Library News and Events

NEWS & EVENTS

February 2025

Black History Month

Celebrate community and culture, honor Black history, and recognize achievements of Black Americans with your library card. Head over to our Featured Collection to find your Black History Month reads!

Featured Collection

Date With Your State

Valentine's Day and Arizona's Statehood Day both fall on February 14! Celebrate at authentically Arizona spots with Culture Passes - two free admissions to 20+ arts & cultural institutions, such as:
🌵 Desert Botanical Garden
🎨 Phoenix Art Museum
☀️ Heard Museum

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And the Grammy goes to...

The Grammys are this Sunday, February 2! Stream the nominees ad-free anytime, any place with your library card. Stream music instantly and build playlists with Freegal, or check out albums via Hoopla.

🎧 Enjoy Freegal's 7-hour 2025 Grammy Playlist and get to know the nominees!

🏆 Charli XCX has 9 nominations with her sixth album BRAT, which is up for Album of the Year.

🎤 Three nominations for Doechii, including Best Rap Performance and Best New Artist.

🤠 Jelly Roll's I Am Not Okay is nominated for Best Country Solo Performance and Best Country Song.

🎙️ KAYTRANDA's album TIMELESS is nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Album.

🎶 Beyonce's foray into country, COWBOY CARTER, is up for Best Country Album.

Closed Presidents' Day

Our libraries will be closed on Monday, February 17 in recognition of Presidents' Day. 

Our Digital Library is always open! Read, stream and listen 24/7 with your library card!

Locations and Hours

Winter Reading Ends
February 16

Our Winter Reading Program for Adults wraps up soon! Don't forget to log your reading minutes for a chance to win the remaining prize drawings and help us reach our Community Reading Goal! 

Winter Reading

Queen Creek Library's Fan Fair is less than six weeks away! Mark your calendars for Wednesday, March 12, and join us for a whole day of fandom fun!

🧝Sign up for our Cosplay Contest at our Information Table during the event! Contestants must gather by 3:45pm.

💇🏽‍♀️Learn about styling wigs with materials you have at home. Arizonian Cosplayer Smol Giggle shares her tips!

🐍 The Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary will be bringing some fun animal ambassadors!

🤖 Join our Tabletop Role-Playing Games, with Dungeons & Dragons and a Star Wars adventure. All skill levels welcome!

🎙️3 local authors share advice and talk about their experiences getting agents and publishing contracts.

🫶 Help us put on our second annual Fan Fair Event! Apply now to help with setting up, tearing down, and running our info table.

Tax Resources

Tax Season is upon us! Need help getting started on your taxes? Check out our list of helpful resources! The deadline to submit your income tax is Tuesday, April 15.

Tax Resources

Wondering what books we've gotten in recently? Check out one of our newest MCLD Now videos as Georgia T. Lord Librarian, Mary, unboxes some new arrivals! 

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