Tuesday, Sept. 9 at 10:00 AM Pre-K Story Time for children ages 0-5:The theme is Nature’s Whispers: A Journey Through Leaves and Trees. The books are: One Day This Tree Will Fall, Leslie Barnard Booth, A Tree is Nice, Janice May Udry, The Leaf Thief, Alice Hemming. Participate in a Leaf Rubbing craft and have a leaf-shaped […]
August 16, 2025 – September 21, 2025 Visit our gallery for more works created by the artists in the gardens. Lisa Avila ~ David & Karen Croxton ~ Willliam O’Brien ~ Laura Robbins ~ Tom Salazar ~ Katie Thomas Coordinators: Sue Ortiz and Sandy Johnson
Financial Tips from the Experts By Anne Frost Placitas Community Library is lucky to have the Kelley and Ric Tredwin on our team. Each year they offer a couple of educational programs to facilitate financial awareness and savvy. The programs for this Fall will be: Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 2 PM Protecting Yourself from […]
Sunday, August 17 from 10-2 WoW! The Wonder on Wheels mobile museum exhibit is coming to the Placitas Community Library on Sunday, August 17 between the hours of 10:00 – 2:00. Come when you like and stay as long as you like. The Children’s Committee is sponsoring this program but All ages are welcome! Allow […]
Tuesday, August 12 at 10:00 AM Please join us for another fun Pre-K program: Friendly Fish Tales Children will meet some favorite characters of children’s literature when they hear the stories of Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister, Swimmy by Leo Leonni, and Baby Beluga by Raffi. This session will be led by one of our […]
Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 2 PM Placitas Library Concert and Fundraiser! Please join us and singer-songwriters James Bell, Anna Rudolph, and Dennis Bumgarner for an afternoon of song and support! The cost is $20 and refreshments will be served. For the flyer, click here.
The Red Hotel: Moscow 1941, the Metropol Hotel, and the Untold Story of Stalin’s Propaganda War by Alan Philps “Interestingly, the public was fed propaganda from the Western journalists who acted as mouthpieces of Russian propaganda, stating that Russia and the West would work together after the war. Consequently, it shocked the public when they […]
Sunday, July 13, 2025 at 2 PM Placitas Library to Commemorate 80th Anniversary of Trinity Event Perhaps the most significant event in humanity’s history occurred on July 16th, 1945, at a remote site just 133 miles south of Placitas. The Trinity atomic explosion was the first of hundreds of nuclear tests, and remarkably, led to […]
On Saturday, June 21, a group of 11 library and community volunteers met at The Merc at 8AM. The goal was to help keep highway 165 clean. Teams departed on both side of the highway headed east and west working to clean up the mile that is badged as Placitas Community LIbrary.
L – R: Furman Kelley – Library Administrator, Lynne Hynes – Library Director, Nancy Holley – Placitas Studio Tour President Giving back to our community is one of the cornerstones of the Placitas Studio Tour. The Placitas Community Library hosts the Placitas Preview Exhibit in the Gracie Lee Community Room mid-April through the end of […]