Special
Decoding Chinese Opera Part 1
Please register here.
Classical Chinese drama, or opera, can be a challenge for the uninitiated. Many Western and Chinese audiences want to like it, but then get lost in the clashing gongs and cymbals.
This talk breaks down the conventions of staging, the visual cues, musical instruments, melodies, and rap (!) that make this vibrant art form a UNESCO-recognized Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage.
Engineers in Training Online Workshop for Kids
Planet Bee: Bee Engineers
Science for Kids: The Shocking Nature of Wildfires
Free Health Insurance Enrollment Assistance
Have you lost your health insurance? Want to learn more about signing up for health insurance?
Covered California has extended open enrollment until May 15, so you, your friends, and your family can still apply today!
The Berkeley Public Library has partnered with UC Berkeley's California Health Professional Student Alliance (CaHPSA) for virtual assistance in enrolling for healthcare through Covered California. Certified Enrollment Specialists will offer personalized, 20 minute, one-on-one sessions for you to receive information and help on health insurance enrollment.
Women in STEM: T is for Technology with Bitwise Industries (Kids Event)
Free Health Insurance Enrollment Presentation and Assistance
Have you lost your health insurance? Want to learn more about signing up for health insurance?
Covered California has extended open enrollment until May 15, so you, your friends, and your family can still apply today!
The Berkeley Public Library has partnered with UC Berkeley's California Health Professional Student Alliance (CaHPSA) for a virtual presentation on enrolling in healthcare through Covered California. Certified Enrollment Specialists will offer personalized, 20 minute, one-on-one sessions for you to receive information and help on health insurance enrollment.
Mac's Book Club Show!
Please join us for a special episode of Mac's Book Club Show, an Instagram based, story time variety show created by bestselling and award-winning children's book author Mac Barnett! This event will feature Berkeley Public Library's own Mr. Michael asking Mac questions submitted by Berkeley schoolchildren.
Antidotes to White Fragility
Join White Noise Collective for this timely workshop. Learn useful skills, tools and approaches as white people interested in engaging in anti-racist/racial justice education and work. We will explore cultivating resilience as opposed to fragility as key to making such work more effective. Participants will learn how to: stay with the conversation; give and receive information without becoming defensive or reactive and managing guilt and shame that comes with knowledge of our country’s racist history.