SplitBunch Events

Persian Storytime: Yalda & Winter Solstice Celebration
2025-12-14 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Date: Sunday, December 14, 2025 Time: 11:30am – 1:00pm Location: Oak Room
Celebrate Yalda, the Winter Solstice, with a special extended Storytime! Enjoy stories, a craft, and songs honoring this beautiful Persian tradition of light, warmth, and togetherness. For all ages.

Holiday Book Crafts
2025-12-14 13:00 - 15:00
Date: Sunday, December 14, 2025 Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Location: 1st Floor Program Room
Join us for a hands-on winter craft workshop for tweens, teens, and adults!
We’ll transform old books into festive creations like snowmen, trees, and ornaments, giving worn pages a charming second life. All supplies are provided while supplies last, and all skill levels are welcome.

This event is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Mountain View Library.

Rubik's Cube Club
2025-12-14 14:00 - 15:00
Date: Sunday, December 14, 2025 Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm Location: Book Bubble, Main Library Children’s Area
Join us in the Book Bubble for a hands-on Rubik's cube event where children ages 8 and up will learn and complete fun Rubik’s cube activities. No prior experience or materials are required for this event. Connect with others through this cubing community, providing a fun and supportive environment right here at the library! For ages 8+
Event is led by High School Cubers from the SMUHSD district

Nature Book Club
2025-12-14 14:00 - 15:00
Date: Sunday, December 14, 2025 Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm Location: Conference Room
Nature lovers and science enthusiasts, we invite you to be part of our Nature Book Club! In December, we'll discover hidden worlds our human senses can't detect, in An Immense World, by Ed Yong. Every two months, we’ll explore nonfiction books about nature and science, and compare notes in a friendly, welcoming discussion.
October's book is An Immense World by Ed Yong
About An Immense World:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “thrilling” (The New York Times), “dazzling” (The Wall Street Journal) tour of the radically different ways that animals perceive the world that will fill you with wonder and forever alter your perspective, by Pulitzer Prize–winning science journalist Ed Yong
“One of this year’s finest works of narrative nonfiction.”—Oprah Daily
ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Time, People, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Slate, Reader’s Digest, Chicago Public Library, Outside, Publishers Weekly, BookPage
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Oprah Daily, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Economist, Smithsonian Magazine, Prospect (UK), Globe & Mail, Esquire, Mental Floss, Marginalian, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal
A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE CENTURY
The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every kind of animal, including humans, is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of our immense world.
In An Immense World, Ed Yong coaxes us beyond the confines of our own senses, allowing us to perceive the skeins of scent, waves of electromagnetism, and pulses of pressure that surround us. We encounter beetles that are drawn to fires, turtles that can track the Earth’s magnetic fields, fish that fill rivers with electrical messages, and even humans who wield sonar like bats. We discover that a crocodile’s scaly face is as sensitive as a lover’s fingertips, that the eyes of a giant squid evolved to see sparkling whales, that plants thrum with the inaudible songs of courting bugs, and that even simple scallops have complex vision. We learn what bees see in flowers, what songbirds hear in their tunes, and what dogs smell on the street. We listen to stories of pivotal discoveries in the field, while looking ahead at the many mysteries that remain unsolved.
Funny, rigorous, and suffused with the joy of discovery, An Immense World takes us on what Marcel Proust called “the only true voyage . . . not to visit strange lands, but to possess other eyes.”
WINNER OF THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL • FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/E.O. WILSON AWARD

Sunday Line Dance at Cupertino Library
2025-12-14 14:00 - 15:30
Sunday Line Dance at Cupertino Library!
Get started with step-by-step instruction of dance movements choreographed to the rhythms of Waltz, Rumba, Cha-Cha, Salsa, Pop, and other music. Learn and master shuffles, sweeps, and turns while improving your balance, coordination, stamina, footwork, and arm styling.
Class will be led by Cupertino Staff.

