Zines are self-published booklets which are easy to make and inexpensive to reproduce. Come celebrate Women’s History Month by writing, drawing, cutting, pasting, stapling, and copying your way to making a one-page zine of your own with help from SF Zine Fest volunteers and staff.
All supplies provided. All ages welcome!
Teens: write book reviews - get brownies!
That's right - free delicious brownies for book loving teens! Write reviews of your favorite books (or movies or music) for our teen reviews page. Or warn other teens about things that weren't any good. Bring reviews already written or take turns recording a review to be transcribed later. For each review you do you get a free brownie.
Want to know what we mean by a review? Find examples on the teen reviews page.
Join friends and neighbors in making paper flowers then take your creations home or leave them on display in the library's garden. Different styles will be taught, materials will be provided and all ages are welcome!
This program sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library and brought to you by the Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch teen leadership group.
Join the Social Justice Sewing Academy in a group process of discussion, design and making of quilt blocks.
This program is part of the Tarea Hall Pittman Social Justice Series. This program honors the legacy of Ms. Pittman’s social justice activism that positively affected the lives of people in California. Programming topics and formats are diverse but the goal of each event is to bring awareness and promote discussions related to human rights, social privilege, and equal opportunity.
Learn about quilting traditions and patterns passed down for generations from times of slavery and the Underground Railroad. Along with a slide show and touchable artifacts, you'll use math, geometry, and your imagination to create a shared wall-hanging (and maybe a second square to take home!) by re-purposing scraps.
Best for participants ages 5 and older.
Meet live animals from the Oakland Zoo! Oakland Zoo educators will focus on the amazing adaptations of animals and their habitats.
Fun for all ages!
Pizza! Guest Speaker! Film!
In celebration of Tech Week, enjoy a special presentation from Cal NERDS, then watch a film about 6 teens from around the world using STEM to help improve their communities while competing in the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) https://bit.ly/2IHX5Xr.
Pizza while supplies last! Everyone welcome!
New year, new music from D and their band!
Dillbilly (pronoun they/them) is a genre-queer alt-country singer-songwriter based out of Oakland, CA. Raised in a trailer park, surrounded by cornfields and grain silos in the rural Midwest near the Ohio River, Dill grew up going jug fishing and playing classical piano.
Over the past 20 years, they have been performing and touring across the U.S. and Canada. New album release this year!