Las Cruces Public Libraries

Las Cruces Public Libraries Public library serving the people of Las Cruces and Dona Ana County.

Family Bingo is back in June!Join us for a fun game of bingo with Bea every Wednesday in June, from 2 to 3 Pm at our Tho...
05/31/2026

Family Bingo is back in June!
Join us for a fun game of bingo with Bea every Wednesday in June, from 2 to 3 Pm at our Thomas Branigan Memorial Library Location.
Have fun and win prizes!!!

Volunteer Network Spotlight! 🌟We’re highlighting Doug, a volunteer who currently leads the Las Cruces Public Libraries' ...
05/29/2026

Volunteer Network Spotlight! 🌟

We’re highlighting Doug, a volunteer who currently leads the Las Cruces Public Libraries' ukulele class. His lessons give students a place to learn, practice, and explore music together.

Thanks to his involvement, students from the program are joining this year’s Ukulele Festival — a great opportunity that grew directly from his volunteer‑led classes.

We appreciate Doug’s commitment to our library and the time he gives to support young learners.

Interested in making an impact too? Join our volunteer network at VolunteerLasCruces.org.

Don’t forget to pick up your copy of The Social Justice Reading Group selection for June, which is Immigrant Heritage Mo...
05/29/2026

Don’t forget to pick up your copy of The Social Justice Reading Group selection for June, which is Immigrant Heritage Month.

All They Will Call You by Tim Z. Hernandez.

All They Will Call You is the harrowing account of “the worst airplane disaster in California’s history,” which claimed the lives of thirty-two passengers, including twenty-eight Mexican citizens—farmworkers who were being deported by the U.S. government.

Outraged that media reports omitted only the names of the Mexican passengers, American folk icon Woody Guthrie penned a poem that went on to become one of the most important protest songs of the twentieth century, “Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee).” It was an attempt to restore the dignity of the anonymous lives whose unidentified remains were buried in an unmarked mass grave in California’s Central Valley. For nearly seven decades, the song’s message would be carried on by the greatest artists of our time, including Pete Seeger, Dolly Parton, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and Joan Baez, yet the question posed in Guthrie’s lyrics, “Who are these friends all scattered like dry leaves?” would remain unanswered—until now.

Combining years of painstaking investigative research and masterful storytelling, award-winning author Tim Z. Hernandez weaves a captivating narrative from testimony, historical records, and eyewitness accounts, reconstructing the incident and the lives behind the legendary song.

Social Justice Reading Group will meet on June 16, starting at 3 PM at our Thomas Branigan Memorial Library Location.

Join us on the first (6.4) and third Thursdays (6.18) to share your current or favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy reads, starting a...
05/29/2026

Join us on the first (6.4) and third Thursdays (6.18) to share your current or favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy reads, starting at 6 PM at our Thomas Branigan Memorial Library Location, to have discussions on previous, current, or future planned reads.

Team up with others to read books on your TBR or share your recommendations for us to read together as a group!

05/28/2026

2026 Summer Reading Program — Unearth a Story with Us! 🦖📚

Join us for the Summer Reading Program Kick‑Off Party on May 30th at Thomas Branigan Memorial Library from 11 AM–1 PM, featuring Rex and Friends!

Summer Reading runs from May 30 to July 18, and it’s open to all ages. Read once a day for 7 days to earn a prize.

All summer long, enjoy special events like:
• Summer Science Fair
• Movie Marathons
• Fascinating programs about mammoths
• And so much more!

Learn more and sign up at LasCruces.gov/SummerReading

See you this summer at the library! 🌞

Join us Saturday, June 6, at our Thomas Branigan Memorial Library location for an all-day Why Does it Always Have to be ...
05/27/2026

Join us Saturday, June 6, at our Thomas Branigan Memorial Library location for an all-day Why Does it Always Have to be Snakes? Movie Marathon. Because who better to “Unearth a Story” with than Indie?

At least two of our library staff would be fine getting caught reading this autobiography of a Halloween icon and horror...
05/27/2026

At least two of our library staff would be fine getting caught reading this autobiography of a Halloween icon and horror host.

Yours cruelly, Elvira: memories of the Mistress of the Dark by Cassandra Peterson

The woman behind the icon known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, the undisputed Queen of Halloween, reveals her full story, filled with intimate bombshells, told by the bombshell herself.

Yours Cruelly, Elvira is an unforgettably wild memoir. Cassandra doesn't shy away from revealing exactly who she is and how she overcame seemingly insurmountable odds. Always original and sometimes outrageous, her story is loaded with twists, travails, revelry, and downright shocking experiences. It is the candid, often funny, and sometimes heartbreaking tale of a Midwest farm girl's long, strange trip to become the world's sexiest, sassiest Halloween icon.

Have you recently completed a science fair project? Or have you always wanted to complete one? Now is your chance!Bring ...
05/25/2026

Have you recently completed a science fair project? Or have you always wanted to complete one? Now is your chance!

Bring your completed posterboard or poster detailing your Question, Background Research, experimental procedures, and Data, and your Conclusion to the Reference desk at our Thomas Branigan Memorial Library Location.

Please include photos if you can! Please also include your name and age!

There will be prizes awarded for projects by kids and projects by teens.

Posters and poster boards should be dropped off on or before Thursday, June 18th. They will be displayed until Saturday, June 27th, when they will be available for pickup.

Disclaimer: We can only display posters or poster boards; we cannot accept any other experiment-related items for display.


Have you recently completed a science fair project? Or have you always wanted to complete one? Now is your chance!

Bring your completed posterboard or poster detailing your Question, Background Research, experimental procedures, and Data, and your Conclusion to the Reference desk at our Thomas Branigan Memorial Library Location.

Please include photos if you can! Please also include your name and age!

There will be prizes awarded for projects by kids and projects by teens.

Posters and poster boards should be dropped off on or before Thursday, June 18th. They will be displayed until Saturday, June 27th, when they will be available for pickup.

Disclaimer: We can only display posters or poster boards; we cannot accept any other experiment-related items for display.

Join us at the Sage Cafe Branch Library every Thursday at 1 pm to play card games such as Skip-Bo and Phase 10.
05/23/2026

Join us at the Sage Cafe Branch Library every Thursday at 1 pm to play card games such as Skip-Bo and Phase 10.

Unearth a story with us!Sign up for Summer Reading and unearth a story on May 30th at our kick-off party with Rex and Fr...
05/23/2026

Unearth a story with us!
Sign up for Summer Reading and unearth a story on May 30th at our kick-off party with Rex and Friends, May 30 at Thomas Branigan Memorial Library, 11-1 PM.

Summer Reading is May 30th- July 18. Read once a day for 7 days to win a prize. Summer Reading is for all ages!
Join us throughout summer reading for special programs like summer science fair, movie marathons, or to learn about mammoths!

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200 E Picacho Avenue
Las Cruces, NM
88001

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Thursday 9am - 8pm
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Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sunday 1pm - 5pm

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