Saturday, August 14th
1:00 p.m.
Main Library

Have concerns about your ability to retire on your timeline?  Have an old 401K that you want to work harder for you?  A local financial advisor will be available to assist you with your questions at the Hayward Public Library.  Space is limited and registration is required for this free program.  Please arrive at 12:30 p.m. to register.  For more information contact Melesha.owen@hayward-ca.gov or call 510-293-5239.

Monday, August 2nd
6:00 p.m. - Main Library

Saturday, August 7th
12:00 noon - Main  Library

Wednesday, August 18th
6:00 p.m.  - Weekes Branch Library

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

Friends of the Hayward Library book sales are held at the downtown Farmers Market on the second and fourth Saturday of each month. In case of rain, the sale will be in front of the Main Library.

The Hayward Fire Department is creating an interest list for the next CERT Program which will consist of 4 consecutive evening indoor classes and one "hands on" drill (that will take place outdoors). The City hopes to recruit 60 residents for this training for the month of September 2010.  Participants learn skills that will enable them to provide emergency assistance to their families and neighbors in the event of a major disaster. There will be no charge for the course.

The dates for the next CERT program are as follows:
 
Thursday, September 16, 6-8 p.m.
Wednesday, September 22, 6-9 p.m.
Wednesday, September 29, 6-9 p.m.
Thursday, October 7, 6-9 p.m.
Thursday, October 14, 5:30-9 p.m.
 
You must attend all classes in order to receive certification.

Residents who are potentially interested in this free training are encouraged to sign-up via the city's Disaster Preparedness website.

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Keep library books, DVDs, music, etc., as long as you want.  No due dates, no late fines - ever.

First month's subscription applies to existing fines.  All late items renewed at no charge.

 

Monday
August 30th
Two meetings - 10:00-11:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Main Library
Goodreads.com is the largest social network for readers in the world. A place for casual readers and bona-fide bookworms alike, Goodreads members recommend books, compare what they are reading, keep track of what they've read and would like to read, join book clubs and much more.
Are you interested in learning how to create a free account on GoodReads.com? Or maybe you're just curious to see what this social networking site is all about. Librarian and book group leader Sally Thomas will show you how the site works, help you create an account, add books and reviews to "bookshelves," and show you how to network with other readers. For more information, contact Sally.Thomas@hayward-ca.gov or call 510-881-7700.

Saturday, August 7th
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Main Library
Learn to reduce your stress level by laughing with facilitator Lydia Gonzales.

Wednesdays
August 11th & 25th
6:45 p.m.
Main Library

Discover the joys of knitting! All skill levels welcome.  Please bring size 10 or 10 1/2 knitting needles and the yarn of your choice.

Mondays
August 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd & 30th
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Main Library

Come and practice speaking English with others who are learning.  All levels are welcome.  No registration is required. Contact Melesha.Owen@hayward-ca.gov or 510-293-5239 for more information.

Mystery & Suspense
Tuesday, August 3rd @ 11:30 a.m., Le Paradis Bakery (D St. and Mission) and 6:30 - 7:45 p.m., Main Library
In Bootlegger's Daughter, the first book of Margaret Maron's North Carolina (Past Imperfect) mystery series, the author introduces heroine Deborah Knott, an attorney and the daughter of an infamous North Carolina bootlegger.  In a mystery adventure mixing Southern politics, detailed local color and a mysterious unsolved murder, Deb helps a teen find out who shot and killed her mother 18 years ago and why she had to die, uncovering dark local secrets along the way.
 
Discussion facilitated by Heidi.Ontiveros@hayward-ca.gov, 510-881-7975.
 
Mostly Literary Fiction
Monday,  August 9th @ Noon, Peet's Coffee (B St. and Mission) and  6:30-7:45 p.m., Main Library
We will be discussing Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill. Enslaved on a South Carolina plantation, Aminata Diallo works in the indigo fields and as a midwife. When she is bought by an entrepreneur from Charleston, she is torn from friends and family. The chaos of the Revolutionary War allows her to escape. In British-held Manhattan, she helps pen the Book of Negroes, a list of blacks rewarded for wartime service to the King with safe passage to Nova Scotia. During her travels in Canada, Sierra Leone, and England, Aminata strives for her freedom and that of her people - even when it comes at a price.

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! You must have an account on GoodReads.com to participate. Contact Sally for more information.
 
Autobiography & Memoir
Wednesday,  August 18th @ 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Main Library
The day after Islamic terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center, Tamim Ansary of San Francisco sent an anguished e-mail to twenty friends, discussing the attack from his perspective as an Afghan American. That message, spreading via the Internet, reached and touched millions of people around the world.  Now Ansary gives us West of Kabul, East of New York, a moving account of a life lived in two very different cultures, Islamic Afghanistan and the secular West.
 
Discussion facilitated by Abbe.Kalos@hayward-ca.gov, 510-881-7941.

Hayward Public Library

MAIN LIBRARY	WEEKES BRANCH
835 C Street	27300 Patrick Avenue
Hayward, CA 94541	Hayward, CA 94544
510-293-8685	510-782-2155

 HOURS
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 11-8
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 10-5

 

Email us: library@hayward-ca.gov