Monterey Public Library

Montery Public Library's Afternoon Stitch & Sip Club is joining forces with the Monterey Knitting Social Club to celebrate Worldwide Knit in Public Day on Colton Hall Lawn on Saturday, June 13, 12pm-4pm. Join us anytime!

This event welcomes everyone, from beginners to experts, and is inclusive of all fiber arts (not just knitting). Please bring something to sit on, protection from the sun or fog, a snack, and your latest project to work on.

Monterey Public Library celebrates National Library Week with a free screening of the documentary film The Librarians on Saturday, April 25, 2pm-4pm in the library's community room.

In 2021, a Texas state representative released a list of books to be removed from public schools, sparking a wide-scale review process of available books across the country. In response, a national movement of librarians facing job loss, criminalization, and harassment began organizing to resist.

Wintertime evokes early evenings, hot beverages, cozy blankets, and PUZZLES! On Saturday, January 31, 10am-1pm, bring your gently used puzzles to Monterey Public Library's Community Room and exchange them for another. What's old to you will be new to someone...

Monterey Public Library Friends & Foundation presents the 21st Annual Chocolate & Wine Benefit at Monterey County Library for ages 21 and over.

Celebrate with chocolate, wine, beer, savory snacks, live music, and a silent auction at the library. Tickets are $75 - purchase here . Proceeds will benefit Monterey Public Library.

Join Library and Museums Director Brian Edwards as we explore inside and outside Colton Hall and the Old Jail at night, and hear some of the history of Old Monterey on Wednesday, October 29, 6pm-7:30pm. Appropriate for teens and adults....

Monterey Public Library Friends & Foundation hosts local author Omar Hussain as we celebrate the launching of his debut novel, A Thousand Natural Shocks , on Saturday, July 26, at 5pm in MPL's Community Room. Tickets are $15 - reserve your spot .

Omar's new novel is a mesmerizing meditation on trauma, memory, and identity wrapped in a high-octane thriller set in Monterey.

Monterey Public Library is hosting our first Baby Rave! Is your baby a party animal? Keeping you up at night? Dancing and wiggling around ALL the time? If so, Baby Rave is the place for you (and your baby)....

Monterey Public Library Friends & Foundation hosts Alka Joshi , author of The Henna Artist , on Thursday, May 29, 6pm-8pm in the Community Room of Monterey Public Library.

Tonight, Joshi will discuss her much-anticipated new novel, Six Days in Bombay, and share insights into her writing process. Tickets are $25 - registration required .

Irish storyteller and singer Helena Byrne brings stories of Irish Fairies and ghosts, adored folk songs, and enchanting entertainment for an exhilarating evening performance for all ages at Monterey Public Library on Friday, May 16, 6:30pm-8pm...