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The latest on the Oak Park Properties project

The latest on the Oak Park Properties project

Susan Weaver | December 10, 2019December 10, 2019

Here is the latest on the Oak Park Properties project—which includes a new library and sports fields, a residential component of 34 new homes, and improvements to Monticello Avenue. It…

At Home in Our Community

At Home in Our Community

Julie McPherson | September 16, 2019September 16, 2019

The September/October issue of American Libraries Magazine features the 2019 Library Design Showcase. Whenever this issue is released, I say to myself “Watch out Pleasant Hill–our library will be featured…

Councilmembers Harris and Noack, Supervisor Mitchoff to speak about old and new Pleasant Hill Library

Councilmembers Harris and Noack, Supervisor Mitchoff to speak about old and new Pleasant Hill Library

PH Library Friends | May 10, 2019May 10, 2019

Councilmembers Harris and Noack, Supervisor Mitchoff to speak about old and new Pleasant Hill Library on Saturday, May 18 at 10:00 A.M. Pleasant Hill, CA. (2019) – The Friends of…

Be Nimble

Be Nimble

Julie McPherson | February 28, 2019August 2, 2019

My best friend, whose daughter is also my son’s best friend (friblings, friend siblings, we call them), has been warning me for the last three months that her family will…

Tethers

Tethers

Julie McPherson | October 31, 2018February 7, 2019

This Halloween, my son decided to be the solar system, so my husband and I decided to be NASA astronauts. Surely this family costume, one of our best, is a…

Mayor Flaherty Addresses FoPHL Annual Meeting Crowd

Mayor Flaherty Addresses FoPHL Annual Meeting Crowd

Barbara Koeth | June 6, 2018June 6, 2018

The teen area of the library was the setting for the May 19 Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library (FoPHL) Annual Meeting. Guests included Mayor Tim Flaherty, Vice-Mayor Ken Carlson,…

Aspirations

Aspirations

Julie McPherson | April 22, 2018May 11, 2018

My son’s PreK class at Creative Play Center recently celebrated Career Week. During one of my co-oping shifts, his teacher read to the class from a book about different careers….

It all started with…

It all started with…

Julie McPherson | March 18, 2018January 26, 2019

I’ve been thinking about pursuing my MLIS for a good eight years. It all started with a conversation after a library research workshop that my English 101 class at John…

The rise of the e-bookworm?

The rise of the e-bookworm?

Katherine Cariaso | February 9, 2018May 11, 2018

I’ve always proclaimed my loyalty towards the traditional printed word. I used to be that person who would turn up their nose and scoff whenever someone said they preferred reading…

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the “Transformed Nonconformist”

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the “Transformed Nonconformist”

Gary Hook | January 8, 2018January 16, 2018

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is such an icon of the American civil rights movement that it is easy to overlook that he was a highly educated man and profound…

City seeks comments / suggestions on new Pleasant Hill Library

City seeks comments / suggestions on new Pleasant Hill Library

Susan Weaver | December 12, 2017December 16, 2017

The City and BCJ architects held a very successful Library Town Hall meeting on November 27th. The design team received excellent feedback, comments and suggestions from the floor and from…

Adjectives and Verbs

Adjectives and Verbs

Julie McPherson | December 7, 2017December 7, 2017

THERE IS SO MUCH TO SAY! Where do I start? Maybe with: When I ran into Patrick Remer at the Light Up the Night tree lighting, the first thing he…

The Lifeguards at your Library

The Lifeguards at your Library

Erin Weaver | November 16, 2017November 18, 2017

Today, I’ve tamed a jammed printer, united a toddler with his hysterical mother, located the nearest clambake, and explained why it’s not appropriate to watch pornography in public places –…

Apple stores architect to design new Pleasant Hill library

Apple stores architect to design new Pleasant Hill library

Susan Weaver | October 26, 2017November 18, 2017

The award-winning architectural firm behind the flagship glass cube Apple store in New York City will design Pleasant Hill’s long-awaited new library. The City Council selected the San Francisco office…

Student design contest for new Pleasant Hill library

Student design contest for new Pleasant Hill library

Susan Weaver | October 26, 2017

In conjunction with the October citywide read project, young budding interior designers are invited to participate in the Student Design Challenge for the planned new library. Now that the City…

My Favorite Ghost Stories

My Favorite Ghost Stories

Gary Hook | October 25, 2017October 25, 2017

  I have never been much of a fan of horror fiction. So much of it always seemed overdone with graphic images and plot devices and I always suspected the…

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