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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Szilvia Molnar discusses The Nursery
DESCRIPTION:There is the before and the after. Withering in the maternal prison of her apartment\, a new mother finds herself spiraling into a state of complete disaffection. As a translator\, she is usually happy to spend her days as the invisible interpreter. But now home alone with her newborn\, she is ill at ease with this state of perpetual giving\, carrying\, feeding. The instinct to keep her baby safe conflicts with the intrusive thoughts of causing the baby harm\, and she struggles to reclaim her identity just as it seems to dissolve from underneath her. \nFeeling isolated from her supportive but ineffectual husband\, she strikes up a tentative friendship with her ailing upstairs neighbour\, Peter\, who hushes the baby with his oxygen tank in tow. But they are both running out of time; something is soon to crack. Joyful early days of her pregnancy mingle with the anxious arrival of the baby\, and culminate in a painful confrontation – mostly\, between our narrator and herself. Striking and emotive\, The Nursery documents the slow process of staggering back towards the simple pleasures of life and reentering the world after post-partum depression. (Pantheon Books) \n  \nPurchase your book in-store or at vromansbookstore.com.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-szilvia-molnar-discusses-the-nursery/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Christina Lynch discusses Sally Brady’s Italian Adventure
DESCRIPTION:What if you found yourself in the middle of a war armed only with lipstick and a sense of humor? Abandoned as a child in Los Angeles in 1931\, dust bowl refugee Sally Brady convinces a Hollywood movie star to adopt her\, and grows up to be an effervescent gossip columnist secretly satirizing Europe’s upper crust. By 1940 saucy Sally is conquering Fascist-era Rome with cheek and charm. \nA good deed leaves Sally stranded in wartime Italy\, brandishing a biting wit\, a fake passport\, and an elastic sense of right and wrong. To save her friends and find her way home through a land of besieged castles and villas\, Sally must combat tragedy with comedy\, tie up pompous bureaucrats in their own red tape\, force the cruel to be kind\, and unravel the mystery\, weight\, and meaning of family. \nHeir to Odysseus’s wiles and Candide’s optimism\, Sally Brady is a heroine for the 21st century. (St. Martin’s Press) \n  \nPurchase this book in-store or at vromansbookstore.com.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-christina-lynch-discusses-sally-bradys-italian-adventure/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230616T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230616T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Kristen Jokinen discusses Joy Ride
DESCRIPTION:Explorers Kristen and Ville Jokinen met and fell in love while scuba diving in Vietnam. Ville then left his native Finland to join Kristen in Oregon and together they embarked on a life-changing two-year cycling adventure covering 18\,000 miles from Prudhoe Bay\, Alaska\, to Ushuaia\, Argentina. Despite never having cycled further than around the block\, they persevered unrelenting\, punishing rain and wind\, altitude sickness\, dog attacks\, bike accidents\, and countless flat tires to cycle between the ends of the earth. Kristen and Ville believe that kindness connects us to our shared humanity. They held babies\, attended quinceañeras\, drank pulque\, played soccer\, and visited schools. People in Mexico\, Central America\, and South America invited them into their hearts and homes\, allowed them to camp in their fields and farms\, and acted as personal tour guides. Kristen and Ville are love on wheels\, and who doesn’t need a little more love in their lives? \nPurchase this book in-store or at vromansbookstore.com.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-kristen-jokinen-discusses-joy-ride/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230617T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230617T110000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Storytime Safari with Mr. Steve
DESCRIPTION:Storytime Safari with Mr. Steve with storytime\, crafts\, and games! \n\nVisiting a BOOK A TRIP event at Vroman’s is so easy that it will seem like a vacation! (You should plan to attend at least one event before BOOK A TRIP ends.)\nMr. Steve will lead the safari through approximately ten picture books! A wide variety of stories will be read\, selected for kids between the ages of 2 and 5. (There can also be some wiggle room at both ends of that age range.)\nThe crafts and games that follow will be a surprise for everyone!\n\nFor more information\, please visit: www.vromansbookstore.com/vromans-summer-reading-program-2023. \n 
