Non-stop Summer Fun!
August is right around the corner and the good times at the Library keep on rolling. Read on to find out about more of the fun, free events we've got going on at a library near you to finish out the summer.
That's not all, though. Keep reading for #bplsummer. Post photos of yourself, your friends, and your family reading this summer on Facebook or Twitter with the hashtag #bplsummer. We'll feature our favorites on our website!  And remember: this year's Summer Reading Game is all-ages, so get your siblings, your friends, and everyone else you know in on the action! September 7th is the last day to pick up prizes or enter our raffle!Finish off your newsletter experience with an interview Teen Librarian Jack did with Noelle Stevenson - known on tumblr as gingerhaze , writer of Lumberjanes, and writer-illustrator of Nimona! More great stuff than you can handle!
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Required Reading from
South Branch LGBTQIA+ Café
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Teen LGBTQIA+ Café @South Wednesdays, now - August 26th 3:30pm - 4:30pm The LGBTQIA+ Café has been meeting all summer long. Over the weeks they put together an impressive list of recommended reading and viewing. Check out these new favorites selected by Berkeley teens or explore the whole list here. The Way He Looks - 2014 Brazilian coming-of-age story about a blind teenager and the complicated feelings he develops for his new friend Gabriel. Pride - 2014 UK film based on a true story about gay activists working with miners during a 1984 national strike. Gracefully Grayson - 2014 novel about 12-year-old transgender Grayson learning to share her true identity with the world. Beyond Magenta - Collection of writings by transgender teens - this book is a Stonewall Book Awards Honor title.
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 DIY Body Products @SouthTuesday August 11th 3:00pm - 5:00pm Did you know that you can make your own toothpaste from scratch? And that you can use natural ingredients to make your own deodorant? You can even use natural oils to make your own perfumes and colognes! Come to this FREE workshop and make your own products with Mammi-Ama. Discover how natural products can easily be made with elements from your kitchen and yard. Leave the workshop with your own custom products! Participation is limited to the first 10 people to register and priority is given to teenagers. Call South Branch at (510) 981-6260 to reserve your spot.Screen Printing Workshop with Comic Book Artist Thien PhamScreen Printing Workshop-Part 1 @North Wednesday August 12th 3:00pm - 5:00pm Screen Printing Workshop-Part 2 @NorthSaturday August 15th 2:00pm - 5:00pm Learn to screen print your own designs on cloths, posters, and more! Comic book artist Thien Pham ( Sumo & Level Up) walks you through the process in a two-part workshop. In part one, we will learn to think of images in terms of shapes to help us make killer stencils for screen printing, and painting. In the second of the 2-part workshop, we will take the stencils we created in the Part 1 and print them onto t-shirts! Make your own incredible fashions, posters, and more! All materials are provided. This workshop is for teens. Please RSVP at our Facebook Page.
Movie Madness @ South Branch!We are wrapping up the summer with a series of movies at the South Branch and there's something for every taste: historical biopic, campy musical or classic family adventure. Bring your friends for one or all. Goonies -  Part of National Night Out celebration! Tuesday August 4th 5:00pm-7:00pm Milk Saturday, August 8th 2:00pm-4:00pm Hairspray Saturday August 29th 2:00pm-4:00pm
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Audio Interview with Noelle Stevenson
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North Branch Teen Librarian Jack has a side gig in the form of his comics-focused podcast called In the Library With a Comic Book. On the podcast, Jack and his friend Amanda (another librarian) meet and interview all manner of amazing comic book creators. Since the American Library Association Conference AND San Diego Comic Con just happened, Jack & Amanda put up all kinds of brand new interviews, with the comics creators they met, talking about their upcoming work! Follow the Tumblr linked above, and listen to his interview with the Great Noelle Stevenson here!
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 by Oisin McGann
The last thing you'd want is to be standing in front of a Safe-Guard with something to hide. Safe-Guards might be part human, somewhere beneath their graphite-colored helmet and cloak. But what they really are is a walking camera that can see through walls along with electronic sensors that can hear your heartbeat and certainly know when you're not telling the truth. And if a Safe-Guard knows you're lying, then WatchWorld Control knows.
Nimmo is a rat runner, an expert at dodging the cameras and Safe-Guards, but when his neighbor is murdered, Nimmo must leave his safety zone. Soon the crime boss Move-Easy has given an assignment to Nimmo and his fellow rat runners Scope, Manikin and FX. Find a missing box. The only problem is, Nimmo already knows where it is. Now he wants to figure out why his neighbor was murdered for it.
Reviewed by Will Marston,
West Branch Teen Services Librarian
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National Night Out is coming on Tuesday, August 4th! This annual evening celebration features block parties and house parties all over town, with the intention of introducing neighbors and building community. At the Claremont Branch, you can and have fun getting a little dirty as participants of all ages will be able to make a terrarium to keep and care for (while supplies last) in this free, fun program! Have a glass jar with an interesting shape- bring it by for transformation. At South Branch, there will be a special movie screening of The Goonies along with games and crafts. West Branch and the Library on Wheels will be getting in on the action as well! Keep pace with all the goings-on at the City of Berkeley's National Night Out page.
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All Berkeley Public Library locations
open one hour later
at
11:00am
Friday August 7, 2015
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The Berkeley Public Library wants to give big thanks and a shout out to the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library for sponsoring #bplsummer Reading and to the Pace Fund for funding events at North Branch Library. |
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