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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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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:20260507T070153
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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:20260507T070153
CREATED: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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220723T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220723T110000
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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
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220721T190000
DTSTAMP:20260507T070153
CREATED:20220630T201423Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220630T201423Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220716T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220716T110000
DTSTAMP:20260507T070153
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Storytime with Mr. Steve
DESCRIPTION:Join Mr. Steve and the gang at Vroman’s Bookstore at 11 am for story time!
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-storytime-with-mr-steve-4/
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:20220714T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220714T190000
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CREATED:20220630T201005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220630T201005Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Michael Bourne discusses Blithedale Canyon
DESCRIPTION:Michael Bourne\, in conversation with Edan Lepucki\, discusses Blithedale Canyon. \nBlithedale Canyon\nTrent Wolfer has blown it\, in every possible way\, over and over and over. And now he’s blowing it again. Fresh out of rehab\, he’s back in his hometown working a dead-end job at a fast food joint and cutting out on his breaks to sneak airplane bottles of vodka and gin\, when he looks up from his register one day to see Suze Randall\, his closest friend from high school\, now a radiant blonde single mother of two. Set in a small\, sun-drenched Northern California town shifting from hippie haven to moneyed paradise\, Blithedale Canyon asks whether a man who has spent his whole life screwing up can stop long enough to avoid destroying a woman he loves. Michael Bourne’s funny\, edgy debut is a literary love story for every man who has ever wondered why he keeps smashing up the things he cares about\, and for every woman who’s ever wondered what was going on in the head of that guy she spent her twenties trying to fix.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-michael-bourne-discusses-blithedale-canyon/
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:20220709T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220709T200000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220630T200338Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Nocturnal Storytime
DESCRIPTION:Come join us under the stars with a special Storytime with Mr. Steve\, where he will be reading your favorite books about awesome nighttime critters! \nThis event will be held outside on the Vroman’s Paseo.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-nocturnal-storytime/
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:20220707T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220707T200000
DTSTAMP:20260507T070154
CREATED:20220630T195905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220630T195905Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: John Vercher discusses After the Lights Go Out
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/john-vercher-in \nJohn Vercher\, in conversation with Chris L. Terry\, discusses After the Lights Go Out \nAfter The Lights Go Out\nXavier “Scarecrow” Wallace\, a mixed-race MMA fighter on the wrong side of thirty\, is facing the fight of his life. Xavier can no longer deny he is losing his battle with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)\, or pugilistic dementia. Through the fog of memory loss\, migraines\, and paranoia\, Xavier does his best to stay in shape by training at the Philadelphia gym owned by his cousin-cum-manager\, Shot\, a retired champion boxer to whom Xavier owes an unpayable debt. \nXavier makes ends meet while he waits for the call that will reinstate him after a year-long suspension by teaching youth classes at Shot’s gym and by living rent-free in the house of his white father\, whom Xavier was forced to commit to a nursing home. The progress of Sam Wallace’s end-stage Alzheimer’s has revealed his latent racism\, and Xavier finally gains insight into why his Black mother left the family years ago. \nThen Xavier is offered a chance at redemption: a last-minute high-profile comeback fight. If he can get himself back in the game\, he’ll be able to clear his name and begin to pay off Shot. With his memory in shreds and his life crumbling around him\, can Xavier hold on to the focus he needs to survive? John Vercher\, author of the Edgar and Anthony Award-nominated Three-Fifths\, offers a gripping\, psychologically astute\, and explosive tour de force about race\, entertainment\, and healthcare in America\, and about one man’s battle against himself.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-john-vercher-discusses-after-the-lights-go-out/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220702T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220702T120000
DTSTAMP:20260507T070154
CREATED:20220630T195522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220630T195522Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Storytime with Mr. Steve
DESCRIPTION:Join Mr. Steve and the gang at Vroman’s Bookstore at 11 am for story time!
