eBook Workshop

Come learn how to use Libby and Hoopla, the library’s apps for eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. Feel free to bring in your devices, such as tablets, smart phones, and e-readers. For special accommodations, please contact the Library with 72 hours notice.

Meet and Greet the artists: Forever Falastin

Visit with the contributors and creators of the Forever Falastin exhibit on Saturday, December 6th from 2:00-4:30 pm. Drop in anytime. This interactive exhibit honors the vibrant culture and heritage of Palestine. Engage with the mosaic of Palestinian peoples, their a......More

Visit with the contributors and creators of the Forever Falastin exhibit on Saturday, December 6th from 2:00-4:30 pm. Drop in anytime. This interactive exhibit honors the vibrant culture and heritage of Palestine. Engage with the mosaic of Palestinian peoples, their art, music, food, books, films, and textile traditions, with a special focus on local connections. Learn about the region's history from the perspective of one of the world's oldest olive trees starting as a seed 4,000 years ago. The exhibit celebrates the joy and resistance of queer Palestinian artists, poets, and performers. Presented by Albany & El Cerrito for Palestine.

Trails and Tales

Enjoy a nature walk with a Naturalist followed by storytime with a Librarian! This program is part of a special partnership between the Contra Costa County Library and the East Bay Regional Parks. This event will be located at Kennedy Grove Regional Recreation Area at......More

Enjoy a nature walk with a Naturalist followed by storytime with a Librarian! This program is part of a special partnership between the Contra Costa County Library and the East Bay Regional Parks. This event will be located at Kennedy Grove Regional Recreation Area at 6531 San Pablo Dam Rd, El Sobrante. Please enter this address into your GPS to make sure you arrive at the right entrance to the park. For special accommodations, please contact the library with 72 hours notice. Registration is not required. Please register online if you would like to receive reminders.

Family Storytime

Lots of picture books, songs, rhymes, and fun! Stuffed animals & pajamas welcome.

Cloth Produce Bag Sewing Circle

The Cloth Produce Bag Sewing Circle’s goal is to replace plastic at the Kensington Farmers Market by providing free cloth produce bags to Market shoppers. Join the Kensington Seamsters Union, local 94707 in transforming donated natural fiber fabric into bags. We need Y......More

The Cloth Produce Bag Sewing Circle’s goal is to replace plastic at the Kensington Farmers Market by providing free cloth produce bags to Market shoppers. Join the Kensington Seamsters Union, local 94707 in transforming donated natural fiber fabric into bags. We need YOU to help measure, cut, iron, sew and thread drawstrings, and create community. For special accommodations, please contact the Library with 72 hours notice.

Family Storytime

Lots of picture books, songs, rhymes, and fun! Stuffed animals & pajamas welcome.

Read to a Dog

Kensington Library welcomes your beginning reader to join us and a licensed therapy dog for a 15-minute reading session from 3 - 4pm. This program is designed for young folks who can read on their own but could benefit from the patience and comfort of a canine companio......More

Kensington Library welcomes your beginning reader to join us and a licensed therapy dog for a 15-minute reading session from 3 - 4pm. This program is designed for young folks who can read on their own but could benefit from the patience and comfort of a canine companion from the Alliance of Therapy Dogs. Same day, drop in sign up starting 15 minutes before the read session.

Family Storytime

Lots of picture books, songs, rhymes, and fun! Stuffed animals & pajamas welcome.

Kensington Library Book Club

The Kensington Book Club is open to all and alternates between classic and contemporary literature on a monthly basis. The club meets online via Zoom, this month will meet on the fifth Tuesday at 6:15pm. December's book is The Last of the Mohicans by James F. Cooper. ......More

The Kensington Book Club is open to all and alternates between classic and contemporary literature on a monthly basis. The club meets online via Zoom, this month will meet on the fifth Tuesday at 6:15pm. December's book is The Last of the Mohicans by James F. Cooper. For details on how to join the Zoom meetings, please contact the Kensington Library.

Family Storytime

Lots of picture books, songs, rhymes, and fun! Stuffed animals & pajamas welcome.