May 2026 & May 2nd

FOBL Presents Our
SPRING SYV Community Art Showcase
In connection with Mental Health Awareness month and Mother's Day

Featuring local artists from the Santa Ynez Valley:
Renée Kelleher, Maggie Powell, Sherry Uyeda & Alexandra Yakutis presenting in various mediums: oils, graphite, watercolors, colored pencil, charcoal, and ceramic.

The theme is “Creating from Within”expressing the love-bond between mother and child, the joy of life, sharing thoughts and feelings without words, and visually representing deeply felt emotions as part of a self-soothing process.

Our goal for our art showcases is to highlight Local Artists from the Santa Ynez Valley and bring art appreciation to the community.

The art exhibit will be on display the ENTIRE MONTH OF MAY available for viewing during regular FOBL hours with a special Wine & Cheese Artist Reception on
Saturday, May 2nd from 4:00pm - 6:00pm

The Friends’ Room regular open hours are: Mon. 10-Noon, Tue. 2-4pm,. Sat. 11-1pm. 202 Dairyland Rd, Buellton
(Accessible circle drop off; Parking Info)

All art is for display only. Contact information will be made available for the artists if any patrons are interested in purchasing any work privately. 

Friday, May 8th, 7pm, Free

Horse lovers and anyone concerned or curious about the future of wild horses will enjoy hearing Celeste Carlisle, who is the biologist for Lompoc's Return to Freedom (RTF) Wild Horse Conservation, with over three decades of experience.

She has worked alongside RTF to oversee and implement the fertility control program, RTF’s projects on policy changes in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and United States Forest Service (USFS) wild horse programs, and in on-range public- private partnerships for wild horse and burro management.

Celeste searches for meaningful and humane solutions to the management challenges facing wild-horses in a world with a rapidly changing climate and a multitude of stakeholder opinions.

FOBL President and long-time quilter, Holly Sierra offers up a custom made quilt in a yearly fundraiser to benefit FOBL. The theme for this years quilt is Americana in honor of celebrating the 250th birthday of our country.

The winning ticket will be drawn on July 25th at the BBQ Bonanza in Riverview Park where FOBL will have a booth to help spread awareness of FOBL in the community.

TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE:
$5 per ticket or $20 for 5

Find tickets:
• In the FOBL store during open hours
(Mon. 10-12, Tue 2-4, Sat. 11-1)
• Look for Holly at Upcoming  Events around town
• Sat, April 25 - 10am - 2pm - We will have a table at the Spring Peddler Fair at Riverview Park along with 60 other vendors! Stop by and say hello!
• More dates and locations to come, check back.
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Holly Sierra has been quilting for 40 years, is active in local quilting groups and participates in Crafts shows throughout SYV. She was on the Buellton City Council for 14 years, Mayor for 8 and is the current President of the Friends of the Buellton Library organization.  

Saturday, May 16th, 10am - 2pm

Our quarterly super-sized book sale!

(future dates are Aug 15 and Nov 14)

Our First Chalk Painting Festival

Stay tuned for date and details!

Saturday, March 21st at 2 pm

Did you ever stop to wonder…..
• How the bar code and the scanner came into existence?
• What if a local restaurant that seemed real wasn’t?
• How the casino affected the local band of Chumash Indians?

You can learn the answers to these questions and more at this panel discussion event with 3 local authors whose books will tell you all you wanted to know about these topics.

The local authors, Paul V. McEnroe, Jamie Baker and Paul H. Gelles, will share information about themselves and their books, and then sign and sell books. A portion of the book sales will be donated to the Buellton Library.

Location: In the Friends’ Room at the Buellton Library, 202 Dairyland, Buellton (Accessible circle drop off; Parking Info)
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Paul McEnroe, an IBM engineer, led the team that developed the Universal Product Code (UPC) or barcode system in the early 1970s, revolutionizing retail with automatic scanning. He pioneered both the barcode, which became an international standard in 1974, and the first laser-based scanners, significantly increasing checkout efficiency.

Jamie Baker's You Ate It is a story about big ideas, boy geniuses, girls of every persuasion, vineyards, pot farms, magical restaurants, sex and death, and coming to terms with one's gullibility. Taking place in the Santa Ynez Valley, a haven and heaven to so many, an eccentric group of friends, artists and chefs come together to create the experience of building dreams. 

Paul H. Gelles will discuss his book, Chumash Renaissance: Indian Casinos, Education, and Cultural Politics in Rural California. Looking at the local history of the Santa Ynez Valley, it shows how cultural and linguistic revitalization, as well as enhanced educational opportunities, have turned around two centuries of marginalization. 

March 2026 & March 7th

FOBL Presents Our Inaugural
SYV Community Art Showcase:
“The Enjoyment of Art”

Featuring local artists from the Santa Ynez Valley:
Susan Belloni, Laura Scandalis Cross, Ginny Speirs & Sherry Uyeda

The art exhibit will be on display the ENTIRE MONTH OF MARCH available for viewing during regular FOBL hours with a special Wine & Cheese Artist Reception on
Saturday, March 7th from 4:00pm - 6:00pm

The Friends’ Room regular open hours are: Mon. 10-Noon, Tue. 2-4pm,. Sat. 11-1pm. 202 Dairyland Rd, Buellton
(Accessible circle drop off; Parking Info)

All art is for display only. Contact information will be made available for the artists if any patrons are interested in purchasing any work privately. 

Saturday February 21st, 10am - 2pm

Lots of good titles at low prices:
$1 and $2 books, plus our new special section's pricings!
New extended hours until 2pm!

Sponsored by the Friends of the Buellton Library

at the Buellton Library, 202 Dairyland Rd.

All proceeds go to support the Buellton Library

Saturday, February 7th, 1:30 - 2:30 pm

EVERYONE WELCOME! Please come help us brainstorm ways that the Friends of the Buellton Library can assist the community and our library. We look forward to hearing your ideas.

Anyone interested in the Library is welcome to join us.

Saturday December 13th - 10 am to 1 pm

Sponsored by the Friends of the Buellton Library

at the Buellton Library

202 Dairyland where Valley Dairy curves to the right

Lots of good titles at low prices

Come early for best selection

Enjoy refreshments while browsing.

All proceeds go to support the Buellton Library

Join us for an inaugural speaker series program featuring local author Gary Robinson, a Native American of Choctaw/ Cherokee descent. His presentation will be based on his non-fiction book From Warriors to Soldiers, originally published in 2008 and revised in 2014. Mr. Robinson will share many little-known facts about Native Americans' service in the United States' armed forces from the Revolutionary War to modern times. Their service often went above and beyond the basic call of duty.  He will have signed copies of his book available for purchase.

Gary Robinson has written more than 20 books and produced several movies about Native Americans. He embraces topics with a multicultural approach and is dedicated to promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and environmental health awareness with his work. His “content with purpose” approach guides his creative impulses. More info about his work can be found at: www.Imaginative-Content.com

* FREE, Light refreshments served
* Sat. Oct, 11th - 7:00 PM
* At the Friends’ Room at the Buellton Library
202 Dairlyand Rd., Buellton, CA