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If you are a teen looking for a place to chill, Lakeview library is the place to go!<\/p>\n

We have gaming and art every week! If you\u00a0aren't\u00a0into either, you can always work on homework or just hangout with your friends. We have music playing and good vibes.<\/p>\n

We also provide a light snack.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Come by and check us out.<\/p>\n

Please Note that the Library is Closed June 19 and this event will not take place.<\/p>\n

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Do you need help setting up your cell phone? Or have a question about your laptop? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Free Tech Assistance is available.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sign up for a 30 minute session of One-on-One computer, tablet, phone or other devise assistance from a volunteer.<\/strong>
<\/p>\n

Please CALL <\/strong>the Dimond Branch at 510-482-7844<\/strong> to sign up for an appointment today.<\/p>\n

If not all appointments are full, our volunteer will be available for walk-in help on a first come, first served basis.<\/p>","place_name":"Oakland Public Library: Dimond Branch","place_address":"3565 Fruitvale Ave, Oakland, CA 94602, USA","flyer_url":"https:\/\/zoopbot.planetzoop.com\/snapshots\/2026-06\/14923.png","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/zoopbot.planetzoop.com\/snapshots\/2026-06\/14923-400x400.png","is_third_party":true},{"id":"api:35437","title":"Build. Make. Play.","url":"https:\/\/planetzoop.com\/event\/api-build-make-play-melrose-branch-oakland-06-20-26-2","start_at":"2026-06-20T19:00:00+00:00","end_at":"2026-06-20T20:00:00+00:00","event_type":"Art","description":"

Join us for an afternoon of fun. Activities will vary from art to STEM play.<\/p>\n\n

Visit each week for something new.<\/p>","place_name":"Oakland Public Library: Melrose Branch","place_address":"4805 Foothill Blvd, Oakland, CA 94601, USA","flyer_url":"https:\/\/zoopbot.planetzoop.com\/snapshots\/2026-06\/14928.png","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/zoopbot.planetzoop.com\/snapshots\/2026-06\/14928-400x400.png","is_third_party":true},{"id":"api:35435","title":"Drop-In Computer Help","url":"https:\/\/planetzoop.com\/event\/api-drop-in-computer-help-rockridge-branch-oakland-06-20-26","start_at":"2026-06-20T20:00:00+00:00","end_at":"2026-06-20T22:00:00+00:00","event_type":"Tech","description":"

Volunteer computer tutors are available to help you with basic tasks during your daily hour in the library computer lab.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

They can help you set up an e-mail account, create\u00a0a resume, search job listings, internet surfing and more. <\/p>\n

Volunteer schedules can change frequently so feel free to call the library to verify that the computer tutor is here.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n


Get accessibility information<\/a>.<\/p>","place_name":"Oakland Public Library: Rockridge Branch","place_address":"5366 College Ave, Oakland, CA 94618, USA","flyer_url":"https:\/\/zoopbot.planetzoop.com\/snapshots\/2026-06\/14932.png","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/zoopbot.planetzoop.com\/snapshots\/2026-06\/14932-400x400.png","is_third_party":true},{"id":"api:35434","title":"Crafty & Queer: Pride Posters and Pronoun Pins","url":"https:\/\/planetzoop.com\/event\/api-crafty-queer-pride-posters-and-pronoun-pins-main-library-teenzone-oakland-06-20-26","start_at":"2026-06-20T20:00:00+00:00","end_at":"2026-06-20T22:00:00+00:00","event_type":"Art","description":"

Teens! Celebrate Pride Month at the library and make your own pronoun pins and pride posters.\u00a0<\/p>

We'll teach you how to use our button-maker and will have pre-made pronoun templates or you can design your own.\u00a0<\/p>

We'll also have poster board plus markers, paint, stickers, and more to create any message you want to share\u00a0this month.\u00a0<\/p>

For teens ages 13-18.<\/strong> No experience\u00a0required, all materials provided!
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Save the Date!<\/p>\n

AAMLO's Festival of Knowledge<\/p>\n

Celebrates Summer Solstice<\/p>\n

Saturday, June 20 2026 1:00-4:00 PM<\/p>\n

In collaboration with the Friend-Stewards of AAMLO<\/p>\n

Featuring All-Star VIP Panelist of Horticulturists<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an afternoon of FACTS !<\/p>\n

