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| September Programs |
Going Places
Classic Film Series
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Thursday
September 2
7:00pm
Library Meeting Room
Films will be shown in the Pleasanton Library's meeting room every first Thursday evening of the month a 7pm from September 2, 2010 through June 2, 2011
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Las Positas College and Pleasanton Public Library proudly present "Going Places: A Classic Film Series" with Dr. Candy Klaschus, film historian and Coordinator of the Humanities Program at Las Positas College. |
New World
Jazz Ensemble
Free Concert
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Sunday
September 5
2:00pm
Performing jazz standards, featuring vocals by Melanie O’Reilly, piano by Ben Anjo and Mike Ramos on guitar.
Library Meeting Room |
The New World Music Academy has proven its commitment to quality music education since opening our doors in September of 2005. We invite you to experience the excellence in our staff by enjoying a free one hour concert of jazz standards. |
Above All
Photography Slideshow
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Sunday
September 12
2:00pm
Library Meeting Room
Door Prize: two free copies of Above All will be given away. |
Photographer and mountaineer David Stark Wilson captures the treacherous beauty of these summits and the surrounding panorama. |
M.A.P.
Billy Elliott
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Tuesday
September 14
1:00pm
Library Meeting Room |
Against the background of an increasingly bitter miners' strike that his elder brother and father are involved in, young Billy Elliot finds he prefers joining girls' ballet class to boxing.
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Friday
September 24
6pm – 9pm
(Friends Only*) |
Saturday
September, 25
10am to 4pm |
Sunday
September 26
11am to 3pm |
(* Membership necessary for Friday night of sale only.)
Library Meeting Room
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Science fiction, travel, mystery, home and garden, cookbooks, classics, sports and more!
Most paperback books cost, $ .50. Most hardback books cost $1.00. All are in very good condition. Many special items and
major bargains!
All proceeds benefit the library. |
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Book Club
Sag Harbor |
Monday
September 27
7:00pm
Share your thoughts on popular books in the library’s book club. Monthly meetings open to everyone!
Library Meeting Room |
An African American teenage boy who spends his school year in a mostly-white prep school in Manhattan spends his summer in Sag Harbor in a small community of African American professionals and their families. |
In the Shadow of the Raven: Edgar Allen Poe
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Wednesday
September 29
7:00pm
Library Meeting Room
Recommended for teens and adults—not suitable for young children. |
Broadway and film veteran Duffy Hudson brings his talent and fascination for Edgar Allan Poe to life in this unique one-man play.
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| October Programs |
Book Club
Stones Into Schools
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Monday
October 25
7:00pm
Read and talk with interesting folks. The Library’s Book Club meetings stimulate brain cells.
Library Meeting Room |
Greg Mortenson picks up where "Three Cups of Tea" left off in 2003, recounting his ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan even as he was dodging shootouts with feuding Afghan warlords and surviving an eight-day armed abduction by the Taliban.
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| November Programs |
Book Club
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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Monday
November 22
7:00pm
“What good is sitting all alone in your room…” come to the Library’s Book Club and join the cabaret.
Library Meeting Room |
Find out why there’s such a buzz about this Swedish thriller series. A spellbinding amalgam of murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue. It’s about the disappearance forty years ago of Harriet Vanger. It’s about Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading investigative journalist,. . . and about Lisbeth Salander, a pierced and tattooed genius hacker possessed of the hard-earned wisdom of someone twice her age—and a terrifying capacity for ruthlessness to go with it. |
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Free Resume and Employment Search Help!
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Wednesdays
Last Wednesday of each month from 7pm to 9pm
Saturdays
First Saturday of each month from 2pm – 4pm |
Would you like help fine-tuning your resume? A professional Employment Counselor will offer free advice on resume writing, as well as internet job searching and researching employers.
Call the Reference Desk for reservations.
925/931-3400. |
Lawyer in
the Library
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3rd Tuesday of the Month
5:30 pm – registration
At the Reference Desk |
Free legal help. Each person will get a 20 minute consultation with a member of the Alameda County Bar Association. Appointments are by lottery with the registration for the lottery beginning at 5:30pm. No phone reservations. Lawyer visits begin at 6pm. |
Computer Classes for Seniors
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No classes in September 2010
In October, there will be only one class on each Wednesday morning from
9am – 10am.
Beginning Internet
1st Wed & Thurs of the month
Beginning Email
2nd Wed & Thurs of the month
Open Practice
3rd Wed & Thurs
Advanced Email
4th Wed & Thurs of the month
9:00 am – 10:00 am
Adult Computer Area |
Computer classes are designed for mature adults. Join us to learn to surf the Internet and send emails. Absolute beginners are welcome. Registration is required.
Space is limited to new students only.
Reservation your spot at the Reference Desk, 925/931-3400.
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Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society
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Wednesdays
10:00 am-1:00 pm AND
6:00 to 9:00 pm
Saturdays
10 am to 1 pm |
Society docents available to help you with Pleasanton Library's Genealogy Collection. |
Senior Program M.A.P.
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Third Tuesday of
each month.
1:00-2:30 pm |
Films and refreshments in the Meeting Room. |
Friends of the Library
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General Meeting-
Last Monday of
the month.
7:00 pm |
The Friends of the Pleasanton Library support and supplement library services and materials. The Friends have 2 major book sales per year, mend books, process and shelve magazines, and are docents for the genealogy collection. Come to the general meeting to see what you can do to help. For information call Nancy Bering at 462-4368. |
Booklegger
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Bookleggers present books to children in Pleasanton classrooms, grades
K-8. |
For more information call Chris Spitzel at (925) 931-3400, ext. 26. |
Pleasanton
READ
Project
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Sign up to be a literacy volunteer or to be tutored. |
Call (925) 931-3411 for more information. |
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