2019 Coronado Community Read
The Practice House by Laura McNeal
See below for our list of exciting events for this year's read!
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The Practice House
Book Discussions
Tuesday, March 5, 3:30 (ages 11-18)
Teen Book Club, Coronado Public Library Winn Room
Thursday, March 7, 12:00
Coronado Community Center Abalone Room, 1845 Strand Way
Saturday, March 9, 1:00
Saturday Book Club, Coronado Public Library Conference Room
Thursday, March 21, 6 pm
Coronado Public Library Winn Room
Saturday, March 30, 3 pm
Calypso Cafe, 505 Grand Caribe Causeway
Please RSVP rsvp@coronado.lib.ca.us
Activities & Lectures
Saturday, March 9, 2:30 pm
Preventing the Next Dust Bowl
Coronado Public Library, Winn Room
Thursday, March 14, 7 pm
An Evening with Laura McNeal
Coronado Playhouse, 1835 Strand Way
Doors open at 6:30 pm Tickets at www.coronadoplayhouse.com
Friday, March 15, 10 am
The White Plague: Tuberculosis, Yesterday, and Today
Sharp Coronado Hospital Auditorium, 265 Soledad Place
Saturday, March 16, 11 am
Kids' Hands-on History Program
Coronado Historical Association, 1100 Orange Ave.
Saturday, March 23, 10 am
Cooking Demo & Workshop: Pies
Venue TBA
Wednesday, March 27, 2 pm
Curatorial Workshop: Scrapbooks
Coronado Historical Association, 1100 Orange Ave.
Preservation Workshop about how to preserve scrapbooks.
Friday, March 29, 5:30 to 7:30 pm
1930s Wine & Lecture: Coronado & Fallbrook
Coronado Historical Association Lecture Hall, 1100 Orange Avenue.
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Community Read Program: After Hours Screening with Filmmaker, Katrina Parks
Friday, March 1 at 6:30pm
The Harvey Girls: Opportunity Bound
As exemplified in the Practice House by Laura McNeal, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, more than 100,000 pioneering young women left home to work as waitresses in restaurants located on train platforms along the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. "The Harvey Girls: Opportunity Bound" explores the lives, experiences, and contributions of the women who worked for the Fred Harvey restaurant empire in its earliest days.
The documentary tells the story of the Harvey Girls through interviews with the few surviving participants, their friends and family. Filmmaker, Katrina Parks will provide further insight on this lesser known part of American history. Join us for the screening, talk and midwestern desserts possibly served at the Harvey Houses. This program is free and open to the public. It is made possible by the Rose Marital Trust.
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Anime Club: Gintama the Movie
Saturday, March 2, 2 pm
Based on the best-selling action comedy manga by Hideaki Sorachi, GINTAMA takes place in an alternate Edo-period Japan, where an Alien race has taken control, forcing Samurai to lay down their swords. Once feared as the "White Demon," former samurai Gintoki Sakata now works as an everyday handyman--until a master swordsman tasks Gintoki and his friends with finding the cursed sword Benizakura to keep it from falling into the wrong hands. Packed with the sword-swinging sci-fi action and offbeat humor that have made the manga a classic, GINTAMA is bound to delight both fans and anyone looking for a journey to a visually-stunning universe where fantastical action lurks just around every corner.
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Teen Tech Team
Let our group of teen vounteers help you with all your technology questions.
Monday March 4th Teen Tech Team at 4:00 in the Conference Room.
Monday March 18th Teen Tech Team at 4:00 in the Conference Room
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Library App Workshop
The Library has a number of apps you can use to get eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines, eComics, and even an app to learn a new language. Join us to find out how they work and don’t forget to bring your device!
No sign up required, just drop in and get some help.
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Monday, March 4, 11 am |
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Thursday, March 14, 6:30 pm
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Monday, March, 18 11 am
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Community Read Program: Film Screening
Surviving the Dust Bowl
Tuesday, March 5, 6:30 pm
Surviving the Dust Bowl is the remarkable story of the determined people who clung to their homes and way of life, enduring drought, dust, disease — even death — for nearly a decade. Less well-known than those who sought refuge in California, typified by the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, the Dust Bowlers who stayed overcame an almost unbelievable series of calamities and disasters.
