Dear (Contact First Name),
Summer is upon us! And everyone can play Read for the Win, our summer reading game. Adults and teens are eligible to enter a raffle for prizes ranging from a guitar, Sports Basement gift certificates, Skullcandy wireless headphones, a gift certificate from Pegasus Books, two tickets to a Freight and Salvage show, and a Kindle Fire!
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Read for the Win! #bplSummer Reading
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 Gentle Yoga with Jordanna @ClaremontTuesday, July 5 2:00-3:15pm Tuesdays, July 5, 12 19 & 26, etc. Mindfulness! Strength! Flexibility! Balance! Join us for gentle yoga with Instructor Jordanna Glueckauf. Her classes offer a safe, inclusive, and non-judgmental environment. Free, for ages fifteen and up and of all levels. Encore Presentation Lose Hate Not Weight! A Lecture by Virgie Tovar @NorthWednesday, July 6 6:30-8:00pm Due to overwhelming demand, we are adding another presentation of Virgie Tovar's talk Lose Hate Not Weight.  Adult Computer Class: Internet Searching @CentralECWednesday, July 13 12:00-1:00pm Learn tips for searching the Internet with Google. We'll cover the basics of web browsers and Internet searching as well as some shortcuts for finding useful information online. For those with basic computer skills. See our online calendar for other tech topics covered on Wednesdays in July. New to computers? Drop in to one of our Monday evening or Thursday morning classes.  Berkeley Stories featuring Debra Pryor @NorthThursday July 14 6:30-7:30pm Meet Debra Pryor. Raised in Berkeley. Groundbreaking kindergartner. Berkeley's first woman firefighter. World Police & Fire Games weightlifting contender. Berkeley's first African-American woman fire chief. Retired. Newlywed. Come early for light refreshments!  Drawing Group @CentralSaturday, July 23 10:30 am-12:30 pm, Join us for an open drawing session with no instructor. Bring a project to work on or start something new. Supplies provided, but feel free to bring your own to use or to share. Come back August 20 for an instructor-led session. Third floor Community Meeting Room
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All the Library's a Stage
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July is about drama in the Art & Music department! Look for these unusual gems among the library's many programs this month:  Playreaders @CentralWednesdays, July 6, 13, 20 & 27 Noon-1:00pm Read aloud from great plays, changing parts frequently. Read along (or listen) as we explore theater the way the playwright intended: out loud. July's plays include Shakespeare's masterwork, King Lear and Noel Coward's Relative Values. No registration or auditions necessary.Third floor Community Meeting Room.  Intro to Improv with Synergy Theater's Kenn Adams @CentralSaturday, July 9 12:30-1:30 pm Get creative with the art of improvisation in this fun introductory workshop for ages 18 and up. Third floor Community Meeting Room Registration required: call Emily at 510-981-6121 or email  Adult Story Time: A Rose for Emily @CentralSaturday, July 9 4:00pm Multiple readers, two kinds of puppets, sound effects, music and backdrops bring the Faulkner short story A Rose for Emily to life. Stay for tea, cake and discussion of the story, author and genre. (This is the final performance for the premiere production of the Southern Gothic Voices series.) Next up: Carson McCullers, A Tree, A Rock, A Cloud on August 6, 4:00pm. Fouth floor Story Room Also coming in August: Playing Shakespeare @Central
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 We invite you to share your story, and learn the basics of Digital Storytelling, at a special two-day workshop: Friday, July 22 & Saturday, July 23, 9:00am - 5:00pm at the StoryCenter The free workshop is led by Berkeley's StoryCenter, the inventors of the Digital Storytelling method used by schools and community organizations around the world. In the workshop you will make your own short video on a computer. You will learn:
- How to Make a Great Video Story
- How to Write a Narration Script and Record It
- How to Prepare a Visual Treatment for your Story
- The Basics of Video Editing in WeVideo
Email Tom Dufour or call 510-981-6134) or email James Moore or call 510-981-6260) to apply. Seats are limited, so contact us today! |
All the hoopla for Mobile Access
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 Are you on the go a lot? Wish you could watch some great movies and TV on your mobile device while traveling? Are music or audiobooks more your travel style? The Berkeley Public Library has you covered with hoopla digital! Visit hoopladigital.com or ask about it the next time you're in the library! See more Come find out what the hoopla is in August! We will have free classes in August at North and West Branches.
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Larger than Life Characters
Fridays 3:00pm
Central Library
Third floor community meeting room
July 1 The Hustler (1961 /134 min. /NR) Fast Eddie Felson (Paul Newman) is a cocky small-time pool hustler who challenges pool's top dog, Minnesota Fats (Jackie Gleason). After playing Fats for 24 hours straight, Eddie loses his stake and becomes more determined than ever to beat the legendary pool shark. Real-life boxing champ Jake LaMotta plays a bartender.  July 8 When We Were Kings (1996 / 88 min. / PG) One of the most hyped sporting events in history, the 1974 "Rumble in the Jungle" between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman occasioned this Academy Award-winning documentary. Ali's principled refusal to fight in Vietnam had lost him his heavyweight title. At 33, he was trying to get it back, despite 7-to-1 odds against him. As usual, Ali entertainingly trumpets his prowess. He also talks movingly, about his beliefs. The fight scenes are electrifying.  July 15 His Girl Friday (1940 / 92 min.) Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) is the Morning Post's star reporter, but she's quit to get married. Conniving editor Walter Burns (Cary Grant), her ex-husband, lures her back for "one more story," Russell and Grant have sassy mouths and compelling chemistry, which delightfully drives scenes right around the bend. One of Hollywood's most winning screwball comedies.  July 22 Touch of Evil (1958/95 min/PG-13) Orson Welles wrote, directed and acted in this classic film noir studded with renowned actors (Marlene Dietrich, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Joseph Cotten, Akin Tamiroff, and Dennis Weaver) who signed on for small character parts just to work with Welles. The plot involves a drug trafficking scheme that morphs into a character study of a policeman, Captain Hank Quinlan (Welles), who brings a touch of evil to his small border town. Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh also star.  July 29 Charade (1963 /113 min./NR) Reggie (Audrey Hepburn) is divorcing her husband when she learns he's been murdered. Three menacing men (Charles Coburn, George Kennedy and Ned Glass) show up at the dead man's funeral to threaten her. They think she has money her husband has stolen from them. Frightened, and with the help of an American (Cary Grant), she tries to hide in Paris. This genre-bender is a thriller, a romance, a comedy, a sendup with spot-on performances by all. Once called "the only Hitchcock movie Hitchcock didn't make." |
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All Library locations will be closed
Monday, July 4th
All locations open one hour later at
11:00am
Friday, July 29th
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Most free events at Central Library, Tarea Hall Pittman South, West & Claremont Branch Libraries are sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library and 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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