This Summer Solstice season, walk away with knowledge that became a historical tradition crucial for planting and harvesting. This VIP panel will illuminate your body, mind, and soul, as you embrace the sun\u2019s energy during the Summer Solstice!<\/p>\n

Juneteenth Weekend!!!<\/p>\n

A Time for Education and Reflections<\/p>\n

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<\/p>","place_name":"African American Museum and Library at Oakland","place_address":"659 14th St, Oakland, CA 94612, USA","flyer_url":"https:\/\/zoopbot.planetzoop.com\/snapshots\/2026-06\/14934.png","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/zoopbot.planetzoop.com\/snapshots\/2026-06\/14934-400x400.png","is_third_party":true},{"id":"api:35432","title":"Teen Advisory Board \/\/ Consejo de Adolescentes","url":"https:\/\/planetzoop.com\/event\/api-teen-advisory-board-consejo-de-adolescentes-cesar-e-chavez-branch-oakland-06-20-26","start_at":"2026-06-20T21:00:00+00:00","end_at":"2026-06-20T22:00:00+00:00","event_type":"Community","description":"

Help make the library the best place possible for teens.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Come learn how to get involved with library projects, help plan programs, meet other teens, and earn community service credit. Every third Saturday.<\/p>\n

--<\/p>\n

Ayuda a que la biblioteca sea el mejor lugar posible para adolescentes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ven a aprender c\u00f3mo participar en proyectos de la biblioteca, ayudar a planificar programas, conocer a otrxs adolescentes y obtener cr\u00e9ditos de servicio comunitario. Cada tercer s\u00e1bado.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Get accessibility information<\/a>. <\/p>","place_name":"Oakland Public Library: C\u00e9sar E. Ch\u00e1vez Branch","place_address":"3301 E 12th St #271, Oakland, CA 94601, USA","flyer_url":"https:\/\/zoopbot.planetzoop.com\/snapshots\/2026-06\/14935.png","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/zoopbot.planetzoop.com\/snapshots\/2026-06\/14935-400x400.png","is_third_party":true},{"id":"api:2547","title":"Drop-In Computer Help","url":"https:\/\/planetzoop.com\/event\/api-drop-in-computer-help-oakland-public-library-rockridge-branch-oakland-06-20-26","start_at":"2026-06-20T10:00:00-07:00","end_at":"2026-06-20T12:00:00-07:00","event_type":"Tech","description":"Volunteer computer tutors are available to help you with basic tasks during your daily hour in the library computer lab. 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Lois is an exhausted software engineer who is gifted a very special sourdough starter by her favorite bakers when they must flee the country. Pretty soon she\u00e2\u0080\u0099s part of a mysterious underground food scene at the former Alameda Naval Air Station.\nFebruary 3, 2026:\u00a0Family Style: Memories of An American From Vietnam\u00a0by Thien Pham\u00a0(graphic memoir)The book that got the most votes from our members on our year-end poll! \u00e2\u0080\u009cTold through the lens of meaningful food and meals, this graphic novel chronicles the author\u00e2\u0080\u0099s childhood immigration to America, where food takes on new meaning as he and his family search for belonging, for happiness and for the American dream.\u00e2\u0080\u009d Pham is a graphic novelist, comic artist and educator based in Oakland.\nMarch 3, 2026:\u00a0Deep Care: The Radical Activists Who Provided Abortions, Defied the Law, and Fought to Keep Clinics Open\u00a0by Angela Hume\u00a0(non-fiction)\u00e2\u0080\u009cThe story of the radical feminist networks who worked outside the law to defend abortion.\u00a0Deep Care\u00a0follows generations of activists and clinicians who orbited the Women\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Choice clinic in Oakland from the early 1970s until 2010, as they worked underground and above ground, in small cells and broad coalitions and across political movements with grit, conviction, and allegiances of great trust to do what they believed needed to be done\u00e2\u0080\u0093despite the law, when required.\u00e2\u0080\u009d\nApril 7, 2026:\u00a0Moonglow\u00a0by Michael Chabon\u00a0(fiction)\u00e2\u0080\u009cA man bears witness to his grandfather\u00e2\u0080\u0099s deathbed confessions, which reveal his family\u00e2\u0080\u0099s long-buried history and his involvement in a mail-order novelty company, World War II and the space program.\u00e2\u0080\u009d Most of it isn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t set in Oakland, but it is the only book on this list that specifically mentions Montclair Library!