Like many children’s stories, this one begins with “Once upon a time” — but this isn’t a hare-brained story of imagination. It is a real story about the real rabbits that once lived in our library. There once lived a … Read More
We warmly welcome Marcie Soslau as our newest board member. Marcie comes from Philadelphia, the birthplace of the public library. She previously volunteered for her children’s public school fundraising programs. She has spent a lot of time working with children, … Read More
The Friends of the Alameda Free Library is a library support organization – both financially and to advocate on behalf of the Library. The Alameda Free Library completed its 5-year strategic plan for 2020-2025 at the end of 2019 defining … Read More
On September 26, 2020, the Friends of the Alameda Free Library was joined by author Carol Wallace for a discussion of her book Leaving Van Gogh, which centers on Vincent Van Gogh’s relationship with his doctor towards the end of … Read More
On September 2, 2020, the Friends of the Alameda Free Library was joined by Alameda author Bronwyn Harris for a discussion of her book Letters from the Inside: Hope Beyond the Classroom and the Cell, co-authored with “Jorge”, a former … Read More
We are so excited to announce that we are bringing our used book store to you, online! It took a lot of planning and work, but we made it. We have moved all used book sale activity from Facebook to … Read More
The FAL Board sends our deepest sympathy to board member Honora Murphy and her family for the loss of her beloved husband Charles. Honora and Charles were married for 70 years and raised 14 children. Charles, a 56 year resident … Read More
On August 12, the Friends of the Alameda Free Library had the pleasure of hosting art docent Avril Angevine for a webinar on “The Beat and the Hip: San Francisco Art from the 50s to the 70s.” Her presentation is … Read More
Registrations for the Friends’ virtual art docent lecture on Frida Kahlo on July 13th were adding up so fast that the Friends had to increase capacity of its Zoom licenses from 100 attendees to 500. It turned out that even … Read More
As Library supporters, we realize how much we depend upon going to the Library. Now we are all learning about checking out books with the new Takeout service, exploring the many databases and articles available from home, and virtually checking … Read More