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-storytime-with-mr-steve-3/
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:20220630T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220630T190000
DTSTAMP:20260507T070154
CREATED:20220630T190653Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220630T190653Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: YA Discussion with Liz Lawson\, Kathleen Glasglow\, E. Lockhart\, & Jessica Goodman
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 vromansbookstore.com to purchase your copy of the book(s) from Vroman’s. \nCROWDCAST REGISTRATION LINK:  https://www.crowdcast.io/e/lawson-glasgow \nYA Panel discussion featuring Liz Lawson\, Kathleen Glasgow\, E. Lockhart\, and Jessica Goodman\, in support of their latest releases\, The Agathas\, Family of Liars\, and The Counselors. \nFamily of Liars: A windswept private island off the coast of Massachusetts. A hungry ocean\, churning with secrets and sorrow. A fiery\, addicted heiress. An irresistible\, unpredictable boy. A summer of unforgivable betrayal and terrible mistakes. Welcome back to the Sinclair family. They were always liars. \nThe Agathas: Last summer\, Alice Ogilvie’s basketball-star boyfriend Steve dumped her. Then she disappeared for five days. She’s not talking\, so where she went and what happened to her is the biggest mystery in Castle Cove. Or it was\, at least. But now\, another one of Steve’s girlfriends has vanished: Brooke Donovan\, Alice’s ex-best friend. And it doesn’t look like Brooke will be coming back. . . \nEnter Iris Adams\, Alice’s tutor. Iris has her own reasons for wanting to disappear\, though unlike Alice\, she doesn’t have the money or the means. That could be changed by the hefty reward Brooke’s grandmother is offering to anyone who can share information about her granddaughter’s whereabouts. The police are convinced Steve is the culprit\, but Alice isn’t so sure\, and with Iris on her side\, she just might be able to prove her theory. \nIn order to get the reward and prove Steve’s innocence\, they need to figure out who killed Brooke Donovan. And luckily Alice has exactly what they need–the complete works of Agatha Christie. If there’s anyone that can teach the girls how to solve a mystery it’s the master herself. But the town of Castle Cove holds many secrets\, and Alice and Iris have no idea how much danger they’re about to walk into. \nThe Counselors: Camp Alpine Lake is the only place where Goldie Easton feels safe. \nShe’s always had a special connection to the place\, even before she was old enough to attend. The camp is the lifeline of Roxwood\, the small town she lives in. Alpine Lake provides jobs\, money and prestige to the region. Few Roxwood locals\, though\, get to reap the rewards of living so close to the glam summer that camp\, with its five-figure tuition and rich kids who have been dumped there for eight weeks by their powerful parents. Goldie’s one of them. \nEven with her townie background\, Goldie has never felt more at home at camp and now she’s back as a counselor\, desperate for summer to start and her best friends\, Ava and Imogen\, to arrive. Because Goldie has a terrible dark secret she’s been keeping and she is more in need of the comfort than ever. \nBut Goldie’s not the only person at camp who has been lying. When a teen turns up dead in the lake late one night\, she knows that the death couldn’t have been an accident. She also knows that Ava was at the lake that same night. \nWhat did Ava see and what does she know? Why hasn’t she said anything to Goldie about the death? Worse–what did Ava do? \nBut asking questions offers no answers\, only broken bonds of lifelong friendship\, with hidden danger and betrayals deeper than Goldie ever imagined.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-ya-discussion-with-liz-lawson-kathleen-glasglow-e-lockhart-jessica-goodman/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220613T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220613T130000
DTSTAMP:20260507T070154
CREATED:20220630T200819Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220630T200819Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Ned Beauman discusses Venomous Lumpsucker
