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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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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:20230614T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230614T190000
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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:20230613T190000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230331T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Tara Ison discusses At the Hour Between Dog and Wolf
DESCRIPTION:Tara Ison\, in conversation with David Ulin\, discusses At the Hour Between Dog and Wolf \nAt the Hour Between Dog and Wolf is the story of a twelve-year-old Parisian Jewish girl in\nWorld War II France\, living “in hiding” as a Catholic orphan with a family in a\nsmall village. \nWhen Danielle Marton’s father is killed during the early days of the German Occupation\, her mother sends her to live in a quiet farming town near Limoges in Vichy France. Now called Marie-Jeanne Chantier\, Danielle struggles to balance the truth of what’s happened to her family and her country with the lies she must tell to keep herself safe. At first\, she’s bitter about being left behind by her mother\, and horrified at having to milk the cow and memorize Catholic prayers for church. But as the years pass and the Occupation worsens\, Danielle finds it easier to suppress her former life entirely\, and Marie-Jeanne becomes less and less of an act. By the time she’s fifteen and there is talk amongst the now divided town of an Allied invasion\, not only has Danielle lost the memories of her father’s face and the smell of her mother’s perfume\, but her very self\, transforming into a strict Catholic and an anti-Semitic\, fervent disciple of fascism. (Ig Publishing) \nTo purchase this book\, please visit vromansbookstore.com. \n 
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-tara-ison-discusses-at-the-hour-between-dog-and-wolf/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Jacqueline Winspear discusses The White Lady
DESCRIPTION:This heart-stopping novel\, set in Post WWII Britain in 1947\, follows the coming of age and maturity of former wartime operative Elinor White–veteran of two wars\, trained killer\, protective of her anonymity–when she is drawn back into the world of menace she has been desperate to leave behind. \nA reluctant ex-spy with demons of her own\, Elinor finds herself facing down one of the most dangerous organized crime gangs in London\, ultimately exposing corruption from Scotland Yard to the highest levels of government. \nThe private\, quiet “Miss White” as Elinor is known\, lives in a village in rural Kent\, England\, and to her fellow villagers seems something of an enigma. Well she might\, as Elinor occupies a “grace and favor” property\, a rare privilege offered to faithful servants of the Crown for services to the nation. But the residents of Shacklehurst have no way of knowing how dangerous Elinor’s war work had been\, or that their mysterious neighbor is haunted by her past. \nIt will take Susie\, the child of a young farmworker\, Jim Mackie and his wife\, Rose\, to break through Miss White’s icy demeanor–but Jim has something in common with Elinor. He\, too\, is desperate to escape his past. When the powerful Mackie crime family demands a return of their prodigal son for an important job\, Elinor assumes the task of protecting her neighbors\, especially the bright-eyed Susie. Yet in her quest to uncover the truth behind the family’s pursuit of Jim\, Elinor unwittingly sets out on a treacherous path—yet it is one that leads to her freedom. (Harper) \nTo purchase this book\, please visit vromansbooktore.com.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-jacqueline-winspear-discusses-the-white-lady/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230328T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Nathan Masters discusses Crooked
DESCRIPTION:Nathan Masters\, in conversation with David Kipen\, discusses Crooked: The Roaring ’20s Tale of a Corrupt Attorney General\, a Crusading Senator\, and the Birth of the American Political Scan \nMany tales from the Jazz Age reek of crime and corruption. But perhaps the era’s greatest political fiasco–one that resulted in a nationwide scandal\, a public reckoning at the Department of Justice\, the rise of J. Edgar Hoover\, and an Oscar-winning film–has long been lost to the annals of history. In Crooked\, Nathan Masters restores this story of murderers\, con artists\, secret lovers\, spies\, bootleggers\, and corrupt politicians to its full\, page-turning glory. \nNewly elected to the Senate on a promise to root out corruption\, Burton “Boxcar Burt” Wheeler sets his sights on ousting Attorney General Harry Daugherty\, puppet-master behind President Harding’s unlikely rise to power. Daugherty is famous for doing whatever it takes to keep his boss in power\, and his cozy relations with bootleggers and other scofflaws have long spawned rumors of impropriety. But when his constant companion and trusted fixer\, Jess Smith\, is found dead of a gunshot wound in the apartment the two men share\, Daugherty is suddenly thrust into the spotlight\, exposing the rot consuming the Harding administration to a shocked public. \nDetermined to uncover the truth in the ensuing investigation\, Wheeler takes the prosecutorial reins and subpoenas a rogue’s gallery of witnesses–convicted felons\, shady detectives\, disgraced officials–to expose the attorney general’s treachery and solve the riddle of Jess Smith’s suspicious death. With the muckraking senator hot on his trail\, Daugherty turns to his greatest weapon\, the nascent Federal Bureau of Investigation\, whose eager second-in-command\, J. Edgar Hoover\, sees opportunity amidst the chaos. \nPacked with political intrigue\, salacious scandal\, and no shortage of lessons for our modern era of political discord\, Nathan Masters’ thrilling historical narrative shows how this intricate web of inconceivable crookedness set the stage for the next century of American political scandals. (Hachette Books) \nTo purchase this book\, please visit vromansbookstore.com.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-nathan-masters-discusses-crooked/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Local Author Day
