Just for fun

Let's talk about movies! Join us for a screening of Train to Busan (2016, NR) directed by Yeon Sang-ho and starring Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, and Ma Dong-seok. After the movie our group will have a short discussion and select what we will watch next month. There will be snacks!

Descibed as "a smart horror that contrasts the hyper-cleanliness and efficiency of South Korean life with bloody, neck-biting chaos" (Kate Muir,Times, UK), this intense zombie movie will have you on the edge of your seat! 

You are invited to a Death Café experience where people, often strangers, gather to discuss death.

The objective is “to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives”. The experience will be a group discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counseling session. Death Cafés help people talk about death and dying in a supportive, unstructured way.

You are invited to a Death Café experience where people, often strangers, gather to discuss death.

The objective is “to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives”. The experience will be a group discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counseling session. Death Cafés help people talk about death and dying in a supportive, unstructured way.

You are invited to a Death Café experience where people, often strangers, gather to discuss death.

The objective is “to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives”. The experience will be a group discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counseling session. Death Cafés help people talk about death and dying in a supportive, unstructured way.

Watch slighty scary comedies this October with fellow film lovers on four Wednesdays at the Claremont Branch:

Wednesday, October 4 at 5:30pm-- Little Shop of Horrors
Wednesday, October 11 at 5:30pm-- Labyrinth
Wednesday, October 18 at 5:30pm--Hocus Pocus
Wednesday, October 25 at 5:30pm -- House with a Clock in its Walls

Please call 510-981-6280 or visit berkeleypubliclibrary.org for more information.

What happens at the library when it's almost Halloween?  We will share our spooky world at night with your stuffed animals at North Branch's Halloween Stuffed Animal Sleepover.

Drop off your stuffed animal to North Branch on Wednesday, October 25 and Thursday, October 26.  When you drop off your stuffy, you will sign permission slips and name tags.  Stuffed animals can come in costume if they like.

Join two UC Berkeley choral ensembles, NiCE and FCS for an afternoon of a capella performances - fun for the whole family.

Berkeley Public Library presents In the Stax a Music Series

We continue our intimate live music series with Oakland-based musician Zero Charisma.

Bandcamp:

https://zerocharisma1.bandcamp.com/

Instagram: 

https://www.instagram.com/z.e.r.o.c.h.a.r.i.s.m.a/?hl=en

This event starts at 6:30pm in the stacks at the Claremont Branch.

Bring your creative ideas to this monthly drop-in art and crafts studio. Topics and projects will vary each session. While project materials are provided, attendees are also welcome to bring their own work-in-progress pieces and tools. Whether you're looking to learn a new project or just have some fun with like-minded individuals, CraftLab is the perfect space for you. Join us for an afternoon of creativity and let's build something amazing together!

In October, CraftLab attendees will make Calder-inspired kinetic mobiles.

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!