Evening hours after 6 p.m. Monday - Thursday by appointment. Call (661) 868-0770.
The Genealogy Room is open to the public during regular library hours. Genealogical Society Volunteers are available Monday through Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m.
| Day |
Date |
Time |
Event |
| The Arkelian Children's Room is on the 1st Floor, the Auditorium is on the 1st Floor off the Lobby, the Tejon Room and the Gates Computer Lab are on the 2nd Floor. |
| All computer classes are free and open to the public. |
| Tue |
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Class tours of the library may be scheduled on Tuesday mornings. Please contact the Arkelian Children's Room staff, 661-868-0750. |
| Mon |
7-6 |
7:00 p.m. |
Transforming Life After 50: Making your Money Work in Difficult Times - Bring your finance planning, and financial crisis management questions and issues to a discussion led by KERN Radio 1180 Moneywise Guys. Tejon Room. |
| Wed |
7-8 |
6:30 -
8:30 p.m. |
Computer Class: Introduction to the Computer (Lab closed 6-9). |
| Sat |
7-11 |
10:00 a.m. -
12:00 p.m. |
Computer Class: Microsoft Excel 2003, Session I (Lab closed 10 - 12:30). |
| Mon |
7-13 |
7:00 p.m. |
Transforming Life After 50: Waterwise Garden Beauty - Learn how to cope with drought conditions and save money, in a discussion of the design, plant selection, and maintenance of water conserving landscapes. Bring your own questions, and gardening successes and failures, to a discussion led by Bakersfield College horticulturist, Lindsay Ono and Kathy Robinson, Robby's Nursery. Tejon Room. |
| Tue |
7-14 |
6:30 -
8:30 p.m. |
Computer Class: Microsoft Excel 2003, Session II (Lab closed 6-9). |
| Thu |
7-16 |
5:30 -
8:00 p.m. |
Friends of the Kern County Library, Inc. Used Book Sale - Presale for Members Only. Auditorium. |
| Fri |
7-17 |
10:00 a.m. -
6:00 p.m. |
Friends of the Kern County Library, Inc. Used Book Sale - Open to the Public. Auditorium. |
| Sat |
7-18 |
10:00 a.m. -
4:00 p.m. |
Friends of the Kern County Library, Inc. Used Book Sale - Open to the Public. Auditorium. |
| Mon |
7-20 |
10:00 a.m. -
3:00 p.m. |
Friends of the Kern County Library, Inc. Used Book Sale - Half-Price Day. Auditorium. |
| 7:00 p.m. |
Transforming Life After 50: Electronic Tools and Gadgets 101 - In a world of rapidly multiplying electronic technologies, which should we master to successfully navigate society in the future? What might we safely ignore? Discussion led by technology industry retiree and electronics enthusiast, Dave Waterman. Tejon Room. |
| Wed |
7-22 |
6:30 -
8:30 p.m. |
Computer Class: Beginning Internet (Lab closed 6-9). |
| Sat |
7-25 |
10:00 a.m. -
12:00 p.m. |
Computer Class: Microsoft Excel 2003, Session III (Lab closed 10 - 12:30). |
| Tue |
7-28 |
6:30 -
8:30 p.m. |
Computer Class: Finding Jobs Online (Lab closed 6-9). |
| Kids Summer Reading Program Events |
| Mon |
all |
10:30 a.m. |
Creative Family Storytime |
| Tue |
all |
7:00 p.m. |
Sunset Stories in the Arkelian Children's Room Story Pit. |
| Thu |
7-2 |
7:00 p.m. |
Omnipresent Puppet Theater |
| Thu |
7-9 |
7:00 p.m. |
Nature Noise Making Musical Crafts. |
| Mon |
7-13 |
10:30 a.m. |
Storytime with Bakersfield Condor Celebrity Reader! |
| Thu |
7-16 |
7:00 p.m. |
Figure it out! Wall art and figure drawing. |
| Thu |
7-23 |
7:00 p.m. |
Jeff Lee's Working Wildlife. |
| Teen Summer Reading Program Events |
| Thu |
7-2 |
3:00 p.m. |
Anime Movie: Samurai 7. Auditorium |
| Fri |
7-10 |
3:00 p.m. |
Art Workshop with Clare Rossetto. Tejon Room |
| Fri |
7-17 |
3:00 p.m. |
Create Awesome Avatars: Learn How to Make the Virtual You! Gates Computer Lab. |
| Fri |
7-24 |
3:00 p.m. |
Build Ballistic Stomp Rockets. Tejon Room. |
| Adult Summer Reading Program Events |
| Tue |
7-7 |
6:30 p.m. |
Mysterious California Book Discussion: Southland by Nina Revoyr. (Tejon Room) |
| Sat |
7-11 |
2:00 p.m. |
MARILYN MEREDITH: Award winning Mystery Writer and author of the Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery series as well as the Rocky Bluff P.D. series will discuss the writing process and her numerous writing experiences. She will also entertain questions from the audience and be available for signing books. (Auditorium) |
| Sat |
7-18 |
2:00 p.m. |
KNIT AND CROCHET 101: Louise and Amanda from Classy Knits will demonstrate the basics of how to knit and how to crochet during this introductory class at the Beale. Participants must bring a skein of yarn, crochet hook, and/or knitting needles. Classy Knits is also offering a 15% discount to customers purchasing materials for the class at the Beale.
Space is limited; first-come, first-seated. (Auditorium) |
| Tue |
7-21 |
6:30 p.m. |
Mysterious California Book Discussion: Shell Games by Kirk Russell. (Tejon Room) |
| Sat |
7-25 |
2:00 p.m. |
"ELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING!" Elvis impersonator Sonny Elizondo takes you back in time when Elvis was the King. Spend the afternoon with Elvis reminiscing and dancing to some of his most memorable songs. See the King in action! (Auditorium) |
Located in downtown Bakersfield, the Beale Memorial Library is the central research library for Kern County. The 127,000 square feet facility is built around a 4,000 square feet atrium and has room for 200 vehicles in the parking lot. Many of the furnishings, art and specialized collections in the new facility were provided through private donations to the Kern County Library Foundation.
The original Beale Memorial Library was dedicated on June 2, 1900, a gift to the city of Bakersfield by Mrs. Mary E. Beale and her son Truxtun in memory of their husband and father, General Edward Fitzgerald Beale. That building was destroyed in the 1952 earthquake. A second Beale Library was completed in 1957; the library moved to the present location in April, 1988.
701 Truxtun Avenue
