Event: 3/18 @ 3pm:: The Cult of Beauty – Victorian Avant-Garde!

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Please join us this Sunday at the Belmont Library for The Cult of Beauty: Victorian Avant-Garde!

The exhibition, The Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde, 1860-1900, will be held at the Legion of Honor from February 18-June 17. It is the first major exhibition to explore the unconventional creativity of the British Aesthetic Movement. It showcases the entirety of the Aesthetic Movement’s output, celebrating the startling beauty and variety of creations by masters as diverse as artists Dante Gabriel Rossetti, James McNeill Whistles, and Edward Burne-Jones and designers E.W. Godwin, William Morris and Christopher Dresser.

Sunday March 18 at 3:00pm

Belmont Library

1110 Alameda de las Pulgas

Belmont, CA 94002

(650) 591-8286

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Candidate Forum Info Corrected

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Attention All. Christine Wozniak is a candidate for Belmont City Council.

Christine’s name was inadvertently omitted from the candidate’s list in our Fourth Quarter Newsletter.

We regret this error. We proof read and edit our letters but sometimes mistakes occur. Our sincere apology to Christine.

Pat Barkett, FOBL President

Candidate Forum

October 12th, 7:00 PM @ Taube Room, Belmont Library

Candidates for City Council:
David Braunstein
Paul Brownlee
Michael McGuinness
Eric Reed
Christine Wozniak

Candidates for City Clerk:
Terri Cook
Dave Warden

Join fellow residents and business owners to listen to the candidates running for City Council and City Clerk. Each Candidate will be given a specific time frame to impart their political platform, followed by questions from the audience and finally closing remarks from each candidate. Refreshment following closing remarks.

Sponsored by
Friends of the Belmont Library
Belmont Chamber of Commerce
Come meet all the candidates and listen to their programs. This event is open to all.

Event: 10/12 Candidate Forum

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Candidate Forum

October 12th, 7:00 PM @ Taube Room, Belmont Library

Candidates for City Council:
David Braunstein
Paul Brownlee
Michael McGuinness
Eric Reed
Christine Wozniak

Candidates for City Clerk:
Terri Cook
Dave Warden

Join fellow residents and business owners to listen to the candidates running for City Council and City Clerk. Each Candidate will be given a specific time frame to impart their political platform, followed by questions from the audience and finally closing remarks from each candidate. Refreshment following closing remarks.

Sponsored by
Friends of the Belmont Library
Belmont Chamber of Commerce
Come meet all the candidates and listen to their programs. This event is open to all.

Event: 9/30 Buenos Aires: The Gotham of South America!

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Buenos Aires: The Gotham of South America!
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When: Aug 30, 2011 (7:00pm - 10:00pm)

Where: Belmont Library
1110 Alameda de las Pulgas

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Buenos Aires, South America's highest profile capital, has overcome its clichéd "Paris of the South" reputation to consolidate its status as a vigorous New World city absorbing influences from around the continent and the world- in its distinctive neighborhoods, architecture, culture, food and nightlife. Join Wayne Bernhardson, sole author of Moon Handbooks to Buenos Aires and Argentina, as well as Patagonia and Chile, for a travel program on the Argentine capital.

Tuesday August 30 at 7:00pm
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Event : 7/19 :: Docent Lecture on Picasso

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Docent Lecture: "Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musee Natio
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When: Jul 19, 2011 (7:00pm - 10:00pm)

Where: belmont library
1110 Alameda de las Pulgas

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The deYoung Museum hosts an extraordinary exhibition of more than 100 masterpieces by Spanish artist Pable Picasso (1881-1973) from the permanent collection of Paris's world-renowned Musee National Picasso.

Come hear about this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition, which includes paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints from every phase of the artist's career.

This event is for adults

Family Event: 7/16 :: Reptiles Around the World

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Family Event - Reptiles Around the World
By Friends of the Belmont Library  |  View on Facebook
When: Jul 16, 2011 (2:30pm - 5:30pm)

Where: Taube Room @ the Belmont Library
1110 Alameda de las pulgas, Belmont, California, United States

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Your family is invited to a Creepy, Crawly, Cool Reptile Show

Come join us for some cool and creepy fun as the East Bay Vivarium teaches us to love a variety of reptiles, bugs, and other critters!

More info at:
http://www.smcl.org/en/content/reptiles-around-world

Event: Aug. 28 :: Ordinary Heroes, Extraordinary Communities: Volunteerism At Its Best

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Ordinary Heroes, Extraordinary Communities: Volunteerism At
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When: Aug 28, 2011 (2:00pm - 5:00pm)

Where: belmont library


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Join John Lipp, author of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Recruiting & Managing Volunteers" for a presentation on volunteering at its best. Over 67 million Americans are approaching retirement and many are looking for opportunities to make a direct impact on their communities through volunteering.
http://www.smcl.org/en/node/4438

Family Event: July 9 :: Karen Quest – Cowgirl Tricks

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Family Event - Karen Quest: Cowgirl Tricks
By Friends of the Belmont Library  |  View on Facebook
When: Jul 9, 2011 (2:00pm - 5:00pm)

Where: Belmont Library, On the Patio
1110 Alameda de las pulgas, Belmont, California, United States

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Don't miss!
A unique, fun-filled, vaudeville-style western comedy act complete with trick roping, whip cracking, music, and lots of surprises!

For more info go to:
http://www.smcl.org/en/node/3926

Artist's website:
http://www.cowgirltricks.com/index.html

Movie Marathon: July 11 – 15 :: Harry Potter

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Movie Marathon: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (G)
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When: Jul 11, 2011 (2:30pm - 5:30pm)

Where: Belmont Library


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Celebrate the release of the final Harry Potter movie with a movie marathon ALL WEEK at the library! Join us on the last day for a Hogwarts Party! Come dressed up and prepared for fun!

Monday, July 11th
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (G)
2:30PM, 2 hrs, 32 mins

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (PG)
5:30PM, 2 hrs, 41 mins

Tuesday, July 12th
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (PG)
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