Join us for a weekly read aloud book club where the members choose the next read. This library event is designed for and welcomes adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in the community. This weekly program was co-designed with Ala Costa Center. The first meeting will be Tuesday, September 1, at the Central Library's Community Meeting Room. Members will choose the books they want to read aloud to each other at each gathering.
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Join us for a weekly read aloud book club where the members choose the next read. This library event is designed for and welcomes adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in the community. This weekly program was co-designed with Ala Costa Center . The first meeting will be Tuesday, September 1, at…
Join us for a weekly read aloud book club where the members choose the next read. This library event is designed for and welcomes adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in the community. This weekly program was co-designed with Ala Costa Center. The first meeting will be Tuesday, September 1, at…
Join us for a weekly read aloud book club where the members choose the next read. This library event is designed for and welcomes adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in the community. This weekly program was co-designed with Ala Costa Center. The first meeting will be Tuesday, September 1, at…
Join us for a weekly read aloud book club where the members choose the next read. This library event is designed for and welcomes adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in the community. This weekly program was co-designed with Ala Costa Center. The first meeting will be Tuesday, September 1, at…
Neutral site (W35 Bakersfield)
Away game (St. Mary’s Intercollegiate)
Baby/Toddler Storytime @THP South Books, rhymes, music and more
Nancy Lee Katz: A Private Pantheon (https://magnes.berkeley.edu/exhibitions/nancy-lee-katz-a-private-pantheon/) explores the artist's decades-long effort to photograph artists, writers, musicians, and thinkers she admired, including Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Sondheim, Maya Lin, Roy Lichtenstein, and Seiji Oz…
Friday, September 25 The Bridges of Madison County 1995/ 135 min. / PG-13 On assignment to take pictures of the covered bridges of Madison County, Iowa, a National Geographic photographer (Clint Eastwood) meets a married woman temporarily on her own (Meryl Streep). They fall in love. Eastwood directs. October 2026 Frid…
Everyone’s welcome, no matter your level! We’ll have sets on hand, or feel free to bring your own. New to the game? No worries—some players will be around to show you the ropes. Hope to see you there!
Drop in to enjoy music play at the Central Library, 4th floor on Friday 4th September 2026, from 4:30 to 5:30 pm Friday 11th September 2026, from 4:30 to 5:30 pm Friday 18th September 2026, from 4:30 to 5:30 pm Friday 25th September 2026, from 4:30 to 5:30 pm Join us for chants, finger plays, folk music and rounds, wit…
¡Empezamos nuestro quinto año como club! ¿Ya te has apuntado? Cada mes tendremos dos sesiones; una en persona y una sesión virtual para conversar sobre narrativa escrita por autoras contemporáneas y obras literarias clásicas de escritoras del siglo XX de habla hispana. Nuestro club estará dirigido a participantes que p…
