The Hidden Life of Libraries: Dorothy Lazard and Alexis Madrigal in Conversation

<div><font color="#0c1014" face="-apple-system, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">GET YOUR TICKETS <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-hidden-life-of-libraries-dorothy-lazard-with-alexis-madrigal-tickets-1995144341433">HERE</a>!!</span></font></div><span style="color: rgb(12, 16, 20); font-family: -apple-system, &quot;system-ui&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><span style="color: rgb(12, 16, 20); font-family: -apple-system, &quot;system-ui&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div>Join us on August 19 at The New Parkway for a launch event celebrating Behind the Desk at the Main: A Librarian’s Memoir by Dorothy Lazard (Heyday Books), in conversation with Alexis Madrigal.</span><br style="color: rgb(12, 16, 20); font-family: -apple-system, &quot;system-ui&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="color: rgb(12, 16, 20); font-family: -apple-system, &quot;system-ui&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: rgb(12, 16, 20); font-family: -apple-system, &quot;system-ui&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hosted at The New Parkway Theater with </span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd" href="https://www.instagram.com/heydaybooks/" role="link" tabindex="0" style="color: rgb(65, 80, 247); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; outline: none; border-inline-width: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; border-inline-style: none; padding-inline: 0px; list-style-type: none; box-sizing: border-box; touch-action: manipulation; display: inline; 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padding-inline: 0px; list-style-type: none; box-sizing: border-box; touch-action: manipulation; display: inline; padding-bottom: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, &quot;system-ui&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">@nomadicbookshop</a><span style="color: rgb(12, 16, 20); font-family: -apple-system, &quot;system-ui&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">, this event offers a special opportunity to hear from one of Oakland’s most beloved librarians, Dorothy Lazard, as she reflects on two decades behind the scenes at Oakland’s Main Library.</span><br style="color: rgb(12, 16, 20); font-family: -apple-system, &quot;system-ui&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="color: rgb(12, 16, 20); font-family: -apple-system, &quot;system-ui&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: rgb(12, 16, 20); font-family: -apple-system, &quot;system-ui&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Together, Lazard and Madrigal will discuss libraries as places of memory, possibility, and civic life, and consider what it means to protect these essential public spaces now and for future generations.</span><br style="color: rgb(12, 16, 20); font-family: -apple-system, &quot;system-ui&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="color: rgb(12, 16, 20); font-family: -apple-system, &quot;system-ui&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: rgb(12, 16, 20); font-family: -apple-system, &quot;system-ui&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meet our guests:</span><br style="color: rgb(12, 16, 20); font-family: -apple-system, &quot;system-ui&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="color: rgb(12, 16, 20); font-family: -apple-system, &quot;system-ui&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: rgb(12, 16, 20); font-family: -apple-system, &quot;system-ui&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dorothy Lazard is celebrated for her library career at the Oakland Main Library (especially at the </span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd" href="https://www.instagram.com/oaklandhistorycenter/" role="link" tabindex="0" style="color: rgb(65, 80, 247); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; outline: none; border-inline-width: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; border-inline-style: none; padding-inline: 0px; list-style-type: none; box-sizing: border-box; touch-action: manipulation; display: inline; padding-bottom: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, &quot;system-ui&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">@oaklandhistorycenter</a><span style="color: rgb(12, 16, 20); font-family: -apple-system, &quot;system-ui&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">) and for her 2023 memoir, What You Don’t Know Will Make a Whole New World, that tells the story of her youth in the Bay Area of the 1960s and ’70s, connecting her early intellectual pursuits to the career that made her a community pillar.</span><br style="color: rgb(12, 16, 20); font-family: -apple-system, &quot;system-ui&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="color: rgb(12, 16, 20); font-family: -apple-system, &quot;system-ui&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: rgb(12, 16, 20); font-family: -apple-system, &quot;system-ui&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alexis Madrigal is a journalist in Oakland, co-host of KQED’s current affairs show, Forum (</span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd" href="https://www.instagram.com/kqed_forum/" role="link" tabindex="0" style="color: rgb(65, 80, 247); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; outline: none; border-inline-width: 0px; 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Alexis spent many hours in the Oakland History Center while researching his book The Pacific Circuit: A Globalized Account of the Battle for the Soul of an American City, which explores how a logistical revolution that began in Oakland has reshaped American cities. He is also the proprietor of Local Economy (</span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd" href="https://www.instagram.com/yourlocaleconomy/" role="link" tabindex="0" style="color: rgb(65, 80, 247); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; outline: none; border-inline-width: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; border-inline-style: none; padding-inline: 0px; list-style-type: none; box-sizing: border-box; touch-action: manipulation; display: inline; padding-bottom: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, &quot;system-ui&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">@yourlocaleconomy</a><span style="color: rgb(12, 16, 20); font-family: -apple-system, &quot;system-ui&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">), a community space in Oakland’s Rockridge neighborhood.</span>PT1H2026-08-19The Hidden Life of Libraries: Dorothy Lazard and Alexis Madrigal in Conversation"The Hidden Life of Libraries: Dorothy Lazard and Alexis Madrigal in Conversation"

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August 19, 6:00 pm

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