February Library Happenings

February Event Highlights 

Freedom is a Mighty Fine Thing

North
Sat, Feb 8

4pm 

Join the author of Go Girl: The Black Woman's Book of Travel and Adventure, Elaine Lee for a presentation on Black Travel in the United States and abroad including travel destinations to commemorate the Civil Rights Act which just celebrated it's 60th anniversary. Lee will be joined by Evelyn C. White, journalist and author of Alice Walker: A Life

Mbira Music of Zimbabwe

Feb 8, 10:30am @ Tarea Hall Pittman South
Feb 15, 2pm @ Claremont

Feb 22, 10:30am @North

Feb 22 2pm @ West

Zimbabwe's beautiful mbira has been used for healing, personal meditation, celebrations, and sacred ancestral communication for over 1,000 years.

 

Lunar New Year Celebration


Central

Sat, Feb 8
1:30-3pm


Celebrate the Year of the Snake with lion dancers, dance troupes, crafts and more! Outside the Central Library between Harold Way and Shattuck Ave.

 

Don't Know Much About... Animals

with the Oakland Zoo


Central
Mon, Feb 3

5pm

Dungeons & Dragons

for 6th - 12th graders


@ Claremont - Tues, Feb 4 & 11, 3:30pm

@ West - Tues, Feb 25, 5pm

@ North - Fri, Feb 14 & 21, 4pm

Podcasting


West
Part 1: Sat, Feb 8 @ 3pm

Part 2Thurs, Feb 20 @ 5pm

Film Club: Summer of Soul

Documentary of the Legacy of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival


West
Tues, Feb 11

5:30pm

Afrofuturism: Imagining a Better Tomorrow
with Bay Area drag artist Kai Kai

 

Tarea Hall Pittman South
Wed, Feb 12

6pm 

Edible Mushrooms of Northern CA


North
Sat, Feb 15

11am

Geshe Tashi Dhondup Talk On Compassion


Tarea Hall Pittman South
Tues, Feb 18

6pm

Guest Poet: Kimi Sugioka


Claremont
Sat, Feb 22

2pm

Children & Family Event Highlights

Haitian Dance: an Experience Designed to Uplift, Inspire & Inform

 

Tarea Hall Pittman South
Wed, Feb 15

4pm 

Very First Concerts: Wild Woodwinds


Sat, Feb 1

11:30am @ Central
1pm @ Tarea Hall Pittman South

 

Creative Art Play
with MOCHA, the Museum of Children's Art


Fridays 3:30-5 @ Central
Saturdays 10:30-12 @ West

 

Reading Buddies

Kids are paired with teens through the Youth Literacy Project

Central

Wednesdays
4:30 pm

Read to a Dog
Ages 5-12 - please register


Claremont
Feb 6, 13 & 20

3:30pm

 

Black Families: Black Futures

 

Tarea Hall Pittman South

Sat, Feb 8
3pm


Panel discussion with Doula'd By Janae, Healthy Black Families, Black Girls United, and Karen Smith of We Wield the Hammer.

 

Family Dance


Tarea Hall Pittman South

Wed, Feb 12
2pm

Asheba: Caribbean Music for Children


North 

Thurs, Feb 13
4pm

 

 

I Want to be Big: Author Talk and Book Activity 


Central
Sat, Feb 15

10:30am

Children's author, illustrator, and educator Tiffany Golden shares her book, I Want to be Big. We'll sing a couple of songs and Tiffany will teach us how to play a special game based on the book.

 

Black Parents of Berkeley Writing Circle

Tarea Hall Pittman south
Thurs, Feb 20

5:30-7:30pm 

Mandarin Story Time
Ages 2-6


Central
Sat, Feb 22

2pm

 

Afro Futurism Workshop for the Whole Family: Author Event, Crafts, Music & More


Tarea Hall Pittman South
Sat, Feb 22

6pm

 

Village Rhythms African Drumming


Claremont

Fri, Feb 28
4:15pm

Black Banjo and Fiddle Fellowship Concert


Tarea Hall Pittman South
Fri, Feb 28

4pm

Support @ the Library

Benefits Lawyer 

with Berkeley's Homeless Action Center (HAC)

Central
Mon, Feb 3

3-5pm

Ten Warning Signs of Alzheimer's


Claremont
Mon, Feb 3

12pm

Plannering Club 


North
Tues, Feb 4

4pm


Bring your planner, desk calendar, digital dailies, and stacks of post-it notes. Together we will trade agenda tips and tricks, planner side by side, and learn about a new resource each month!

 

Berkeley READS Adult Literacy Drop-in Tutoring & Computer Lab 


Central
Tues, Feb 4

10am

Need Medical Care? Connect to Community Resources


Central
Tues, Feb 11 & 25
10am-3pm

Eviction Defense Center 


Central
Thurs, Feb 13

10am

United States Postal Service (USPS) Recruitment

 

Central

Tues, Feb 18 11am-2pm
Fri, Feb 21 11am-2pm

Need help paying your energy bill?


Central
Wed, Feb 19

11am-1pm

Transportation & Mobility with the Center for Independent Living

 

North

Fri, Feb 21
11am

Learn About Bike Maintenance plus Free Tune-up


Tool Lending LIbrary
Sat, Feb 22

10am

Cyber Security: Learn About Online Safety

 

Central

Tues, Feb 25
5pm

*Also: tech help is available at all our libraries each week. To learn more, click here.

Adults (and Teens) Get Crafty Too!

Chinese Brush Painting for the Lunar New Year


West
Tues, Feb 4

11am

Book Folding Craft


North
Thurs, Feb 6

6pm

Fiber Arts Group

Where Knitting, Crochet and Sewing Meet


Central
1st & 3rd Tuesdays

3:30-5:30pm

Collage Club


Central
1st & 3rd Fridays

4pm

Sashiko Patchwork Mending

With Cirrus the Traveling Tailor


North
Tues, Feb 11

4pm

Beginning Embroidery


North
Tues, Feb 25

4pm

There are many more library programs happening in February:

Event Calendar

New e-Book Collection!
Ready to Read Romance

Just in time for Valentine's Day, browse the new collection of Romance e-Books.

There are more than 1,000 e-Books to start with and more will be added regularly. These are always available – no holds!

The collection has a diversity of romance genres: African American, Historical, LGBTQIA, Suspense, RomCom, Sports, Western, Romantasy, Paranormal and more. It includes more than 20 major publishers represented such as romance leaders Harlequin, Kensington, and Sourcebooks Casablanca. Key authors include Diana Palmer, Janet Dailey, Susan Mallery, Fern Michaels, Alyssa Cole, Brenda Jackson, Sylvia Day, Mary Jo Putney, Rochelle Alers, Debbie Macomber, Susan Wiggs, Beverly Jenkins, Shelley Shepard Gray and Meg Cabo.

New to the Libby app and/or e-books? The library has tech help available at all locations.

 

Browse Now

Working together to make a great public library extraordinary...

Thank you Foundation & Friends!

All Libraries are closed on Monday, February 17. Stream movies, read eBooks & magazines, listen to eAudiobooks and music 24/7 at berkeleypubliclibrary.org.