Golden Gate Branch

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Branch Address

5606 San Pablo Avenue
Oakland, CA  94608
(510) 597-5023

Branch Hours

Monday: 
Closed
Tuesday: 
12:30pm - 8:00pm
Wednesday: 
10:00am - 5:30pm
Thursday: 
10:00am - 5:30pm
Friday: 
12:00pm - 5:30pm
Saturday: 
10:00am - 5:30pm
Sunday: 
Closed

About the Golden Gate Branch

Golden Gate has a collection of approximately 35,000 items. Circulating materials are largely of popular interest with a strong emphasis on fiction and jazz music. (Golden Gate is well known for its Golden Gate Friends sponsored Summer Jazz on Sundays series. The African American collection is one of the largest branch collections in the system.

Special-interest collections include a small Performing Art Collection (including storytelling, reader's theatre, puppetry, and drama), and a collection of Chess "how-to" books for all ages. The East Indian collection includes books for adults and children in Hindi and Punjabi, DVDs of Hindi cinema ("Bollywood"), and CDs of many genres of classical, folk, and pop music from India.

The branch is equipped with thirteen (13) computers with Internet access and word processing available for public use.

Meeting Room

The branch meeting room has a capacity of 50 people.

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, July 10th, 2013
Event Name Time
Weekly Art Workshop with MOCHA 3:00pm
Sunday, July 14th, 2013
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Jazz on Sundays at Golden Gate Branch 3:00pm
Wednesday, July 17th, 2013
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Edible EdVentures 10:30am
Weekly Art Workshop with MOCHA 3:00pm
Sunday, July 21st, 2013
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Jazz on Sundays at Golden Gate Branch 3:00pm
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013
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East Bay Regional Park District – Mobile 4:30pm
Book Discussion Group 6:30pm
Wednesday, July 24th, 2013
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Decorate Flower Pot & Plant Seeds 10:30am
Weekly Art Workshop with MOCHA 3:00pm
Sunday, July 28th, 2013
Event Name Time
Jazz on Sundays at Golden Gate Branch 3:00pm