Join Orinda’s own Teen Advisory Group (TAG) for a Hunger Games themed afternoon – featuring button and t-shirt making, along with a screening of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1. Saturday, November 14 3:00-5:00pm Orinda Library, Garden Room Brought to you by the Orinda Library Teen Advisory Group and sponsored by…
Join us Thursday, October 22, 7:00-8:30pm, in the Orinda Library Auditorium to hear 94-year old Holocaust survivor, author and lecturer Dora Sorell tell her story and talk about her book Tell the Children: Letters to Miriam. The East Bay resident is one of a handful of Bay Area Holocaust survivors still…
SHELLY RIVOLI, AUTHOR OF TRAVELS WITH BABY Join us June 17 at 11:30 for a chance to get tips from an award-winning family travel author and blogger on everything from where to travel during a child’s first years to childproofing during travel! Shelly Rivoli has changed diapers on four continents and several islands,…
This spring, the Orinda Library will celebrate its 100th anniversary. The power of community is at the heart of the one hundred year history of the Orinda Library. We might differ on whether the people who have resided in our town are “ordinary citizens” or extraordinary folks, but they had…
Please join us to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Orinda Library – Saturday May 17, 2014 from 3:00-5:00pm on the Library Plaza. Enjoy live music performed by three local Miramonte High School musical groups (A CaBella, Miramonte Jazz Band, and Miramonte Treble Makers). Kids of all ages are welcome…
Embracing the Benefits of Living a Balanced Lifestyle Join us April 1, 2014 for the second of three Health Matters events sponsored by Orinda Library, Orinda Parks and Recreation Department and the Friends of the Orinda Library. Health and Aging experts will be covering various topics, as well as offering…
Mary Roach’s Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal Step into any Contra Costa County Library to borrow a copy of the book or audiobook today, or pick up a copy of the book to read and share with family and friends, compliments of Friends of the Lamorinda Libraries, beginning Monday,…
Richard S. Lee, Bay Area photographer, teacher and writer will present an illustrated overview of Taishan, China. This region in southern Guangdong province, is home to the Taishanese people, also known as Sze yup Cantonese. This area is the ancestral home of most Chinese people who migrated to over 91…
Embracing the Benefits of Living a Balanced Lifestyle Join us March 6, 2014 for the first of several free Health Matters lectures sponsored by the Orinda Parks and Recreation department and the Friends of the Orinda Library. Health experts will be covering various healthy aging topics, as well as offering…