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 A Note from the Director I am retiring in October, after almost eight years at Berkeley Public Library, and 25 years as a librarian.
It has been a great pleasure to serve the community. Because of your extraordinary support we were able to accomplish much, not least of which was the branch improvement project. The Branches are lively and exciting neighborhood destinations for all ages - accessible, safe, well-lighted and welcoming. Keeping with Berkeley's "Green" image, they are also very energy efficient, which will serve them well into the future.
I want to thank the staff of the Library, the Board of Library Trustees, current and past, the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library, the Berkeley Public Library Foundation and the people of Berkeley for making my stay here so rewarding. Thank You.
Sincerely,
Donna Corbeil
Director, Library Services, Berkeley Public Library
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Access OverDrive ebooks and audiobooks directly through our catalog in addition to the OverDrive web site and app! You are now able to see and manage your checked-out and holds on OverDrive materials right alongside our conventional materials. Check it out! |
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Library Arts & Cultural Events
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Playreaders @CentralWednesdays, October 1, 15 and 29 12:00-1:00 pm Third floor Community Meeting Room. Read aloud from great plays. Everyone reads.This month we table read Asch's God of Vengeance and Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Drop-in. Subversive Histories @West Wednesday, October 1 Reception: 6:00-6:30 pm Lecture: 6:30-8:00 pm Seth Rosenfeld, author of Subversives: The FBI's War on Student Radicals and Reagan's Rise to Power, in conversation with University Librarian Tom Leonard on the 50th Anniversary of the Free Speech Movement. Underwritten by the Berkeley Public Library Foundation, through the generosity of the Harry Weininger Family. Poetry Circle @Claremont Thursday, October 9 6:30 pm-7:50 pm Share your favorite poems at our reading circle. Discover new poets or enjoy classic poems. Read & Share @ClaremontWednesday, October 15 6:30-7:30 pm What have you read and loved lately?Talk about yur favorite book with other readers at the Claremont Book Group. Monday, October 20 6:30-7:15 pm. Third floor Community Meeting Room Docents from Berkeley Repertory Theatre present the Rep's current productions. Hear the playwright's perspective and dive into the historical context. Party People was written by Steven Sapp, Mildred Ruiz-Sapp, and William Ruiz, aka Ninja. This fusion of story and song imagines the Black Panthers and Young Lords reuniting today at an art opening curated by a couple of young counter-culturists. Party People performs at Berkeley Rep from October 17- November 16. Williams/Prieto Concert @Claremont Thursday October 23 1:00-2:00 pm Tenor saxophonist Leon Williams and guitarist Dave Prieto of Sound Mind Music perform bossas, blues, jazz and original music. Teen Craft @Claremont Friday, October 24 4:00-5:00 pm Make Día de los Muertos-inspired crafts!
Spooky Adult Storytime @Claremont Wednesday, October 29 7:00-8:00 pm Who says storytime is just for Children? Join us for a dramatic reading of scary stories for older teens and adults..... if you dare! |
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The Library will be closed all day
Monday, October 13
Indigenous
People's Day
All locations will open 1 hour later
at 11:00 am
Friday, October 31
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Beyond Lumpia
Reading @Central
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Saturday, October 11, 2:00-4:00 pm,
Central Library, Community Meeting
Room, 3rd Floor.
Authors of the new anthology, Beyond Lumpia, Pansit and Seven Manangs Wild: Stories from the Heart of Filipino Americans, read from the Filipino American National Historical Society. Read More.
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Erika Gagnon
Digital Spirits
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Digital Spirits @Central
Exhibit runs
September 29- -December 7
Artist Talk @Central
Sunday, November 9 2:00 pm
3rd floor Community Meeting Room
 This digital collage series Shadow Catcher Revisited is the central focus of the exhibition by Erika Gagnon, Canadian Multi-media artist. A current East Bay resident, Gagnon blends historical Native American portraits, by turn-of-the-century U.S. photographer Edward.S. Curtis, with her own photographs, scanned objects and other imagery.
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