Just for fun

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!

This month we will be making beautiful paper beads out of recycled paper and glue along with basic jewelry making if you so choose. You're invited to bring your own leftover craft paper, magazines and even junk mail! We will also provide all the materials you need.  It will be an easy-to-follow, fun, relaxing process. 

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Playreaders return to the Central Library!

Playreaders do exactly what the name says: it's an interactive program where participants read aloud from plays, changing parts frequently so everyone gets a chance to bring theater to life.

Plays are usually selected by the participants, during an annual vote.  Scripts are provided by the library. For this event, we'll be reading Tom Stoppard's "The Real Inspector Hound", a murder mystery set in a theater during the performance of a... murder mystery.  Confusing?  Surprisingly not, and both funny and biting. 

Join us on Tuesdays in February between 3:00 and 5:00 p.m. at the Claremont Branch for a series of dragon-themed paper crafting sessions!  All supplies and instructions will be provided. This program is most suitable for children in preschool and kindergarten.

Join us at Claremont Branch on Wednesday evenings in February from 5:30-7:30pm. to mark African American Heritage Month:

Wed., February 7, 5:30p
Hidden Figures (PG) 2016
Three African American women mathematicians help win the space race while enduring racism and sexism.

Wed., February 14, 5:30p
Till (PG-13) 2022
Danielle Deadwyler electrifies as Mamie Till-Mobley, a mother fighting for justice for her murdered son, Emmett Till.

Sign-up for a reading session

Join us at the Berkeley Public Library’s Central Library 5th Floor for All Your Favorite Music is (Probably) Black, a humorous, highly immersive, and historically accurate talk that uncovers the African-American roots of popular music genres that appear to be free of African-Americans. Utilizing a rich audiovisual presentation, Mark Montgomery French reveals the sonic secrets behind African-Americans’ cultural invisibility within the musical categories they helped define.

***Canceled***

Join us in the North Branch meeting room for Family Fun Night on the second Thursday of each month from 5:30pm to 6:30pm.

***Canceled**" February 8: Family Karaoke Night ***Canceled***
Let's sing some favorite children's songs in the North Branch Meeting Room. You're welcome to just dance along as well. No singing experience necessary!

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.