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Fingers crossed for our grand opening of the Books for Friends store this month! We think we will meet this date now that COVID cases are low in our community and we have worked out the kinks in opening a new operation. The book sale team has put in many
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On February 25th, the Friends were joined by author Syed Masood who discussed his debut novel, The Bad Muslim Discount. Following two families from Pakistan and Iraq in the 1990s to San Francisco in 2016, The Bad Muslim Discount is an inclusive, comic novel about Muslim immigrants finding their way
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On February 2nd, the Friends were joined by author Gabrielle Selz who discussed her book Light on Fire: The Life and Art of Sam Francis, the first comprehensive biography of Sam Francis, one of the most important American abstract artists of the twentieth century. Click on the video below to
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I want to take this opportunity to thank all our loyal donors for their contributions. We are grateful that the FAL community shares our love of and vision for public libraries. We are also grateful that the FAL community shares our enjoyment of the Friends @ Home author and docent talks.
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The Friends of the Alameda Free Library (FAL) is accepting applications from members of the Alameda community who would like to serve on our Board of Directors. We are looking for applicants who reflect the diversity of the Alameda community and would like to enhance their leadership skills while advocating
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On January 19th, the Friends were joined by investigative reporter Larissa Zimberoff for a discussion of her new book Technically Food: Inside Silicon Valley’s Mission to Change What We Eat, which describes the paradigm shift transforming the food we eat and the companies behind it. Click on the video
Book Sale
First, we will be holding three pop-up sales in the Stafford Room of the Main Library (click here for exact dates). Sign up for our newsletter to stay informed about date changes and additional pop-up sales. Starting in Spring 2022, a book sale space called Books for Friends will open
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I hope this holiday season was a brief respite for you to safely enjoy friends and family after many postponed get-togethers. Unfortunately, we are still facing COVID variants. Yet we are grateful for so much. While I hesitate to mention individual volunteers, I want make an exception and acknowledge the
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On December 13th, playwright Lauren Gunderson was joined in conversation with Mary Ellen Hunt for this FAL-hosted event. Lauren Gunderson has been one of the most produced playwrights in America since 2015, topping the list twice including 2019/20. Her newest play Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley, co-written with
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On November 17th, the Friends of the Alameda Free Library was joined by New York Times bestselling author Carol Edgarian who discussed her new novel Vera, a grand adventure set in 1906 San Francisco — a city leveled by quake and fire, greed and corruption — featuring an indomitable heroine coming of
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This year has been hard. And it still is hard. Because of your support, the Alameda Free Library has weathered an extraordinary year. But we still need your help. Please consider a gift to the Annual Fund today. As a reminder, the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of
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On November 10th, the Friends were joined by art docent Avril Angevine for a presentation on the work of American artists such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Joan Mitchell, Franz Kline, Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, and many more who produced big, juicy, painterly works of abstract art, emotion-filled and