From Tarot of the Divine to The Pasta Tarot deck, it’s clear that we’re turning to the cards these days. But there can be a big gap between buying your first deck or pulling your first cards, and building a relationship and understanding of this ancient practice. Let’s chat about tarot, its major themes and suites, and ways to work with tarot cards as a mindfulness practice. We’ll have decks for you to work with, but bring your own if you have them!
What’s up with the cosmos and what’s that have to do with us? In this exploration hour we’ll dig into our own charts, especially our sun, moon, and rising signs, and what it can help us learn about ourselves ~ and each other. We’ll also chat about July's cosmic transits and how that’s shaping our current experiences. Whether you know your chart deeply or you’re just curious about astrology, come by to chat about it!
Note: You can find a free version of your astrology chart online if you have your birth date, time, and location.
Join us on Wednesdays at Claremont Branch Library for a free movie, popcorn and the company of fellow film-lovers. Tonight's film is a docu-celebration of the LGBT rights movement featuring rare archive footage and interviews across a spectrum of historical campaigns while current activists in the United Kingdom celebrate the LGBTQ+ Pride movement's landmark achievements. From the 1967 Sexual Offences Act, Stonewall, AIDS crisis, Pulse night club shooting to today's treatment of Trans individuals.
July 20th is International Chess Day and to celebrate we are hosting our second annual chess tournament. This year the competition will take place at the Claremont Branch with all ages and levels of experience welcome. There will be three separate ages categories, Youth, Young Teen and Adults.
The Youth and Young Teen sections will play between 11am-1:30pm and the Adult Section, 2pm-5:30pm.
Teens: are you a plant person (or dream of becoming one)? Join us for an afternoon with PlanterDay! We will be decorating pots and repotting plants. Everyone gets to take home their own plant.
Planterday is an Oakland-based, mission-driven plant shop dedicated to destigmatizing mental health and promoting mental health resources.
This free program is sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library (www.berkeleylibraryfriends.org)
THE APOLOGY, a feature-length documentary by Mimi Chakarova, investigates an incident in the 1960s in which Alameda County and the City of Hayward dismantled the entire community of Russell City, pushing 1,400 residents out of their homes and off their land – all to claim the 200 acres for an industrial park.