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-storytime-safari-with-mr-steve/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,In-Person,Kids,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230620T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Elio Morillo discusses The Boy Who Reached for the Stars
DESCRIPTION:The engineer known as the “space mechanic” speaks to both our future and past in this breathless memoir of his journey from Ecuador to NASA and beyond. \nElio Morillo’s life is abruptly spun out of orbit when economic collapse and personal circumstances compel his mother to flee Ecuador for the United States in search of a better future for her son. His itinerant childhood sets into motion a migration that will ultimately carry Elio to the farthest expanse of human endeavor: space. \nOvercoming a history of systemic adversity and inequality in public education\, Elio forged ahead on a journey as indebted to his galactic dreams as to a loving mother whose sacrifices safeguarded the ground beneath his feet. Today\, Elio is helping drive human expansion into the solar system and promote the future of human innovation–from AI and robotics to space infrastructure and equitable access. \nThe Boy Who Reached for the Stars is both a cosmic and intimate memoir spun from a constellation of memories\, reflections\, and intrepid curiosity\, as thoroughly luminous as the stars above. (HarperOne) \nPurchase your book in-store or at vromansbookstore.com.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-elio-morillo-discusses-the-boy-who-reached-for-the-stars/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: S. A. Cosby discusses All the Sinners Bleed
DESCRIPTION:After years of working as an FBI agent\, Titus Crown returns home to Charon County\, land of moonshine and cornbread\, fist fights and honeysuckle. Seeing his hometown struggling with a bigoted police force inspires him to run for sheriff. He wins\, and becomes the first Black sheriff in the history of the county. \nThen a year to the day after his election\, a young Black man is fatally shot by Titus’s deputies. \nTitus pledges to follow the truth wherever it leads. But no one expected he would unearth a serial killer who has been hiding in plain sight\, haunting the dirt lanes and woodland clearings of Charon. \nNow\, Titus must pull off the impossible: stay true to his instincts\, prevent outright panic\, and investigate a shocking crime in a small town where everyone knows everyone yet secrets flourish. All while also breaking up backroads bar fights and being forced to protect racist Confederate pride marchers. \nFor a Black man wearing a police uniform in the American South\, that’s no easy feat. But Charon is Titus’s home and his heart\, and he won’t let the darkness overtake it. Even as it threatens to consume him… (Flatiron Books) \n  \nPurchase your book in-store or at vromansbookstore.com.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-s-a-cosby-discusses-all-the-sinners-bleed/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Amy Spalding and Courtney Kae discuss For Her Consideration and In the Event of Love
DESCRIPTION:For Her Consideration: Since a crushing breakup three years ago\, Nina Rice has written romance\, friends\, her dreams of scriptwriting for TV\, and even LA proper out of her life. Instead\, she’s safely out in the suburbs in her aunt’s condo working her talent agency job from home\, managing celebrity email accounts\, and certain that’s plenty of writing–and plot–for her life. But a surprise meeting called by Ari Fox\, a young actress on everyone’s radar\, stirs up all kinds of feelings Nina thought she’d deleted for good . . . \nAri is sexy\, out and proud\, and a serious control freak\, according to Nina’s boss. She has her own ideas about how Nina should handle her emails–and about getting to know her ghostwriter. When she tells Nina she should be writing again\, Nina suddenly finds it less scary to revisit her abandoned life than seriously consider that Ari is flirting with her. Between reconnecting with her old crew and working on a new script\, a relationship with a movie star seems like something she’ll definitely mess up–but what could be more worth the risk? \nAmy Spalding’s For Her Consideration is full of heat and heart as Nina learns that her story just might include the kind of love that lasts. (Kensington Publishing Corporation) \n  \nIn the Event of Love: With her career as a Los Angeles event planner imploding after a tabloid blowup\, Morgan Ross isn’t headed home for the holidays so much as in strategic retreat. Breathtaking mountain vistas\, quirky townsfolk\, and charming small businesses aside\, her hometown of Fern Falls is built of one heartbreak on top of another . . . \nTake her one-time best friend turned crush\, Rachel Reed. The memory of their perfect\, doomed first kiss is still fresh as new-fallen snow. Way fresher than the freezing mud Morgan ends up sprawled in on her very first day back\, only to be hauled out via Rachel’s sexy new lumberjane muscles acquired from running her family tree farm. \nWhen Morgan discovers that the Reeds’ struggling tree farm is the only thing standing between Fern Falls and corporate greed destroying the whole town’s livelihood\, she decides she can put heartbreak aside to save the farm by planning her best fundraiser yet. She has all the inspiration for a spectacular event: delicious vanilla lattes\, acoustic guitars under majestic pines\, a cozy barn surrounded by brilliant stars. But she and Rachel will ABSOLUTELY NOT have a heartwarming holiday happy ending. That would be as unprofessional as it is unlikely. Right? (Kensington Publishing Corporation) \n  \nPurchase your book in-store or at vromansbookstore.com.