DESCRIPTION:Ned Beauman\, in conversation with Joshua Cohen\, discusses Venomous Lumpsucker \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/ned-beauman-in \nVenomous Lumpsucker\nThe near future. Tens of thousands of species are going extinct every year. And a whole industry has sprung up around their extinctions\, to help us preserve the remnants\, or perhaps just assuage our guilt. For instance\, the biobanks: secure archives of DNA samples\, from which lost organisms might someday be resurrected . . . But then\, one day\, it’s all gone. A mysterious cyber-attack hits every biobank simultaneously\, wiping out the last traces of the perished species. Now we’re never getting them back. \nKarin Resaint and Mark Halyard are concerned with one species in particular: the venomous lumpsucker\, a small\, ugly bottom-feeder that happens to be the most intelligent fish on the planet. Resaint is an animal cognition scientist consumed with existential grief over what humans have done to nature. Halyard is an exec from the extinction industry\, complicit in the mining operation that destroyed the lumpsucker’s last-known habitat. \nAcross the dystopian landscapes of the 2030s–a nature reserve full of toxic waste; a floating city on the ocean; the hinterlands of a totalitarian state–Resaint and Halyard hunt for a surviving lumpsucker. And the further they go\, the deeper they’re drawn into the mystery of the attack on the biobanks. Who was really behind it? And why would anyone do such a thing? \nVirtuosic and profound\, witty and despairing\, Venomous Lumpsucker is Ned Beauman at his very best.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-ned-beauman-discusses-venomous-lumpsucker/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211122T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211122T180000
DTSTAMP:20260507T070154
CREATED:20211004T181823Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Andrew Lawler discusses Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World's Most Contested City
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 \nIn 1863\, a French senator arrived in Jerusalem hoping to unearth relics dating to biblical times. Digging deep underground\, he discovered an ancient grave that\, he claimed\, belonged to an Old Testament queen. News of his find ricocheted around the world\, evoking awe and envy alike\, and inspiring others to explore Jerusalem’s storied past. \nIn the century and a half since the Frenchman broke ground\, Jerusalem has drawn a global cast of fortune seekers and missionaries\, archaeologists and zealots\, all of them eager to extract the biblical past from beneath the city’s streets and shrines. Their efforts have had profound effects\, not only on our understanding of Jerusalem’s history\, but on its hotly disputed present. The quest to retrieve ancient Jewish heritage has sparked bloody riots and thwarted international peace agreements. It has served as a cudgel\, a way to stake a claim to the most contested city on the planet. Today\, the earth below Jerusalem remains a battleground in the struggle to control the city above. \nUnder Jerusalem takes readers into the tombs\, tunnels\, and trenches of the Holy City. It brings to life the indelible characters who have investigated this subterranean landscape. With clarity and verve\, acclaimed journalist Andrew Lawler reveals how their pursuit has not only defined the conflict over modern Jerusalem\, but could provide a map for two peoples and three faiths to peacefully coexist. (Doubleday Books)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-andrew-lawler-discusses-under-jerusalem-the-buried-history-of-the-worlds-most-contested-city/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211120T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211120T110000
DTSTAMP:20260507T070154
CREATED:20211004T181754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T181754Z
UID:10000339-1637406000-1637406000@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Vroman's: Special Storytime featuring Michael Slack presenting Dinosaurs on Kitty Island
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 \nA playdate between intrepid kitties and cautious dinosaurs doesn’t go quite as planned in this hilarious story of friendship and compromise! \nLife on Dinosaur Island is so boring. Who wants to watch stuff sink in tar pits all day? So the dinosaurs are escaping to Kitty Island to play with their new kitty friends\, even though the level-headed narrator warns them that it will end in cat-astrophe. After all\, the kitties are fearless and feisty! And these dinos? Well\, cuddles are more their speed. Now these tiny kitties and hulking dinos need to find some common ground before their playdate and friendship go extinct. (Dial Books)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-special-storytime-featuring-michael-slack-presenting-dinosaurs-on-kitty-island/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211118T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211118T180000
DTSTAMP:20260507T070154
CREATED:20211004T181725Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T181725Z
UID:10000337-1637258400-1637258400@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Vroman's: Jung Yun discusses O Beautiful
