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Listen Up @ the Library: Talks & Music
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 On Trial: Solitary ConfinementWednesday, November 4 6:30-8:00pm Northbrae Community Church 941 The Alameda No other nation has incarceration rates as high as the United States. Race and poverty have weighed heavily in assessments of who is more likely to be swept into the system; In the midst of this social crisis is the particularly controversial practice of solitary confinement. The practice is used against youth as well as adults. Speakers include:
Made possible by a generous gift from the Pace Trust, in support of the North Branch of the Berkeley Public Library, and by Berkeley Organizing Congregations for Action.  Peter Fletcher, guitarist @CentralWednesday November 7 2:00pm-3:30pm Central Library Berkeley Public Library proudly presents classical guitarist Peter Fletcher, who has sold out Carnegie Hall on multiple occasions. His concert features works from Praetorius to Scriabin. Third floor Community Meeting Room.  Fountain Rock Trio @ClaremontSaturday November 7 4:00pm Bassist Aaron Germain, drummer Deszon Claiborne; and composer and pianist William Beatty, deliver an afternoon of inspired, original music and beloved standards for music lovers of all ages.  Chanticleer Youth Choir @CentralSunday November 8 3:00pm-4:00pm Chanticleer, San Francisco's Grammy-winning world famous all-male choir, sends its youth emissaries for a program that parallels Chanticleer's fall concert set, Over the Moon. Join the Louis A. Botto Youth Choir for Moonlight and hear variety of musical styles includes Gregorian chant, Renaissance polyphony, folk songs and contemporary arrangements. Fifth floor Art & Music. Heritage: Ohlone Indian Culture in Berkeley @West Wednesday November 18 6:00pm-7:30pm A talk by Heyday Books founder Malcolm Margolin and Ohlone cultural activist Vincent Medina. Malcolm Margolin, author and publisher, will evoke vivid images of Indian life in Berkeley from the arrival of the earliest people at the end of the last Ice Age more than 12,000 years ago to the coming of Europeans.  Playreaders @CentralWednesdays November 7, 14, 21, 28 12noon-1:00pm Read great plays as they are intended -- aloud. We reads plays selected by the group. November reads are: Moliere's sardonic comedy, The Bourgeois Gentilhomme and Eugene O'Neill's classic, A Moon for the Misbegotten. Scripts are provided. Everyone gets to to read. Third floor Community Meeting Room. |
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Talk About Books @the Library!
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Poetry Circle @ClaremontWednesday, November 12 6:30-7:50pm Join us for a monthly poetry program at the Claremont Branch that features poetry you like. Share a ready ear, read aloud (or recite), and let the words do their weave and swing and work. Repeats second Thursday of the month. Book Group @ClaremontWednesday, November 18 6:30-7:30pm Don't miss our discussion of Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Fearless, gripping, at once darkly funny and tender, spanning three continents and numerous lives, Americanah is a richly told story set in today's globalized world. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's most powerful and astonishing novel yet. Repeats third Wednesday of the month. In even-numbered months, we "Read & Share" any book we like; in odd-numbered months, we discuss one book chosen by the group.  Read & Share @SouthTuesday, November 24 3:00-4:00pm Have you ever wanted to talk about a book you have read? The "Read and Share" book club offers you this opportunity. Voice your opinions and impressions on a wide range of literary tomes. Come talk about any book you are reading: be it factual, fiction, graphical, fantasy or prose. All are welcome. Repeats fourth Thursday of the month. Café Literario @WestThursday, November 12 7:00-8:30pm A free text and discussion series in Spanish. Repeats second Thursday of the month. |
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Make Something @the Library!
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 Maker Program @Claremont: Cookies
Saturday, November 7
1:00-12:00pm
we bring the crafting supplies- you bring the creativity. Our first Saturday of the month Makerspace is free and open to of all ages and abilities. In November we make cookie dough (you will add the wet ingredients at home).
 Saturday, November 7
3:15-4:45pm
All skill levels welcome. Some supplies are available. Learn how to knit, knit with others and be inspired! Ages 8 and up. Fourth floor Story Room.
Modern Macramé© @West
Tuesday, November 10
6:00pm-8:00pm
Have fun and learn the basics of macramé at this beginner's workshop. All supplies provided. Registration only: Please call 510-981-6270 to register.
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 The Berkeley Public Library went live with a one Gigabit-per-second (Gbps) broadband Internet connection on Friday, October 23, 2015! Alicia Abramson, the Library's Manager of Information Technology says, "The Library recently conducted surveys of the Berkeley community and Library staff. In both surveys, the number one priority of those who responded was to increase the Library's Internet connection speed." Read more. |
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Fridays, 3:00pm
Third floor Community Meeting Room. November 6 My Darling Clementine (1946 / 97 min.) Wyatt Earp (Henry Fonda) takes the job of marshal in Tombstone, aiming to avenge his younger brother's death. Earp and Doc Holliday (Victor Mature) hook up to find the killer just as Doc's paramour, Clementine Carter (Cathy Downs), arrives from the east. Breathtaking cinematography, a classic story and great performances by Fonda and Mature make this one of director John Ford's finest films. "Poetry," said one critic. November 13Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969 / 110 min.) Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman) and the Sundance Kid (Robert Redford) are outlaws on a disappearing American frontier at the turn of the 19th century. William Goldman studied the Cassidy story for years before turning it into an Oscar-winning screenplay in which characters and dialogue gently parody the western genre. Butch Cassidy breaks the "cowboy movie" mold, helped quite a bit by comic chemistry between Newman and Redford. November 20Smoke Signals (1998 / 89 min.) Victor and Thomas are childhood friends, but wildly different--Victor knowing and stoic--Thomas inquisitive and sunny. This is the story of their trip from the Coeur D'Alene Reservation to Phoenix to collect the ashes of Victor's father, who had loomed large for each of them. Made using all Native American staff & actors, it's in the best indie tradition and critically acclaimed for its humor, poignancy, writing and acting. Don't miss it. We present it in honor of Native American Heritage Month.
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