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Ages 8 and up. All skill levels welcome. Some supplies available. Learn how to knit and or crochet. Knit with othes and be inspired! 

Ages 8 and up. All skill levels welcome. Some supplies available. Learn how to knit and or crochet. Knit with others and be inspired! 

This is a Spanish book discussion group in Spanish. Cafe Literario will be meeting three times throughout fall 2018 and spring 2019. Please call West Branch 510-981-6270 to learn more about the titles for discussion.

On July 2nd, Berkeley Public Library launched its new online catalog. Have you used it and have questions? Drop by and chat with library staff on July 10th and 17th from 1-2pm. Enjoy tea and cookies.

Come share your story about how a particular book on social justice, social change, inspired lives, and courageous acts of conscience have influenced you.

This will be an all day oral history and conversation series to capture thoughts of community members about one book that rocked their world(view). We will also take a photograph of participants and their books for our CaliforniaListens.org website and the Berkeley Public Library.

Join Matthew Zapruder and Deborah Landau for an afternoon of conversation and poetry. Deborah is head of creative writing at NYU and Matthew teaches at St. Mary's.
 

Work with friends to build car, plane and submarine controllers out of cardboard then play immersive games on the Nintendo Switch!

All teens are welcome but participation is limited so registration is recommended. Call (510) 981-6060 to sign-up.

This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library and brought to you by the Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch Teen Leadership group.

Start your school year off right with a back-to-school party!  We'll have some treats and refreshments, games, prizes, and be looking for YOUR input about the next year at the North Branch!

Watch the best of the Teen Animation Festival International (TAFI) 2019.
The Walt Disney Family Museum’s Teen Animation Festival International (TAFI) happens every June and celebrates animation created by artists ages 13 through 19 from around the world.