There was a number of fanfare — and various ice cream sundaes — on the San Jose Public Library’s Berryessa department final weekend to rejoice new Sunday hours.
Mayor Sam Liccardo, Metropolis Librarian Jill Bourne and Metropolis Councilman David Cohen drew fairly a crowd whereas kicking off the celebration final Sunday on the Berryessa library. It was one in all 16 branches out of the system’s 24 that can now be open Sundays from midday to five p.m., along with Sunday hours on the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Most important Library downtown. Patrons in any respect 16 of these branches bought a go to from a Mister Softee ice cream truck so as to add a candy deal with to the event.
Bourne stated the group and lots of advocacy teams — together with the San Jose Public Library Basis, the Library and Schooling Fee and numerous Mates of the Library teams — have requested for elevated entry on Sundays. Liccardo and the Metropolis Council budgeted for the additional hours this 12 months, and the branches picked for the pilot program had been chosen with the library’s Fairness Index, bearing in mind the geographic location and circulation and utilization information. (You'll be able to verify on your library’s hours at www.sjpl.org.)
Whereas the library is lengthening its hours, one in all its strongest advocates determined to shorten her hair for a superb trigger. Daybreak Coppin, govt director of the San Jose Public Library Basis, has had lengthy hair for greater than a decade however determined it was time for a brand new look, particularly with the muse’s thirty fifth anniversary gala developing Oct. 20.
Coppin minimize 20 inches of her hair and donated it to Maggie’s Wigs for Children (www.wigs4kids.org). If you wish to see Coppin’s new ‘do in individual, you possibly can register for the anniversary gala at www.sjplf.org/thirty fifth.
TAKING THE SHORT VIEW: Given the TikTok technology’s ardour for brief bursts of content material, this week’s San Jose Worldwide Brief Movie Pageant ought to be a superb match. As an alternative of three-hour snoozefests, these flicks are anyplace from two to half-hour in size.
The fest’s has its opening night time celebration Oct. 6 at Santana Row’s CineArts theaters, adopted by greater than 100 brief movies proven in blocks all through the weekend. Co-founder Invoice Hargreaves says the movies — that are grouped into 15 viewing blocks — run the gamut from documentaries and world cinema to comedy, animation and science-fiction/horror. And with the pageant again in individual after COVID-19 pushed it digital, filmmakers from all over the world might be coming to Silicon Valley to symbolize their movies and participate in Q&A periods.
You may get extra info — together with the schedule and ticket pricing — at www.sjsff.com.
RUNNING TO THE BEAT: There’ll be a number of ft on the streets of San Jose this weekend — and loads of music to hearken to alongside the way in which — because the Rock ‘n’ Roll Working Sequence returns with a quartet of runs.
The 5K race and Children Rock run might be held Saturday morning, and the 10K and half-marathon races will happen Sunday morning. There’s additionally a well being expo on the San Jose McEnery Conference Middle on Friday afternoon and all day Saturday. Bay Space social gathering band Surprise Bread 5 will present the post-race leisure on Sunday, beginning round 10 a.m. at Plaza de Cesar Chavez.
The races will shut numerous streets within the downtown core, particularly round Plaza de Cesar Chavez, and the half-marathon stretches into the Shasta-Hanchett neighborhood off The Alameda. You may get details about what’s closed, in addition to different particulars, at www.runrocknroll.com/san-jose.