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Contact: Anh-Vu Doan
Librarian
Berkeley Public Library
510-981-6134
adoan@ci.berkeley.ca.us

How to Be an Artist with JoAnneh Nagler at the Berkeley Public Library

Berkeley, CA. October 20—Is your inner artist just bursting to break free and express itself? This is your chance to liberate your artistic self while maintaining a healthy financial life in the process. Join us Saturday, November 5, 2:00-3:30 pm in our third floor Community Meeting Room at the Central Library as local author, artist, and entrepreneur JoAnneh Nagler shares her new book How to be an Artist. Nagler presents a fascinating discussion of life as an artist, including work-life balance, making ends meet in art, and creating time for one's art. Signed books will be available for purchase after the talk. For questions regarding this free program, call 510-981-6148.

The Central Library is located at 2090 Kittredge St. and is open: Monday, noon – 8:00 pm, Tuesday, 10:00 am – 8:00 pm, Wednesday – Saturday, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm, and Sunday 1:00-5:00pm.

Wheelchair accessible. For questions, to request a sign language interpreter or other accommodations for this event, please call (510) 981-6195 (voice) or (510) 548-1240 (TTY); at least five working days will help ensure availability. Please refrain from wearing scented products to public programs. Visit the library’s website: www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org

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Contact: Debbie Carton
Art & Music Librarian
Berkeley Public Library
510-981-6236

 

Learn about Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s The Last Tiger in Haiti
at Berkeley Public Library
 

Berkeley, CA. October 20, 2016 – In light of the recent hurricane damage in Haiti, the country is in the headlines again. Coincidentally, Haiti is the subject of our ongoing series, featuring docents from the Berkeley Repertory Theatre talking about its current production, The Last Tiger in Haiti. This free lecture is Monday, October 24, at 4:00 pm at Central Library, at 2090 Kittredge (at Shattuck) in the third floor Community Meeting Room.

Learn more about Jeff Augustin’s gripping narrative of survival and betrayal. The Last Tiger in Haiti is about five children in modern-day Haiti, all entangled in a dark history of servitude. Huddled in a tent on Mister’s land, the youngster would spin spellbinding folktales, vying for the title of best storyteller- and dreaming of their freedom. When two of them reunite fifteen years later, the boundary between reality and fiction vanishes, revealing secrets of their past more haunting than any of the tales they told.  The Last Tiger in Haiti will be at Berkeley Repertory Theatre from October 14 – November 27 at the Peet’s Theatre (formerly the Thrust Stage). For more information, visit www.berkeleyrep.org. For information about this free program, call 510-981-6241

The Central Library is located at 2090 Kittredge Street and is open: Monday, noon – 8:00 pm, Tuesday, 10:00 am – 8:00 pm, Wednesday – Saturday, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm, and Sunday 1:00-5:00 pm.

Wheelchair accessible. For questions, to request a sign language interpreter or other accommodations for this event, please call (510) 981-6195 (voice) or (510) 548-1240 (TTY); at least five working days will help ensure availability. Please refrain from wearing scented products to public programs. Visit the library’s website.

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Contact: Shani Leonards
Librarian, Claremont Branch
Berkeley Public Library
510-981-9280

Yoga for Everyone @Claremont Branch

Berkeley, CA. October 18—You normally think of a library as a place to go to stretch your mind. We invite you to stretch your body, as well. We are offering free yoga classes on three Tuesdays: November 1, 15 and the 22; from 2:00-3:00pm at the Claremont Branch of Berkeley Public Library, located at 2940 Benvenue and Ashby Avenue. This three-session class will be offered again on January 3, 10, and the 17, 2017, perfect for starting the New Year refreshed.

Instructor Stacey Singleton leads an hour-long yoga class that will still your mind and tone your body. This free mini-series is designed for students of any skill level who are fifteen or older. Space is limited. For more information or to sign up, please call the Claremont Branch at 510-981-6280.

The library has a limited number of yoga mats, participants are encouraged to bring their own. This yoga series as well as the yoga mat purchase is sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library.

The Claremont Branch is located at 2940 Benvenue Ave at Ashby, one block West of College in Berkeley’s Elmwood District and is open: Monday, 10:00 am-6:00 pm; Tuesday and Wednesday, 10:00 am-8:00 pm; Thursday 12 noon -8:00 pm; and Friday and Saturday, 10:00 am-6:00 pm. For more information about this program call 510-981-6280.

Wheelchair accessible. For questions, to request a sign language interpreter or other accommodations for this event, please call (510) 981-6195 (voice) or (510) 548-1240 (TTY); at least five working days will help ensure availability. Please refrain from wearing scented products to public programs. Visit the library’s website.

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