10:00am-2:00pm

Main Library

• One-on-one focused assistance in the areas of resume critique, interviewing skills, and labor market information in Community Room A.
• Careers in Clean Energy Discussion in Community Room B - Moderated by Raya Zion of the Alameda Workforce Investment Board, a panel of experts from local clean energy companies will discuss employment strategies and job trends in the Clean Energy industry for 2012 and beyond.

For more information, please contact David Dias at ddias@smchsa.org or (650) 802-3343.

2:00-3:30pm

Main Library

Choose a favorite book that you have recently read. Make one dozen cupcakes and decorate each one to depict an aspect of your favorite book. Bring the cupcakes to the library on the day of the event. To receive extra points, you may adapt a recipe from a library cookbook. Bring the library’s cookbook and your cupcakes to the competition. In addition, you can receive extra points for adding a special ingredient that relates to your book. Fun prizes and a gift card from a Livermore bakery, Let’em Eat Cake, will be awarded.

For questions or more information, please call Sandy at 925-373-5500 ext. 5583, or visit the library website: www.livermorelibrary.net

7:00pm

Main Library

• Monday, January 9: STORYTIME TO GO! We start off a brand-new year of Family Storytimes by pushing the pedal to the metal, with lots of funny tales of cars and trucks, and other things that go!
• Monday, January 23: STORYTIME ‘TIL THE COWS COME HOME—it’s another moo-ving experience at Family Storytime, as we gather the herd for stories about silly cows—and we plan to milk them for all they are worth!
• Monday, January 30: ONCE UPON A STORYTIME—wear some comfortable pajamas and hear some comfortable, familiar stories—but with a nice twist here and there, of course!
• Monday, February 6: STORYTIME IS A ZOO—it’s zoo-time before bedtime, as we share both straightforward and silly books about zoos and some of the animals who live in them
• Monday, February 13: A HIGH-FLYING STORYTIME—pajamas and aviator glasses might be just the right attire for a storytime all about planes and flying. Bring plenty of co-pilots!
• Monday, February 27: FROGGY GOES TO STORYTIME—c’mon, get hoppy, and bring the tadpoles along to share some books about frogs! Watch how you park; we wouldn’t want to see you toad!

These programs will be held in the Storytime Room of the Civic Center Library, at 1188 S. Livermore Avenue. All ages are welcome to these free library programs. Contact Youth Services at (925) 373-5504 for more information, pick up a storytime schedule at any one of the Livermore Public Libraries

1:30-2:30pm

Main Library

Adults are invited to this free program on the second Thursday of each month in the Community Meeting Rooms of the Civic Center Library, 1188 S. Livermore Avenue, Livermore. For additional information please call 925 373-5500.

7:00pm

Main Library

All ages are welcome to these free library programs. Contact Youth Services at (925) 373-5504 for more information, or visit the website at www.livermorelibrary.net.

11:00am

Main Library

These babies-only programs will take place every Tuesday, at 11 a.m., from January 17 through February 21, 2012.

All programs will take place in the Children’s Storytime Room of the Civic Center Library, 1188 South Livermore Avenue, Livermore, and are free of charge. For further information, please contact Youth Services at (925) 373-5504

7:00pm

Main Library

The Paws to Read program matches elementary-aged beginner readers with trained and certified dogs in a non-judgmental environment. For 25 minutes, your child will read to their furry friend with the dog’s owner quietly looking on to help with any tricky words. Programs of this type have been successful across the country, and testimonials from Livermore parents have been extremely positive.

The Spring program for 2012 will start with a series at the Civic Center Library, as follows:
• Wednesdays, January 18-March 7, 7 p.m. (two sessions, 7-7:25 and 7:35-8 p.m.). Registration for this series begins Monday, January 9th.
Children may register for up to three sessions during the Spring series, as space allows. Drop-ins may be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Participating children should not be fearful of dogs or have allergies to pets.

For more information about the Civic Center series or to register, please call the Livermore Public Library’s Children’s Desk at 925-373-5504.

12-4pm

Main Library

2:00pm

Main Library

In 1942 reporter Hersey was sent to the Mediterranean theater of war, where he filed a story for Life on the American military government in Licata, Sicily. A year later he transformed his magazine article into a debut novel. Each person mentioned in the article became a character in the novel, and each incident he reported became a plot point. Hersey added a character based on General Patton, changed the name of the town, and created the central motif of the village bell. A Bell for Adano was published on February 7, 1944.

Before coming to KQED Public Radio in 1993, Dr. Krasny hosted a night-time talk program for KGO Radio and co-anchored the weekly KGO television show Nightfocus. He hosted Bay TV's Take Issue, a nightly news analysis show, programs for KQED Public Television, KRON television, and NPR, and did news commentary for KTVU television. He has also served as host of NPR's Talk of the Nation.

Since 1970, he has been a professor of English at San Francisco State University and has taught at Stanford University and University of California, San Francisco. He is the author of Spiritual Envy: An Agnostic's Quest, and Off Mike: A Memoir of Talk Radio and Literary Life, coauthor of the textbook Sound Ideas, and creator of the DVD presentation Masterpieces of Short Fiction. He is a widely published scholar and literary critic, a fiction writer, and a guest and frequent interviewer on the City Arts & Lectures stage. He has worked widely as a facilitator and host in the corporate sector and as moderator for a host of major nonprofit events.

Dr. Krasny has interviewed many of the leading newsmakers and cultural icons of our time, including former President Jimmy Carter, Cesar Chavez, Noam Chomsky, Hilary Rodham Clinton, Francis Ford Coppola, Don DeLillo, Newt Gingrich, Vice President Al Gore, Norman Mailer, Toni Morrison, President Barack Obama, Rosa Parks, Nancy Pelosi, Robert Redford, Philip Roth, Salman Rushdie, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, John Updike, and countless others. He is the recipient of many awards and honors, including The S.Y. Agnon Gold Medal for Intellectual Distinction, The Eugene Block Award for Human Rights Journalism, The Inclusiveness in Media Award from The National Conference for Community and Justice, and a Koret Foundation Fellowship. He has also been named best talk show host by Focus magazine, a number of Bay Area newspapers, The San Francisco Publicity Club, and Citysearch. Dr. Krasny received his B.A. (Cum Laude) and M.A. degrees from Ohio University,where he is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and his Ph.D. degree from The University of Wisconsin.

This program is part of Livermore Reads Together, a community-wide reading program featuring John Hersey’s book A Bell for Adano, which takes place in Italy during World War II. The community of Livermore is encouraged to join their neighbors by participating in the Livermore Reads Together free events for children and adults during the month of February 2012. Copies of books and event schedules are available at all Livermore Public Library locations. Livermore Reads Together is generously sponsored by The Friends of the Livermore Library.

6:30-8:00pm

Main Library

Take your writing a step further as you learn about publishing your works and how to expand your writing horizons. Write and edit each other’s work while making friends and having fun!

For more information, please visit TEEN SPACE on the library’s website: www.livermorelibrary.net, or contact Sandy at 925-373-5500, extension 5583.