Library Happenings

Central
Thursday, February 2

11am

Overdrive is sunsetting their current app at the end of April. Switch to the Libby App now! This workshop will help you do this. Can't make this time? There are many tech help sessions every week, in-person or virtual; check the event calendar for days and time. Library staff are here to help!

Overdrive also has videos and FAQs on the switch to the Libby app, here.

Central - 5th floor
Friday, February 3

4pm

Listen and dance at the Library! This local band plays a variety of music including rock, pop, folk, and easy listening.  On Friday the band will be playing a mix of both covers and original music.  

Central- 2nd floor Mystery Room

Saturday, February 11
10:30am


Join us for an author talk and book signing with Sarah and Kaitlin Leung, authors of the newly released cookbook, The Woks of Life: Recipes to Know and Love from a Chinese American Family. Eastwind Books will be onsite and will have a limited number of copies to sell for attendees interested in purchasing a copy of the cookbook.

About the authors:

Sarah and Kaitlin Leung, along with their parents Bill and Judy, are the creators of The Woks of Life. Founded in 2013, The Woks of Life began as a quest to document one family’s history through food and has become the most popular online resource for Chinese cooking in English, recording generations of recipes for millions of home cooks.

Bill, Judy, Sarah and Kaitlin Leung (see above image) have been featured on PBS and Magnolia Network, and online by the Food Network and Good Morning America. The family lives in New Jersey, where they cook, write, and photograph recipes together—and continue their eternal debate over what’s for dinner.

Tarea Hall Pittman South

Saturday, February 11
1-6pm

Berkeley Historical Society and Museum curator Dr. Stephanie Johnson and co-curator Harvey Smith will introduce the exhibit pieces at 1pm.

West
Saturday, February 18

2pm

This humorous, highly immersive, and historically accurate talk uncovers the African-American roots of popular music genres that appear to be free of African-Americans. Utilizing a rich audiovisual presentation, Mark Montgomery French reveals the sonic secrets behind African-Americans’ cultural invisibility within the musical categories they helped define. 

Central
Saturday, February 18

10:30am

Explore the rock cycle while playing with candy. We'll also have a rock petting zoo and other ways to engage on the topic for young rock-and-mineral-lovers ages 7-12.

North
Thursdays 

Children ages 5-12 can sign up for a 20-minute session where they will read aloud to a dog from the Alliance of Therapy Dogs. Call 510.981.6250 or visit North to sign up.

Central
Saturdays at 10am beginning February 18

In-person 50-minute dance class followed by a 50-minute 1:1 mentoring session let by UC Berkeley students tailored for children ages 6-9. 

West

Fridays at 10:30am

Traiga a sus pequeños y participen en dulces cantares, lectura, y movimiento para comenzar a familiarizarnos con las letras y el aprendizaje.

Gently read, sing, and move together to start building readiness for early literacy and bilingual awareness.