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SUMMARY:Pasadena Presbyterian: Music at Noon
DESCRIPTION:Friends of Music is delighted to announce that Music at Noon\, their weekly half-hour concert is going online! To see who is playing\, visit ppcmusic.org.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/pasadena-presbyterian-music-at-noon-29/
LOCATION:Pasadena Presbyterian Church\, 585 East Colorado Boulevard\, Pasadena \, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pasadena Presbyterian Church,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211113T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211113T110000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Special Storytime featuring Yuyi Morales presenting Bright Star
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: TBA \nChild\, you are awake!\nYou are alive!\nYou are a bright star\,\nInside our hearts. \nTold with a combination of powerful\, spare language and sumptuous and complex imagery that is typical of Yuyi Morales’s work\, this is the story of a fawn making her way through a border landscape teaming with flora and fauna native to the region. A gentle but empowering voice encourages her to face her fears when she comes across an obstacle in the form of an insurmountable barrier. \nYuyi Morales’ first book since her New York Times bestseller Dreamers is a book for very young children looking for their place in a world full of uncertainty. It is a book with resonance for all children\, especially those whose safety is threatened due to the immigration crisis in the US. (Neal Porter Books)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-special-storytime-featuring-yuyi-morales-presenting-bright-star/
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211110T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211110T120000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
CREATED:20210819T061005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T174229Z
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SUMMARY:Pasadena Presbyterian: Music at Noon
DESCRIPTION:Friends of Music is delighted to announce that Music at Noon\, their weekly half-hour concert is going online! To see who is playing\, visit ppcmusic.org.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/pasadena-presbyterian-music-at-noon-28/
LOCATION:Pasadena Presbyterian Church\, 585 East Colorado Boulevard\, Pasadena \, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pasadena Presbyterian Church,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211109T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211109T180000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
CREATED:20211004T181428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T181428Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Wil Haygood discusses Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: TBA \nThis unprecedented history of Black cinema examines 100 years of Black movies–from Gone with the Wind to Blaxploitation films to Black Panther–using the struggles and triumphs of the artists\, and the films themselves\, as a prism to explore Black culture\, civil rights\, and racism in America. From the acclaimed author of The Butler and Showdown. \nBeginning in 1915 with D. W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation–which glorified the Ku Klux Klan and became Hollywood’s first blockbuster–Wil Haygood gives us an incisive\, fascinating\, little-known history\, spanning more than a century\, of Black artists in the film business\, on-screen and behind the scenes. \nHe makes clear the effects of changing social realities and events on the business of making movies and on what was represented on the screen: from Jim Crow and segregation to white flight and interracial relationships\, from the assassination of Malcolm X\, to the O. J. Simpson trial\, to the Black Lives Matter movement. He considers the films themselves–including Imitation of Life\, Gone with the Wind\, Porgy and Bess\, the Blaxploitation films of the seventies\, Do The Right Thing\, 12 Years a Slave\, and Black Panther. And he brings to new light the careers and significance of a wide range of historic and contemporary figures: Hattie McDaniel\, Sidney Poitier\, Berry Gordy\, Alex Haley\, Spike Lee\, Billy Dee Willliams\, Richard Pryor\, Halle Berry\, Ava DuVernay\, and Jordan Peele\, among many others. \nAn important\, timely book\, Colorization gives us both an unprecedented history of Black cinema and a groundbreaking perspective on racism in modern America. (Knopf Publishing Group)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-wil-haygood-discusses-colorization-one-hundred-years-of-black-films-in-a-white-world/
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211108T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211108T180000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Saraciea Fennell Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: TBA \nEdited by The Bronx Is Reading founder Saraciea J. Fennell and featuring an all-star cast of Latinx contributors\, Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed is a ground-breaking anthology that will spark dialogue and inspire hope. \nIn Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed\, bestselling and award-winning authors as well as up-and-coming voices interrogate the different myths and stereotypes about the Latinx diaspora. These fifteen original pieces delve into everything from ghost stories and superheroes\, to memories in the kitchen and travels around the world\, to addiction and grief\, to identity and anti-Blackness\, to finding love and speaking your truth. Full of both sorrow and joy\, Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed is an essential celebration of this rich and diverse community. (Flatiron Books)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-saraciea-fennell-wild-tongues-cant-be-tamed-15-voices-from-the-latinx-diaspora/
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211106T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211106T110000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Special Storytime featuring Victoria Kahn presenting Rubylicious
