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Free Comic Book Day @ the Library
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 Handmade Flower Pins @West Thursday, May 5 6:00-8:00pm Perfect gifts for Mother's Day. Learn to hand-sew a gorgeous felt orchid pin or a hair adornment with GoGo Craft! Registration required, call 510-981-6270  Ayelet Waldman discusses "Love and Treasure" @NorthSaturday, May 7 7:00-8:30pm North Branch The acclaimed author of Red Hook Road, Bad Mother, Daughter's Keeper, and the Mommy Track Mysteries talks about her latest novel, Love and Treasure. Read more.  Find Purpose & Adventure in an Encore Career @CentralTuesday, May 10 6:00-7:30pm Rick and Wendy Walleigh share advice and insights on beginning an encore career. They discuss their story in the book From Silicon Valley to Swaziland: How One Couple Found Purpose and Adventure in an Encore Career.  Thai Cultural Council Dancers @ClaremontSaturday, May 21 3:00-3:45pm Mark Asian Pacific Heritage Month with Berkeley's Thai Cultural Council (TCC) students and master artists performing traditional and folk Thai dances accompanied by the TTC's classical band. All ages welcome.  Communter Bicycling Workshop @CentralCMRMonday, May 16
6:30-7:30pm
Are you interested in ditching your car and commuting by bike? Bike East Bay visits the Library to give you tips on getting started.  History of the East Bay Regional Park District @CentralTuesday, May 17 6:30-7:30pm Celebrate Local History Month by exploring the rich history of our local parks. East Bay Regional Park District naturalist, James Wilson, will share the history of the park. Make a Book Bag @Central Saturday, May 21 2:00-5:00 pm Join the Textile Mavens and make a book bag to bring home your library books and more! Using re-purposed materials, participants will make a durable, eco-friendly, vegan (pleather straps), unique bag to take home. All materials provided, including sewing machines. Fourth floor Story Room. Registration required!  Fat-Tire Flyer: The Birth of Mountain Biking/Charlie Kelly @CentralMonday, May 23 6:00pm-7:00pm Charlie Kelly visits the Library to talk about the origins of Mountain Biking and the new Marin Museum of Bicycling and Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. Kelly was one of the original California riders participating in the Repack Downhill since 1976, and has gone on to promote the sport extensively. |
Playreaders Showcase @Central  Monday, May 9 5:00-7:00pm Participants from the weekly Playreaders program perform scenes from plays read during the year. Playwrights includes Sayers, Albee, Rylance, Ibsen, Giraudoux, Reza and Wilde. Stay for the reception and meet the actors. Third floor Community Meeting Room
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Noon Computer Classes @Central EC
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 Knitting Hours @CentralSaturday, April 16 3:00-5:00pm, Join us to knit (and crochet, too!) For all skill levels, ages 8 and up. Learn to crochet or knit, and be inspired!  Poetry Circle @ClaremontThursday, May 12 6:30-7:50pm Come participate in the friendly atmosphere, share a ready ear, read aloud (or recite), and let the words do their weave and swing and work. (Your poetry or a favorite poet's.) Read&Share @THP SouthTuesday, May 24 3:00-4:00pm Discuss the books and audiobooks you have been reading and listening to. We read all the genres and briefly critique our books. Light refreshments. Community Meeting Room. |
See over 50 quilts--both traditional and outrageous--loaned by local quilters. We've expanded our miniature quilt show to include over 20 larger works. Read more.
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AfterWords from BPLFoundation
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 May 6 El Norte
(1983/141 min./R)
Director Gregory Nava and his wife, Anna Thomas, co-wrote this visually beautiful, truly groundbreaking independent film that follows a brother and sister, Enrique and Rosa, as they flee through Mexico and cross the U.S. border after a Guatemalan death squad kills their union organizer father and "disappears" their mother. Roger Ebert called the film "a Grapes of Wrath for our time." May 13
Dirty Pretty Things (2002/97 min./R)Set in London, this film by British director Stephen Frears is the story of Okwe (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a Nigerian doctor illegally in the UK, and Senay (Audrey Tatou), a Turkish Muslim seeking asylum. Although neither may work legally in England, they meet while working at the same hotel. When the manager, a dealer in black market organs, recruits Senay into a ghastly exchange, Okwe tries to save her.
May 20
Library Closed Malcolm X's BirthdayMay 27 In America
(2002/105 min. /PG-13) Jim Sheridan ( My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father) co-wrote and directed this loosely autobiographical, luminous drama about a young Irish family living illegally in the Hell's Kitchen section of Manhattan. The usually light hearted father, Johnny Sullivan (Paddy Considine), is an aspiring actor haunted by the death of his young son back in Ireland. The mother, Sarah (Samantha Morton), faces a risky new pregnancy, and their two daughters make friends with Mateo (Djimon Hounsou), an angry artist with AIDS.
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All Berkeley Public Library
locations
are closed all day
Friday, May 17
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Monday, May 30
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With the weather improving, you will see us out in the community more! See us for books, movies, library cards, free Wi-Fi and more! Look for us around town @Berkeley City College Wednesday, May 4 11:00am-12:30pm @South Berkeley Farmers' Market Tuesdays: May 10, 17, 24 & 31st. 3:00pm - 5:00pm @BAMPFA Family Day Sunday, May 22 1:00 - 4:00pm See us at the new Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive for a day of free art, performance & film. @North Berkeley Farmers' Market Thursday, May 26 3:00pm to 5:00pm @Free Family Fun Fest Saturday, May 28 10:00am -2:00pm Martin Luther Civic Center Park
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