April 30 - June 11, 2010

Monday - Thursday, 10 am - 9 pm

Friday - Sunday, noon - 6 pm

Opening Reception

April 30--7 pm

John Adams impersonator and light refreshments will be served

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Monday, April 26th at 7:30 p.m.

Doña Benicia Room

A FREE presentation by Peter Veilleux of East Bay Wilds will provide information on how to create an attractive garden that requires less water, fewer pesticides and easy maintainence!  Questions about garden design and installation will be welcome.

Sponsored by the Benicia Public Library and Solano County's Willis Linn Jepson Chapter of the California Native Plant Society.

Thursday, April 22

4:30 - 7:30 pm

all ages welcome

Library and Senior Center Complex, 150 East L Street

Today our taxes are due.  They are considered filed on time if the post office time stamps while they are open today.  Only Oakland and San Francisco are open until 11:58 pm this year. 

Oakland Post Office

1675 Seventh St.

8:30 am - 11:58 pm

Vallejo Post Office

So what have we done this year to merit celebration?

Population of Benicia  27,977

Library Card Holders   19,712

Do you have a library card so you can borrow books, magazines, DVDs, music CDs, Books on CD? Free!

You will not be able to look up anything, or put anything on hold, or check your account.  We can help until 9 pm.  Click on the  Ask Us tab above to contact us.  Should be back up Tuesday morning by 9:00 am.

It's that time of the year when we celebrate libraries.

That means we celebrate you, our community, for supporting the Benicia Public Library.

The books, DVDs, newspapers, magazines, story times, concerts, book clubs, Internet access, etc. and all our support staff  in this building we call a library would have no meaning without you. Thank you!

Saturday, April 10

10 am - 4 pm

In the Basement.

The Benicia Fire Department is hosting a Firewise Home Ignition Zone Workshop.

Veterans Memorial Hall

April 27th and 28th,  2010 

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Free to Benicia Residents 

Space is limited so reserve your spot now by contacting the Benicia Fire Department at 707-746-4273 or riverson@ci.benicia.ca.us

If you've misplaced your census form or would like it in another language, we have forms available in the library!  Please take time to fill out your form. It should only take about 10 minutes and your answers are completely confidential and your participation is important.  Do not give out your social security number to anyone as this information is not a census question.  Never give out information to anyone who say they are are from the Census Bureau but cannot produce a Census Identification Card.