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-amy-spalding-and-courtney-kae-discuss-for-her-consideration-and-in-the-event-of-love/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230623T180000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Elizabeth Olsen and Robbie Arnett present Hattie Harmony: Opening Night
DESCRIPTION:**SOLD OUT** \nIn this sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling Hattie Harmony: Worry Detective by Elizabeth Olsen and Robbie Arnett\, Hattie shares new tools for managing anxiety\, just in time for opening night of the school play. \nIt’s opening night of the school play and there are plenty of nerves to go around! There are lines to be memorized\, costumes to sew\, and sets to paint. It’s a good thing Hattie Harmony is ready to help her friends soothe their worries with everything in her trusted tool belt. Will Hattie be able to settle the pre-show jitters before the curtain call? \nIn this dazzling sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling Hattie Harmony: Worry Detective\, critically acclaimed actress Elizabeth Olsen and esteemed musician and writer Robbie Arnett have crafted another relatable tale to introduce the youngest reader to the importance of self-care. (Viking Books for Young Readers) \nThis is a ticketed event. Tickets include seating for two (one parent and one child) and one signed hardcover copy of Hattie Harmony: Opening Night
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-elizabeth-olsen-and-robbie-arnett-present-hattie-harmony-opening-night/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Callie C. Miller discusses The Hunt for the Hollower
DESCRIPTION:The great wizard Merlyn prophesized that his seventh descendant would do wonderful\, miraculous things–baffling everyone when his great-great-many-times-great grandchild turns out to be twins. Soon enough\, however\, it becomes clear which sibling is the Septimum Genus: Percy is a natural with magic. Merlynda (to put it simply) is not. \nBut Merlynda doesn’t mind. Percy has always been by her side to cheer her up (and clean up) after her magical bungles–until the twins attempt a forbidden spell to help her control her magic\, and Percy vanishes through a portal and straight into the clutches of the magic-stealing\, mythical Hollower. \nAided by her best friend (who longs to be a knight)\, a wandering musician (who is fleeing from his past)\, and her brand-new\, fierce familiar (who yearns for a taste of funnel cake)\, Merlynda sets off on a quest to rescue her brother. But to defeat this ancient evil\, she must discover and embrace her true powers–or else lose her brother for good. (Aladdin Paperbacks) \nPurchase your book in-store or at vromansbookstore.com.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-callie-c-miller-discusses-the-hunt-for-the-hollower/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230625T110000
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SUMMARY:Vroman’s Local Author Day – Young Readers Edition
DESCRIPTION:Paul LeDoux presents The Magical Soccer Ball \nThe Magical Soccer Ball is an inspiring story for anyone\, not just young soccer enthusiasts\, with positive lessons about childhood fears and difficulties. This book uses straightforward\, humorous writing and simple illustrations to entertain while teaching the value of treating even throw-away objects with care. Ultimately\, the book’s big lesson is that the real magic lies within the young hero’s love of the game\, as shown by his soccer coach. As a soccer-playing elementary school teacher\, I highly recommend this book for all kids\, especially those beginning to fall for the beautiful game. \n  \nClaudia Martial presents Can Elephants Wear Masks? \nGabby is again faced with another challenge and that is having to wear a mask at school. She expressed her feelings in kindergarten\, which opens an opportunity for her teacher to teach and encourage all the students with a fun class activity. The story also encourages the children to actively use their imaginations to enhance the positive outcome of the class activity.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-vromans-local-author-day-young-readers-edition/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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SUMMARY:Vroman’s Local Author Day