For adult beginner to improver levels.
No partner needed.
Wear comfortable shoes.
No registration required.

For accessibility accommodations (ex. ASL), please fill out the online form at sccld.org/accessibility 7+days prior to the event. If you need assistance with the form, speak with a staff member at your local library, call (408) 540-3945, or email us at ask@sccl.org.

Youth Author Showcase
2025-12-14 14:30 - 15:30
Date: Sunday, December 14, 2025 Time: 2:30pm – 3:30pm Location: Oak Room Patio, Main Library 1st Floor
Join us in the Oak Room for a Youth Author Showcase with members of the CCC Project. They've published several new books and the young authors are excited to share their new stories with the San Mateo Public Library community. After the authors present their books, a Q&A will follow.
The CCC Project is a highly personalized, radically collaborative creative writing and photography mentorship experience. They guide curious, creative t(w)eens through the entire creative process, from idea generation to publishing their own books! This event is for all ages.
Featured authors include: Amar, Amruth, Leah, Millie, and Rafi.

Candle Painting in the Library
2025-12-14 16:00 - 17:00
Date: Sunday, December 14, 2025 Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm Location: Technology Lab
Join us for a candle painting class in the Library. Join Library Staff in a cozy moment for candle painting and a social chat with our community.

Move and Groove Storytime
2025-12-15 10:15 - 11:30
Date: Monday, December 15, 2025 Time: 10:15am – 11:30am Location: Oak Room Patio, Main Library 1st Floor
Move and Groove Storytime has two sessions: 10:15 am and 11:00 am.
Families who cannot attend the 10:15 storytime are encouraged to stay for the 11:00.
Dance your wiggles away in this interactive storytime. Creative movement set to songs and stories for children 18 months+ and caregivers.
Adults must be accompanied by a child. Registration not required.

Toddler Storytime @ Hillsdale Branch
2025-12-15 10:30 - 11:00
Date: Monday, December 15, 2025 Time: 10:30am – 11:00am Location: Hillsdale Library- Programming Space
*Toddler Storytime begins at 10:30 AM—before the library officially opens! Please note the library will open to everyone at 11:00 AM*.
Join us and get up and get moving with your toddler! Full of books, songs and tons of fun designed to help develop your child's language and motor skills.
This program is intended for children ages 18 months-3 years old. Adults must be accompanied by a child.
Per the County Fire Marshal’s latest inspection, storytime at the Hillsdale Branch is limited to 35 people. To ensure space, only one adult per child may attend.

ESL Parent & Caregiver Conversation Club
2025-12-15 10:30 - 11:15
Parents & Caregivers: You’re Invited!
Join us for an engaging series designed to support families and spark meaningful conversations about children and parenting.
✔ Learn practical tips and insights from special guest speakers ✔ Connect with other parents and caregivers in the community ✔ Bring your little ones – children are welcome to attend with you
This is a wonderful opportunity to build connections, gain new ideas, and explore ways to support your growing children.
Space is limited. Please arrive on time.
For accessibility accommodations (ex. ASL), please fill out the online form at sccld.org/accessibility 7+days prior to the event. If you need assistance with the form, speak with a staff member at your local library, call (408) 540-3945, or email us at ask@sccl.org.

ESL Conversation Club
2025-12-15 11:00 - 12:00
Date: Monday, December 15, 2025 Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm Presenter: Viviana Cois Location: Teen Room

Join us in-person at the Library for friendly and casual conversations with other English learners! This class is for adults 18+.

