It's October!
 October is when Autumn really arrives, bringing falling leaves, earlier twilights and Halloween. Banned Book Week ends on Saturday, October 2, with a Bike Ride! It is also National Arts & Humanities Month, so we are featuring lots of great arts events. Our free Friday film series, Super Cinema, features documentaries about actresses, a cartoonist, a photographer and a film critic. Speaking of movies, how is your Mandarin? We have a special showing of Eighteen Springs- 半生緣. Our annual Library Staff Art Show is a great opportunity to see how creative the Berkeley Public Library can be. As part of our Science @Central you can learn the basics of scientific illustration. And because October is the month for ghosts and goblins we have chilling and not so scary story times for children, teens and even adults! Be sure to check our other newsletters for more free events for adults, teens and children. |
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Staff Art Show & Performer's Showcase
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Tenth Annual Staff Art Show @Central
October 1 - November 1
Regular Library hours
See what talented Library staffers create when not at work: paintings, drawings, ceramics, sculpture, woodworking, photography, fiber arts and more. Second floor Historic Entry & Historic Lobby and fifth floor Art & Music.
Staff Art Reception: Meet the Artists! @Central
Saturday, October 10, 1:00-2:00pm
Fifth floor Art & Music
Come meet the staff behind the art. Light refreshments.
Staff Art Show Performers Showcase @Central
Saturday, October 10
2:00-3:00pm
Not all art fits in a frame or display case. Library staff performs music, theater, poetry reading and more. Fifth floor Art & Music
Staff Art Show Community Project: Living Book Art
Monday, October 19 - Sunday, November 1
Regular Library Hours
Working together we will sort by size, color, or other possibilities to make an ever-changing display for everyone to enjoy. Create an artful arrangement of books. Take photographs of the variations and share online! Look for orange and black books on October 31!
First floor near the entrance.
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Art & Culture @ Our Branch Libraries
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Saturday, October 3
10:00am - Noon
This month we celebrate National Arts and Humanities Month with a Mondrian-inspired "stained" glass" craft to take home. In honor of the month, we encourage you to tag your photos and videos with #ShowYourArt and #Berkeleypubliclibrary on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. First Saturday of the month. "We bring the crafting supplies, you bring the creativity." Free for all ages and abilities. Call 510-981-6280 to learn more!
Poet Maw Shein Win @Claremont
Saturday, October 10, 2:00-3:00pmCome listen to Maw Shein Win's read her poetry and stay for an interview and discussion her author. Maw Shein Win's writing has appeared in Cimarron Review, Ping-Pong, and vitriol, and work is forthcoming in the anthology Cross-Strokes.
Read & Share @South
Tuesday, October 27
3:00pm-4:00pm
Want to talk about a book you have read? Every fourth Tuesday of the month we meet and voice our opinions and impressions on a wide range of literary tomes. Talk about any book you are reading, be it factual, fiction, graphical, fantasy or prose. We are all ears. All are welcome.
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In Mandarin: Eighteen Springs 半生緣
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Chinese Movie: Eighteen Springs @Central半生緣Saturday, October17 1:45-4:30 pm Eighteen Springs also known as Affair of Half a Lifetime is a 1997 romantic drama directed by Ann Hui and starring Jacklyn Wu, Leon Lai, Anita Mui, Huang Lei and Ge You. See this China-Hong Kong co-production, based on the novel of the same name by Eileen Zhang, with both Chinese and English subtitles. 4:00 to 4:30 pm discussion and Q&A in Mandarin only: no English translation will be provided.Third floor Meeting Room.
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Learn Scientific Illustration Basics
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Scientific Illustration with Lynette Cook @CentralOctober 24, 1:00pm-4:00pm This FREE three-hour class with master scientific illustrator, Lynnette Cook, is a rare hands-on opportunity to learn the basics of drawing accurately from nature, using graphite on paper. Necessary tools and specimens will be provided to help you observe, measure and layout your illustrations. Whether you are thinking of a career in scientific illustration or you want to develop your artistry with a scientific approach, this fun and informative class is for you. Beginning artists are welcome. ADVANCE SIGN-UPS ARE REQUIRED. Class is limited to 20 students. To register, please email ischneider@ci.berkeley.ca.us Lynette Cook is a world-recognized and award-winning scientific illustrator.
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Adult Story Times: Chills & Thrills!
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Who say story time is just for kids? Not us! Join us for three readings just for adults (and mature teens). Chilling Tails is special, just for Halloween to keep you awake as the nights get longer. A Rose for Emily, the first in a series. Watch for more Southern Gothic voices like Carson McCullers, Flannery O'Connor and Cormac McCarthy. Story Time for Adults: A Rose for EmilySaturday, October 31 3:00 pm With two kinds of puppets, sound effects, sets, and multiple readers, you'll experience Faulkner in a new light. A Rose for Emily is the darkly humorous tale of a Southern spinster, whose secrets emerge posthumously, through the voices of her hometown neighbors. A lively discussion to follow.
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 Banned Books Week Bike PartyOctober 3 10:00am-12:00pm @South & @Central Join us for the second annual Banned Books Week Bike Party! Kickoff at South Branch (1901 Russell St.) featuring bike decorating, music and more. We ride to Central and read more banned books aloud amd raffle off a prize for readers at the end! This one mile is perfect for beginning cyclists and kids. See all
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Fridays, 3:00pm
Third floor Community Meeting Room.
October 2 Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song (2001 / 100 min. / NR) Directed by Dietrich's grandson, this highly acclaimed documentary reveals the passionate artist and principled activist beneath Dietrich's glamorous movie actor facade. Even if you don't know her films, you'll want to know her. Don't miss it.  October 9 Crumb (1994 / 119 min. / R) Underground cartoonist Robert ("Mr. Natural") Crumb and his family inhabit what ranks as one of the best documentaries ever made. It's Crumb's practice to be transparent about what he thinks. His candor is refreshing, his comics sometimes playfully prurient.  October 16 Life Itself (2014 / 120 min. / R) The first film critic to earn a Pulitzer for criticism, Roger Ebert loved films and likened their potential to "life itself" in his autobiography of that same name. See how the man's mind and heart worked to bring people and great movies together.  October 23 Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (2012 / 87 min. / PG) A vibrant 90 when this film was shot in 2011, Channing makes it obvious how she long ago took her place among legendary entertainers of the musical theater. It's impossible not to smile a lot watching Channing be Channing--on the stage, on the street.  October 30 The Salt of the Earth (2014 /110 min./PG-13) Brazilian photographer and photojournalist Sebastiao Salgado is in his fifth decade of seeking out the world's most troubled places to report on. Wim Wenders' film about him is beautifully shot, awesome in the variety of its images, both moving and hopeful. All shows are FREE!
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Tall Tales & Local Ales @Central
Saturday, October 10
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
$50
Join us for an evening of stories, craft beer, and entertaining storytellers and finger foods.
YouTube sensation David "DJ Dave" Wittman headlines along with local storytelling artists Kay DeMartini, Robin Claire & Friends, and Bay Area musicians. Featured local brews include Crooked City Cider, Hoi Polloi, Sierra Nevada, Triple Rock, and Calicraft.
To support the New Teen Room @Central
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All
Berkeley Public Library locations
are closed
Monday
October 12th
All locations open 1-hour later at
11:00am
Friday
October 30th
All Library Holidays
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Most free events at Central Library, North, South and West Branches are sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library. Events at North Branch Library are made possible by a generous gift from the Pace Trust, in support of the North Branch of the Berkeley Public Library. |
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