EXTENDED LIBRARY HOURS DURING FINALS

The Library will open at 7:00 am, one hour earlier than usual, and will close at 8:30 pm instead of 8 pm during finals from May 10 - May 19.

Library Hours During Finals:
Monday - Thursday: 7:00 am - 8:30 pm
Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday: Closed

The Library will be closed from May 20 till June 14.

Library Summer Session Hours - June 14 - Aug. 5, 2010:
Monday & Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Tuesday & Wednesday: 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Friday, Saturday & Sunday: Closed

LIBRARY SUMMER HOURS

The Library will be closed beginning on Thursday May 20th. It will re-open during the Summer Session, July 14th - August 5th. (Closed on Monday July 5th for Independence Day.)

Summer Hours

Monday & Thursday 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Tuesday & Wednesday 8:00 am - 8:00 pm
Friday, Saturday & Sunday CLOSED

Reference Librarians will be available to assist you during the following hours:

Monday & Thursday 9:00 am - 1:30 pm
Tuesday & Wednesday 12:30 - 4:30 & 5:30 - 8:00 pm

POET AND DANCER SET TO ROCK THE 3RD FLOOR!

Find out what happens when balloon-loving poet Mindy Nettifee meets fearless tapdancer Beth Megill. MC storyteller Kathryn Adams will also be featured.

DATE: Wednesday, May 5th

TIME/PLACE:

Reading/Dancing at 5:30pm in the open area, 3rd floor Library Learning Resources (LLR)

Poetry Workshop 4:00 - 5:30pm in LLR 318

POETRY READ -- Wednesday, April 7th

Guest poet Karen Kevorkian, along with Moorpark poets Maggie Westland and Melissa Grossman, will read from their works on Wednesday evening 4/7 at 5:30pm. Go to the open area on the third floor of the Library Learning Resources (LLR) building.

Prior to the reading, a poetry workshop will be held in LLR 318.

MULTICULTURAL DAY DISPLAY

This year, Moorpark College's annual Multicultural Day takes place on Tuesday, April 13th. This month a display of arts and crafts from different cultures can be viewed in the display case inside the entrance to the Library Learning Resources (LLR) building.

You'll see objects from the Chinese, Persian, Spanish, Egyptian, Grecian, and Pacific Islander cultures, as well as others.

NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH DISPLAY

March is National Women's History Month. Created by President Carter in 1980, Congress expanded National Women's History Week to a month in 1987. This year's theme is "Writing Women Back into History." The history of women often seems to be written in invisible ink. Even when recognized in their own times, women are often not included in history textbooks.

A display of books on the history of women--from ancient Egypt through modern times--can be viewed in the display case by the entrance to the Library Learning Resources (LLR) building through the end of the month.

POETRY READ--Wednesday, March 10th

Pushcart Prize nominee Matthew Shenoda will be at MC for a reading. The National Book Critics Circle has said of him: "No poet exercises the healing power of poetry like Shenoda, whose verse reads like prayer, incantation--the soothing words of hope to mend a damaged world."

Date: Wednesday, March 10th

Time:

Workshop at 4:00pm in LLR 318

Reading at 5:30pm in open area, LLR 3rd floor

Guest Poet: Matthew Shenoda

Moorpark Poets: Cathryn Andressen, Joan Day, and Julius Sokenu

POETRY READ - Wednesday, February 10th

Guest poet Brendan Constantine and Moorpark artist Shea Sveniker in a performance of live poetry and art. Come and listen, watch, cheer, or just hang out and see cool art being made.

Date: Wednesday, February 10th

Time:

Workshop at 4pm - 5pm in LLR 318

Reading at 5:30pm in the Technology Building, Room 105

Guest Artist: Brendan Constantine

Moorpark Artist and Poet: Shea Sveniker

Spring 2010 Library Hours

Welcome back and Happy New Year 2010!

