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Oakland Public Library: Martin Luther King Jr Branch

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The Martin Luther King Jr. Branch collection has approximately 30,000 volumes. The collection contains materials in Spanish and Chinese. Copier, fax, scan.

The library also has music,, videos, and DVDs, Chromebooks and wifi hotspots. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Library was established as a station in 1916 and subsequently designated as the Lockwood Branch in 1929. It was replaced in 1970 by a new facility, named in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Please come and enjoy our ongoing events on the following days:
Preschool story times
Saturday/Sabado @ 10:30 a.m. MOCHA Art Workshop/Programa de arte MOCHA
Tuesdays/Martes @ 2:00 p.m.

10/31/2026

This week's Tween Club is 3D Pens!! Join us next Wednesday, November 18th @1:15pm - 2:15pm.🖊

10/24/2026

This week's Pins and Velvet coloring sheets!! Always a popular craft, find your favorite design and make a pin!

10/18/2026

This week's Tween Club was Pumpkin Painting!! The decorated pumpkins elevated the vibes of fall, thank you all for the creative designs! 🎃🎨🖌

10/18/2026

One of the featured crafts of this week was Sugar Skull Piggy banks!! A big thank you to the crowd who came in and created many wonderful skulls!🖌🌼💀🌼🎨

10/10/2026

This week's Tween Club is Sugar Skulls!! Celebrating Dia de los Mu***os by making some decorations for next month! Join us!

Tuesday, October 13th for Sugar Skull Piggy Banks! @3:30pm - 5:00pm.🌼💀🌼

Wednesday, October 14th for Pumpkin painting!@1:15pm - 2:15pm. 🎃 👻

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10/03/2026

This week's Tween Club is 3D Pens and Pins~!! Join us next Wednesday, October 3rd for Sugar Skulls Decorating! @1:15pm - 2:15pm. 🍂🌼💀🌼🍂

09/26/2026

The final Mocha craft was all about snakes and texture! Mocha is back on October 28th @2:30 pm! Don't forget we also have Tween Club on September 30th @1:15! 🐍 🖍

09/19/2026

Nail Art at the MLK Branch. Beautiful designs and gems!!! 💅
Join us for Teen-pop up crafts on Fridays @2:00PM-3:00PM!!!!
💅NEXT Nail Art will be Friday, October 2nd @2:00PM-3:00PM.💅

09/02/2026

This week's Tween Club is Piñata Crafting~!! With your own design and some candy, beautiful piñatas were made!!!! Please join us next time for Grandparents day cards!! Wednesday, September 23rd @1:15pm - 2:15pm.🪅
❗Reminder, the MLK branch will be closed 5th-17th of September❗

08/31/2026

This week's Tween Club is 3D pens!!!! Please join us next time for a Pinata Craft!! Wednesday, September 2nd @1:15pm - 2:15pm.🎉

Address

6833 International Boulevard
Oakland, CA
94621

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 5:30pm
Tuesday	10am - 8pm
Wednesday	10am - 8pm
Thursday	10am - 5:30pm
Friday	12pm - 5:30pm
Saturday	10am - 5:30pm

Website

http://www.oaklandlibrary.org/Branches/King/index.html

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