Our September 13th art docent event featuring Judy Chicago and presented by Joyce Thorn was very fun and informative. After the event Ms. Thorn provided some links to additional information about the artist, including a recording of Judy Chicago speaking … Read More
If you have noticed that the city’s Little Libraries look much improved and the contents regularly restocked, you are correct. Thanks to the efforts of FAL volunteer Stephen Johnson, all of the city’s Little Libraries have been repaired and refurbished … Read More
The LA Times recounts the vision of Katia Padilla who grew up in Mexico and loved to read, but books were too expensive. She dreamed, “I had a library all for myself.” She now lives in Chula Vista and has … Read More
Our August 16th art docent event featuring Wangechi Mutu and presented by Sharon Walton of the Art Docent Council was a great success. As many of you know, we cannot record most of our art docent events, including this one. … Read More
Matching gifts are used by many Bay Area companies to promote philanthropic giving from their employees. Gifts from employees’ spouses and retirees may also qualify for a match. Your company may also offer a volunteer grant program in which companies … Read More
An unexpected award arrived in the mail for FAL recently. Each year Girls Inc. of the Island City selects Alameda organizations and individuals who have gone above and beyond to support the empowerment of girls and to inspire them to … Read More
On July 20th, the Friends of the Alameda Free Library was joined by Alia Volz, a San Francisco native and author of the memoir Home Baked: My Mom, Marijuana, and the Stoning of San Francisco (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020), winner … Read More
Friends of the Alameda Free Library is excited to announce that it is the recipient of a $2,100 grant from the 2021 ARTSFUND grant program for the period of July 1st, 2021 through June 30th 2023. The ARTSFUND grants program … Read More
On June 14th, the Friends were joined by art docent Avril Angevine for a presentation on the work of Dorothea Lange, who produced an astonishing body of photographic work in a career that lasted from the 1920s, when she ran … Read More
On June 9th, George Takei – a social justice activist, social media superstar, Grammy-nominated recording artist, New York Times bestselling author, and pioneering actor whose career has spanned six decades – joined the Friends of the Alameda Free Library to … Read More