DESCRIPTION:Vroman’s Local Author Day featuring Barbara Hanky-Rogers\, Laurie Markvart\, and Kenneth R. Strange Jr. \nBarbara Hanky-Rogers presents It’s a No Grainer Cookbook \nIt’s a No Grainer Cookbook takes the guesswork out of replacing grains and wheat flour with over 180 appetizing recipes for any occasion. Inside\, you’ll find breakfast items that will tickle your tastebuds like the banana coconut pancakes with lavender sprinkles along with baked goods so good\, you’ll swear they have regular flour. There’s a chapter on small plates to round out the delicious array of choices. \n  \nLaurie Markvart presents Somewhere in the Music\, I’ll Find Me \nMusician Laurie Markvart was adrift in life. In the wake of the deaths of her father and preemie baby\, her family life was in anguish\, and her music career stalled. \nMusic was the remedy for anything in Laurie’s life. Looking for a quick fix\, she attended an open audition in Los Angeles for the X-Factor reality TV singing show. During the demanding two-day audition\, Laurie reflected on her lifelong music journey. \nAs a teen\, she fled her isolated Wisconsin farm town for the famous music scenes of Minneapolis\, Austin\, and New York City. In rock bands\, on tours\, and with Broadway auditions\, Laurie had many highs and lows\, successes and failures – some humorous\, some dangerous. At the center of it all was a stormy relationship with her mentally ill mother and Laurie’s growing anxiety disorder that plagued her most. The despair she thought would be extinguished with marriage and parenting\, was for a time\, but it shattered with the profound loss of her father and baby. \nWith mounting pressure to succeed at the X-Factor audition\, Laurie must push through her anxieties and heartbreaking reflections and not only find herself in the music but a way to move forward and heal. \n  \nKenneth R. Strange Jr. presents It’s Your Camino: One Couple’s 500 Mile Pilgrimage Across Spain \nThe Camino de Santiago is both quest and pilgrimage\, goal and process. It is not a journey for the faint of heart or the soft of foot. People embark on the five-hundred mile\, thirty-one day trek from the Pyrenees Mountains in France to the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Spain for all sorts of reasons–religious\, spiritual\, physical\, and personal. For author Kenneth R. Strange Jr. and his wife\, Aurora\, walking the Camino is about adventure and a lifelong love of Spain\, both of which shine through in the Award-winning It’s Your Camino.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-local-author-day/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Special Storytime with Michelle Lam of Meesh the Bad Demon #1
DESCRIPTION:A tale of unlikely heroes and myths is made real in this debut graphic novel series about a “bad” demon trying to find her place in the underworld. But she’ll have to save it first! \nMeesh is a bad demon. “Bad” in that she always sees the good in those around her–which isn’t how a demon is meant to feel or act. \nBullied by the other demons\, twelve-year-old Meesh is more likely to be found reading magazines from Plumeria City–the fairy realm–and fangirling about the fairy princesses. \nBut when disaster strikes and all of demon-kind is threatened\, Meesh must journey to other worlds in search of help. \nAs luck would have it\, she meets a fairy princess right away. Things in the fairy realm aren’t so perfect either\, though. As Meesh makes surprising new friends and unites a band of outcasts\, she learns there’s much more to being a demon than she ever realized. And learning to love herself might just uncover the secret to saving her home. (Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-special-storytime-with-michelle-lam-of-meesh-the-bad-demon-1/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230323T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Liam Callanan discusses When in Rome
DESCRIPTION:Liam Callanan\, in conversation with Marisa Silver\, discusses When in Rome. \nMeet Claire: fifty-two\, desperate to do something new and get a fresh start. \nEnter the chance to go to Rome: Home to a struggling convent facing a precipitous end\, the city beckons Claire\, who’s long had a complicated relationship with religion\, including a “missed connection” with convent life in her teens. Once in Rome\, she finds a group of funny\, fearless nuns in a gorgeous villa\, beautiful runs throughout a color-saturated city\, and a chance to reflect. It all leads her to an unexpected question–should she join the convent?–and an answer that startles her as much as it does those closest to her. \nIt also startles Marcus\, a once-buzzy actor\, devastatingly handsome\, who is eternally in love with Claire. Marcus has come and gone from Claire’s life since college but now reappears in Rome just as she’s about to decide what’s next. \nAs Claire searches for her higher calling\, she finds the key to her future may lay in her past–and involves an actual key. The nuns swear it unlocks nothing\, but on a night when choices and voices swirl\, Claire finds a long-hidden lock. \nA look at faith\, in oneself as much as a higher power\, and love\, romantic and familial\, lost and found\, this is the thoroughly charming story of one woman who sets out to rewrite her past and future\, only to be surprised by the plot twists life plants . . . when in Rome. (Dutton) \nTo purchase a copy of this book\, visit vromansbookstore.com.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-liam-callanan-discusses-when-in-rome/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230321T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Cathleen Schine discusses Kunstlers in Paradise
