Friends, snacks, games, anime, and other activities - every Tuesday at Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch beginning at 4. All teens are welcome!
This free program is sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library (www.berkeleylibraryfriends.org)
Calling all teens going into 6th - 12th grades!
Join us for a friendly Teen Summer Hangout on Wednesday, June 12th and Wednesday July 10th from 4-5pm.
We'll have snacks, crafts, games, and hangout.
July 20th is International Chess Day and to celebrate we are hosting our second annual chess tournament. This year the competition will take place at the Claremont Branch with all ages and levels of experience welcome. There will be three separate ages categories, Youth, Young Teen and Adults.
The Youth and Young Teen sections will play between 11am-1:30pm and the Adult Section, 2pm-5:30pm.
In this month's "Don't Know Much About ....." Club, we will focus on Clothing: Repair, Repurpose and Recycling.
We all know there are major issues with sustainable practices in the fashion industry.
It's time we contemplate the lifecycle of clothing and wake up to what we can do to combat waste and pollution.
To speak about this issue, our expert will be eco-artist and activist Nora Scully.
We also invite participants to bring in their repaired or repurposed clothing for a bit of show and tell.*
Teens: are you a plant person (or dream of becoming one)? Join us for an afternoon with PlanterDay! We will be decorating pots and repotting plants. Everyone gets to take home their own plant.
Planterday is an Oakland-based, mission-driven plant shop dedicated to destigmatizing mental health and promoting mental health resources.
This free program is sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library (www.berkeleylibraryfriends.org)
Join House Of Our Queer’s Bex Mui for two workshops on tarot and astrology designed specifically for teens.
July 19 - Tarot: Bex will share her own experience finding and working with the cards, common uses for engaging with Tarot and practical Do’s and Don’ts about pulling. All teens are welcome and no prior experience with Tarot is required.
Do you have a lot of food scraps and a small space? Worm composting is for you!! Educator and garden designer Lori Caldwell demonstrates how to set up a worm bin and discusses harvesting and best uses for this garden fertilizer. All ages welcome!
The Berkeley Public Library will be giving away hundreds of free comics in celebration of Free Comic Book Day on Saturday May 4! Free comics will be available for children, teens, and adults at all library locations, while supplies last!
Berkeley has long prided itself as a hub of creativity and culture. But how did this relatively small city earn its globally recognized reputation as a center of influential experimentation? Who are the people and events that imbued Berkeley with such symbolic power?
What happens at the library when it's closed? We will share our mysterious world at night with your stuffed animals at North Branch's Stuffed Animal Sleepover.
Drop off your stuffed animal to North Branch on Wednesday, May 15 and Thursday, May 16. When you drop off your stuffy, you will sign permission slips and name tags. If you want, you can read a bedtime story to your stuffed animal and say goodnight.
Pick up your stuffed animal on Friday, May 17. In the morning, everyone will see pictures of what their stuffed animals were up to at the library after dark