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A New Hayward Library & Community Learning Center
Please join us on Tuesday, July 16 at 7:00 pm at Hayward City Hall, where the City Council will unveil photo-quality renderings of a new high-tech, 21st century Library & Community Learning Center for Hayward.
You are cordially invited to attend this important public meeting. We want to hear from you! Public comments are welcomed and encouraged. View the Frequently Asked Questions page for more information.
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Take the Summer Reading Challenge!
June 15-August 3
 This year, all ages are invited to participate in the Summer Reading Challenge. Read on your own, read with your kids, listen to an audiobook, or participate in other library activities. Get a coupon for a free used book from the Friends of the Library just for signing up. The more hours you read, the more entries you receive in a drawing to win fabulous prizes, including the grand prize: a Kindle ebook reader. Register and start reading at www.library.hayward-ca.gov.
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 Writers' Group Performance Workshop Saturday, July 27, 1:00-4:00 p.m. Main Library Would you like to perform your original writing on stage or at open mics? This fun and engaging workshop will include breathing, vocalization, and performance exercises, and an opportunity to prepare for the Writers' Group Reading in August. Led by Leticia Garcia Bradford, who has taught and directed theater for youth for over ten years and led storytelling workshops for adults. Bring a copy of your writing to rehearse. Advance registration is required. Contact Sally Thomas at Sponsored by the Friends of the Hayward Public Library. Regular Writers' Group Meeting
Wednesday, July 17, 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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What's Up Big Band
Saturday, July 13
2:00-4:000 p.m.
Weekes Branch Library
Enjoy the sounds of yesteryear as What's Up Big Band plays hits from the Big Band era. This amazing band made up of twenty local musicians will be making a much-anticipated return to Weekes Branch. Take a trip down memory lane with the band. Bring your dancing shoes and enjoy a toe-tapping good time.
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 Knitting Circle
Wednesday, July 10
6:00 p.m. - Main Library
Welcome knitters, both beginners and experts, to the Hayward Library Knitting Circle! The Circle meets on the 2nd Wednesday of every month and include other fiber crafts--crochet, needlepoint, tatting, etc. Bring size 10 knitting needles and yarn of your choice. We also have extra supplies available if needed. Bring your project and knit (or tat or crochet) along with us!
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Need Help 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 510-881-7919---Literacy Plus---Hayward Main Library |
Lawyer in the Library 
Monday, July 1
6 p.m.-7:45 p.m. - Main Library
Saturday, July 6
12 noon-2 p.m. - Main Library
Wednesday, July 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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Get a Great Deal
on Books!
Saturdays
July 13, 20 & 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. |
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English Conversation Groups
Practice speaking English with others who are learning. All levels are welcome. No registration is required.
NEW CLASS
Fridays
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Main Library
Mondays-Thursdays
5-7 p.m.
Day Labor Center
680 Tennyson Rd.
Tuesdays
5-7 p.m.
La Familia Resource Center
22366 Fuller Ave.
Saturdays
10:15 a.m.-12 noon
Weekes Branch
Contact Jami.Hiller@hayward-ca.gov 510-583-5505 for more information. |
Laughter Yoga
Saturday, July 6 3:00 p.m. Main Library
Come and join in the laughter, reduce stress, and learn that silliness is great for your health. |
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Book Groups
Mystery Novels by Women - Blind Goddess by Anne Holt
 Tuesday, July 211:30 a.m., Le Paradis Bakery (D St. & Mission) Anne Holt, one of the most successful crime novelists in Norway, introduces the world of brilliant, arrogant police detective Hanne Wilhelmsen and her admiring colleagues: a world where the goddess of justice is blindfolded and it is their job to do her bidding. A drug-related murder unravels a corrupt network in the police and justice departments, with an ulterior motive to finance Norwegian secret service operations. Just as tough and smart as Lisbeth Salander, Hanne plays by the rules, for the most part, and still gets the bad guy.
Mostly Literary Fiction - Private Life by Jane Smiley
Monday, July 8
12:00 noon, Peets Coffee (B St. & Mission)
6:30 p.m., Main Library
Margaret Mayfield is considered nearly an old maid at twenty-seven when she marries a naval officer in post-Civil Ward Missouri. He's a brilliant astronomer, but his devotion to sceince leaves no room for anything, or anyone, else. Amid personal tragedies and national crises, Margaret stands by her husband. But as World War II approaches, his obsessions take a different, darker turn, and Margaret is forced to reconsider the life she has so carefully constructed.
 Discusión EN ESPAÑOL -
Hija de la Fortuna
Join Chabot College Spanish Professor and Hayward City Councilmember Francisco Zermeño for a discussion, in Spanish, of Hija de la Fortuna. Request a copy of the book in Spanish at the Information Desk at the Main Library or Weekes Branch.
Event made possible by Mosaico de Literatura of the California Center for the Book.
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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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