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Exhibit: The California Gold Rush
June-July

Explore the California Gold Rush of 1849, and statehood in 1850. Maps, rare books, and images depict this period.

 

Coronado Big Band
and Ice Cream Social
Saturday, June 2 at 2 pm

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Come & listen to the Coronado Big Band perform an outdoor concert on the Library Lawn. The Big Band will perform swing classics from the 1930s through the 1960s. Moo Time ice cream will be served.

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History of Blues in America
Friday, June 8 at 6:30 pm

Acclaimed guitarist Joey Leone and his band will take you on a journey from pre-war Delta blues up Highway 61 to St. Louis and Chicago, west on RT. 66 to California and down to Louisiana with anecdotes from his time on stage with blues legends.

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A Biography of John D. Spreckels
Saturday, June 9 at 3 pm

Historian Dr. Sandra Bonura will give a presentation and slide show about the history of the Spreckels family in Hawaii and San Francisco. Library Director Christian Esquevin will talk about John D. Spreckels’ patronage and the early years of Coronado and the Library. 

 
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Monday Movie Matinee: Westward the Women
Monday, June 11 at 3 pm

Come see William Wellman’s drama starring Robert Taylor as a scout who leads a wagon train of adventurous women on a treacherous journey to the frontier. (1951)

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Monday Movie Matinee: Wagon Master
Monday, June 18 at 3 pm

Come see John Ford’s visually spectacular and dramatic movie about a wagon train to Utah, starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr., and Ward Bond. (1950)

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Film & Discussion: Miss Sharon Jones!
Tuesday, June 12 at 6 pm

This inspirational story follows soul queen Sharon Jones during the most courageous year of her life as she battles life-threatening illness and triumphantly returns to center stage.
(Documentary)

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Hawaiian Music
Saturday, June 16 at 3 pm

Join us for a relaxing hour with Johnny Kealoha Pal on vocals and ukulele, and Ted Makana on steel guitar sharing the breezy sounds of the Aloha State. The duo will perform tropical classics, songs from Elvis’ Blue Hawaii,and Bruddah Iz’s enchanting pieces.
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Monday Movie Matinee:
The Donner Party
Monday, June 25 at 3 pm

The tragic story of one pioneering wagon party is told in “The Donner Party,” written and directed by Ric Burns. It was originally broadcast on the PBS show American Experience to high critical praise. (1992)

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Westward Ho! Tails from the Trails.
Saturday, June 30 at 3 pm

The 1800s were tough; but the pioneers stood tougher. Hitch up your wagon and join Marilyn McPhie for an hour of fascinating tales from Old California, including some yarns from San Diego.

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Sponsored by the
Hotel del Coronado
and Friends of theCoronado Public Library
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE OF CHARGE

 

 
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Saturday Book Club:
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
Saturday June 16th, 1pm

   In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe.
            Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. One of her relatives was shot. Another was poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more and more Osage were dying under mysterious circumstances, and many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered. 
            As the death toll rose, the newly created FBI took up the case, and the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to try to unravel the mystery. White put together an undercover team, including a Native American agent who infiltrated the region, and together with the Osage began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.

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Mystery Book Club
Moving Target by Ross MacDonald
Monday, June 18th 2pm

Like many Southern California millionaires, Ralph Sampson keeps odd company. There's the sun-worshipping holy man whom Sampson once gave his very own mountain; the fading actress with sidelines in astrology and S&M. Now one of Sampson's friends may have arranged his kidnapping.  As Lew Archer follows the clues from the canyon sanctuaries of the megarich to jazz joints where you get beaten up between sets,  The Moving Target  blends sex, greed, and family hatred into an explosively readable crime novel.

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Spoilers Book Club:
The Disaster Artist by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell
Saturday, June 23rd, 2:30
The Disaster Artist  is Greg Sestero’s laugh-out-loud funny account of how Tommy Wiseau defied every law of artistry, business, and friendship to make “the  Citizen Kane  of bad movies” ( Entertainment Weekly ), which is now an international phenomenon, with Wiseau himself beloved as an oddball celebrity. Written with award-winning journalist Tom Bissell,  The Disaster Artist  is an inspiring tour de force that reads like a page-turning novel, an open-hearted portrait of an enigmatic man who will improbably capture your heart.

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Digital Media Lab Workshops

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June is going to be slightly different. We will have a workshop on the evening of June 21st. We will make a web Icon of a camera using our new Creative Cloud software. 

Space is limited. Please sig-up at the Reference Desk or by calling the library. 619-522-7390

 
6/6 2pm Organizing Your Digital Collection
6/21 6pm Making a Web Icon
6/28 6:30pm Graphics Tablet Workshop: Drawing Comic Book Panels
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Anime Club Presents:
Full Metal Alchemist: Sacred Star of Milos
Saturday,  June 9th  2:00 pm 

The search for a fugitive alchemist with mysterious abilities leads the Elric brothers to a remote a valley of slums inhabited by the Milos, a proud people struggling against bureaucratic exploitation. Ed and Al quickly find themselves in the a middle of a rising rebellion, as the exiled Milos lash out against their oppressors. 

 

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Library App Workshop

Need help accessing the library's collection of E-books and E-magazines? Do you want to learn a language on the go? Did you know the library has its very own app? Come to the Library App Workshop and have a librarian guide you through the ins and outs of the library in your pocket.

 

Monday, June 4, 11 am

 

 

Thursday, June 14, 6:30 pm

  Monday, June 18, 11 am  
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