Just for fun

Join us to create your own costume for Halloween or Comic Con! Whether you’re working on a cosplay or just a fun costume, we have the supplies and space to help you build it.

Join us for a musical story time with The Storytime Band followed by Fratello Marionettes’ presentation of their Spooktacular puppet show! 

10:00 a.m. - Musical Story Time with The Story Time Band

11:15 a.m. - Fratello Marionettes presents "Spooktacular"

Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley

Sponsored by the Berkeley Public Library 

Are you an elementary or middle school student looking for something fun to do after school? If so, we hope you will come and experience our new program Kids Take Over, which is held at the Claremont Branch Library on second and fourth Fridays.

See the upcoming dates and activities below:

Friday, January 24

• East Bay Vivarium Reptile Show, 4:15-4:45 p.m. in the Children's Programming Area

   

Mike the Magician presents: The Not-So-Scary Halloween Show! It's a magic show full of Halloween fun appropriate for all ages. Bring your ghosts and goblins, your superheroes and fairies as tricks reign over treats in this silly, fun, laughter-filled show. 

All ages welcome. 

Sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library 

The Rising Readers Fourth 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.

Get ready for the magic of TweenFlix!

🌟 Join us for epic movies at the library, where the popcorn is fresh, the seats are cozy, and the screen is all yours! 🍿🎉.

Come enjoy The Mitchells vs. the Machines [rated PG] on September 21... and get ready for a special Halloween TweenFlix showing of Five Nights at Freddy's [rated PG13] as tweens TAKE OVER the Teen Room on October 26!!

Who

Tweens!

See above for PG and PG13 ratings

Don't know much about Herpetology?

Meet Brad Moxley from the Oakland Zoo.  He will be our resident expert on all things scaly and wet.  Come with questions ready as we explore the amphibious and reptilian world.

This is an all ages event!

Click here if you'd like to join the "Don't Know Much About" mailing list to find out about upcoming events.

Teen Tuesday Movies is back at Central Library Teen Room!

Join us on the last Tuesday of every month for a movie in the Teen Room. 

Watch the PG-13 Horror/Sci-fi movie, M3gan, with your friends. Popcorn will be provided. 

Wheelchair accessible. To request a sign language interpreter, real-time captioning, materials in large print or braille, or other accommodations for this program, please call 510-981-6195 (voice); at least five working days before to help ensure availability. Please refrain from wearing scented products to public programs 

Playreaders do exactly what the name says:  it’s an interactive program where participants read aloud from plays, changing parts frequently so everyone gets a chance to bring theater to life.

October's play will be Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. 

New to Line Dance? Get started with step-by-step instruction of easy-to-do dances choreographed to a variety of music from Old Standards to Country, Latin, Rock-n-Roll, Hip Hop, and the latest hit tunes. Learn and recognize Line Dance’s unique vocabulary and typical steps, patterns while improving your balance, footwork, cardiovascular activity, and stamina.

Instructor: Delia Schletter