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: TBA \nThe #1 New York Times bestselling author-artist of the Pinkalicious series\, Victoria Kann\, is back with an all new-picture book about generosity and kindness\, starring Pinkalicious and Peterrific. \nPinkalicious is searching for stones for her rock collection when suddenly–POOF!–out pops a surprise! Rocky is here to grant Pinkalicious and her brother Peter one wish\, and one wish only\, so they must choose wisely. \nShould they wish for a pile of sweets? Or the ability to fly? Or maybe a castle with a fire-breathing dragon? But are any of those things good enough to be their very best\, most special wish in the whole wide world? And what will happen to Rocky after they make their wish? \nThis gem of a book looks at how being selfless can be its own best reward. Rubylicious is a sparkling addition to the Pinkalicious library! (HarperCollins)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-special-storytime-featuring-victoria-kahn-presenting-rubylicious/
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211105T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211105T180000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: hristina Diaz Gonzalez discusses Concealed
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: TBA \nWhat if you had no name\, no past\, and no home? \nIvette. Joanna. And now: Katrina \nWhatever her name is\, it won’t last long. Katrina doesn’t know any of the details about her past\, but she does know that she and her parents are part of the Witness Protection Program. Whenever her parents say they have to move on and start over\, she takes on a new identity. A new name\, a new hair color\, a new story. \nUntil their location leaks and her parents disappear. Forced to embark on a dangerous rescue mission\, Katrina and her new friend Parker set out to save her parents–and find out the truth about her secret past and the people that want her family dead. \nBut every new discovery reveals that Katrina’s entire life has been built around secrets covered up with lies and that her parents were actually the ones keeping the biggest secret of all. Katrina must now decide if learning the whole truth is worth the price of losing everything she has ever believed about herself and her family. (Scholastic Press)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-hristina-diaz-gonzalez-discusses-concealed/
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211103T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211103T120000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
CREATED:20210819T060959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T174237Z
UID:10000473-1635940800-1635940800@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Pasadena Presbyterian: Music at Noon
DESCRIPTION:Friends of Music is delighted to announce that Music at Noon\, their weekly half-hour concert is going online! To see who is playing\, visit ppcmusic.org.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/pasadena-presbyterian-music-at-noon-27/
LOCATION:Pasadena Presbyterian Church\, 585 East Colorado Boulevard\, Pasadena \, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pasadena Presbyterian Church,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211030T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211030T110000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
CREATED:20211004T180824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T180824Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Local Author Day – Kids edition featuring Louise Wannier\, Cecilia Caballero\, and Dr. Antoinette Corley-Newman
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/local-author-day-kids-10-30 \nLouise Wannier presents Tree Spirits\n“What do you see when you look up at this tree?” Tree Spirits is a book written in rhyme which encourages children to develop their imagination\, creativity and emotional intelligence. “How do you imagine they/he/she is feeling today?” For parents and grandparents and friends and family it is a fun book to read with the children in their lives. It includes an interactive drawing section. \nCecilia Caballero presents Lavender Little Girl\nAn ode to love of a darling daughter. A celebration of the love for a clever\, strong\, and compassionate girl. A cherished book by little girls everywhere. Parents will snuggle and read this every night to their daughters. A book for all women\, sisters\, and mothers who were also little girls once. A heartwarming story that makes this book a wonderful addition to your library. \nDr. Antoinette Corley-Newman presents Trick or Treat\nEvery year on October 31\, the witch and warlock children of Transylvania jump on their magic brooms and fly into town to take part in the mortal’s Harvests celebration. Although she enjoys the festivities\, Abigail – the most precocious little witch of them all – wishes to bring back enough mortal treats to share with all of Transylvania to enjoy all year long! One day\, after accidentally slipping into her mother’s brewing pot\, Abigail comes up with a brilliant plan. \nJoin Abigail as she embarks on a delightful and historical journey to change the mortal Harvest celebration to the miraculous birth of Trick or Treat and how the Switch Witch came to be.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-local-author-day-kids-edition-featuring-louise-wannier-cecilia-caballero-and-dr-antoinette-corley-newman/
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211027T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211027T120000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
CREATED:20210819T060955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T173444Z
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SUMMARY:Pasadena Presbyterian: Music at Noon
DESCRIPTION:Friends of Music is delighted to announce that Music at Noon\, their weekly half-hour concert is going online! To see who is playing\, visit ppcmusic.org.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/pasadena-presbyterian-music-at-noon-26/
LOCATION:Pasadena Presbyterian Church\, 585 East Colorado Boulevard\, Pasadena \, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pasadena Presbyterian Church,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211025T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211025T180000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
