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holiday card making

ECC Holiday Card Making

Monday, December 15, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Community Learning Center at Downtown Library
Event Location: Downtown Library
Room: Community Learning Center
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Seniors, Families
Program Type: Adult Literacy, Art & Crafts, Bilingual, Community Education, Language Learning, Special Events
Event Details:

Need to write holiday cards? Join us for holiday card making!

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Beyond the Basics Workshop: Internet Safety

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Computer Classroom at Downtown Library
Event Location: Downtown Library
Room: Computer Classroom
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Adult Literacy, Community Education, Technology
Event Details:

We have a program in partnership with Digital LIFT! Stay safe online and join our FREE internet safety workshop. Any device is welcome. Bring your smartphone, tablet, or laptop.

holiday card making

ECC Holiday Card Making

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Community Learning Center at Downtown Library
Event Location: Downtown Library
Room: Community Learning Center
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Seniors, Families
Program Type: Adult Literacy, Art & Crafts, Bilingual, Community Education, Language Learning, Special Events
Event Details:

Need to write holiday cards? Join us for holiday card making!

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Mystery Book Club: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at 5:45pm - 6:45pm
Meeting Room C (Medium Room) at Downtown Library
Event Location: Downtown Library
Room: Meeting Room C (Medium Room)
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Book Discussion
Event Details:

Join us on the 3rd Wednesday of every month for Mystery Book Club. We read a mix of cozy mysteries, thrillers. Copies are available on a first come first served basis. 

Taller «allá de lo básico»: seguridad en Internet

Taller «allá de lo básico»: seguridad en Internet

Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 11:00am - 1:00pm
John Pappas Legacy Room (Whole) at Weekes Branch
Event Location: Weekes Branch
Room: John Pappas Legacy Room (Whole)
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Adult Literacy, Community Education, Technology
Event Details:

Le invitamos a un taller en asociación con Digital LIFT! Únese a nosotros y mantengese seguro en línea con este taller GRATIS de seguridad en Internet.

Saturday Storytime at the Weekes Branch

Saturday Storytime

Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
John Pappas Legacy Room (Whole) at Weekes Branch
Event Location: Weekes Branch
Room: John Pappas Legacy Room (Whole)
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschoolers, Kids, Families
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join a rotating cast of your favorite storytime librarians for 30 minutes of stories, songs, and movement! Your kids will have a blast while they develop early literacy and school readiness skills.

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Open Sewing

Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Meeting Room C (Medium Room) at Downtown Library
Event Location: Downtown Library
Room: Meeting Room C (Medium Room)
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Seniors
Registration Available
Event Details:

Pants need hemming? Have a project you started but never finished? Register to use the library's sewing machines!

Author David Brooks

The Creative and Compassionate Art of Seeing Others Deeply: An Online Author Talk with David Brooks

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Online
Event Location: Online
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Event Details:

Join us for an online discussion with prominent cultural writer and bestselling author David Brooks on his book, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply, in which he helps us pose essential questions: If you want t

Representative of Spectrum services

Spectrum Community Services Tabling: Apply for Help Paying Your Power Bill

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Central Foyer at Downtown Library
Event Location: Downtown Library
Room: Central Foyer
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Community Education
Event Details:

Do you need help paying your power bill? You may qualify for federal aid.

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Community Hub: Employment Services with City of Hayward

11:00am–2:00pm
Adults
Community Hub
Cancelled
Event Location: Community Hub
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community Education, Jobs & Careers, Other
Event Details:

City of Hayward, Human Resources (COH HR) provides public sector interview prep, as well as information about current vacancies and the hiring process.

Community Hub: Transit Services with Hayward Operated Paratransit

2:00pm–5:00pm
Adults, Seniors
Community Hub
Cancelled
Event Location: Community Hub
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Community Education, Health & Wellness, Other
Event Details:

Hayward Operated Paratransit (HOP) will help seniors and people with disabilities to enroll in paratransit services.

Online Spanish Conversation Circle

9:00am–10:00am
Adults
Online
Cancelled
Virtual Event
Event Location: Online
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Bilingual, Community Education, Language Learning
Event Details:

Spanish Conversation Circles provide a supportive environment to practice your Spanish-speaking skills. A volunteer guides the conversation and answers questions.

Community Hub: Immigration Legal Consultations with Immigrant Hope

11:00am–2:00pm
Adults, Families
Community Hub
Cancelled
Event Location: Community Hub
Age Group: Adults, Families
Program Type: Community Education, Health & Wellness, Other
Event Details:

Immigrant Hope offers Immigration Law services, including family-based immigration, naturalization, work authorization, DACA, and renewals.

Community Hub: ESL with Education Services

2:00pm–5:00pm
Adults, Seniors
Community Hub
Cancelled
Event Location: Community Hub
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Adult Literacy, Community Education, Language Learning
Event Details:

Education Services provides information and registration support in Hayward Library programs, such as ESL grammar classes, Citizenship workshops, Digital Literacy Classes, K

Online Spanish Conversation Circle

9:00am–10:00am
Adults
Online
Cancelled
Virtual Event
Event Location: Online
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Bilingual, Community Education, Language Learning
Event Details:

Spanish Conversation Circles provide a supportive environment to practice your Spanish-speaking skills. A volunteer guides the conversation and answers questions.

Online Spanish Conversation Circle

9:00am–10:00am
Adults
Online
Virtual Event
Event Location: Online
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Bilingual, Community Education, Language Learning
Event Details:

Spanish Conversation Circles provide a supportive environment to practice your Spanish-speaking skills. A volunteer guides the conversation and answers questions.

