Tuesday
October 20th
@ 6:00 p.m.
Main Library

Denise Michelle Harris, author of the bestselling novel Sweet Bye-Bye, continues her free writer's workshop series.  Denise will lead workshop participants in exercises from The Making of a Story: A Norton Guide to Creative Writing by Alice LaPlante. This workshop will be based on Chapter 1: What is this Thing Called Creative Writing?  Participants can complete the exercises before class, and, time permitting, will have the opportunity to share excerpts from their writing. For more information, or to get a copy of the writing exercises, contact Sally at 510-881-7700 or Sally.Thomas@hayward-ca.gov. Advance registration is required - call 510-881-7980 to sign up.

Saturday
October 31st @
1:00 p.m.
Main Library

Panel discussion and book signing with local mystery authors Dana Fredsti, Janet La Pierre, Diana Orgain, and Terri Thayer, with Margaret Grace (Camille Minichino) as the facilitator. They will be discussing their writing processes, their books and the state of the publishing industry. Questions are welcome. Copies of their books will be on sale at the event.

Saturday, October 10th @
1:00 p.m.
Main Library

A panel of Alameda County social service professionals will speak about the challenges, strategies, and blessings of caring for aging parents, with a focus on local resources.  You'll learn tips for coping with mobility issues, memory changes, food and drug liabilities, and mental health.  This is a follolw-up to the Gail Goeller program, Caring for Aging Parents.

Wednesdays, October 14th, 21st & 28th
6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Weekes Branch Library

Practice speaking English with others who are learning. All skill levels are welcome.

Saturday, October 3rd @
10:30 a.m.
Main Library


Learn to design and install beautiful, Mediterranean-inspired, water-efficient landscaping in your home. Seating is limited. Advance registration is required. Presented by Leigh Gronet of Leigh Designs, Richmond.  Sponsored by the City of Hayward in conjunction with BAWSCA (Bay Area Water Supply & Conservation Agency). To register, call 510-583-4713 or email Utilities.Administration@hayward-ca.gov. Coffee & refreshments provided by BAWSCA.

Saturday, October 3rd @
12:00 noon - Main Library
Monday, October 5th @
6:00 p.m. - Main Library
Monday, October 17th @
6:00 p.m. - Weekes Branch Library

Need legal advice? Don't know where to being?  Get 15 minutes of free legal advice with a licensed attorney. Registration begins 30 minutes before the session begins. Space is limited.  Consultations may be assigned by lottery. Program sponsored by the Alameda County Bar Association.

Tuesday, October 27th @
6:00 p.m.
Main Library

Can you own a sound?  As hip-hop rose from the streets of New York to become a multibillion-dollar industry, artists such as Public Enemy and De La Soul began reusing parts of previously recorded music for their songs.   But when record label company lawyers got involved - everything changed. Years before people started downloading music off the internet, hip-hop sampling sparked a debate about copyright, creativity and technological change, and the debate still rages today.  This is a free public screening of Copyright Criminals, which will be aired on PBS in January, 2010.
COPYRIGHT CRIMIINALS is a co-production of Benjamin Franzen, Kembrew McLeod and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). The Emmy award-winning series Independent Lens is jointly curated by ITVS and PBS and is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) with additional funding provided by PBS and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Saturday
October 31st @
11:00 a.m.
Main Library

Marta Acosta, author of the Casa Dracula series, will be here to regale you with excerpts from her books & her Young Adult Gothic novel The Shadow Girl of Birch Grove. She will also speak about Vampire lore and her creative process.

Wednesdays
October 14th & 28th @
6:45 p.m.
Main Library

Experienced knitters Star Urioste and Zanaib Green will help novices create a scarf for the first project.  Future projects may include hats, gloves, and sweaters, even socks!  Please bring size 10 or 10 1/2 knitting needles and the yarn of your choice.  All skill levels welcome.

Saturday
October 3rd @
3:00-5:00 p.m. Main Library
Learn to reduce your stress level by laughing with facilitator Lydia Gonzales.

Book sales are coordinated by the Friends of the Library and are held on the second and fourth Saturday of each month at the Hayward Farmers Market at the corner of Watkins and C Streets.

Mystery & Suspense
Tuesday, October 6th @ 6:30 - 7:45 p.m., Main Library
This month we will be reading Vanish with the Rose by Barbara Michaels, a modern gothic suspense novel featuring a shrewd lawyer determined to find her missing younger brother.  Posing as an old rose specialist, she searches the Nicholson estate and finds ghosts, friendships and true love.
Discussion facilitated by Heidi.Ontiveros@hayward-ca.gov, 510-881-7975.
 
Mostly Literary Fiction
NOTE: Meeting is on Tuesday instead of the usual Monday
Tuesday, October 13th @ 6:30 - 7:45 p.m., Main Library
We will be discussing The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows. As London is emerging from the shadow of World War II, writer Juliet Ashton discovers her next subject in a book club on Guernsey - a club born as a spur-of-the-moment alibi after its members are discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island.  Discussion facilitated by Sally.Thomas@hayward-ca.gov, 510-881-7700. Not able to attend meetings but want to discuss this book with others? Join GoodReads.com and participate in online discussions! Contact Sally for more information.
 
Autobiography & Memoir
Wednesday, October 21st @ 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Main Library
This month we will be discussing The Good Good Pig by Sy Montgomery. When Sy Montgomery opened her heart to a sick piglet, she had no idea that this creature, later named Christopher Hogwood, would provide her with something she had sought all her life: an anchor to family, home, and community.  Montgomery reveals what she and others learned from this generous soul- lessons about self-acceptance, the value of community, and the pleasures of the sweet green earth. 
Discussion facilitated by Abbe.Kalos@hayward-ca.gov, 510-881-7941.

 
"Globetrotters"
Tuesday, October 27th @ 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Weekes Branch Library
We will discuss Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. Plagued with despair after a nasty divorce, the author, in her early 30s, divides a year equally among three dissimilar countries, exploring her competing urges for earthly delights and divine transcendence.
Discussion facilitated by Melesha.Johnny@hayward-ca.gov, 510-293-5239.

Hayward Public Library

MAIN LIBRARY	WEEKES BRANCH
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Hayward, CA 94541	Hayward, CA 94544
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 HOURS
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 11-8

Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 10-5

 

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