Upcoming Events October 21 Architectural Book Sale and Book Signing Palm Springs Public Library 10:00AM October 20 Friends of the Palm Springs Library Book Club The Learning Center at the Palm Springs Public Library 2:00 PM October 3 Lecture: So You Want to be a Writer? Presented by Kathy Weyer & the Palm Springs Writers Guild Palm Springs Public Library 3:00PM November 17 Palm Springs Speaks with Temple Grandin Palm Springs Cultural Center 7:30 PM October 4-25 Teen STEAM Time: Weekly activities and gaming Palm Springs Public Library Weekly on Wednesdays @ 1:30PM October 19 Teen Maker Space Palm Springs Public Library 4:00PM October - November Open Call: Become a Friends of the Palm Spring Library Board Member

Discussing goals, barriers, and support for beginning writers. Plus, fun writing prompts, games and learn more about the Palm Springs Writers Guild. Presented by Author and Palm Springs Writers Guild Board Member Kathy Weyer. Lecture: So You Want to be a Writer? Presented by Kathy Weyer & the Palm Springs Writers Guild October 3rd @ 3:00PM

Join us in the Teen Zone for STEAM activities and Nintendo Switch gaming each week. Grades 6-12. Wednesday, October 4th: D-I-Y Lollipops Wednesday, October 11th: Sphero Robot Halloween Challenge! Wednesday, October 18th: Popsicle Stick Luminaries Wednesday, October 25th: Pumpkin Carving! Teen STEAM TIME

TEEN MAKER SPACE Explore the new maker space, we have Sphero robots, iPads, snap circuits, art supplies, and much more! Grades 6-12 October 19th 4:00pm- 5:45PM

The Friends of the Palm Springs Library Book Club Now Reading: Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune by Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell, Jr. October 20 2:00PM-3:30PM The Learning Center at the Palm Springs Public Library

ARCHITECTURAL BOOK SALE! Saturday, October 21 10am-4pm Shop from a variety of new and vintage architecture and design books! Special appearance and book signing by architect Alan Hess & Autographed copies of famed interior designer Christopher Kennedy’s book “Making Midcentury Modern” Join us at the Palm Springs Public Library 300 S Sunrise Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262

Friday, November 17 Palm Springs Speaks presents Temple Grandin. An Evening with Temple Grandin Friday, November 17, 2023 VIP Meet and Greet: 6:00 p.m. Limited tickets available for VIP Meet and Greet! Includes photo opportunity with professional photographer with photos available for download following the event. Wine and light bites. Includes a free copy of Temple Grandin's latest paperback book, Visual Thinking. Author Talk: 7:30 p.m. Book signing to follow event with a variety of book titles available for sale from Follett Books. At this talk Dr. Temple Grandin gets down to the REAL issues of autism, the ones parents, teachers, and individuals on the spectrum face every day. Temple offers helpful do’s and don’ts, practical strategies, and try-it-now tips, all based on her “insider” perspective and a great deal of research.

BECOME A FRIENDS BOARD MEMBER The Friends of the Palm Springs Library has openings for new Board Members. We are creating a pool of applicants for the openings. Anyone interested in applying, please contact Nanci Morrison via email at njmorrison@aol.com. Thank you.