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Photo Gallery
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The Library will be closed
Monday, September 3 (Labor Day)
Monday, September 10 (California Admission Day) |
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 Classical Guitar Recital
Saturday, September 29
3:00 p.m., Weekes Branch
Please join us for a free recital presented by Classical Guitar Students of the East Bay. With a history spanning four centuries, classical guitar is both romantic and melodic. Relax, breathe, and enjoy!
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Making the Connection
Wednesday, September 5
6:30 p.m., Main Library
This seminar, presented by Life West Chiropractic College, is a community-wide opportunity to learn more about Health and Wellness. The news and the Internet provide many tips on what to do to stay healthy, but they rarely make the connection as to why those health tips are supposed to work. This short presentation will help you make better, healthier decisions by helping you understand how your body works, how to manage sickness, and how healthy living can change your life.
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Teach Someone to Read ~ Change a Life 
Become a literacy tutor for Literacy Plus - You'll be amazed at what you learn! Tutor an adult in reading, writing and critical thinking skills. We are a learner-centered program that serves adults in Hayward, offering individualized learning plans for our learners and tutors. Break the cycle of illiteracy and promote education and a lifelong love of learning.
The Hayward Public Library, Literacy Plus program helps adults and their families improve their reading and writing skills so they are able to achieve their educational, career, and personal life goals.
The next Tutor Orientations will be on September 4 and 11, 2012. Tutor Training will begin on Saturday, September 15. All sessions are required and participants must register in advance. Please call 510-881-7910 for more information.
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Knitting Circle
Wednesdays
September 12 & 26
6:30 p.m.
Main Library
All levels of knitters, be they beginners or experts, and other yarn crafters are invited to join Hayward Public Library's Knitting Circle. Bring your knitting or yarn project and knit along with us.On September 12th, our topic will be mittens. Stitches will be demonstrated and there will be an opportunity to practice techniques.
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Lawyer in the Library 
Saturday, September 1
12 noon-2 p.m. - Main Library
Wednesday, September 19
6 p.m.-7:45 p.m. - Weekes Branch
Do you need free legal advice? Don't know where to begin? Get 15 minutes of free legal advice at the Hayward Public Library with a licensed attorney. Registration in person is required. Registration begins 30 minutes before the first session. Space is limited. Consultation is assigned by lottery. Lawyer in the Library is sponsored by the Alameda County Bar Association. Call 510-881-7980 for more information.
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Visit Museums & More for Free!
Discover & Go, the library's new museum pass reservation system, provides library cardholders with the ability to make reservations to local museums and cultural institutions at free or discounted prices. The number of persons admitted per pass varies by venue.
Discover & Go passes can be printed online. Each Discover & Go pass expires immediately after the reservation date - no returns required and no possibility for overdue fines! This unique program allows library users to make reservations online by date or by venue and immediately print out a pass.
Consult the Discover & Go page for more information and to reserve passes. Note: The Discover & Go page is in testing mode until September 4th. Passes reserved before that date will not be valid. |
Literacy Plus ~ Planet Green
 Everyone knows recycling is good for the environment, but did you know that recycling is also good forthe Literacy Plus program? We recently partnered with Planet Green, a printer cartridge and cell phone remanufacturing and recycling company, to start an exciting new fundraiser that recycles mobile phones and used printer cartridges - and we want you to be part of it! Taking part is easy - simply drop off any of the listed items. The drop-off location is the Hayward Public Library. Inkjet Cartridges ~ Cell Phones/Pagers ~ GPS & Radar Detectors ~ Calculators ~ Mobile Hot Spots ~ EBooks Readers ~ IPOD/MP3 Players ~ iPads/TabletsDigital/Video Cameras ~ PDAS ~ Video Game Consoles & Handhelds ~ Video Games & Accessories Let's work together, one cartridge and cell phone at a time, to clean up the planet and raise money for a worthwhile cause! For more information call Literacy Plus 510-881-7911. |
 Be a Part of Hayward's Future!
Help Update the General Plan
Hayward is updating its General Plan and we need your input! We're seeking volunteers and have info plus an email list on our website.
