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Events for Adults
March 2010
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Hayward Public Library
835 C Street
Hayward,
California 94541
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Save Your Home!
Wednesday, March 3rd - 6:00 p.m.
Main Library
Saturday, March 13th - 1:00 p.m.
Weekes Branch
 Learn how to
lower your mortgage payment by as much of 50% through the Making Home
Affordable Loan Modification Program. If your mortgage payment is
more than 31% of your monthly income, you may qualify. Jose Diaz, a
Certified Mortgage Modifier, will share how to write a hardship
letter and budget, five deadly sins of loan modifications, and ten
secrets to speaking with lenders. For more information contact melesha.owen@hayward-ca.gov or call 510-293-5239.
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Borrow library books, DVDs, music - any circulating item in
the library's collection.
NO DUE DATES, NO LATE FINES - EVER! As low as
$2.99/month.
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Hayward Poetry Slam!
Saturday
March 27th
2:30 p.m.
Main Library
Support your local poets by coming
over to the Library for a Hayward Poetry Slam! Participating
poets will include Hayward poets Bruce Roberts, Loretta Siegel, and
Suzanne Yamamoto. Want to read one of your original poems? Contact
Sally Thomas at 510-881-7700 or sally.thomas@hayward-ca.gov.
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Are You Ready for the Next One?
 Get Red Cross Ready
Saturday
March 13th
12:30 p.m.
Main Library
Be prepared for all types of
disasters, including earthquakes & fires. Learn how to make
a disaster plan, assemble supplies, and stay safe when a disaster
strikes.
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 Learn How to Provide Emergency Assistance
A series of five free emergency
preparedness training classes sponsored by Hayward Fire Department
begins on March 11th. Learn how to provide emergency assistance to
your family and neighbors, and to organize a neighborhood team
response in the event of a major disaster. Visit the city's Disaster Preparedness site
for more info and to register.
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Catch Us on Channel 27
Evenings at 7:00 p.m.
If you live in Hayward, Castro Valley, or San Leandro, you can view a
selection of Hayward Library's quality programming on local
cable Channel 27 every night at 7 p.m. Not a local resident? Log onto
the Chabot College TV station online and view Library programming via
UStream at www.chabotcollege.edu/tv/.
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 Get a Great Deal on Books!
Downtown Farmer's Market
Saturdays
March 13th & 27th
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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 NEW! Become a fan of Hayward Public Library on Facebook.
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Meet Jennifer R. Kim,
Author of
Waiting for Appa
Saturday
March 6th
1:00 p.m.
Main Library
Nine -year-old Eunhae bids farewell to her father, Appa, as he leaves
South Korea for America to make a better life. When the family
reunites, a tragedy occurs. Eunhae & her mother are alone in the
world. They experience cruelty from relatives & kindness from
strangers. Eunhae is changed forever & searches for answers in
her life, finding more than she could have expected.
Jennifer R. Kim was born in 1968, in Chinhae, Korea. She
immigrated to Newark, CA with her family in 1978. This is her first
book. Contact 510-881-7980 for info.
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Online
Discussion with author Nafisa Haji
 Monday
March 1st
6:30 p.m.
Main Library
Log on at the library or participate from the comfort of your
home. For more information, contact sally.thomas@hayward-ca.gov or
510-881-7700.
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Yoga
Classes
Laughter
Yoga
Saturday, March 6th
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Main Library
Learn to reduce your stress level by laughing with facilitator Lydia
Gonzales.
 Breath Yoga
Saturday
March 13th
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Main Library
De-stress through breathing.
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 Knit One
Wednesdays
March 10th & 24th
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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 Lawyer in the Library
Monday, March 1st
5:30 p.m. - Main Library
Saturday, March 6th
11:30 a.m. - Main Library
Monday, March 22nd
5:30 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. Space is limited. Consultations may be
assigned by lottery. Program sponsored by the Alameda County Bar
Association.
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 Learn to Read for Free!
Do you 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 or older
and not in high school
- You never went to
college
Literacy Plus- Hayward Public
Library - (510) 881-7910
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Book
Discussion Groups
Mystery & Suspense
Tuesday, March 2nd @ 6:30 - 7:45 p.m., Main Library
 In the first of Victoria Laurie's series featuring
Abby Cooper, P.I. (Psychic Intuitive), Abby must not
only deal with a client whose death she did not foresee but
a gorgeous blind date who turns out to be not just a cop but the lead
investigator on this case! Abby must not only deal with his
suspicions but with her own uncertainty in her psychic
abilities. Will she be able to "see" the killer in
time or will they strike again -- at her?
Discussion facilitated by Heidi.Ontiveros@hayward-ca.gov,
510-881-7975.
Mostly
Literary Fiction
Monday, March 8th @ Noon, Peet's Coffee (B St. and Mission) and
6:30-7:45 p.m., Main Library
 We will be discussing The Little Giant of
Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker. Since she was born,
Truly has suffered constant abuse and humiliation for her enormous
size, while her beautiful, feminine sister, Serena Jane, has been
pampered and admired. But when Serena Jane's beauty attracts a ruthless
suitor with a witch in the family, both of their destinies change
forever. Publishers Weekly glowed: "It's got all the
earmarks of a hit -- infectious and lovable narrator, a dash of
magic, an impressive sweep, and a heartrending but not treacly family
drama."
Choose from two different meeting times and locations -- noon at
Peet's Coffee & Tea or in the evening at the Main Library.
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, March 17th @ 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Main Library
 We're reading Helene Cooper's The House at Sugar Beach:
In Search of a Lost African Childhood. Publishers
Weekly says, "Journalist Cooper has a compelling story to
tell: born into a wealthy, powerful, dynastic Liberian family
descended from freed American slaves, she came of age in the 1980s
when her homeland slipped into civil war...Cooper combines deeply
personal and wide-ranging political strands in her memoir. There's
the halcyon early childhood in Africa, a history of the early
settlement of Liberia, an account of the violent, troubled years as
several regimes are overthrown, and the story of the family's exile
to America."
Discussion facilitated by Abbe.Kalos@hayward-ca.gov, 510-881-7941.
Weekes Branch Group
Saturday, March
27th @ 11:00 a.m., Weekes Branch Library
 Water for
Elephants by Sara Gruen recounts the wild and wonderful
period Jacob Jankowski spent with the Benzini Brothers Most
Spectacular Show on Earth. When 23-year-old Jankowski learns that his
parents have been killed in a car crash, leaving him penniless, he
drops out of Cornell veterinary school and parlays his expertise with
animals into a job with the circus, where he cares for a menagerie of
exotic creatures. He also falls in love with Marlena, one of
the show's star performers. A fascinating look at circus
life.
Group facilitated by Melesha.Owen@hayward-ca.gov or call 510-293-5239.
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Hayward Public
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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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