• Like books? Like moving books?
    FAL is looking for a volunteer with a large vehicle and a strong back to move a few dozen boxes of books once a week.
    Click here to fill out the volunteer form
  • Next used book sale: Oct. 19-21
    Book donations now welcome!!
    Click here for more information about donating
  • Come learn about expressions of the divine and human in Indian art
    Art Docent Lecture Monday Oct. 15
    Event listing
  • Live @ the Library
    September 15
    November 17
    December 8
    First concert sold out!! Buy soon for concerts 2 & 3!
    More information
  • Food, music and discussion about Filipino Americans in Alameda and the life of labor organizer Larry Itliong
    Keeping Alameda's Filipino American History Alive
    Wednesday Oct. 17
    More event information
    Keeping Alameda's Filipino American History Alive
    Food, music and discussion about Filipino Americans in Alameda and the life of labor organizer Larry Itliong

 

Friends of the Alameda Library is a non-profit organization committed to supporting the city of Alameda’s libraries through fundraising, volunteerism and advocacy.

Latest News from FAL

28 Aug 2018
Summer reading program drew 2400 participants
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Thanks to Alameda City Councilmember Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft for this photo and account of the Aug. 1 event celebrating the 2018 Summer Reading Program… Celebrating Alameda Free Library’s Summer Readers tonight at the “O”... Read More

23 Aug 2018
Magritte draws a crowd
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More than 70 people attended the Friends of the Alameda Free Library’s August 13 Docent Lecture at the Main Library. The topic was SFMOMA’s “Rene Magritte: The Fifth Season.” Docent Avril Angevine gave... Read More