CREATED:20211004T180752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T180752Z
UID:10000584-1635184800-1635184800@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Vroman's: Local Author Day featuring Jared Seide and José L. Recio
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/jared-seide-jose-recio \nJared Seide presents Where Compassion Begins\nCompassion is sometimes confused with empathy\, or even sympathy. It is neither\, though it includes some aspects of both. Compassion begins when we allow ourselves to really hear and attune to suffering\, that of others\, as well as ourselves. And hearing and perceiving this anguish\, we are moved to do something about it. What takes compassion beyond sympathy or empathy is that it includes action\, action that is considered\, skillful and beneficial.\nCouncil is a foundational practice that builds our capacity to perceive the experience of others and invites us to pay attention. When we listen differently to someone’s story\, without judging\, we create the conditions for compassion to arise. Council asks us to lean in\, to learn ways we can skillfully attend to the pain we recognize in ourselves and others\, and to do something helpful in response. This book is an invitation to build the muscle of compassion\, through exercises and practices that enhance our capacity to listen from the heart and\, in so doing\, take care of ourselves and those around us. \nJosé L. Recio presents Transitions\nTransitions is a book of mainstream fiction\, written in the tradition of the short stories classics. Like Joseph Conrad\, the author of “Transitions” put fictional characters in situations different from his own experiences but suitable to trigger the same or very similar set of emotions when dealing with those situations.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-local-author-day-featuring-jared-seide-and-jose-l-recio/
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211021T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211021T180000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
CREATED:20211004T180728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T180728Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: oshua Lurie discusses History is Delicious
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/joshua-lurie \nJoshua Lurie\, in conversation with Minh Phan\, discusses History is Delicious \nFrom well-known cultures to those just being rediscovered\, History Is Delicious explores the history of different dishes\, cultural traditions\, and even a few great recipes. What does Ethiopian cuisine look and taste like? Find out for yourself with each beautifully illustrated page that makes learning about food fun. Discover the role cuisine plays in the fabric of unique cultures from around the world and enjoy some great tasting food along the way. Featured sections include History of European Cuisine\, Dining Do’s and Don’ts\, Dumplings of the World\, Recipes from Around the World\, and so much more. (Honest History)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-oshua-lurie-discusses-history-is-delicious/
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211020T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211020T120000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
CREATED:20210819T060947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T173437Z
UID:10000465-1634731200-1634731200@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Pasadena Presbyterian: Music at Noon
DESCRIPTION:Friends of Music is delighted to announce that Music at Noon\, their weekly half-hour concert is going online! To see who is playing\, visit ppcmusic.org.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/pasadena-presbyterian-music-at-noon-25/
LOCATION:Pasadena Presbyterian Church\, 585 East Colorado Boulevard\, Pasadena \, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pasadena Presbyterian Church,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211017T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211017T140000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
CREATED:20211004T180440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T180440Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny discussing State of Terror
DESCRIPTION:This ticketed event will take place on Crowdcast. There will not be an opportunity to submit questions during the live event\, but you can submit questions when you purchase your ticket\, at check out. \nABOUT THE BOOK:\nAfter a tumultuous period in American politics\, a new administration has just been sworn in\, and to everyone’s surprise the president chooses a political enemy for the vital position of secretary of state. \nThere is no love lost between the president of the United States and Ellen Adams\, his new secretary of state. But it’s a canny move on the part of the president. With this appointment\, he silences one of his harshest critics\, since taking the job means Adams must step down as head of her multinational media conglomerate. \nAs the new president addresses Congress for the first time\, with Secretary Adams in attendance\, Anahita Dahir\, a young foreign service officer (FSO) on the Pakistan desk at the State Department\, receives a baffling text from an anonymous source. \nToo late\, she realizes the message was a hastily coded warning. \nWhat begins as a series of apparent terrorist attacks is revealed to be the beginning of an international chess game involving the volatile and Byzantine politics of Pakistan\, Afghanistan\, and Iran; the race to develop nuclear weapons in the region; the Russian mob; a burgeoning rogue terrorist organization; and an American government set back on its heels in the international arena. \nAs the horrifying scale of the threat becomes clear\, Secretary Adams and her team realize it has been carefully planned to take advantage of four years of an American government out of touch with international affairs\, out of practice with diplomacy\, and out of power in the places where it counts the most. \nTo defeat such an intricate\, carefully constructed conspiracy\, it will take the skills of a unique team: a passionate young FSO; a dedicated journalist; and a smart\, determined\, but as yet untested new secretary of state. \nState of Terror is a unique and utterly compelling international thriller cowritten by Hillary Rodham Clinton\, the 67th secretary of state\, and Louise Penny\, a multiple award-winning #1 New York Times bestselling novelist. (Simon & Schuster/St. Martin’s Press) \n  \nThis event ticket includes a hardcover copy of State of Terror with signed bookplate\, as well as online access to the event for your household. You will receive a link and password to attend the Crowdcast event on the afternoon of Thursday\, October 14th. \n  \nPlease note: Ticket options include in-store pick up; shipped domestically (allow up to 3 weeks for delivery); or shipped internationally (allow 4-5 weeks for delivery). Books will be mailed to you shortly after the event. For those who choose in-store pick up\, you will be contacted by Vroman’s via email shortly after the event and alerted as to when your book will be ready for pick up. \n  \nQuestions? Email us at email@vromansbookstore.com