Our Space Side by Side Information Table

2:30pm–4:30pm
Teens, Adults
Downtown Library
Event Location: Downtown Library
Room: Central Foyer
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Community Education, Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Our Space Side by Side will be tabling with information about their drop-in center, weekly events, and behavioral health services for LGBTQIA+ youth ages 12-24. 

Uke Can Do It! Ukulele Strum Along

2:00pm–3:00pm
Teens, Adults, Seniors, Families
Downtown Library
Event Location: Downtown Library
Room: Meeting Room C (Medium Room)
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Seniors, Families
Program Type: Community Education, Other
Event Details:

Calling all Ukulele Strummers!

Come join us for a regular Strum-Along in Room C on the 2nd floor of the Downtown Library.

Spectrum Community Services Tabling: Apply for Help Paying Your Power Bill

2:00pm–4:00pm
Adults, Seniors
Downtown Library
Event Location: Downtown Library
Room: Central Foyer
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Community Education
Event Details:

Do you need help paying your power bill? You may qualify for federal aid.

Online Spanish Conversation Circle

9:00am–10:00am
Adults
Online
Virtual Event
Event Location: Online
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Bilingual, Community Education, Language Learning
Event Details:

Spanish Conversation Circles provide a supportive environment to practice your Spanish-speaking skills. A volunteer guides the conversation and answers questions.

Legal and Health Insights

2:00pm–4:00pm
Adults, Seniors
Downtown Library
Event Location: Downtown Library
Room: Community Learning Center
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Community Education, Health & Wellness
Event Details:

 

Online English Conversation Circle

10:00am–11:00am
Adults, Seniors
Online
Virtual Event
Event Location: Online
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Adult Literacy, Bilingual, Community Education, Language Learning
Event Details:

Online English Conversation Circles are designed for adults who are looking for a supportive and fun environment to practice their English speaking skills.

Google Workspace Workshop

10:00am–12:00pm
Adults, Seniors
Downtown Library
Event Location: Downtown Library
Room: Computer Classroom
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Adult Literacy, Community Education, Technology
Event Details:

Do you want to learn how to use computer programs like Google Docs, Google Sheets, or Google Slides? Participate in a Google Workspace Workshop!

Online Spanish Conversation Circle

9:00am–10:00am
Adults
Online
Virtual Event
Event Location: Online
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Bilingual, Community Education, Language Learning
Event Details:

Spanish Conversation Circles provide a supportive environment to practice your Spanish-speaking skills. A volunteer guides the conversation and answers questions.

Online English Conversation Circle

10:00am–11:00am
Adults, Seniors
Online
Virtual Event
Event Location: Online
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Adult Literacy, Bilingual, Community Education, Language Learning
Event Details:

Online English Conversation Circles are designed for adults who are looking for a supportive and fun environment to practice their English speaking skills.

Literacy Plus Tutor Orientation

10:00am–12:00pm
Adults, Seniors
Downtown Library
Event Location: Downtown Library
Room: Meeting Room C (Medium Room)
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Adult Literacy, Community Education, Language Learning
Event Details:

Become a volunteer tutor at the Hayward Public Library! 

Uke Can Do It! Ukulele Strum Along

2:00pm–3:00pm
Teens, Adults, Seniors, Families
Downtown Library
Event Location: Downtown Library
Room: Meeting Room C (Medium Room)
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Seniors, Families
Program Type: Community Education, Other
Event Details:

Calling all Ukulele Strummers!

Come join us for a regular Strum-Along in Room C on the 2nd floor of the Downtown Library.

Online English Conversation Circle

12:00pm–1:00pm
Adults, Seniors
Online
Virtual Event
Event Location: Online
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Adult Literacy, Bilingual, Community Education, Language Learning
Event Details:

Online English Conversation Circles are designed for adults who are looking for a supportive and fun environment to practice their English speaking skills.

Online Spanish Conversation Circle

9:00am–10:00am
Adults
Online
Virtual Event
Event Location: Online
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Bilingual, Community Education, Language Learning
Event Details:

Spanish Conversation Circles provide a supportive environment to practice your Spanish-speaking skills. A volunteer guides the conversation and answers questions.

Online English Conversation Circle

10:00am–11:00am
Adults, Seniors
Online
Virtual Event
Event Location: Online
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Adult Literacy, Bilingual, Community Education, Language Learning
Event Details:

Online English Conversation Circles are designed for adults who are looking for a supportive and fun environment to practice their English speaking skills.

Literacy Plus Tutor Roundtables

1:00pm–2:00pm
Seniors, Families
Downtown Library
Cancelled
Event Location: Downtown Library
Room: Community Learning Center
Age Group: Seniors, Families
Program Type: Adult Literacy, Community Education, Language Learning
Event Details:

Literacy Plus is hosting an informal meet-up, Tutor Roundtables, for our current tutors who are seeking social and emotional support from each other.  Join to mingle with fellow tutors and explore different learning manipulatives.

Online English Conversation Circle

12:00pm–1:00pm
Adults, Seniors
Online
Virtual Event
Event Location: Online
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Adult Literacy, Bilingual, Community Education, Language Learning
Event Details:

Online English Conversation Circles are designed for adults who are looking for a supportive and fun environment to practice their English speaking skills.

Online Spanish Conversation Circle

9:00am–10:00am
Adults
Online
Virtual Event
Event Location: Online
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Bilingual, Community Education, Language Learning
Event Details:

Spanish Conversation Circles provide a supportive environment to practice your Spanish-speaking skills. A volunteer guides the conversation and answers questions.