DESCRIPTION:Robbin Kay Beohourou presents Self-Love: Keys to Solving Your Problems from the Inside Out \nLife is happening; you can’t stop it nor control it completely. Through genuine self-love\, you can get through the various problems in life. Self-love gives you the opportunity to be accountable and responsible for your life. Do you want to learn to not always react on a ten but learn to respond on a three to four or lower? Do you want to learn to take control of the one thing that you can be in control of\, which is self? Why not love self? Walking the path of self-love will decrease anxiety\, depression\, and stress and will increase esteem\, confidence\, and worth. Self-love\, it goes beyond self-care maintenance. Self-love is a way of life. It is the everyday purposeful\, intentional\, proactive\, mindful never-ending journey in life. From a Christian\, mental health\, and visionary of self-love perspective\, we all come from different walks of life\, but the one thing we all have in common is love. Utilizing this journal\, you gain keys with a step-by-step explanation of why the key is purposeful in fostering self-love. The personal journal space is vital\, you’re able to process and reflect on thoughts and feelings. The personal journal space is your neural muscular exercise. Journaling is the opportunity to be open and honest with yourself. Throughout every key given\, you will participate in self-reflection on how you utilize the key currently or how you don’t have access to the key and what you’ll do to gain entry to your self-love. The journal consists of various techniques utilized in mental health that has assisted clients with self\, relationships issues\, parenting\, work stress\, and much more. \n  \nSara Becker presents An Only Nut \nIn a world where peanuts are born two to a shell\, what’s a lonely nut to do?\nMeet Paulie\, an introvert living a relatively invisible life in the bottom of a nutsack. He knows that one day soon\, he will be forced to come face to face with his greatest fears while a bar full of vicious peacocks squawk away. \nIf Paulie\, a shy peanut\, doesn’t learn how to sing\, he and the nutsack’s inhabitants face the dreaded fate of becoming bar nuts.\nAn Only Nut is an outlandish story with a simple premise: who are we (animal\, vegetable\, and mineral) when confronted with our fate? Can we transform for the better or is change just a nutty fantasy? \n  \nRobin Johnson presents Ennobling Business for Success \nEnnobling Business for Success: Inspire\, Ignite\, Influence is an International Bestseller in nine countries and #1 Bestseller in 29 categories. It provides a blueprint for organizations to understand and flip the script on disruption\, positioning teams to discover already-existing assets and strengths\, to design paths toward organizational excellence at all levels\, and to deliver results in ways that engage and benefit all stakeholders. From The Great Resignation to Quiet Quitting to The Great Breakup to Loud Layoffs\, organizations of all types and sizes are trying to make sense of and adapt to “the new normal” following Covid’s complete disruption of work as we knew it. Past approaches and mindsets are ineffective in today’s work environment. The human side of business is now taking center stage for developing organizational agility\, resilience\, and overall excellence. So-called “soft skills” are now known as “power skills” and are becoming part of a leader’s expected core competencies. Ennobling Business for Success is filled with science-backed\, evidence-based principles and practices that can Inspire\, Ignite\, and Influence leaders\, managers\, and individuals at all levels to “create workplaces where people want to stay\, instead of wanting to leave.” \n  \n 
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-local-author-day-2/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230627T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Thea Glassman discusses Freaks\, Gleeks\, and Dawson’s Creek
DESCRIPTION:The modern television landscape is defined by influential and ambitious shows for and about teenagers. Groundbreaking series like Euphoria\, Sex Education\, and Pen15 dominate awards season and lead the way when it comes to progressive\, diverse\, and creative storytelling. So how did we get here from Beverly Hills\, 90210? \nIn Freaks\, Gleeks\, and Dawson’s Creek\, entertainment journalist Thea Glassman takes readers behind the scenes of seven of the most culturally significant series of the last three decades\, drawing on dozens of new interviews with showrunners\, cast\, crewmembers\, and more. These shows not only launched the careers of such superstars as Will Smith\, Michael B. Jordan\, Claire Danes\, and Seth Rogen\, but they also took young people seriously\, proving that teen TV could be smart\, revolutionary\, and “important”–and stay firmly entrenched in pop culture long after it finished airing. And while many critics insist that prestige dramas like The Sopranos and Mad Men paved the way for television\, some of the most groundbreaking work was actually happening inside the fictional hallways of high schools across America in teen shows whose impact remains visible on our screens today. (Running Press Adult) \nPurchase your book in-store or at vromansbookstore.com.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-thea-glassman-discusses-freaks-gleeks-and-dawsons-creek/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Ottessa Moshfegh discusses Lapvona
