Albany Library has started No Contact Pickup Service! Wednesdays through Saturdays 1 pm - 5 pm, northside of library facing parking lot. See https://t.co/ZOdjwgX5bI for more details. Thank you Alameda County librarians!!
Flexibility is the key to a great book sale! Friends of Albany library book sale is still on today sat Mar 14, 2020 at Albany library. Book tables spread out in lobby and edith stone rm. Limited number of patrons in the room at a time. Thank you Albany Library and City of Albany.
BROWN BAG SPEAKER
Monday , March 9th, 2020
12:30 pm #AlbanyCA Library
Edith Stone Room
Author JoAnne Silver Jones will talk about her book Headstrong ( Surviving a Traumatic Brain Injury )
SF by the Bay, the Main Library’s grand celebration of Bay Area science fiction and fantasy opens on February 1 and continues through April 30!!! Come Saturday, 2/15/2020, 10:30 - 12:00 for the Celebration: SF by the Bay Reception https://t.co/18nz3wV4Ar
Dara Wilson, host of Next Big Thing and Money Ha Ha joins Samuel Getachew to discuss what positive change means for African Americans. Join us at Albany Library’s Edith Stone rm on Sunday, February 2nd at 2 PM to celebrate African American History and this lively conversation.
Online library services, including accounts, catalogs, and some eResources are temporarily unavailable. We are working on restoring access. Thank you for your patience.
Poetry Writing Workshop with Christina Hutchins. First Wednesdays throughout 2020 at 6:30 pm.
Next workshop: Feb 5
This is a drop-in workshop for all levels of poets. We talk briefly about aspects of poetry, then write together in silence in response to a prompt.
Albany Library celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King. Film screenings throughout the month of January:
Green Book Wed Jan 15, 2020, 6 pm
BlacKKKlansman Sat Jan 18, 1 PM
Harlem Hellfighters Tue Jan 21, 6 pm
Malcolm X, Sat Jan 25, 6 pm
Ghosts of Mississippi, Wed Jan 29, 5:45 pm
Big #friendsalbanylibrary#librarysale coming up Nov 9-10, 2019 Albany CA Library. Most books 50 cents. $1 and up Vintage / Rare / Collectible / Adult / sets in the Edith Stone Room Saturday only. Bag Sale on Nov 10, 2:30 pm: entire bag of books for $3.
Celebrate #InternationalGamesWeek at the library on Thursday, November 7! Play tabletop and card games. The library will provide a selection of games or you may bring your own. Drop in anytime between 3:30 and 4:30 to play a game. Grades 7th-12th only.
Calling all crafters! Crafts with Margo Second Saturdays at 11:30 am Albany Library #albanyca. Next one Nov 16, 2019. November is all about autumn leaves; we will fold paper tributes - a wreath and some maple leaves. We will also be folding some easy origami turkeys.
Race robots, run on liquid, extract DNA, meet science role models & more at the Bay Area Science Festival on 11/2 @OracleParkSF. FREE! Visit our Techmobile at O'Doul Plaza for STEM fun! #ScienceTogether#BASF19
Happy #NaNoWriMo! That's short for National Novel Writing Month, when folks hunker down to complete a 50,000 word novel over 30 days. We have authors Kim Bancroft and Constance Hale in the Main Library Sun 11/3 to inspire you. https://t.co/oCWwI4oaa4 https://t.co/Zf7FjZUNju
It’s #NationalFamilyLiteracyDay! DYK reading to babies as early as 3 mos. old helps prepare their brains for language and literacy skills? Learn more about the benefits of reading aloud to little kids here: https://t.co/FOZOt930jB
The Main Library hosts the 8th Annual San Francisco Veterans Film Festival (#SFVFF19), 11/2-3. Powerful independent films re over-prescription of medications, female vets coping with trauma, investigations into profiteering and corruption.
@SFVetsFilmFest#OneVetOneVoice