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 \nElinor Hanson\, a forty-something former model\, is struggling to reinvent herself as a freelance writer when she receives an unexpected assignment. Her mentor from grad school offers her a chance to write for a prestigious magazine about the Bakken oil boom in North Dakota. Elinor grew up near the Bakken\, raised by an overbearing father and a distant Korean mother who met and married when he was stationed overseas. After decades away from home\, Elinor returns to a landscape she hardly recognizes\, overrun by tens of thousands of newcomers. \nSurrounded by roughnecks seeking their fortunes in oil and long-time residents worried about their changing community\, Elinor experiences a profound sense of alienation and grief. She rages at the unrelenting male gaze\, the locals who still see her as a foreigner\, and the memories of her family’s estrangement after her mother decided to escape her unhappy marriage\, leaving Elinor and her sister behind. The longer she pursues this potentially career-altering assignment\, the more her past intertwines with the story she’s trying to tell\, revealing disturbing new realities that will forever change her and the way she looks at the world. \nWith spare and graceful prose\, Jung Yun’s O Beautiful presents an immersive portrait of a community rife with tensions and competing interests\, and one woman’s attempts to reconcile her anger with her love of a beautiful\, but troubled land. (St. Martins Press)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-jung-yun-discusses-o-beautiful/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211117T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211117T180000
DTSTAMP:20260507T070154
CREATED:20211004T181556Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T181556Z
UID:10000335-1637172000-1637172000@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Vroman's: Dorie Greenspan discusses Baking with Dorie: Sweet\, Salty & Simple
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 \nSay “Dorie Greenspan” and think baking. The renowned author of thirteen cookbooks and winner of five James Beard and two IACP awards offers a collection that celebrates the sweet\, the savory\, and the simple. Every recipe is signature Dorie: easy–beginners can ace every technique in this book–and accessible\, made with everyday ingredients. Are there surprises? Of course! You’ll find ingenious twists like Berry Biscuits. Footlong cheese sticks made with cream puff dough. Apple pie with browned butter spiced like warm mulled cider. A s’mores ice cream cake with velvety chocolate sauce\, salty peanuts\, and toasted marshmallows. It’s a book of simple yet sophisticated baking. The chapters are classic: Breakfast Stuff – Cakes – Cookies – Pies\, Tarts\, Cobblers and Crisps – Two Perfect Little Pastries – Salty Side Up. The recipes are unexpected. And there are “Sweethearts” throughout\, mini collections of Dorie’s all-time favorites. Don’t miss the meringue Little Marvels or the Double-Decker Caramel Cake. Like all of Dorie’s recipes\, they lend themselves to being remade\, refashioned\, and riffed on. (Mariner Books)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-dorie-greenspan-discusses-baking-with-dorie-sweet-salty-simple/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211113T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211113T110000
DTSTAMP:20260507T070154
CREATED:20211004T181453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T181453Z
UID:10000609-1636801200-1636801200@playhousevillage.org
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/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211109T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211109T180000
DTSTAMP:20260507T070154
CREATED:20211004T181428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T181428Z
UID:10000598-1636480800-1636480800@playhousevillage.org
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/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211108T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211108T180000
DTSTAMP:20260507T070154
CREATED:20211004T181356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T181356Z
UID:10000597-1636394400-1636394400@playhousevillage.org
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/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211106T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211106T110000
DTSTAMP:20260507T070154
CREATED:20211004T181317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T181317Z
UID:10000596-1636196400-1636196400@playhousevillage.org
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/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211105T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211105T180000
DTSTAMP:20260507T070154
CREATED:20211004T181234Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T181234Z
UID:10000595-1636135200-1636135200@playhousevillage.org
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/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211030T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211030T110000
DTSTAMP:20260507T070154
CREATED:20211004T180824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T180824Z
UID:10000594-1635591600-1635591600@playhousevillage.org
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/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211025T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211025T180000
