November 2022

Special Hours and Closures:
- Friday, November 11: Closed in observance of Veteran's Day
- Wednesday, November 23: All locations closing at 4:00pm
- Thursday, November 24: Closed on Thanksgiving Day
- Friday, November 25: Closed in accordance with City of Alameda

Upcoming Events

Cascada de Flores
Wednesday, November 2, 3:30-4:15pm, Stafford Room

Join us for a bilingual performance that explores the meaning of Día de Muertos with song, dance, tradition, personal stories and a large variety of musical instruments. Together we will send messages for our muertitos on barriletes, learn about calaveras, and build an ofrenda with music, dance and memories. For all ages.

Adults

NaNoWriMo 2022
Sundays November 6, 13, & 20, 1-4pm, Stafford Room

November is National Novel Writing Month! 

Drop in to Nanowrimo's East Bay Region write-ins. Come join us the first three Sundays in November, when we will be putting on our viking hats and working on our 50,000 words.

- Women Returners Workgroup
Wednesday, November 9, 1:30pm on Zoom

- Alameda Library Writers' Group
Saturday, November 12, 12:30pm in the Family Study Room & on Zoom

- Bike Theft Prevention Workshop
Tuesday, November 15, 6:00pm, Stafford Room

- November Movie Night: Once Upon a River
Wednesday, November 30, 6:00pm, Stafford Room

Children

Storytimes:

Please Note: There will be no Storytimes the week of 11/20-11/26.

Bay Farm Island Branch:
- Family Storytime: Every Tuesday at 7pm, all ages
- Preschool Storytime: Every Thursday at 10:30am, ages 3-5

Main Library, Children's Programming Room:
- Preschool Storytime: Every Tuesday at 10:30am, ages 3-5
- School-Age Storytime: Every Wednesday at 3:30pm, grades K-3rd
- Mother Goose on the Loose: Every Thursday at 10:30am, ages 0-2
- Toddler Storytime: Every Friday at 10:30am, ages 1-3
- Toddler Storytime: Every Saturday at 10:30am, ages 1-3

West End Branch:
- Mil y un Cuentos: Every Monday at 7pm, all ages
- Toddler Storytime: Every Tuesday at 10:30am, ages 1-3

Teens

Girls Who Code Club
Every Thursday, 3:30-4:45pm, Computer Lab

Girls Who Code Clubs are meant for girls (grades 6-8) to join our sisterhood of supportive peers and role models, and use Computer Science to change the world. Whether you’re a beginner or a computer master, you’re invited to join the movement!

Register here

Teen Advisory Board: Tuesday, November 1 at 4:30pm, Stafford Room

Teen Book Club: Wednesday, November 2 at 4pm, Stafford Room

Game Break: Wednesday, November 9 at 3:30pm, Stafford Room

Dungeons & Dragons: Monday, November 14 at 6pm, Stafford Room

Book Clubs

Teen Book Club

Stafford Room
 
Wed, Nov 2 @ 4:00pm
 
Register here

Award Winner Book Club

Online via Zoom
 
Mon, Nov 7 @ 6:00pm
 
Register here

Alameda Great Books

Family Study Room
 
Tues, Nov 8 @ 6:30pm
 
No registration required

Cup of Coffee & a  Good Book Club

Islandia Clubhouse: 1138 Island Drive, Bay Farm
 
Wed, Nov 16 @ 1:00pm
 
No registration required

West End Mystery Book Club

West End Branch: 788 Santa Clara Ave
 
Mon, Nov 28 @ 6:00pm

No registration required

Bay Farm Mystery Book Club

Bay Farm Branch: 3221 Mecartney Rd
 
Tues, Nov 29 @ 5:30pm
 
No registration required

Staff Pick

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Looking for a great book that is both dystopian and contemplative? Check out Klara and the Sun (2021) by Ishiguru Kazuo, Nobel prize winning author of acclaimed novels that include Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go. The title character is an Artificial Friend, created to be a companion to a human child, and the story is told from Klara's perspective. Ishiguro explores broad themes of love,  loneliness, human nature, and the ethics of technology in prose that is gentle and profound. 
- recommended by Rosemary

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Coursera
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