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-hillary-rodham-clinton-and-louise-penny-discussing-state-of-terror/
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211013T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211013T120000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
CREATED:20210819T060842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T173420Z
UID:10000466-1634126400-1634126400@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Pasadena Presbyterian: Music at Noon
DESCRIPTION:Friends of Music is delighted to announce that Music at Noon\, their weekly half-hour concert is going online! To see who is playing\, visit ppcmusic.org.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/pasadena-presbyterian-music-at-noon-24/
LOCATION:Pasadena Presbyterian Church\, 585 East Colorado Boulevard\, Pasadena \, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pasadena Presbyterian Church,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211012T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211012T180000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
CREATED:20211004T180112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T180112Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Dhonielle Clayton\, Tiffany D. Jackson\, Nic Stone\, Angie Thomas\, Ashley Woodfolk\, and Nicola Yoon discuss Blackout With moderator Adam Silvera
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/black-out-panel  \nSix critically acclaimed\, bestselling\, and award-winning authors bring the glowing warmth and electricity of Black teens in love to this charming\, hilarious\, and heartwarming novel that shines a bright light through the dark. \nA summer heatwave blankets New York City in darkness. But as the city is thrown into confusion\, a different kind of electricity sparks… \nA first meeting. \nLong-time friends. \nBitter exes. \nAnd maybe the beginning of something new. \nWhen the lights go out\, people reveal hidden truths. Love blossoms\, friendship transforms\, and new possibilities take flight. (Quill Tree Books) \nDHONIELLE CLAYTON is the New York Times bestselling author of The Belles series and the coauthor of the Tiny Pretty Things duology\, which was made into a Netflix original series. She is COO of the non-profit We Need Diverse Books\, and owner of CAKE Literary. \nTIFFANY D. JACKSON is the New York Times bestselling author of Grown; Allegedly; Monday’s Not Coming\, a Walter Dean Myers Honor Book and Coretta Scott King New Talent Award winner; and Let Me Hear a Rhyme. \nNIC STONE is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of William C. Morris Award finalist Dear Martin\, Dear Justyce\, Odd One Out\, JackPot\, Clean Getaway\, and the Shuri novel series with Marvel Comics. \nANGIE THOMAS’s award-winning\, acclaimed debut novel\, The Hate U Give\, is a #1 New York Times bestseller and major motion picture from Fox 2000. She is also the author of On the Come Up and Concrete Rose. \nASHLEY WOODFOLK worked in children’s book publishing before becoming an author full-time. Her novels include the highly-acclaimed The Beauty that Remains and When You Were Everything. \nNICOLA YOON is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Instructions for Dancing; Everything\, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star. She is a National Book Award finalist\, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book recipient\, and a Coretta Scott King New Talent Award winner. Two of her novels have been made into major motion pictures. She’s also co-publisher of Joy Revolution\, a Random House young adult imprint focused on love stories starring people of color. \nAdam Silvera is the New York Times bestselling author of More Happy Than Not\, History Is All You Left Me\, They Both Die at the End\, Infinity Son\, and—with Becky Albertalli—What If It’s Us. He was named a Publishers Weekly Flying Start for his debut. Adam was born and raised in the Bronx. He was a bookseller before shifting to children’s publishing and has worked at a literary development company and a creative writing website for teens and as a book reviewer of children’s and young adult novels. He is tall for no reason and lives in Los Angeles. Visit him online at www.adamsilvera.com.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-dhonielle-clayton-tiffany-d-jackson-nic-stone-angie-thomas-ashley-woodfolk-and-nicola-yoon-discuss-blackout-with-moderator-adam-silvera/
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211011T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211011T180000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
CREATED:20211004T180030Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T180030Z
UID:10000593-1633975200-1633975200@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Vroman's: Myriam J. A. Chancy in conversation with Zinzi Clemmons