DTSTAMP:20260507T070154
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/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211021T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211021T180000
DTSTAMP:20260507T070154
CREATED:20211004T180728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T180728Z
UID:10000585-1634839200-1634839200@playhousevillage.org
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/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211020T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211020T190000
DTSTAMP:20260507T070154
CREATED:20211004T180555Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T180555Z
UID:10000586-1634756400-1634756400@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Vroman's: Sutton Foster\, in conversation with Jennifer Garner
DESCRIPTION:Event location: Pasadena Presbyterian Church located at 585 E. Colorado Blvd\, Pasadena\nDoors open at 6:00pm; Event starts at 7:00pm.\nVaccinations and masks are required for all audience members attending this event. (more info below) \n  \nVroman’s presents Sutton Foster discussing Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life \nFrom the 2-time Tony Award-winner and the star of TV’s Younger\, funny and intimate stories and reflections about how crafting has kept her sane while navigating the highs and lows of family\, love\, and show business (and how it can help you\, too). \nWhether she’s playing an “age-defying” book editor on television or dazzling audiences on the Broadway stage\, Sutton Foster manages to make it all look easy. How? Crafting. From the moment she picked up a cross stitch needle to escape the bullying chorus girls in her early performing days\, she was hooked. Cross stitching led to crocheting\, crocheting led to collages\, which led to drawing\, and so much more. Channeling her emotions into her creations centered Sutton as she navigated the significant moments in her life and gave her tangible reminders of her experiences. Now\, in this charming and poignant collection\, Sutton shares those moments\, including her fraught relationship with her agoraphobic mother; a painful divorce splashed on the pages of the tabloids; her struggles with fertility; the thrills she found on the stage during hit plays like Thoroughly Modern Millie\, Anything Goes\, and Violet; her breakout TV role in Younger; and the joy of adopting her daughter\, Emily. Accompanying the stories\, Sutton has included crochet patterns\, recipes\, and so much more! \nWitty and poignant\, Hooked will leave readers entertained as well as inspire them to pick up their own cross stitch needles and paintbrushes. (Grand Central Publishing) \nThis ticketed event will take place at Pasadena Presbyterian Church located at 585 E. Colorado Blvd\, Pasadena. Ticket includes one entry plus one signed copy of Hooked.  \nQuestions? Email us at email@vromansbookstore.com \n  \nCOVID-19 EVENT SAFETY GUIDELINES \nWe love in-person events and have missed everyone so much! To do this safely\, in partnership with author and publisher\, Vroman’s is requiring vaccinations for all audience members attending our events. \nIn addition\, the following guidelines must also be observed: \nMasks are required at all times\nProof of vaccination required from all attendees at the time of check in\, prior to entering the venue. \nVROMAN’S ADHERES TO PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDELINES. SHOULD PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS CHANGE GUIDELINES REGARDING IN-PERSON EVENTS\, WE WILL CONTACT YOU. NO REFUNDS WILL BE ISSUED IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE YOUR FULL VACCINATION STATUS UPON ENTRY. \nBy visiting our in-person event\, you voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-sutton-foster-in-conversation-with-jennifer-garner/
LOCATION:Pasadena Presbyterian Church\, 585 East Colorado Boulevard\, Pasadena \, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211017T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211017T140000
DTSTAMP:20260507T070154
CREATED:20211004T180440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T180440Z
UID:10000588-1634479200-1634479200@playhousevillage.org
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/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211016T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211016T160000
DTSTAMP:20260507T070154
CREATED:20211004T180320Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T180320Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Congressman Adam Schiff\, in conversation with Jason Alexander
