Get ready for summer reading fun at Oro Valley Branch Library

Cyra Patanwala models her T-Rex mask for her mother, Kiplin, who cut the eye holes at the Summer Reading Kickoff at the Oro Valley Library, 1305 W. Naranja Drive. The Dig Into Reading program, for children through age 12, runs through July 20. The Pima County Public Library system has readin…

Get ready for summer reading fun at Oro Valley Branch Library

Talia Mogul takes a final look at her bookworm bookmark before pronouncing it done.

Get ready for summer reading fun at Oro Valley Branch Library

Tai Holmes sends his targets flying as he bowls gnomes during the Summer Reading Kickoff at the Oro Valley Library last Saturday.

Get ready for summer reading fun at Oro Valley Branch Library

Ella Marchiano eyes her work as she carefully cuts out the mask she has just colored at the Summer Reading Kickoff, where kids enjoyed three hours of activities.

Get ready for summer reading fun at Oro Valley Branch Library

Leeah Payne assembles a T-Rex skeleton using pieces held up with magnets on a board during the festivities and sign-up for the Summer Reading program.

Get ready for summer reading fun at Oro Valley Branch Library

Eckstrom library reopens on Sunday after major face-lift

The Eckstrom-Columbus Library will reopen on Sunday after being closed for eight months.

Free class gives tips and resources to job seekers

The Murphy-Wilmot Library, 530 N. Wilmot Road, is having an event to help job seekers, called Career Connections.

Get health questions answered for free at the library

If you have a health related question, need to find low-cost health care resources in Pima County or want to know what your blood pressure is, head over to the Murphy-Wilmot Library, 530 N. Wilmot Road, tomorrow at noon.

Pima County Library wants kids to 'dig in'

Participants play Yu Gi Oh at a Manga Mania event at the Murphy-Wilmot library. Manga is a form of Japanese comics.

Pima County Library wants kids to 'dig in'

Danielle Van Derlaske hands a free book to her daughter, Tatum, 1, with brother Braiden Van Derlaske, 2, during a Pima County Library summer reading event at the Reid Park Zoo.

Pima County Library wants kids to 'dig in'

Summer vacation's almost here, and it's time to dig in - to books.

Eckstrom-Columbus Library good as new; Himmel next for remodel

Renovations at one Tucson library are wrapping up, while work at another is gearing up.

Free project at Wheeler Taft Abbett Library

I have to say the best deal in town is the public library. There are family activities, and you can check out movies, music and books - all for free. 

Book sale to benefit Tucson's public libraries

Friends of the Pima County Library is having a book sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 22 through 25 at Book Barn, 2230 N. Country Club Road.

Flowing Wells branch library to re-open Feb. 19

The Flowing Wells branch of the Pima County Public Library will re-open next week after damage caused by a fire that broke out Wednesday night are repaired.

Free classes and presentations at libraries

There are a ton of free classes, presentations and activities at any of Pima County's Public Libraries.

Jackson just can't quit taking on J.R.R. Tolkien challenges

"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" is the first of the trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy novel, "The Hobbit."

Jackson just can't quit taking on J.R.R. Tolkien challenges

LOS ANGELES - Peter Jackson has a message for J.R.R. Tolkien: I can't quit you.

Pima College to show off new center

Pima Community College will host a neighborhood open house and barbecue this week to mark the opening of its new 29th Street Coalition Center, housed in the former Roberts Elementary School campus.