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  • LIBRARY CLOSED

    Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United States

    The library will not be open on this day.

  • Children’s Summer Reading Program: Imagine Your Story

    The Summer Reading program, "Imagine Your Story," will be online this summer during the months of June and July. Specific information on how to access the performances of a variety of programs will be on our website as will be dates, times, and other pertinent information. Some viewings will be recorded and some will be […]

  • Children’s Summer Reading Program: JULY

    Join our special virtual celebration and let your imagination soar taking you to your home state of New Mexico, to a conversation with a Cottonwood Tree, to the land down under, Australia, to the imaginary kingdom of fairy tales and finally to world of shadow puppets! Our storytellers and presenters for the month of June […]

  • Cat Tales: Art Exhibit July and August

    Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United States

    Sigmund Freud said it best. “Time spent with cats is never wasted.” Accordingly, the Placitas Community Library Art Committee is excited to offer an opportunity to observe a host of fascinating felines at rest and at play. Beginning July 7 and continuing through August 27, this PCL exhibit will be available for the first time […]

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    Art Exhibit: Off the Wall

    Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United States

    Think of this exhibition as lemonade. You know, like when life gives you lemons and you make something delicious out of them. In the “before-times,” Placitans frequently gathered at the library en masse to hear marvelous lectures on myriad topics, chairs set up front to back and side to side in the Collin Meeting Room […]

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    Celebrate Earth Day

    Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United States

    Celebrate Earth Day with activities bags created by our children's committee.  There are a variety of activities for children of different ages. There will be 15 bags available on a first-come, first-served basis.  We hope your children enjoy them. Pick-up dates include: Thursday, April 15 - 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 17 - […]

  • Virtual Explora Science Program: “Nature Up Close”

    Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United States

    "Nature Up Close" Insects! Arachnids! Myriapods! Oh My! What can you discover when you look up close and study? You will build the best shelter for a bee or butterfly. This program is free for all, courtesy of the Explora Children's Science Museum and the library. You do not need to be a library patron […]

  • VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!

    Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United States

    The library will be open for voting for the Special Election for Congress on Tuesday, June 1 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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    2021 Virtual Summer Reading Program: “Tails and Tales”

    Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United States

      The Placitas Library is inviting all communities to participate in our summer reading program, “Tails and Tales." The virtual programs start at 10 a.m. on Saturday mornings.  There are three live programs that allow you to interact with the performers and ask questions.  Also, there are two recorded programs you may watch as well.  […]

  • Didgeridoo Downunder

    2021 Virtual Summer Reading Program: Didgeridoo Down Under (live)

    Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United States

    With storyteller, Rob Thomas, “Tails and Tales from Australia” The DDU Show is a high-energy, Australia-themed show that combines music, culture, comedy, storytelling and audience movement/participation.  The didgeridoo has been played by Aboriginal Australians for at least 1,500 years and is known for its otherworldly sound. But DDU is much more than music. It’s interactive, […]

  • Tricky Dogs Children's Program

    2021 Virtual Summer Reading Program: Tricky Dogs with Rick Martin

    Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United States

    We will begin with a 15-minute live segment where you can ask Rick questions and introduce your pet. Your pet does not have to be a dog.  Cats, birds, lizards, and all others are welcome. Be sure to be on time at 10:00 AM so you can introduce your special friend to Rick. The recorded […]

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    Placitas Reads: Celebrate Juneteenth!

    Placitas Community Library 453 HWY 165, Placitas, NM, United States

    Join us for a series of conversations on issues of race, class, and systemic divisions in our culture and community. Juneteenth (June 19) is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Originating in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, Union soldiers received news that the war had ended […]