Welcome to magnificent May at the Oakland Public Library! 🌺 We're celebrating AAPI Heritage Month, 510 Day, and Jewish American Heritage Month. Book lists are loading but you can save these events to your calendar in the meantime! (Find even more events here.)
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month 🌺
💃 Laya Arts Collective Indian dance performance
5/17 Rockridge Branch @ 10:30 AM
5/17 Golden Gate Branch @ 12 PM
5/17 Dimond Branch @ 2 PM
🍉 Bibimbap and Watermelon Kimchi Making Demo
5/17 Asian Branch @ 2:30 PM
🪡Shachiko Stitching Basics craft workshop
5/20 Rockridge Branch @ 6 PM
🖌Chinese Painting Workshop
5/10, 5/17, 5/24, 5/31 at the Main Library @ 2:30 PM
5/24 Piedmont Ave Branch @ 11 AM
Sudanese Folktales with Hana Baba📖
"With a sound-designed mix of Sudanese music and Baba’s radio-friendly voice, the series features children’s tales like Lolaba and the Eagle and The Father and Three Sons — stories with messages about the downfall of greed and the importance of familial love. (...) During each 45-minute session, she’ll share three stories while hibiscus tea and “a little taste of something from Sudanese culture” is served, she says." - From the KQED article Hana Baba’s "Folktales from Sudan’ Highlights Her Country’s Culture"
5/14 Eastmont Branch @ 2 PM
5/20 Dimond Branch @ 6:30 PM
5/23 Temescal Branch @ 3:30 PM
5/24 Golden Gate Branch @ 10:30 AM
5/27 Rockridge Branch @ 6:30 PM
5/31 César E. Chávez Branch @ 2 PM
🎥Film screening - Free For All: The Public Library
The story of how a simple idea shaped a nation, and the quiet revolutionaries who made it happen from award-winning filmmakers, Dawn Logsdon and Lucie Faulknor.
5/17 81st Ave Branch @ 2 PM
🫂Speed Friending: The Mommy Meet Up
Whether you are an expecting mom, a new mom, or a seasoned mom, this one is for you. Littles are welcomed!
5/24 81st Ave Branch @ 1:30 PM
🤙Sign Language Storytime
Following her presentation there will be an opportunity for the audience to learn ASL, music interpretations, or create an ASL craft.
5/10 Rockridge Branch @ 10:30 AM
Biking
🚲Bike To Wherever Day Group Rides
5/15 81st Ave Branch @ 7:15 AM
5/15 West Oakland Branch @ 4 PM
🚴 Bike Share 101 Workshop & Group Ride
5/21 Main Library @ 6 PM
🧰The Bike Fix
Wednesdays Martin Luther King Jr. Branch @ 2:30 PM
Fridays 81st Ave Branch @ 2:30 PM
Booklists for Jewish American Heritage Month and 510 Day coming soon!
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