Adult Programs News & Updates

Adult Programs News & Updates

Book News: November & December 2026

November 3 @ 11:44 am

A Flower Traveled in My Blood: The Incredible True Story of the Grandmothers Who Fought to Find a Stolen Generation of Children by Haley Cohen Gilliland In Argentina during the […]

A Journey Down Memory Lane: Placitas Volunteer Fire Brigade

November 3 @ 11:44 am

By Winnie Maggiore Saturday, November 14, at 2 PM The Adult Program Committee of Placitas Community Library will feature Winnie Maggiore and her firefighting cohort. They will escort us on […]

Placitas Library Star Party

November 3 @ 11:44 am

Saturday, November 7, 2026 at 6 PM Solar Viewing; 6:30 PM Talk; Viewing until 10 PM Yippee—it’s time for a STAR PARTY at the Placitas Community Library—November 7th, beginning at […]

Keeping Your Trees Healthy During Drought

November 3 @ 11:44 am

Saturday, October 10, 2026 at 2 PM By Phyllis Knight Arborist Joran Viers will speak on tree health during drought, including such topics as understanding the resources trees need and […]

Book News: September & October 2026

November 3 @ 11:44 am

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides He wanted to go not only “farther than any man […]

Jules Poetry Playhouse at the Library

November 3 @ 11:44 am

Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 2 PM By Doris Fields If you have driven on NM Highway 165, you may have seen the cutely decorated sign on the side of […]

Financial Literacy–Dealing with Scams

November 3 @ 11:44 am

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 at 6:30 PM By Kate Miller The Placitas Community Library in partnership with AltaLune’s financial advisers Kelley and Ric Tredwin, launch “These four programs run from […]

Movie Screening: The Librarians Documentary

November 3 @ 11:44 am

Saturday, September12, 2026 at 2 PM The Librarians Documentary: How Book Bans are Everyone’s Cautionary Tale By Leslie Fox As book banning sweeps across the U.S. at an unprecedented rate, […]

Chaco Canyon– Emergence of Puebloan Culture, Then and Now by Jon Ghahate

November 3 @ 11:44 am

Saturday, August 22, 2026 at 2 PM Throughout the Western Hemisphere, specifically what is now referred to as the US Southwest, diverse disciplines of science have uncovered, studied, and theorized […]

The Bright Edges of the World: Willa Cather and Her Archbishop by Garrett Peck

November 3 @ 11:44 am

Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 2 PM Author Garrett Peck will discuss his latest book, The Bright Edges of the World: Willa Cather and Her Archbishop (University of New Mexico […]