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The Peer Writers' Group enjoyed a Poetry & Narrative Reading workshop with poet Judith Offer
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 The Library will be closed Monday, October 8 (Columbus Day)
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NonProfit Resource Center Workshops
Tuesdays, 1:00 p.m., Main Library
October 2: Establishing a NonProfit Organization
October 9: Before You Seek a Grant
October 16: Introduction to Fundraising Planning
October 23: Direct Mail Campaign: The Nuts & Bolts
October 30: Grant-seeking Basics 
The NonProfit Resource Center is pleased to bring these free workshops from the Foundation Center to the Hayward Public Library. These workshops will cover a variety of topics of interest to people involved in nonprofits. Watch for more upcoming workshops in the next few months.
For more information and a complete schedule please email Trudy Toll at trudy.toll@hayward-ca.gov or call her at 510-881-7974.
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Bike Traffic Skills
for Adults & Teens 14+
Saturday, October 20
1:00-4:30 p.m., Weekes Branch
East Bay Bicycle Coalition presents Traffic Skills 101, a free Bike Safety Class. You will learn about riding in traffic, sharing the road, road rules, necessary equipment, avoiding crashes, and fixing flats. No bike required. Advance registration required at www.ebbc.org/safety
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Omelet Champagne Brunch
Community Fundraiser
 Sunday, October 7 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. St. Rose Hospital Grand White Tent 27200 Calaroga Avenue, Hayward Celebrity Chefs! Champagne brunch! Custom made omelets! It's the 4th Annual Champagne Omelet Brunch. Enjoy a delicious made-to-order omelet prepared by a local "celebrity chef".
Proceeds benefit the Hayward Rotary Community Grants Program including the 3rd Grade Dictionary Project, and the Silva Pediatric Clinic. Tickets sponsored by Friends of the Hayward Public Library.
Tickets are on sale at the Library now. $10 per ticket, $100 for a book of 12. Only 1,000 tickets are available, and they are moving faster than a short-order cook. Don't miss this unique and special community event. Buy your ticket today!
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Knitting Circle
Wednesdays
October 10 & 24
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. On the 10th, we will be triyng out different cast ons and cast offs. Bring your knitting or yarn project and knit along with us.
 Knit-a-Thon
Saturday
October 20
11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Main Library
The Knitting Circle is having their annual Knit-A-Thon on Saturday, October 20th. If you have an interest in any form of fiber arts drop in to work along with us or watch one of our demonstrations. If you have always wanted to know how to knit, crochet, needlepoint, tat, etc. this is the place to be.
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Lawyer in the Library 
Monday, October 1
6 p.m.-7:45 p.m. - Main Library
Saturday, October 6
12 noon-2 p.m. - Main Library
Wednesday, October 17
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.
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Need Help with Reading, Writing or Spelling?
You can get FREE TUTORING IF:
- You read below the 8th grade level
- You are 18+ and not in high school
- You never went to college
Call 510-881-7910
Literacy Plus - Hayward Public Library
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Get a Great Deal
on Books!
Saturdays
October 13 & 27
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, October 6 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, October 13
1:00-3:00 p.m.
Monday, October 22
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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Tiny Tickets
 Did you know that you can help raise funds for Literacy Plus? If you or someone you know has small (or large) amounts of money left on an old BART ticket, you can turn it in to the library or our office. Literacy Plus will then turn in those tickets and BART will make a donation to the program. Each year Literacy Plus receives about $500 from these tickets. That money is then used to support program services. Every ticket counts! |
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Book Groups
Mystery Novels by Women - To Sketch a Thief 
Tuesday, October 2 @ 11:30 a.m., Le Paradis Bakery (D St. & Mission)
Author Sharon Pape has created a truly original paranormal cozy mystery series in which the ghosts are as important to solving the mystery as the living. After a stray dog named Hobo leads former police sketch artist-turned-paranormal private eye Rory McCain back to his owner's corpse, Rory finds herself involved in another homicide case. She also becomes the new owner of a lovable pooch, which makes her ghostly partner, former old West federal Marshall Zeke, more than a little spooked.
Mostly Literary Fiction - Heartburn
Monday, October 15 @ noon, Peets Coffee (B St. & Mission) &
Wednesday, October 17 @ 6:30 p.m., Main Library
The creator of Sleepless in Seattle reminds us that comedy depends on anguish as surely as a proper gravy depends on flour and butter. Seven months into her pregnancy, Rachel Samstat discovers that her husband is in love with another woman. Because Ephron's irrepressible heroine writes cookbooks for a living, she turns to some of her favorite recipes as a consolation. Savor novelist and screenwriter Nora Ephron's (1941-2012) celebrated novel, based on her failed marriage with journalist Carl Bernstein, of Watergate fame.
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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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