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK:T https://www.crowdcast.io/e/myriam-chancy \nAt the end of a long\, sweltering day\, as markets and businesses begin to close for the evening\, an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude shakes the capital of Haiti\, Port-au-Prince. Award-winning author Myriam J. A. Chancy masterfully charts the inner lives of the characters affected by the disaster-Richard\, an expat and wealthy water-bottling executive with a secret daughter; the daughter\, Anne\, an architect who drafts affordable housing structures for a global NGO; a small-time drug trafficker\, Leopold\, who pines for a beautiful call girl; Sonia and her business partner\, Dieudonné\, who are followed by a man they believe is the vodou spirit of death; Didier\, an emigrant musician who drives a taxi in Boston; Sara\, a mother haunted by the ghosts of her children in an IDP camp; her husband\, Olivier\, an accountant forced to abandon the wife he loves; their son\, Jonas\, who haunts them both; and Ma Lou\, the old woman selling produce in the market who remembers them all. Artfully weaving together these lives\, witness is given to the desolation wreaked by nature and by man. \nBrilliantly crafted\, fiercely imagined\, and deeply haunting\, What Storm\, What Thunder is a singular\, stunning record\, a reckoning of the heartbreaking trauma of disaster\, and-at the same time-an unforgettable testimony to the tenacity of the human spirit. (Tin House Books)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-myriam-j-a-chancy-in-conversation-with-zinzi-clemmons/
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211008T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211008T180000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
CREATED:20211004T175742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T175917Z
UID:10000589-1633716000-1633716000@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Vroman's: Ryan Hampton discusses Unsettled: How the Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Failed the Victims of the American Overdose Crisis
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/ryan-hampton \nIn September 2019\, Purdue Pharma–the maker of OxyContin and a company controlled by the infamous billionaire Sackler family–filed for bankruptcy to protect itself from 2\,600 lawsuits for its role in fueling the U.S. overdose crisis. Author and activist Ryan Hampton served as co-chair of the official creditors committee that acted as a watchdog during the process\, one of only four victims appointed among representatives of big insurance companies\, hospitals\, and pharmacies. He entered the case believing that exposing the Sacklers and mobilizing against Purdue would be enough to right the scales of justice. But he soon learned that behind closed doors\, justice had plenty of other competition–and it came with a hefty price tag.\nUnsettled is the inside story of Purdue’s excruciating Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings\, the company’s eventual restructuring\, and the Sackler family’s evasion of any true accountability. It’s also the untold story of how a group of determined ordinary people tried to see justice done against the odds–and in the face of brutal opposition from powerful institutions and even government representatives. \nAlthough America was envisioned as an equitable place\, where the vulnerable are protected from the greed of the powerful\, the corporate-bankruptcy process betrays those values. In its heart of hearts\, this system is built to shield the ultra-wealthy\, exploit loopholes for political power\, promote gross wealth inequality\, and allow companies such as Purdue Pharma to run amok. \nThe real story of the Purdue bankruptcy wasn’t that the billion-dollar corporation was a villain\, a serial federal offender. No matter what the media said\, Purdue didn’t do this alone. They were aided and abetted by the very systems and institutions that were supposed to protect Americans. Even on-your-side elected officials worked against Purdue’s victims–maintaining the status quo at all costs. \nAmericans deserve to know exactly who is responsible for failing to protect people over profits–and what a human life is worth to corporations\, billionaires\, and lawmakers. Unsettled is what happened behind closed doors–the story of a sick\, broken system that destroyed millions of lives and let the Sacklers off almost scot-free. (St. Martin’s Press)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-ryan-hampton-discusses-unsettled-how-the-purdue-pharma-bankruptcy-failed-the-victims-of-the-american-overdose-crisis/
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211007T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211007T180000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
CREATED:20211004T175712Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T175921Z
UID:10000587-1633629600-1633629600@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Vroman's: Alexandra Leigh Young in conversation with Lauren Gibaldi & Eric Smith
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK:  https://www.crowdcast.io/e/alexandra-leigh-young \nAlexandra Leigh Young\, in conversation with Lauren Gibaldi & Eric Smith\, discusses Idol Gossip\nEvery Friday after school\, seventeen-year-old Alice Choy and her little sister\, Olivia\, head to Myeongdong to sing karaoke. Back in San Francisco\, when she still had friends and earthly possessions\, Alice took regular singing lessons. But since their diplomat mom moved them to Seoul\, her only musical outlet is vamping it up in a private karaoke booth to an audience of one: her loyal sister. Then a scout for Top10 Entertainment\, one of the biggest K-pop companies\, hears her and offers her a spot at their Star Academy. Can Alice navigate the culture clashes\, egos\, and extreme training practices of K-pop to lead her group onstage before a stadium of 50\,000 chanting fans–and just maybe strike K-pop gold? Not if a certain influential blogger and the anti-fans get their way . . .\nThis debut novel is about standing out and fitting in\, dreaming big and staying true. It will speak to fans of K-pop and to anyone who is trying to take their talents to the next level. (Walker Books Us) \nLauren Gibaldi and Eric Smith are co-authors of the book\, Battle of the Bands.\nLauren Gibaldi is a public librarian and the author of The Night We Said Yes\, Autofocus\, and This Tiny Perfect World. She has also contributed short stories to the anthologies Welcome Home and Color Outside the Lines. Lauren Gibaldi lives in Orlando\, Florida\, with her husband and daughters. \nEric Smith is a literary agent and the author of The Geek’s Guide to Dating\, The Girl and the Grove\, Don’t Read the Comments\, and You Can Go Your Own Way. Eric Smith lives in Philadelphia with his wife and son.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-alexandra-leigh-young-in-conversation-with-lauren-gibaldi-eric-smith/
