Berkeley Public Library Wishes You Happy July 4th!
Please Return Your Library Materials after Library Holidays
Fines will not accrue, and you will get two days beyond the closure for free to read, listen, or watch. Excellent!
Berkeley Public Library seeks participants to share and record first-hand experiences of the desegregation process of the Berkeley Public Schools. Recording will take place Saturday, July 11, and Saturday & Sunday, July 18 & 19. Applicants need to commits to ALL three sessions.
Applications due by June 19, 2009.
To apply, come to any Berkeley Public Library, or apply online at www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org
For more information, call 510-981-6142, 510-548-1240 (TTY)
Download flyer
Download Questionnaire
Completed applications may be returned in person to any Berkeley Public Library or mailed to Jef Findley, Berkeley Public Library, 2nd Floor, 2090 Kittredge St, Berkeley CA 94704
Many people remember when they first saw the films "Disability Culture Rap" or "The Power of 504" and realized with great pride, yes, there are such things as disability culture and disability civil rights milestones. You never saw them? Well, here's your chance to visit or revisit some classic films featuring disability history, artists, humor and leaders.
A two-day program of Superfest Classics, selected films that won awards at prior Superfest competitions and have made an impact, will be presented June 5 and 6, by Culture!Disability!Talent!(CDT), the arts advocacy organization responsible for the international disability film festival known as Superfest.
June 5, 12-4 p.m.- Superfest Kids Classics - films geared for teenagers
Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Public Library
Berkeley Public Library, 3rd Fl. Community Rm.
2090 Kittredge Street
Berkeley CA 94704
Tickets: FREE
June 6, 12-4 p.m. AND 5-9 p.m.- Superfest Adult (but still P.G.) Classics- screening the SAME slate of films in the afternoon and evening
Gaia Arts Center
2120 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
Tickets: $5-$20 sliding scale for afternoon OR evening. Tickets sold only at the door.
Both venues are wheelchair accessible. All films are captioned; both afternoon sessions (12-4 p.m.) will be audio-described. Braille and large print screening schedules are available. American Sign Language interpretation will be provided if requested by May 22. Please refrain from wearing perfume or other scented products. For the Berkeley Public Library film showing: to request a sign language interpreter, real-time materials in large print or Braille, or other accommodations, please call 510-981-6107 or 510-548-1240 (TTY) 5 days before the program. Please refrain from wearing scented products to public meetings.
For additional information, or to get a copy of the Superfest Classics screening schedule and full film descriptions, visit http://www.culturedisabilitytalent.org/superfest, or call the CDT voice mailbox at 510-845-5576.
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Audiobook Narrator Wanda McCaddon at Berkeley Public Library
Saturday. May 23, 2-3:30 p.m.: Wanda McCaddon, AudioFile Magazine's 2008 Best Voice in Fiction and Classics, will be interviewed by arts journalist Jean Schiffman at Berkeley Public's Central Library, 2090 Kittredge at Shattuck, in the 3rd floor Community Meeting Room.
For more info go to
http://berkeleyartcenter.org
Berkeley Public Library will be teaming up with the Berkeley Art Center to show a couple of the many dimensions of poet and painter Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Ferlinghetti just turned 90 and has his own day in San Francisco, March 24th! Let's celebrate him here in Berkeley too.
Several of Ferlinghetti's books in the library collection will be on display alongside some of his wonderful paintings.
Lyric Escape: Paintings by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St., Berkeley, CA 94709, (510) 644-6893
April 15 - May 10, 2009
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 23, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Also, look out for:
Special Literary Event: Berkeley Art Center Co-Benefit with Poetry Flash
in conjunction with Lawrence Ferlinghetti Exhibition
at the Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St., Berkeley, CA 94709, (510) 644-6893
Saturday, May 2, 5:30 - 7:30 pm.
There will be a charge for this event.
Berkeley, Get Off Your Gas!
(Natural Gas energy, that is.)
The City of Berkeley has produced a short video promoting the "Get Off Your Gas!" contest, featuring Benjamin Franklin, Berkeley's energy efficiency spokesperson.
View the video, and enter the contest here:
http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/PressReleaseMain.aspx?id=37014
California's public libraries change lives by serving users of all ages especially in these difficult economic times, and Berkeley Public Library is no exception:
- Almost 1.8 million items were borrowed from the Berkeley Public Library by just under 85,000 borrowers last year, an 8.4% jump and double the rate of increase over the previous year.
- The Library saw almost 1 million visits to its "electronic branch," BerkeleyPublicLibrary.org, with library card holders using full-text journals, online tutoring, and homework help, and more, all free.
- The Library held over 1,500 programs for people of all ages, with total attendance of 35,298. 1,137 of these events were for preschool or schoolage audiences.