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Hayward Public Library Book Sale Saturday, November 14th, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., now at Hayward Farmer’s Market-Watkins St. between B and C Streets, Hayward, CA 94541 (Hayward City Hall Plaza-1 block from Hayward BART) 100’s of Items on sale. Stimulate your intellect and interests with our ... (more)low-priced materials for all ages and tastes. Continues on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month. Contact 510-881-7980 for further information.

Family Movie Matinee: UP Saturday, November 14th @ 3:00 PM, Hayward Public Library-Weekes Branch, 27300 Patrick Ave. (near the E. Tennyson Rd./Hwy. 880 interchange), Hayward, CA 94544 Featuring: Up Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and now in his 78th year he launches ... (more)his house into the sky via thousands of balloons. Right after liftoff he discovers he has a stowaway in the form of an over optimistic 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell. This hilarious journey takes you into a lost world with the least likely duo on Earth. Contact 510-293-5366 for info.

Reawaken your curiosity about the world beyond terra firma. SJSU Professor Michael Kaufman explains the science behind the images as we unveil never-before-seen multi-wavelength views of a sector of deep space. The images were produced in collaboration by NASA’s Great Observatories— the Hubble Space ... (more)Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, and Chandra X-Ray Observatory. Admission is FREE. It’s all part of the worldwide celebration of the International Year of Astronomy. Check our web page for related events. For more information, call (408) 808-2397.

Teen Reads Book Club: Tuesday, November 17th @ 4:00PM, Hayward Public Library-Weekes Branch, 27300 Patrick Ave. (near the E. Tennyson Rd./Hwy. 880 interchange), Hayward, CA 94544 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher -- Read the book and talk about it with other teens. Open to ages 12-18. Copies of the book are ... (more)available from the Weekes Branch Library. Contact 510-293-5366 for info.

Between the Folds- An Independent Lens Documentary Tuesday November 17, 2009, 6:00pm-7:45pm, Hayward Main Library, 835 C St. at Mission Blvd., Hayward, CA. 94541 (2 blocks from Hayward BART) Think origami is just paper planes and cranes? Meet a determined group of theoretical scientists and fine artists ... (more)who have abandoned careers and scoffed at graduate degrees to forge new lives as modern-day paper folders. Together they reinterpret the world in paper, creating a wild mix of sensibilities towards art, science, creativity and meaning.This film is directed by Vanessa Gould. INDEPENDENT LENS sponsors community screenings before these films are aired on our local PBS station. Contact 510-881-7980 for information.

Autobiography Book Discussion Group: “The Soloist” Wednesday, November 18th @6:30 p.m., Hayward Main Library, 835 C St. @ Mission Blvd., Hayward, CA 94541 (2 blocks from Hayward BART) This month we will be discussing The Soloist by Steve Lopez. When Steve Lopez saw Nathaniel Ayers playing his heart ... (more)out on a two-string violin on Los Angeles’ skid row, he found it impossible to walk away. Ayers is homeless, paranoid, and deeply troubled, but glimmers of that brilliance are still there. In the process of trying to save Ayers, Lopez finds that his own life is changing, and his sense of what one man can accomplish in the lives of others begins to expand in new ways. Call 510-881-7980 for info.

Reawaken your curiosity about the world beyond terra firma. Enjoy lectures, films and craft activities designed to assist your personal discovery of the universe, astronomy and deep space exploration. There’s something for all ages. Get to know the real science that inspires popular science fiction. ... (more)Admission is FREE. It’s all part of the worldwide celebration of the International Year of Astronomy. Check our web page for future updates. For more information, call (408) 808-2397. 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM King Library, various locations

Tellabration is a worldwide storytelling event held in various locations large and small on the same day (more or less) every year.

Hayward Public Library Book Sale Saturday, November 28th, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., now at Hayward Farmer’s Market-Watkins St. between B and C Streets, Hayward, CA 94541 (Hayward City Hall Plaza-1 block from Hayward BART) 100’s of Items on sale. Stimulate your intellect and interests with our ... (more)low-priced materials for all ages and tastes. Continues on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month. Contact 510-881-7980 for further information.