DESCRIPTION:Little Marek\, the abused and delusional son of the village shepherd\, believes his mother died giving birth to him. One of Marek’s few consolations is his enduring bond with the blind village midwife\, Ina\, who suckled him when he was a baby. For some people\, Ina’s ability to receive transmissions of sacred knowledge from the natural world is a godsend. For others\, Ina’s home in the woods is a godless place. \nThe people’s desperate need to believe that there are powers that be who have their best interests at heart is put to a cruel test by their depraved lord and governor\, especially in this year of record drought and famine. But when fate brings Marek into violent proximity to the lord’s family\, new and occult forces arise to upset the old order. By year’s end\, the veil between blindness and sight\, life and death\, and the natural world and the spirit world will prove to be very thin indeed. (Penguin Books) \nPurchase your book in-store or at vromansbookstore.com.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-ottessa-moshfegh-discusses-lapvona/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Fiction Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:The Vroman’s Fiction Reading Group meets the 4th Wednesday of every month at 7:00pm. \nJune’s pick is White Tears by Hari Kunzru. If you need to purchase a copy of the book\, stop by the store or order at vromansbookstore.com. \nFiction Reading Group meetings are held in the Vroman’s Meeting Room\, located in the Atrium next door. 709 E. Colorado Blvd. Suite 120. \n  \n 
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-fiction-reading-group/
LOCATION:Atrium Building\, 709 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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SUMMARY:Vroman’s Live Celebrates the release of Even If the Sky Is Falling
DESCRIPTION:Register early for an email reminder!\nCROWDCAST LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/c/evenif \nFeaturing: Taj McCoy\, Farah Heron\, Lane Clarke\, Charish Reid\, Sarah Smith\, and Denise Williams \nIt’s the end of the world as they know it–or so they think…\nWhen an international warning siren accidentally goes off\, convincing everyone that a meteor shower may just be the end of life as they know it\, six couples–friends\, exes\, crushes and rivals–must take shelter. Inhibitions are abandoned\, confessions are made and love blossoms\, but what happens when the world doesn’t end?\nFilled with humor\, heat and hope\, this riveting collection of interconnected multicultural stories beautifully explores the secrets we carry with us–and the joy we discover when we let go and reach for the stars. (Canary Street Press) \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-live-celebrates-the-release-of-even-if-the-sky-is-falling/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Books,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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SUMMARY:Vroman’s Ed - Dreams: The Royal Road to Your Unconscious with Dr. Kathleen Fitzgerald
DESCRIPTION:Dreams are a portal into the deepest parts of our selves.  Illuminating all aspects of our inner world\, we can tap into them to help us with healing\, and knowing ourselves better.  Dreams can become a fountain of creative inspiration as we allow them to carry us toward what we value\, awaken our instinctual wisdom\, and express our wholeness. \nThis evening will support you in nurturing your inner wisdom.  Bring your journal\, pen and some dreams. \nInstructor: \nDr. Kathleen Fitzgerald a Psychoanalyst\, and Marriage and Family Therapist\, working 30 years in diverse settings: community mental health\, clinics\, hospitals\, schools and colleges while maintaining a private practice.  She is adjunct faculty at ArtCenter College of Design and Newport Psychoanalytic Institute. \nTO SIGN UP FOR CLASS\, PLEASE CALL CUSTOMER SERVICE AT (626)449-5320 BY 6/26/23. Class is $30.00 per person \n(Registration cut off 6/26/23) – This class will take place in the Vroman’s Meeting Room located next door to Vroman’s Main Store in the Atrium at 709 E. Colorado Blvd. Suite 120.  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-ed-dreams-the-royal-road-to-your-unconscious-with-dr-kathleen-fitzgerald/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Books,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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