"Book to Action" Discussion:  

Farm City

Monday, March 21st  

Two meetings:

12 Noon at Peet's Coffee (B Street and Mission)  

6:30 p.m. at Main Library

Join us for part one of the Library's first "Book to Action" program, which invites you to discuss a timely book, to be followed with an opportunity to volunteer for a local organization that implements the ideas you have read about. Meet with local community members to discuss Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer by Novella Carpenter, a charming memoir about running an urban farm in an abandoned lot in downtown Oakland. On her small plot, Carpenter not only grows a wide variety of vegetables, but also raises bees, goats, rabbits, geese, and other farmyard animals.

Meet Novella Carpenter, Bestselling Author of  

Farm City

Sat., March 26

2:00 p.m.

Main Library

A graduate of the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, where she studied with Michael Pollan, Novella Carpenter writes about urban farming and sustainable-food production for various publications, including her blog, Ghost Town Farm. Carpenter has written for Mother Jones, Salon and SF Gate, and her best-selling memoir Farm City was named a best book in 2009 by the New York Times and other media. Don't miss the opportunity to talk about the Library's "Book to Action" selection with the author herself!

Co-sponsored by the Chabot College Foundation, the Chabot College Book Club, Friends of the Hayward Public Library, and the AAUW Hayward/Castro Valley Branch. [Additional funding provided by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).]                    

Write Your Story: Writer Workshop with Denise Michelle Harris

Main Library

Investor Education in the Library

Saturday

March 19

10:15-11:30 a.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 on hand to provide information on various topics and assist you with your questions.  Space is limited and registration is recommended. To register or for more information contact

Melesha.owen@hayward-ca.gov or call 510-293-5239.

Lawyer in the Library 

Need help with reading, writing, or spelling? 

You can get FREE TUTORING IF:

• You read below the 8th grade level
• You can speak English
• You are 18+ and not in high school
• You never went to college

Call 510-881-7910

Literacy Plus - Hayward Public Library 

Knitting Circle

Discover the joys of knitting by joining our knitting circle at the Hayward Library. Experienced knitter Zanaib Green will help novice knitters with easy projects such as scarves and shawls and more advanced knitters with projects such as hats, gloves, socks and sweaters.  All levels of knitters are welcome.  Please bring size 10 or 10 1/2 knitting needles and the yarn of your choice, additional yarn will be available at the meeting.

Laughter Yoga 

Smart Yoga  

10:30 a.m.
Main Library

This new monthly yoga workshop for all ages is  presented by

yoga instructor

Charla Jean. Learn beneficial yoga postures designed to increase your range of motion, augment flexibility and balance, enhance vitality, and strengthen your sense of inner calm. Please bring a yoga mat.   

Food Stamp Eligibility Clinic

Monday, March 7th

11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Need help applying for food stamps? Staff from the Alameda County Community Food Bank will be conducting screenings. Bring your identification, social security number, and recent bank statement to determine your eligibility. Advance registration is required. Call 510-881-7980 to register.

Get a Great Deal on Books!

Downtown

Farmer's

Market Book Sale

Book Discussion Groups

Mystery & Suspense - Locked In
Tuesday, March 1st @ 11:30 a.m., Le Paradis Bakery (D St. and Mission)
In Marcia Muller's intense mystery thriller, San Francisco private eye Sharon McCone has been shot in the head by an unknown assailant and is "locked in" her body, unable to communicate with her frantic husband and her agency's employees, except by blinking her eyes. How she manages to help them expose the shooter as she works on breaking free of her paralysis makes a riveting and fascinating story with multiple twists and turns and a shocking ending.
 
Discussion facilitated by Heidi.Ontiveros@hayward-ca.gov, 510-881-7975.
 
Mostly Literary Fiction - Lost City Radio
Monday, March 14th @ Noon, Peet's Coffee (B St. and Mission) and 
6:30-7:45 p.m., Main Library
Set in a fictional South American nation where guerrillas have long clashed with the government, acclaimed Bay Area writer Daniel Alarcón's novel follows a trio of characters upended by civil strife. Imparting comfort while reading the names of missing people to her war-ravaged listeners, radio host Norma finds her life irrevocably changed when a young boy from a remote jungle village provides a connection to her long-missing husband..
 
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 - Crazy for God
Wednesday, March 16th @ 6:30-7:45 p.m., Main Library
By the time he was nineteen, Frank Schaeffer's parents, Francis and Edith Schaeffer, had achieved global fame as bestselling evangelical authors and speakers, and Frank had joined his
father on the evangelical circuit. He would go on to speak before thousands in arenas around America, publish his own evangelical bestseller, and work with such figures as Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell. But all the while Schaeffer felt increasingly alienated, precipitating a crisis of faith that would ultimately lead to his departure-even if it meant losing everything. With honesty, empathy, and humor, Schaeffer delivers a fascinating insider's look at the American evangelical movement and a deeply affecting personal odyssey of faith.
 
Group is facilitated by Abbe.Kalos@hayward-ca.gov, 510-881-7941.