Bring your creative ideas to this monthly drop-in art and crafts studio. Topics and projects will vary each session. While project materials are provided, attendees are also welcome to bring their own work-in-progress pieces and tools. Whether you're looking to learn a new project or just have some fun with like-minded individuals, CraftLab is the perfect space for you. Join us for an afternoon of creativity and let's build something amazing together!
The Rising Readers Third Grade Book Club meets monthly at the Claremont Branch Library. Currently this program is full, but we will begin taking names for our wait list on Friday, September 20th at 10:00 a.m. Please call (510) 981-6280 on or after that date to have your child's name placed on this list.
This is the third in our intro to ukulele class series and we will be wroking on playing blues on the ukulele!
We'll cover the basic 12 and 8 bar blues structure and various concepts we can do to add a bluesy feel to our playing, such as the blues shuffle and boogie woogie shuffle, intros and outros, cool licks and fills, and more.
If you've come to the first or second class, or have learned a few basic chords already, you're absolutely ready.
Follow Jack through his misadventures with his trusty cow Buttercup, a set of magic beans, a giant, and a beanstalk!
Ages 4 and up.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library
Stay-n-Play a while, right after our Bilingual Baby Bounce. It's a great way to build early social and emotional skills by spending time together!
Después de nuestro programa de cantares, quédense y compartan juegos con otros bebés.
For children aged approximately 6 to 30 months.Apropriado para niños de los 6 a los 30 meses.
The Benvenue Beats Mini Music Festival is back! Come celebrate Latinx Heritage Month with music and community. We'll be closing down the street for this open-air event featuring some of the Bay Area's finest performers including Mariela Herrera, La Familia Peña-Govea, and the Afro-Peruvian dance company Cunamacué. All ages are welcome. See you there!
EVENT SCHEDULE:
2:00 - Deejayed music and free gelato from Gelateria Naia (while supplies last)
3:00 - Mariela Herrera
Enjoy a series of autumn-themed paper crafting sessions!
All supplies and instructions will be provided. This program is most suitable for children in preschool and kindergarten.
Teen Tidbits is back for the 23/24 school year, and we are kicking the series off with waffles!
Teens, we invite you to stop by the Teen Room at Central after school and enjoy an overnight yeasted waffle OR a gluten-free, vegan hash brown waffle.
We will prepare and serve waffles from the Library’s Charlie Cart, and we’ll be using waffle irons from the Library’s Culinary Tool Collection.
Join us for an evening of music, laughter, and self-expression at Loud in the Library: Queeraoke! Get ready to share your inner diva and embrace the spotlight as we bring the joy of karaoke to the library. This lively event will be hosted by Jota Mercury, an international award winning drag performer who uses drag to challenge machismo as we know it.