October Events at Altadena Library

E-CONNECT | OCTOBER 2024 UPDATE FROM THE ALTADENA LIBRARIES

The Main Library will be closed on Friday, Oct. 18, for Staff Development.

The Bob Lucas Memorial Library is currently closed for renovations.

All About Bob (Lucas Library)!

The renovation and expansion of the Bob Lucas Memorial Library is about 39% complete, and the branch is scheduled to open in Spring 2025! For more information, visit www.altadenalibrary.org/next-chapter.

Want to find out more about our Board? Come to an upcoming meeting:

Library Board of Trustees Regular Meeting
Monday, Oct. 28, 5pm

(in person) Main Library Community Room
(virtual) https://www.youtube.com/AltadenaLibrary

Apply to be the Next Altadena Library Fab Lab Artist in Residence!
Applications Accepted Oct. 1 to Nov. 30

Our Fab Lab Artist-in-Residence program connects library users with local artists for a season-long residency. Resident artists work with our Fab Lab staff to develop workshops, nurture curiosity, and foster creativity. As an artist in residence, you will provide open hours to the public, provide inclusive programming, and use our Fab Lab as a studio. You’ll also develop a final, summative experience that highlights our community’s creative work made during your residency.

We welcome artists and makers from any discipline to apply for the residency. We encourage artists from diverse and marginalized backgrounds to apply. Though experience facilitating programs is desired, it is not required and will not prevent your application from being considered. Likewise, requesting assistance completing the application will not keep it from consideration.

For more information and to apply, visit https://www.altadenalibrary.org/fablab-artist/.

Altadena Poets Laureate
A Reading Featuring Poets from The World Stage Community
Tuesday, Oct. 1, 6-8pm • Main Library Community Room

Dive into the rhythm of words with the Altadena Poets Laureate as they host a special poetry reading featuring talented poets from The World Stage on Tuesday, Oct. 1 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Altadena Main Library Community Room!

Founded in 1989, The World Stage is an educational and performance art space in Leimert Park Village, the heart of Los Angeles’ African American cultural community.

Don’t miss this chance to experience powerful performances — by V. Kali, Mike Bonifer, Eternal Mind, Jessica D. Gallion, S.Pearl Sharp, and Conney D. Williams — and connect with fellow poetry lovers!

This program is made possible by the Altadena Library Foundation and the Friends of the Altadena Library!

CA Clean Air Day/Walk to School Day
Wednesday, Oct. 2 • Starts at 7am
Various Altadena Hubs (including Main Library)

Join us in celebrating CA Clean Air Day and Walk to School Day on Wednesday, Oct. 2! Students, teachers, and administrators from local schools will meet a hub (Main Library, Loma Alta Park, or Farnsworth Park) closest to their school and then walk or bike to school. Not sure if your school is participating? Contact your PTA for details.

Students celebrating CA Clean Air Day and Walk to School Day this week can make a sign until Oct. 1. Stop by the Children's Area at the Altadena Main Library to use our supplies and pick up a Clean Air Day/Walk to School Day pin!

And even if you don't have a student, you can still participate by walking, biking, or taking public transit to work, shopping with local businesses and farmers, eating vegan or vegetarian for a day, switching to electric yard tools, or taking the www.CleanAirDay.org pledge.

Danza Azteca Xochipilli
Wednesday, Oct. 2 • 4-5pm
Main Library Parking Lot

Join us at the Altadena Library as we celebrate National Hispanic Heritage month with Danza Azteca Xochipilli, an Aztec dance group who will host an afternoon of dancing and education about Mexican culture and language. This a family-friendly event.

Please expect to participate in this enriching cultural event.

Friends of the Altadena Library Book Sale!
Saturday, Oct. 5 • 10am-4pm
Main Library Parking Lot

Join the Friends of the Altadena Library for a used book sale on Saturday, Oct. 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. . Only Friends of the Library are able to shop from 10 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, but you can become a member on-site for $10. The sale is open to all from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thousands of books, DVDs, and more will be available for purchase.

Building a Beautiful Altadena: Learning from Yesterday to Be Better Neighbors Today
Saturday, Oct. 5 • 12:30-2:30pm
Main Library Community Room

Are you aware? Pasadena and neighboring communities are often touted as inclusive and progressive, which obscures historic and current struggles with racism, segregation, and systemic exclusion.

