Art Docent
On May 24th, the Friends were joined by art docent Avril Angevine who shared a preview of the Vermeer exhibit at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum. Click on the video below and learn why Vermeer’s magical works are so beloved!
Community Events
On May 10th, the Friends of the Alameda Free Library hosted a webinar featuring Karin Jensen, who discussed her book The Strength of Water. Click on the video below to watch this wonderful talk!
Community Events
On April 5th, the Friends of the Alameda Free Library hosted a webinar featuring the National Book Award finalist Susan Straight, who discussed her book Mecca. Click on the video below to watch this wonderful talk!
Community Events
On March 22nd, the Friends of the Alameda Free Library hosted a webinar featuring the author Debbie Chinn. Debbie Chinn has had a remarkable career in the lively arts, but her family’s history as immigrants from China is just as remarkable. Debbie is the executive director of TheatreWorks Silicon
Art Docent
On March 8th, the Friends were joined by art docent Susan Light for a presentation on a prior major exhibition exploring the role of Jewish architects and designers in the creation of a distinctly modern American landscape. Their work encompassed the full range of the domestic environment - from the
Community Events
On February 15th, the Friends of the Alameda Free Library hosted a webinar featuring the author Mary-Alice Daniel, who discussed her first book of prose, A Coastline is an Immeasurable Thing: A Memoir Across Three Continents. Click on the video below to watch this wonderful talk!
Community Events
On January 25th, the Friends were joined by Daniel A. Olivas author of eleven books and editor of two anthologies. How to Date a Flying Mexican is a collection of stories derived from Chicano and Mexican culture but ranging through fascinating literary worlds including fairy tales, fables, and dystopian futures.
Art Docent
On January 18th, the Friends were joined by art docent Avril Angevine for a presentation on California Pop artists who followed styles that originated in Europe or New York, but they put their own stamp on them—sometimes a bit more irreverent, sometimes more down to earth, but always full
Community Events
On December 5th, the Friends of the Alameda Free Library hosted a webinar featuring multiple award winning author Lori Rader-Day, who discussed her Agatha-winning Death At Greenway, a captivating suspense novel about nurses during World War II who come to Agatha Christie’s holiday estate to care for evacuated children.
Community Events
On November 16th, the Friends of the Alameda Free Library hosted a webinar featuring Anthony Sattin, author of several acclaimed books of history, including The Gates of Africa, Lifting the Veil, and most recently, The Young T.E. Lawrence. For this webinar, Mr. Sattin focused on his book Nomads: The
Community Events
On September 28th, the Friends of the Alameda Free Library hosted a webinar featuring Rubén Degollado - an educator from Texas and author of The Family Izquierdo and Throw - in conversation with his friend and fellow author Daniel Olivas. Click on the video below to watch this great talk!
Community Events
On September 19th, the Friends of the Alameda Free Library were joined by award-winning author Marjan Kamali for a discussion of her book The Stationery Shop, which is being adapted into a TV series at HBO. Click on the video below to watch this talk!