Homework Help

Free tutoring is available on site for all ages. Subjects include math, science, social studies and writing.

Also available: Connect to online Homework Help (2–11 pm every day except major holidays).

The tutor is available Monday-Wednesday after school. Call 520-387-6075 for more information.

SW Style: Death of a Town

A panel of four longtime Ajo residents -- Jose Castillo, Louie Walters, Bryan Blow and Paul Vasquez -- will provide first-person perspectives about the devastating effects on the people and community during the 1983 mine strike and the closing of the mine at the end of 1984. What happened to the miners and their families, other residents, the school, bank and businesses.

Children's Storytime

Parents/caregivers and children interact through stories, songs, and rhymes. Stories fit the child's attention span. Storytime can last between 20 and 45 minutes.

Homework Help

Free tutoring is available on site for all ages. Subjects include math, science, social studies and writing.

Also available: Connect to online Homework Help (2–11 pm every day except major holidays).

The tutor is available Monday-Wednesday after school. Call 520-387-6075 for more information.

Homework Help

Free tutoring is available on site for all ages. Subjects include math, science, social studies and writing.

Also available: Connect to online Homework Help (2–11 pm every day except major holidays).

The tutor is available Monday-Wednesday after school. Call 520-387-6075 for more information.

Minute To Win It

Contestants take part in 60-second challenges that use objects commonly available around the house. Enjoy the fun; win prizes.

Discover the Skies from Arizona

Robert "Rob" Sparks, science education specialist with the National Optical Astronomy Observatory's Kitt Peak National Observatory west of Tucson, will highlight the various observatories and telescopes that take advantage of Arizona's dark clear skies, their history and some of the major advances in astronomy that have been made in the state.

Bilingual Family Storytime / Hora de Cuentos

This is an opportunity for parents to introduce their children to reading and language in a fun way.

Se presenta en español y en inglés. Es una experiencia excelente en los dos idiomas para niños bilingües y monolingües.

Homework Help

Free tutoring is available on site for all ages. Subjects include math, science, social studies and writing.

Also available: Connect to online Homework Help (2–11 pm every day except major holidays).

The tutor is available Monday-Wednesday after school. Call 520-387-6075 for more information.

Author: Diana Gabaldon

Award-winning author Diana Gabaldon kicked off her Outlander series in 1991 with the book by the same name. Subsequently, six books have been added to the series (Dragonfly In Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, and An Echo In The Bone). The next book in the series, Written In My Own Heart's Blood, will be released in early 2013.

While she says the books are "engineered to stand alone," she still recommends reading them in order of publication. The series is published in 26 countries and 23 languages, and includes a (somewhat) nonfiction (companion volume that provides details on the settings, background, characters, research, and writing of the novels.
The program is presented by the Friends of the Salazar-Ajo Library.

Herbert the Entertainer

Sit back and enjoy the music of Herbert Maassen. His original songs cover a variety of genres, from Vienna waltzes to polkas to Latin American-style songs and German tunes.

Homework Help

Free tutoring is available on site for all ages. Subjects include math, science, social studies and writing.

Also available: Connect to online Homework Help (2–11 pm every day except major holidays).

The tutor is available Monday-Wednesday after school. Call 520-387-6075 for more information.

SW Series: Tohono O'odham Basketry

Meet Tohono O'odham artist Annie Antone, who learned basketmaking from her mother and made her first basket at age 19. Since then, her baskets have been shown across the U.S. and abroad: She was invited to demonstrate basketweaving and to show her baskets in London in 1997.

She is known for her original designs, for which she consistently wins prizes at the Santa Fe Indian Market and other prestigious Native American art events. She has won Best of Show at the Heard Museum Indian Fair. She has been said to "redefine tradition" which each basket she creates.

Children's Storytime

Parents/caregivers and children interact through stories, songs, and rhymes. Stories fit the child's attention span. Storytime can last between 20 and 45 minutes.

Homework Help

Free tutoring is available on site for all ages. Subjects include math, science, social studies and writing.

Also available: Connect to online Homework Help (2–11 pm every day except major holidays).

The tutor is available Monday-Wednesday after school. Call 520-387-6075 for more information.