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Zoom Community Meeting Tonight |
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Help shape the future of Berkeley Public Library with your input!
We are working on a strategic plan and need your feedback to make improvements and prioritize initiatives. Join us on Zoom tonight at 6pm.
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Can't make the Zoom meeting tonight?
Attend an in-person drop-in session in English or Español. We value your time and input! |
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Also, please take the community survey.
It should only take 5 minutes to complete. All responses are optional and anonymous. Thanks for your participation! |
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Teens: Become Berkeley's First-Ever Youth Poet Laureate |
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The Berkeley Youth Poet Laureate Program seeks 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, attend workshops 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!
Applications accepted through September 5.
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Upcoming Library Programs in July |
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Wednesday, July 26
6:30pm
Berkeley-based writer and professor Hannah Michell will discuss her new novel Excavations with Left Margin LIT co-founder David Roderick.
Michell's work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Mslexia and Asian Review of Books. |
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5:30pm |
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Friday, July 21
4pm |
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Thursday, July 20
6:30pm |
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Friday, July 28
4pm
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North
Saturday, July 22
2-5pm
The Library is holding a first-ever International Chess Day Tournament with two separate age categories, youth and adults.
Trophies and medals will be up for grabs in this casually competitive competition. Come test your skills and meet some other chess fanatics! |
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Wednesday, July 26 @ 2pmSaturday, July 29 @ 2pm
Come to our computer lab downtown and try out some of the newest AI technologies, including Chat GPT (text generator) and DALL-E (art generator).
Members from the UC Berkeley Kavli Center for Ethics, Science, and the Public will be there to facilitate a discussion of these new technologies and the governance surrounding them. |
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Upcoming Summer Fun for Kids |
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Saturday, July 22
3pm
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Mondays @ 6:30pm
Thursdays @6:30pm
*Feel free to wear your PJs!
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| West
Saturday, July 22
2-4pm
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| Tarea Hall Pittman South
Saturday, July 22
3pm |
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| Tarea Hall Pittman South
Tuesday, July 25
4pm |
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| WestFriday, July 28 3:30pm
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| NorthSaturday, July 29 11am |
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Tuesday, Aug 1
Tarea Hall Pittman South is hosting the Jazz Mobile and will have crafts and snacks.
Claremont is having refreshing beverages and crafts.
North Branch is having afternoon lawn games, popsicles, music and special guests from the Berkeley Fire Department. |
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For more event info,
book recommendations and other fun things...
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