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All Ages Art Café: Make Art with Newly Discovered Shapes!
Tarea Hall Pittman South Saturday, February 3
3pm |
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West Monday, February 5 (on an auspicious day!)
1pm |
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North Tuesday, February 6
6pm |
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Art Talk: Contemporary photographers Vik Muniz, Wolfgang Tillmans, and Zanele Muholi
West Wednesday, February 7
1pm
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West Saturday, February 10
1:30pm
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Tarea Hall Pittman South Saturday, February 10
3pm |
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Lewis Watts, co-author of Harlem of the West: the San Francisco Jazz Era, is an American photographer, archivist curator, art historian, author, lecturer, and educator who has collections at the SF MOMA.
Leon Williams is a Berkeley resident who toured the world performing with Gil Scott-Heron for 20 years and has performed with such luminaries as Kenny Burrell, David Hardiman, John Handy, Akira Tana, Larry Hancock and Arlington Houston.
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Darwin Day Conversation: Prehistoric Extinction Events & Natural Catastrophes that have Shaped Life on Earth
West Monday, February 12
4pm
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Claremont Saturday, February 17
2pm
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North Wednesday, February 21
6:30pm
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Central Saturday, February 17 2-5pm
The celebration includes Bilingual Mandarin Storytime, Chinese dance, Lion Dancers, Concerts, Crafts and a vendor fair with authors and artists!
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African Drumming, Songs, Dancing & Stories for All Ages
North Saturday, February 24 11am
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West Saturday, February 24 1:30pm
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Central Saturday, February 24 2pm
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Soul Soup: Call & Response Songs, Spirituals, Drumming and More with Amber Hines
Tarea Hall Pittman South Saturday, February 24 4pm
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Virtual Program Tuesday, February 27 9:30am
Middle grade author of Not An Easy Win, Chrystal D. Giles, will talk about her writing journey, her inspiration for writing about social justice, and youth activism followed by a Q&A. |
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West Wednesday, February 28
5pm
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Author Visit + Children's Craft with Nana Ekua Brew Hammond
Central Wednesday, February 28
3:30pm
Discover the surprising ways the color blue was made in places as far away as Egypt and closer to home, in South Carolina. The author of the NAACP Image Award nominated picture book Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky will lead a dyemaking exercise.
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Jazz Concert: Michael Marcus Quartet (clarinet, piano, bass, drums) and Special Guest Saxophonist Noel Jewkes
Tarea Hall Pittman South Thursday, February 29
6pm
This concert is sponsored by the Jazz Foundation of America.
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| There are many more programs happening at all five of our libraries and online: |
Event Calendar |
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| The Friends are having a big sale! |
The Friends of the Berkeley Public Library generously provides funding for many library programs and they are having a big MUSIC sale all month long at their Channing book store. All items are $1.50 or less! Some highlights:
Organ, art song, choral, piano scores
Music history and performance practice books for both general readers and specialists
Children's instructional books
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Channing Book Store Info |
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Last month we kicked off our year-long Kindness in the Library campaign with programs and collections centering kindness.
This month, we are partnering with the Alameda Food Bank to collect food donations in our libraries. The Food Bank receives lots of donation during November and December but very much needs donations at this time of year, too!
The next time you swing by a branch, if you can, please bring some new, packaged food donations too.
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Inaugural Youth Poet Laureates have been selected! |
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The first ever Berkeley youth poet laureate program has commenced! Learn about the process, read the submissions and learn about Berkeley's inaugural poet and vice poet laureates:
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Collections Update: Learn American Sign Language for free with the Mango app + your Library Card
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Working together to make a great public library extraordinary...
Thank you Foundation & Friends! |
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All Libraries are closed on Monday, February 19th for President's Day. Stream movies, read e-Books & magazines, listen to e-Audiobooks and music 24/7 at berkeleypubliclibrary.org.
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For more event info, book recommendations and other fun things...
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