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Events for Adults
July 2010
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Hayward Public Library
835 C Street
Hayward,
California 94541
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 The library will be closed on Monday, July 5th, for
the Independence Day holiday.
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 Food for
Fines
Saturday, July 10th through Saturday, July 24th
Main Library & Weekes Branch
Have overdue fines? Take advantage of this opportunity to pay
off up to $25 in overdue fines with food and help the hungry in our
community. Bring in canned or dry good food items and $1
in overdue fines will be forgiven for each item donated. Food
will only be accepted for overdue fines. Food will not be
accepted as payment for lost or damaged items. A maximum of $25
per library card will be forgiven.
The following food items are most needed by the Alameda County Food
Bank: Canned fruit & vegetables, canned meats & fish,
peanut butter, pasta, beans, rice, canned soup (low-salt), low-sugar
cereal & oatmeal, tomato sauce, and powdered milk. Items
packaged in glass will not be accepted.
All food will be donated to the Alameda County Food Bank. For
more information contact the Main Library at 510-293-8685 or Weekes
Branch at 510-782-2155.
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Bay Area Blues Society
Tuesday, July 6th
6:00 p.m.
Main Library
Join us as we welcome the Bay Area Blues Society to the Hayward
Public Library. Members of the society
will discuss the history of the Blues in this area,
including our own Russell City. Come and learn more about this
uniquely American form of music.
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 Yasujiro
Ozu Film Showing
Monday, July 26th
6:00 p.m.
Main Library
Renee, the secretly well-educated Parisian concierge from Muriel
Barbery's novel, The Elegance of the Hedgehog, admires the Japanese
filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu (1903-1963). "For the first time in my
life, the Art of the cinema made me laugh and cry as real
entertainment should," Renee exclaims. Whether or not you have
read The Elegance of the Hedgehog (the Mostly Literary Fiction
Book Group's May selection), find out why Renee is wild about
Yasujiro Ozu. Join us for a showing of one of Ozu's artful films that
helped to establish his success and long-lasting influence.
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English Conversation Group
Mondays
July 12th, 19th, & 26th
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Main Library
 Come and practice speaking English with others who are
learning. All levels are welcome. No registration is required.
Contact Melesha.owen@hayward-ca.govor
510-293-5239 for more information.
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 Lawyer in
the Library
Saturday, July 3rd
12:00 noon - Main Library
Monday, July 12
6:00 p.m. - Main Library
Monday, July 21
6:00 p.m. - Weekes Branch Library
Need legal advice? Don't know where to begin? Get 15 minutes of
free legal advice with a licensed attorney. In person registration
is required. Registration begins 30 minutes before the first
session. Space is limited. Consultations may be
assigned by lottery. Program sponsored by the Alameda County Bar
Association.
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Get a Great Deal on Books!
Downtown Farmer's Market
Saturdays, July 10th & 24th
9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
C Street & Watkins
 Friends of
the Hayward Library book sales are held at the downtown Farmers
Market on the second and fourth Saturday of each month. In case of
rain, the sale will be in front of the Main Library.
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Pay off your fines with food, then
register for Fines-Free Library Loan!
As low as $2.00/month!
Borrow library books, DVDs, music, etc., as long as you want.
No due dates, no late fines - ever.
First month's subscription applies to existing fines. All late
items renewed at no charge.
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 Investor Education in the
Library
Saturday,
July 10th
1:00 p.m.
Main Library
Have concerns about your ability to retire on your timeline?
Have an old 401K that you want to work harder for you? A local
financial advisor will be available to assist you with your questions
at the Hayward Public Library. Space is limited and
registration is required for this free program. Please arrive
at 12:30 p.m. to register. For more information contact
Melesha.owen@hayward-ca.gov or call
510-293-5239.
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 Your Brain
on Stress
Wednesday
July 7
6:30 p.m.
Main Library
How does your brain handle stress? Join Diana Nohr, designer of
the popular local Memory Academy program, as she covers how and why
stress affects the body and brain, and shows ways to reduce the
negative effects while strengthening the brain's resistance to
stress. For further information contact heidi.ontiveros@hayward-ca.gov or
call 510-881-7975.
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Yoga Classes
Laughter Yoga
Saturday, July 3rd
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Main Library
Learn to reduce your stress level by laughing with facilitator Lydia
Gonzales.
 Breath Yoga
Saturday, July 10th
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Main Library
Breath yoga shows you how to change your breathing to decrease stress
and increase energy.
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 Knitting Circle
Wednesdays
July 14 & 28
6:45 p.m.
Main Library
Discover the joys of knitting! All skill levels welcome. Please
bring size 10 or 10 1/2 knitting needles and the yarn of your choice.
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 Need help with reading, writing, or spelling?
You can get FREE TUTORING if:
- You read below the
8th grade level
- You can speak English
- You are 18+ and not
in High School
- You never went to
college
Call 510-881-7910 - Literacy Plus
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Book Discussion Groups
Mystery & Suspense
Tuesday, July 6th @ 11:30 a.m., Le Paradis Bakery (D St. and Mission)
and 6:30 - 7:45 p.m., Main Library
 In Murder in the Marais,
the first of a series of mysteries by Cara Black set in
present-day Paris, her computer expert detective, Aimee LeDuc,
is hired by a rabbi from Paris' old Jewish quarter-the Marais-to
decipher an encrypted photo and deliver the results to a woman in the
quarter. Unfortunately for Aimee, she discovers her client
murdered in her bed with a swastika carved in her forehead.
Aimee discovers that in France old World War II wounds still run deep
even to this day.
Discussion facilitated by Heidi.Ontiveros@hayward-ca.gov,
510-881-7975.
Mostly
Literary Fiction
Monday, July 12th @ Noon, Peet's Coffee (B St. and Mission) and
6:30-7:45 p.m., Main Library
 We will be discussing Little Bee
by Chris Cleave, author of the international bestseller Incendiary.
Little Bee is a haunting novel about the tenuous friendship that
blooms between two disparate strangers-one an illegal Nigerian
refugee, the other a recent widow from suburban London.
Discussion facilitated by Sally.Thomas@hayward-ca.gov,
510-881-7700. Not able to attend meetings but want to discuss this
book with others? Join GoodReads.com and
participate in online discussions! You must have an account on
GoodReads.com to participate. Contact Sally for more information.
Autobiography
& Memoir
Wednesday, July 21st @ 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Main Library
 Part foreign affairs discourse, part humor, and part
twisted self-help guide, The Geography of Bliss
takes the reader from America to Iceland to India in search of
happiness, or, in the crabby author's case, moments of
"un-unhappiness." The book uses a mixture of travel,
psychology, science and humor to investigate not what happiness is,
but where it is. Are people in Switzerland happier because it is the
most democratic country in the world? Do citizens of Singapore
benefit psychologically by having their options limited by the
government? NPR correspondent Weiner answers those questions
and many others, offering travelers of all moods some interesting new
ideas for sunnier destinations and dispositions.
Discussion facilitated by Abbe.Kalos@hayward-ca.gov, 510-881-7941.
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Hayward Public
Library
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MAIN LIBRARY
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WEEKES BRANCH
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835 C Street
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27300 Patrick Avenue
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Hayward, CA
94541
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Hayward, CA 94544
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510-293-8685
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510-782-2155
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HOURS
Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday 11-8
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 10-5
Email us: library@hayward-ca.gov
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