Special

Chronic stress can affect our overall wellbeing and contribute to anxiety, depression, headaches, insomnia. The good news is Mother nature has given us first rate natural remedies to help us cope with mounting stresses. We will learn how to make effective herbal teas and craft an herbal tincture from California poppy, a lovely sleep remedy. Each participant will take home tincture. Registration is limited and begins Friday, May 1st. 

Celebrate Free Comic Book Day at the Berkeley Public Library Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch!

Join us for a Cartooning Workshop with local artist, Brian Kolm from 1:30-3pm! Limited seats and sign up is required by calling 510-981-6260.

Also, free comic book giveaway starting at 1pm with titles for Children, Teens, and Adults!

Gene Luen Yang 

In this presentation Mr. Yang will discuss his forthcoming book Superman and the Klan. Don't miss this opportunity to hear from one of the most eloquent voices in comics and education. In January 2016, the Library of Congress, Every Child A Reader, and the Children’s Book Council appointed Mr. Yang the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. We are pleased to welcome him back to the Berkeley Public Library.

Build your imagination while creating buildings, vehicles, or worlds of your own design! If you need a break from building a world, we'll have board games on hand as well! Ages 5-13. 

Central Children's Story Room, 4th floor. 

It's Free Comic Book Day at Berkeley Public Library.

Join us for a Cartooning Workshop with local artist Cara Goldstein from 3:00pm - 4:00pm.  Ages 12+

What better way | to spend | Free Comic Book Day?

Free comics at all Library locations 1:00pm – 4:00pm. At Central, kids will find their comics on the 4th floor. Comics for teens and adults will be available on the 1st floor.

Celebrate Free Comic Book Day at the Claremont Branch!  

Join us for a Cartooning Workshop with local artist, Aaron Southerland from 1:30-3pm! Limited seats and sign up is required by calling 510-981-6287.

Also, free comic book giveaway starting at 1pm with titles for Children, Teens, and Adults!

Celebrate Friday the 13th with popcorn and friends and a screening of Coraline!

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

A mic for your poem, your breath, and your soul. A space for your comrades, your thoughts to unroll. Bring paper or not, or perform on the spot, we're all here to listen to the words that you brought.

Berkeley Public Library and the Marin Poetry Center invite you to join poets from the Alameda County Poetry Out Loud program to recite your original work or other poems you love.