DESCRIPTION:For years Mamie Künstler\, ninety-three-years-old\, as clever and glamorous as ever\, has lived happily in her bungalow in Venice\, California with her inscrutable housekeeper and her gigantic St. Bernard dog. Their tranquility is upended when Mamie’s grandson\, Julian\, arrives from New York City. Like many a twenty-something\, he has come to seek his fortune in Hollywood. But it is 2020\, the global pandemic sweeps in\, and Julian’s short visit suddenly has no end in sight. \nMamie was only eleven when the Künstlers escaped Vienna in 1939. They made their way\, stunned and overwhelmed\, to sunny\, surreal Los Angeles where they joined a colony of distinguished Jewish musicians\, writers and intellectuals also escaping Hitler. Now\, faced with months of lockdown and a willing listener\, Mamie begins to tell Julian the buried stories of her early years in Los Angeles: her escapades with eminent émigrés like Arnold Schoenberg\, Christopher Isherwood\, Thomas Mann. Oh\, and Greta Garbo. While the pandemic cuts Julian off from the life he knows\, Mamie’s tales open up a world of lives that came before him. They reveal to him just how much the past holds of the future. \nCathleen Schine’s captivating and comedic twelfth novel explores exile\, émigrés\, movie stars\, musicians\, family bonds and the power of stories–both those we hand down and the ones held secretly in the heart. (Henry Holt & Company) \nTo purchase a copy of this book\, visit vromansbookstore.com.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-cathleen-schine-discusses-kunstlers-in-paradise/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230320T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Erik Conway discusses The Big Myth
DESCRIPTION:In their bestselling book Merchants of Doubt\, Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway revealed the origins of climate change denial. Now\, they unfold the truth about another disastrous dogma: the “magic of the marketplace.” \nIn the early 20th century\, business elites\, trade associations\, wealthy powerbrokers\, and media allies set out to build a new American orthodoxy: down with “big government” and up with unfettered markets. With startling archival evidence\, Oreskes and Conway document campaigns to rewrite textbooks\, combat unions\, and defend child labor. They detail the ploys that turned hardline economists Friedrich von Hayek and Milton Friedman into household names; recount the libertarian roots of the Little House on the Prairie books; and tune into the General Electric-sponsored TV show that beamed free-market doctrine to millions and launched Ronald Reagan’s political career. \nBy the 1970s\, this propaganda was succeeding. Free market ideology would define the next half-century across Republican and Democratic administrations\, giving us a housing crisis\, the opioid scourge\, climate destruction\, and a baleful response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Only by understanding this history can we imagine a future where markets will serve\, not stifle\, democracy. (Bloomsbury Publishing) \nTo purchase a copy of this book\, visit vromansbookstore.com.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-erik-conway-discusses-the-big-myth/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230318T110000
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SUMMARY:Vroman’s: Special Storytime featuring Molly Ruttan presenting Something Wild
DESCRIPTION:Performance jitters lead to some imaginative what ifs before a little girl finds her confidence. \nHannah loves to play her violin–as long as no one is watching. On the day of the recital\, she’s wishing something wild would happen so she won’t have to go. Perhaps a dolphin will jump out of the fountain and carry her away\, or a giant rabbit will abscond with her violin. Hannah’s big imagination dreams up all kinds of entertaining scenarios that could change the course of her day\, but what actually happens is the most amazing of all! \nChildren and grown-ups alike will relate to Hannah’s stage fright and get a laugh out of all her wishful thinking. Most importantly\, they will be right there beside her on recital day when something wild–and beautiful–happens. (Nancy Paulsen Books) \n* A special craft will follow the event for those who purchase a copy of Something Wild.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-special-storytime-featuring-molly-ruttan-presenting-something-wild/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230316T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230316T180000
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CREATED:20230306T213808Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Auriane DeSombre discusses The Sister Split