Drop-In 3D Printing @ Hillsdale Branch
2025-12-15 13:00 - 15:00
Date: Monday, December 15, 2025 Time: 1:00pm – 3:00pm Location: Hillsdale Library- Programming Space
Are you interested in 3D Printing? Join us at the Hillsdale Library for Drop-In 3D Printing. 3D printing will be offered Mondays and Wednesdays and is first come, first served. Drop-in to print any of our files available on our USB flash drive that are 35 minutes or less. If you would like to request a longer print, you can sign up for an appointment here.
Any Questions? Contact Joey Squillacioti by phone or email.
Phone: 650-522-7886
Email: jsquillacioti@cityofsanmateo.org

3D Printing Appointments @ Hillsdale Branch
2025-12-15 15:30 - 16:30
Date: Monday, December 15, 2025 Time: 3:30pm – 4:30pm Location: Hillsdale Library- Programming Space
Are you interested in 3D Printing? Join us at the Hillsdale Library for 3D Printing Appointments. 1:1 appointments will be offered Mondays and Wednesdays. All equipment will be provided by the library. Create your own design in Tinkercad or print a design from Thingiverse. Printing can vary based on detail and the design can be printed to pickup at a later date.
You can register here.
Any Questions? Contact Joey Squillacioti by phone or email.
Phone: 650-522-7886
Email: jsquillacioti@cityofsanmateo.org

Social Stitching
2025-12-15 16:30 - 18:00
Date: Monday, December 15, 2025 Time: 4:30pm – 6:00pm Location: Group Study Room
Come join fellow needlework and textile arts enthusiasts at the library! Crafters of all levels are welcome to bring their projects and chat, teach, learn, and make new friends at this casual weekly get together. This group is entirely self-directed and you are encouraged to bring your own tools and materials. If you are looking for some inspiration or don’t know where to start, check out Creativebug– it's free with your library card and offers hundreds of project ideas and instructions.

Paws For Tales @ Hillsdale Branch
2025-12-15 17:00 - 18:00
Date: Monday, December 15, 2025 Time: 5:00pm – 6:00pm Location: Hillsdale Library- Programming Space
Join us for Paws for Tales at Hillsdale Library! Practice reading with a therapy dog. For kids ages 5 and up, Drop-in registration at the library.

Lullaby Storytime
2025-12-15 18:30 - 19:00
Date: Monday, December 15, 2025 Time: 6:30 pm – 7:00 pm Location: 1st Floor Program Room
A musical storytime for infants and new toddlers with books, baby bounces, and nursery rhymes. Third Mondays of the month this fall!

What Do You Love about Christmas?
2025-12-16 00:00 - 2025-12-26 00:00
What do you love about Christmas?
Write it on a paper ornament, then add it to our happy Christmas Tree next to the Information Desk. Share what you love and find out what everyone else loves about Christmas! Young children can be
assisted by a parent/caregiver.
Ask at the Information Desk for a paper ornament, pen, and tape.
Free. For all ages.
ADA Accommodation Requests

Baby Lap-Sit Storytime (Age 0-1)
2025-12-16 09:30 - 10:00
Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Time: 9:30am – 10:00am Location: Children’s Room
Join us for Baby Lap-Sit Storytime at the Library!
Baby storytime is the perfect way to learn about early literacy with your non-walking baby. Join us in a friendly circle as we read board books together and sing fun songs to engage your non-walking children.
Baby Storytime will take place in the Children's Room before our Library opens – please note that you will need to enter through the Garden Gate on the very right side of the building, instead of entering through our main entrance doors.

Behavioral Health Navigators
2025-12-16 10:00 - 15:00
Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Time: 10:00am – 3:00pm Location: Group Study Room
Come speak with a member of the Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Navigator team.
Peer Navigators will offer:

Personalized assistance to get help for behavioral health needs
Peer guidance about options for wellness services and support
Knowledgeable information and resources for mental health, substance use, suicide prevention, support groups, and more
Connection to County and community-based resources
Support from Peers with an understanding of local services

Visits are drop in, first come first served.
If Tuesday afternoons don't work for your schedule, you can get help over the phone or in a different location. Learn more at the Navigator website.

