Library | Adults & teens
- Sun. Oct. 18 | Hana Baba: Folktales from Sudan | Belle Haven Library | 6-Adult
- Tues. Oct. 27 | Storytelling Meetup | Menlo Park Library | Adults & families
- Thurs. Nov. 5 | John Weaver: Pumpkin Tales | Menlo Park Library | 4-Adult
- Thurs. Nov. 12 | StoryFest! | Zoom | 6-Adult |
- Sun. Nov.15 | Storytelling Workshop | Menlo Park Library | 10-Adult
- Mon. Nov. 16 | Jeff Gere: True Supernatural Tales of Hawaii | Menlo Park Library | 9-Adult
- Sat. Nov. 21 | Tellabration! ™ | Menlo Park Library | 5-Adult
About Storytelling:
Storytelling is telling stories--without using a book.- It's an ancient art form that predates libraries, and books, and writing.
- It's not necessarily for children!
- Traditional-style storytelling creates unique images in the mind of each listener.
- According to the National Storytelling Network, "storytelling is the interactive art of using words and actions to reveal the elements and images of a story while encouraging the listener’s imagination. In storytelling, the listener imagines the story.”
- According to the Storytelling Association of California (an organization dedicated to promoting storytelling as a living art form), storytelling is “orally passing on adventures, wisdom, experiences, surprise, history, laughter, beliefs and imagination.”
This free event received funding support from the Friends of the Menlo Park Library.
Sunday, October 18, 2026 | 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
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