March is Women's History Month and we have lots of great programs and resources to celebrate! Attend one of our concerts or talks. Starting with this month, the Arts & Culture and the General News will be combined into one monthly newsletter. This way you can see more of what's happening in one convenient place! You may subscribe to our newsletters for Teens and Kids or discontinue your subscription at any time.
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Women's History Month Events
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Faye Carol: Women's History Jazz @THP SouthSaturday, March 12 3:30pm-5:00pm Come hear Faye Carol, a Bay Area jazz singer legend who has been performing since the 1960's. Ms. Carol pays tribute to some of the great woman jazz singers of all time. The San Francisco Examiner says, "No singer in the Bay area comes close to Carol's sheer intensity; she doesn't just sell a song... she sells her soul for that song." Free. Works in Progress: Susan Griffin: Conversation with Writers @CentralSunday, March 13 2:00pm-4:00pm Susan Griffin, noted writer and theorist, discusses current writing projects with seven authors in this exciting and intimate literary series. Sunday's conversations are with Elizabeth Rosner and Joan Miura. Musae @Central A&MSaturday, March 19 4:00-5:00pm Join Musae for Balkan vocal music in "Bridges of Song". Named for the original "ladies of song" (the classic nine Muses of Greek mythology), Musae is a women's vocal ensemble based in San Francisco. They perform diverse and accessible music and stretch the boundaries of traditional repertoire for women's voices. Fifth floor Art & Music Pianist Sarah Cahill @Central CMRSunday, March 20 2:00pm-3:00pm Central Library Pianist/writer/producer Sarah Cahill will perform and discuss works by women composers. Time Out New York hails Berkeley resident Cahill as "a brilliant and charismatic advocate for modern and contemporary composers. Third floor Community Meeting Room
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More Great Events: Music, Book Talks & More
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Rob Reich Trio @ClaremontSaturday, March 5 3:00pm-3:45pm. Accordionist, Pianist and Composer Rob Reich is a star of the Bay Area's independent musical scene and is well known for his work with Tin Hat, Nice Guy Trio, Todd Sickafoose's Tiny Resistors and Ben Goldberg School. Don't miss your chance to hear his trio live. Free. For all ages. Hamlet @Central CMRSunday, March 6 2:00pm-3:15pm San Francisco Shakespeare Festival brings its touring company presentation of Hamlet. This 55-minute abridged version has sets, costumes, props, fighting and of course, all the best lines! Q&A with the actors afterwards. Third floor Community Meeting Room A Rose for Emily @THP South CMRMarch 26 4:00pm-5:00pm Adults deserve storytimes, too. Join us for William Faulkner's A Rose for Emily, the darkly humorous tale of a Southern spinster whose secrets emerge only after her death. With multiple readers, puppets sets and sound effects, it is Faulkner as you've never experienced him! Discussion afterwards. Teens and older.
Peter Tieryas: United States of Japan @Central ECTuesday, March 29 6:00pm-7:30pm Peter Tieryas, author of the science fiction novels The United States of Japan and Bald New World visits the Library to read from his book and discuss his work.
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Did you make it to the Berkeley Public Library Foundation's Authors Dinner? If not, there are other ways to support the Foundation's Time for Central project. Upcoming soon is: Time to ChooseThursday, March 10 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm $60 Join us for an evening with Oscar-winning filmmaker Charles Ferguson, producer Jeff Horowitz and a screening of their most recent film.The film, which debuted in September at the Telluride Film Festival, was screened at two special events during the recent UN climate change conference in Paris and at the the White House. It is not in broad release, so this screening with the filmmaker is an extraordinary opportunity. See all Afterwords events. |
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Free Tax Help @THP South Fridays 10:30am-1:30pm Through April 15, AARP volunteers provide free tax assistance. Appointments are available every hour, 10:30am-1:30pm. If someone misses an appointment or there is an open slot, the tax servicers will make it available to walk-in's on a first-come first-serve basis. Free Tax Help @WestTuesday,Wednesdays 12:00-4:00pm. Through April 13. See above.  Code Self Study @THP South CMRWednesdays 10:00am-1:00pm Join with others learning computer programming through self-directed study sessions. All programming languages and skill levels are welcomed. Bring whatever tutorials, books, courses, or projects you're working on.  Library Apps @Central ECSaturday, March 12 11:00am-12:00pm Bring your mobile device and learn about accessing ebooks, movies, magazines, music and more from the library while you are on-the-go. |
 March 2016
Women, Love and Memory
Fridays 3:00 pm
Two for the Road March 4 1967 / 111 min. Stanley ( 'Singin' in the Rain') Donen directed this realistic romance in which a couple travels across Europe. What makes it interesting, in addition to potent chemistry between two enormously appealing leads (Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney) is that the traveling narrative shifts back and forth between innocent and experienced periods in a 12-year relationship. Roger Ebert said, " It's A Man and a Woman for grown-ups." Philomena March 11 2013 / 98 min. Philomena Lee (Judi Dench) is looking for her long-lost son with the help of a journalist (Steve Coogan). They start searching at an Irish convent where, fifty years before, pregnant girls were abandoned by their families, forced to perform menial labor as slave/penitents, and had their children taken from them. Philomena had been one of those girls. Dench's performance is pitch-perfect. All About My Mother March 18 1999 / 101 min. Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar is the force behind this drama full of twists, coincidence and wit. Manuela (Cecilia Roth) is the mother of Esteban, who at 17 is killed in an auto accident, yet narrates the story of his mother's grieving process. Devastated, Manuela quits her Madrid nursing job to go to Barcelona to inform Esteban's father, and finds herself being drawn back into life. With Penelope Cruz. Brooklyn March 25 2015 / 111 min. It's 1952. Ellis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan) works for a mean shopkeeper in a small Irish town. There are no opportunities. Then Rose, Ellis's older sister, arranges for Ellis to go to America. In New York, while studying bookkeeping, Ellis meets Tony (Emory Cohen), a gentle Italian man, but soon hears that her sister has died back home, leaving their mother alone. Ellis must choose. Nominated for Best Picture and Best Actress (Saoirse Ronan) (2016).
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