Whether you are looking at how you use money, time, or any other source of energy to achieve your goals, Maria Nemeth, Ph.D., has discovered a way for you to do it.   Dr. Nemeth will lead a financial workshop on Saturday, March 24 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Robbie Waters Pocket-Greenhaven Library, 7335 Gloria Drive, Sacramento.

Dr. Nemeth encourages people to think of money as another kind of energy and then consider how they handle each kind of energy–such as physical vitality, enjoyment and creativity. She stresses this is not an investment manual, nor a collection of tips on how to save money. Instead, it is a guide that lays out 12 principles for personal fulfillment that will help individuals decide what it is they really want in life and how to use their money to achieve their goals.

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The Sacramento Public Library is inviting school-age children to celebrate National Science Literacy Month at a special free craft program on Thursday, February 16 at 4 p.m. at the Arcade branch, 2443 Marconi Avenue, Sacramento.

The children’s event is an engineering free-for-all, featuring tinker toys galore, a spaghetti-marshmallow bridge competition, and prizes.

For more information, telephone the Sacramento Public Library at (916) 264-2920 or visit www.saclibrary.org.

The Sacramento Public Library is presenting free, job search programs to help community members find employment. The Job Seeker programs are scheduled through June at select Sacramento Public Library locations.

“With local unemployment nearing 12 percent, the Sacramento Public Library is providing our helpful resources as learning tools to search for jobs, improve interview skills, refine resumes, and more,” said Rivkah K. Sass, library director. “We care about our community residents, as many are our library card holders and others who frequent our 28 library locations. We are all in these tough economic times together.”
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The Sacramento Public Library also has JobNow, a free online service to help job seekers with 24/7 access to online job coaching, resume help, and other online resources to guide Sacramento Public Library patrons in helping them to get a new job.

Library patrons can access this free service by clicking the JobNow link on the library’s web page at www.saclibrary.org and entering their Sacramento Public Library card number and personal identity number (PIN).

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The Sacramento Public Library has invited local author Barry S. Martin to discuss his book, Forgotten Aviator: The Adventures of Royal Leonard, on Saturday, January 21 at 2 p.m. at its Arden-Dimick branch, 891 Watt Avenue, Sacramento.

Royal Leonard was 20th century Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek’s personal pilot, co-conspirator with the famed World War II Flying Tigers commander, and aviator on the Skyway to Hell. The author will talk about the Golden Age of American Aviation and the Sino-Japanese War of the 1930s and 1940s.

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The Sacramento Public Library is presenting free, job search programs to help community members find employment. The Job Seeker programs are scheduled through June at the Rancho Cordova, Robbie Waters Pocket-Greenhaven, North Highlands-Antelope, North Natomas, and Arcade library branches. Program listings can be found on the library website at www.saclibrary.org and clicking the Job Seeker box.

“With local unemployment nearing 12 percent, the Sacramento Public Library is providing our helpful resources as learning tools to search for jobs, improve interview skills, refine resumes, and more,” said Rivkah K. Sass, library director. “We care about our community residents, as many are our library card holders and others who frequent our 28 library locations. We are all in these tough economic times together.”

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The Sacramento Public Library invites teens to bring their creativity and build items from Tinkertoys, uncooked spaghetti, marshmallows, and more. The free program is scheduled Friday, January 13 at 4 p.m. at the Rancho Cordova branch, 9845 Folsom Boulevard, Sacramento.

The Sacramento Public Library will present a Punch and Judy puppet show on Thursday, January 12 at 4 p.m. at the Arcade branch, 2443 Marconi Avenue, Sacramento.

The free show for school-age children features the puppet character of Mr. Punch, the perennial trickster and anti-hero, who appears in most folk puppetry throughout the world. This show is performed within the traditional framework while keeping a contemporary edge.

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The Sacramento Public Library invites adults to meet mystery-author Michele Drier at a free program on Saturday, November 5 at 3 p.m. at its Belle Cooledge branch, 5600 South Land Park Drive, Sacramento.

Shadows from the past haunt a political family in Drier’s latest mystery book, Edited for Death. Her other book (available as an e-Book), SNAP: The World Unfolds, is the first of the vampire-romance series, featuring the Kandesky vampire family.

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The Sacramento Public Library will present Chris Gall, award-winning children’s book author and illustrator of Dinotrux and Substitute Creacher, on Wednesday, October 26 at two of its library branches:

• 3:30 p.m.: Rancho Cordova Library, 9845 Folsom Blvd., Sacramento
• 6:30 p.m.: Arden-Dimick Library, 891 Watt Avenue, Sacramento

Gall’s lively program will feature a reading of one of his popular illustrated books and a visual presentation of how a book gets made from writing to drawing to printing.  He will also show an animation he created highlighting his life as a child, as well as showing the animations he drew for his last two books. He was once a stand-up comedian, so this will be fun!

Copies of Gall’s books will be available for purchase and signing at each program. For more information, please telephone the Sacramento Public Library at (916) 264-2920 or visit www.saclibrary.org.