DESCRIPTION:Auriane DeSombre\, in conversation with Marisa Kanter\, discusses The Sister Split \nA pair of soon-to-be stepsisters creates a plan that will stop their parents from getting married–but they soon learn that matters of the heart can surprise you! This is a fresh sister story evocative of The Parent Trap with LGBTQ themes for the modern reader. \nAutumn is looking forward to summer vacation. She and her best friend plan on going to all the best ice cream places their stomachs can handle–and in NYC\, the possibilities can’t get any sweeter. \nLinnea is still not over the fact that her dad has found love after her parents’ divorce. Luckily\, she can take out all her feelings on the tennis courts for a winning summer. \nBut then Autumn and Linnea discover the news: their parents are getting married. Autumn will be moving to the suburbs to live with her soon-to-be stepdad and stepsister\, which means kissing the fun summer with her best friend goodbye. For Linnea\, she knows her dream of getting her parents back together is officially over. \nDevastated\, the two of them come up with an idea: if they can split up their parents\, their lives can go back to normal. As Autumn and Linnea secretly try to sabotage everything from date nights to wedding planning\, the two of them discover that having a sister is not the worst thing after all . . . but will they learn about love in a whole new way? (Delacorte Press) \nTo purchase a copy of this book\, visit vromansbookstore.com.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-auriane-desombre-discusses-the-sister-split/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230315T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230315T190000
DTSTAMP:20260507T053746
CREATED:20230306T213510Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Elizabeth McKenzie and Yxta Maya Murray discuss their new releases
DESCRIPTION:Elizabeth McKenzie and Yxta Maya Murray discuss their respective new releases\, The Dog of the North and God Went Like That. \nElizabeth McKenzie \nPenny Rush has problems. Her marriage is over; she’s quit her job. Her mother and stepfather went missing in the Australian outback five years ago; her mentally unbalanced father provokes her; her grandmother Dr. Pincer keeps experiments in the refrigerator and something worse in the woodshed. But Penny is a virtuoso at what’s possible when all else fails. \nElizabeth McKenzie\, beloved novelist of California and its idiosyncrasies\, follows Penny on her quest for a fresh start. There will be a road trip in the Dog of the North\, an old van with gingham curtains\, a piñata\, and stiff brakes. There will be injury and peril. There will be a dog named Kweecoats and two brothers who may share a toupee. There will be questions: Why is a detective investigating her grandmother\, and what is “the scintillator”? And can Penny recognize a good thing when it finally comes her way? \nThis slyly humorous\, thoroughly winsome novel finds the purpose in life’s curveballs\, insisting that even when we are painfully warped by those we love most\, we can be brought closer to our truest selves. (Penguin Press) \nYxta Maya Murray \nIn award-winning legal scholar and novelist Yxta Maya Murray’s new novel\, federal agent Reyna Rodriguez reports on a real-life nuclear reactor meltdown and accidents that occurred in 1959\, 1964\, and 1968 at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory. An infamous research and development complex in California’s Simi Valley\, the lab was eventually dismantled by the US government–but not before it created a toxic legacy of contamination and numerous cancer clusters. Toxins and nuclear residue may have been further released by the 2018 Woolsey Fire and 2019 floods in the area. \nGod Went Like That takes the form of an EPA report in which Reyna presents riveting interviews with individuals affected by the disasters. With imagination and artistry\, Murray brings to life an actual 2011 Department of Energy dossier that detailed the catastrophes and the ensuing public health fallout and highlights the high costs of governmental malfeasance and environmental racism. (Curbstone Press) \nTo purchase your copy of these books\, visit vromansbookstore.com.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-elizabeth-mckenzie-and-yxta-maya-murray-discuss-their-new-releases/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230314T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230314T190000
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CREATED:20230306T213223Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Kristin Hannah discussing The Four Winds
DESCRIPTION:Texas\, 1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over\, the bounty of the land is plentiful\, and America is on the brink of a new and optimistic era. But for Elsa Wolcott\, deemed too old to marry in a time when marriage is a woman’s only option\, the future seems bleak. Until the night she meets Rafe Martinelli and decides to change the direction of her life. With her reputation in ruin\, there is only one respectable choice: marriage to a man she barely knows. \nBy 1934\, the world has changed; millions are out of work and drought has devastated the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as crops fail and water dries up and the earth cracks open. Dust storms roll relentlessly across the plains. Everything on the Martinelli farm is dying\, including Elsa’s tenuous marriage; each day is a desperate battle against nature and a fight to keep her children alive. \nIn this uncertain and perilous time\, Elsa–like so many of her neighbors–must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or leave it behind and go west\, to California\, in search of a better life for her family. \nThe Four Winds is a rich\, sweeping novel that stunningly brings to life the Great Depression and the people who lived through it–the harsh realities that divided us as a nation and the enduring battle between the haves and the have-nots. A testament to hope\, resilience\, and the strength of the human spirit to survive adversity\, The Four Winds is an indelible portrait of America and the American dream\, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation. (St. Martins Griffin) \nThis is a ticketed event. Tickets include one entry and one paperback copy of The Four Winds.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-kristin-hannah-discussing-the-four-winds/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230313T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230313T190000
