October Happenings
Help! We want your feedback on Family and Children's events at the Library
Your feedback is very valuable to us as we plan family and children's programs for the future. Survey closes October 16th.
 
 
Outdoor Workshops in front of the Tool Lending Library
 
 
Planting for Pollinators and Mitigating Wildfire Dangers

Saturday, October 2
12noon
 
 
 
Fall Planting Class

Saturday, October 23
12noon
 
 
Monthly Workshop Series
Berkeley Business Bootcamp

Thursday, Oct 14
12noon 
 
This month's topic:
How to Raise Funding from Supportive, Values-Aligned Investors
 
A partnership with the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce
 
Author Virtual Event
Douglas Wolk

Wednesday, October 27
6:30pm
 
Wolk presents a talk and slideshow about Captain America's 80 years as a funhouse-mirror reflection of American political history.

A discussion will follow.
 
“Wolk’s light and humorous style appeals. . . . [All of the Marvels] will likely become a bible for serious comics fans and a useful introduction and reference guide for all others. Highly recommended.”
—Library Journal 
 
“Wolk pulls off an extraordinary feat in this tour-de-force, distilling over 60 years of Marvel Comics stories into a fascinating guide that will resonate with true believers and neophytes alike. . . . Comics fans will be riveted.”
—Publishers Weekly 
 
Outdoor Performance on lawn at North
Cuauhtli Mitotiani Mexica

Saturday, October 16
11am

Founded in 1994, Cuauhtli Mitotiani Mexica is the RISE Danza program which provides native youth with the support for positive self-identity and healthy lifestyles through ancient cultural teachings.
UC Cal Scientist Monthly Lecture Series
Popping the Science Bubble
 
Tuesday, October 19
5:30pm
 
CSI: Supernova, the Death of a Star 
Daniel Brethauer, Astronomy
 and 
Getting lost in thought?
How the hippocampus maps the unseen world in our heads.
Eric Knudsen, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute
Urban Sketching on the UC Berkeley Campus
Monthly Urban Sketching

Wednesday, Oct 27
2:30pm 
 
Get outside and make some art!
At this meeting we will sketch the T-Rex and other dinosaur skeletons in the Valley Life Sciences building,
 
Virtual Book Clubs
 
 
 
Berkeley & Portland LGBT+ Book Club

Saturday, October 2
11am
October's book:
 
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir
by Kai Cheng Thom


BPL Monthly Book Club:
 
Tuesday, October 26
2pm

October's book:
 
Berkeley Noir
Stories by multiple authors
Resume Workshops
Empower Your Resume for Advantage

Tuesday, October 12
5pm
Updating Your Resume?
Watch Out!

Tuesday, October 26
5pm 
Virtual Puppet Show

Tommy's Space Adventure
(with a Halloween twist!)

Saturday, October 30
10:30am
Outdoor Musical Storytimes - Weekly
Grove Street Park
(across from Tarea Hall Pittman South)

Tuesdays 10:30am
On the Lawn at North

Wednesdays 10:30am
Bateman Park
(Near Claremont at 3027 Colby Street)

2nd, 3rd & 4th Thursday 10:30am
 
But wait, there's more events in October!
Check out the online calendar for a complete list of upcoming virtual and outdoor events at the Library.
Programming is made possible by the generous support of the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library.
 
From the City of Berkeley City Clerk's Office
Come to a virtual meeting where you can learn how to help shape new City Council district boundaries and even submit your own maps on paper or using online tools.  

The City’s eight Council boundaries are re-drawn every ten years using updated Census figures, but, for the first time in Berkeley, they’ll be drawn by an independent commission rather than elected officials.  

The launch of the public submission period is on Oct. 2, when you can come to the commission’s kick-off meeting.  

We’ll be making the online and printable mapping tools available after the meeting. During the meeting, we’ll demonstrate how to use them. You will also have the chance to share general thoughts on the redistricting process during the meeting.  
 
Saturday, October 2, 1pm  
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87605788482 
Phone: (669) 900-9128; Meeting ID: 876 0578 8482 
 
For questions or requests for accommodation or to receive printed copies of mapping tools, contact the City Clerk Department at redistricting@cityofberkeley.info or (510) 981-6908. 
 
All Library Locations will be closed on
Monday, October 11 in honor of Indigenous People's Day.
 
All locations will open late on Friday, October 29 at 11am.
 
Berkeley Public Library
2090 Kittredge St.
Berkeley, California 94704
510.981.6100
www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/