Learn more about using eBooks, eAudiobooks and streaming movies in our Tuesday Tech Hour at Claremont Branch. Book a half-hour appointment with Library staff for either 10:00am or 10:30am and enhance your skills with these library services. To reserve your spot, please call 510-981-6280.
Enjoy a series of autumn-themed paper crafting sessions!
All supplies and instructions will be provided. This program is most suitable for children in preschool and kindergarten.
Teen Tidbits is back for the 23/24 school year, and we are kicking the series off with waffles!
Teens, we invite you to stop by the Teen Room at Central after school and enjoy an overnight yeasted waffle OR a gluten-free, vegan hash brown waffle.
We will prepare and serve waffles from the Library’s Charlie Cart, and we’ll be using waffle irons from the Library’s Culinary Tool Collection.
Join us for an evening of music, laughter, and self-expression at Loud in the Library: Queeraoke! Get ready to share your inner diva and embrace the spotlight as we bring the joy of karaoke to the library. This lively event will be hosted by Jota Mercury, an international award winning drag performer who uses drag to challenge machismo as we know it.
Join us for an evening of music, laughter, and self-expression at Loud in the Library: Queeraoke! Get ready to share your inner diva and embrace the spotlight as we bring the joy of karaoke to the library. This lively event will be hosted by Jota Mercury, an international award winning drag performer who uses drag to challenge machismo as we know it.
Join us for an evening of music, laughter, and self-expression at Loud in the Library: Queeraoke! Get ready to share your inner diva and embrace the spotlight as we bring the joy of karaoke to the library. This lively event will be hosted by Jota Mercury, an international award winning drag performer who uses drag to challenge machismo as we know it.
This is the second in our three-part ukulele class. Following up to our introduction with the three basic chords (C,F G and variations) and some basic strumming pattersn we'll now explore three-chord songs in various keys, as a gentle way of expanding our chord playing vocabulary. We'll also larn the basics of fingerpicking as an exciting way to give a different flavor to our songs.
Watch classic movies with fellow film lovers on three Wednesdays in September at the Claremont Branch:
September 6 at 5:30p: Modern Times
September 13 at 5:30p: Safety Last
September 27 at 5:30p: Duck Soup
Please note the library will be closed for a staff day on September 20 so no movie will be shown. Please call 510-981-6280 or visit berkeleypubliclibrary.org for more information.
Here's the Book Club of your dreams: bring your own book and enjoy some quiet reading time. Sip a free mocktail (available while supplies last), and meet fellow readers.
We like to call it Introvert Happy Hour. (Extroverts are welcome!).
Join us at Claremont Branch for the Decolonized Kitchen, a gathering for anyone looking to learn in community about indigenous foodways, ethnobotany, and cooking! Join Maribel Garcia for an hour of connection and reclamation while we learn about our native plant relatives one recipe at a time through discussion, a presentation, and a cook along. Come prepared to take notes and share your insights, stories, and wisdom with others. Hasta pronto!