DTSTAMP:20260507T053746
CREATED:20230306T213037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230307T033157Z
UID:10001550-1678734000-1678734000@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Vroman's: Arielle Estoria discussing The Unfolding
DESCRIPTION:Arielle Estoria is known for her moving and empowering words that encourage women and all people to be confident in who they are\, compassionate about where they’ve been\, and loving about who they are becoming. In this stunning collection of essays\, poems\, and meditations\, beautifully illustrated in earth tones\, Estoria tenderly reveals the places in her life where she has been broken open\, mended back together in new ways\, and shows us how this process of “unfolding” helps us discover and return home to the person we were always meant to be. (Harper One) \nTo purchase a copy of this book\, visit vromansbookstore.com.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-arielle-estoria-discussing-the-unfolding/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230311T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230311T150000
DTSTAMP:20260507T053746
CREATED:20230306T212803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230307T033506Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: John Sayles discusses Jamie Macgillivray
DESCRIPTION:It begins in the highlands of Scotland in 1746\, at the Battle of Culloden\, the last desperate stand of the Stuart ‘pretender’ to the throne of the Three Kingdoms\, Bonnie Prince Charlie\, and his rabidly loyal supporters. Vanquished with his comrades by the forces of the Hanoverian (and Protestant) British crown\, the novel’s eponymous hero\, Jamie MacGillivray\, narrowly escapes a roadside execution only to be recaptured by the victors and shipped to Marshalsea Prison (central to Charles Dickens’s Hard Times) where he cheats the hangman a second time before being sentenced to transportation and indentured servitude in colonial America “for the term of his natural life.” His travels are paralleled by those of Jenny Ferguson\, a poor\, village girl swept up on false charges by the English and also sent in chains to the New World. \nThe novel follows Jamie and Jenny through servitude\, revolt\, escape\, and romantic entanglements — pawns in a deadly game. The two continue to cross paths with each other and with some of the leading figures of the era- the devious Lord Lovat\, future novelist Henry Fielding\, the artist William Hogarth\, a young and ambitious George Washington\, the doomed General James Wolfe\, and the Lenape chief feared throughout the Ohio Valley as Shingas the Terrible. (Melville House Publishing) \nTo purchase your copy of this book\, visit vromansbookstore.com.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-john-sayles-discusses-jamie-macgillivray/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230311T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230311T110000
DTSTAMP:20260507T053746
CREATED:20230306T212312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230307T033607Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Storytime with Mr. Steve
DESCRIPTION:Join Mr. Steve and the gang at 11 am for story time! \n 
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-storytime-with-mr-steve/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,In-Person,Kids,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230309T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230309T190000
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CREATED:20230306T212053Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Michelle Dowd discusses Forager
DESCRIPTION:My family prepared me for the end of the world\, but I know how to survive on what the earth yields. \nAs a child\, Michelle Dowd grew up on a mountain in the Angeles National Forest. She was born into an ultra-religious cult–or the Field as they called it–started in the 1930s by her grandfather\, a mercurial\, domineering\, and charismatic man who convinced generations of young male followers that he would live 500 years and ascend to the heavens when doomsday came. Comfort and care are sins\, Michelle is told . As a result\, she was forced to learn the skills necessary to battle hunger\, thirst\, and cold; she learned to trust animals more than humans; and most importantly\, she learned how to survive in the natural world. \nAt the Field\, a young Michelle lives a life of abuse\, poverty\, and isolation\, as she obeys her family’s rigorous religious and patriarchal rules–which are so extreme that Michelle is convinced her mother would sacrifice her\, like Abraham and Isaac\, if instructed by God. She often wears the same clothes for months at a time; she is often ill and always hungry for both love and food. She is taught not to trust Outsiders\, and especially not Quitters\, nor her own body and its warnings. \nBut as Michelle gets older\, she realizes she has the strength to break free. Focus on what will sustain\, not satiate you\, she tells herself . Use everything. Waste nothing. Get to know the intricacies of the land\, like the intricacies of your body. And so she does. \nUsing stories of individual edible plants and their uses to anchor each chapter\, Forager is both a searing coming-of-age story and a meditation on the ways in which understanding nature can lead to freedom\, even joy. (Algonquin Books) \nPurchase a copy of this book at vromansbookstore.com \n 