Join us for a conversation about the history of the African-American community in Pasadena/Altadena and how it has been affected by Jim Crow laws, redlining of neighborhoods, and other forms of intentional bias. Hear stories of struggle and success from your neighbors who have lived to overcome these barriers designed to keep people separate and marginalized.

Featured speakers include: Danny Parker, Marco White, Adan Williams, Alma Stokes, and Brian Biery

Fab Lab Presents: Momentum Creative Universal Design Lecture
Tuesday, Oct. 8 • 5:30-7:30pm
Main Library Community Room

Momentum Creative, operated by Momentum, is at the intersection of personal expression and independence. Through innovative supports and resources, individuals have the freedom and flexibility they need to produce, market, and sell their work. Momentum Creative features artists using Momentum services, Los Angeles area artists, and invited guests from all over the world.

Momentum is passionate about empowering children and adults with disabilities and medical conditions and providing a lifespan of services to cultivate freedom of choice and self-expression. This vigorous community of working artists includes people with a variety of physical and developmental challenges such as autism, cerebral palsy, and down syndrome, whose perspective is vital within the contemporary art world. Momentum is committed to the development of new platforms for artists, particularly those with extraordinarily unique methods, to structure their personal practice and empower authentic self-expression.

Many of the distinctive processes utilized by featured artists are enabled by original art tools designed and fabricated in-studio to optimize individual dexterity and control. A mantra amongst artists in the studio is that creative expression is not bound by physicality; rather, it is defined by the will to innovate. Innovative Studios: The NEW Modern Art, presents the work of 15 emerging and established artists that you have to see! Check out the exhibition through Oct. 29!

Clothing Mending and Sustainability with Foreverywear
Friday, Oct. 11 • 3pm
Main Library Community Room

If you have a favorite pair of jeans, this class is for you. Join us in learning how to keep your favorite jeans going for years to come with the reweaving technique of machine darning.

We will learn common issues and best practices to make your denim repair comfortable, durable and long lasting! Please bring your favorite jeans with a hole in them. Registration required.

Second Saturday: Upstream!
Saturday, Oct. 12 • 6:30-8:30pm
Main Library Parking Lot

Join us for Second Saturday starting in October! New time (6:30pm) for the 2024-25 season. Registration required.

Huntington Hospital FREE Flu Vaccine Clinic & Health Screening
Monday, Oct. 14 • 10am-12pm
Main Library

Come get a free flu shot & health counseling and screenings by a registered nurse. No appointment/registration is necessary.

Flu vaccine requirements:
• No COVID-19 or flu like symptoms.
• At least 18 years old, or giving consent for your child, ages 9-17 years.
• Not allergic to eggs or the influenza vaccine.
• Not have a history of Guillain-Barre-syndrome.

Art Workshop: Basic Book Construction
Thursday, Oct. 17 • 3:30-5:30pm
Main Library Community Room

Come join bookmaker Marion Quinn and learn how to construct your own pocket-sized book using elements of collage, watercolor, and basic book binding! Open to teens and adults, registration required.

Freedom to Read Day Crossword

Saturday, Oct. 19 • 10am-4pm • Main Library

Celebrate Freedom to Read Day with a customized crossword puzzle where all the answers are the titles of banned books! Available at the Information Desk.

Fab Lab Gab: A Creative Social Gathering Series

Saturday, Oct. 19, 9-10am

Main Library Reading Court

Fab Lab Gab meets seasonally to discuss various topics in relation to creativity and making. The Fab Lab Gab is open to anyone and each session will include a discussion of thematically curated readings, videos, podcasts, and other media. You are encouraged to attend even if you have not read, watched, or listened to all the curated materials.

October 19: Breaking Creative Blocks

Please register at www.altadenalibrary.org/programs.

Voting Study Hall

Saturday, Oct. 19, 11am-1pm

Altadena Main Library Community Room

Come together to research local measures and candidates on the November ballot in a study hall with snacks! Hosted by Voting Study Party. Please register at www.altadenalibrary.org/programs.

