A Fishouse Reading: March 5, 2009

“A jamboree of poetry at its acoustic best….”
The First Thursday Poetry Series at the Albany Library continues on March 5 with poets who have work in the new book, From the Fishouse — an anthology of poems meant to be read aloud (Persea Books, April 2009). Featured poets are Rebecca Black, Camille Dungy, and [...]

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Lisa Kokin — “Ex Libro”

Artist books are unique, handmade, often one-of-a-kind books that are also pieces of art. Local artist Lisa Kokin has gone one step further, making artist books out of … books! Her current show at the Donna Seager Gallery in San Rafael features works made by turning book pages into pulp and then reshaping [...]

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Board Game Days

On selected Saturday afternoons, the Albany Library’s Edith Stone Room is busy with the non-electronic sound of people playing board games. Families and friends come to play with each other; single adults and kids come to hook up with a game. The Alameda County Library Foundation purchased the games which include Scrabble, Monopoly, Life, and Checkers as [...]

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More adults are reading literature

The good news, according to the National Endowment for the Arts, is that for the first time in more than 25 years, adults are reading more literature. Literature is defined as novels, short stories, poems or plays in print or online. What is even more surprising is that 51.7% of adults between the ages of [...]

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