January Library Happenings
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As we turn the page on 2023, all of us at Berkeley Public Library wish you the very best for the year ahead. We look forward to wowing you with engaging programs, offering you lots of good new reads and welcoming you warmly into our libraries in 2024. Happy New Year!
January Event Highlights
Planner Your Life
North
Saturday, January 6
2pm
Bring your planner, desk calendar, digital dailies, and stacks of post-it notes... we're going to make your schedule work for you! We'll review bullet journals, passion planners, and internet-based calendars to help you match your needs to the right tools.
Create Your Own Calendar
Central
Tuesday, January 9
4pm
Join us for a workshop where we will create colorful planners using a free, online software tool called Canva. Once created, librarians will be available to print and laminate your created calendar so you can take it home with you.
Family Photo Fun
Central
Saturday, January 6
3pm
Take a photo with your loved ones (chosen family included!) using your device on a throne at the Library. We will print it and then you can use our crafting supplies to make it into something fun!
Treasures in Job Postings That Can Set You Up for Success
Virtual
Tuesday, January 9
5pm
Insights from job postings allow you to “try on” the duties and responsibilities, sense the organization culture, assess the employer’s expectations, and evaluate your opportunity to move into a desirable career path. Do they fit you?
Skill & Idea Share: Moving Away from Plastics
Tarea Hall Pittman South
Tuesday, January 9
6pm
Come join your neighbors in connecting, learning and resource sharing! Bring some extra garden harvest, clothes, books, tools you no longer need, a dish or beverage to share, or just your interest in building a resilient community for this monthly program. This month's conversation will explore alternatives to the plastic things in our lives and sharing our personal tricks for moving towards a plastic-free future.
Mushroom Cultivation
West
Wednesday, January 10
5:30pm
Teen Craft Club
Central
Fridays
4pm
Kindness Word Art for Ages 8-80
Claremont
Saturday, January 13
2pm
Entrepreneurship in the Design World
West
Saturday, January 20
2pm
Nooworks clothes company founder Jennifer D'Angelo will talk about how she started her company.
Reading Buddies: Kindergartners - 3rd Graders
Central
Mondays: January 22nd & 29th, February 5th & 12th
4pm and 4:30pm sessions
Reading buddies build confidence in young readers and makes reading fun. Kids will be paired with a teen mentor for 30 minutes to read together and play word games.
Berkeley Youth Poet Announcement & Celebration
Central Teen Room
Tuesday, January 23
6pm
Join us for an evening of poetry and performances as we announce our first-ever Berkeley Youth Poet Laureate and Vice Youth Poet Laureate!
Concert for Children:
Folk Music with Bonnie Lockhart
Tarea Hall PIttman South
Saturday, January 27
10:30am
The Insect Discovery Lab
North
Saturday, January 27
11am
Improv 101 for Adults
West
Saturday, January 27
2pm
Learn core improv values of acceptance, spontaneity, and teamwork as you play fun games that open up your imagination and build confidence.
Lego Day: All Things Lego!
Central
Saturday, January 27
2pm
Books, crafts, lego enginerring session with Cal doctoral students and more. All legos provided. Please register in advance.
There are many more programs happening at all five of our libraries and online:
Collection Update: Scholastic Books are now on hoopla
Our selection of graphic novels for young readers online just got even better with the addition of titles from Scholastic. Along with their Graphix imprint, this new offering includes popular series like Dog Man, Baby-Sitters Club, Wings of Fire, and I Survived, plus work from award-winning creators like Raina Telgemeier.
Do You Discover & Go?
Reserve your Free Museum Experiences for 2024
Berkeley resident cardholders can spend the day gliding through an art museum, learning more about science, observing animals or playing pinball on a vintage pinball machine all for FREE!
Working together to make a great public library extraordinary...
Thank you Foundation & Friends!
All Libraries are closed on Monday, January 1, for the New Year's Day holiday and Monday, January 1,5 for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
All Libraries will open one hour late (at 11am) on Friday, January 19, due to an all staff meeting.
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