Teen Movie: Twilight Saturday, November 28th, 2009 @ 2:00 PM, Hayward Public Library-Weekes Branch, 27300 Patrick Ave. (near the E. Tennyson Rd./Hwy. 880 interchange), Hayward, CA 94544 Featuring: Twilight To celebrate the theatrical release of the new feature film: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse we will ... (more)be giving away two tickets to see the movie at a Century 25 Theater of your choice! (must be present to win) Open to ages 13-18. Contact 510-293-5366 for info.

Teen Movie: Twilight Saturday, November 28th, 2009 @ 2:00 PM, Hayward Public Library-Weekes Branch, 27300 Patrick Ave. (near the E. Tennyson Rd./Hwy. 880 interchange), Hayward, CA 94544 Featuring: Twilight To celebrate the theatrical release of the new feature film: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse we will ... (more)be giving away two tickets to see the movie at a Century 25 Theater of your choice! (must be present to win) Open to ages 13-18. Contact 510-293-5366 for info.

Mystery Novels by Women: “No Wind of Blame” Adults, Teens Tuesday, December 1, 6:30 p.m. (Main Library) Georgette Heyer’s mystery is a wonderful example of a classic British country house mystery. Written in 1939, it features the superlatively analytical Inspector Hemingway who is confronted by ... (more)a seemingly impossible murder, no one was near the murder weapon at the time the shot was fired! All the various participants on the scene are suspicious and then there’s the blackmail plot…….. Facilitated by heidi.ontiveros@hayward-ca.gov, 510-881-7975

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009, at 6:00 PM, Hayward Main Library, 835 C St. @ Mission Blvd., Hayward, CA 94541 (2 blocks from Hayward BART). Anita Wills, author of Pieces of the Quilt, makes a return engagement to discuss Genealogy searching, and her own personal quest for family information. Her book ... (more)will be available at this appearance. No reservations are needed for this free event. Contact 510-881-7980 for information.

Write Your Story: The Splendid Gift of Not Knowing, Writer Workshop with Denise Michelle Harris Adults Tuesday, December 8th @ 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. (Main) Denise Michelle Harris, author of the bestselling novel Sweet Bye-Bye, continues her free writer’s workshop series. One of the most common fears expressed ... (more)by writers is, “I don’t have any good ideas.” A difficult lesson a writer must learn is that uncertainty is an integral part of the writing process. Denise will lead workshop participants in exercises from The Making of a Story: A Norton Guide to Creative Writing by Alice LaPlante, aimed at helping you to harness the inevitable doubt and uncertainty of the creative process in order to begin discovering your own voice and material. This workshop will be based on Chapter 2: The Splendid Gift of Not Knowing. Workshop participants can complete the exercises before class, and, time permitting, will have the opportunity to share excerpts from their writing with other workshop participants. Bring your questions and get your creative juices going. Advance registration required - call 510-881-7980 to sign up. For more information, or to obtain the writing exercises, contact Sally.Thomas@hayward-ca.gov, 510-881-7700.

Learn about the remarkable history of baseball's Negro leagues and the challenges and success of African-American baseball players. This richly illustrated exhibit will be a key feature of “Black History Month” at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library in February 2010. The Library — in collaboration ... (more)with community partners — will present related programs and activities during the course of the five-week exhibit. An opening day reception will be held 2:00 p.m. – 4 p.m. in Rms. 225/229, 2nd Fl. Admission is FREE. Pride and Passion: The African-American Baseball Experience, a traveling exhibition for libraries, was organized by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown, New York, and the American Library Association Public Programs Office, Chicago. The traveling exhibition has been made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: great ideas brought to life. For more information, call (408) 808-2397. All library open hours King Library, Exhibition Area, 2nd Floor

Westercon 64, July 1-4, 2011. Guest of Honor - Patrica A McKillip. Artist Guest of Honor - Kaja and Phil Foglio. Fan Guest of Honor - Mike Willmoth. Many additional writers of Science Fiction and Fantasy will be in attendance.