Adults, Teens & Kids: join us this June 2 - August 5 for reading and learning fun! Read (or listen to) books, do activities, come to library events, and win great prizes too. Free sign-up books, too.
Ages 18 and under: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays lunch will be served at the Central Library from 12noon - 2pm. Also, join activities like art and writing workshops, story times, cooking demos, films, and more.
Presented in collaboration with Berkeley Unified School District. Funding provided by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library and the CA State Library.
Alternative Music Foundation @ 924 Gilman Saturday, June 24 2-5pm
Award-winning graphic novelist and filmmaker, James Spooner, will be in conversation at Berkeley’s iconic 924 Gilman Street with Justin Hall, cartoonist and educator.
Spooner's 2022 graphic novel, The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere., is a coming-of-age memoir depicting his reckoning with identity, racism, clumsy teen love and belonging in an isolated California desert town and in the punk community.
This author talk will conclude with a live amplified musical performance by special musical guests.
“After our first story aired—about an abandoned car on Mount Tamalpais—listeners wrote in to tell us how thrilled they were to learn the answer to a question they’d long wondered about. Hundreds of questions poured in overnight. That’s when I knew Bay Curious was onto something.”
Author, journalist and nationally syndicated TV and radio host Sonali Kolhatkar visits for a conversation with activist, playright, and KPFA radio host Cat Brooks to celebrate the release of Kolhatkar's new book Rising Up, available June 27th from City Lights. Copies of the book will be available for sale at the event from Pegasus Books.
This event will be recorded for broadcast on KPFA radio.
Presented in collaboration with Pride Asia, Lavender Phoenix, UC Berkeley Departments of Ethnic Studies and Anthropology, and the UC Berkeley Center for the Study of Sexual Culture
This humorous and highly immersive talk reveals the awe-inspiring female song makers, beat-shakers, and dealmakers nudged to the margins of music history. Featuring: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Wendy Carlos, Maria Schneider, and more!
Offered in partnership with the Culture Center of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in San Francisco (Milpitas) and the Taiwan Center for Mandarin Learning. This program is sponsored by the Education Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in San Francisco.
