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Continue reading →: September book club: Nightcrawling
Our September book club selection is Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley, a former Oakland Youth Poet Laureate who wrote the manuscript for this debut novel the summer after she graduated from high school. The book deals with some pretty heavy ripped-from-the-headlines topics – abuse, incarceration, police corruption, murder – but also,…
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Continue reading →: Book Club: Listen, World!
Join us Tuesday, August 8 from 6:30-7:30 at the library to discuss Listen, World!, a biography of Elsie Robinson, “the most influential newspaper columnist you’ve never heard of” – who got her big break at the Oakland Tribune. Does anyone out there remember Aunt Elsie’s column in the Tribune or…
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Continue reading →: July 2023 Events at Montclair Library
Thursday, July 6, 2023 – 10:15–10:45amStorytimeAt toddler storytime, you’ll find songs, active rhymes, and stories, especially for kids 18 months to 3 years old. There’s also always lots of time to play and make friends. Tuesday, July 11, 2023 – 11:45am–12:00pmBaby BounceCome to Montclair Baby Bounce Every Tuesday morning. We…
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Continue reading →: June 2023 Events at Montclair Library
Monday, June 5, 2023 – 3:00–4:00pmTeen Tabletop Gaming @ MontclairBring your favorite tabletop game or try one of ours! Get to know other teens and their favorite games while playing together. Join us on the first Monday of the month. Geared for teens ages 13-18. All ages welcome. Tuesday, June…
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Continue reading →: Blues City Map
If you read Ishmael Reed’s Blues City: A Walk in Oakland along with us and wondered about some of the locations, we made a map! Some of the places mentioned, like the first locations of the University of California and Merritt College and the 7th Street Blues scene, are long…
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Continue reading →: Next book club: Blues City
Come take a virtual walk through Oakland c. 2002 as our book club discusses Ishmael Reed’s Blues City. Weaving together history and the present, Reed visits a lot of places that will be familiar to those of you who’ve been reading along with us, including Jack London’s haunts and an…
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Continue reading →: Books to get your garden growing
Come by the library this Saturday, April 22 to celebrate Earth Day with a seed starting workshop and the kickoff for Montclair’s new Seed Lending Library, then check out some of these gardening books from the practical to the philosophical to help you grow your garden! P.S. – Need some…
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