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211006T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211006T120000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
CREATED:20210819T060836Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T173323Z
UID:10000467-1633521600-1633521600@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Pasadena Presbyterian: Music at Noon
DESCRIPTION:Friends of Music is delighted to announce that Music at Noon\, their weekly half-hour concert is going online! To see who is playing\, visit ppcmusic.org.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/pasadena-presbyterian-music-at-noon-23/
LOCATION:Pasadena Presbyterian Church\, 585 East Colorado Boulevard\, Pasadena \, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pasadena Presbyterian Church,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211004T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211004T180000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
CREATED:20211004T175633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T175927Z
UID:10000582-1633370400-1633370400@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Vroman's: Kate Bowler in conversation with Lori Gottlieb
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/kate-bowler \nIt’s hard to give up on the feeling that the life you really want is just out of reach. A beach body by summer. A trip to Disneyland around the corner. A promotion on the horizon. Everyone wants to believe that they are headed toward good\, better\, best. But what happens when the life you hoped for is put on hold indefinitely? \nKate Bowler believed that life was a series of unlimited choices\, until she discovered\, at age 35\, that her body was wracked with cancer. In No Cure for Being Human\, she searches for a way forward as she mines the wisdom (and absurdity) of today’s “best life now” advice industry\, which insists on exhausting positivity and on trying to convince us that we can out-eat\, out-learn\, and out-perform our humanness. We are\, she finds\, as fragile as the day we were born. \nWith dry wit and unflinching honesty\, Kate Bowler grapples with her diagnosis\, her ambition\, and her faith as she tries to come to terms with her limitations in a culture that says anything is possible. She finds that we need one another if we’re going to tell the truth: Life is beautiful and terrible\, full of hope and despair and everything in between–and there’s no cure for being human. (Random House)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-kate-bowler-in-conversation-with-lori-gottlieb/
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210929T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210929T120000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
CREATED:20210819T060830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T173332Z
UID:10000469-1632916800-1632916800@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Pasadena Presbyterian: Music at Noon
DESCRIPTION:Friends of Music is delighted to announce that Music at Noon\, their weekly half-hour concert is going online! To see who is playing\, visit ppcmusic.org.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/pasadena-presbyterian-music-at-noon-22/
LOCATION:Pasadena Presbyterian Church\, 585 East Colorado Boulevard\, Pasadena \, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pasadena Presbyterian Church,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210928T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210928T180000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
CREATED:20210819T072551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T173338Z
UID:10000494-1632852000-1632852000@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Vroman's: Jay Coles\, in conversation with Dave Connis
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK:  https://www.crowdcast.io/e/xqhb1h96 \n  \nFrom one of the brightest and most acclaimed new lights in YA fiction\, a fantastic new novel about a bi Black boy finding first love . . . and facing the return of the mother who abandoned his preacher family when he was nine. \nThere’s always been a hole in Gio’s life. Not because he’s into both guys and girls. Not because his father has some drinking issues. Not because his friends are always bringing him their drama. No\, the hole in Gio’s life takes the shape of his birth mom\, who left Gio\, his brother\, and his father when Gio was nine years old. For eight years\, he never heard a word from her . . . and now\, just as he’s started to get his life together\, she’s back. \nIt’s hard for Gio to know what to do. Can he forgive her like she wants to be forgiven? Or should he tell her she lost her chance to be in his life? Complicating things further\, Gio’s started to hang out with David\, a new guy on the basketball team. Are they friends? More than friends? At first\, Gio’s not sure . . . especially because he’s not sure what he wants from anyone right now. \nThere are no easy answers to love — whether it’s family love or friend love or romantic love. In Things We Couldn’t Say\, Jay Coles\, acclaimed author of Tyler Johnson Was Here\, shows us a guy trying to navigate love in all its ambiguity — hoping at the other end he’ll be able to figure out who is and who he should be. (Scholastic Press)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-jay-coles-in-conversation-with-dave-connis/
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210927T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210927T180000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
CREATED:20210819T072400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T173344Z
UID:10000492-1632765600-1632765600@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Vroman's: Local Author Day featuring David F. D’Orazi and Vicki Childs
