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Local Author Events in August |
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| Tarea Hall PIttman South
Saturday, August 19
2pm |
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Saturday, August 19
4pm
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| Tarea Hall Pittman South
Friday, August 25
10am
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National Night Out: Tuesday, August 1
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North
3-5pm (National Afternoon!)
Lawn games, crafts, popsicles, music for the whole family & a visit from the Berkeley Fire Department fire engine 3:00-3:30!
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Tarea Hall Pittman South
5-7pm
Live music courtesy of the Bay Area Jazz Mobile, crafts & light refreshments
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Claremont
5-7pm
All-ages crafts &
refreshing beverages |
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| Tarea Hall Pittman South
1st Concert: Tuesday, August 1
4pm
Local keyboardist Marco Casasola will give the first concert in this series - amongst all our books!
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| George Florence Park
Saturday, August 5 @ 11am
Onye Onyemaechi offers a participatory experience of African drumming for all ages. |
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Saturday, August 51:30pm
All ages. |
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| West
Wednesday, August 16
1:30pm |
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| Central Library 1st floor & Via Zoom
Tuesday, August 155:30pm
Uranium: Skeletons from its Past, Myths of its Presents & Questions for Its Future
- Joe Brackbill, Chemistry, UC Berkeley
Turning the Tables on CO2 Fuels from Sunlight - Rajiv Ramanujam Prabhakar, Chemical Science Division, Berkeley Lab |
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Thursday, August 243-5pm |
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| Central & via Zoom
Tuesday, August 22
5:30pm
This lecture explores the stories of several different important and valuable works of art that have been rediscovered in unexpected places. The program reviews a brief background of each piece, artist, and how the piece got to be lost, and then found.
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| Tarea Hall Pittman South
Saturday, August 26
2pm
La Mezcla is a polyrythmic dance group rooted in Chicana, Latina and Indigenous traditions and social justice. Come enjoy their award-winning documentary followed by a dance demonstration. |
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Get Creative at the Library! |
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Saturday, August 5
11am
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| via Zoom
Tuesday, August 15
6pm |
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Saturday, August 263pm |
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| West
Tuesday, August 16
6pm |
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| Tarea Hall PIttman South
Saturday, August 1911am |
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For a full list of craft-related programs for all ages, filter the event calendar by category "crafts:"
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| Tarea Hall Pittman South
Tuesday, August 22 & 29
4pm |
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| West
Tuesday, August 22
4pm |
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| North
Thursday, August 10
3:30pm |
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Thursday, August 31
3:30pm |
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| Become Berkeley's First Ever Youth Poet Laureate |
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The Berkeley Youth Poet Laureate Program is a project to elevate and amplify Berkeley teens’ voices through poetry. Teens will get a chance to explore their civic voices, join a cohort of young writers, and help nurture a writing environment at the library and in school this Fall.
One person will be named Berkeley Youth Poet Laureate for 2024!
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| NorthSaturday, August 5
1:30pm |
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| Claremont
Saturday, August 12
11am |
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Wednesday, August 9
3:30pm |
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| Tarea Hall Pittman South
Saturday, August 12
10:30am |
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West
Saturday, August 12
11am |
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| NorthSaturday, August 19
10am |
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Saturday, August 19
11am |
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Saturday, August 26
10am
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Save the date for the Library’s free comic convention: October 28, 10am-5:30pm, at Central. There will be panels and author talks, cartooning and cosplay workshops, documentary screenings, an artist alley, vendor's hall, and an art exhibit from the Cartoon Art Museum in SF.
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Help shape the future of Berkeley Public Library! We are working on a strategic plan and need your feedback to make improvements and prioritize initiatives.
This survey should only take 5 minutes to complete. All responses are optional and anonymous.
Thanks for your participation & please forward this to others!
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Want to chat and provide feedback for the strategic plan?
There are two more community meetings happening: Saturday, August 26, 10am at Tarea Hall Pittman South & Saturday, September 16, 2pm at West in Spanish.
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For more event info,
book recommendations and other fun things...
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