Alzheimer's Caregiver Group

Are you a caregiver to someone who has Alzheimer's? Join us for support, education and discussion.

Yoga Classes

Start your morning off with a peaceful and energizing yoga class! We recommend wearing loose clothes and bringing a yoga mat. This class meets before the building opens, so please knock to be let in.

Diabetes Education

Community meeting. This is not a library-sponsored event and is subject to change without notice.

Start the New Year with Meditation

Learn simple and effective meditation techniques that can make your dream of finding inner peace a reality. Instructor: William Smith, retired Lt. Army Colonel and meditation practitioner for over 30 years.

Ask a Master Gardener

Troubled about your tomatoes? Baffled over basil? Confounded by your creosote? Master Gardeners from the Pima County Cooperative Extension will be on hand to answer all your gardening questions. Turn your brown thumb to green by asking the experts!

Weight Loss: Manage your weight, improve your health

Did you make a New Year’s Resolution to lose weight? You are not alone! According to Gallup research:

• 56% of Americans want to lose weight
• the average amount of weight Americans want to shed is 16lb.
• a third of Americans are considered obese
• obesity is a national epidemic

The presenter, an M.D., non-surgically lost 100lb. over a year’s time beginning August 20, 2011. She used no special foods, medicines or weight loss products. She did use a certain exercise routine and a certain set of rules about food consumption, which she will share with the audience. But the presenter also found that, to lose significant weight, she needed to adopt a philosophy of weight loss. She found tips that helped her to stick to her principles every day.

If you are interested in losing weight, or are supporting the weight-loss success of someone close to you, and surgery is not part of the plan, you are invited to listen as one successful dieter and medical doctor shares her story.

Deeper into Meditation

Learn the most natural and effective techniques for meditation, and receive useful direction for deepening and stabilizing your meditation practice. This presentation is for both new and experienced meditators.
Instructor: William Smith, retired Lt. Army Colonel and meditation practitioner for over 30 years.

Pima Council on Aging

An ambassador will be available to provide information and referral service on issues concerning older people, such as housing options, transportation, food, mental health, caregiving, social services and legal aid. One-on-one discussion with an ambassador is available on a first-come first-served basis.

Start Your New Year with Meditation

Is peace an elusive state-of-mind for you? As a meditator of over 30 years, retired Lieutenant Army Colonel William Smith offers simple, effective techniques through which deeper concentration and true inner peace can be developed.

Yoga Classes

Start your morning off with a peaceful and energizing yoga class! We recommend wearing loose clothes and bringing a yoga mat. This class meets before the building opens, so please knock to be let in.

Now Showing at Your Library! in January - Soul Food Junkies

In Soul Food Junkies filmmaker Byron Hurt explores how the love and consumption of soul food affects the health of African Americans.

Free Screenings of PBS films are made possible through a partnership with Independent Television Service Community Cinema, PBS Independent Lens, Arizona Public Media, and Pima County Public Library's Now Showing at Your Library documentary film series.

Meditation For Everyone

Learn how meditation can relieve stress.
Presenter: Pat Ambrosic, meditation practitioner and retired teacher.

Gardening in Small Spaces

Come and learn how to grow your own flowers, herbs & vegetables in small places! This is a free event presented by the Community Food Bank.

Reducing Stress Through Meditation

The scientific community has recently been exploring the use of meditation as a healing modality. Join William Smith, retired Lt. Army Colonel as he discusses the extraordinary effect of meditation to reduce stress-related responses, improve concentration, enhance clarity of thought and mental equilibrium. He will also present a simple, yet powerful meditation technique that can enrich one's life personally, professionally and spiritually.