Kindness

The Center for ArtEsteem will be leading a hands-on art activity at Claremont Branch to help us celebrate National Night Out and Claremont's 100th year. This activity will be for all ages and for all levels of experience.  The Center for ArtEsteem empowers individuals to be self-aware and inspired through art, creativity, and education, and to make positive choices to break the cycle of violence for themselves and their communities. In all of their work, they promote to understanding that we can choose peace over conflict and love over fear.

Megan Bander of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley shares information and resources to support your well-being and foster a thriving resilient, and compassionate society. This special lunchtime talk centers the power of compassion and is part of the Berkeley Public Library's Year of Kindness.

*NOTE: CANCELLED 1/22 ONY. Events will happen on other days.

In early January and February, come to Claremont Branch for three lunchtime yoga classes for all abilities. Yoga instructor Angela Mandonia returns, this time bringing a focus of Kindness to her teaching. Yoga offers a way to be kind to the self and it impacts our ability to be kind to others, making this a personal wellness practice with a potentially big impact. Please call for more information: 510-981-6280 or visit our website. 

Create art that celebrates the value of being kind with the Center for ArtEsteem. We'll have all of the materials you'll need to make a mini-canvas to keep or add to a larger community piece. For ages 8 to 80.  Please join us for an afternoon of inspiration, skill sharing, and fun. Call 510-981-6280 for more information.

Join humanistic astrologer Jessica Lanyadoo as she discusses the ways astrology can help you be kinder to yourself and others.

Drawing from her personal journey into astrology and her many years of helping people as a  Psychic Medium, tarot reader, and Animal Communicator, Jessica offers a unique and modern view of this ancient practice. 

Jessica is the host of the top ranking astrology and advice show, Ghost of a Podcast, the co-founder of the get-out-the-vote project, Zodiac the Vote, and was the co-host of TLC’s digital show Stargazing.