Events
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Join the San Ramon Library and AAUW for a special author talk featuring Dr. Nia Imara, an artist, astrophysicist, and advocate for equity in STEM. Dr. Imara’s work reflects her passion for vibrant color, human connection, and storytelling.…
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Celebrate poet Robert Frost’s 152nd birthday with humorous anecdotes, selected readings, and interesting facts presented by poet David Alpaugh. He’ll discuss Frost’s controversial life and poetry, discuss his early years in San Francisco,…
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In 1911, 146, mostly women and girls, workers died in a Manhattan factory fire that changed American labor laws forever. Join historian Gerald Henig as he examines the circumstances of the disaster and its relevance to modern issues of…
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Syren Nagakyrie discusses their book, The Disabled Hiker`s Guide to Northern California: Outdoor Adventures Accessible by Car, Wheelchair, and on Foot, and their work to create a more accessible and inclusive outdoors in this Zoom…
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Join poet and founder of Writing the Wild, Krissy Kludt, for a poetry writing workshop to celebrate national poetry month. Kludt will read some poetry, guide participants through several writing prompts, and answer questions. This is sure…
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Celebrate Free Comic Book Days with Jen de Oliveira, creator of the Reggie graphic novel series! Draw your own mini-comic in this interactive workshop, followed by a special read-aloud from Jen's book, Reggie: Penguin in Charge.
All…
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Join us for a conversation between translators Tamara Helfer and Benjamin Lerman as they discuss Helfer's most recent translated work, The Winding Road: My Childhood Years by Rokhl Feygenberg. The book is a coming of age story written by a…
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To wrap up Free Comic Book Day in style, the Walnut Creek Library is thrilled to welcome Hella Comix for a live comic reading you won’t want to miss!
Come experience stories brought to life as talented local creators share their work — from…
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Join author and professor emeritus Gerald S. Henig for a talk on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, a cataclysmic event that killed 146 workers. Many of the issues that the Triangle fire raised remain the forefront today: immigration,…
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Join us as we host Berkeley resident Mona Hajjar Halaby, a Palestinian-American educator, writer and social historian, as she discusses her book In My Mother’s Footsteps. Described as a moving and heart-rendering journey of a daughter…
