On May 16th, the Friends were joined by national bestselling author Gail Tsukiyama who discussed The Color of Air, her gorgeous and evocative historical novel about a Japanese-American family set against the backdrop of Hawai’i’s sugar plantations. Click on the … Read More
On May 11th, the Friends were joined by art docent Avril Angevine for a presentation on some of California’s most interesting clay crafters, from studios in Berkeley, on Catalina Island, and in Southern California — from familiar names like Arequipa, … Read More
On April 20th, the Friends were joined by author Sarah Penner who discussed her novel, The Lost Apothecary. In her addictive and spectacularly imagined debut, Penner tells us of an eighteenth century female apothecary who secretly dispenses poisons to liberate … Read More
On February 25th, the Friends were joined by author Syed Masood who discussed his debut novel, The Bad Muslim Discount. Following two families from Pakistan and Iraq in the 1990s to San Francisco in 2016, The Bad Muslim Discount is an … Read More
On February 2nd, the Friends were joined by author Gabrielle Selz who discussed her book Light on Fire: The Life and Art of Sam Francis, the first comprehensive biography of Sam Francis, one of the most important American abstract artists … Read More
On January 19th, the Friends were joined by investigative reporter Larissa Zimberoff for a discussion of her new book Technically Food: Inside Silicon Valley’s Mission to Change What We Eat, which describes the paradigm shift transforming the food we eat … Read More
On December 13th, playwright Lauren Gunderson was joined in conversation with Mary Ellen Hunt for this FAL-hosted event. Lauren Gunderson has been one of the most produced playwrights in America since 2015, topping the list twice including 2019/20. Her newest … Read More
On November 17th, the Friends of the Alameda Free Library was joined by New York Times bestselling author Carol Edgarian who discussed her new novel Vera, a grand adventure set in 1906 San Francisco — a city leveled by quake … Read More
On November 10th, the Friends were joined by art docent Avril Angevine for a presentation on the work of American artists such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Joan Mitchell, Franz Kline, Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, and many more who … Read More
On November 8, 2018, the people of Paradise, California awoke to a mottled gray sky and gusty winds. Soon the Camp Fire was upon them, gobbling up an acre a second. Less than two hours after the fire ignited, the … Read More