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-michelle-dowd-discusses-forager/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230308T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230308T190000
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CREATED:20230306T211648Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Cara Black discusses Night Flight to Paris
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented by Alliance Française de Pasadena \nOctober 1942: it’s been two years since Kate Rees was sent to Paris on a British Secret Service mission to assassinate Hitler. Since then\, she has left spycraft behind to take a training job as a sharpshooting instructor in the Scottish Highlands. But her quiet life is violently disrupted when Colonel Stepney\, her former handler\, drags her back into the fray for a risky three-pronged mission in Paris. \nEach task is more dangerous than the next: Deliver a package of forbidden biological material. Assassinate a high-ranking German operative whose knowledge of invasion plans could turn the tide of the war against the Allies. Rescue a British agent who once saved Kate’s life–and get out. \nKate will encounter sheiks and spies\, poets and partisans\, as she races to keep up with the constantly shifting nature of her assignment\, showing every ounce of her Oregonian grit in the process. \nNew York Times bestselling author Cara Black has crafted another heart-stopping thrill ride that reveals a portrait of Paris at the height of the Nazi occupation. (Soho Crime)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/nightflighttoparis/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230302T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230302T180000
DTSTAMP:20260507T053746
CREATED:20230306T211345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230307T034206Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Live: Moses Ose Utomi discussing Daughters of Oduma
DESCRIPTION:This is an online event via Crowdcast. \nEat. Dance. Fight. \nThis is the life of the girls who compete in the Isle’s elite\, all-female fighting sport of Bowing. But it isn’t really Dirt’s life anymore. At sixteen\, she is old and has retired from competition. Instead\, she spends her days coaching the younger sisters of the Mud Fam and dreading her fast-approaching birthday\, when she’ll have to leave her sisters to fulfill whatever destiny the Gods choose for her. \nDirt’s young sisters are coming along nicely\, and the Mud Fam is sure to win the upcoming South God Bow tournament\, which is crucial: the tiny Fam needs the new recruits that come with victory. Then an attack from a powerful rival leaves the Mud without their top Bower\, and Dirt is the only one who can compete in the tournament. But Dirt is old\, out of shape\, and afraid. She has never wanted to be a leader. Victory seems impossible–yet defeat would mean the end of her beloved Fam. And no way is Dirt going to let that happen. (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-live-moses-ose-utomi-discussing-daughters-of-oduma/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220816T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220816T190000
DTSTAMP:20260507T053746
CREATED:20220630T232005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220630T232005Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Rebecca Woolf discusses All of This: A Memoir of Death and Desire
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Woolf\, in conversation with Diablo Cody\, discusses All of This: A Memoir of Death and Desire. \nAfter years of struggling in a tumultuous marriage\, writer Rebecca Woolf was finally ready to leave her husband. Two weeks after telling him she wanted a divorce\, he was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. Four months later\, at the age of forty-four\, he died. \nIn All of This\, Woolf chronicles the months before her husband’s death–and her rebirth after he was gone. With rigorous honesty and incredible awareness\, she reflects on the end of her marriage: how her husband’s illness finally gave her the space to make peace with his humanity and her own. \nStunning\, compelling\, and brilliantly nuanced\, All of This is one woman’s story of embracing the complexities of grief without shame–as a mother\, a widow\, and a sexual being–and emerging on the other side of a relationship with gratitude and relief. (HarperOne)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-rebecca-woolf-discusses-all-of-this-a-memoir-of-death-and-desire/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220806T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220806T140000
DTSTAMP:20260507T053746
CREATED:20220630T231803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220630T231803Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Rooted in Reading: End of Summer Party (Vroman's Reading Program)
DESCRIPTION:Come join Vroman’s for one last hurrah to their Nature Adventurers! You all have traveled far and wide this summer\, so they can’t wait to celebrate with Storytime\, a photo booth\, crafts\, sweet treats\, and more! Vroman’s will begin handing out prizes for having completed your Nature Exploration after this event!