Baby Storytime
2025-12-16 10:15 - 11:30
Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Time: 10:15am – 11:30am Location: Oak Room Patio, Main Library 1st Floor
Sing, play, and read to your baby!
Please plan to arrive early to ensure admittance. Arrivals more than 5 minutes late are not guaranteed entrance.
Adults must have at least 1 age-appropriate child attending.
To ensure the quality of the Storytime, only the first 60 attendees will be admitted.
We have two storytimes, at 10:15am and 11:00am. If you don't make the 10:15am storytime please stick around for the next one at 11:00am. Staff will be there to assist you.
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!Canta, juega, y lee con su bebé!
Por favor planee a llegar temprano para asegurarse entrada. Los que llegan más de 5 minutos tarda no estarán garantizados entrada.
Adultos deben de tener por lo menos un niño de edad apropiado en asistencia.
Para asegurar la calidad del hora de cuento, solo los primeros 60 atendientes estarán admitados.
Ofreceremos dos horas de cuentos a las 10:15am y a las 11:00am. Si no puede atender la hora de cuento a las 10:15am, por favor quédese
para la siguiente a las 11:00am. Personal de la biblioteca estarán disponible para ayuda.
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給寶寶唱歌、玩樂和閱讀！
請提前抵達以確保入場。如遲到超過 5 分鐘不保證入場。
成人必須攜帶至少 1 位1歲半以下年齡的兒童參加。
為了確保故事時間的質量，只有前60名參與者才能入場。
我們有兩個故事時間，上午10點15分和11點。 如果你沒有趕上上午10:15的故事時間，請留下來在上午11:00的時段再入場。 工作人員將在那裡協助您。

Toddler Storytime
2025-12-16 10:30 - 11:00
Stories and Songs for 1-2 year olds. This story time features lots of movement, singing, and action and is geared for very young toddlers who can no longer sit in laps!
For accessibility accommodations (ex. ASL), please fill out the online form at sccld.org/accessibility 7+ days prior to the event. If you need assistance with the form, speak with a staff member at your local library, call (408) 540-3945, or email us at ask@sccl.org

ESL Conversation Club at the Cupertino Library
2025-12-16 10:30 - 12:00
ESL Conversation Club continues at Cupertino Library this year. Please join us for this fun sharing experience. Improve your English listening and speaking skills and learn about other cultures in a supportive environment. This program is for adults aged 18 and older who speak basic English.
*We will be holding ongoing weekly meetings in Room 201A on the second floor. Space is limited and online registration is required. Registration will open one week prior to each meeting.

For accessibility accommodations (ex. ASL), please fill out the online form at sccld.org/accessibility 7+days prior to the event. If you need assistance with the form, speak with a staff member at your local library, call (408) 540-3945, or email us at ask@sccl.org.

Drop In Tech Help
2025-12-16 15:00 - 16:30
Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Time: 3:00pm – 4:30pm Presenter: Francisco Location: Technology Lab
Do you have questions about your laptop, smartphone, or tablet? Join us for Drop-in Tech help. No appointment is needed, we help patrons on a first come first served basis. We meet in the 2nd floor Tech Lab and a clipboard for singing-up is at the 2nd floor reference desk starting at 2:30PM.

Boulder Book Club & Craft
2025-12-16 16:00 - 17:00
Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm Location: Book Bubble
Join us for a meeting of the Boulder Book Club & Craft- a group for readers who think graphic novels rock! This month we will be talking about Lumberjackula by Mat Heragerty & Sam Owen, eating snacks, and doing a thematic craft on Tuesday, December 16th from 4-5pm in the Book Bubble.
This program is for kids ages 6-10.
Registration is required to get the free book and attend event. We will notify you when the books are available for pick up at the Children's Reference Desk.

Letter Locking
2025-12-16 16:00 - 18:00
December 16, 2025 marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth. Alive during the Regency Era, correspondence was sealed with letterlocking. Letterlocking is the historical practice of folding and sealing a letter to create its own envelope. Envelopes were not yet in use due to the high cost of paper and postage.
Join us as we explore various forms of letterlocking and wax seals.
This program is sponsored by The Friends of the Cupertino LibraryOnline Registration Opens Tuesday, November 18 at 10am.
For accessibility accommodations (ex. ASL), please fill out the online form at sccld.org/accessibility 7+days prior to the event. If you need assistance with the form, speak with a staff member at your local library, call (408) 540-3945, or email us at ask@sccl.org.

