San Anselmo Public Library

05/30/2026

Have a lamp or miscellaneous appliance that needs fixing? Drop by today 1-4pm for the Repair Fair! and volunteers are on hand to repair your items to prevent more waste in landfills. It’s a great day to reuse and repair!

05/21/2026

Join us on Thursday, May 28 at 6:30pm when Dr. Satsuki Ina shares her personal journey as a survivor of the WWII mass incarceration of Japanese Americans and her efforts to bring an understanding of trauma to support healing in her community.

In her memoir, The Poet and the Silk Girl, Satsuki Ina recovers the story of how her parents, Shizuko and Itaru, survived and resisted their incarceration in U.S. concentration camps during WWII. Drawing from diary entries, heart-wrenching haiku, and more, Ina shares the eyewitness dispatches of her newlywed parents.

The memoir also takes us to the current moment, where Satsuki, a psychotherapist and activist, connects her family’s WWII ordeal to the race and immigration stories unfolding today—from rising anti-Asian hate to the militarization of immigration enforcement.

Registration is appreciated:

Dr. Satsuki Ina will share her personal journey as a survivor of the WWII mass incarceration of Japanese Americans and her efforts to bring an understanding of trauma to support...

05/19/2026

Join the San Anselmo Library and the San Anselmo Climate Action Commission on Wednesday, May 27 at 7pm when Nick Pappas and Bridget Clark, members of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, share how to make biking to school, work, and around San Anselmo safer and more accessible.

Registration is appreciated: https://townofsananselmolibrary.libcal.com/event/16727348

05/18/2026

Kids ages 1-12, enter the Summer Bookmark Design Competition! Pick up a form at Town Books or San Anselmo Library and design your one-of-a-kind bookmark. Turn in your form by June 6 for a chance to win a gift certificate for Town Books and your design printed on a bookmark!

05/13/2026

Join us on Tuesday, May 19 at 1pm in the Historical Museum to refresh your knowledge on the fundamentals of Medicare with HICAP.

What you'll learn:
-- Medicare Basics: Parts A, B, C, D, & More
-- Late Enrollment Penalties
-- Enrollment Periods & Deadlines

Registration is appreciated: https://townofsananselmolibrary.libcal.com/event/16748204

05/07/2026

Join us on Tuesday, May 12 at 12pm for our next Art Talk Tuesday: Monet and Venice.

Featuring more than 100 artworks, Monet and Venice at the de Young Museum places Monet’s Venice paintings alongside select works from across his career as well as Venetian views by artists such as Renoir, Sargent, and Canaletto. Where other artists captured Venice’s bustle, Monet’s Venice is eerily deserted, its architecture and canals dissolving in an encompassing, hazy light. Maureen O’Brien, a docent at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, will showcase pieces of this special exhibition and explore how Monet’s Venice paintings are among his most dazzling.

Registration is appreciated: https://townofsananselmolibrary.libcal.com/event/16664566

05/05/2026

Join the San Anselmo Public Library for One Book One Coast programs throughout the month of May!

One Book One Coast brings together library systems across California, Washington State, and Oregon. The inaugural selection is They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, a graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist Takei's childhood imprisoned within American incarceration camps during World War II.

How to participate: check out a physical copy of They Called Us Enemy from the Library, or a digital copy from Libby or Hoopla, and attend any One Book One Coast programs at the San Anselmo Public Library.

For details and program registration, including the signing up to attend the live-stream with George Takei, visit the San Anselmo Library's website:
https://www.sananselmo.gov/1231/Reading-Programs

04/23/2026

Join us on Monday, April 27 at 1pm to learn what, when, and where to plant fruit in your own backyard! Marin Master Gardener Anne-Marie Walker will share best practices for care, pruning, harvesting and storage.

Registration is appreciated: https://townofsananselmolibrary.libcal.com/event/16594932

04/21/2026

Join us on Wednesday, April 22 at 7pm for the first presentation in a new series of programs, in partnership with the San Anselmo Climate Action Commission. Anika Osborne from Ride and Drive Clean breaks down the current state of electric vehicles, from available models and pricing to incentives and what's coming next. Registration is appreciated: https://townofsananselmolibrary.libcal.com/event/16546504

Interested in more Climate Action programs? Save the dates for the whole series:

Wednesday, May 27 at 7pm: The Joy of Bike Commuting
Wednesday, June 24 at 7pm: Solar, Batteries, and Heat Pumps -- Making Incentives Work For You
Wednesday, July 22 at 7pm: Wildfire Adaptation and Mitigation

04/17/2026

Join us tomorrow for the Library's Grand Reopening celebration! We will begin with an opening ceremony and ribbon cutting on the library's front steps at 9:30am. Enjoy refreshments and fun activities throughout the day as we open at new chapter in the Library's history.