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/21p36qai  \nDavid F. D’Orazi presents The In-Between Artist: The Story of Tony D’Orazi\nThe successes and struggles of influential twentieth century artist Tony D’Orazi are detailed in this first-ever biography\, The In-Between Artist: The Story of Tony D’Orazi\, from his early years as a child prodigy in Missoula\, Montana\, to his ascension into an award-winning artist by way of New York City and Chicago and his days working for Disney to ultimately becoming the radio and television personality known as Uncle Tony O’Dare\, “the first cartoonist of the air.” Tony’s personal struggles would repeatedly attempt to derail his artistic ambitions\, but the art would always find a way to persevere. \nAlong his ascent\, he would also meet his true love\, whom he formed a vaudeville act with\, which found them entertaining crowds across America. From there\, he became a husband and father of four\, who constantly struggled to find balance between his roles as a visual artist and family man\, all while battling with severe bouts of mental illness. \nThis is a portrait of an artist and entertainer which also includes later chapters of his life\, in which he went on to become a successful salesman and character actor\, all while still pursuing his need to create. In the end\, despite all these roles he played and the countless hurdles he faced\, Tony remained an artist in between. Ultimately\, his story proves that no matter what obstacles he faced\, his art always found a way. \n  \nVicki Childs presents Rachel’s Butterflies\nWhat would you need to lose in order to find yourself? \nGrowing up in their elite British private school\, three girls became inseparable. Decades later and worlds apart\, they’ll soon discover that some bonds last forever. \nLiz\, an ambitious businesswoman\, is beholden to nobody and determined to keep it that way. Emily\, a homebody with a countryside cottage\, is happy to be surrounded by her family and her crafts. Chrissy\, a writer turned realtor\, is living the American dream in sunny Los Angeles. But are their lives as perfect as they seem? \nA sudden tragedy reunites the childhood friends\, but just as they begin to reconnect\, their lives are derailed. Each will be forced to re-examine who they are and make some life-altering decisions. Can they embrace their chance for true happiness\, or will they continue to be molded by those around them? \nIn this compelling tale of struggle and redemption\, three women learn that when your world turns upside down it’s your true friends that lead you back home.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-local-author-day-featuring-david-f-dorazi-and-vicki-childs/
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210925T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210925T110000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
CREATED:20210819T072326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T173157Z
UID:10000491-1632567600-1632567600@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Vroman's: Special Story Time with Laurenne Sala and Zara González Hoang presenting Mi Casa Is My Home
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/0rgucsrf \n  \nLucia invites you to visit her bustling casa and meet an intergenerational array of loved ones in a charming Spanglish celebration of family life. \nEste es el baño . . . It’s where I shave my barba con Abuelo.\nBienvenidos to Lucía’s home. Lucía lives in her casa with her big\, loud\, beautiful familia\, and she’s going to show you around! From la puerta\, where Abuela likes to wave to the neighbors and wait for packages from Puerto Rico or Spain\, to la cocina\, where Lucía watches her Mamá turn empty pots into soups and arroces\, to el patio\, where Lucia and her cousins (and her cousin’s cousins!) put on magic shows\, Lucía loves her busy and cozy casa. With warmth and joy\, author Laurenne Sala and illustrator Zara González Hoang celebrate home in this bilingual picture book that feels like an abrazo from your most favorite people\, your familia. (Candlewick Press (MA))
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-special-story-time-with-laurenne-sala-and-zara-gonzalez-hoang-presenting-mi-casa-is-my-home/
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210924T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210924T180000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
CREATED:20210819T072234Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T173204Z
UID:10000490-1632506400-1632506400@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Vroman's: Marisa Kanter\, in conversation with Becky Albertalli
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK:  https://www.crowdcast.io/e/y0x0ihqv \n  \nLifelong rivals Natalie and Reid have never been on the same team. So when their school’s art budget faces cutbacks\, of course Natalie finds herself up against her nemesis once more. She’s fighting to direct the school’s first ever student-written play\, but for her small production to get funding\, the school’s award-winning band will have to lose it. Reid’s band. And he’s got no intention of letting the show go on. \nBut when their rivalry turns into an all-out prank war that goes too far\, Natalie and Reid have to face the music\, resulting in the worst compromise: writing and directing a musical. Together. At least if they deliver a sold-out show\, the school board will reconsider next year’s band and theater budget. Everyone could win. \nExcept Natalie and Reid. \nBecause after spending their entire lives in competition\, they have absolutely no idea how to be co-anything. And they certainly don’t know how to deal with the feelings that are inexplicably\, weirdly\, definitely developing between them… (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-marisa-kanter-in-conversation-with-becky-albertalli/
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210923T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210923T180000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
CREATED:20210819T072200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T173213Z
UID:10000489-1632420000-1632420000@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Vroman's: Richard Powers Bewilderment