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-rooted-in-reading-end-of-summer-party-vromans-reading-program/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220730T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220730T110000
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CREATED:20220630T230734Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Antoinette Portis presents A Seed Grows
DESCRIPTION:“A seed falls\,\nAnd settles into the ground\,\nAnd the Sun shines\,\nAnd the rain comes down\,\nAnd the seed grows…”\nTo understand how a seed becomes a sunflower\, you have to peek beneath the soil and wait patiently as winding roots grow\, a stalk inches out of the earth\, and new seeds emerge among blooming petals. \nWith evocative and lively illustrations\, A Seed Grows offers a close-up view of each step of this process and the ways in which flowers and seeds depend on other creatures\, with a striking fold-out spread of a full-grown sunflower and additional material at the back of the book explaining the science of plant life cycles. \nAntoinette Portis is the author of A New Green Day\, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and NCTE Notable Book in Poetry\, as well as the Sibert Honor winning Hey\, Water! (Neal Porter Books)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-antoinette-portis-presents-a-seed-grows/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220726T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220726T190000
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CREATED:20220630T230544Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220630T230544Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Sarah James discusses The Women with Two Shadows
DESCRIPTION:Sarah James\, in conversation with Julie Claiborne Johnson\, discusses The Women with Two Shadows. \nThe Women with Two Shadows.\nLillian Kaufman hasn’t heard from her twin sister since Eleanor left for a mysterious job at an Army base somewhere in Tennessee. When she learns\, on an unexpected phone call\, that Eleanor is missing\, Lillian takes a train from New York down to Oak Ridge to clear up the matter. \nIt turns out that the only way into Oak Ridge is to assume Eleanor’s identity\, which Lillian plans to do swiftly and perfectly. But Eleanor has vanished without a trace–and she’s not the only one. And how do you find someone in a town so dangerous it doesn’t officially exist\, when technically you don’t exist either? \nLillian is thrust into the epicenter of the gravest scientific undertaking of all time\, with no idea who she can trust. And the more she pretends to be Eleanor\, the more she loses her grip on herself. (Sourcebooks Landmark)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-sarah-james-discusses-the-women-with-two-shadows/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220725T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220725T180000
DTSTAMP:20260507T053746
CREATED:20220630T230315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220630T230315Z
UID:10000366-1658772000-1658772000@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Vroman's Local Author's Day (Kids Edition)
DESCRIPTION:Vroman’s Local Author Day (Kids’ Edition) featuring Chris Wieland\, Maria McCloud and Jon-Barrett Ingels \nThis 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! Visit www.vromansbookstore.com to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nCROWDCAST REGISTRATION LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/vromans-local-author-day-2 \nChris Wieland presents The Crabtree Monsters\nMoving from Los Angeles to tiny Crabtree\, Michigan\, is the last thing thirteen-year-old Kat Dylan wants to do. Crabtree’s seen better days and isn’t what you call welcoming. Worse\, the move means living with her gruff Grandpa Nick\, the town’s police chief\, and having to look after her little brother\, Alec.\nAnd that’s before Kat and Alec find themselves in the middle of a bank holdup by the Monster Gang—four robbers in monster masks. Before the heist is over\, the kids lose their cash and Alec comes within a hair of losing his life. When it is all over\, Grandpa Nick goes to jail\, accused of being one of the robbers himself.\nSuddenly\, this boring little town isn’t so boring anymore. Kat’s determined to find out who the men are behind the masks\, and she’s going to need help. But exposing the robbers could have big consequences. The deeper Kat goes\, the more she learns life is about making choices\, including some that are a matter of life and death. \nMaria McCloud presents Kash’s Hats\nKash and his adventurous hats give him the power to dream. One day he’s an artist\, the next a chef or cowboy. See how many ways Kash’s Hats can power your imagination. \nJon-Barrett Ingels presents Running of the Noses\nThere are a lot of books for kids about snot\, but not so many that combine humor\, instruction\, and great storytelling the way Running of the Noses does.\nNicco feels terrible about his runny nose\, but Piper is sure she can cheer him up! She tells him about how trees talk to mushrooms to stop getting sick\, tells him wild tales about other out-of-control runny noses\, and even shares a story about herself as a snot-sneezing dragon. But Nicco is still worried – will he have to go to the doctor? Will he have to get a SHOT?! Piper’s not sure\, but she lends him Bird—with Bird to keep him company\, Nicco can be brave. As it turns out\, neither doctors nor runny noses are as bad as they seem.\nRunning of the Noses gently acknowledges and validates the anxiety many kids feel about being sick and visiting the doctor while still offering reassuring advice. Piper’s upbeat character and the dynamic\, comic-book style illustrations are the perfect antidotes to feeling under the weather. Peppered throughout the story and offered in a Q&A at the end are facts to help readers understand what a runny nose is and how it protects their bodies.\nRunning of the Noses is funny\, entertaining\, and reassuring—and just in time for Spring allergies.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-local-authors-day-kids-edition/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220723T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220723T140000