Altadena Parent Wellness Circle
Saturday, Oct. 19 • 3-4pm
Main Library Community Room

Are you a local parent or parent-to-be seeking community? Join us as we share stories, vent, and celebrate the ups and downs of this incredible journey we’re on together. (No little ones, please).

Indie Author Night
Tuesday, Oct. 22 • 6:30-8pm
Main Library Community Room

Listen to local authors read from their best and newest works. Meet them, get copies of their book after the reading and mingle with other book lovers.

About the authors
Alla Kaluzhny, MA, MFT, MA in Spiritual Psychology and Consciousness, Health and Healing writes her first book about past lives, reincarnation and her Soul’s many journeys through lifetimes of trials, crucibles, ordeals and everything in between. Each life has its own story, and woven together, they create a compelling tale. Alla was just awarded a Silver Medal at the Readers Favorite international book competition for Turning the Pages.

Maja D’Aoust is a practicing Witch, mother of two and scholar of alchemy and occult lore. After completing her bachelor’s degree in biochemistry, she earned her master’s degree in transformational psychology with a focus on shamanism, the I Ching, and ancestors. She is the author of Familiars in Witchcraft and A Witch’s Bestiary, coauthor of The Secret Source, and creator of a Tarot deck, The White Witch Tarot.

Cyndra Gernet is a long time Pasadena resident. She has been writing for 15 years and has completed two novels and 20 short stories, 4 of which have been published in Sisters in Crime Anthologies. Cyndra also writes non-mystery short stories. She finds the process of submitting work and self-promotion daunting, so she is pleased to be a part of this community project.

Elinor Bonifant is a speculative fiction writer and illustrator based in Los Angeles. She is the creator of The Haunted Hour, an award-winning audio drama about a strange little town in North Carolina.

Sugar Skull Decorating

Thursday, Oct. 24 • 4-5pm • Main Library Community Room

In celebration of Día de Los Muertos, come make your own colorful sugar skull and learn about Día de Los Muertos. All supplies will be provided on a first come first serve basis. For children ages 5-12.

Hello Gourd-geous!
Saturday, Oct. 26 • 10-11am
Main Library Community Room

Why should kids have all the fun? Come paint a pumpkin and get into the Halloween spirit! Using paint, you will transform a pumpkin into a spooooky creation.

(adults only/registration required)

Figure Drawing Class

Tuesday, Oct. 29 • 6-8pm • Main Library Community Room

Join us for a unique night of fun with this figure drawing class! Artists of all skill levels are welcome to take part in Halloween-themed games, lessons, and live figure drawing guided by the artist studio, Hand Follows Eye. Registration is required as spots are limited!

Book a Treat
Thursday, Oct. 31 • 10am-6pm
Main Library

Stop by the Main Library for a free book and Halloween sticker sheet. Don’t forget to say “Trick or Treat!” For ages 0-12, while supplies last.

October Events for All Ages

Chess Night
Every Monday
5:30-7:30pm
Main Library Reading Court

October Events for Children

Season Craft (ages 6-12), Thursday, Oct. 10, 4-5 p.m., Main Library Community Room, Registration required

Baby Storytime, Every Monday, 10:30-11:15 a.m., Main Library Community Room

Bilingual Evening Storytime, Every Monday, 6-6:30 p.m., Main Library Community Room

Toddler Storytime, Every Thursday, 10:30-11:15 a.m., Main Library Community Room

Family Storytime at Loma Alta Park, Wednesday, Oct. 9 & 23, 4-5 p.m., Social Hall at Loma Alta Park

In-N-Out Cover to Cover Club
Oct. 5 - Nov. 16, 2024

In-N-Out Burger invites children (ages 4 to 12) to check out and read five library books.

Sign up at the Children's Desk at the Main Library! For each five books read, you will receive a certificate for a free hamburger or cheeseburger!

Limit of three certificates per child, while supplies last.

Floor Puzzle Friday

Friday, Oct. 11 • 11am-12pm
Main Library Children's Room

Join us for a fun hour of floor puzzle building! This program uses floor puzzles to encourage young children to develop their gross and fine motor skills and develop their eye and hand coordination. For children ages 2-5 and their caregivers.