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After Hours Author Visit and Signing Reception with Angelica Carpenter
Friday, March 8 at 6:30pm
March is Women’s History Month! Author Angelica Shirley Carpenter will visit the Coronado Library to discuss her book Born Criminal: Matilda Joslyn Gage, Radical Suffragist. There will be a signing reception following the author’s presentation.
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Saturday Book Club: The Practice House by Laura McNeal
Saturday, March 9, 1 pm
Nineteen-year-old Aldine McKenna is stuck at home with her sister and aunt in a Scottish village in 1929 when two Mormon missionaries ring the doorbell. Aldine’s sister converts and moves to America to marry, and Aldine follows, hoping to find the life she’s meant to lead and the person she’s meant to love.
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Community Read Program: Author Talk
Saturday, March 9th at 2:30pm-Winn Room
Author Rita Sudman to discuss the book she wrote with Stephanie taylor: Water More or Less. She will explain how it is possible to prevent man-made drought disasters like the Dust Bowl.
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Author Event: Local Author Donald Auten will speak about his newest book: Alika: Odyssey of a Navy Dolphin
Sunday, March 10th at 3:30pm -Winn Room
The lives of a young Wyoming cowboy turned Navy Mammal Handler, Brent Harris, and a delightful green-eyed southern girl, Katie Donavan, are woven together by the events in the life of a young Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin, Alika, in this heartwarming story--a fable of loyalty, gallantry, hope, and love.
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St. Patrick's Day Music in the Winn Room
Friday, March 15th at 3pm
Come tap your feet to the Raggle Taggle Band with championship dancer Monique Campbell!
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Mystery Book Club: A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
Monday, March 18th 2pm
When Laurence Fife was murdered, few mourned his passing. A prominent divorce attorney with a reputation for single-minded ruthlessness on behalf of his clients, Fife was also rumored to be a dedicated philanderer. Plenty of people in the picturesque Southern California town of Santa Teresa had a reason to want him dead. Including, thought the cops, his young and beautiful wife, Nikki. With motive, access, and opportunity, Nikki was their number one suspect. The jury thought so too.
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The Harvey Girls (1942)
Not Rated (103 minutes)
Tuesday, March 19, 6:30 pm
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Blonde Venus (1932)
(Not Rated) (93 minutes)
Tuesday, March 26, 6:30 pm
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Eyewitness to History: Lou de Beer
Wednesday, March 20th at 6:30pm in the Winn Room
Lou de Beer, a recipient of the Coronado Avenue of Heroes Award, will present a personal account of his WWII and Korean War experiences.
See period photographs and newsreel footage of the German occupation of the Netherlands, including his American family as hostages of the German government in concentration and internment camps in the Netherlands, Germany and France.
Mr. De Beer will also discuss his combat experience in the Marine Corps during the Korean War. At the conclusion of the talk, he will take questions from the audience.
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The presentation is free and open to the public |
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For information, call 619-522-7390 |
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Spring wreath craft for Adults with Merry—Winn room
SIGN UP required
Thursday, March 21 at 11:00am
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Spoilers Book Club: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Saturday March 30th 2:30pm
Carson McCullers’ prodigious first novel was published to instant acclaim when she was just twenty-three. Set in a small town in the middle of the deep South, it is the story of John Singer, a lonely deaf-mute, and a disparate group of people who are drawn towards his kind, sympathetic nature. The owner of the café where Singer eats every day, a young girl desperate to grow up, an angry drunkard, a frustrated black doctor: each pours their heart out to Singer, their silent confidant, and he in turn changes their disenchanted lives in ways they could never imagine.
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Born in Ukraine: Vocal Ensemble Musica Vitale
Sunday, March 31th– at 3pm in the Winn Room
An eclectic collection of choral and instrumental music by composers born in Ukraine: Folk & sacred choral music, classical works for cello and piano.
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