DTSTAMP:20260507T053746
CREATED:20220630T230007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220630T230007Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Woodland Critter Crafts
DESCRIPTION:Create and draw your own woodland adventure to explore with children’s book illustrator\, Sara Luna! She will be leading this craft with guided activity pages for us to draw on and color. Materials will be provided.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-woodland-critter-crafts/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Maddie Frost presents Iguana Be a Dragon
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! Visit www.vromansbookstore.com to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nCROWDCAST REGISTRATION LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/maddie-frost-presents \nIguana Be a Dragon\nWhen Iguana is invited to new neighbor Cheetah’s pool party\, he’s worried that it will be filled with all kinds of interesting animals. And he’s not interesting at all! But what if he became something amazing\, like . . . a fire-breathing dragon Iguana has a big plan — could it work\, or will it all go up in flames? \nMaddie Frost introduces a silly and relatable character who learns that his own unique qualities are actually pretty neat\, and the coolest friends will celebrate him for who he is. (Bloomsbury Publishing PLC)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-maddie-frost-presents-iguana-be-a-dragon/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220721T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Malcolm Nance discussing They Want to Kill Americans
DESCRIPTION:New York Times bestselling author\, Malcolm Nance\, offers a chilling warning on a clear\, present and existential threat to our democracy… our fellow Americans\nTo varying degrees\, as many as 74 million Americans have expressed hostility towards American democracy. Their radicalization is increasingly visible in our day to day life: in neighbor’s or family member’s open discussion of bizarre conspiracy theories\, reveling in the fantasy of mass murdering the liberals they believe are drinking the blood of children. These are the results of the deranged series of lies stoked by former President Donald Trump\, made worse by the global pandemic. \nThe first steps of an American fracture were predicted by Malcolm Nance months before the January 6\, 2021 insurrection\, heralding the start of a generational terror threat greater than either al-Qaeda or the Islamic State. Nance calls this growing unrest the Trump Insurgency in the United States or TITUS. \nThe post-2020 election urge to return to a place of “normalcy”–to forget–is the worst response we can have. American militiamen\, terrorists\, and radicalized political activists are already armed in mass numbers and regularly missed in the media; principally because Trump’s most loyal and violent foot soldiers benefit from the ultimate privilege–being white. \nThey Want to Kill Americans is the first detailed look into the heart of the active Trump-led insurgency\, setting the stage for a second nation-wide rebellion on American soil. This is a chilling and deeply researched early warning to the nation from a counterterrorism intelligence professional: America is primed for a possible explosive wave of terrorist attacks and armed confrontations that aim to bring about a Donald Trump led dictatorship. (St Martin’s Press) \nMalcolm Nance is a globally renowned\, highly engaging expert on terrorism\, extremism\, and insurgency\, and a multiple New York Times bestselling author\, whose books include The Plot to Hack America. A 34-year\, Arabic-speaking veteran of the US intelligence community’s Combating Terrorism program\, he has been called the “Neil DeGrasse Tyson of Counterterrorism” and is considered one of the Great African-Americans in Espionage by the International Spy Museum. He is counter-terrorism analyst for NBC News and MSNBC. \nThis ticketed event will take place at Pasadena Presbyterian Church located at 585 E. Colorado Blvd\, Pasadena. There are two ticket options: One that includes one entry plus one signed copy of They Want to Kill Americans and one for General Admission only. The second option does not include a copy of the book. \nPurchase your ticket: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/vromans-presents-malcolm-nance-discussing-they-want-kill-americans
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-malcolm-nance-discussing-they-want-to-kill-americans/
LOCATION:Pasadena Presbyterian Church\, 585 East Colorado Boulevard\, Pasadena \, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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