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All Things Library
Foundation News, Events and Happenings
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Annie Barrows in Support of Libraries
When I was a kid, I spent a lot of time at the library. I mean a lot. When I was 12, the librarians threw up their hands and hired me to shelve books, since I was there all the time anyway. I can't imagine my life without libraries.
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Illustration by
Sophie Blackall
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Your Dollars at Work
The Foundation's annual fundraising Spring Appeal is underway. Library lovers in Berkeley and beyond are invited to make a donation or pledge in support of the high impact improvements planned for the Central Library. There is so much we can do together.
Learn more about
how your dollars work
to make a great library extraordinary.
The true value of libraries is that they create a community of the curious, of wonderers and learners and daydreamers. That's the kind of community I want to live in.
- Annie Barrows 2016 Authors Dinner Honoree
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Donor Spotlight:
Friends of the Berkeley Public Library
The Friends of the Berkeley Public Library was founded in 1954 to support the Library, arguably
the city's best-loved institution.The Friends group is an all-volunteer organization made up of
close to 500 members, and 90 dedicated volunteers who raise money through the sale of
donated books. "We operate two bookstores, one inside the Central Library on the ground floor,
and the other just off Telegraph at 2433 Channing. Our on-line sales have become an
increasingly significant source of income, and we have an eagerly anticipated annual sale open
to the public in June." Over the last ten years the Friends raised $1.3 million to support Library
programming-summer reading programs for children and teens, adult literacy, a wide variety of
special lectures, workshops, and events at Central and all four branches-and contribute to
capital campaigns spearheaded by the Foundation.
A
big
BPLF
THANK YOU
to the Friends of the Library for making a lead capital contribution to the Foundation's
It's Time for Central campaign. Your dollars at work!
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Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch
Later this summer the newly named
Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch
will unveil a permanent sign and celebrate its namesake.
Tarea Hall Pittman
(1903-1991), a long-time
South Berkeley
resident and civil-rights activist. Pittman was a key leader who registered African-Americans to vote; led protests to persuade war industries to hire African Americans; pushed to integrate Bay Area communities, desegregate the Oakland Fire Department, and led the NAACP's successful effort to pass the California Fair Employment Practices Law. Her long-running weekly radio program on station KDIA, was an important source of positive news for and about the African-American community. Look for an invitation later this year to events and programs that honor her legacy and the library in South Berkeley.
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West Branch Keeps on Winning
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AfterWORDS with Grateful Dead Authors Peter Richardson and David Gans
Join Grateful Dead chroniclers Peter Richardson
, author of
No Simple Highway: A Cultural History of the Grateful Dead
and David Gans
, for a Jungle Room gathering at
Shattuck Avenue Spats, one of Jerry Garcia's Berkeley hangouts in the '70s. Listen and participate in an insightful conversation about the social milieu which shaped and was shaped by America's top touring band of the second half of the 20th century. Proceeds benefit the Berkeley Public Library Foundation.
A very special thanks to Mark Rhoades for sponsoring this AfterWORDS event.
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Booksale!
Don't miss out on the
Friends of the Public Library annual book sale June 11 and 12 at the
Central Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, 3r
d Floor Meeting Room. Hundreds of fabulous books at affordable prices. Come early and often, new books added as the days progress.
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A Perfect Sunday Afternoon
Thanks to Tom Dalzell's generous gift of a
Quirky Berkeley Tour
for this year's AfterWORDS a group of Berkeley stalwarts got to see the crying angel/singing dog bench, the largest peace sign in town, a topiary giraffe and more.
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Rosa Shattuck Circle
Become a charter member of the
Rosa Shattuck Circle and support the library with your sustaining gifts! Named in honor of Rosa Shattuck, the woman who donated the land for Berkeley's Central Library in 1903, membership with special benefits begins with annual gifts of $1,000 or more.
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