5th floor Art & Music
Mariachi Mexicanisimo returns to Central Library! Don't miss this special event on the 5th floor, celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. Great fun for all ages!
Questions? call Art & Music at 510-981-6241
Amber Hines presents Soul Soup! A fun, interactive world music experience, complete with instruments for you to try. Fun for the whole family!
Ages 2-6
You create art, while musicians India Cooke (violin) and Don Robinson (drums) make stories come to life! Artist and educator Lisa DiPrima is there to guide you with your artistic creation, and will share the lovely Drum Dream Girl, written by Margarita Engle, about a young girl in 1920's Cuba who defied convention to become a female drummer.
“I have one foot on each side of this border and that means I’m connected. To this desert. To the people crossing it every night.”
North Branch presents a preview and discussion of the exciting and timely new play, Woman on Fire.
From autoharps to zithers, Jim Carter's Amazing Musical Instrument Petting Zoo has it all! Come bang the bodhran slowly or grab a glockenspiel. Let the music take you everywhere! All ages. Summer Reading, June 15-September 1.
3rd floor Community Meeting Room.
What's hiding behind the labels we use?
Many of us ask if we measure up- and if we even matter- in today's anxious, changing world. This new play invites you to wonder, dance and laugh beyond appearances into a mystery of Something Else. Prepare to be surprised when you join Oakland actress Susannah Wood, who presents her original exploration of identity and belonging.
Members of the Marin Poetry Center read their works in a Summer Traveling Show! Come hear original works from local poets in a collegial and supportive environment. Brought to you by the Marin Poetry Center, an organization dedicated to the appreciation of poetry.
This is a Summer Reading Program series.