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Continue reading →: Closures this week
Reminder: The Montclair branch (and all OPL locations) will be closed this Thursday 11/11 for Veterans’ Day and Friday 11/12 due to budget cuts. Plan accordingly.
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Continue reading →: Libraries in the news
There were a couple of interesting articles in the papers last week about other local libraries, in case you’re interested: S.F.’s Parkside library back after makeover SF Chronicle – November 6, 2010 The San Francisco Public Library unveils its renovated Parkside branch, designed to meet green building standards. Piedmont Avenue…
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Continue reading →: Recycled art today
Today (Wednesday 11/3) at 3:30 PM, artists from MOCHA will help kids create art using recycled materials at the Montclair branch. Then enter your art in MOCHA’s Re-Create recycled art contest for kids in grades K-12 – details here. This program is brought to us by a grant from Oakland…
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Continue reading →: Day of the Dead Mask Making
After the Village Halloween Parade this Friday 10/29, you’re invited to stop by the Montclair Library to celebrate the “Day of the Dead,” Dia de los Muertos. Since decorating skulls is an important part of Day of the Dead celebrations, the library will be hosting a special mask-making class that’s…
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Continue reading →: Get ready for NaNoWriMo!
Just a few more days until National Novel Writing Month begins! NaNoWriMo encourages participants to attempt to write a 50,000-word novel during the month of November. Crazy, right? But also fun and inspiring and a great way to shake up your writing and get you in the habit of writing…
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Continue reading →: Book sale this Saturday!
Our Fall Book Sale is this Saturday October 16 from 10am-3pm at the Montclair Library. We’ve got lots of great books to choose from, most priced from $0.50-$2.00. Don’t miss the fill-a-bag discounts from 2-3pm! What’s for sale: Lots of fiction (hard- and soft-cover novels, sci-fi, romance, mystery); cookbooks; craft…
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Continue reading →: Feeling crafty?
If you’re handy with a sewing machine, you might be interested in this cool free Library Tote tutorial featured on Whip Up today — I love the little pocket on the front to hold your library card. If you time it right, you could work on the tote bag Saturday,…
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Continue reading →: Craft workshop
Today — Wednesday, September 29th at 3:30pm, celebrate Latin American Heritage Month by making papel picado, beautiful cut-paper decorations, at the Montclair branch. For all ages. Photo by Timlewisnm at Flickr
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Continue reading →: Banned Book Week
Booksellers, librarians, authors, readers, students and other friends of free expression will celebrate Banned Books Week September 25-October 2. Think book banning isn’t an issue in our modern times? Check out the list of books challenged or banned in 2009-2010, including the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary. Then go out and exercise…
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Continue reading →: Litquake
Note to Bay Area book-lovers: Litquake hits town October 1-9. Most events are in San Francisco, but Litquake on the Lake on October 6 brings authors Melanie Abrams, Elaine Beale, Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Jacqueline Luckett, Lisa Braver Moss and Kristin McCloy to the Lake Chalet on Lake Merritt. A $5-$10…
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