Beale Memorial Library
701 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, CA, 93301 | This Week at Beale: April 17-21, 2023 |
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| Monday, 4/17@4 PM |
Children's Area | Stop on by and catch a fun family flick in the children's area! We hope you can make it! |
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Anime + Art | Monday, 4/17 @ 4 PM |
Tejon Room | Meet us in the Tejon room and catch an anime! Enjoy the show and practice different anime drawing styles. |
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| Tuesday, 4/18 @ 11 AM |
Children's Area | Promote literacy and practice school readiness with songs, stories, and crafts chosen especially for preschool-age children. |
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| Tuesday, 4/18 @4 PM |
Children's Area | Get your brick on with this fun program aimed for kids 6-11! We provide the bricks, you provide the imagination! What will you build? |
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Free Legal Help | Tuesday, 4/18 @ 5 PM |
Information Area | One-on-one free legal help with Victor Vevea and the Law offices of Roger Lampkin. Spaces are limited and this program fills up quick! |
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| Tuesday, 4/18 @ 5 PM |
Information Area | GBLA works to help individuals that are low-income and the elderly with a diverse range of legal services. |
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Financial Empowerment | Tuesday, 4/18@ 5 PM |
Lake Room | Do you want to get a handle on your finances? Meet Rukiyah Polk, a financial educator and coach whose free 8 week course can help you navigate the tricky world of personal finance |
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Kern Genealogical Society | Tuesday, 4/18 @ 12 PM Genealogy Room |
Many organizations depend on Genealogy for membership. Join Kern County genealogical Society and guest speakers who will talk about some of them. |
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| Wed., 4/19 @ 11 AM |
Tejon Room | Join the Bakersfield Toastmasters for this free public speaking workship! |
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| Wed., 4/19@4 PM |
Information Area | Are you interested in robots and coding? Do you enjoy building with Legos? Come join us for Lego Mindstorms, where we use Legos to build programmable robots! Open to tweens and teens |
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Citizenship Class | Wed., 4/12 @ 5 PM |
Tejon Room | Join us to study for the Citizenship Test in a fun and stress-free environment! Drop in to practice civics questions as well as practice English language conversation! |
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| Wed., 4/19 @ 4:30 PM |
Information Area | Families and new arrivals experiencing a difficult economic times are invited to seek assitance from Catholic Charities year-round in order to ease the burden of caring for themselves or their famillies. |
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Drop-in Crafts | Wed., 4/19- All Day |
Children's Area | A different craft every week! Supplies are available all day in the Children's Area. |
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| Thurs., 4/20 @ 11 AM |
Children's Area | Songs, rhymes, finger plays, and stories just for toddlers. Explore our imaginative play toys and sensory activities with other little ones. |
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| Thurs., 4/20 @4 PM |
Children's Area | Work on a new craft or art project every week in the Children's Area. All materials provided. |
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Beginning English | Thurs., 4/20 @ 5 PM |
Lake Room | Learn the basics of the English language (for Spanish speakers) |
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| Fri., 4/21 @ 10 AM |
Beale Auditorium | For caregivers of children ages 0-5. Enjoy light refreshments while children engage in literacy-based activities and play, plus learn about a different community resource every week. |
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| Fri., 4/21 @ 3 PM |
Children's Area | Our friends at ASL Junction are here to teach you sign language and do a fun activity! |
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Soul Speakers | Fri., 4/21@ 5 PM |
Children's Area | Toastmaster experts will help you learn how to speak in public. Helpful for meetings, presentations, speeches, toasts, eulogies or preachers! |
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| Fri., 4/21@ 4 PM |
Patrons will be invited to help pick up litter inside of the library & our parking lot to celebrate Earth Day. Patrons will be provided gloves, trash grabbers and trash bags along with their can-do attitudes! |
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Drop-in Crafts | Fri., 4/21- All Day |
Children's Area | A different craft every week! Supplies are available all day in the Children's Area. |
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