The library hours for the spring semester are:

Monday - Thursday: 8am - 8pm
Friday: 8am - 3pm
Saturdays and Sundays: Closed

The Library will be closed on the following dates:
1/18 (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
2/12-2/15 (Presidents' Day)
3/26-4/4 (Spring Break)

Dante Basco and Def Jam in the Library on Nov. 18 at 5:30 pm

This is an amazing opportunity to see Dante Basco, celebrity actor and Def Jam poet.

Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 5:30pm in the library (3rd Floor).

Come and hear him perform his set. He'll be hanging out after so you can meet him, buy a chapbook, and maybe get an autograph.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrXgGQaUtlE

See you there!

Sandra Hunter

Steve Lopez Coming to Moorpark College

One Campus One Book's Steve Lopez will be coming to Moorpark College on Oct. 21, at 3:30 p.m. Join us in the Black Box Theater in the Performing Arts Center.

Banned Books Week, Sept. 29 - Oct. 3

The Library in observing "Banned Books Week" has organized an exhibit of a selected number of banned books, a list of banned and challenged books, a list of banned and challenged classics, and statistics about challenges by initiator, institution, and reason. The exhibit is in the Display Case in the Library on the second floor of the Library Learning Resources building LLR).

Come and check it out!

Poetry Read - Wednesday, September 16

This is a special event where Theresa Antonia, who heads Valley Contemporary Poets, will be introducing a new literary magazine and actively soliciting submissions from students and faculty.

Date: Wednesday, September 16th

Time:

Workshop at 4pm-5:30pm in Room 318, Library

Reading at 5:30pm in the open area of the 3rd Floor, Library

Guest artist: Theresa Antonia and Black Crow Press

Moorpark Poets: Joelle Hannah, Dale Bailes and Trista Payte

Open mic sign up: 5:15pm

Fall 2009 Library Hours

Welcome back!

The library hours for Fall 2009 are:

Monday - Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday: Closed

Library Summer 2009 Hours

The library will be open:

Monday & Thursday: 8 am - 3 pm
Tuesday & Wednesday: 8 am - 8 pm
Friday, Saturday & Sunday: Closed

For additional information, please contact the Reference Desk at (805)378-1472.

Final Poetry Read of the Semester

Date: Wed 4-15-09

Time: 5:30pm

Place: 3rd Floor, Library

Guest artist: Persis Karim

Moorpark poets: Kathryn Adams, Anja Leigh and Friend to Rats, Samantha Levitt

Persis, born in San Francisco of a French mother and Iranian father, grew up feeling 'a little different' and has spent much of her academic and poetic life examining the Iranian-American identity. http://www.persiskarim.com/index.htm

Library Hours - Spring Break

The Library will be closed during Spring Break Apr. 3 - 12. We will re-open on Monday, April 13.

The Read: Poetry and Stories

From Sandra Hunter:
We have a new format for the Read coming up on March 18th!

Everyone is invited to take part in a mind-expanding (and completely legal!) writing exercise. Even if you've never written anything before -- you'll leave having written your first poem.
We're also introducing two theatre students who performed recently at the wildly successful show on campus, "What's The Point?"

Our special Moorpark poet this month is the fabulous Hart Schulz and our guest artist is Doug Kearney: douglaskearney.com/poetry and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OfCDTAYyJE
Check out his poems -- the man rocks.

Date: Wed 3/18
Time: 5:30pm
Place: 3rd Floor, Library
Open mic -- and there really will be free cookies this time!

Poetry Meets Trombone in the Library

Poetry Read is on Wednesday, February 18, featuring Dottie Grossman and Michal Vlatkovich
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Workshop: 4:00pm-5:30pm, Room 318 Library

Reading: 5:30pm open area, 3rd Floor, Library

Moorpark poet: Kathryn Adams, Writing Center Director

Open mic and free cookies!

Library Closed on Saturdays - Budget Cuts

Due to budget cuts, the library will no longer be open on Saturdays.

Library Hours for the Spring semester:

M-Th: 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Satuday Sunday: Closed