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Tie dye shirt spiral.

Let's Make Tie-Dye T-Shirts

May 20th | 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Come make your own tie-dye t shirt! Pick from multiple colors to create your unique design.
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Santa Clara Players Traveling Troupe - Live Theater!

May 20th | 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Join us on for a performance of The Santa Clara Players Traveling Troupe!

Vineland's Evening Book Club

May 20th | 6:00pm - 6:45pm
Grab a book and meet some new friends! For May, we'll read They Called Us Enemy by George Takei for One Book, One Coast

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Women in Graphic Novels

Find the best reads from this last year with strong female protagonists.

Immigrant Heritage Month

Celebrate Immigrant Heritage Month as San José Public Library honors and uplifts the diverse stories that shape our community.

San Antonio: From Street to Paseo

We know it as a paseo, a plaza, or a pedestrian walkway that intersects eight blocks of central Downtown San Jose. Learn the history today!

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