DESCRIPTION:Event location: Pasadena Presbyterian Church located at 585 E. Colorado Blvd\, Pasadena\nDoors open at 3:00pm; Event starts at 4:00pm.\nVaccinations and masks are required for all audience members attending this event. (more info below) \n  \nIn the years leading up to the election of Donald Trump\, Congressman Adam Schiff had already been sounding the alarm over the resurgence of autocracy around the world\, and the threat this posed to the United States. But as he led the probe into Donald Trump’s Russia and Ukraine-related abuses of presidential power\, Schiff came to the terrible conclusion that the principal threat to American democracy now came from within. \nIn Midnight in Washington\, Schiff argues that the Trump presidency has so weakened our institutions and compromised the Republican Party that the peril will last for years\, requiring unprecedented vigilance against the growing and dangerous appeal of authoritarianism. The congressman chronicles step by step just how our democracy was put at such risk\, and traces his own path to meeting the crisis–from serious prosecutor\, to congressman with an expertise in national security and a reputation for bipartisanship\, to liberal lightning rod\, scourge of the right\, and archenemy of a president. Schiff takes us inside his team of impeachment managers and their desperate defense of the constitution amid the rise of a distinctly American brand of autocracy. \nDeepening our understanding of prominent public moments\, Schiff reveals the private struggles\, the internal conflicts\, and the triumphs of courage that came with defending the republic against a lawless president–but also the slow surrender of people that he had worked with and admired to the dangerous immorality of a president engaged in an historic betrayal of his office. Schiff’s fight for democracy is one of the great dramas of our time\, told by the man who became the president’s principal antagonist. It is a story that began with Trump but does not end with him\, taking us through the disastrous culmination of the presidency and Schiff’s account of January 6\, 2021\, and how the anti-democratic forces Trump unleashed continue to define his party\, making the future of democracy in America more uncertain than ever. (Random House) \n“If there is still an American democracy fifty years from now\, historians will be very grateful for this highly personal and deeply informed guide to one of its greatest crises. We should be grateful that we can read it now.”—Timothy Snyder\, #1 New York Times bestselling author of On Tyranny \n“Although he failed to secure the conviction of Donald Trump in the first impeachment trial\, Adam Schiff has now vanquished him forever in these pages. This book will stand as the touchstone of truth against any attempts to distort or rewrite this crucial piece of history. Congressman Schiff has restored our faith in the nobility of public service and has shown what one dedicated patriot—courageous\, intelligent\, and fearless—can still accomplish even in a divided country.”—Ron Chernow\, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Washington: A Life and Alexander Hamilton  \n“When American democracy faced a near-death experience\, Adam Schiff served as an able guardian\, protecting our nation from enemies foreign and domestic. Schiff not only provides riveting details in this compelling account\, he delivers a much-needed warning about the threats facing America from within and an urgent how-to guide for preserving our nation.”—Stacey Abrams\, founder of Fair Fight Action  \n  \nThis ticketed event will take place at Pasadena Presbyterian Church located at 585 E. Colorado Blvd\, Pasadena. Ticket includes one entry plus one copy of Midnight in Washington. \nQuestions? Email us at email@vromansbookstore.com \n  \nCOVID-19 EVENT SAFETY GUIDELINES \nWe love in-person events and have missed everyone so much! To do this safely\, in partnership with author and publisher\, Vroman’s is requiring vaccinations for all audience members attending our events. \nIn addition\, the following guidelines must also be observed: \nMasks are required at all times\nProof of vaccination required from all attendees at the time of check in\, prior to entering the venue. \nVROMAN’S ADHERES TO PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDELINES. SHOULD PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS CHANGE GUIDELINES REGARDING IN-PERSON EVENTS\, WE WILL CONTACT YOU. NO REFUNDS WILL BE ISSUED IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE YOUR FULL VACCINATION STATUS UPON ENTRY. \nBy visiting our in-person event\, you voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-congressman-adam-schiff-in-conversation-with-jason-alexander/
LOCATION:Pasadena Presbyterian Church\, 585 East Colorado Boulevard\, Pasadena \, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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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/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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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/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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