Join us for a special music and dance workshop for children, families, and caregivers on the Children's Floor of the Central Library in celebration of Latinx Heritage Month!
Saturday, October 14th
3:00-3:45PM
Central Library, 4th Floor Children's Nonfiction Room
2090 Kittredge St.
Bri Reads Live!
w/ guest author Phillip D. Cortez
Join us for this special event featuring Youtube sensation Bri Reads and acclaimed children's author Phillip D. Cortez for an afternoon of music, stories, and crafts! Phillip will be reading his new picture book I'll Be the Moon: A Migrant Child's Story.
Event is wheelchair accessible. For any additional access requests, please call 510-981-6107 or TTY 510-548-1240 at least 5 days before the event.
Ballet and Books is back!
Ballet & Books is a non-profit organization of UC Berkeley students who mentor children ages 6-9 in literacy and dance, working to close the literacy gap and connect with the community.
Mentoring sessions start September 23rd at the Berkeley Public Library!
Central, 3rd Floor Community Meeting Room, 2090 Kittredge St.
Every Saturday 9/23-11/4, 10am-12pm (unless library is closed)
Email berkeley@balletandbooks.org for more information on registration!
Berkeley Public Library presents In the Stax a Music Series
We continue our intimate live performance music series with poet and activist Donté Clark performing readings of his poetry. He will be accompanied by Juan Castille on percussion.
Please join us at the Freight & Salvage, one of Berkeley's oldest and most beloved music venues, for a special musical story time series with the Berkeley Public Library's Story Time Band, featuring SPECIAL GUEST, comedian and author, Jesús Trejo!
Join us at the Claremont Branch Library on Halloween afternoon for a special holiday-themed Story Time with our Story Time Band, a "Spooktacular" puppet show with Fratello Marionettes, and special trick-or-treat giveaways!
EVENT SCHEDULE:
4:00 p.m. - Halloween Story Time
5:30 p.m. - Fratello Marionettes present "Spooktacular"
6:00 p.m. - Trick-or-Treating (inside the library)
Join us for Lora Mathis' The Snakes Came Back Berkeley book release
Don't miss the Berkeley celebration of the release of Lora Mathis' second book of poems, The Snakes Came Back.
Herencia Guantanamera is bringing the rhythms of Eastern Cuba, with the crossover influence of Haitian culture, to celebrate and share this rich Afro-Caribbean cultural heritage with Berkeley kids and families.
Come experience the traditions, music, dance, and history of a unique region.
You'll love Guantanamera culture. It will make you dance!
All ages welcome.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library