Halloween Play Hour
Thursday, Oct. 31 • 10:30-11:30am
Main Library Community Room

Join us for a fun and interactive Halloween-themed play hour, including sensory play, toy stations, and a craft! Families are welcome to wear their Halloween costumes. Ages 2-5.

October Events for Teens

Teen Poetry Club, Saturday, Oct. 12, 12-2pm, Main Library Small Meeting Room. Moderated by WriteGirl/Bold Ink Writers, this is a trans and LGBTQ friendly space to learn and build poetry writing skills, share your work, and get inspired.

Teen Volunteer Orientation, Thursday, Oct. 17, 5-5:30 p.m., Main Library Teen Space. Teens (ages 13-18) are invited to volunteer and can earn service hours. Drop-ins welcome! Learn more at https://www.altadenalibrary.org/teens.

Teens! Take Up Space!
Friday, Oct. 4 • 5-6pm
Main Library Teen Space

Teens! Take Up Space! This month, come by the Teen Space to help create an interactive display for the library focusing on Teentober! Work with our Teen Librarian to put together a BINGO card and highlight some services/resources Teen Services has.

All teens (ages 13-18) are welcome to join! Volunteer hours given to those who are part of the volunteer program.

Teen Leadership Council

Tuesday, Oct. 22 • 5-6pm Main Library Teen Space

Join this year’s fall cohort (Teens 13-18 years old)! As a group, we will work together to collectively identify social issues here in the Altadena community that not only teens but other community members face.

Every month, we will find creative ways to take action through community service.

This is a perfect opportunity for you to enhance and strengthen your college applications. Drop in for any of our meetings.

Be Financially LIT YA Edition
Saturday, Oct. 26 • 2-3:30pm
Main Library Community Room

Want to be Financially LIT, be a part of a book club & be in community while doing it? This program is for you! Be prepared to go over your past finances & let's work together on some activities that are featured in the book. For Young Adults - 18-23 years old, only!

Registration is required. Once your registration is confirmed, please pick up your book at the Main Library prior to the workshop.

Each participant will get: "Money Out Loud" by Berna Anat, Envelope Challenge, and a Money Saving Binder.

October Events for Adults

Open Mic Night, Monday, Oct. 7, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Main Library Community Room

Huntington Health Screenings, Monday, Oct. 14, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Main Library

Adult Craft Hour: Pie Banners, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 4 to 5 p.m., Main Library Community Room, Registration required

Cozy Crafters Club, Friday, Oct. 25, 4-6 p.m., Callisto Tea House. Bring your own project to work on or dip into our supply basket to try a new craft you've been curious about.

English Conversation Club, Every Tuesday, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Main Library Small Meeting Room. Practice learning, listening and speaking English in a friendly setting.

Murder Mystery: Murder on the Grill

Wednesday, Oct. 23 • 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. • Main Library Community Room

Enjoy an evening with neighbors as you become characters in a murder mystery and work together to find the murderer. Adults only. Space is limited, and registration is required.

Scenario: You and your guests find yourselves at the Kansas City home of Tom Dooley for a sizzling backyard cookout and some fabulous party fun. Too bad poor Tom gets iced over his hot grill - and you may be a suspect. How low will you go?

We Invite You to Become a Literacy Tutor!

Our tutors empower adult learners by teaching basic reading, writing and functional literacy skills. After completing a self-paced, online training module and being matched with a learner, tutors and learners meet 1 to 2 hours per meeting at least once a week at the library or other location based on their schedules. Tutors must commit to a minimum of six months.

To learn more about our tutoring program, go to

www.altadenalibrary.org/literacy.

To read the inspiring story of an adult learner, visit

https://www.altadenalibrary.org/altadena-adult-learner-wins-writing-award/

True Crime All The Time Virtual Book Club

Saturday, Oct. 26

4 to 5 p.m.

Zoom

Book: "There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Uncovered America’s Biggest Catfish" by Anna Akbari

Support Your Altadena Libraries

Altadena Library Foundation strengthens the mission and resources of the libraries through fundraising and advocacy. Learn more at

www.altadenalibraryfoundation.org.

The Friends of the Altadena Library stimulate public interest, assist with funding to purchase materials, and support cultural and educational programs. Become a member at

www.altadenalibrary.org/friends.