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May 16, 2008
Special Meeting Board of Library Trustees - May 20, 2008
May 13, 2008
Award-winning author Gene Yang speaks at Berkeley Public Library
Teen Services at the Berkeley Public Library are proud to present Printz award winner Gene Yang, author of American Born Chinese, at the Central Library, 2090 Kittredge (at Shattuck), on Tuesday, May 20, at 5 p.m.
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May 11, 2008
Berkeley Organization Launches Global Campaign To Make May 16 International Day for Sharing Life Stories: Local Celebration to be Held at Berkeley Public Central Library
Berkeley's Center for Digital Storytelling (CDS) is holding an event to recognize May 16 as the International Day for Sharing Life Stories at the Berkeley Public Central Library, 2090 Kittredge at Shattuck, in the 3rd floor Community Meeting Room, from 7-9 p.m.
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May 9, 2008
May 14, 2008 BOLT Meeting
Regular Meeting Board of Library Trustees May 14, 2008: Agenda and Packet
May 8, 2008
Poet F. D. (Frank) Reeve Reads at Central Library
Hear F. D. (Frank) Reeve read from his new poetry books The Blue Cat Walks the Earth and
The Toy Soldier and Other Poems
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May 7, 2008
free2 contest deadline approaches -- May 15: you could win a great prize!
May 6, 2008
Woody Guthrie and the Great American Folksong at Berkeley Public Library's North Branch
In this one-hour program held at Berkeley Public Library's North Branch on Thursday May 22nd at 6pm, Tim Holt presents a brief history of the American folksong, from the old-time ballads of Appalachia to the rambling, Depression-era songs of Woody Guthrie. He will also discuss the origins of our folk music in the British Isles and West Africa.
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May 1, 2008
Berkeley Public Library celebrates Malcolm X
Join us as we read aloud from The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Library Plaza
Central Library
2090 Kittredge St. (at Shattuck)
Monday, May 12, 2008
3:30 - 5 p.m.
For more information, call 510-981-6121.
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