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 Upcoming Free CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) Program
The Hayward Fire Department is providing a CERT Training Program which will consist of 4 evening indoor classes and 1 outdoor "hands on" skills class. Participants learn skills that will enable them to provide emergency assistance to their families and immediate neighbors as well as organize a neighborhood team response. Training will begin in on Monday, September 10, 2012 at 6 p.m. and continue on Monday evenings through October 15th.
You must attend all classes to receive certification. CERT training is for all City of Hayward and Fairview residents. Residential verification will be required during the final application process. You must be 18 years or older to sign up.
 Residents who are interested in this free training can sign up via the city's Disaster Preparedness website by clicking on the red "Disaster Preparedness" button, then clicking on the green "CERT" button.
If more information is needed, contact: Thor Poulsen, Public Education Officer at (510) 583-4948.
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Get a Great Deal
on Books!
Saturdays
September 8, 15 & 22
9 a.m.-1 p.m.
C Street & Watkins
Friends of the Hayward Library book sales are held at the downtown Farmers Market. In case of rain, the sale will be in front of the Main Library. |
 English Conversation Groups
Practice speaking English with others who are learning. All levels are welcome. No registration is required.
Mondays-Thursdays
5-7 p.m.
Day Labor Center
680 Tennyson Rd.
Saturdays
10:15 a.m.-12 noon
Weekes Branch
Contact Jami.Hiller@hayward-ca.gov 510-583-5505 for more information. |
Laughter Yoga
Saturday, September 1 3:00 p.m. Main Library
Come and join in the laughter, reduce stress, and learn that silliness is great for your health. |
 Writers' Group
Saturday, September 8
1:00-3:00 p.m.
Monday, September 24
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Main Library
Get feedback on your original writing in a peer-supported writers' group facilitated by local writer Leticia Garcia Bradford. Get the support you need to help you stay on track with your writing, whether it's fiction, non-fiction, or poetry. Bring 5-10 copies of the piece you wish to share with the group.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Hayward Public Library.
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Hayward Fun Events & Festivals
 The City of Hayward's Summer Concert Series continues with "Stay Away Joes" (Rockabilly Revival) on September 28, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall Plaza. Monthly movies on the Plaza are shown in partnership with the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District ("HARD"). Bring the entire family and enjoy the final free free feature film of the 2012 series. The movie begins at 8:15 p.m. Refreshments are available for purchase. This month, The Lorax will be shown on Friday, September 28. These events are made possible by generous donations from Buffalo Bill's Brewery, Southland Mall, Toyota, HARD, and the City of Hayward.
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Book Groups
Mystery Novels by Women - The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria 
Tuesday, Septmber 4 @ 11:30 a.m., Le Paradis Bakery (D St. & Mission)
In Laura Joh Rowland's mystery set in 17th Century Feudal Japan, Sano Ichiro, the Shogun's "Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations and People" is called upon to solve a murder of deep political consequence. The Shogun's cousin and probable heir has been slain in the bedchamber of Lady Wisteria, a high-priced courtesan, who has gone missing along with her journal. Can Sano solve this mystery and please the fickle Shogun while dodging his numerous political enemies and keeping his high-born wife happy?
Mostly Literary Fiction - Fahrenheit 451
Note rescheduled date!
Monday, September 17 @ noon, Peets Coffee (B St. & Mission) &
6:30 p.m., Main Library
The internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) is a masterwork of twentieth-century literature. In fireman Guy Montag's world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. Montag's job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life. A series of events eventually leads Montag to question everything he has ever known, and he is introduced to a world seen through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television. Revisit this classic novel in honor of Ray Bradbury's outstanding contribution to modern literature.
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The Friends of the Library is a nonprofit organization that has been supporting Hayward Public Library since 1982. The purpose of the Friends is to stimulate continuing community interest in the Hayward California Public Library and to be supportive of the Library staff and activities. The organization encourages gifts of books, magazines, desirable collections, endowments, bequests, and membership in the Friends of the Library, and participates in fund-raising activities
Support the Friends by making a donation.
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