Tuesday PM Bookclub
2025-12-16 17:00 - 17:55
Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Time: 5:00pm – 5:55pm Location: Conference Room
Join Librarian Rachael for a lively discussion of a very cool book. Drop in to the Conference Room at 5 PM to join the discussion in person, or join in on Zoom here:

Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://losgatosca-gov.zoom.us/j/92703658806

To sign up for the Tuesday Evening Book Club newsletter, click here:
http://libraryaware.com/36/Subscribers/Subscribe?showonlynewsletterlists=true

Winter Dance Party
2025-12-16 18:30 - 19:30
Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Location: 1st Floor Program Room
Get the kids' dancing shoes ready as the Library DJ will play both popular and seasonal songs to get everyone moving and shaking! Decorations and a disco ball will be added for more festive fun!
No registration required.

Movie Screening: Pride and Prejudice
2025-12-16 18:30 - 20:30
Please join us Tuesday December 16 at 6:30 pm for a movie screening of Pride and Prejudice (2005)in honor of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday. The course of true love doesn’t even start smoothly when the proud Mr. Darcy and the independent Miss Elizabeth Bennet meet. It takes them the better part of a year to come to understand and ultimately love one another.
Director: Joe WrightCast: Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFayden, Donald Sutherland, Judi Dench
For accessibility accommodations (ex. ASL), please fill out the online form at sccld.org/accessibility 7+days prior to the event. If you need assistance with the form, speak with a staff member at your local library, call (408) 540-3945, or email us at ask@sccl.org.

Toddler Storytime: 18 months-3 years old
2025-12-17 10:15 - 11:30
Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 Time: 10:15am – 11:30am Location: San Mateo Main
Toddler Storytime has two sessions: 10:15 am and 11:00 am.
Families who cannot attend the 10:15 storytime are encouraged to stay for the 11:00.
For children ages 18 months – 3 years.
Get up and get moving at our Toddler Storytime! Full of books, songs and fun actvities designed to help develop your child's language and motor skills. Registration is not required to attend storytime in the Oak Room. To ensure the quality of the Storytime, only the first 60 attendees will be admitted. Please come early to ensure admittance.
Adults must be accompanied by a child.

Para Pequeñitos: 18 meses a 3 años
¡Muévanse en nuestra hora de cuentos para niños pequeños! Lleno de cuentos, canciones y actividades diseñadas para ayudar a desarrollar el lengüaje y las habilidades motoras de su hijo/a.
No será mandatorio registrarse por la Hora de Cuentos en la Sala de Oak. Para asgurar la calidad de la Hora de Cuento, solamente los primeros 60 atendidos serán admitidos.
Los adultos deben estar acompañados por un niño.

幼兒: 18個月至3歲
在幼兒故事時間㇐齊動起來！ 有很多書籍、歌曲和有趣的活動，可以幫助孩子發展語言和 運動技能 請計劃提前到達以確保入場。讀者無需預先登記即可參加在橡樹會議室舉行的故事時間. 為確保活動的品質, 只限前60位 讀者才能入場.
成人必须有一名儿童陪同。

中/英文雙語說故事時間 Mandarin/English Bilingual Family Storytime
2025-12-17 10:30 - 11:30
Join us for for stories, songs, flannel board story, fingerplay and a craft project with Children Librarian in Mandarin and English. Children and their caretakers are welcome to join.
兒童圖書館員將為小朋友讀圖畫故事書;唱兒歌;用絨布板講故事;手指謠和做美勞。歡迎幼兒們 和家長,褓母一同前來參加。
Thank you to the Friends of the Cupertino Library for their funding and support.
