Come in to the library to check out our Rainbow Book Month display! Rainbow Book Month is a nationwide celebration of the authors and writings that reflect the lives and experiences of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, genderqueer, queer, intersex, agender, and asexual community. Originally established in the early 1990s by The Publishing Triangle as National Lesbian and Gay Book Month, this occasion is an opportunity for book lovers and libraries with the very best in LGBTQIA+ literature.
At a time when books by and about LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC individuals are under siege and library workers are facing threats and harassment for serving these communities, Rainbow Book Month has never been more important. If your library is experiencing challenges to materials and programs serving the LGBTQIA+ community, please contact the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom to report censorship and receive free confidential support. ALA's Fight Censorship page provides resources to prepare for and respond to challenges to library books, materials, and services.
If you exhaust our collection and are hungry for more LGBTQIA+ literature, you can check out the Stonewall Book Awards (in Children's and Young Adult, Non-Fiction, and Literature categories), as well as the bibliography of the Rainbow Book List. These awards and list serve to recognize the very best in contemporary literature and are invaluable tools for building quality LGBTQIA+ collections.
Summer Reading Program is almost here!! - Come on in to the Library to sign up for the program, which will officially begin on Wednesday, June 11th. We have scheduled programming and special events each Wednesday and Saturday all the way through July 26th! You can view the schedule at our website (see link in bio), and please sign up now to take part in Youth Night at the Santa Fe Opera for a FREE performance of The Marriage of Figaro!
Contact us to sign up for our FREE Youth Night at the Santa Fe Opera, for an evening performance of the Marriage of Figaro on June 24th, including FREE transportation! This offering is part of our Summer reading program and registration materials are at our front desk. This is a beautiful evening event that's not to be missed!
About the Opera:
Love, loyalty and lies can be a tricky trio. In Mozart’s hands, they’re perfectly wound into a comedy brimming with mistaken identities, youthful yearning and hilarious antics. Will Figaro keep his wife’s heart safe from the Count’s amorous advances?
French director Laurent Pelly’s stylish production, set in the late 1930s just before World War II, is back by popular demand! The Santa Fe Opera is proud to present the following American debuts: Italian bass Riccardo Fassi in the title role, French baritone Florian Sempey as Count Almaviva and Spanish soprano Marina Monzó as Countess Almaviva. Former apprentice Liv Redpath will sing Susanna and Chinese mezzo-soprano Hongni Wu sings Cherubino. Music Director Harry Bicket conducts the international cast.