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with Point Reyes Books and Diesel\, a Bookstore\, we present Richard Powers\, who will discuss Bewilderment his highly anticipated follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize winning The Overstory.\nThis event will be streamed on the Point Reyes Books Crowdcast channel. \nRegister here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/bewilderment/register \n\nLonglisted for the 2021 Booker Prize\nBewilderment is a heartrending new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning and #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Overstory.\nNamed one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2021 by New York Magazine\, Chicago Tribune\, BookPage\, Literary Hub\, The Millions\, New Statesman\, and Times of London \nThe astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old\, Robin\, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm\, kind boy who spends hours painting elaborate pictures of endangered animals. He’s also about to be expelled from third grade for smashing his friend in the face. As his son grows more troubled\, Theo hopes to keep him off psychoactive drugs. He learns of an experimental neurofeedback treatment to bolster Robin’s emotional control\, one that involves training the boy on the recorded patterns of his mother’s brain… \nWith its soaring descriptions of the natural world\, its tantalizing vision of life beyond\, and its account of a father and son’s ferocious love\, Bewilderment marks Richard Powers’s most intimate and moving novel. At its heart lies the question: How can we tell our children the truth about this beautiful\, imperiled planet? \nRichard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. His most recent book\, The Overstory\, won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. He lives in the Great Smoky Mountains. \nPLEASE NOTE: This is not a Vroman’s Live event. We have partnered with Point Reyes Books and Diesel\, a Bookstore for this virtual event to be held via Crowdcast hosted by Point Reyes Books.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-richard-powers-bewilderment/
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210923T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210923T160000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
CREATED:20210823T164104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T173219Z
UID:10000242-1632412800-1632412800@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:USC PAM: “There Is Another World”: Creative Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:“There Is Another World”: Creative Writing in Response to Divine Immersion: The Experiential Art of Nick Dong with Mushim Patricia Ikeda\n\n“There is another world\, and it is in this one.” -French poet Paul Éluard. \nThis is a fun creative writing class\, open to all\, including Deaf and Blind participants. \nJoin us for brief\, guided journaling exercises in response to meditative video clips and music from the USC Pacific Asia Museum’s exhibition Divine Immersion: The Experiential Art of Nick Dong. No previous writing experience is required. \nMushim Patricia Ikeda is a published author of poetry\, essays\, and creative nonfiction. She is also a well-known mindfulness meditation teacher and a core teacher at East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland\, California. www.mushimikeda.com \nFor questions or to request accommodations for this event please contact Cristina Hernandez-Guerrero at ch45852@usc.edu . For additional information please visit https://pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu/ \nPlease note that the zoom URL will be shared a week before the event. \nMore about Mushim Patricia Ikeda : \nMushim Patricia Ikeda is a core teacher of mindfulness meditation and Buddhism at East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland\, California. She is also a writer of poetry\, essays\, and creative nonfiction published in various arts and Buddhist anthologies and journals. East Bay Meditation Center is based in a commitment to diversity\, equity\, social justice\, and radical inclusivity for people of all abilities. \n\nCost: FREE
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/usc-pam-there-is-another-world-creative-writing-workshop/
CATEGORIES:USC Pacific Asia Museum,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210922T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210922T120000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
CREATED:20210819T060822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T173226Z
UID:10000471-1632312000-1632312000@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Pasadena Presbyterian: Music at Noon
DESCRIPTION:Friends of Music is delighted to announce that Music at Noon\, their weekly half-hour concert is going online! To see who is playing\, visit ppcmusic.org.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/pasadena-presbyterian-music-at-noon-21/
LOCATION:Pasadena Presbyterian Church\, 585 East Colorado Boulevard\, Pasadena \, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pasadena Presbyterian Church,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210920T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210920T130000
DTSTAMP:20260430T132048
CREATED:20210819T072049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T173233Z
UID:10000488-1632142800-1632142800@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Vroman's: Stuart Neville discusses The House of Ashes
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK:  https://www.crowdcast.io/e/m19baems \n  \nSara Keane’s husband\, Damien\, has uprooted them from England and moved them to his native Northern Ireland for a “fresh start” in the wake of her nervous breakdown. Sara\, who knows no one in Northern Ireland\, is jobless\, carless\, friendless–all but a prisoner in her own house. When a blood-soaked old woman beats on the door\, insisting the house is hers before being bundled back to her care facility\, Sara begins to understand the house has a terrible history her husband never intended for her to discover. As the two women form a bond over their shared traumas\, Sara finds the strength to stand up to her abuser\, and Mary–silent for six decades–is finally ready to tell her story . . . \nThrough the counterpoint voices–one modern Englishwoman\, one Northern Irish farmgirl speaking from half a century earlier–Stuart Neville offers a chilling and gorgeous portrait of violence and resilience in this truly haunting narrative. (Soho Crime)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-stuart-neville-discusses-the-house-of-ashes/
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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