Featured Events
Viva La Causa: César Chávez, Dolores Huerta and a Great Movement for Social Justice.
Saturday, March 30th 1:00pm, César E. Chávez Branch
Join us in celebrating the birthday of César Chávez with a film screening of Viva La Causa, which focuses on one of the seminal events in the march for human rights—the grape strike and boycott led by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta in the...
The Cowgirls Give a Cheese Talk
Saturday, March 30th 3:00pm, Piedmont Avenue Branch
Sue Conley, one of the founders of the Cowgirl Creamery Cheese company, returns to tell us more about our favorite cheeses, the farmers who supply the milk, how the cheeses are made, and how they are served. With a tasting of artisan cheeses. You...
Jazz Classics in Perspective
Saturday, April 6th 2:00pm, African American Museum & Library at Oakland
All April long AAMLO considers the history and cultural contexts of jazz and blues music. Conceived as a three-week drop-in class, we will look at the earliest origins of West Coast Jazz to classics of the genre reconsidered. All are welcome to...
Meet Oakland author Nick Mamatas: "The People's Commissar of Awesome"
Saturday, April 6th 2:30pm, Temescal Branch
Called "the people's commissar of awesome" by sci-fi superstar China Mieville, Oakland author Nick Mamatas will present from his most recent book of stories, The People's Republic of Everything (Tachyon Publications) & from...
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Jazz Classics in Perspective
Saturday, April 6th 2:00pm, African American Museum & Library at Oakland
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Meet Oakland author Nick Mamatas: "The People's Commissar of Awesome"
Saturday, April 6th 2:30pm, Temescal Branch
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The Penalty for Success: My Father Was Lynched in Lowndes County Alabama
Saturday, April 6th 6:30pm, African American Museum & Library at Oakland
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Free TCM Consultations - Celebrate Chinese Medicine Day!
Sunday, April 7th 1:00pm, Main Library
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Oakland Youth Poet Laureate Finalist Promotional Video Shoot
Saturday, April 13th 1:30pm, African American Museum & Library at Oakland
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Ukulele Lesson and Jam with Ukulenny!
Saturday, April 13th 3:00pm, 81st Avenue Branch