\nMay 5, 2026:\u00a0Automatic Noodle\u00a0by Annalee Newitz\u00a0(science fiction)Our May read is a slim 163 pages, but packed with interesting ideas. This book is super popular as of December 2025, so you might want to get your hold in early. \u00e2\u0080\u009cIn this semicozy tale set in a dystopian near future, robots open their own restaurant, build an unusual found family and achieve personal growth. A few years after the war that led to California\u00e2\u0080\u0099s secession from the United States, four robots awake in the flooded San Francisco takeout place where they were contracted to work.\u00e2\u0080\u009d (Kirkus) \u00e2\u0080\u009cEmboldened by newly granted civil rights from the California government, the bots reboot their lives in classic Bay Area form: by opening a noodle shop\u00e2\u0080\u00a6In many ways, Newitz\u00e2\u0080\u0099s near-future San Francisco resembles today\u00e2\u0080\u0099s city, with not-so-subtle nods to AI anxieties, queer identity and the modern-day immigrant experience. It is, in the words of KQED\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Alexis Madrigal, \u00e2\u0080\u0098The most San Francisco book that has ever been or could ever have been written.\u00e2\u0080\u0099\u00e2\u0080\u009d (Leah Worthington) (Ebook listed separately)\nJune 2, 2026:\u00a0Moneyball\u00a0by Michael Lewis\u00a0(non-fiction)Baseball season is in full swing, which makes this the perfect time to read Michael Lewis\u00e2\u0080\u0099s nuanced exploration of \u00e2\u0080\u009chow Billy Beene, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics, used a new kind of thinking to build a successful and winning baseball team without spending enormous sums of money.\u00e2\u0080\u009d\nJuly 7, 2026:\u00a0Girls Girls Girls\u00a0by Shoshana von Blanckensee\u00a0(fiction)In the summer of 1996, best friends (and secret girlfriends), Hannah and Sam drive from \u00e2\u0080\u009cNew York, to the fabled queer paradise of San Francisco, free from the harsh gazes of their neighbors and the stifling demands of Hannah\u00e2\u0080\u0099s devout Orthodox Jewish mother. In San Francisco, they will finally be together as a real couple, out in the open, around other queer people.\u00e2\u0080\u009d But soon they\u00e2\u0080\u0099re working at a strip club, meeting new people and trying to figure out who just they are.\nAugust 4, 2026:\u00a0Power Hungry: Women of the Black Panther Party and Freedom Summer and Their Fight to Feed a Movement\u00a0by Suzanne Cope\u00a0(non-fiction)Journey back with us to the summer of 1969 with the story of the free breakfast movement, grocery giveaways and other nurturing mutual aid programs started by the Black Panthers. \u00e2\u0080\u009cNYU writing professor Cope rescues two female activists from obscurity in this intriguing look at the role that food played in the civil rights and Black Power movements.\u00e2\u0080\u009d If you read\u00a0One Crazy Summer\u00a0with us in 2025, you\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll enjoy learning the backstory to the Panthers\u00e2\u0080\u0099 food program.\nSeptember 1, 2026:\u00a0Kasher in the Rye\u00a0by Moshe Kasher\u00a0(memoir)Go back to school with this \u00e2\u0080\u009chilarious memoir about the absurdity of addiction.\u00e2\u0080\u009d \u00e2\u0080\u009cWhen he was a young boy, Kasher\u00e2\u0080\u0099s mother took him on a vacation to the West Coast. 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Those early years read like part Augusten Burroughs, part David Sedaris, with a touch of Jim Carrol\u00e2\u0080\u00a6.Brutally honest and laugh-out-loud funny, Kasher\u00e2\u0080\u00a6finds humor in even the most horrifying situations.\u00e2\u0080\u009d\nOctober 6, 2026:\u00a0107 Days\u00a0by Kamala Harris\u00a0(memoir)Hopefully by October the miles-long hold list for this book will have settled down enough for you to get a copy! \u00e2\u0080\u009cFor the first time, and with surprising and revealing insights, Kamala Harris tells the story of one of the wildest and most consequential presidential campaigns in American history.\u00e2\u0080\u009d (NPR)\nNovember 3, 2026:\u00a0The Giveaway: The Clay Blackburn Story\u00a0by Owen Hill\u00a0(crime fiction)We have something noir-ish by an Oakland author for those long November nights. \u00e2\u0080\u009cHill\u00e2\u0080\u0099s crime fiction is whip-smart, stylish, subversive, hilarious and just dripping with East Bay color, culture and landmarks. 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